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RonD1120

If the magnetic pull of both sun and moon are aligned the force will increase.

Emphasis mine.

No.

At best (worst) the gravitational effects (not magnetic) will result in a slightly higher tide. Tides are hypothesized to nudge faults, true, but they can not be used to predict earthquakes at all.

Neap tides happen twice a year and those would be the ones a person concerned with earthquakes would want to consider, but eclipses have NOTHING to do with earthquakes whatsoever.

Gravity isn't a laser beam.

RonD1120

I just learned the other day that the next solar eclipse will occur in 7 years. The paths of the one coming Monday and the one in 2024 will form an X in the middle of America on the Madrid Fault Line.

/facepalm

I wish you knew -anything- about science. Literally -anything-.

Ugh. This will NEVER die as long as somebody thinks they can milk it for a buck.

BTW, I hate that.

Very 'Murican though.

airdvr

And this is why the SC needs to be renamed Speaker's Corner for Liberals. It's plain to see what happens to a forum when the mods are biased.

If it's "liberal" to believe "all men are created equal," then I'll wear that title like a badge of honor.

If it's "liberal" be be against neo-nazis and the KK fucking K, then I'll wear that one to.

That said, I don't think it's "liberal."

I think it's simply being an American.

winsor

***No one could have predicted that white supremacists marching into a city and carrying torches could possibly have led to violence. Everyone is shocked.

Reverse the races and the same can be said.

Black Lives Matter is every bit as racist as is the Klan, and both are odious. Perhaps the differing opinions on the matter are reflective of the quote falsely attributed to Churchill to the effect that one's own farts smell the sweetest.

You create a false equivalency between people pleading for the end of violence against them and people who would perform the acts of violence. That sort of thing only serves to enable these Nazi/Klan fucks.

Shame on you. Shame on Trump.

Let me be clear here, ANYONE who attempts to defend the position of the Nazis and Klan needs to re-examine their entire lives.

Eagleeye

I have a friend's daughter who recently got her first job as a server at a restaurant/bar. A couple walked out on their tab and she (server) had to pay the tab with her tip money. Is this standard procedure in the food industry? Location USA

It is not standard. In fact, it's illegal. Some owners intimidate their wait staff to do it, but it's still illegal.

https://employment-law.freeadvice.com/employment-law/employment-law/salary_employr.htm

DJL

***McCain deserves some credit. But the lion's share should go to Collins and Murkowski. Especially Murkowski. Alaska is not exactly a blue state.

McCain only voted no because he doesn't care about losing his base in the next election.

In other words, because he felt it was the right thing to do as opposed to the thing that would get him re-eleted to office.

While I'm certain not all of the 49 felt that way, I'm sure a few more did but lacked the courage to do the right thing at the expense of getting primaried by some stooge backed by the Koch brothers.

RonD1120

What we hear is . . .

There are about 4 times the number of people in California than Georgia.

California has about about 15.3% of its population living in poverty.
Georgia has about 17% of its population living in poverty.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA,GA#viewtop

So, yes, more people in California are living in poverty in California than Georgia, but the percentage of people living in poverty in Georgia is higher.

billvon

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Sorry Bill, I know it's your company and all, but I absolutely hate this idea. Why? Because there is no need to build the infrastructure and have centralized control over energy this way.

OK. I don't see it any differently than a toll road. Want to get a charge? Take this road and pay for the power. Don't want to get a charge? That's OK too; don't pay for it.

"I don't see it any differently than a toll road."

I don't know of a single person who wants a toll road as opposed to a freeway. Only companies who build them, or local fiefdoms who get the money.

billvon

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I was reading something recently about having an induction system in our roadways to charge while driving. Very expensive but it gets people thinking about how to solve these problems.

We're working on that now:

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/qualcomms-inductive-charging-road-could-change-the-way-we-build-evs/

Sorry Bill, I know it's your company and all, but I absolutely hate this idea.

Why? Because there is no need to build the infrastructure and have centralized control over energy this way. I can completely understand a company's want of such a thing, but for everyone else, it's not really that great of a long term plan.

billvon

In most designs that I've seen, the loss of aerodynamics at highway speed is greater than the range gained. In other words, overall your range would go down even if you parked it in the sun often.

However, if you come up with a design that seamlessly blends them into a curved roof, without increasing thickness or weight or changing surface finish, then what you mention could work.

And that's precisely the sort of thing I'm talking about. Solar cells don't have to be the huge thick panels we see on home rooftops (I mean, sure ,YOU know that, but for others). Tesla has already done interesting things in reshaping solar panels for home rooftops. It would be interesting to see what they could do for cars.

Considering Tesla also makes high efficiency solar panels, I'd really like to see them somehow incorporate that into the design of the cars. Not that it would give you a significant increase in milage while driving (they aren't that efficient), but the ability to get a free top off charge while it's just sitting in a parking lot would be interesting if they could work it out.

BIGUN

Watched a news report about the new Tesla, its new super lithium-ion battery, ability to go 210 miles on a single charge, 0-60 in six seconds, etc.

Not being an engineer; my question is this. My frame of reference is putting a generator on my bike wheel as a kid to make the lights work.

Is there not a way to use those moving parts on the Tesla to create enough charge to the battery that one could go cross country in it?

No.

The motors themselves can be used for regenerative braking and recover some of the energy put into the system during stop and go and downhill operations.

However, what you're talking about would actually take energy out of the system and be less efficient. Not sure if you ever noticed, but putting that generator against the bike wheel causes a bit of extra resistance to turn the generator. The energy doesn't come free, it's provided by the person pedaling.

TriGirl

And this is why I recommend a maximum wage in this country. Figure out an equation that let's the highest earners keep no more than a certain multiplier of the a baseline (say, something based on basic necessities in the area such as housing and health care, with the poverty line taken into consideration).

This is a de facto standard in a number of countries and it seems to work just fine.

I think I'd maybe state it in different terms, but the basic concept remains the same. It shouldn't be a maximum wage, but rather a percentage range between highest and lowest paid employees (and contractors, let's please close THAT loophole). If a company wants to pay its CEO a quarter billion a year, fine. Just make sure they can also cover their lowest paid employees at say a 1:20th rate (just a ratio grabbed out of thin air, but you get the idea).

And to be sure, in quite a few cases cases there will be a scheduling snafu of some sort which will, for some strange reason, have dropped your average work week in the qualifying period below the minimum required.

For instance, you're scheduled to work 4 days a week. Sounds great, you'll make that 30 hours a week in no time; right? Nope. All you have to do is miss a couple of days for any reason and you're screwed.

Emphasis on "eligible associates."

I think you'll find there is a curious amount of wiggle room in that phrase.

This is easily googlable.

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/&refURL=https://duckduckgo.com/&referrer=https://duckduckgo.com/

http://www.businessinsider.com/wal-mart-relies-on-taxpayers-to-subsidize-low-wages-2013-6

BIGUN

Want a cheeseburger? It goes from $7.00 to $9.00 Did you want fries with that - now an additional $.50.

Except in the case of a hamburger stand it's almost assuredly much lower depending on the volume and margins of the business.

In-And-Out pays it's employees far more than McDonalds. Sure, the burgers cost more, but they're also made with different and fresher ingredients. AND, locally at least, I've never seen a line for any McDonalds at any time of day they length of the ones at In-And-Out at any time of the day.

In general, the minimum wage increase hits companies who -depended- on the ridiculously low wages to make their low margins work.

I dunno. If the only way you can make your business work is to screw people over, then maybe your business isn't really all that viable.

WalMart is another great example, they screw over the employees with hour restrictions to not give them medical benefits. The upshot is the employees end up on government subsidized healthcare we all pay for. To my way of thinking, that's fucked up.

BIGUN

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I really wonder about all those moms and dads who endlessly post photos of their kids to Facebook.

^this.... I have written non-media policies with schools and other activities the kid participates in to not take pics. Even Grandma can't put her on facebook.

The technology grew far too fast for most people to even begin to comprehend the long term ramifications.

Now, I don't want to sound like Gampa Simpson or whatever, but in my day, parents took sometimes goofy and embarrassing photos of kids, but they went into scrap books and were never accessible to the general world. Now, they're on FB and can potentially screw over a kid years down the road.

I don't think that ought to be an option -- at all.

I think it should be up to the over-18-year-old as to what photos of his or her youth get released into the wild.

kallend

***If you really care about them, you'll want to download the photos to a local drive regardless. Hard drives are cheap insurance against corporate shenanigans.

As for the move to Amazon Drive, I can't help you there. Then again, I would never upload anything to Amazon. Regardless of the pricing or benefits, Amazon can not be trusted as far as privacy goes. Not in any way, shape, or form.

It's OK, everyone is fully clothed.....

There may be other privacy issues besides being naked.

Off the top of my head might be;
Location data in EXIF
Categorization of your lifestyle via image recognition
Facial recognition of loved ones who didn't realize potential issues

That last one if really one of my biggest issues. That fact that every photo we take and post on-line can be used to sell out unwitting loved ones.

I really wonder about all those moms and dads who endlessly post photos of their kids to Facebook.

We are complicit in our own creation of the surveillance state.

For the people who don't know what you're talking about.

https://www.cnet.com/news/ai-inspirational-posters-motivational-posters-artificial-intelligence-inspirobot/

If you really care about them, you'll want to download the photos to a local drive regardless. Hard drives are cheap insurance against corporate shenanigans.

As for the move to Amazon Drive, I can't help you there. Then again, I would never upload anything to Amazon. Regardless of the pricing or benefits, Amazon can not be trusted as far as privacy goes. Not in any way, shape, or form.

Phil1111

******I doubt if anyone in AR is terrorized. This looks like the work of an immature, foolish sinner. An example of adolescent mentality stuck in rebellion.

Or . . . maybe it's a guy who understands the concept behind the separation of church and state.

I'm not saying what he did was right, but there may be an alternative to your explanation.

It had to happen sooner or later.

I'd lean more to Ron's suggestion as to true motivation. Not saying that political ideology is not a good motivation for such an action.

You might note I said, "maybe" whereas Ron seemed to indicate he had the definitive answer which somehow included the word "terrorized."

I think that makes a difference.

RonD1120

So, you are saying if he understands the concept and committed this act he is, therefore, a mature individual. I don't think so.

If one day a statue of Satan showed up on the lawn of your church, would you try to remove it?

billvon

Pride
Covetousness
Lust
Anger
Envy
Sloth

Awesome.

RonD1120

I doubt if anyone in AR is terrorized. This looks like the work of an immature, foolish sinner. An example of adolescent mentality stuck in rebellion.

Or . . . maybe it's a guy who understands the concept behind the separation of church and state.

I'm not saying what he did was right, but there may be an alternative to your explanation.