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I don't fully understand the situation other than reading this:https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/List-Bay-Area-Locations-PGE-Power-Shutoffs-562515431.htmlBut I saw this part: "The outage will mark the largest preventative outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines."And wondered why does this company have so many faulty lines? Is this much more common than I think it would be? The article points out these fires can be started by normal lines too by virtue of a tree falling into it. Ok, fair enough.Before going all #latestage on this i guess it's quite possible that there are no trees that would fall into power lines in downtown San Fran and even if they did its not like suddenly 5 blocks would burn up in several hours. I'm guessing it's much more like any typical city. It's mostly a bunch of concrete with a splattering of greenery.Of course, I'm ignorant not having grown up with constant fires breaking out every half year or so whetei have lived.
Quote from: EchoRin on October 09, 2019, 01:00:13 AMI don't fully understand the situation other than reading this:https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/List-Bay-Area-Locations-PGE-Power-Shutoffs-562515431.htmlBut I saw this part: "The outage will mark the largest preventative outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines."And wondered why does this company have so many faulty lines? Is this much more common than I think it would be? The article points out these fires can be started by normal lines too by virtue of a tree falling into it. Ok, fair enough.Before going all #latestage on this i guess it's quite possible that there are no trees that would fall into power lines in downtown San Fran and even if they did its not like suddenly 5 blocks would burn up in several hours. I'm guessing it's much more like any typical city. It's mostly a bunch of concrete with a splattering of greenery.Of course, I'm ignorant not having grown up with constant fires breaking out every half year or so whetei have lived.PG&E made massive profits off of rate payers that didn't have an alternative choice. Instead of maintaining their infrastructure, they committed to stock buy backs and dividends for their share holders.
Quote from: Rufus on October 09, 2019, 07:28:38 PMQuote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PMThis is the logical outcome of years of advocacy for deplatforming by western journalists. No, it's the logical outcome of doing business in China. Quote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PMIt's only a matter of time until a privatized social credit scoring system comes to the west. This is tinfoil hat nonsense by and large, but I'll play. What I see coming instead, somewhat serious about this, are 'incentives' for better living from insureance companies. Sign up to have your lifestyle monitored for reduced rates. Misbehave? (Smoke, sedentary, etc.) Pay more. Everyone who doesn't sign up pays more by default.having worked for a credit information company that is already experimenting with scraping every bit of information on the internet and trying to connect it with individuals, i can tell you that you are severely misinformed.
Quote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PMThis is the logical outcome of years of advocacy for deplatforming by western journalists. No, it's the logical outcome of doing business in China. Quote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PMIt's only a matter of time until a privatized social credit scoring system comes to the west. This is tinfoil hat nonsense by and large, but I'll play. What I see coming instead, somewhat serious about this, are 'incentives' for better living from insureance companies. Sign up to have your lifestyle monitored for reduced rates. Misbehave? (Smoke, sedentary, etc.) Pay more. Everyone who doesn't sign up pays more by default.
This is the logical outcome of years of advocacy for deplatforming by western journalists.
It's only a matter of time until a privatized social credit scoring system comes to the west.
I love therapy, but I didn’t love my therapist. She was young, like me, and new – the best I could find with my cheap insurance. I was her first real client, she was thrilled, I was broke and depressed.
I found the Los Angeles pro-domme Mistress Justine Cross by suggestion of a friend. (...) And for $150 an hour, she was going to help me.
I don’t lack the agency to think for myself, or work productively without direct supervision and instruction. I do, however, enjoy being told what to do, which is something I’d always been somewhat ashamed to admit. I love mean, beautiful women, and I love when they boss me around.Unlike my previous therapists, my dominatrix life coach isn’t afraid to hurt my feelings – she’s brutally honest and has no time for my excuses.
https://irrationaleconomicsummit.com/
The author's twitter lolhttps://twitter.com/bitch__coin/status/1179797579422302208Seems like good advice.
https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073
On Friday, the company announced that another subsidiary, the for-profit private school WeGrow, would close next year. The school, which opened in 2018 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is led by Rebekah Neumann, Mr. Neumann’s wife.Like its corporate siblings, WeGrow vowed to revolutionize its industry — elementary school — and pledged to be “elevating the collective consciousness of the world by expanding happiness and unleashing every human’s superpowers.” The class day includes traditional academic subjects as well as yoga instruction, and offers lunches made in a meat-free cafeteria.Tuition this year at WeGrow, which has about 100 students, started at $36,000 for 3-year-olds.
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1182093408946532352
https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1179811656798556160
We're definitely in the death throes of capitalism. I do wonder if we can overcome all the mechanisms that enforce the controls, including apathy, endless amusement and entertainment, and so on.
https://twitter.com/turing_police/status/1185683491041640448