I have to have at least 3 installed. My company uses Teams, but we can only see 4 people at a time, but Microsoft says they are working on that. Most calls are one-on-one anyway. We also have some meetings set up by a contractor who uses his GoTo Meeting acccount. This has worked pretty well, but 4 weeks in and no one even bothers to turn on their cameras anymore. But outside of work, everyone I know seems to be using Zoom all of a sudden. I have a friend in the UAE who was using BOTIM, but we had to switch to ToTok, which has spyware issues. Now that everyone has quarantined, the UAE has relaxed their restrictions a bit, so we can do some RPG on Zoom or Hangouts.

I had to firmly enforce the rule that if I was in my office then I was at work, so I couldn't open a jar, get something off the top shelf, or run to the store. It took a few reminders, but my wife gets it now. When I work from home, I have fewer people coming by my desk to chat about politics, sports, their personal problems, or overhearing something I want to weigh in on, so I get more done. The problem now is that while we are fully capable of working from home, we are being required to take sick or annual leave if we stay home during the COVID-19 crisis.

I'm still a couple of years away from a Tesla, but the Model 3 will probably be my next car. At least gas is cheap for now. My Gas Buddy app tells me gas ranges from $1.64 to $1.99 at the 50 stations nearest me. I haven't seen $2 gas in a couple of weeks.

We have had the ability to work from home for years, though it has been discouraged for more than the rare occasion. But our department head told us he expects we will probably close for a week or two, so we have all been instructed to make sure the VPN on our laptops works from home.

Number of vehicles built is a valid metric, but not the only one. You can't deny Tesla has garnered an awful lot of interest and financial support. It will be interesting to see how quickly other manufacturers can catch up to and/or surpass the technology. The 10 Most Valuable Auto Companies in the World - #7 https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoney.usnews.com%2Finves... Top 8 Auto Manufacturers Major Dividend Stocks - #1 https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dividend.com%2Fdivid... The Electric Vehicles With the Most Range for 2020 - 1, 2 & 3 https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autotrader.com%2Fbes... I drove a 2007 Toyota Prius for 11 years, and I now drive a 2018 Honda CR-V. I held off on EVs to give the market a little more time to mature, but I fully expect my next car to be electric.

Every McDonald's I've tried using the terminal, they just call my number and make me come get it. I've tried pretending I didn't hear, but they don't bring it out. I even asked them and they seemed confused by the notion. They told me it's best to just come get it. Same with the app. They just call out "mobile order" and then I have to ask what it is to be sure I'm getting the right food, unless I don't bother to come in. Then I key in which spot I'm in and they bring it out to me.

I see what you're saying, but it's not quite zero-sum. Using made up numbers here:

$2 million (paid in) != $2 million dollars (paid out)
How much of that will be fees and charges? 15%?

$2 million is paid in - $300,000 (15% fees) = $1.7 million (paid out)

In my first programming job out of college I worked for a small manufacturing company that laid me the day before Thanksgiving, but told me to come back to work on the following Monday. So the layoff and assumption I would return was there, all in one sentence. I changed jobs before the next holiday.

Not ridiculous at all. All I said is that I don't hate my insurance as spun said everyone does, and provided an example to back that up. First of all, the government cannot and will not provide anything at "no expense" to me. We pay taxes, which is what the government then uses to provide us with goods and services. Since the government cannot pay for everything it does now and runs an ever-growing deficit, our taxes would have to be increased to provide any additional services, specially something as expensive as healthcare for 327 million Americans. At least now I know what my insurance costs, as opposed to raising my taxes some undetermined amount. Second, I'm not confused. While it's true I was happy with the healthcare I received, I said I was happy with my insurance which is what kept my healthcare affordable. Healthcare costs certainly need reform. And I'm fully aware that not everyone has healthcare in the US, because we have insurance care. And we all know that not everyone has insurance, or affordable insurance, so that also needs to be remedied.

I certainly don't hate my insurance. I pay $253.36/mo through my employer for my wife and myself. It includes a free comprehensive blood screening and a well visit every year. Last year I fell off a ladder and cut my arm pretty badly. My wife drove me to the ER rather than waiting for an ambulance. I got 14 stitches and 6 individual bills totalling $1,458.01. I paid $280.15 of that, while my insurance paid 452.34 and wrote off the remaining 725.52 (about half). In 2007 I tore my ACL and in 2011 I tore my rotator cuff. In both cases I met my family deductible in March and January, respectively, so the rest of the year I paid almost nothing. I don't have those numbers handy since they were several years ago.

I don't understand why people have such a problem with prayer. Everyone seeks comfort in some way or another, and prayer does so for over 200 million Americans and 2.4 billion people around the world. I'm sure Pence is praying, and I don't see how that is a problem. Personally, I'm glad. But that's not ALL he is doing. He knows that God gave us tools like science, medicine, technology, and many more. I'm just as sure he is using all of the tools at his disposal to coordinate the minds who can figure out solutions, and the channels to best implement those solutions. But he and every person in the chain are people, and therefore imperfect, so mistakes will be made no matter who is coordinating the effort.

Agreed. The summary states as as much: "It also demands these companies stop advertising products as 'recyclable,' when they are, in fact, largely not recycled." They are recyclable, but they are not being recycled. Do I wish they were recycled more? Of course! But I think the problem falls mostly with the consumers who buy those recyclable bottles, and throw them on the ground, in the trash, or anywhere except recycle containers or centers. I quit drinking soda and bottled water a few years ago, but I always recycle the items my area offers to handle. But often when people do try ti recycle, the bottles and bags are not rinsed causing infestation issues or stickiness that gums up the machines. Plus, in many areas recycling is not offered at all, but the bottles are still recyclable. Could a multi-billion dollar company do more to recycle (or otherwise handle) their product containers? Absolutely! Should they? I would argue so, but I'm not aware of any laws requiring they do the recycling because they state their containers can be recycled, which is not to say that none exist. So I'm not sure the lawsuit serves any real purpose other than to bring light to the issue.

When everyone said Trump was unelectable, I told them not to discount him. Guess who got elected. Now everyone is saying Bernie is unelectable. And again I say don't discount him. He may or may not even get the nomination, but maybe his detractors shouldn't be so eager to find out. Sometimes it's not even the candidate, it's the competition.

I guess Thanos had it right...

Being "unbanked" certainly makes all the things you mentioned more difficult, but not necessarily impossible. I've seen long lines of people waiting at the electric company office to pay their bills in cash. I know when auto taxes are due because there is a line out the door of the county tax collector's office every month. No one HAS to go through a rental company to find a place to live. There are plenty of rooms for rent or homes owned by individuals who may prefer cash over hoping a tenant's rent check doesn't bounce. I was approached by a long-time work colleague who asked me to make a purchase on my Amazon Prime account and she would give me cash. We both make very respectable salaries so it's not like I was approached by a stranger in an alley somewhere. Sure, my life is much easier running my finances through banks, but people have their reasons I guess.