I realize this is not the same, but consider Phoenix...

It would kill the majority of residents without man made devices bringing water in, generating electricity, cooling them...

a personal/small space craft capable of getting you to Earth would be the equivalent of the car that most people would use as an escape plan from Phoenix if the power/water were out during summer.

While Mars is not as intrinsically safe, but it does share common issues with many places we've settled on Earth.

Hell most of Canada would probably be dead in their winter if power/fuel stopped for an extended period... or they'd all evacuate to somewhere else.

Scientific click bait.

If humans need to be donor marched to each other, is the same true for pigs? Or maybe TFA is referring to a different sort of organ rejection, one that is much more aggressive?

I also wonder... what is the reason that other primates aren't used for human organ replacement? Is it because of rejection? Or is it because of ethical concerns?

Right now pigs have their lives taken for a variety of reasons, "use as a burger topping" has to be one of the least "noble", not that it really matters I suppose, but it would certainly add an interesting twist to the ethical arguments of animal consumption if one of those types of consumption was organ replacement vs food.

...for identifying your scapegoat?

The notion that this could boil down to a single technical pilot in a multi billion dollar organization as large as Boeing is ridiculous?

Either force all central A/C installs to be heat pumps though regulation, or incentivize it by rebate and tax credits to the point that it would actually cost more to install an A/C only unit.

When I swapped out my central air and furnace heat pump options were all much more expensive. People take the lowest cost option.

With the oven door open, all the carbon monoxide from the oven goes directly into the room instead of up the exhaust vent

Ovens don't have exhaust vents.

I'd wager that every gas fired oven in residential USA is the same -- no vent.

You might be confusing fume exhaust hoods, but those are intended for smell/smoke, and many of them are installed in a recirculating mode that doesn't even go outside. They have zero to do with CO mitigation.

CO detectors should be installed and battery-backed, they're extremely important to have... ...but it's not a *major* CO risk to run an oven or burner because the flame is clean burning and houses have some natural (or forced) air exchange with the outside.

Running your stove stop burners for hours at a time -- probably the only option to those with modern electronic gas ovens -- is no more dangerous in this situation than it is during a holiday meal prep where you might be running them all day cooking.

You will get a load of condensation though, and in low temperatures the condensation will feel worse because it condenses on the low temperature surfaces.

Now, if there's a fuel supply quality issue, and your flame isn't blue, that's a different situation.

"So I wonder if the possibility of getting remotely hacked is perhaps part of the thrill."

"Yeah I thought about that too, but then you'll probably realize that it's some sweaty neckbearded dude in his mom's basement controlling your dick and it kind of ruins it. "

...or does it? D:

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" was coined for this situation.

What's crazy to me is that there isn't any sort of a manual key/bypass that could be used?

200Mb/s download is quite sufficient for most, 1000Mb/s has limited practical value

The trouble is the asymmetry in cost and upload performance.

1000Mb/s plan has a 35Mb/s upload for $110/mo

200Mb/s plan has a 5Mb/s upload for $80/mo

For a ~40% year increase in cost you get a 500% faster download and 700% faster upload.

You're with a couple of lattes for monthly cost before you hit 20Mb/s upload. Why choose 20Mb/s for $100 when $110 gets you 35Mb/s

Anyone needing the upload capability might as well go to the top plan.

We share a common issue with username selection -_-

Close to 15 years ago I made a few opinionated comments in posts about the industry I was working for a large vendor in, at least person at the very well known and very enormous company who ruled that industry actually saw the post and it made it back to 3rd hand via a field engineer who was asked "what's your guys middle initial?", FAE was quick and said oh no that's not our guy, his middle starts with a T...

My department went from full time at office to full time at home in March 2020. At a couple of points last year the company tried to push for a partial return and we refused it while others acquiesced ... both returns lead to someone at the office w/ Covid and resulted in temporarily going back to "no one is allowed at the office!" situations.

At this point I doubt we'll see a push for a return until Covid is clearly centered in the rear view, and everyone is vaccinated.

That said, the company cut our pay early in 2020 anticipating a terrible year, we all willingly accepted it at the time, but that terrible year never materialized. They restored our old pay rate in late summer but didn't give back what they took, so 2020 was a net pay decrease of 3-4%... they also silently killed our 2020 pay increases by saying "maybe next month" until the year was over, and they appear to be doing the same for company performance based bonuses normally paid around this time (despite apparently meeting the criteria).

They have created an unfortunate situation where there is little good will, if they try to force a return it might happen in the short term, but I think overall the resentment and turn over will vastly increase.

Enabling education and career choice is good... but as you point out this is absolutely not out of the goodness of Bezos' heart...

This is about turning developers into commodity workers -- which is already happening everywhere -- with the goal of increasing availability and decreasing cost for Amazon and AWS using companies.

Similar to high end software being "given" to schools in order to generate students who are trained and familiar with your products.

Method A requires 1000kWh w/ a total cost of $1000, of which electric energy was $100, to store 1000kWh.

Method B requires 4000kWh w/ a total cost of $500, of which electric energy was $400, to store 1000kWh.

Method A is 100% energy efficient, you put in 1000kWh and you got out 1000kWh...

Method B is 25% energy efficient, it has 4x the energy cost of Method A.

Ceteris paribus, the energy market will likely choose Method B because it's 1/2 the financial cost Method A despite requiring 4x the electric energy.

Pollution, safety, environmental, or cost-blind energy-saving mandates are likely the only factors that would influence an A over B choice.

Financial cost is one of the main reasons most US households don't have solar panels and geothermal HVAC... the financial cost of installation and maintenance outweighs energy efficiency.

...that's definitely a caning.

Let's assume that _feeling_ less productive translates into _being_ less productive --

Is that due to working from home, or due to other conditions of our current situation?

Many of us are worrying about a deadly disease and how it relates to us, our families, and friends.

Many have children with disrupted routines that frequently involve being home at times when they might be out with others... ...or perhaps it's worry over members of our national leadership actively attempting to damage and destroy the places we live?

Hmm...