> What recourse would Illinois (!) have against open-source operating systems?
None but them corporations sure do. And with a little cash in the right place I'm sure they can push recourse onto people of power. We really need to end political lobbying one of these days
Firstly the at least according to the article the car was not even part of her "presentation" of herself. She was rejected because she ticked a box online saying her car is too old.
Also even if she did show up in something you would consider a bad mode of transport not sure I understand how could that impact her ability to be a property manager in any way?
As per the article: she was supposed to drive to places for work with her own vehicle. Old vehicles have a higher rate of having mechanical issues, making it less likely for her to be able to reliably do the job. I can see the logic that an old car impacts her ability to be a property manager in that situation.
Of course, I would argue that if the boss wants me to be places, he better provides a company car. I guess a place that is so dingy to make someone use their own ride for official business is not a place I would want to work for in the first place.
I think there’s a pretty big difference though. Linux is open while windows almost certainly will remain closed so even if corporates start bloating up Linux users can rely on the gpl to give them choice while windows users are stuck
Grade 6 (6.0 helium = 99.9999% purity)
The closest to 100% pure helium, 6.0 helium is used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips –
Grade 5.5 (5.5 helium = (99.9995% purity)
Like 6.0 helium, 5.5 ultra pure helium gas is typically considered “research grade,” also used in chromatography and semiconductor processing
Grade 5 (5.0 helium = 99.999% purity)
This high purity grade helium is also widely used for gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and specific laboratory research when higher purity gases are not necessary, as well as for weather balloons and blimps.
Grade 4.8 (4.8 helium = 99.998% purity)
The highest of the “industrial grade” heliums, 4.8 grade helium is often used by the military. The rest is classified...
Grade 4.7 (4.7 helium = 99.997% purity)
A “Grade-A” industrial helium, 99.997% helium is mostly used in cryogenic applications and for pressurizing and purging
Grade 4.6 (4.6 helium = 99.996% purity)
Grade 4.6 industrial helium is used for weather balloons, blimps, in leak detection
Grade 4.5 (4.5 helium = 99.995% purity)
Often the grade most commonly referred to when people say “industrial grade,” 99.995% helium is most commonly used in the balloon industry
Grade 4 (4.0 helium and lower = 99.99% purity)
Any helium that is 99.99% and down into the high 80 percents is within the range of purities referred to collectively as “balloon grade helium.”
Interesting bit from that article wrt to transport infrastructure:
"most distributors simply stick to the industry standard transport of Grade 5. That is why for and [sic] end user of helium, a lower grade can cost more than the higher grades."
Helium for diving is going to be a different mix than what's used for balloons. In diving it's used to reduce the partial pressure of oxygen, and also to quickly diffuse back out of tissues when returning to the surface. Very different application!
What about a making it prerequisite? Demonstrate you have built the nuclear/solar/whatever capacity to cover your own energy before you're allowed to build a datacenter?
Solar doesn't work well with 24/7 demand requirements, provisioning enough storage to fully even out intermittency drastically raises costs (most battery storage systems are for only 2-4 hours).
Nuclear has extremely onerous regulatory requirements.
That’s fine with me, the government can just mandate utility capacity build-out.
These are monopoly businesses where the government has full control over the policy of their operation.
I would generally make the argument that data centers aren’t any different than manufacturing or retail businesses. Their demand should be considered equal in terms of priority - the government shouldn’t be artificially choosing industry preferences unless it has very good reason.
Either you’re a business and you pay the business price or you’re an individual and you pay the individual price.
First off thank you for designing this. Both iOS and Android have been focused on streamlining their user experience in the past few years but unfortunately it seems that text editing is just as annoying as before.
In theory how would a "robust implementation" be designed to avoid two layers?
None but them corporations sure do. And with a little cash in the right place I'm sure they can push recourse onto people of power. We really need to end political lobbying one of these days
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