Lmao so much nonsense over $17 mil. Isn’t the LAFDs budget close to $1,000,000,000? California alone has more invested in forest fire firefighting than most countries. Here is some numbers provided by the state, https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/california-forest-management-hotter-drier-climate/
Based on what I’m reading another $1.5 billion has been added to the firefighting budget.
A mayors office is not suited to perform firefighting. They play a very small role. Nonsense.
Hey it’s just like EVs or any other new technologies. The enthusiasts or believers will dive in first and deal with all the complicated setups. If it is actually better, these enthusiasts will form a company or already be a company who will create a product that will dominate the industry because they have a better product. Valve is definitely setup to be that company with the funds and competitive reasons to compete with Microsoft (windows/xbox store vs steam store). Steam store is their money maker but they face risks from Microsoft. Luckily Microsoft has to be careful due to antitrust issues because of their size, ie, Apple Store.
Be a cheerleader, encourage these people to take the dive. If you’re hating on people who want their stuff to just work you’ll never grow to get the casual pc / gamer user. Change is hard, most people are not looking to tinker.
Clemson had an incredibly rare situation, 2 nfl starting caliber QBs, nc state missing easy field goals (poverty conference) and without a doubt paying players under the table. Dabo refusing to use the portal is because Clemson will never have the NIL funding needed to compete. They are an agriculture tech college that used “faith” to recruit. Oh and I forgot to mention Venables turning down HC jobs every year. Dabo has some coaching turnover and now they’re a mid level team, easy to identify, losing to SC at home.
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Infrastructure is just behind the curve in various parts of the world. I don’t own a house with a garage so I have no good way of charging at night. I have a dedicated parking spot as my neighbors do but who knows what it would cost to get power and an outdoor charger installed
The price for an EV in the US is absurd(the price of autos in general is absurd). Tesla is 100% not making a cheap EV to maintain their profit margins to keep stock price high. Go look at the average gross profit margin of an auto maker, Tesla is 2-3x that.
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