Iirc he's eyeing retirement and won't be running for reelection next year. After 40 years in office, he's probably doing extra of what senators are good at doing, jack shit. Good riddance.
Remove dead vegetation. OP's article specifically states that the new bill Gov. Dipshit is trying to fast track would ban all plants and vegetation from within 5' of a dwelling, including grass. This is now likely to include wood fences, wood pergolas, etc. My question is, what about people who's houses are sided with wood? I live in the mountains here in CA, and most houses are wood sided. We have strict weed abatement rules as well as defensible space requirements, but like the article says, removing healthy trees and other greenery is actually more of a detriment in a fire scenario. A bigger emphasis should be promoting fire-resistant building materials, and perhaps tax incentives to do so. Metal roofs, plaster/concrete siding, etc.
...but has also shown a reluctance in recent months to take up a new case on the scope of the right to bear arms under the Constitution’s Second Amendment.
I've been using Valvoline, but I bring my own oil and filter, and they actually do use a torque wrench on everything I can tell. It's $60 (with coupon) for my 6.7 that I also have them rotate my tires, I'm in and out in 30 min, and I don't have to dispose of the oil. Just turn down the the other services, especially the air filter (that I typically replace while I'm waiting in line), and they're not too bad. I just wish they'd do my fuel filters, but LiAbIlItY.
They easily could push more socially positive virtues, but it's likely more profitable to push a divisive narrative, especially as someone else said, to keep us occupied fighting amongst ourselves, as opposed to unifying against the wealthy.
Power linemen have phasing sticks to determine which phase is which.
Datacom wires are, to start, much lower on the pole than power cables, and have markings on the cable jacket to determine what the cable actually is (fiber, coax, tel, etc). Beyond that, there is usually some tagging at each service point.
PBS is being threatened as a whole, and not just because they're inclusive, but because they are an entity for the public benefit, and the current assholes at large hate that sort of thing. I sincerely doubt they want to do this, but if there's any hope of them continuing their mission, how do you propose they handle it? I'm really not trying to be a dick here, and it's horseshit that we're at this point as a society, but I can see where they're at.
The bus speed just translates to how quickly data can be transferred through the mobo to your card to be processed/rendered. I'd just pop it in and configure it, then run a benchmark program, which will tell you where your bottlenecks are. In terms of functionality there's no reason it shouldn't work, but don't expect newer AAA games to run at full spec.
Assuming PCIe, you'll be limited to the bus speed of whatever version your motherboard has, but otherwise you should be able to get video fine as long as you get your drivers configured correctly.
They probably have a really good tax guy, especially if they're making that much. Average is typically 15-30%, and it usually depends on how you go about your taxes. Depending on deductions, especially if you own a business, and the more you can pay a (high level) tax guy, the less you pay in taxes. It really do be like that.
Personal income, and even business income, absolutely agreed (my personal for the year was $10k or just shy of 10%, my corp tax was about $900, not bad at all). It's the other nickel and dimeing CA is famous for. Fuel taxes, property taxes because home values are now sky high, DMV fees, and then all your municipal taxes, and then all your varied county/municipal sales taxes, and plenty of others I'm not thinking of right now, and of which added together are exorbitant compared to other states. Now, don't get me wrong, you certainly get what you pay for in terms of great weather and good quality of life compared to other states, as well as many other benefits, but let's not pretend for a second that California isn't a fucking expensive place to live. I was born and raised here, I've lived elsewhere, and I am not leaving, but absolutely California is pricey.
Genuine question, where else can you find a slew of car repair videos?