Re: “ ” (Page A1, July 24). Google deserves more article space to provide the most relevant information. Building a low-cost device involves compromises, like just enough memory to handle its expected lifespan.
Extending that lifespan greatly increases the complexity of the code as it needs to handle more and more versions of software on more and more versions of hardware. I know personally how much work and testing that entails. I doubt these dates were kept secret from the schools.
Re: “ ” (Page A1, July 24). It is sad to learn that a promising technology also comes with high environmental costs. Some may say “getting what you pay for” is nothing new.
I say let’s alleviate the high-tech burden with a low-tech solution. Whereas there is a general trend that lower-priced consumer goods often go into landfill earlier, Google and other computer manufacturers have the unique advantage of some visibility into when certain hardware will be unable to support future software updates. Hence a hard-coded “death date.
” We should require all manufacturers and merchants to display “death date” as prominently as we do food products. This can help administrators (as well as consumers) calculate the total cost of ownership in their purchase. As your article points out, the death date is not related to the purchase date.
Even if the guaranteed lifespan is known, the burden of calculating the death date should not fall onto the purchaser. I am looking for housing for my older sister who is unable to search for herself due to her declining health. There are an incredible number of hoops to jump through online in order to submit an application for each rental; a $35 fee for a background check, no ability to submit an application for someone who is retired as the app requires a statement of employer, address, etc.
The apps require two bank statements, the last two years of tax returns and a copy of a driver’s license. Some places require at least $110,000 in income to qualify. All online.
For the family members who are helping and who work full time, it’s very challenging. This is ridiculous. The next time I hear someone complain about the unhoused, I am going to suggest they try the application process for 10 places.
For anyone without the ability to submit online, forget it. Re: “ ” (Page A7, April 21). In his July 21 op-ed, Chris Elmendorf, like Gov.
Gavin Newson, contends that the California Environmental Quality Act is “broken. ” Nothing could be further from the truth. During the 1980s and 1990s, CEQA was the only state law with teeth enough to halt rapacious old-growth redwood logging, in Humboldt County, by Houston-based Maxxam Corporation.
In 1985, Maxxam floated nearly $800 million in junk bonds to leverage the hostile, and legally questionable, takeover of the Pacific Lumber Company, which then owned the very last privately held groves of ancient redwood still standing outside of parks. Invoking CEQA, litigants several times shut down illegal logging in the heart of Headwaters Forest. The state and federal governments protected Headwaters Forest in 1999, preserving a rare gem of ancient redwood habitat that today would not exist had it not been for the legal muscle of CEQA.
Until recently, I was not familiar with the Indoor Football League, which was created in 2008. Because I live in Morgan Hill, I’ve noticed over the past couple of months that the Bay Area Panthers train at the Morgan Hill Sports Center. So, since my husband and I enjoy watching NFL football games, we thought we might watch some of their games on TV or at the SAP Center in San Jose.
However, I’m surprised that there is rarely anything written about them in your newspaper. For example, on July 23, the Panthers beat Tucson 46-34, earning them their first playoff victory, and there was nothing in the newspaper about it. No wonder most people around here are not familiar with this Bay Area team and the Indoor Football League that they play in.
Why does the left want to blame the GOP for threats to democracy, especially in California? There has been virtually no GOP voice in our state government, for over 20 years. Related Articles The left has control over everything. Please ask the following questions: Was the policy to erect tents on our sidewalks on your last ballot? Did you get to vote to distribute needles to drug addicts? Were you asked to decide whether to raise the gasoline tax? Was sanctuary state policy on your ballot? Was schools withholding information from parents voted on? How about banning gasoline engines or natural gas appliances? Did you vote to close schools and businesses during COVID scares? What about changing zoning laws? Democracy? It’s all smoke and mirrors to the left.
They tell you what you need, and if you disagree, you become a “ threat to our democracy. ”.
From: eastbaytimes
URL: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/07/25/letters-1348/
