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This bayoooo is a very sensible fellow

Here is a table from Wikipedia on the costs of different sources of electricity:

https://i50.tinypic.com/2zoewk2.png

Solar is near the red arrow I've drawn.

Notice that its cost ("Total System Levelized Cost" ) is a factor of 2X or more than the alternatives.

There is no point in you commenting on this thread about energy if you don't even know how much things cost. We don't need advice from people who have no clue what they are talking about.

Inland waterways. In Ekiti State?

Air, for transporting produce?

I.e., charter a plane to transport yam from Ekiti to Lagos?

Do you want the farmers to go bankrupt?

My brothers and sisters. Fellow Ekiti indigenes and Yoruba people more generally.

If we listen to perhaps well-meaning but clearly uninformed folk like this, we are absolutely doomed.

It is very easy for people to propose suggestions and give advice for a state that isn't their own. After all, if their advice is id1otic, they don't bear the risks.

However, for me, my own suggestions are the best strategy going forward, to my knowledge. At least given what I know, what I've researched and read.

But it sure as heck beats anything proposed so far on this thread. I haven't seen anyone yet suggest something better.

Solar?

And you are saying that I am "pie in the sky?"

Have you looked into how expensive solar actually is for generating electricity?

Look, stick to concern over your state. Let me focus on mine.

The "edge" Ekiti has over certain other states is that it has people like with me who reason more sharply than others.

We lose that advantage if we start listening to people who propose dumb things like solar energy for large-scale energy production.

Seriously, there is no point in commenting on electricity if you don't even realize that solar is extremely expensive, on a per kWh basis...

aletheia: Don't believe all you read on NL. No union has been "defanged". We shall all make reference to this thread when the clueless LASG climbs down from this grandstanding designed to impress folks like you. You talk about market forces so I am sure you know the answer to why there are more Nigerian-trained doctors in the US than in Nigeria!

Settle down, doc

Let's see how things shake down first..we'll see who has the upper hand shortly, no doubt.

Regarding the US and Nigeria...yes, there are plenty who've left Nigeria for the US. But not clear that this is necessarily an option for all of these fired doctors.

papatosibe: Nah, you are right, LESS IS BETTER. 40 milla is optimal, anything above that is counter productive. I am flabbergasted!

Lmao

You are a really dumb guy. My point is, the answer is not "MORE MORE MORE" or "LESS LESS LESS."

Life in general is more complicated than that, lol.

You cannot say stupid things like, "if 40 million is good, than 160 million is better."

You have to supply REASONS, arguments, logic that support your position.

I don't think that the Nigeria FG actually matters.

It isn't the most important thing facing us as a people.

What we need to face is how to provide electricity. Rail. Roads. Those are more important than PDP, ACN, federal government, etc.

The journey from Lagos to Ekiti should not be a 3 hour journey. It should be a 45 minute - 1 hour journey, if there was a good road.

Are we saying that we cannot build such a road without the FG?

How did Awolowo do what he did in the Western Region, with the much smaller funds available to him and his government at the time?

Have we regressed from a people who achieved some of the greatest things in Africa during the 50s and 60s to a people who are helpless, paralyzed, and ineffectual without the monthly oil stipend?

No, we have not.

Can someone even spell out this argument for me?

What do we lose by not joining the PDP and the center?

Someone explain why regionalism and regional integration represent a dire threat to us as a people.

I guess it is just a fundamental difference in philosophy.

Some believe that Yorubaland cannot do anything without oil allocations. That the only hope is to align with the PDP government at the center.

I mean, I can sort of see why one would think this...though it seems pretty pessimistic tbh.

For me, I would rather try to go it alone and see what happens. The best thing we can do is to learn to live without the FG, and without oil wealth.

Hell, we aren't even in a situation where our allocations have been cut to zero.

Aregbe thumbs his nose at the FG on a weekly basis, but every month he still gets a check.

This cycle of dependency must be broken.

I believe that the Yoruba are a great people. That they can survive, prosper, and reach heights they've never reached before.

Even with zero oil money.

Kobojunkie: um . . .. LAGOS STATE is UNDER the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Suggesting Doctors should not use the Federal Benchmark is as silly as suggesting National Laws should not apply in Lagos. It does not make sense.

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which kyne reasoning be dis

Kobomentality

I guess my experience has been a bit different. Mostly it was puzzles...not just "what is the running time of quicksort, what is a heap data structure, implement a linked list on the board" type of questions.

Then again, it doesn't hurt to memorize those things. But you won't get the best jobs with that alone, I think

Childish?

Your argument is "160 mil > 40 mil."

That is simply illogical. I've given you a very good example of WHY it isn't true, and why reasoning of that sort is stvpid.

The best strategy is the best strategy. It is m0ronic to conclude a priori that the best strategy is just "go as big as you possibly can."

Clearly the point went over your head..

Yeah, you are right actually. There is a big difference between algorithms as taught in a university class (which is more about concepts, learning general ideas) and algorithms at some companies.

Some companies just want you to memorize algorithm stuff.

But to be honest, the top companies, the ones that pay the most, when interviewing expect you to do puzzles and stuff. The university class I think is really helpful for the "puzzle" companies, but probably not that useful for the "memorize" companies.

saxywale: Most doctors want job in civil service, there is job security, better pay and greater career progression. My relation works in lagoon hospital at the moment and almost all the doctors at lagoon (one of the best private hospital in Nigeria) are trying to cross to LASG.

Then LASG made the correct decision. They've de-fanged this union that has caused them a lot of trouble, and from what you say will have no difficulty replacing the doctors with ones of comparable quality.

Good.

Next time one of these unions wants to strike, perhaps they should pause and make sure that they are not overestimating how difficult it will be to replace them.

Sigh...I assumed too much I guess.

The point of that picture I posted is that "more should be better" is not always the best strategy. That one can argue for a common region of 40 million (say the point (0,4) on my plot) doesn't mean that 160 million is an improvement (the point (1,3)).

Increasing doesn't necessarily lead to better results...

They've got it right.

papatosibe: If regional integration is good on paper, then common sense dictates that national integration would be great. Lets put an end to the politics of isolation. He is right if you think about it, if it is all about integration and connection, MORE SHOULD THE BETTER. why limit yourself to 40 milli people when you can reach 160 milla?

https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/03/28/opinion/28strogatz/28strogatz-custom2.jpg

lol

Well, I suppose that market forces will show us who was being reasonable and who was not.

If Lagos is easily able to replace these fired employees with people of similar caliber, then clearly their refusal to increase wages wasn't unreasonable.

On the other hand if they struggle to do this..

It will be interesting to see where these fired doctors now go. Will they be able to earn higher salaries in the private sector, in other states, or for the FG? If not, then we may see them begging for their old jobs back..

How easily will Lagos be able to replace these 1000 fired doctors?

Like, if Lagos State offers the existing wage of the fired docs, will it be able to attract enough new staff?

I'm actually taking an algorithms class now myself (mainly to improve my job prospects for when I enter the market in a few months).

I had some of the same concerns as you, that I'd be at a major disadvantage because I'm not a CS guy, don't have any actual background in the stuff besides some classes in high school.

But I don't think it is a disadvantage to not have seen some of these things before.

Just watch the videos, read the assigned readings and do the homeworks and you'll probably get a lot out of it.

Well, there is no way to have encountered all possible algorithms in life.

And it is sort of hard to expect people to have seen all algorithms that appear in an algorithms class before even taking it.

The point of an algorithms class it to teach you some good ways to approach different problems, general techniques that work, recognize certain patterns...it isn't really about memorizing algorithms.

Take mergesort for example. If Person A has seen it before, he has an advantage over Person B, who hasn't. However, they aren't taking the class to master mergesort. But instead to master the more general principle of divide and conquer.

Like, you don't want to be the guy who has seen mergesort before and has memorized it, but then doesn't know how to generalize it to cases where you break up the list into K chunks (K-way mergesort rather than 2-way mergesort.)

If you understand divide and conquer, you can analyse K-way mergesort easily. If you only understand mergesort, you might not be able to.

Not sure I agree with him. Probably best for several states to accomplish objective X (e.g., rail) rather than to do it separately.

Granted, it won't solve all problems. But it can solve at least a few.

Nigeria as is already can easily be bullied. It isn't like it is some strong country.

So whether it divides or not won't change anything in that regard.

Brzezinski is a very old man...he worked for President Carter in the 70s. Why do you think he is working for Obama now? Or has his ear?

Moreover, what is the date, time and place for this supposed quote?

link?

I just started using odesk.com lately. Really an excellent place to find inexpensive programming help. May want to try that if you don't find what you want here.

Fayimora: Just as a side note directed towards beginners, there is no point studying the analysis of algorithms if you dont understand the algorithms themselves.

I don't agree with this. You need to be comfortable with things like big-oh and some basic math and know how to program a bit.

You can get a lot out of an algorithms course w/o tons of prior algorithms experience. Having not seen or used quicksort/mergesort before doesn't prevent you from absorbing a lecture on it.

Roads now. Cut unnecessary costs in budget now.

And then when electricity is deregulated, partner with the private sector to make it available.

That should be the agenda for development (or rather, part of it.)

When did someone being a "known hater" mean that their arguments are invalid?

Either the argument is correct, or it is not.

If the devil is arguing for 1+1=2 and you disagree, then I don't think you just leave the discussion at, "the devil is a known hater", lol

This is a local thing. Has nothing to do with the FG. Even the British to my knowledge did not take it upon themselves to regulate cheiftancy titles.

Certainly the Nigerian FG should not have this power.

I doubt that this is constitutional.

Jarus, they seem to be raising some legitimate points. By "they", I mean the writer of the article and also posters here.

And you for whatever reason are not addressing them.

lari03: Well then I can authoritatively tell you that history will vindicate him before any of his predecessors, this guy is trying, you need to actually know that he makes the effort to come on TV to let people know what the government is doing at the end of every month.

Trying is not good enough. Results are what matter, not whether you tried hard or not.

Also, I question his vision to a large extent. The airport proposal is a monumental blunder, for example.