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Like Vet Ranch?

Yeah, those educational and feel-good videos by extremist charity veterinary groups are really shameful.

The creators of Vet Ranch also created Demolition Ranch. Companies selling to those of certain political leanings do not want to be associated with 2nd amendment rights.

Like Vet Ranch?

Yeah, those educational and feel-good videos by extremist charity veterinary groups are really shameful.

Before you even consider this, get the FCC on your side. Get a group of savage lawyers who know how to fight. It's got to be air tight legal permission. If you think that they are not going to be out to squash your competition like a bug, 'you got another thing comin'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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I distinctly remember some researchers use something similar to see through walls years ago.
It was even posted on here.
Yeah here it was: See thruogh walls with Wi-fi.
Video too .
A more recent (2015) one with motion

I distinctly remember some researchers use something similar to see through walls years ago.
It was even posted on here.
Yeah here it was: See thruogh walls with Wi-fi.
Video too .
A more recent (2015) one with motion

Richard M. Stallman (rms, widely known as the founder of the GNU Project and frequent lecturer speaking for software freedom, the freedom to control one's computers by having the freedom to run, inspect, share, and modify the code they run) explained why the W3C can't get away from DRM ("digital handcuffs") starting around 11m40s into the interview. Around 15m16s rms pointed out why the W3 is structurally incapable of challenging DRM:

He [Tim Berners-Lee] should handle it by saying 'no' but he can't, really, and the reason is he set up an organization by the businesses that want to put in the most money. And that basically tells Hollywood, "Here's your opportunity! Turn us into your tool!". That's what the W3 has become: a tool for the businesses that will pay it the money."

This was a much better presentation of the same principle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Computer targeted laser powered mosquito killer could be adapted to kill other bugs, and even ignore good bugs like bees and ladybugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Robotic Mexicans? Truly terrifying..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

See subject: "How do you think he does it?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DthtDjhqVOU/

* He's scoring more. He's SCORING MORE... lol!

APK

P.S.=> Get that straight - y'hear?... apk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

They don't involve one side arbitrarily changing the deal without notifying the other side.

Pray they don't alter the deal.

Not where I work. I've worked places where people got let go for no other reason than being an asshole. (naturally, that isn't how it was worded to them, but everyone knows that that is the real reason).

Assholes that everyone hates should be fired. Assholes who get the job done should be lauded.

Eli The Computer Guy: Being An "Asshole" As A Technology Professional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE

LOLLLLLLLL. I think someone is projecting.

Casey Neistat had a video on why asshats tease those who have passion to change their lives. Haters and doubters fear successful people. Nothing is more worse than a successful fat person.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQ8BGw13So

I don't care what all the old timers say. This place still has it.

I haven't been abused like this since... 1999.

Could you remind me how many people SpaceX has killed? Boeing and Lockheed have certainly killed people in the past.

If you're referring to the AMOS 6 ground failure, ignoring that part of the whole point of flying a stack unmanned as much as you can before you fly it manned is to shake out any problems, is that a manned mission would have almost certainly survived that. Unless the launch escape system failed, despite the drama, that was an eminently survivable. How do we know this? Because AMOS-6's hypergolic propellant tanks didn't ignite until the satellite hit the ground. AMOS-6 had the fairing as some extra protection, but on the other hand, the satellite itself isn't nearly as durable as a crew dragon.

The launch escape system ignites within milliseconds of a failure being detected and almost immediately reaches full thrust, accelerating away at 10gs. Here's a graphic of Dragon's abort test superimposed over the AMOS-6 failure. Things like this are the very reason that launch escape systems exist. NASA's last manned space vehicle lacked such a system entirely. And while their design for the Shuttle ultimately wasn't chosen, you know what? Lockheed's proposal didn't have one either. And it had a strong impact on influencing the final Shuttle design outcome.

Question: How the fug are they getting away with shit like that? And u koolaid koolaiders continue to wonder why horizontal arrow more of the same Hillary didnt get in. Godzilla would be better than that.

Well, Godzilla definitely has thinner ankles...

And Godzilla can stand up on his own, he doesn't fall over again and again..

It is highly speculative, yes, but it's not my assumption, it comes from this talk by a Stanford lecturer, Tony Seba. He readily admits the trend of the past 20 years might not continue until 2030, but but he makes a pretty good case for a massive disruption of our energy and transportation systems in that time frame. It's a very thought-provoking talk; I highly recommend it, if you have the time.

...back when I worked there. (Not that I ever met him or anything, but when we got bought by Verizon I'm positive he was one of the suits.*)

I haven't looked into Net Neutrality. My issue here is "Truth in Labeling" -- is it REALLY what it says it is (All packets are normally treated equal, with the commonly expected QoS overrides and NAKs and squelches needed for normal operation? -- vs -- Packet loss because we're funneling Netflix thru a single 300 baud modem while it's racked neighbors connect 10G links to V's internal movie servers. You can connect; let's see you actually do it), or is it like the Patriot Act and others, a misnamed law with weird effects? I'm thinking that it IS what "everyone" wants (a level packet paying field) but not positive.

I _DO_ think Pai is not evil -- he's a lawyer after all, it's just his nature to stretch, improve, and (Hi Lisa!) bend all existing laws to his will. I think he is trying to get all of those pesky regulations out of the way so Business can be done. That being said, why bother with any laws at all -- they just get in the way and slow things down.

Here's my take of him after hearing that 800 startups might be shut down: Picture, or Action.

(* OT: during one of the group meetings where our company was being bought out and they were fielding questions, one was: "So what's the name of the new company?" McAdams, the CEO, looked puzzled so the guy continued: "You keep saying this is a merger between equals, so I wanted to know if you had thought up a name for the newly combined company." McAdam scowled at him and said "Verizon." The guy didn't ask a follow-up question.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

My last two reads in this area were The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (2013) and When Genius Failed (2000), both of which I found highly engaging.

Is that what you were looking for?

On my near-term list is The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (2014).

Perhaps that's more what you're after.

I also liked The Man in the Machine (2015).

Imho The best part of the movie was this scene with finland https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Who'da thought everyone else would have enough money to run secret space programs with weaponised space stations and no one noticed.

If they control 70% of all mining operations, then they could do a whole lot more than threaten to just brick mining servers.
They could just wait until the right time, and then launch a 51% attack (except with 70%) and take however many coins they want.

Relevant clip from Austin Powers: 100 billion dollars

You know, if you actually tried being good at your job and working hard, you might be able to make more than $25/hr at a real job [...]

With 10 paid federal holidays, 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days, and an extra month of pay as a Christmas bonus last year, I'm making $30 per hour.

[...] and not have to find ways of scamming $50 a month in advertising revenues.

Asshats like yourself have been driving people to my personal blog (click the Homepage link above my comment), where they can visit my author website, author profiles at Amazon and Smashwords, and social media channels like YouTube and Twitter. For the extra ad revenues and ebook purchases for this month, I thank you. Keep up the good work!

That's not gruel.

Obligatory The Onion review addressing just this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Thank you Peter Rosenthal.

You might enjoy this (90m) video, Sugar: The Bitter Truth by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology.

The video explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2009]

It's pretty technical.

Got a letter through the post that says I don't exist.
Apparently the new computer thinks I won't be missed.

You can even buy a great song about Jimmy Iovine on iTunes.

Here it is on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The bitter truth is a nice 90 min lecture that touches the topic. Biochemistry and all.

Summary:
Fructose, and therefore sucrose, generates fat in the liver and blocks leptin recognition in the brain. Avoid all sugared beverages, and avoid products containing added sugar.

Humans originated in persia, not africa.

Only Iranians think that.

(YouTube) S.P.O.C.K. - They are not humans

Obligatory Blade Runner reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

There will be face-to-face social activities in the future, but probably not what we engage in now.

Semi-related: back when AOL was a big thing, they had home-town chat rooms. Whatever area you were in, that was the chat room you could get into. You couldn't get into the others, as the ONE you could get into was tied to your subscriber/account info. The weekend bar/club meetups were rather fun, and a lot more casual than a dating service.

Restricting it to only local people made it a lot more honest and civil, I think.
But then, , , the AOL hometown chat was a free feature of their internet service, so they had no reason to try to inflate the user numbers.
No other chat program bothers to do that; they allow people from across the country/world to spam and troll.

Aaaaaaand it's gone.

Well, we should all fight for equal rights.. Some rights are still skewed towards men, but there is a shitload that are skewed towards females.

This youtuber does have some really good points..
https://www.youtube.com/user/g...

For what you wrote above... Never do those things unless you can find someone you can actually trust.. Ie don't have a relationship just because you feel lonely and don't have a kid to try and fix any relationship like so many tries to do.

Just as Woody Allen predicted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Mr Scott, have you always multiplied your engineering estimates by a factor of four?

Oh, laddy, you got a lot to learn!

Mr Scott, have you always multiplied your engineering estimates by a factor of four?

Oh, laddy, you got a lot to learn!

Regardless he will hang for it.

This is yet another reason why, no matter what, innocent as an angel or guilty as sin, never, ever, neverever talk to the police. Any misstatement is "changing your story." Any hazy memory is construed as obstruction.

Anything you say will be used to prosecute you, whether you are guilty or not. Nothing you say to police will be used to help you. That's not their job.

Get a lawyer. Shut your mouth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Ok lets talk about this, then.

Previously Verizon killed Netflix's bandwidth for around a month to force them to pay more for the bandwidth they were using. Verizon was also the second largest lobbying company before the previous Net Neutrality rules went into effect. As they were completely against these rules, also they sued the federal government to force a decision about Net Neutrality.

I agree that law makers should do something about this, but most of them are corporate shills who would not disobey their masters. And net neutrality is going to affect everyone that uses the internet in America.

Also the tax overhaul is not happening right now, first it has to make it to the floor of the House then the Senate, and pass both of them. And this just seems like a distraction from the topic at hand.

Last time they almost did this, during Obama's term, it took a great video from some comedic fool to set it straight. Last Week Tonight Net Neutrality And this was done during the FCC comment period, before the rule went into to affect, to force people to look at this.

This discussion about riots started with your statement:

The 1960's rioters were the conservatives trying to stop progressives from integrating.

That is simply historically wrong. The rioters of the 1960's were overwhelmingly leftists and anarchists. Heck, I lived through that period!

Your premise was "conservatives don't riot".

I didn't say that either. What I actually said was "Conservatives are simply not involved in most riots.". That's a general historical observation that I made which merely makes your wrong assertion about the 1960's riots even more implausible. But regardless of whether conservatives riot more or less than leftists, it is crystal clear that the 1960's riots were not "conservatives trying to stop progressives from integrating", they were progressives and anarchists rebelling against the system.

Every time you see something you just swap it around and pretend the conservatives are on whatever side you support.

I'm not defending conservatives. I don't even like conservatives or their ideology. What I am saying is that your statement that "The 1960's rioters were the conservatives trying to stop progressives from integrating." is wrong.

You then shifted the goalpost to 1920's lynchings and riots and blame "conservatives" for those. I just pointed out two things: first, that you provided no evidence that these were conservatives, and second, that it is far more likely that they were angry white working class people enraged by the racially divisive rhetoric at the time.

Your trying to reframe things and act like I'm some sort of race baiter.

Not at all. I understand perfectly why you believe what you do; I used to hold pretty similar beliefs about conservatism, racism, race, and slavery. Obviously, those beliefs are common, otherwise 25% of the US wouldn't identify as progressives. Those beliefs are widely taught in government schools and promoted by an intellectual elite. But you ought to reflect on why 36% of the population are conservatives and 39% are independents; do you seriously think they/we are all dumb, uneducated racists?

I can't do more than point you in the right direction. To make it easy, start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Maybe a poor black Southerner is more convincing to you than a gay atheist immigrant, I don't know. He also provides tons of references in his books, and, of course, he lived through somewhat more of the history than I have.

the ones on lines need some kind of remote so they can send messages and get turn on commands. They also have local control so there can be a lock out / tag out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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the ones on lines need some kind of remote so they can send messages and get turn on commands. They also have local control so there can be a lock out / tag out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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've provided multiple citations and links and you spin them around and pretend they are the opposite of what they say.

You provided a bunch of links about white people doing bad things to black people, and then you conclude that those white people must have been "conservatives" because progressives and liberals would never do such things. What you have proven there is your ignorance of history and your bigotry, nothing more. The fact is that the progressive movement is primarily responsible for racism in the 20th century.

I've given you a couple of links where a Harvard-educated, highly respected black economist and political scientist explains to you how you are wrong. I suggest you read them and try to understand them instead of continuing to wallow in your ignorance.

Here is the link again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

There are tons of other sources you can read that make the same point.

Even if he won all of the toss-ups, he would still lose.

There has been a very strong downward trend in population growth worldwide, as you can see by looking at the World Bank data

India in fact is part of that steep decline, as you can see in the per-country breakdown. On average the "Middle East & North Africa" has also seen a moderate reduction over the last 50 years, from 2.7 to 1.8, while the "Arab World" has gone from 2.7 to 2.0. The only region with a generally upward trend over that time is "Sub-Saharan Africa", and even that has started to level off.

The reasons for this are fairly well understood, and are covered in this Kurzgesagt video on Overpopulation.

TLDW: disease, war, and famine are not a result of population growth so much as they are a cause. The more people fear their children won't reach adulthood the more children they have. The more developed the country, the more likely children are to reach adulthood, the less children they have. Every country that has undergone significant economic development experiences a (relatively) brief "bubble" in which the older birth rate exceeds the newer death rate before everyone realizes so many children aren't necessary.

Overall Africa is one of the last areas in the world to undergo this normal economic/technological transformation of population growth so they're at the tail end of this cycle. However current data seems to indicate that they're finally moving into Stage 3. So unless something (more) happens to wreck their economy they should start progressing into Stage 4 within a few decades and pretty much all areas of the world will have declining population growth.