It's clear that the future of traditional war will be air power. Bombers taking off from Missouri, the heartland of the US, were used in the Iraq war. Their is no distance they can't cover with assisted fueling.
Why didn't the ships in Star Wars auto-fly and auto-target/kill?
Spielberg didn't see the future. James Cameron sort of got it with Terminator, except the machines weren't very good shots.
Automated war is terrifying.
From the ground, motion detection and enemy identification from a mile is not out of our reach (I'm sure some our working on this, it's not complicated).
It's this sort of tech that will result in a nuclear exchange (EMP = stop that shit). In my opinion.
Wow. RT doesn't have original Star Wars on there but The Last Jedi comes in at #27 of all time (which would be appropriate if it was just a list of Star Wars movies and content, it would be right behind the Christmas Special).
That list is actually funny.
Here's IMDB's take on the top 250 movies (Start Wars and Return of the Jedi are both in the top 25):
It's about a high school theater production where Jesus comes back but has to be cool and he time travels to save characters from Hamlet. Super well made (it's a movie with an actual musical at the end).
I bet these are produced at Lego factories in China (or copies of the manufacturing hardware used in China). They come with the custom springs, tubes, and non-rectangular things and have the same extra pieces, just without the company logo (probably a check box). Stickers are the same as well, mostly.
Lego used to be produced only in Europe. Now China and Mexico are primary production areas.
They had no qualms about moving production to reduce costs (but still charge $$$$), and I have no qualms about purchasing the comical off brands as the quality is the same (they come with the same instructions but with a knock off cover, but they aren't bagged in numbered bags).
That's a good point. Majoring in actuarial science, I had a bunch of good math geeks around me and was in honors classes for non-math stuff (one was on teen Jeopardy).
High burn out/failure rate, but those who could handle the math (2nd year - calculus based statistics) were sharp. And my classmates.
I didn't say this but when I travel between offices for business I will interoffice mail my clothes and just take a back pack on the plane. Get my stuff once I get to the office. Takes a little planning but much easier than dealing with bags while flying.
I'm freaking sick of gate-check and interoffice mail is free for me (it's UPS, I ship 2nd day).
Or I stuff my clothes into my backpack (2-3 day trip). But that sucks. I might send a fan next time... (because I'm addicted to fan while sleeping).
Now they can sense the anger you have towards them for whatever reasons and say "No, please don't throw me out the window" while you are throwing it out the window (or smashing it with a hammer).
How many people do you know that are depressed and/or have considered suicide?
I don't know any that have attempted suicide, but I know a few in the depressed/considered suicide area.
Anger over happy people is a bad reaction. That's a very low spot to be in. Medical help can assist with this.
But images of self destruction provides ideas and methods of one's potential self destruction. It feeds the problem.
The possible negative reaction to happy people is just a trigger at the moment, quickly forgotten (individual instances, it can sustain over time because people are generally nice and/or happy).
I'd rather have anger over a smile than consideration and instructions of self-harm from others.
Japan is the canary in the mine, in my mind, regarding social stability and an aging population.
Very old population (26% of population above 65 in 2014, # of elderly surpassed # of children in 1997, and this bit of info: " and sales of adult diapers surpassed diapers for babies in 2014.").
I witnessed both of these in college. Cheat sheets were allowed (actuarial math courses), a lot of time textbooks (student versus clock).
The two "allowed" best tweaks to the "single page" cheat sheet were: 1. Printing at 3PT font on both sides and bringing a magnifying glass. 2. The winner - printed on dot matrix paper which he claimed was a single sheet since it was continuous. He did well on the test.
Myself, I relied on an HP-48SX and infrared data transfer with other students in the classroom (needed to aim them at each other but the teachers had no idea this was possible). It was way ahead of it's time with regards to what it could do (1991). Some of the ideas we came up with were a better education than the classes (wrote memorization versus creativity).
The shutdown will probably be resolved because of DHS or TSA issues.
TSA (Transportation Security Admin) slows down the airports. I have coworkers that have experienced this.
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) closures actually allows more illegal immigration, which is more than rather ironic (this should be the daily story from all Democrats, every day).
It's terrifying that in some plants the only thing people do is box shit up or pour raw ingredients into the machines. Not a glamorous thing to talk about when trying to meet people at the bar (bad pick up line: "Then I pour 200 pounds of sugar into a hopper and press a button")...
Fascinating due to the mechanical engineering. And with 3D part manufacturing (https://www.makepartsfast.com) even machine shop jobs for one-off parts are on the line. CAD jobs are safe I would contend.
I love the episodes where people actually make things, specifically instruments (the Gibson episode was awesome, but I play a hand-made Seagull from Canada...).
Benefits: 1. Unlimited cloud based DVR saving of shows (retained for 9 months) 2. Works on computer, Roku, tablets, phones (all able to stream live and saved shows, great when travelling) 3. Local channels available. 4. For many shows they have on demand, some offer 5+ seasons of backlog (they do have commercials you can't skip, for DVRed shows you can skip them). 5. I enjoy some sports, it has the national, regional, and some international (soccer) offerings 6. We went from over $100 for cable per month to $40. We will subscribe to HBO's service for Game of Thrones and then cancel it.
While it hasn't increased our TV time, it has changed the dynamic. We only have one TV (but also 2 nine year olds); now my wife can retire to our bedroom and watch a show while the kids are hogging the TV.
If you want cable I think it's the best offering available at this time. They don't have Comedy Central but I wasn't watching that much anymore.
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I will say no more. Vendor lock in for perpetuity.
Unless you have $10-20 million to blow on the roll of a dice.
It's clear that the future of traditional war will be air power. Bombers taking off from Missouri, the heartland of the US, were used in the Iraq war. Their is no distance they can't cover with assisted fueling.
Why didn't the ships in Star Wars auto-fly and auto-target/kill?
Spielberg didn't see the future. James Cameron sort of got it with Terminator, except the machines weren't very good shots.
Automated war is terrifying.
From the ground, motion detection and enemy identification from a mile is not out of our reach (I'm sure some our working on this, it's not complicated).
It's this sort of tech that will result in a nuclear exchange (EMP = stop that shit). In my opinion.
How easy is this stuff? Here's an auto-aiming Nerf sentry turrent:
https://newatlas.com/nerf-vulc...
What's my point? I don't actually know. But automating war creates more enemies. Not waging war, not so much.
Wow. RT doesn't have original Star Wars on there but The Last Jedi comes in at #27 of all time (which would be appropriate if it was just a list of Star Wars movies and content, it would be right behind the Christmas Special).
That list is actually funny.
Here's IMDB's take on the top 250 movies (Start Wars and Return of the Jedi are both in the top 25):
https://www.imdb.com/chart/top...
It's a good list.
This will be exciting. I miss watching Shuttle launches on CNN (never in person).
Given it's flying I think a better comparison would be: It is the size of an African or European kitchen table?
I fart in your general direction.
They are offshore, in the Galapagos. They also have flamingos just a few miles away. If you can, take a trip there, it was beyond amazing.
Photos I took on the trip:
Penguins:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
Flamingos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
Full Photo Album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
I'm not sure who Discovers is, but at least communist, socialist, and even monarchist institutions aren't being impacted.
It's a film I really enjoyed.
It's about a high school theater production where Jesus comes back but has to be cool and he time travels to save characters from Hamlet. Super well made (it's a movie with an actual musical at the end).
"Rock me, rock me, rock me sexy Jesus!":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Let's ask Brian Boitano!
I bet these are produced at Lego factories in China (or copies of the manufacturing hardware used in China). They come with the custom springs, tubes, and non-rectangular things and have the same extra pieces, just without the company logo (probably a check box). Stickers are the same as well, mostly.
Lego used to be produced only in Europe. Now China and Mexico are primary production areas.
They had no qualms about moving production to reduce costs (but still charge $$$$), and I have no qualms about purchasing the comical off brands as the quality is the same (they come with the same instructions but with a knock off cover, but they aren't bagged in numbered bags).
That's a good point. Majoring in actuarial science, I had a bunch of good math geeks around me and was in honors classes for non-math stuff (one was on teen Jeopardy).
High burn out/failure rate, but those who could handle the math (2nd year - calculus based statistics) were sharp. And my classmates.
From the Onion, the headline on this made me laugh out loud.
How much capacity will HP's cloud users have access to?
1,000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I didn't say this but when I travel between offices for business I will interoffice mail my clothes and just take a back pack on the plane. Get my stuff once I get to the office. Takes a little planning but much easier than dealing with bags while flying.
I'm freaking sick of gate-check and interoffice mail is free for me (it's UPS, I ship 2nd day).
Or I stuff my clothes into my backpack (2-3 day trip). But that sucks. I might send a fan next time... (because I'm addicted to fan while sleeping).
Are high end schools the only way to get "subtleties of knowledge, persuasion and argument".
I do like the photo though, and yes, I read the article (but didn't attend the school mentioned).
First post maybe.
Now they can sense the anger you have towards them for whatever reasons and say "No, please don't throw me out the window" while you are throwing it out the window (or smashing it with a hammer).
How many people do you know that are depressed and/or have considered suicide?
I don't know any that have attempted suicide, but I know a few in the depressed/considered suicide area.
Anger over happy people is a bad reaction. That's a very low spot to be in. Medical help can assist with this.
But images of self destruction provides ideas and methods of one's potential self destruction. It feeds the problem.
The possible negative reaction to happy people is just a trigger at the moment, quickly forgotten (individual instances, it can sustain over time because people are generally nice and/or happy).
I'd rather have anger over a smile than consideration and instructions of self-harm from others.
By a long fucking shot.
Japan is the canary in the mine, in my mind, regarding social stability and an aging population.
Very old population (26% of population above 65 in 2014, # of elderly surpassed # of children in 1997, and this bit of info: " and sales of adult diapers surpassed diapers for babies in 2014.").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I witnessed both of these in college. Cheat sheets were allowed (actuarial math courses), a lot of time textbooks (student versus clock).
The two "allowed" best tweaks to the "single page" cheat sheet were:
1. Printing at 3PT font on both sides and bringing a magnifying glass.
2. The winner - printed on dot matrix paper which he claimed was a single sheet since it was continuous. He did well on the test.
Myself, I relied on an HP-48SX and infrared data transfer with other students in the classroom (needed to aim them at each other but the teachers had no idea this was possible). It was way ahead of it's time with regards to what it could do (1991). Some of the ideas we came up with were a better education than the classes (wrote memorization versus creativity).
Regarding pricing, medically approved scopes start at over $100 (in the US). There are cheaper ones available.
Half an hour would be plenty of time for someone to learn how to hear a living person's heart beat. Verify life (scope is needed for that).
But what heart murmurs? I had one as a kid and I have a cat that has a different one (various levels and variants, for mamals).
What about identifying irregular heart activity?
To actually treat someone via stethoscope analysis requires a lot of time and education.
It's interesting to look at the list of jobs with the largest employment. And then consider which ones could be automated.
https://www.careeronestop.org/...
I can't believe there are so many retail salespeople.
The shutdown will probably be resolved because of DHS or TSA issues.
TSA (Transportation Security Admin) slows down the airports. I have coworkers that have experienced this.
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) closures actually allows more illegal immigration, which is more than rather ironic (this should be the daily story from all Democrats, every day).
Vulkan is a species, Spock from Start Trek is the most famous example.
Valve is a video game maker and market provider.
Gallium is an element (Ga) and Gallium3D is a non-flat piece of it (say a chunk or block).
Mesa is a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
In those contexts, the summary is a pretty wild ride of incomprehensible gibberish.
That show is both terrifying and fascinating.
It's terrifying that in some plants the only thing people do is box shit up or pour raw ingredients into the machines. Not a glamorous thing to talk about when trying to meet people at the bar (bad pick up line: "Then I pour 200 pounds of sugar into a hopper and press a button")...
Fascinating due to the mechanical engineering. And with 3D part manufacturing (https://www.makepartsfast.com) even machine shop jobs for one-off parts are on the line. CAD jobs are safe I would contend.
I love the episodes where people actually make things, specifically instruments (the Gibson episode was awesome, but I play a hand-made Seagull from Canada...).
The problem with that is if you call Stormy in to perform the the spanking he would like it too much, even if it hurt.
We really like YouTube TV.
Benefits:
1. Unlimited cloud based DVR saving of shows (retained for 9 months)
2. Works on computer, Roku, tablets, phones (all able to stream live and saved shows, great when travelling)
3. Local channels available.
4. For many shows they have on demand, some offer 5+ seasons of backlog (they do have commercials you can't skip, for DVRed shows you can skip them).
5. I enjoy some sports, it has the national, regional, and some international (soccer) offerings
6. We went from over $100 for cable per month to $40. We will subscribe to HBO's service for Game of Thrones and then cancel it.
While it hasn't increased our TV time, it has changed the dynamic. We only have one TV (but also 2 nine year olds); now my wife can retire to our bedroom and watch a show while the kids are hogging the TV.
If you want cable I think it's the best offering available at this time. They don't have Comedy Central but I wasn't watching that much anymore.