USD is supposed to be inflationary. That is intentional. The whole point of money is to spend it. The purpose of maintaining inflation is to encourage people to spend or invest their money instead of hoarding it. Hoarding money is worse for the economy than having a little inflation.
You don't see the problem with that? Good currencies are not supposed to rapidly change in value over a short period of time. And if Bitcoin is not a good currency, then what is the value proposition?
On Earth in the 21st century, travel and communication are cheaper and easier than ever before. Yet an increasing percentage of the population lives in concentrated urban areas. Go figure.
When a person looks around at this world and their place in it, they should be distressed
That's an odd claim. The world is in the most peaceful, prosperous, free and equal era of human history. I, myself, have comfortable lifestyle that puts me in the top 1% of people in the world with very little effort.
You're doing better than the AC. And I like a lot of your campaign positions.
But when you're raising money for an election, the real question is why do you think you can win? If you can't win, none of your policy matters. If you can't win, your donors are throwing away their money.
You are running against an incumbent who has been in politics longer than you've been alive. He won his last election with 74% of the vote and won his last primary with 92% of the vote. If I had to choose between giving $100 to your campaign or spending $100 on Powerball tickets, Powerball seems like better odds. What is your plan to win?
Yet, it does seem like you use a lot of technologies, from sailboats to video conferences, to facilitate social interactions. Why bother singling out smartphones for criticism? I don't need a sailboat to make friends, but I don't post comments about putting down sailboats.
Humans NEED social interactions.Technologies that facilitate social interactions are just as important as technologies that facilitate the production of food, shelter or clothing.
A 1984 scenario requires a government that is organized and competent. The average citizen has more reason to be worried about rogue cops and incompetent bureaucrats than systematic oppression. We're much closer to Brazil than 1984.
What does it mean for a species to "figure out its place on the planet and in the solar system" and are you so sure that any species has done so?
Cockroaches have survived asteroid impacts before. Even if they could deflect one, why would they bother? And are you so sure that any species is capable of doing so?
There are a lot of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) that purport to address issues such as this. But many (most?) research labs don't use them because they are too expensive. Either in terms of licensing proprietary software or managing open source solutions.
To contrary, having performance reviews and putting employees on notice when they are under-performing is the best defense. More documentation is always better, especially if the employee might be part of a protected class.
Brewers, cheese makers, & ham curers were much like the Roman concrete makers and metallurgists: they found what worked through trial and error without understanding why some things worked but others did not. Dye makers are a different case. Inventing new dyes was a major business in the 19th century, but this came after the fundamental chemistry breakthrough of molecular structure elucidation.
I actually know specific smart people (ie PhD) who have been poached from medical research projects to work at Amazon or Facebook. On an individual level, it was a good decision for them. But is this really the best way to allocate resources for the benefit of society?
All of those rounds, primers and powder have a shelf life of about 10 years under optimum storage conditions. That gives you a pretty good window for either civilization to be reestablished or to practice with a crossbow, but it is not an indefinite supply.
It unusual for a scientific establishment to use wording like that.
LOL. Every scientific announcement uses that exactly that kind of wording. BTW, here's the press release in question:https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann17075/
Not every detail of every topic can be summarized for the GED-equivalent layperson. The examples provided, graphene and electroweak interaction, are usually covered in upper division chemistry and physics college classes. These classes take several years worth of prerequisites classes to prepare for. You cannot expect anyone to summarize several years worth of education into a single Wikipedia article.
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USD is supposed to be inflationary. That is intentional. The whole point of money is to spend it. The purpose of maintaining inflation is to encourage people to spend or invest their money instead of hoarding it. Hoarding money is worse for the economy than having a little inflation.
You don't see the problem with that? Good currencies are not supposed to rapidly change in value over a short period of time. And if Bitcoin is not a good currency, then what is the value proposition?
On Earth in the 21st century, travel and communication are cheaper and easier than ever before. Yet an increasing percentage of the population lives in concentrated urban areas. Go figure.
That's an odd claim. The world is in the most peaceful, prosperous, free and equal era of human history. I, myself, have comfortable lifestyle that puts me in the top 1% of people in the world with very little effort.
What is to be distressed about?
Over the years, how many new technologies have been hyped on slashdot? How many of those have actually taken off?
How many technology companies have been bashed on slashdot (eg Apple, Microsoft)? How many of those have continued to grow beyond all expectation?
But when you're raising money for an election, the real question is why do you think you can win? If you can't win, none of your policy matters. If you can't win, your donors are throwing away their money.
You are running against an incumbent who has been in politics longer than you've been alive. He won his last election with 74% of the vote and won his last primary with 92% of the vote. If I had to choose between giving $100 to your campaign or spending $100 on Powerball tickets, Powerball seems like better odds. What is your plan to win?
A case study in what happens when someone tries to run a manufacturing company as if its a software startup.
Posting AC with no links doesn't help your campaign. Why should anyone give you money when you clearly don't know about running for office?
If money is speech, then it cannot be regulated by Congress.
Yet, it does seem like you use a lot of technologies, from sailboats to video conferences, to facilitate social interactions. Why bother singling out smartphones for criticism? I don't need a sailboat to make friends, but I don't post comments about putting down sailboats.
Humans NEED social interactions.Technologies that facilitate social interactions are just as important as technologies that facilitate the production of food, shelter or clothing.
A 1984 scenario requires a government that is organized and competent. The average citizen has more reason to be worried about rogue cops and incompetent bureaucrats than systematic oppression. We're much closer to Brazil than 1984.
Your story has nothing to do with being autistic. Everyone makes mistakes by misreading social situations from time to time.
Cockroaches have survived asteroid impacts before. Even if they could deflect one, why would they bother? And are you so sure that any species is capable of doing so?
Who cares about surveys? Fund some grants to reproduce results. I guarantee there will be takers.
Every working scientist would love to see this happen. Who's going to pay for it?
There are a lot of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) that purport to address issues such as this. But many (most?) research labs don't use them because they are too expensive. Either in terms of licensing proprietary software or managing open source solutions.
There is a big difference between 2484 open job listings on a website and 2484 actual new hires.
To contrary, having performance reviews and putting employees on notice when they are under-performing is the best defense. More documentation is always better, especially if the employee might be part of a protected class.
Brewers, cheese makers, & ham curers were much like the Roman concrete makers and metallurgists: they found what worked through trial and error without understanding why some things worked but others did not. Dye makers are a different case. Inventing new dyes was a major business in the 19th century, but this came after the fundamental chemistry breakthrough of molecular structure elucidation.
Nothing in the summary even hints at global warming. So what, exactly, are you so upset about?
I actually know specific smart people (ie PhD) who have been poached from medical research projects to work at Amazon or Facebook. On an individual level, it was a good decision for them. But is this really the best way to allocate resources for the benefit of society?
All of those rounds, primers and powder have a shelf life of about 10 years under optimum storage conditions. That gives you a pretty good window for either civilization to be reestablished or to practice with a crossbow, but it is not an indefinite supply.
LOL. Every scientific announcement uses that exactly that kind of wording. BTW, here's the press release in question:https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann17075/
Not every detail of every topic can be summarized for the GED-equivalent layperson. The examples provided, graphene and electroweak interaction, are usually covered in upper division chemistry and physics college classes. These classes take several years worth of prerequisites classes to prepare for. You cannot expect anyone to summarize several years worth of education into a single Wikipedia article.