"Our schools devote few resources on nurturing nascent genius"
No... Our schools work to actively suppress the gifted, the intelligent, the geniuses. Public school in particular is about warehousing and assembly line instructing children to be cogs in the machine. The highly intelligent and highly creative are a problem for them. The best and the brightest don't fit well in square holes so they are trimmed, squashed and reshaped in the form of mediocrity to fit society's needs.
The best thing you can do for your children is to not send them to school but to homeschool them so they will have a chance of meeting their full potential.
This is old news. It was discovered long ago. Not only that but they found this about ducks before that. Even some humans do this, more among males perhaps due to greater division of functions due to later maturation and greater corpus callosum separation.
News that matters? Maybe. News that is timely? Not so.
"No one told us to work those hours, but we enjoyed what we were doing enough to want to do so"
Wise Words. Figure out what you like and do it. Do it a lot. Do well at it. Do well by it. People who dedicate themselves to accomplishing things tend to do better than those who just put in their time. 40 hours a week does not cut it. Don't be a slacker.
How awful. We already have too many ATVs, Snowmobiles and Jetskis zipping around, destroying the environment and making it harder to enjoy the natural world. We don't need the noise, toxic pollution and other destruction.
I'm not at all interested in having my computer biodegrade. I want it to last. Too much waste and throw away in our society. Things should be built to last. I have cast iron cookware that is over a hundred years old and will last for maybe another thousand years.
'Our tolerance must never extend to tolerating religious hatred.'
Oh, and why does religion warrant such protection? If we're going to protect religion from hatred then everything should be protected from hatred. And that is a very slippery slope down the road to Hell paved with such good intentions.
If you don't like the movie, don't watch it. That is how freedom of expression works. People who can't tolerate that should be thrown in jail for their intolerance of intolerance.:) (e.g., it is the actions that matter. Sticks and stones and all that.)
There are lots of products that are produced 100% within our country. I make such products. Lots of small businesses do. Perhaps this is the way to "Buy USA" happening, through judicial force. Ugh.
Hmm... those rioting workers should have been more grateful for their jobs. The sly fox has a solution to worker unrest. The current version of robots do not strike or riot.
The problem is too many studies and 'correlations' are based on statistically insignificant sample sets. People don't seem to get this little detail. Without statistically significant sample sets the correlations are virtually useless.
"Unlike the traditional PC market, Microsoft doesn't dominate the market for mobile-device operating systems."
This is a widely promoted mythconception. The reality is Microsoft doesn't really dominate the real PC market anywhere nearly as much as they claim. Most of those Microsoft Windows based PCs are actually doing boring tasks like cash registers, data entry, surveillance, systems control, etc. They aren't being used by people for more creative tasks. The Mac dominates the market for the real people work. Microsoft does the boring stuff. Sadly, Microsoft does it badly.
Absurdism. One does not need a 3D Printer to make a gun to begin with. A few hand tools and you can do it just fine out of metals or plastics. This story just gets headlines because of the "new tech" rather than the real issues.
Free bacon as projects are finished. Crisp, hot and delicious. Of course, don't go for that el-cheapo CAFO factory farmed junk - serve premium pastured pork bacon to get the best motivation.
Boredom, like retirement, is an artificial modern thing. Our ancestors weren't bored. They had a tremendous amount to get done. Be busy, prepare for winter, drought or what ever or you will die.
Our family has a small farm. We're never bored. There is alway plenty to do.
CAFO's Processed Foods Fake Meat Lots of added cancer and disease causing chemicals. Missing out on the important natural micronutrients. Yuck. Give me real meat. Leather comes from harvesting meat. It's a way to use the rest of the animals.
If you object to eating meat for ethical reasons then stop eating plants you Kingdomist. Plants have feelings too!
"But ruminant animals such as cattle can safely ingest a wide variety of feedstuffs that chickens and hogs can't."
This statement is totally backwards and wrong. Where do writers get such miss-information. The fact is, pigs and chickens can eat grass, legumes, other forages and a wide variety of foods that ruminants can not efficiently or safely digest. Science please.
Hmm... My dogs do all of this. And they work on the farm too guarding and herding our livestock. Probably a lot cheaper and longer lived than this robot. Still, I guess robots must start somewhere.
I think your confusion stems from your terminology. Kickstarter is not about "investing". You won't get any cash return. Several people seem confused about this. Additionally, not all projects succeed once funded. Welcome to the real world. That is how things are. If you never try anything you'll never fail. Congratulations.
"Call me a scrooge, but the idea of donating money to projects that will eventually charge you to purchase the product they produce seems ridiculous to me. On top of that, there is no guarantee that the project you donate to will see the light of day. Honestly, can someone tell me why this is such an appealing option?"
I don't think you're Scrooge but how about not quite clear on the concept.
You aren't donating. You are buying into.
We have a Kickstarter project which successfully funded to help our farm build an on-farm USDA inspected meat processing facility for our pastured pigs. See:
Our project was successfully funded. We're building our butcher shop. (We're about to make the next pour of concrete.) People who were 'backers' got to choose 'rewards' which which in almost all cases are meat from our farm. They are paying a price for product created by the project. It's a pre-buy. Think CSA.
It's isn't a donation. It isn't tax deductible. It isn't charity.
It is people backing a project that they want the product from because they feel confident in the creator's ability to produce the product.
It is important to understand that a Kickstarter project is not a store in the sense that you are not buying an existing product off the shelf but helping a creator bring a product to market. Generally you get some special aspect such as being first in line, special colors or features, added goodies like T-shirts, etc as well as satisfaction in being part of something. Most people who pledge to a project already know the creator.
So, if you're feeling Scroogish, be sure to back projects you feel confident in getting your 'reward' from. Check out the creator to see if you think they can produce.
This is all about pricing. If it is really a shortage then the price goes up and people waste less. The free market really does work - as long as government's are messing with it by subsidizing things. Eliminate the low cost availability of helium from the US government, and probably others, and then the price will float up to it's natural higher level. Demand will drop as will consumption.
Slashdot Mirror
Follow the money trail...
Oops, wait, its free. Oh, so its not generating salaries for the teachers, administrators, lobbyists...
There's your problem!
"Our schools devote few resources on nurturing nascent genius"
No... Our schools work to actively suppress the gifted, the intelligent, the geniuses. Public school in particular is about warehousing and assembly line instructing children to be cogs in the machine. The highly intelligent and highly creative are a problem for them. The best and the brightest don't fit well in square holes so they are trimmed, squashed and reshaped in the form of mediocrity to fit society's needs.
The best thing you can do for your children is to not send them to school but to homeschool them so they will have a chance of meeting their full potential.
This is old news. It was discovered long ago. Not only that but they found this about ducks before that. Even some humans do this, more among males perhaps due to greater division of functions due to later maturation and greater corpus callosum separation.
News that matters? Maybe.
News that is timely? Not so.
"No one told us to work those hours, but we enjoyed what we were doing enough to want to do so"
Wise Words. Figure out what you like and do it. Do it a lot. Do well at it. Do well by it. People who dedicate themselves to accomplishing things tend to do better than those who just put in their time. 40 hours a week does not cut it. Don't be a slacker.
How awful. We already have too many ATVs, Snowmobiles and Jetskis zipping around, destroying the environment and making it harder to enjoy the natural world. We don't need the noise, toxic pollution and other destruction.
I'm not at all interested in having my computer biodegrade. I want it to last. Too much waste and throw away in our society. Things should be built to last. I have cast iron cookware that is over a hundred years old and will last for maybe another thousand years.
'Our tolerance must never extend to tolerating religious hatred.'
Oh, and why does religion warrant such protection? If we're going to protect religion from hatred then everything should be protected from hatred. And that is a very slippery slope down the road to Hell paved with such good intentions.
If you don't like the movie, don't watch it. That is how freedom of expression works. People who can't tolerate that should be thrown in jail for their intolerance of intolerance. :) (e.g., it is the actions that matter. Sticks and stones and all that.)
Sounds like a nasty Distopia.
There are lots of products that are produced 100% within our country. I make such products. Lots of small businesses do. Perhaps this is the way to "Buy USA" happening, through judicial force. Ugh.
$40K for a bucket? Wow. Great marketing!
Hmm... those rioting workers should have been more grateful for their jobs. The sly fox has a solution to worker unrest. The current version of robots do not strike or riot.
The problem is too many studies and 'correlations' are based on statistically insignificant sample sets. People don't seem to get this little detail. Without statistically significant sample sets the correlations are virtually useless.
"Unlike the traditional PC market, Microsoft doesn't dominate the market for mobile-device operating systems."
This is a widely promoted mythconception. The reality is Microsoft doesn't really dominate the real PC market anywhere nearly as much as they claim. Most of those Microsoft Windows based PCs are actually doing boring tasks like cash registers, data entry, surveillance, systems control, etc. They aren't being used by people for more creative tasks. The Mac dominates the market for the real people work. Microsoft does the boring stuff. Sadly, Microsoft does it badly.
Absurdism. One does not need a 3D Printer to make a gun to begin with. A few hand tools and you can do it just fine out of metals or plastics. This story just gets headlines because of the "new tech" rather than the real issues.
That is all this is.
Free bacon as projects are finished. Crisp, hot and delicious. Of course, don't go for that el-cheapo CAFO factory farmed junk - serve premium pastured pork bacon to get the best motivation.
Sausage too...
And Boston Butt steaks...
I'm drooling.
Okay, so food!
Boredom, like retirement, is an artificial modern thing. Our ancestors weren't bored. They had a tremendous amount to get done. Be busy, prepare for winter, drought or what ever or you will die.
Our family has a small farm. We're never bored. There is alway plenty to do.
CAFO's
Processed Foods
Fake Meat
Lots of added cancer and disease causing chemicals.
Missing out on the important natural micronutrients.
Yuck.
Give me real meat.
Leather comes from harvesting meat. It's a way to use the rest of the animals.
If you object to eating meat for ethical reasons then stop eating plants you Kingdomist. Plants have feelings too!
"But ruminant animals such as cattle can safely ingest a wide variety of feedstuffs that chickens and hogs can't."
This statement is totally backwards and wrong. Where do writers get such miss-information. The fact is, pigs and chickens can eat grass, legumes, other forages and a wide variety of foods that ruminants can not efficiently or safely digest. Science please.
Actually, they state quite clearly that the 'rewards' should ideally be products produced from the project. That is a pre-buy.
Hmm... My dogs do all of this. And they work on the farm too guarding and herding our livestock. Probably a lot cheaper and longer lived than this robot. Still, I guess robots must start somewhere.
I think your confusion stems from your terminology. Kickstarter is not about "investing". You won't get any cash return. Several people seem confused about this. Additionally, not all projects succeed once funded. Welcome to the real world. That is how things are. If you never try anything you'll never fail. Congratulations.
"Call me a scrooge, but the idea of donating money to projects that will eventually charge you to purchase the product they produce seems ridiculous to me. On top of that, there is no guarantee that the project you donate to will see the light of day. Honestly, can someone tell me why this is such an appealing option?"
I don't think you're Scrooge but how about not quite clear on the concept.
You aren't donating. You are buying into.
We have a Kickstarter project which successfully funded to help our farm build an on-farm USDA inspected meat processing facility for our pastured pigs. See:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sugarmtnfarm/building-a-butcher-shop-on-sugarmountainfarm
Our project was successfully funded.
We're building our butcher shop. (We're about to make the next pour of concrete.)
People who were 'backers' got to choose 'rewards' which which in almost all cases are meat from our farm.
They are paying a price for product created by the project.
It's a pre-buy.
Think CSA.
It's isn't a donation.
It isn't tax deductible.
It isn't charity.
It is people backing a project that they want the product from because they feel confident in the creator's ability to produce the product.
It is important to understand that a Kickstarter project is not a store in the sense that you are not buying an existing product off the shelf but helping a creator bring a product to market. Generally you get some special aspect such as being first in line, special colors or features, added goodies like T-shirts, etc as well as satisfaction in being part of something. Most people who pledge to a project already know the creator.
So, if you're feeling Scroogish, be sure to back projects you feel confident in getting your 'reward' from. Check out the creator to see if you think they can produce.
This is all about pricing. If it is really a shortage then the price goes up and people waste less. The free market really does work - as long as government's are messing with it by subsidizing things. Eliminate the low cost availability of helium from the US government, and probably others, and then the price will float up to it's natural higher level. Demand will drop as will consumption.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or serious. I hope sarcastic.