So the trick is to get people when they are young.
Right. Their parents were not got when they were young, so the trick is to get people when they are young without their parents watching. Doesn't the UN run some orphanages? Sounds like the right kind of places to start.
Of course the codebase may still be horrible, but since that is usually a guarantee of instability and flaws
Not really. Horrible codebase is at times due to important pieces of code being written in a write-only fashion. Code still functions well because
1. this part rarely needs modification.
This point might hold in less extreme a fashion - The person who wrote is still around but has propagated to higher management so has limited time for changing / reviewing chnages to it. But can when it rarely does need modification. Or it happens in the way that initial design is faulty for adding certain kind of features - and management is unwilling to pay for a major re-design effort. Code functions well as long as certain kind of changes are not made.
This point could be the reason why Microsoft has been so far unable to add some state-of-the-art filesystem features.
2. OR code can be modified by talented brave engineers who cost 100 times what the original developer costed, and yet the testing that needs to be done if such parts are touched is humungous - requiring extremely expensive QA engineers + QA infrastructure too. Microsoft can certainly afford this option.
If the main hard drive is valid (deemed to be, at least) at a cold start, I don't see why the non-volatile cache part of it would not be deemed to be valid too.
It is a layer, but not necessarily an "extra" layer, which is what I was protesting.
When writing a mapping layer like that sometimes that mapping will be easy and of negligable overhead. Other times the functionality will not map well and the mapping layer will have to go to more effort to simulate them..
Which is what I said (and then some) in the following words:
There could be, incidental, penalties because the programs were designed for Microsoft's NT derived kernels and other infrastructure, so running them on other infrastructure could be less than ideal. But it will not be because of an "extra layer". That is also why there are instances of wine on linux outperforming native windows in some tasks.
In the "extra layer" theory, there can NEVER be an outperformance by wine. In the real world, however rare, there is an outperformance.
it(wine) would be an extra layer that eats some performance
Incorrect. This is the whole point of wine not being an emulator. There is no such performance penalty of wine.
There could be, incidental, penalties because the programs were designed for Microsoft's NT derived kernels and other infrastructure, so running them on other infrastructure could be less than ideal. But it will not be because of an "extra layer". That is also why there are instances of wine on linux outperforming native windows in some tasks.
Ok, this concept requires more than a neuron, just can't do without more since there is prejudicial unwillingness to understand which occupies the solitary neuron. So show this to someone who has more neurons.
Dear multi-neuroned guide of node 3,
1 But your premise is that nerds can't abide iOS. So maybe it's not "all things at all times", but "only the things that you hate"? 2. I don't like it, therefore I'll make up some bullshit that is not consistent with itself, only consistent with I don't like it 3. By your theory, nerds hate iOS 4. your claims that nerds either don't like iOS, or must find other outlets for their nerdiness
Single neuron sees "complex" (not for me or you, but, you know..) concepts as inconsistent. So must make strawmen around those complex arguments to get his head around them. Instead of the above strawmen, my argument is "People who are nerdy with respect to their mobile device's operating system, have one reason to hate iOS owing to artificial restrictions in tinkerability.". Caveats such as the runtime modification of apps as legitimate forms of tinkering on iOS have been provided earlier, but a vast majority of tinkering is restricted on iOS, and a nerd may not feel a single form of tinkering enough.
Like more doctors hate quacks than general population, at least appear to, because they have the skillset to identify quacks, know the terminology to expose the quacks, and why quackiness is unnecessary. More good financial analysts hate ponzis than others, at least appear to, because.... Similarly, nerds hate artificial restrictions on tinkering with the object of their nerdiness. But typically being more social than a nerd, doctors and financial analysts portray a more humane criticism of quacks and ponzis, as opposed to nerds who might just rip into the anti-tinkering-society.
That's the only thing you've written, after removing the insults, and the both intrinsically and extrinsically contradictory assertion that geeks hate things that are "not open", that makes any sense.
As is clear to you and me, but not to "node 3", it is not contradictory at all. Not that I mentioned it in so general a sense, as explained above. "node 3" mentions that this sentence makes sense (probably to hide his lack of the second neuron, as if it were possible, haha), but keeps asking questions which are answered by this.
It might explain this behavior, but it doesn't justify it.
Note that it was in response to "And none of that even matters. It doesn't explain angry nerds such as yourself....". So there was no question of justification, only explanation. If you have the patience, you could impress upon "node 3" that going around asking justification from east Asians about their small eyes is not productive; nor is asking justification from nerds about their argumentativeness. They are facts of life, the sooner one accepts it, the less of a trouble he is likely to be.
This is the exact thing I find so god damned repulsive about Slashdot
Obviously it doesn't occur to "node 3" that he could quit the repulsive Slashdot forever, being a "complex" decision after all. See if you can help.
That would make a lot of sense, but one of the EASIEST things to tinker with on the planet (from a software perspective) is a jailbroken iPhone!!
Yes, that is a way to realize one's nerdiness, for sure. I mentioned it as a clarification for an intellectually challenged poster here.
In the larger context of the TFA - comparison is between laptop/netbook, and tablet. So your "from a software perspective" is superfluous, why restrict oneself to software nerdness when you can have it all with a laptop/netbook. At least easily change memory and block storage device on most; some increasingly rare ones allowing swapping of processor and graphics card. Typically lot more I/O ports for maximal expression of nerdiness.
As far as software is concerned, I see that typically app authors are "friends" of the user, especially a nerd user. They give all to the user that is possible under the restrictions of the OS/kernel. But the OS/kernel is not so much a "friend" of the user - stupid restrictions based on laws in other jurisdictions, or a misplaced sense of propriety are common. So is playing the user's nanny. E.g. many mobile devices insist on playing a stupid sound on camera click. Don't allow call recording. Impose restricions on background processes. Restrict "live" information/controls on the screen (as opposed to having to open an app to view most information / control the device).
So while editing an app dynamically is awesome, I find altering the OS or kernel more rewarding. Jailbreak is a way, but nothing beats compiling the edited source of the OS, adding/removing features, and installing on your device. That is nerdiness for you.
Also, Apple has a love-hate relationship with jailbreaking. There has been no announced jailbreak support, and updates have frequently re-jailed the devices. While it is not really a big challenge for a nerd - the lack of commitment from Apple ot support them, as well as a possibility of it all going away some day, should make them protest and not tie their nerdiness to one platform.
On the other hand, many Android device makers have vowed to keep bootloader open. Some provide the bootloader opener as a free download from their own website. Google itself has vowed to keep Android open source - at the very least they cannot close what is already open. I see a better future roadmap on Android for a tinkerer. From a hardware perspective, a nerd is bothered much more with SD card support than a non-nerd.
First off, that premise is absolutely flawed. Not all nerds need to tinker in all things at all times
I explicitly said things to the effect that this is not my premise at all. The example of car nerds not tinkering with their computers, and unable to do so could have been used by your second neuron if you had it. Ditto with the mention of trillion other outlets for nerdness. But alas.
And none of that even matters. It doesn't explain angry nerds such as yourself going around insulting anyone who likes something you don't like. All you've done is demonstrate the problem.
Mentioning for the fourth time - it is well documented that many nerds are argumentative and not-so-socially inclined.
But don't let facts come into your way while expressing shock on an easily explained phenomenon.
It's not why some nerds don't like iOS (or anything else). It's why they go around insulting users of products they don't like, and just all around hating (as you've demonstrated in your post).
Not sure how you'll hold all this into your single neuron, but shockingly, most nerds have ANOTHER characterristic - they love to argue! Somewhat related, but not entirely the same, most are not good as social beings. Take a pause here even if your brain hasn't already exploded.
Your explanation is also easily contradicted by the fact that tens of millions of nerds happily use iOS (and other) devices, in spite of not being completely open. It's just a subset of nerds, angry nerds, who feel the need to insult anyone who uses something they disapprove of, and spew hatred on forums about products and companies that make products they dislike.
And there are car nerds who say their "hard disk" is full when their windows desktop runs out of space to store new file icons. Either the "happily use iOS" nerds satisfy their nerdness through a breadboard, oscilloscope, amatuer radio or a trillion other outlets for nerdness. It could also be that they are not really nerds any more; some never were but just call themselves so.
But most of the "happily use iOS" people are NOT nerds as far as their tinkering into their iDevice is concerned. The ones that are, tinker into it by run-time modification of "apps" on a jailbroken device - they are idiots if they do not speak against the mildly anti-jailbreak stance from Apple. Or they actually do tinker with their iDevice in ways that are decidedly not supported by Apple - that is fine. There's only one rule in tinkering, and that is there is no rule in tinkering.
It's not even limited to companies that limit tinkerability. You'll find the same vitriol about GNOME vs KDE, or vi vs emacs, or any damned simple thing, like whether to use tabs or spaces in a programming language, or case sensitivity in a filesystem.
My question is why all the hatred? There's so much wonderfully fantastic technology out there, there's no shortage of awesomeness to go around! What's the compelling motivation to insult people ("2 neurons to rub together") for not reason other than they happen to like some particular product?
There is a simple explanation, for people with 2 neurons to rub together.
Nerds like to tinker. So they hate things / people / circumstances / companies that try to stop / make illegal / make difficult to tinker.
Tinkering involves installing alternate operating systems on their devices. Changing hardware components. Removing hardware and software components the device comes with. Making new devices altogether, or using devices in altogether new purposes than intended by "manufacturer".
Most netbooks are more tinkerable than most tablets in most of the abilities to tinker. So nerds hate them. Here is the single neuron friendly explanation. Hope it helps.
Yup, but my guess is that they would use "cloud" for converting complicated documents to simple tablet friendly documents which will be processed by the tablet. The editing on the tablet will be less WYSIWYGgy too.
I think panic induced is higher in a few seconds staggered explosions. Human mind matches patterns very well. If you have 2 bombs, exploding them together gives you panic for a few seconds, then most people around the area feel assured there is no more to come. If you stagger, this assurance is broken. Resulting fear lasts much more than with a simultaneous explosion.
Of course, works even better with 3 bombs, the more the merrier.
I write a program and you pay me to buy it, or look at ads to use it. This part isn't really one sided at all.
There is a huge informational asymmetry. Developer knows about all this a lot lot more than an average user knows. And of course, an average user cares even less than he knows. If this is not one sided, I am not sure what is.
In all such informationally asymmetric markets, either you need a strong "ethics" environment like in medical profession. Or the market is a complete failure in terms of empowerment of both seller and buyer, e.g. financial advisory market in many countries, telecom market in various places etc.
Trains make sense on "middle" distance. Very long, and it leads to multiple days of travelling, impractical. Even a day is impractical when 5 hour air travel could do it. Very short, and cars trump them by far, even if cars are slower. Disadvantage of air travel is the fixed cost of 1 hour TSA torture.
With train travel, one cost you forgot to include is - local travel at the destination of the travel. One has to rent a car in the US as even the local public transport at the destination is inadequate. So the "middle" distance is higher in the US than in many other places.
Numbers only for illustration, resemblance to reality coincidental. A non-scientific guess I would make is, trains make sense for 600-1000 km distances in the US. 200-1000 km distances in places with reasonable public transport. Percentage of travel of the first category : 25%. Second category : 60%. One wouldn't invest for infrastructure for 25% use case.
I hope this is encrypted text with hebrew bible as the cipher.
Rain is water from the sky, the ground water wells up from below.
Interesting. Though ground water is usable only by deep roots (except if extremely close to a water body). Till the plant reaches that stage, it needs rain, irrigation or good luck.
where we are told that plant life did not exist for two reasons. 1. YHVH-Elohim (a[n editorial?] joining of names that is soon abandoned) had not yet caused it to rain AND there was no man to tend the ground
While I don't know too much about the Bible, I think this one is not that big of a problem. One could say that only once Man tilled the land, plants became able to grow on their own? Rain is a valid argument too. Without man watering them, AND no rain to irrigate, which leads to no ground water, it is difficult to survive just on dew.
Nice article, the leangains one. But being a "fitness enthusiast" website, it makes the mistake of implying that somehow the principle is only applicable in diet/exercise sphere. VERY incorrect.
Investing, famously, requires studious, super-aware, deliberate INACTION at times. Same principle of not thinking about it too much making it easier to stay true to your plans applies. Relationships, personal as in dealing with wives and girlfriends; corporate as well as international diplomatic relationships, all need a talent for aware inaction in spite of provocations.
Nothing special about diet/exercise, and ability for inaction is a secret of success , only like in many other fields.
While that is correct, I guess that "rewarding" oneself once a month is a great strategy. I don't completely buy the leptin theory, but I see it like I am just a human. If there won't be any planned indulgence, I might lose the disipline to not do any implusive indulgence. And that would be too bad.
It also works as a (very slight) motivator when working out. No "reward" if overall work-out performance is not satisfactory for the month.
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Hope someone from the UN is reading this. Next sermon from them might be about the nutrition one can obtain by eating human babies.
So the trick is to get people when they are young.
Right. Their parents were not got when they were young, so the trick is to get people when they are young without their parents watching. Doesn't the UN run some orphanages? Sounds like the right kind of places to start.
We use the SAME drugs for many "different" diseases. How's that supposed to work?
Works great in the software industry.
1. Files corrupted? Reboot. Still corrupted? Reinstall.
2. Screen wonky? Reboot. Still wonky? Reinstall.
Works great every time. I don't see any problem with that.
Of course the codebase may still be horrible, but since that is usually a guarantee of instability and flaws
Not really. Horrible codebase is at times due to important pieces of code being written in a write-only fashion. Code still functions well because
1. this part rarely needs modification.
This point might hold in less extreme a fashion - The person who wrote is still around but has propagated to higher management so has limited time for changing / reviewing chnages to it. But can when it rarely does need modification. Or it happens in the way that initial design is faulty for adding certain kind of features - and management is unwilling to pay for a major re-design effort. Code functions well as long as certain kind of changes are not made.
This point could be the reason why Microsoft has been so far unable to add some state-of-the-art filesystem features.
2. OR code can be modified by talented brave engineers who cost 100 times what the original developer costed, and yet the testing that needs to be done if such parts are touched is humungous - requiring extremely expensive QA engineers + QA infrastructure too. Microsoft can certainly afford this option.
If the main hard drive is valid (deemed to be, at least) at a cold start, I don't see why the non-volatile cache part of it would not be deemed to be valid too.
Wine is fundamentally a layer
It is a layer, but not necessarily an "extra" layer, which is what I was protesting.
When writing a mapping layer like that sometimes that mapping will be easy and of negligable overhead. Other times the functionality will not map well and the mapping layer will have to go to more effort to simulate them..
Which is what I said (and then some) in the following words :
There could be, incidental, penalties because the programs were designed for Microsoft's NT derived kernels and other infrastructure, so running them on other infrastructure could be less than ideal. But it will not be because of an "extra layer". That is also why there are instances of wine on linux outperforming native windows in some tasks.
In the "extra layer" theory, there can NEVER be an outperformance by wine. In the real world, however rare, there is an outperformance.
it(wine) would be an extra layer that eats some performance
Incorrect. This is the whole point of wine not being an emulator. There is no such performance penalty of wine.
There could be, incidental, penalties because the programs were designed for Microsoft's NT derived kernels and other infrastructure, so running them on other infrastructure could be less than ideal. But it will not be because of an "extra layer". That is also why there are instances of wine on linux outperforming native windows in some tasks.
Any silence during those calls is not recorded
A majority of telephone talk time is women talking, at least a woman. There is NO silence, AT ALL. Though sometimes both ends are talking together.
That no excuse, under the same rule you could pay women less because they have a period
Or you could pay women more because men behave better around women.
Ok, this concept requires more than a neuron, just can't do without more since there is prejudicial unwillingness to understand which occupies the solitary neuron. So show this to someone who has more neurons.
Dear multi-neuroned guide of node 3,
1 But your premise is that nerds can't abide iOS. So maybe it's not "all things at all times", but "only the things that you hate"?
2. I don't like it, therefore I'll make up some bullshit that is not consistent with itself, only consistent with I don't like it
3. By your theory, nerds hate iOS
4. your claims that nerds either don't like iOS, or must find other outlets for their nerdiness
Single neuron sees "complex" (not for me or you, but, you know ..) concepts as inconsistent. So must make strawmen around those complex arguments to get his head around them. Instead of the above strawmen, my argument is "People who are nerdy with respect to their mobile device's operating system, have one reason to hate iOS owing to artificial restrictions in tinkerability.". Caveats such as the runtime modification of apps as legitimate forms of tinkering on iOS have been provided earlier, but a vast majority of tinkering is restricted on iOS, and a nerd may not feel a single form of tinkering enough.
Like more doctors hate quacks than general population, at least appear to, because they have the skillset to identify quacks, know the terminology to expose the quacks, and why quackiness is unnecessary. More good financial analysts hate ponzis than others, at least appear to, because .... Similarly, nerds hate artificial restrictions on tinkering with the object of their nerdiness. But typically being more social than a nerd, doctors and financial analysts portray a more humane criticism of quacks and ponzis, as opposed to nerds who might just rip into the anti-tinkering-society.
That's the only thing you've written, after removing the insults, and the both intrinsically and extrinsically contradictory assertion that geeks hate things that are "not open", that makes any sense.
As is clear to you and me, but not to "node 3", it is not contradictory at all. Not that I mentioned it in so general a sense, as explained above. "node 3" mentions that this sentence makes sense (probably to hide his lack of the second neuron, as if it were possible, haha), but keeps asking questions which are answered by this.
It might explain this behavior, but it doesn't justify it.
Note that it was in response to "And none of that even matters. It doesn't explain angry nerds such as yourself....". So there was no question of justification, only explanation. If you have the patience, you could impress upon "node 3" that going around asking justification from east Asians about their small eyes is not productive; nor is asking justification from nerds about their argumentativeness. They are facts of life, the sooner one accepts it, the less of a trouble he is likely to be.
This is the exact thing I find so god damned repulsive about Slashdot
Obviously it doesn't occur to "node 3" that he could quit the repulsive Slashdot forever, being a "complex" decision after all. See if you can help.
thanks
Bingo
That would make a lot of sense, but one of the EASIEST things to tinker with on the planet (from a software perspective) is a jailbroken iPhone!!
Yes, that is a way to realize one's nerdiness, for sure. I mentioned it as a clarification for an intellectually challenged poster here.
In the larger context of the TFA - comparison is between laptop/netbook, and tablet. So your "from a software perspective" is superfluous, why restrict oneself to software nerdness when you can have it all with a laptop/netbook. At least easily change memory and block storage device on most; some increasingly rare ones allowing swapping of processor and graphics card. Typically lot more I/O ports for maximal expression of nerdiness.
As far as software is concerned, I see that typically app authors are "friends" of the user, especially a nerd user. They give all to the user that is possible under the restrictions of the OS/kernel. But the OS/kernel is not so much a "friend" of the user - stupid restrictions based on laws in other jurisdictions, or a misplaced sense of propriety are common. So is playing the user's nanny. E.g. many mobile devices insist on playing a stupid sound on camera click. Don't allow call recording. Impose restricions on background processes. Restrict "live" information/controls on the screen (as opposed to having to open an app to view most information / control the device).
So while editing an app dynamically is awesome, I find altering the OS or kernel more rewarding. Jailbreak is a way, but nothing beats compiling the edited source of the OS, adding/removing features, and installing on your device. That is nerdiness for you.
Also, Apple has a love-hate relationship with jailbreaking. There has been no announced jailbreak support, and updates have frequently re-jailed the devices. While it is not really a big challenge for a nerd - the lack of commitment from Apple ot support them, as well as a possibility of it all going away some day, should make them protest and not tie their nerdiness to one platform.
On the other hand, many Android device makers have vowed to keep bootloader open. Some provide the bootloader opener as a free download from their own website. Google itself has vowed to keep Android open source - at the very least they cannot close what is already open. I see a better future roadmap on Android for a tinkerer.
From a hardware perspective, a nerd is bothered much more with SD card support than a non-nerd.
First off, that premise is absolutely flawed. Not all nerds need to tinker in all things at all times
I explicitly said things to the effect that this is not my premise at all. The example of car nerds not tinkering with their computers, and unable to do so could have been used by your second neuron if you had it. Ditto with the mention of trillion other outlets for nerdness. But alas.
And none of that even matters. It doesn't explain angry nerds such as yourself going around insulting anyone who likes something you don't like. All you've done is demonstrate the problem.
Mentioning for the fourth time - it is well documented that many nerds are argumentative and not-so-socially inclined.
But don't let facts come into your way while expressing shock on an easily explained phenomenon.
It's not why some nerds don't like iOS (or anything else). It's why they go around insulting users of products they don't like, and just all around hating (as you've demonstrated in your post).
Not sure how you'll hold all this into your single neuron, but shockingly, most nerds have ANOTHER characterristic - they love to argue! Somewhat related, but not entirely the same, most are not good as social beings. Take a pause here even if your brain hasn't already exploded.
Your explanation is also easily contradicted by the fact that tens of millions of nerds happily use iOS (and other) devices, in spite of not being completely open. It's just a subset of nerds, angry nerds, who feel the need to insult anyone who uses something they disapprove of, and spew hatred on forums about products and companies that make products they dislike.
And there are car nerds who say their "hard disk" is full when their windows desktop runs out of space to store new file icons. Either the "happily use iOS" nerds satisfy their nerdness through a breadboard, oscilloscope, amatuer radio or a trillion other outlets for nerdness. It could also be that they are not really nerds any more; some never were but just call themselves so.
But most of the "happily use iOS" people are NOT nerds as far as their tinkering into their iDevice is concerned. The ones that are, tinker into it by run-time modification of "apps" on a jailbroken device - they are idiots if they do not speak against the mildly anti-jailbreak stance from Apple. Or they actually do tinker with their iDevice in ways that are decidedly not supported by Apple - that is fine. There's only one rule in tinkering, and that is there is no rule in tinkering.
It's not even limited to companies that limit tinkerability. You'll find the same vitriol about GNOME vs KDE, or vi vs emacs, or any damned simple thing, like whether to use tabs or spaces in a programming language, or case sensitivity in a filesystem.
My question is why all the hatred? There's so much wonderfully fantastic technology out there, there's no shortage of awesomeness to go around! What's the compelling motivation to insult people ("2 neurons to rub together") for not reason other than they happen to like some particular product?
Argumentative and not-so-social nerds for you.
There is a simple explanation, for people with 2 neurons to rub together.
Nerds like to tinker. So they hate things / people / circumstances / companies that try to stop / make illegal / make difficult to tinker.
Tinkering involves installing alternate operating systems on their devices. Changing hardware components. Removing hardware and software components the device comes with. Making new devices altogether, or using devices in altogether new purposes than intended by "manufacturer".
Most netbooks are more tinkerable than most tablets in most of the abilities to tinker. So nerds hate them. Here is the single neuron friendly explanation. Hope it helps.
Yup, but my guess is that they would use "cloud" for converting complicated documents to simple tablet friendly documents which will be processed by the tablet. The editing on the tablet will be less WYSIWYGgy too.
Steps to take to do a shooting spree, buy gun, buy ammo, shoot.
You forgot a step, could be considered the last step : shoot yourself, or get shot by security personnel.
So you could do without the self-preservation oriented steps in your bomb example.
I think panic induced is higher in a few seconds staggered explosions. Human mind matches patterns very well. If you have 2 bombs, exploding them together gives you panic for a few seconds, then most people around the area feel assured there is no more to come. If you stagger, this assurance is broken. Resulting fear lasts much more than with a simultaneous explosion.
Of course, works even better with 3 bombs, the more the merrier.
I write a program and you pay me to buy it, or look at ads to use it. This part isn't really one sided at all.
There is a huge informational asymmetry. Developer knows about all this a lot lot more than an average user knows. And of course, an average user cares even less than he knows. If this is not one sided, I am not sure what is.
In all such informationally asymmetric markets, either you need a strong "ethics" environment like in medical profession. Or the market is a complete failure in terms of empowerment of both seller and buyer, e.g. financial advisory market in many countries, telecom market in various places etc.
So big burgers bought for large males in your country cost the same as small burgers bought for small females ?
People who are larger without their own fault, also tend to have larger appetite without their own fault.
So do you go around asking grocery stores for "fairness" in giving food cheaper to larger people who are larger without their "fault" ?
Trains make sense on "middle" distance. Very long, and it leads to multiple days of travelling, impractical. Even a day is impractical when 5 hour air travel could do it. Very short, and cars trump them by far, even if cars are slower. Disadvantage of air travel is the fixed cost of 1 hour TSA torture.
With train travel, one cost you forgot to include is - local travel at the destination of the travel. One has to rent a car in the US as even the local public transport at the destination is inadequate. So the "middle" distance is higher in the US than in many other places.
Numbers only for illustration, resemblance to reality coincidental. A non-scientific guess I would make is, trains make sense for 600-1000 km distances in the US. 200-1000 km distances in places with reasonable public transport. Percentage of travel of the first category : 25%. Second category : 60%. One wouldn't invest for infrastructure for 25% use case.
Virgin jungle?
I hope this is encrypted text with hebrew bible as the cipher.
Rain is water from the sky, the ground water wells up from below.
Interesting. Though ground water is usable only by deep roots (except if extremely close to a water body). Till the plant reaches that stage, it needs rain, irrigation or good luck.
And shape of the earth is irrelevant either way.
where we are told that plant life did not exist for two reasons. 1. YHVH-Elohim (a[n editorial?] joining of names that is soon abandoned) had not yet caused it to rain AND there was no man to tend the ground
While I don't know too much about the Bible, I think this one is not that big of a problem. One could say that only once Man tilled the land, plants became able to grow on their own? Rain is a valid argument too. Without man watering them, AND no rain to irrigate, which leads to no ground water, it is difficult to survive just on dew.
Nice article, the leangains one. But being a "fitness enthusiast" website, it makes the mistake of implying that somehow the principle is only applicable in diet/exercise sphere. VERY incorrect.
Investing, famously, requires studious, super-aware, deliberate INACTION at times. Same principle of not thinking about it too much making it easier to stay true to your plans applies. Relationships, personal as in dealing with wives and girlfriends; corporate as well as international diplomatic relationships, all need a talent for aware inaction in spite of provocations.
Nothing special about diet/exercise, and ability for inaction is a secret of success , only like in many other fields.
While that is correct, I guess that "rewarding" oneself once a month is a great strategy. I don't completely buy the leptin theory, but I see it like I am just a human. If there won't be any planned indulgence, I might lose the disipline to not do any implusive indulgence. And that would be too bad.
It also works as a (very slight) motivator when working out. No "reward" if overall work-out performance is not satisfactory for the month.