Agreed. I have written some pretty good papers while sitting in a tavern. The white noise helps me focus opposed to the quietness at home where I am too easily distracted with mundane activities... like posting to/.
Ah yes... the old confusion over what an IQ value represents.
I have heard the story numerous times. Of course, it always gets a chuckle... A special education teacher, as part of their own continuing education, was given an IQ test at a state school known for its solid teaching program.
Upon returning to work the following week, the principal (who had known about the test) asked the subordinate, "So, how did you do?"
The teacher, slightly smug and obviously not concerned at all, responds, "Oh I did alright. Not great though, it was a tough test! I managed to get a 70% though, so I passed."
Ever delivered something which met the formal requirements and had them say "well, that's not what we wanted"?
Of course, who hasn't seen this? Honestly, I think this is pretty much the main differentiation between a developer living in the same city as the client and a developer living on another continent.
The developer on the other continent delivers items that will literally meet the formal requirements; however, they often lack the cultural aptitude to question those formal requirements because they make terrible sense.
The developer living a couple miles away is more likely to maintain the necessary cultural aptitude to acknowledge when a customer's requirement is incredibly ill-conceived.
It could be as simple as recognizing an innocuous typo. What if the PM for a new Los Angeles Dodgers web site had sent the style guide to a developer overseas and there was a typo in the hex code for the color of a header? The overseas developer probably wouldn't pick up on the fact that the color they asked for was similar to the orange used by the rival Giants, while someone more familiar with the culture might notice right away that the Dodgers should not be using orange for their header color.
I'm too lazy to look up Canadian values, but US coin values make this a profitable concept.
According to these guys, a nickel's metal value is just over 90% of the face value. So if you've got a dollar worth of nickels, you've got about $0.91 worth of nickel.
Compare this with (old copper based) pennies, where the metal value is more than double the face value at 215%.
Alternatively a problem with the scripts, caused either by the developer loading them in the head instead of after body close, or by the authors of the scripts for writing them so that they only work when placed in the head.
Scripts go after body close. If you don't like that, enjoy your high bounce rates.
I worked briefly on a site launch for a startup a couple of years ago (selling overpriced designer shit to Austrailians, basically) and the founder was absolutely insistent that people had to sign up before they were even allowed to look at any products.
His main argument in favor of that tactic was that it gives the user a sense exclusiveness... they are now part of the "club"... one of the cool kids... with accounts not automatically approved (they would have to wait an artificial amount of time) the delay helped build anticipation for looking at stuff and then being able to purchase it.
I was strongly opposed to the founder's idea, but he insisted, and I left shortly thereafter (not really because of this, however, was offered a better position elsewhere).
Last I heard, they completely changed their business model, so I am guessing their choices had failed.
It has nothing to do with science, but instead to do with not wanting to look at fucking power lines. The noise can be quite annoying as well... kinda sounds like a 24/7 locust swarm.
Don't confuse medical with Amendment 64. "Stupidly restrictive" laws? Hardly.
Go ahead and read it yourself. I am perfectly happy with:
POSSESSING, GROWING, PROCESSING, OR TRANSPORTING NO MORE
26 THANSIXMARIJUANAPLANTS, WITHTHREEOR FEWER BEINGMATURE,FLOWERING
27 PLANTS, AND POSSESSION OF THE MARIJUANA PRODUCED BY THE PLANTS ON THE
28 PREMISES WHERETHEPLANTS WEREGROWN,PROVIDEDTHATTHEGROWINGTAKES
29 PLACEINANENCLOSED,LOCKEDSPACE, IS NOT CONDUCTEDOPENLYOR PUBLICLY,
30 AND IS NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
This was an experiment to test EM radition, its nothing to do with 'routers'.
I had a simple thought, and ended up searching "farms near powerlines". I quickly ended up at an interesting (and pretty recent) article where a farmer is against a large power line being installed near his property.
Honestly, I wouldn't want my farm underneath huge power lines, but I have family who do have a plant nursery just a couple hundred yards (if that) from some high voltage lines. And in fact, looking at the sat photos, the neighbor's ranch next door is directly underneath... and he was a dairy farmer (who lived into his 100s).
Your local Home Depot (or equivalent) has a good selection of seeds
Do yourself a favor and never buy plants from Home Depot. They are grown by cut-rate farmers who (depending on the variety of tree) sometimes simply collect these plants from the wild. These trees are destined to fail. Of course, not all of their stock is this way, but the stuff that isn't is still poorly cared for by people who know little about plants.
I get that you're only talking about a pack of seeds, but the premise stands. Besides, buying from a local garden center is so much more of an enjoyable experience.
I doubt it was the direct heat itself. I am not terribly familiar with garden cress specifically, but I would assume it likes things warm and damp for germination. Assuming the dampness was adequate, I can't imagine the heat would be significant enough to prevent germination.
I would look closer at what is happening to the localized humidity near the router. The heat may instead be drying things outs, and if the router has any kind of active cooling, that may exacerbate things.
Too many other factors for this statement to have significant meaning. American are also fat, which makes it seem reasonable they would pay more for healthcare. My British grandmother has not seen a doctor in decades, despite the fact that she smokes and drinks sherry every single day. My American grandmother (who is by no means overweight or anything) has had several serious procedures in just the last couple of years. There is something to be said about the culture here.
The US also has several times the population spread out over a much greater area. This means more doctors serving small isolated communities. That's going to cost more.
Also, and I could be entirely wrong on this, but the US is a very litigious culture. Medical expenses will continue to rise as people file malpractice suits. What other countries face similar problems?
You can't just say "Government run health care is 2.5 times cheaper" when you don't consider any other factors. I'm guessing you work in marketing.
As someone who grew up in the Bay Area smoking pot, and who now lives in Colorado, I have to say that you really don't understand what the industry has done here... it's quite remarkable.
I'm pretty sure there is plenty of demand considering anyone producing hemp products domestically (shirts, shoes, twine, etc) has to import their hemp from Canada, UK, etc.
Which makes me wonder, if hemp is a class 1 controlled substance and is therefore illegal to grow, how is it that some hippy in the hills is able to import it from other countries?
Well, that's just incorrect these days. Yes, a lot of the pot from the 90's and 00's was considered "not good" if it had seeds. Nowadays, most pot is pretty damn good. If there are a few seeds because the plant hermaphrodized, then not a big deal.
More than what, a Yucca plant? Than what is needed to product polyester?
Greeley, Colorado, an agricultural locale that would likely be a good place to grow hemp, receives a little over 14 inches of rain per year, while the water requirements for hemp are shown to be right in that range (12-14 inches/year). It's really not all that different from corn.
Actually, there are often seeds when you buy from a dispensary here in Colorado. I'm not sure if this is because the plant actually produced those seeds, or if it is because they are simply including them as a free gift with purchase.
Don't matter much to me, they will still grow when watered.
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That is why I like areas with lots of cafes/bars all with internet.
Depending on where you are and how long you will be there, I would most definitely look into your own mobile 3g/4g hotspot.
If you're traveling in the US, a 4g hotspot will get you a nice fast connection in just about every major city.
Agreed. I have written some pretty good papers while sitting in a tavern. The white noise helps me focus opposed to the quietness at home where I am too easily distracted with mundane activities... like posting to /.
Ah yes... the old confusion over what an IQ value represents.
I have heard the story numerous times. Of course, it always gets a chuckle... A special education teacher, as part of their own continuing education, was given an IQ test at a state school known for its solid teaching program.
Upon returning to work the following week, the principal (who had known about the test) asked the subordinate, "So, how did you do?"
The teacher, slightly smug and obviously not concerned at all, responds, "Oh I did alright. Not great though, it was a tough test! I managed to get a 70% though, so I passed."
(this is a true story)
Ever delivered something which met the formal requirements and had them say "well, that's not what we wanted"?
Of course, who hasn't seen this? Honestly, I think this is pretty much the main differentiation between a developer living in the same city as the client and a developer living on another continent.
The developer on the other continent delivers items that will literally meet the formal requirements; however, they often lack the cultural aptitude to question those formal requirements because they make terrible sense.
The developer living a couple miles away is more likely to maintain the necessary cultural aptitude to acknowledge when a customer's requirement is incredibly ill-conceived.
It could be as simple as recognizing an innocuous typo. What if the PM for a new Los Angeles Dodgers web site had sent the style guide to a developer overseas and there was a typo in the hex code for the color of a header? The overseas developer probably wouldn't pick up on the fact that the color they asked for was similar to the orange used by the rival Giants, while someone more familiar with the culture might notice right away that the Dodgers should not be using orange for their header color.
So... yeah... hire local developers! Rah rah rah!
OMG! Apple has been redeemed!
Everyone!!!! To the Apple Store!!!!
I'm too lazy to look up Canadian values, but US coin values make this a profitable concept.
According to these guys, a nickel's metal value is just over 90% of the face value. So if you've got a dollar worth of nickels, you've got about $0.91 worth of nickel.
Compare this with (old copper based) pennies, where the metal value is more than double the face value at 215%.
This is legit science. Do not argue!
Alternatively a problem with the scripts, caused either by the developer loading them in the head instead of after body close, or by the authors of the scripts for writing them so that they only work when placed in the head.
Scripts go after body close. If you don't like that, enjoy your high bounce rates.
I worked briefly on a site launch for a startup a couple of years ago (selling overpriced designer shit to Austrailians, basically) and the founder was absolutely insistent that people had to sign up before they were even allowed to look at any products.
His main argument in favor of that tactic was that it gives the user a sense exclusiveness... they are now part of the "club"... one of the cool kids... with accounts not automatically approved (they would have to wait an artificial amount of time) the delay helped build anticipation for looking at stuff and then being able to purchase it.
I was strongly opposed to the founder's idea, but he insisted, and I left shortly thereafter (not really because of this, however, was offered a better position elsewhere).
Last I heard, they completely changed their business model, so I am guessing their choices had failed.
It has nothing to do with science, but instead to do with not wanting to look at fucking power lines. The noise can be quite annoying as well... kinda sounds like a 24/7 locust swarm.
Don't confuse medical with Amendment 64. "Stupidly restrictive" laws? Hardly.
Go ahead and read it yourself. I am perfectly happy with:
POSSESSING, GROWING, PROCESSING, OR TRANSPORTING NO MORE 26 THANSIXMARIJUANAPLANTS, WITHTHREEOR FEWER BEINGMATURE,FLOWERING 27 PLANTS, AND POSSESSION OF THE MARIJUANA PRODUCED BY THE PLANTS ON THE 28 PREMISES WHERETHEPLANTS WEREGROWN,PROVIDEDTHATTHEGROWINGTAKES 29 PLACEINANENCLOSED,LOCKEDSPACE, IS NOT CONDUCTEDOPENLYOR PUBLICLY, 30 AND IS NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
Sounds good to me!
This was an experiment to test EM radition, its nothing to do with 'routers'.
I had a simple thought, and ended up searching "farms near powerlines". I quickly ended up at an interesting (and pretty recent) article where a farmer is against a large power line being installed near his property.
Honestly, I wouldn't want my farm underneath huge power lines, but I have family who do have a plant nursery just a couple hundred yards (if that) from some high voltage lines. And in fact, looking at the sat photos, the neighbor's ranch next door is directly underneath... and he was a dairy farmer (who lived into his 100s).
Your local Home Depot (or equivalent) has a good selection of seeds
Do yourself a favor and never buy plants from Home Depot. They are grown by cut-rate farmers who (depending on the variety of tree) sometimes simply collect these plants from the wild. These trees are destined to fail. Of course, not all of their stock is this way, but the stuff that isn't is still poorly cared for by people who know little about plants.
I get that you're only talking about a pack of seeds, but the premise stands. Besides, buying from a local garden center is so much more of an enjoyable experience.
I doubt it was the direct heat itself. I am not terribly familiar with garden cress specifically, but I would assume it likes things warm and damp for germination. Assuming the dampness was adequate, I can't imagine the heat would be significant enough to prevent germination.
I would look closer at what is happening to the localized humidity near the router. The heat may instead be drying things outs, and if the router has any kind of active cooling, that may exacerbate things.
If I were them, I would find a way to measure the internal temperature of the cress.
At least read TFS.
..garden cress won't germinate when placed near a router
So, you see, there is actually no cress for them to measure. It never germinated.
The US also has several times the population spread out over a much greater area. This means more doctors serving small isolated communities. That's going to cost more.
Also, and I could be entirely wrong on this, but the US is a very litigious culture. Medical expenses will continue to rise as people file malpractice suits. What other countries face similar problems?
You can't just say "Government run health care is 2.5 times cheaper" when you don't consider any other factors. I'm guessing you work in marketing.
What does the media have to do with my personal conversation with a farmer?
YOu can't get them to tell you the #1 greenhouse gas, or even the number 2 (hint:neither is CO2).
Yeah, who are you going to trust? AC with questionable statements? Or good old wikipedia? link
As someone who grew up in the Bay Area smoking pot, and who now lives in Colorado, I have to say that you really don't understand what the industry has done here... it's quite remarkable.
Ha, the irony is in the fact that there are so many federal prisons here in Colorado.
I'm pretty sure there is plenty of demand considering anyone producing hemp products domestically (shirts, shoes, twine, etc) has to import their hemp from Canada, UK, etc.
Which makes me wonder, if hemp is a class 1 controlled substance and is therefore illegal to grow, how is it that some hippy in the hills is able to import it from other countries?
Well, that's just incorrect these days. Yes, a lot of the pot from the 90's and 00's was considered "not good" if it had seeds. Nowadays, most pot is pretty damn good. If there are a few seeds because the plant hermaphrodized, then not a big deal.
it's actually MORE water consuming.
More than what, a Yucca plant? Than what is needed to product polyester?
Greeley, Colorado, an agricultural locale that would likely be a good place to grow hemp, receives a little over 14 inches of rain per year, while the water requirements for hemp are shown to be right in that range (12-14 inches/year). It's really not all that different from corn.
Actually, there are often seeds when you buy from a dispensary here in Colorado. I'm not sure if this is because the plant actually produced those seeds, or if it is because they are simply including them as a free gift with purchase.
Don't matter much to me, they will still grow when watered.
Illicit drug production is big business.
I provide care for those who are terminally ill, you insensitive clod!