These articles always seem like they're written by one of those people who will be born, live and die all within the span of a single day, like the mayfly.
I'm trying to imagine a work shift that runs from H:17 to Q:14, and calculating the amount of hours worked. If that's not the definition of "mentally dischordant" I don't know what is.
This is an absurd opening thesis. Sex existed before humans, before language. Any "definition" put on sex is clearly retroactive, and probably biased or incomplete.
Now, definitely it does serve the two functions that you state, and I agree they're even pretty high up there in terms of usefulness, but I can easily imagine other functions that it *might* serve. (Relaxation, or self-service, for instance.)
It presents a very different world view when you say "you're violating its defined purpose" versus "you're tapping into a new/different function". The latter leaves room for discussing merits (using that chisel as a screwdriver may not be a good idea, but there might be a niche case where it's called for), while the former is practically begging the question.
And let's not even get into the issue that most sex isn't human sex. Many animals don't bond and aren't monogamous. Any "definition" of sex that doesn't acknowledge critters that were doin' it before humans existed is a poor definition.
Cards that get input into the electronic device so I can try to use that in place of the card? Well, it's better than writing a check, but is otherwise completely unappealing.
Curiously, digging deeper the actual quote is probably attributed to Henry Thomas Buckle, and then later got attributed to E.R. when she either paraphrased or quoted it.
Who is Henry Thomas Buckle? I have no idea. That's a people question, and I don't want to delve into small mind territory to find out.
Ah, man, I miss Bryce. I played with that program for endless hours in college, and made what at the time seemed like amazing images of things I couldn't have ever drawn on my own.
To clarify, it requires hitting enter. Unless you hit enter first, then sometimes it requires a mouse click. But if you click the mouse first, sometimes you have to hit enter. Occasionally, after banging both the mouse and the enter key without result, you can fall back on Ctrl-Alt-Del to get it to snap out of it.
Yeah, came here to say that. We usually have ours on, and I can't seem to resist reading it. The frequency of errors and quirks is such that I've nearly started making a list of the worst ones. Any show from England tends to have "[indecipherable]" stuck in repeatedly, even when I would have said the language was perfectly clear.
One of my favorites was "read my copy of At Last Shrub" which turned out to be "Atlas Shrugged".
I've taken to typing and saying "ducking" all the time anyway. Soon to be added as a new meaning in the dictionaries.
Those ducks, always up to something nasty.
I used to have an office that overlooked a river. I can't speak for all ducks, but the resident mallards... yes, they were almost always up to those types of things.
It's an anonymous coward post. It's not modded down, it just starts at 0 by default. I'd say that won't change until there's AI good enough to automatically tell intelligent posts from poor ones. Since humans don't even have that skill down yet, I'd say it could be a while.
Short answer is, it multiplies the number by 20. Drake equation is just a string of multipliers. One of them reflects the total number of worlds. 20x more galaxies is 20x more worlds. (Assuming the extra 19 galaxies are of equivalent size.)
Aggressive retirement planning is admirable, but not if it's causing you day-to-day troubles. At least some small amount of emergency fund is advisable. If you're prone to overdraft, I'd recommend keeping part of that emergency fund in your main account, but then pretend like it's not there. For instance, put $1k in there, but then if the balance is $1,500, pretend it's only got $500. It could save a bunch of hassle and fees. Putting off retirement for a month or two or three to build in this padding might be worthwhile.
You mean that we have the expectation that people we pay to work for us should, you know, work for us? What we need them to do? Yeah, I have to admit, we kinda do have that sort of expectation. Maybe we're wrong and we should pay people to update their Facebook status, twitter their latest dump and instagram the junk on their work desk.
I notice you didn't list Slashdot there. I've got to wonder what percentage of people having this discussion are posting from work.
I'm skeptical of the idea in general, but I can imagine at least three things the billionaire *might* be thinking that isn't completely, demonstrably stupid: 1) Getting moved from this simulation to a better one. 2) Tapping into the controls of this simulation to get super powers or something. 3) They assume the level above us is also a simulation, at which point maybe it is possible to be re-simulated up there.
Sometimes gamification turns a chore into something fun. It's good when it does.
Monetization is also a tricky thing. If you try to monetize something that people previously found fun, it can ruin the fun. Alternately, like in this case, if you start off with money attached to something and then take the money away, you're maybe also taking the incentive away. I haven't read the article, but from the summary it sounds like "removing an incentive demotivates people" is a better conclusion than "fitness trackers don't work".
Also, 100 of the last 100 times I've seen the name Kardashian, it's been by people on slashdot complaining about how the Kardashians get too much attention. I'd like to forget them, but the people who hate them most won't let me. It's like some twisted Streisand effect: "Hey, see over there? Stop looking over there! Why is everyone looking there, where I'm pointing?"
Slashdot Mirror
For the curious, this is one of my favorite resources for checking sunrise and sunset times:
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/c...
I'm not sure if it's fully global, but I see UK and Australia on the main page, and have used it for multiple locations in the states.
The grandparent is definitely confusing Nov-Jan (the darkest of the year) and expanding into fall and spring months that are much closer to 50/50.
These articles always seem like they're written by one of those people who will be born, live and die all within the span of a single day, like the mayfly.
Possibly more accurate?
I'm trying to imagine a work shift that runs from H:17 to Q:14, and calculating the amount of hours worked. If that's not the definition of "mentally dischordant" I don't know what is.
Sex is an act with a defined purpose
This is an absurd opening thesis. Sex existed before humans, before language. Any "definition" put on sex is clearly retroactive, and probably biased or incomplete.
Now, definitely it does serve the two functions that you state, and I agree they're even pretty high up there in terms of usefulness, but I can easily imagine other functions that it *might* serve. (Relaxation, or self-service, for instance.)
It presents a very different world view when you say "you're violating its defined purpose" versus "you're tapping into a new/different function". The latter leaves room for discussing merits (using that chisel as a screwdriver may not be a good idea, but there might be a niche case where it's called for), while the former is practically begging the question.
And let's not even get into the issue that most sex isn't human sex. Many animals don't bond and aren't monogamous. Any "definition" of sex that doesn't acknowledge critters that were doin' it before humans existed is a poor definition.
I *like* cash for many things.
Sometimes I like cards, too.
Cards that get input into the electronic device so I can try to use that in place of the card? Well, it's better than writing a check, but is otherwise completely unappealing.
So: bleh.
Curiously, digging deeper the actual quote is probably attributed to Henry Thomas Buckle, and then later got attributed to E.R. when she either paraphrased or quoted it.
Who is Henry Thomas Buckle? I have no idea. That's a people question, and I don't want to delve into small mind territory to find out.
Ah, man, I miss Bryce. I played with that program for endless hours in college, and made what at the time seemed like amazing images of things I couldn't have ever drawn on my own.
Actually, I've still got some of that stuff online:
http://quirkz.com/art.php
It's dated now, but in '97 it seemed relatively impressive.
To clarify, it requires hitting enter.
Unless you hit enter first, then sometimes it requires a mouse click.
But if you click the mouse first, sometimes you have to hit enter.
Occasionally, after banging both the mouse and the enter key without result, you can fall back on Ctrl-Alt-Del to get it to snap out of it.
Am I the only one that has this problem?
As anyone who has driven I-25 from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, it's all wide highway, and the average speed is around 4 MPH.
That average hides a deeper truth, that I-25 driving consists of two states: going 80 MPH, and being at a dead stop.
1) carrot trap
2) corn trap
3) cow trap
4) lemonade trap
5) arrow trap
6) book trap
7) phone trap
8) rutabaga trap
9) parent trap?
10) mouse trap! Bingo! We've got a winner!
Marshmallow.
Actually, I kind of like the sound of Planet Marshmallow.
I heard it's either in the Game of Thrones series of Wheel of Time.
(If it's not, you can tell me when you've proved in in 2018.)
Has nobody heard of the Streissand effect?
Ironic, that.
Yeah, came here to say that. We usually have ours on, and I can't seem to resist reading it. The frequency of errors and quirks is such that I've nearly started making a list of the worst ones. Any show from England tends to have "[indecipherable]" stuck in repeatedly, even when I would have said the language was perfectly clear.
One of my favorites was "read my copy of At Last Shrub" which turned out to be "Atlas Shrugged".
I've taken to typing and saying "ducking" all the time anyway. Soon to be added as a new meaning in the dictionaries.
Those ducks, always up to something nasty.
I used to have an office that overlooked a river. I can't speak for all ducks, but the resident mallards ... yes, they were almost always up to those types of things.
It's an anonymous coward post. It's not modded down, it just starts at 0 by default. I'd say that won't change until there's AI good enough to automatically tell intelligent posts from poor ones. Since humans don't even have that skill down yet, I'd say it could be a while.
Short answer is, it multiplies the number by 20. Drake equation is just a string of multipliers. One of them reflects the total number of worlds. 20x more galaxies is 20x more worlds. (Assuming the extra 19 galaxies are of equivalent size.)
In the same way that having a character named Jesus is a reference to "The Big Lebowski," I suppose it is.
Aggressive retirement planning is admirable, but not if it's causing you day-to-day troubles. At least some small amount of emergency fund is advisable. If you're prone to overdraft, I'd recommend keeping part of that emergency fund in your main account, but then pretend like it's not there. For instance, put $1k in there, but then if the balance is $1,500, pretend it's only got $500. It could save a bunch of hassle and fees. Putting off retirement for a month or two or three to build in this padding might be worthwhile.
You mean that we have the expectation that people we pay to work for us should, you know, work for us? What we need them to do? Yeah, I have to admit, we kinda do have that sort of expectation. Maybe we're wrong and we should pay people to update their Facebook status, twitter their latest dump and instagram the junk on their work desk.
I notice you didn't list Slashdot there. I've got to wonder what percentage of people having this discussion are posting from work.
Underwear, obviously.
I'm skeptical of the idea in general, but I can imagine at least three things the billionaire *might* be thinking that isn't completely, demonstrably stupid:
1) Getting moved from this simulation to a better one.
2) Tapping into the controls of this simulation to get super powers or something.
3) They assume the level above us is also a simulation, at which point maybe it is possible to be re-simulated up there.
Sometimes gamification turns a chore into something fun. It's good when it does.
Monetization is also a tricky thing. If you try to monetize something that people previously found fun, it can ruin the fun. Alternately, like in this case, if you start off with money attached to something and then take the money away, you're maybe also taking the incentive away. I haven't read the article, but from the summary it sounds like "removing an incentive demotivates people" is a better conclusion than "fitness trackers don't work".
Heck, I'd be a scapegoat failure for a tenth of that.
Also, 100 of the last 100 times I've seen the name Kardashian, it's been by people on slashdot complaining about how the Kardashians get too much attention. I'd like to forget them, but the people who hate them most won't let me. It's like some twisted Streisand effect: "Hey, see over there? Stop looking over there! Why is everyone looking there, where I'm pointing?"