Another thing to keep in mind is that the geese being the birdbrains that they are, seem to prefer a predator free zone (your city) to the natural one. The solution clearly is to let loose the predators in the city, but I imagine that wouldn't go to well with the humans who would of course suddenly realize they aren't apex predators at all.
****That there are plenty of predators in the mix, there aren't enough though to keep the population in check. *** hmm, not to be mean but, your sentence contains a logical flaw. Let me know if you need me to break it down for you.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/13-animals-hunted-to-extinction/hunted-to-death http://www.huntercourse.com/blog/2011/08/10-animals-hunted-or-nearly-hunted-to-extinction/ Not to mention Bison, Bald Eagle, Salmon (destroyed habitat), many whale species. Not all, there were some mass extinction events due to climate changes (ice age cycling etc), but we're the only species that can claim such a wide variety of eradicated other species. Don't forget all the deer and geese predators that have been hunted into ineffectiveness. We are certainly responsible for many of the problems that afflict us and other species: ocean pollution, waterway pollution, marshland destruction, etc. I am honored that you would even consider me her most noble guardian, truly I am, I must protest that I am but a humble observer not worthy of being considered her guardian. To you though I offer the honor of living with the animals which in truth we are, show us our animal nature by living among them with tools, clothing, and shelter only of your own manufacture. I promise to soon and follow in your footsteps.
I'm just going to call you a baboso (I assume you like to start conversations with insults and am happy to oblige). The reason the deer and geese have no natural predators is because you and the other humans have killed them off because you didn't want your offspring or pets or domesticated animals to be killed by them. The problem is that you did encroach on their environment, these wetland areas are not the same as a natural habitat, with predators and such being in the mix. The ignorance of humans to not realized that destroying a predator and not produce an imbalanced system is all that the "geese problem" is highlighting.
As regards their poop, it is not malicious, I believe that birds have no anal sphincter muscle. This makes sense when viewed from a biological perspective as a flying animal has zero need to store feces. Even less than a non-flying one.
The problem with the touched land is that humans will invariably (like other species) flock to (no pun intended) the prime land. The land with water, relatively more sheltered and temperate, for the region. Where there is game, maybe even including the innocent and evil geese. So we go and start taking their habitat, build up our cities, and the animals who were there all along are now encroaching on "our cities", right? They might be genetically programmed to always return to the same area, so, they aren't going to leave just cause some big blocky trees are now proliferating. If there also happens to be abundant although highly processed garbage food available, why they'll avail themselves of that as well. My point is that they were there first and may have been part of the reason humans settled there, I think goose tastes good though I've never had it.
****the problem is that we humans have killed off all their natural predators*** Stop right there my friend, that is the problem everything else stems from this problem, one caused by the aforementioned unimaginably stupid humans. See? we do agree!
You are right if the LabVIEW programmer is a moron and hasn't bothered to learn how to use it well. Proper design and architecture allow one to create quite nice code that does not turn into a "mega evil rats nest of doom". For, you see, it is not the language that is at fault but rather the user of that language. Isn't there a saying "It's a poor musician that blames the instrument"? Just as you can write bad code in LabVIEW, you can write bad code in C, C++, Java, etc. The problem with bad LabVIEW code is that it has a relatively low barrier to entry for simple things like connecting to instruments and getting data from them so you have a lot of people who have no idea how to program using it. To reiterate shitty developers => shitty code. Another problem is that since it is easy to crank out code, the programming activity is not given as much regard as when a "real" language is being used so that development using it becomes ad-hoc. Yes, I program in LabVIEW, a lot.
Perhaps if humans hadn't encroached on their natural habitat they wouldn't be such a nuisance. What do you think the geese make of these unimaginably stupid humans that took nice grassy land and ponds and covered them with asphalt and concrete and buildings and now even have the temerity to attack them when they nest on the few places left undisturbed?
This is no better than when the Europeans first visited Hawaii and decimated the population with their "old world" diseases. It is part of the reason the US was later able to "colonize" Hawaii, they found a sickly unfit race rather than the robust noble race that existed prior to the initial contact.
I think you are right about the pit bulls having excellent demeanor and being generally docile. Here is the problem, they are extremely strong and have tremendous jaw strength, thus on the rare occasion that they go bad on a kid (and sometimes adult), well that kid dies. A mean little chihuahua on the other hand goes berserk on a (non-infant) kid and well, you might have to crack open the box of band-aids and a lolly to make the child feel better. That is why if we get a dog, the rule will be that the dog can be no heavier than 25% of the weight of the smallest member of the household. I figure that should be safe enough in most cases.
I don't think you despise ballmer nearly as much as you think you do. His lack of ability from being what he is (a bean counter/finance guy according to you), is what drives his impressive level of incompetence as CEO. Lack of ability does not take away his responsibility from the fiasco that is the way he's run the horror that is ms.
They're willing to embrace new markets just like a fat sweaty guy is willing to embrace a hot chick. The problem is not the fat sweaty guy's willingness to embrace, he loves embracing. The problem comes from hot chicks (markets) not liking embracing fat sweaty guys.
if you had bothered to rtfa you'd realize that this is a solution for people who are $20 a month above homelessness, not the kind in the market for commercial $3000 a pop solar tubes. Not everyone lives in opulence.
You need carbs right now because your body is not keto-adapted. You are essentially addicted to wheat and the sugar rushes from the other carbs. I can only make suggestions, read the books I recommended if you wish.
One develops insulin resistance and diabetes from eating carbs. The few doctors aware of the science are in the minority because there is no profit in healthy people. Don't forget that the concensus of doctors is driven largely by the pharmaceutical/agro-chemical industry.
I think you thinking too plain-and-simple, the few sugars and carbs your brain needs will be manufactured by your body. Grains are the main problem by far. Sugars are no different than grains in the deleterious effect they have on the body. Fats on the other hand are what your body needs. Your brain is mostly fat and water, your nerves are sheathed in cholesterol. Without fat you will die. With less fat, you won't thrive. A true low-carb diet 20% sometimes 20% of the diet is what makes the body function normally, studies that don't go to this level aren't really studying keto-adapted individuals. Read the books I recommended then contact me if you still disagree. It is really hard to capture all of that info in a slashdot post.
Carbs put a very heavy load on the body to bring down the sugar spike else you die from high blood sugar. Fat is easily digested albeit more slowly and it is easily assimilated. Sugars are stored as fat because if they stay in the blood stream they will kill you.
Read the books or don't. WebMD is a shill for the pharmaceutical industry, I don't subscribe to their notions. Remember this, most Americans try to conscientiously follow the advice of their doctors and look how well that's helped with the obesity epidemic.
I too grew up poor, but I wasn't too aware of it as kids tend to not be too aware of such things. I completely agree with you regarding the almost inconceivable difficulties faced by those with long hours and kids to put healthy food on the table. My kids are finicky, I wonder if poverty makes all food look good. Mine are only attracted to crap food so if I was cool with pizza pockets, they would be loving it. I completely agree about the avocado, even when buying organic at the farmer's market (cheaper than grocery non-organic btw), it is one of the cheapest sources of fat calories. Good quality cheese from exclusively grass fed cows is painfully expensive and so is raw milk. I think I could eat healthy relatively cheaply if I were to cut out the cheese and milk. Meat I buy by the half or whole cow but poor families probably couldn't afford to do that unless they pool their money and buy together. You are missing a key point about wheat. It is all bad, whole grain, organic whole grain, sprouted organic grain, pasta, spinach infused pasta, bread, pizza... All of it, in all forms is bad. It is even possible that whole grains are worse because they have more of the unnatural proteins that they were mutated to. Maybe some of the ancient types (pre -1950's) are less bad, but they are still bad. Carbohydrates metabolize into sugars and frankly there is no required daily intake of grains if one looks at independent (non-governmental/non-corporate). Wheat Belly is another good book which goes into detail on why wheat is particularly bad. Modern wheat, even organic, comes from plants which are absolute mutants, which were mutated before controlled modification at the molecular level could be performed. The result is that completely uncontrolled changes to protein structures where induced. The safety of these monster plants was never tested for, they just started distributing them and since they are 10X more productive than the parent plants, a farmer would have been a fool not to fall in line. Ramen noodles are made from wheat, and probably a healthy dose of MSG. Hamburger helper is 98% wheat (my estimate), in a 1/4 serving you get 110 calories, 5 of which come from fat, the rest are carbs. So my point is carbs aren't required in a healthy diet, or in an unhealthy one. Corn isn't a paragon of healthy eating either, most of it is GMO. Luckily, I am not in a place right now where low cost food is a requirement, hopefully I will remain in that state.
It sounds like quetwo is saying that the objections you list (soft) are immaterial when deciding between US and H1B labor. If the hard specs are met, the others don't matter for shit, you have to hire the American. Well, that's the letter of the law, many companies flaunt it and even want to bring in more despite the qualified local talent.
You need to get past thinking that saturated fats are the problem. The problem is that grains of all sorts, primarily wheat, dominate the diet of most Americans, and the poor more so. I eat all kind of fat (avocado, coconut oil, grass fed meat fat) and about 3-5 dozen eggs per week, lots of veggies, and a bit of fruit. Not a lot of fat on me, in fact I am thin. Look at the people on "Extreme Couponing" about 85-90% of them are obese, watch what they load up their carts with, then you'll see why we have an obesity problem in the US. For 99 cents you can buy a day's worth of calories (all from carbs), but that 99 cent will get you shit in natural fat calories or maybe 100 vegetable calories. Look at the studies, there was one where they walked into a supermarket to see how many calories they could get for a dollar, the results are what I just outlined. Their conclusion, it makes sense to be fat if you are poor cause that is cheaper. There's lots of books on why carbs make you fat, this is probably one of the best: http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Science-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375901922&sr=8-1&keywords=art+science+low+carb another good one is: http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Science/dp/1400033462/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375901961&sr=1-2
How about if you improve your diet. Lay off the grains, starches, carbs, eat more healthy fats, vegetables and proteins. Health solutions to problems like yours don't come in a bottle, they come in plates.
huh? You stated "costs $14K just to manufacture per patient-year" (italics mine). I take issue with the statement as I don't believe any drug costs that much just to manufacture per year. Care to elaborate on your "See above"? Citations supporting such stupendous manufacturing costs are what I am looking for.
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uh, I'm not too much into hyperbole so I thought that the words "mass extinction events" pretty well covered it.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the geese being the birdbrains that they are, seem to prefer a predator free zone (your city) to the natural one. The solution clearly is to let loose the predators in the city, but I imagine that wouldn't go to well with the humans who would of course suddenly realize they aren't apex predators at all.
****That there are plenty of predators in the mix, there aren't enough though to keep the population in check. ***
hmm, not to be mean but, your sentence contains a logical flaw. Let me know if you need me to break it down for you.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/13-animals-hunted-to-extinction/hunted-to-death
http://www.huntercourse.com/blog/2011/08/10-animals-hunted-or-nearly-hunted-to-extinction/
Not to mention Bison, Bald Eagle, Salmon (destroyed habitat), many whale species.
Not all, there were some mass extinction events due to climate changes (ice age cycling etc), but we're the only species that can claim such a wide variety of eradicated other species. Don't forget all the deer and geese predators that have been hunted into ineffectiveness.
We are certainly responsible for many of the problems that afflict us and other species: ocean pollution, waterway pollution, marshland destruction, etc. I am honored that you would even consider me her most noble guardian, truly I am, I must protest that I am but a humble observer not worthy of being considered her guardian. To you though I offer the honor of living with the animals which in truth we are, show us our animal nature by living among them with tools, clothing, and shelter only of your own manufacture. I promise to soon and follow in your footsteps.
I'm just going to call you a baboso (I assume you like to start conversations with insults and am happy to oblige).
The reason the deer and geese have no natural predators is because you and the other humans have killed them off because you didn't want your offspring or pets or domesticated animals to be killed by them. The problem is that you did encroach on their environment, these wetland areas are not the same as a natural habitat, with predators and such being in the mix. The ignorance of humans to not realized that destroying a predator and not produce an imbalanced system is all that the "geese problem" is highlighting.
As regards their poop, it is not malicious, I believe that birds have no anal sphincter muscle. This makes sense when viewed from a biological perspective as a flying animal has zero need to store feces. Even less than a non-flying one.
The problem with the touched land is that humans will invariably (like other species) flock to (no pun intended) the prime land. The land with water, relatively more sheltered and temperate, for the region. Where there is game, maybe even including the innocent and evil geese. So we go and start taking their habitat, build up our cities, and the animals who were there all along are now encroaching on "our cities", right? They might be genetically programmed to always return to the same area, so, they aren't going to leave just cause some big blocky trees are now proliferating. If there also happens to be abundant although highly processed garbage food available, why they'll avail themselves of that as well. My point is that they were there first and may have been part of the reason humans settled there, I think goose tastes good though I've never had it.
****the problem is that we humans have killed off all their natural predators***
Stop right there my friend, that is the problem everything else stems from this problem, one caused by the aforementioned unimaginably stupid humans. See? we do agree!
You are right if the LabVIEW programmer is a moron and hasn't bothered to learn how to use it well. Proper design and architecture allow one to create quite nice code that does not turn into a "mega evil rats nest of doom". For, you see, it is not the language that is at fault but rather the user of that language. Isn't there a saying "It's a poor musician that blames the instrument"?
Just as you can write bad code in LabVIEW, you can write bad code in C, C++, Java, etc. The problem with bad LabVIEW code is that it has a relatively low barrier to entry for simple things like connecting to instruments and getting data from them so you have a lot of people who have no idea how to program using it. To reiterate shitty developers => shitty code. Another problem is that since it is easy to crank out code, the programming activity is not given as much regard as when a "real" language is being used so that development using it becomes ad-hoc. Yes, I program in LabVIEW, a lot.
Perhaps if humans hadn't encroached on their natural habitat they wouldn't be such a nuisance. What do you think the geese make of these unimaginably stupid humans that took nice grassy land and ponds and covered them with asphalt and concrete and buildings and now even have the temerity to attack them when they nest on the few places left undisturbed?
This is no better than when the Europeans first visited Hawaii and decimated the population with their "old world" diseases. It is part of the reason the US was later able to "colonize" Hawaii, they found a sickly unfit race rather than the robust noble race that existed prior to the initial contact.
except for the privacy concerns
I think you are right about the pit bulls having excellent demeanor and being generally docile. Here is the problem, they are extremely strong and have tremendous jaw strength, thus on the rare occasion that they go bad on a kid (and sometimes adult), well that kid dies. A mean little chihuahua on the other hand goes berserk on a (non-infant) kid and well, you might have to crack open the box of band-aids and a lolly to make the child feel better. That is why if we get a dog, the rule will be that the dog can be no heavier than 25% of the weight of the smallest member of the household. I figure that should be safe enough in most cases.
I don't think you despise ballmer nearly as much as you think you do. His lack of ability from being what he is (a bean counter/finance guy according to you), is what drives his impressive level of incompetence as CEO. Lack of ability does not take away his responsibility from the fiasco that is the way he's run the horror that is ms.
They're willing to embrace new markets just like a fat sweaty guy is willing to embrace a hot chick. The problem is not the fat sweaty guy's willingness to embrace, he loves embracing. The problem comes from hot chicks (markets) not liking embracing fat sweaty guys.
$15 million loss not $1.5 million, 1 million shares times a $15 per share unmet target price is $15 million.
son? I knew we'd meet here eventually..
they sleep, or do stuff in the dark. The stuff you hear your parents doing when they think you're asleep in the basement.
if you had bothered to rtfa you'd realize that this is a solution for people who are $20 a month above homelessness, not the kind in the market for commercial $3000 a pop solar tubes. Not everyone lives in opulence.
You need carbs right now because your body is not keto-adapted. You are essentially addicted to wheat and the sugar rushes from the other carbs. I can only make suggestions, read the books I recommended if you wish.
One develops insulin resistance and diabetes from eating carbs. The few doctors aware of the science are in the minority because there is no profit in healthy people. Don't forget that the concensus of doctors is driven largely by the pharmaceutical/agro-chemical industry.
I think you thinking too plain-and-simple, the few sugars and carbs your brain needs will be manufactured by your body.
Grains are the main problem by far. Sugars are no different than grains in the deleterious effect they have on the body. Fats on the other hand are what your body needs. Your brain is mostly fat and water, your nerves are sheathed in cholesterol. Without fat you will die. With less fat, you won't thrive. A true low-carb diet 20% sometimes 20% of the diet is what makes the body function normally, studies that don't go to this level aren't really studying keto-adapted individuals. Read the books I recommended then contact me if you still disagree. It is really hard to capture all of that info in a slashdot post.
Carbs put a very heavy load on the body to bring down the sugar spike else you die from high blood sugar. Fat is easily digested albeit more slowly and it is easily assimilated. Sugars are stored as fat because if they stay in the blood stream they will kill you.
Read the books or don't. WebMD is a shill for the pharmaceutical industry, I don't subscribe to their notions. Remember this, most Americans try to conscientiously follow the advice of their doctors and look how well that's helped with the obesity epidemic.
I too grew up poor, but I wasn't too aware of it as kids tend to not be too aware of such things.
I completely agree with you regarding the almost inconceivable difficulties faced by those with long hours and kids to put healthy food on the table. My kids are finicky, I wonder if poverty makes all food look good. Mine are only attracted to crap food so if I was cool with pizza pockets, they would be loving it.
I completely agree about the avocado, even when buying organic at the farmer's market (cheaper than grocery non-organic btw), it is one of the cheapest sources of fat calories. Good quality cheese from exclusively grass fed cows is painfully expensive and so is raw milk. I think I could eat healthy relatively cheaply if I were to cut out the cheese and milk. Meat I buy by the half or whole cow but poor families probably couldn't afford to do that unless they pool their money and buy together.
You are missing a key point about wheat. It is all bad, whole grain, organic whole grain, sprouted organic grain, pasta, spinach infused pasta, bread, pizza... All of it, in all forms is bad. It is even possible that whole grains are worse because they have more of the unnatural proteins that they were mutated to. Maybe some of the ancient types (pre -1950's) are less bad, but they are still bad. Carbohydrates metabolize into sugars and frankly there is no required daily intake of grains if one looks at independent (non-governmental/non-corporate). Wheat Belly is another good book which goes into detail on why wheat is particularly bad. Modern wheat, even organic, comes from plants which are absolute mutants, which were mutated before controlled modification at the molecular level could be performed. The result is that completely uncontrolled changes to protein structures where induced. The safety of these monster plants was never tested for, they just started distributing them and since they are 10X more productive than the parent plants, a farmer would have been a fool not to fall in line.
Ramen noodles are made from wheat, and probably a healthy dose of MSG. Hamburger helper is 98% wheat (my estimate), in a 1/4 serving you get 110 calories, 5 of which come from fat, the rest are carbs.
So my point is carbs aren't required in a healthy diet, or in an unhealthy one. Corn isn't a paragon of healthy eating either, most of it is GMO.
Luckily, I am not in a place right now where low cost food is a requirement, hopefully I will remain in that state.
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I'm your mod stalker.
It's been fun but I'm done with you, maybe someone else will take over from here?
It sounds like quetwo is saying that the objections you list (soft) are immaterial when deciding between US and H1B labor. If the hard specs are met, the others don't matter for shit, you have to hire the American.
Well, that's the letter of the law, many companies flaunt it and even want to bring in more despite the qualified local talent.
You need to get past thinking that saturated fats are the problem. The problem is that grains of all sorts, primarily wheat, dominate the diet of most Americans, and the poor more so. I eat all kind of fat (avocado, coconut oil, grass fed meat fat) and about 3-5 dozen eggs per week, lots of veggies, and a bit of fruit. Not a lot of fat on me, in fact I am thin. Look at the people on "Extreme Couponing" about 85-90% of them are obese, watch what they load up their carts with, then you'll see why we have an obesity problem in the US. For 99 cents you can buy a day's worth of calories (all from carbs), but that 99 cent will get you shit in natural fat calories or maybe 100 vegetable calories. Look at the studies, there was one where they walked into a supermarket to see how many calories they could get for a dollar, the results are what I just outlined. Their conclusion, it makes sense to be fat if you are poor cause that is cheaper. There's lots of books on why carbs make you fat, this is probably one of the best: http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Science-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375901922&sr=8-1&keywords=art+science+low+carb
another good one is:
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Science/dp/1400033462/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375901961&sr=1-2
How about if you improve your diet. Lay off the grains, starches, carbs, eat more healthy fats, vegetables and proteins. Health solutions to problems like yours don't come in a bottle, they come in plates.
huh? You stated "costs $14K just to manufacture per patient-year" (italics mine). I take issue with the statement as I don't believe any drug costs that much just to manufacture per year. Care to elaborate on your "See above"? Citations supporting such stupendous manufacturing costs are what I am looking for.