"Hmmm this is going to take a while" he said. "I'd better start a kettle". He turned on the gas and snapped the grill lighter hastily, as the electric ignition on the stove had not worked in years. This had been at least part of his motive for acquiring the new tech in the first place. "Now I can get to work", he muttered...
Wat? Since when is there a popular belief that 'boomers had a stronger work ethic? Say "boomer" and I'm more likely to think "protest" than "Protestant work ethic". AFAIK the more generally held view is that as long as they weren't traumatized by the Vietnam War, they lucked into an optimal economic situation and that's why they did better.
I know you're joking, but modern day colonists could haul a billion Bibles and not add any weight, thanks to modern storage. They also wouldn't need a printing press, for the same reason. OTOH, the printing press was used to jack the timbers and save the ship, so maybe they should have a lightweight jack on board, just in case.:)
If you could visit one star system every second, it would take you approximately 31.7 years to visit a billion stars.
We can't even visit one in a lifetime, except of course for the one we're orbiting.
Even with Star Trek warp, a second is a pointless amount of time to spend. The captain and crew might want to spend at least a few hours doing a basic survey of the star and any planets, asteroids, or other interesting things orbiting nearby.
Thus, even with sci-fi technology it's not possible to explore all of that. Very humbling.
Oh. And it's just one lousy galaxy. There are an estimated 100 billion of those in the observable Universe.
And now, businesses are going to start putting in their requirements "diagnosed autism" in their job descriptions
And this will be just perfect for the doctors who are no longer doing "420 evaluations" when pot is legal. All they need to do is work on getting "1420" to become slang for autism, and it'll be easy to re-do the signage.
It was in re-runs (I'm not *that* old) and The Changling came on. That's the "I am Nomad" episode if you're like me and had to google it. I was a kid though. I just saw the first part. I think it took a while for Star Trek to "click" since I was a kid and some things went over my head. The thing that makes this episode stand out is not even the episode itself. I only saw the first part that evening. There was this *thing* on the transporter pad and... we had to go out to dinner. I didn't want to go out; but I was a kid so of course I had to go with the rest of the family. For all I knew, it might never come on again. Pissed me off! Fortunately, it did come on again many times and at some point in my later childhood or teens, the little logic battle in there was something I came to appreciate. I don't like the part at the end with Uhura re-learning how to read though. Why did Nomad wipe her memory clean anyway? If it wanted to learn, you think it'd have a copy of the data and could restore it. It always bothered me...
On the other hand, replacing Brawndo with water crashed the economy in Idiocracy--until they realized it would save them. My analogy breaks down though because we don't know what sweet clear water there is to replace the monotony of a white collar mid-level position. We just know they're going away. Maybe these people can rediscover the joys of subsistence farming or something, and start watering their crops with Mt. Dew.
Finally. This is the real test. I suggest they put a radio beacon on it that any ham can receive. Either the signal triangulates further and further away and fades, or it doesn't. Of course some people will never believe, and others will always try even if the thing remains mired in LEO, spirals in and burns up; but this needs to be done.
It's more like an insurance payout. All those pesky merchant fees make a tidy profit for the bank, certainly; but they also fund theft insurance. I don't know how this works with any of the new "fintech" out there. I have a feeling it doesn't. Users of fancy new mobile currencies, beware.
Not to excuse the driver; but this is why they taught us to make eye-contact with drivers when crossing the street. If you can't establish your right with facial expressions, just wait.
My Dad grew up in New Jersey. He said when the Hindenberg flew by, the teacher let them look out the window. Even though it was miles away they could clearly see it I guess. The Washington Monument is a mere 555 feet tall. The Empire State Building is 1250, not including the spire. So try to imagine more than the WM, and more than half the ES floating by low on the horizon, perhaps with the swastika visible. The implications weren't fully understood yet--a few years later my Dad and all his brothers were off to war.
I know you're joking, but I can't help but be reminded of the time I was in the ER for food poisoning. I overheard a nurse behind the curtain explaining to another patient that they should not clean their teeth with battery acid.
It's kinda scary to see kids around the age of 16 live a double life.
Ummm... isn't that kind of normal for 16-year olds? I'd say it's pretty much normal once you start having any kind of interest in sex anyway. Note for some value of "double life". Keeping FB around as a shell and using some other service with your friends is more like passing notes to your friends or talking to them on the phone and making sure your parents aren't on the extension. That's what happened before the Internet. This is just the modern version of that. A true "double life" IMHO, would be something like claiming you joined the night lacrosse team when you were really lying about your age and stripping.
Any form of basic income is going to have monetary consequences throughout the larger economy and will tend to be inflationary. I think limiting programs to the supply of a core basket of goods is better: food, shelter, healthcare, education, utilities, etc. These items already have programs in place to some degree. We could streamline them with a universal benefit card and we could even eliminate the means testing which would make it like a BI; but it wouldn't cause inflation across the entire economy.
Before you progressives knee jerk at this, consider that hyperinflation is actually regressive. The rich always find a way out. Regular folks are stuck holding the bag. You really need to think before you structure in anything that might be inflationary. BI is appealing now because the developed world is actually stuck in a liquidity trap, with low inflation and central banks unable to stimulate economies. BI would initially put money in the hands of those most likely to consume, but it could perversely end up taking it away after a few years.
Come listen to a story 'bout a man named Bill.
A poor mountaineer who really liked to kill.
Then one day when he was shootin' at some dude
Up from the ground came a bubblin' crude.
A goil, that is. Black souled. Texas Teeth.
Well the first thing you know old Bill's a millionaire
Kin folk said, "Bill, move away from there".
They said Washington is the place you ought to be
So he packed up his things, along with Hillary
Drowning pools, gloomy bars... banjo solo...
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled"
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"Hmmm this is going to take a while" he said. "I'd better start a kettle". He turned on the gas and snapped the grill lighter hastily, as the electric ignition on the stove had not worked in years. This had been at least part of his motive for acquiring the new tech in the first place. "Now I can get to work", he muttered...
Wat? Since when is there a popular belief that 'boomers had a stronger work ethic? Say "boomer" and I'm more likely to think "protest" than "Protestant work ethic". AFAIK the more generally held view is that as long as they weren't traumatized by the Vietnam War, they lucked into an optimal economic situation and that's why they did better.
I know you're joking, but modern day colonists could haul a billion Bibles and not add any weight, thanks to modern storage. They also wouldn't need a printing press, for the same reason. OTOH, the printing press was used to jack the timbers and save the ship, so maybe they should have a lightweight jack on board, just in case. :)
Have Blue was actually the code name for the Stealth Fighter project. Maybe he wants to sneak in under the radar.
There are still plenty of general computing platforms you can run whatever you want on
There were once so many passenger pigeons that they could darken the sky. Now they're extinct.
Can we have the word "COURAGE" back please
No you can't. Courage ran off with Smart and had a bastard child named Hero.
If you could visit one star system every second, it would take you approximately 31.7 years to visit a billion stars.
We can't even visit one in a lifetime, except of course for the one we're orbiting.
Even with Star Trek warp, a second is a pointless amount of time to spend. The captain and crew might want to spend at least a few hours doing a basic survey of the star and any planets, asteroids, or other interesting things orbiting nearby.
Thus, even with sci-fi technology it's not possible to explore all of that. Very humbling.
Oh. And it's just one lousy galaxy. There are an estimated 100 billion of those in the observable Universe.
For sale: web site, never profitable.
And now, businesses are going to start putting in their requirements "diagnosed autism" in their job descriptions
And this will be just perfect for the doctors who are no longer doing "420 evaluations" when pot is legal. All they need to do is work on getting "1420" to become slang for autism, and it'll be easy to re-do the signage.
It was in re-runs (I'm not *that* old) and The Changling came on. That's the "I am Nomad" episode if you're like me and had to google it. I was a kid though. I just saw the first part. I think it took a while for Star Trek to "click" since I was a kid and some things went over my head. The thing that makes this episode stand out is not even the episode itself. I only saw the first part that evening. There was this *thing* on the transporter pad and... we had to go out to dinner. I didn't want to go out; but I was a kid so of course I had to go with the rest of the family. For all I knew, it might never come on again. Pissed me off! Fortunately, it did come on again many times and at some point in my later childhood or teens, the little logic battle in there was something I came to appreciate. I don't like the part at the end with Uhura re-learning how to read though. Why did Nomad wipe her memory clean anyway? If it wanted to learn, you think it'd have a copy of the data and could restore it. It always bothered me...
On the other hand, replacing Brawndo with water crashed the economy in Idiocracy--until they realized it would save them. My analogy breaks down though because we don't know what sweet clear water there is to replace the monotony of a white collar mid-level position. We just know they're going away. Maybe these people can rediscover the joys of subsistence farming or something, and start watering their crops with Mt. Dew.
Finally. This is the real test. I suggest they put a radio beacon on it that any ham can receive. Either the signal triangulates further and further away and fades, or it doesn't. Of course some people will never believe, and others will always try even if the thing remains mired in LEO, spirals in and burns up; but this needs to be done.
It's more like an insurance payout. All those pesky merchant fees make a tidy profit for the bank, certainly; but they also fund theft insurance. I don't know how this works with any of the new "fintech" out there. I have a feeling it doesn't. Users of fancy new mobile currencies, beware.
Not to excuse the driver; but this is why they taught us to make eye-contact with drivers when crossing the street. If you can't establish your right with facial expressions, just wait.
Release countermeasures! Take evasive action!
1. Sign up for this program.
2. Sue them for violating labor laws.
3. ???, IANAL and it probably won't work
4. Profit!
My Dad grew up in New Jersey. He said when the Hindenberg flew by, the teacher let them look out the window. Even though it was miles away they could clearly see it I guess. The Washington Monument is a mere 555 feet tall. The Empire State Building is 1250, not including the spire. So try to imagine more than the WM, and more than half the ES floating by low on the horizon, perhaps with the swastika visible. The implications weren't fully understood yet--a few years later my Dad and all his brothers were off to war.
I know you're joking, but I can't help but be reminded of the time I was in the ER for food poisoning. I overheard a nurse behind the curtain explaining to another patient that they should not clean their teeth with battery acid.
The obvious solution is voice to text
That seams light it cold leap to problems; butt eye don't no why.
I almost got laid off last year simply because I was the most expensive person on the team
If you can measure it, you can mismanage it.
It's kinda scary to see kids around the age of 16 live a double life.
Ummm... isn't that kind of normal for 16-year olds? I'd say it's pretty much normal once you start having any kind of interest in sex anyway. Note for some value of "double life". Keeping FB around as a shell and using some other service with your friends is more like passing notes to your friends or talking to them on the phone and making sure your parents aren't on the extension. That's what happened before the Internet. This is just the modern version of that. A true "double life" IMHO, would be something like claiming you joined the night lacrosse team when you were really lying about your age and stripping.
Any form of basic income is going to have monetary consequences throughout the larger economy and will tend to be inflationary. I think limiting programs to the supply of a core basket of goods is better: food, shelter, healthcare, education, utilities, etc. These items already have programs in place to some degree. We could streamline them with a universal benefit card and we could even eliminate the means testing which would make it like a BI; but it wouldn't cause inflation across the entire economy.
Before you progressives knee jerk at this, consider that hyperinflation is actually regressive. The rich always find a way out. Regular folks are stuck holding the bag. You really need to think before you structure in anything that might be inflationary. BI is appealing now because the developed world is actually stuck in a liquidity trap, with low inflation and central banks unable to stimulate economies. BI would initially put money in the hands of those most likely to consume, but it could perversely end up taking it away after a few years.
Come listen to a story 'bout a man named Bill.
A poor mountaineer who really liked to kill.
Then one day when he was shootin' at some dude
Up from the ground came a bubblin' crude.
A goil, that is. Black souled. Texas Teeth.
Well the first thing you know old Bill's a millionaire
Kin folk said, "Bill, move away from there".
They said Washington is the place you ought to be
So he packed up his things, along with Hillary
Drowning pools, gloomy bars... banjo solo...
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled"
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I propose a "war on carbon". That approach always works. Nobody will use a substance if we ban it.