This is why I like pulling the curtains back to let the Sun in--both literally and metaphorically. The literal curtain pulling won't happen unless I'm there, but I really don't care if the house is bright and warm when I'm not there because I'm not there. Of course metaphorical transparency is good too, and let's hear it for low-tech solutions that have worked for thousands of years and not putting transistors in things just because we can. Speaking of which, what does this have to tell us about the alleged "green" factor in home automation tech. I submit that when it comes to the home, you're better off flipping switches yourself in almost all cases, since these things are vampire devices that are built using a fabrication process known to be rather toxic.
Some tech seems to go through a set of stages: 1. Toy, usually just for the rich. 2. Still a toy, but you don't have to be super-rich any more. 3. A nice thing to have that opens doors. 4. A necessity if you really want to do well. 5. So essential in society that it's somewhat subsidized for those who can't afford it, or even regarded as a basic right.
Consider these 5 basic stages, and ponder this history of: 1. Motorized transportation. 2. Computers. 3. Jet packs. 4. Electric fans. 5. Intravenous fluids.
Please provide at least 10 references. Have your essays on my desk by Wednesday morning.
If this isn't an April Fools joke, what's wrong with people? You can't simulate the gradual adjustment to conditions. People who *suddenly* lose something go through that whole process that ends with acceptance. With aging, you have a long time to accept it. It's not like putting on a stupid suit.
I bet a lot of her work was considered "modern" at the time; but when I see this type of architecture I immediately think "60s" +/- 10 years I'd say this style was a big deal from '50 to '70 but by '80 it got tiring.
I like a little modernism though. Remember WaMu? They were a bank that went bust in 2008 and got taken over by Chase. Their building in downtown Redwood City is arguably "just a cold modernist box", but there's something about the way it contrasts with the surroundings, and the way that it's landscaped. I like having a few of those things sprinkled about a city.
Anyway, RIP to this "retro futurist" architect, and yes it's iffy that this is "news for nerds" but at least it's "stuff that matters" because we have to deal with buildings all the time.
Not knowing that much about her, I hope she paid more attention to engineers than Frank Loyd Wright did. There's another nerd angle there--so yes, this story is a fit. It's not like she's a Kardashian or something.
I have ridden on both; mostly on Metro. The big difference I noticed is that BART really is noticeably wider, and LOUDER. I thought Metro's banshee scream was bad. BART's is deafening. If I had to ride BART every day, I'd bring earplugs.
Maybe this is one of those "fuck you" resignations/retirements then. I vaguely remember reading one of those that was posted in 2008. It was from a hedge fund manager that was going long for his clients against his own advice, while they insisted on it or something. He still made all kinds of money from the fees, but he was telling them the whole way it wouldn't last, and they wouldn't believe him. He socked those fees away in something safe, they crashed, he retired.
Just dial Zero. Mabel will help you. Oh, while you're on the line with her can you let her know Sookie busted out of the pen again? Third time this week.
My private property rights trump your gun rights (no pun intended). If I want to keep you from carrying on my property, I can do that. I can even use a gun to keep you from carrying your gun on my property. IMHO, the 2A only comes into play when the government interferes with you being armed on public property, or your own property, or somebody else's property with their permission. Thus, the arena is fully within its rights to bar firearms. If they wanted to have the Great 2016 GOP Debate and Gun Show (TM), they should have rented the Cow Palace.
Yes. My favorite reactor design is the one that uses gravitation-stabilized fusion. It's really easy. You just position the reactor core approximately 93 million miles away. Energy is produced mostly in the relatively benign electro-magnetic spectrum and can be used directly for heating, or stored in various media and released later. This system is proven to be relatively safe, although technicians have an increased risk of certain types of cancers if they don't take adequate precautions. The biggest risk is melanoma.
I guess if we're going to extend the analogy a bit... allied nations and whatever ships they provide, or actual international laws that allow them to use deadly force to stop the pirates. As always, if it mapped perfectly it wouldn't be an analogy. It would be the thing we're talking about.
No. The pirates are startups. The employees could be pirates though, if they quit and joined startups. The penalty for doing that would be considerably less severe than deserting the US Navy and joining pirates.
An aircraft carrier can go fast enough so that you could water-ski behind it. It can launch more planes than some country's entire air forces. It almost certainly has some gun emplacements and many sailors with small arms. If pirates in speedboats attack it, they are toast... but not because the carrier out-maneuvers them.
Angolans see censorship as damage, and route around it just like anybody else. I am shocked, shocked I tell you!
This is just like the library catalog I hacked when I was younger. The librarians thought they had it locked down to catalog search only; but those machines were actually on the Internet and all you had to do was fool the search engine into echoing a URL back to you, which was easy to do.
I know that at least the Wikimedia people were trying to do good, and I sort of feel for them... but they should have seen this coming.
You can't send out invites to the ball and not let them have the whole dance floor.
It took way too long for this to happen. Back when we gave China MFN status, what, early 90s? I was already complaining about the hypocrisy. The rationale was that by engaging with China we would eventually transfer our ideas as well as our goods. The theory behind this was called "Constructive Engagement".
But if CE was really the proper way to deal with these regimes, what about Cuba? It never really worked anyway. CE was just justification--it was all about the money, and earlier it was about playing China against the USSR. It was hypocritical on its face, right from the start.
I've literally been complaining about this since before some of you were born. Sheesh! Look, I get it. Castro stole your stuff, and you're mad; but most of the people who directly lost are dead. Aside from that, conquest happens. It's how America was built. At some point you have to write that off.
Don't get me wrong. Communism sucks. It's an evil little anachronism that exists down there; but our way of dealing with it didn't work. Time to try something different... finally!
Just step off the curb, and the cars will stop. To keep busy intersections from slowing to a crawl, you'd still have to have walk/don't walk signs. Impromptu street protests where nobody obeys the signs would automatically shut down all traffic in the area because of this. Jay-walking might become a more significant offense, especially if it was done as part of a mass un-permitted march.
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This. Take away religion and other things step in to fill the void.
Don't get sucked in to a discussion on why black holes don't suck any more than regular objects. That would suck.
This is why I like pulling the curtains back to let the Sun in--both literally and metaphorically. The literal curtain pulling won't happen unless I'm there, but I really don't care if the house is bright and warm when I'm not there because I'm not there. Of course metaphorical transparency is good too, and let's hear it for low-tech solutions that have worked for thousands of years and not putting transistors in things just because we can. Speaking of which, what does this have to tell us about the alleged "green" factor in home automation tech. I submit that when it comes to the home, you're better off flipping switches yourself in almost all cases, since these things are vampire devices that are built using a fabrication process known to be rather toxic.
Some tech seems to go through a set of stages: 1. Toy, usually just for the rich. 2. Still a toy, but you don't have to be super-rich any more. 3. A nice thing to have that opens doors. 4. A necessity if you really want to do well. 5. So essential in society that it's somewhat subsidized for those who can't afford it, or even regarded as a basic right.
Consider these 5 basic stages, and ponder this history of: 1. Motorized transportation. 2. Computers. 3. Jet packs. 4. Electric fans. 5. Intravenous fluids.
Please provide at least 10 references. Have your essays on my desk by Wednesday morning.
Least popular ride at Epcot. 'nuff said.
If this isn't an April Fools joke, what's wrong with people? You can't simulate the gradual adjustment to conditions. People who *suddenly* lose something go through that whole process that ends with acceptance. With aging, you have a long time to accept it. It's not like putting on a stupid suit.
I bet a lot of her work was considered "modern" at the time; but when I see this type of architecture I immediately think "60s" +/- 10 years I'd say this style was a big deal from '50 to '70 but by '80 it got tiring.
I like a little modernism though. Remember WaMu? They were a bank that went bust in 2008 and got taken over by Chase. Their building in downtown Redwood City is arguably "just a cold modernist box", but there's something about the way it contrasts with the surroundings, and the way that it's landscaped. I like having a few of those things sprinkled about a city.
Anyway, RIP to this "retro futurist" architect, and yes it's iffy that this is "news for nerds" but at least it's "stuff that matters" because we have to deal with buildings all the time.
Not knowing that much about her, I hope she paid more attention to engineers than Frank Loyd Wright did. There's another nerd angle there--so yes, this story is a fit. It's not like she's a Kardashian or something.
"Cars don't work" because GM went bankrupt.
This is the first I've heard of IFTTT, and I'm wary of it because I'm not sure if I'm being COND.
I have ridden on both; mostly on Metro. The big difference I noticed is that BART really is noticeably wider, and LOUDER. I thought Metro's banshee scream was bad. BART's is deafening. If I had to ride BART every day, I'd bring earplugs.
Maybe this is one of those "fuck you" resignations/retirements then. I vaguely remember reading one of those that was posted in 2008. It was from a hedge fund manager that was going long for his clients against his own advice, while they insisted on it or something. He still made all kinds of money from the fees, but he was telling them the whole way it wouldn't last, and they wouldn't believe him. He socked those fees away in something safe, they crashed, he retired.
Did it sniff for a numerical argument and invoke a calculator, or did it just look for those arguments? What happened if you did "what 2+3"?
The Cow Palace is actually in Daly City, and they have gun shows all the time which is why I mentioned it. TBF, Daly City is very close to SF though.
Just dial Zero. Mabel will help you. Oh, while you're on the line with her can you let her know Sookie busted out of the pen again? Third time this week.
My private property rights trump your gun rights (no pun intended). If I want to keep you from carrying on my property, I can do that. I can even use a gun to keep you from carrying your gun on my property. IMHO, the 2A only comes into play when the government interferes with you being armed on public property, or your own property, or somebody else's property with their permission. Thus, the arena is fully within its rights to bar firearms. If they wanted to have the Great 2016 GOP Debate and Gun Show (TM), they should have rented the Cow Palace.
The fancy-pants name for this is the semipredicate problem
I don't recall how I stumbled upon that article; but it's one of my favorite "look at me, I can use a long word for it" things now.
Yes. My favorite reactor design is the one that uses gravitation-stabilized fusion. It's really easy. You just position the reactor core approximately 93 million miles away. Energy is produced mostly in the relatively benign electro-magnetic spectrum and can be used directly for heating, or stored in various media and released later. This system is proven to be relatively safe, although technicians have an increased risk of certain types of cancers if they don't take adequate precautions. The biggest risk is melanoma.
I guess if we're going to extend the analogy a bit... allied nations and whatever ships they provide, or actual international laws that allow them to use deadly force to stop the pirates. As always, if it mapped perfectly it wouldn't be an analogy. It would be the thing we're talking about.
No. The pirates are startups. The employees could be pirates though, if they quit and joined startups. The penalty for doing that would be considerably less severe than deserting the US Navy and joining pirates.
An aircraft carrier can go fast enough so that you could water-ski behind it. It can launch more planes than some country's entire air forces. It almost certainly has some gun emplacements and many sailors with small arms. If pirates in speedboats attack it, they are toast... but not because the carrier out-maneuvers them.
Just wait. That Japanese AI is going to surprise us some day. Then we'll realize that the two aren't that different.
Try writing an application that handles all the common image file formats, (at least JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP) and get back to us.
Angolans see censorship as damage, and route around it just like anybody else. I am shocked, shocked I tell you!
This is just like the library catalog I hacked when I was younger. The librarians thought they had it locked down to catalog search only; but those machines were actually on the Internet and all you had to do was fool the search engine into echoing a URL back to you, which was easy to do.
I know that at least the Wikimedia people were trying to do good, and I sort of feel for them... but they should have seen this coming.
You can't send out invites to the ball and not let them have the whole dance floor.
It took way too long for this to happen. Back when we gave China MFN status, what, early 90s? I was already complaining about the hypocrisy. The rationale was that by engaging with China we would eventually transfer our ideas as well as our goods. The theory behind this was called "Constructive Engagement".
But if CE was really the proper way to deal with these regimes, what about Cuba? It never really worked anyway. CE was just justification--it was all about the money, and earlier it was about playing China against the USSR. It was hypocritical on its face, right from the start.
I've literally been complaining about this since before some of you were born. Sheesh! Look, I get it. Castro stole your stuff, and you're mad; but most of the people who directly lost are dead. Aside from that, conquest happens. It's how America was built. At some point you have to write that off.
Don't get me wrong. Communism sucks. It's an evil little anachronism that exists down there; but our way of dealing with it didn't work. Time to try something different... finally!
This argument appear whenever GMO is mentioned oni /., and it's usually disingenuous. Selective breeding != GMO, and I suspect you know that.
Just step off the curb, and the cars will stop. To keep busy intersections from slowing to a crawl, you'd still have to have walk/don't walk signs. Impromptu street protests where nobody obeys the signs would automatically shut down all traffic in the area because of this. Jay-walking might become a more significant offense, especially if it was done as part of a mass un-permitted march.