Agree it's better overall, another update/reboot policy that puzzles me: there's an update that's ready and 'requires a restart', yet if you power down, and start up again, it's still waiting in the queue, and you have to do a 'Restart' in order to load it. Whaaa?!
haha - I was going to post the same thing. Ice cubes wouldn't last at that temp, and a glass of water that temp wouldn't be particularly 'cold', nor is that temp outside really 'cold' either. (Cool, yes, but zero risk of hypothermia!) 2-4 deg C might be 'nearly frozen'. 15 C is an average day in Victoria, BC.;)
Would love to see Apple put their money where their mouths are - how about they get all their staff to swap out their desktops, and let's see the entire company run on iPads.
In my work we use WhatsApp for internal communication. SMS doesn't allow for group conversations, nor does it confirm messages are received by all parties. And, of course, iMessage is iPhone-only. Plus, there's a browser interface (so I don't have to actually type into my phone.) I'm no schill for WhatsApp, I'd be just as happy using any other app that has these features..but there is a potential place for it that's a step up from SMS.
Delete it, or if not an option (like on my HTC phone) disable it. It's only been 4 days into my experiment, but I've charged my phone once in that time (HTC Desire 601, nothing too fancy, but decent.) For the last six months I've had to charge twice a day....and I honestly barely use the thing (the phone, and almost never the FB app). A few days ago read an article (Guardian I think) where people found the Facebook app was hosing their battery. Disabled it, got well over 50hrs before my next charge, and since my last charge it's been nearly 24hrs again (and 73% battery left.)
If you need to access Facebook, load m.facebook.com into the Chrome browser, and allow notifications. Works almost as good. (Better in some ways, you can reply to messages without having the FB Messenger app as well.) I think I read there's a skin or something that makes it even smoother. I'll see how it lasts after a couple weeks, but it's been a while since I've been able to get more than 24hrs without a charge....and now it's several days in a row, so pretty promising. Couldn't figure out what was causing my battery to drain. I shudder to think how much energy is wasted on all the phones with this app..what are they doing, mining for bitcoins in the app?!
Has anyone analyzed the data being sent? Or is this a big assumption? Could this be other apps that were installed by default 'calling home'? I'm not doubting that MS might do this, but in all fairness, this seems example seems like unsubstantial speculation....and a pretty weak 'test to boot. Remember that high school class who put sprouts by a wifi router and found the 'closer plants died'? I did the same thing for fun, and found the closer sprouts actually grew faster and more abundantly, probably since they were warmer. Shouldn't we suspend judgement until further tests and confirmation is made...?
You're right but wrong - sure, 700 watts for 2 minutes, but I'm talking about average over an hour, which is 400-500w. You can average out any length of time, and common points we track are 1sec, 5sec, 10sec, 30sec, 1min, 2min, 10min, 20min, 30min & 60min. Also, track cyclists are a whole other beast - a sprinter like the one in the video trains VERY differently from a Tour de France or cyclocross racer. What they do in 2min is irrelevant...it's what they can do in 10 - 60min ranges that matters. (And the reason the tour winner has lower watts is because they're 'protected' for the vast majority of the race, being drafted by teammates, which saves 30-40% of their energy/aka watts. These guys shine in time trials and climbing, which are longer periods.)
Nope, if you read the CX Mag link in the OP, she was caught with the bike, but raced on her regular bike. So mechanical doping has been found, but not utilized....
FYI, she actually didn't race the bike, she was found to have it as a spare in the pits. (If you're not familiar, in cyclocross racers will often have a spare bike...or five..in the pits. You can actually swap out a bike pretty fast, taking only an extra second or two for well-trained racers.)
This thing can put out 110w over an hour. And it would help over an hour, for sure. The average pro can put out 400-500w over an hour. Add 110w to that? It's HUGE. It could put mediocre pros on the podium.
It's worth reading the article, there's a lot more to it too...her brother was also caught doping EPO. And claims it was her 'friends' bike...that just happened to get brought into the race. All pretty shady stuff.
To give the power (wattage) a little more context: typical pros can average 400-500w over an hour. If someone could add 110w to that, it's a massive gain. It can turn someone with mediocre fitness into a 'champion'. It can make the difference for a successful breakaway for sure. And at the very least, it will save a ton of energy. A famous cycling quote goes along the lines of 'it's not who's fastest who wins, it's who has the most energy at the end who wins'. It's pretty significant. (Also worth noting: the average person can average 100-150w over an hour.)
Although mentioned briefly in the article, Twitter is a pretty great indicator of TV interest. Of particular note, what's become quite popular is actors and others involved in programs live-Tweeting during the episodes, and interacting with fans. Jeff Probst has been doing this for several years, and some actors like William Shatner are actually really active as well (live-Tweeting during sci-fi shows.) It's a neat twist on things that really doesn't work on FB or IG.
I dunno - was this JJ & Co trying to add 'nuance' to the film? Create some kind of story arc that shows he's conflicted between the light and dark?
Rather than being another black and white 'bad guy', of which there's already been a ton of them....everywhere, including Star Wars....maybe we're going for another kind of antagonist. And what he did on that bridge on that bridge on the star killer base was pretty brutal...especially for fans! Perhaps that's where he fully committed to the dark side (or is trying to at least..) Redemption is a huge theme in Star Wars. I'm guessing the story is building in that direction. (Although admittedly pretty poorly But this is Star Wars after all.)
I totally see what you're saying (emo kid hahahaha) but if I give JJ the benefit of the doubt, it might turn out to be interesting in the next episode.. My two cents anyway.
Exactly - they do the vegan and animal rights movement an injustice with these actions. Their logic is flawed, and may as well be harassing lions because they kills zebras.
Just a thought: the released animals were going to be killed. They probably had horrible lives. A chance to 'fend for themselves' is probably less cruel than what was lined up for them if they remained.
To be honest, I'm also not comfortable with 'releases', they can also wreck havoc on local wildlife and are probably 'invasive'...but I've yet to come across a convincing argument against my first paragraph. Not saying releasing them is right, but the argument 'they're going to die when released' is flimsy given they're going to be killed anyway (and suffer until that moment). At least when released, there's a chance some may have a quality life. Kept captive, none will. (And to reiterate, I'm on the fence on the issue, so please don't down-vote me because you disagree. I'm inviting arguments to this position, so let's see you use your words. As a vegan of 25+ years, and vegan and animal rights activist of most of that, I also disagree strongly with most of what PETA does, including what they've done in this story. As a matter of fact, MANY vegans also find PETA strongly distasteful, so please don't lump us all together. There are those who like PETA [vegan or not] and the rest of us.)
What DaveyJJ said, plus: what happens when a wealthy gay couple decides to take this guy up on the offer? I'd be surprised $10k is enough for a devout homophobe to sell a cake and 'break his morals'...haha.. It'd be an awesome sight to see tho.
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Agree it's better overall, another update/reboot policy that puzzles me: there's an update that's ready and 'requires a restart', yet if you power down, and start up again, it's still waiting in the queue, and you have to do a 'Restart' in order to load it. Whaaa?!
haha - I was going to post the same thing. Ice cubes wouldn't last at that temp, and a glass of water that temp wouldn't be particularly 'cold', nor is that temp outside really 'cold' either. (Cool, yes, but zero risk of hypothermia!) 2-4 deg C might be 'nearly frozen'. 15 C is an average day in Victoria, BC. ;)
Even better, maybe we're a simulation in a simulation that figured out how to make simulations too. I wonder how many simulations deep this can go?
Wasn't Hubbard alive when Scientology was considered a religion and started all their churches?
Any chance the story has a pro-Hitler theme and show signs of daddy issues?
Would love to see Apple put their money where their mouths are - how about they get all their staff to swap out their desktops, and let's see the entire company run on iPads.
In my work we use WhatsApp for internal communication. SMS doesn't allow for group conversations, nor does it confirm messages are received by all parties. And, of course, iMessage is iPhone-only. Plus, there's a browser interface (so I don't have to actually type into my phone.) I'm no schill for WhatsApp, I'd be just as happy using any other app that has these features..but there is a potential place for it that's a step up from SMS.
Delete it, or if not an option (like on my HTC phone) disable it. It's only been 4 days into my experiment, but I've charged my phone once in that time (HTC Desire 601, nothing too fancy, but decent.) For the last six months I've had to charge twice a day....and I honestly barely use the thing (the phone, and almost never the FB app). A few days ago read an article (Guardian I think) where people found the Facebook app was hosing their battery. Disabled it, got well over 50hrs before my next charge, and since my last charge it's been nearly 24hrs again (and 73% battery left.)
If you need to access Facebook, load m.facebook.com into the Chrome browser, and allow notifications. Works almost as good. (Better in some ways, you can reply to messages without having the FB Messenger app as well.) I think I read there's a skin or something that makes it even smoother. I'll see how it lasts after a couple weeks, but it's been a while since I've been able to get more than 24hrs without a charge....and now it's several days in a row, so pretty promising. Couldn't figure out what was causing my battery to drain. I shudder to think how much energy is wasted on all the phones with this app..what are they doing, mining for bitcoins in the app?!
Has anyone analyzed the data being sent? Or is this a big assumption? Could this be other apps that were installed by default 'calling home'? I'm not doubting that MS might do this, but in all fairness, this seems example seems like unsubstantial speculation....and a pretty weak 'test to boot. Remember that high school class who put sprouts by a wifi router and found the 'closer plants died'? I did the same thing for fun, and found the closer sprouts actually grew faster and more abundantly, probably since they were warmer. Shouldn't we suspend judgement until further tests and confirmation is made...?
hahah - sure... But drafting results in both a savings in energy AND power. =)
You're right but wrong - sure, 700 watts for 2 minutes, but I'm talking about average over an hour, which is 400-500w. You can average out any length of time, and common points we track are 1sec, 5sec, 10sec, 30sec, 1min, 2min, 10min, 20min, 30min & 60min. Also, track cyclists are a whole other beast - a sprinter like the one in the video trains VERY differently from a Tour de France or cyclocross racer. What they do in 2min is irrelevant...it's what they can do in 10 - 60min ranges that matters. (And the reason the tour winner has lower watts is because they're 'protected' for the vast majority of the race, being drafted by teammates, which saves 30-40% of their energy/aka watts. These guys shine in time trials and climbing, which are longer periods.)
Nope, if you read the CX Mag link in the OP, she was caught with the bike, but raced on her regular bike. So mechanical doping has been found, but not utilized....
FYI, she actually didn't race the bike, she was found to have it as a spare in the pits. (If you're not familiar, in cyclocross racers will often have a spare bike...or five..in the pits. You can actually swap out a bike pretty fast, taking only an extra second or two for well-trained racers.)
The bikes are about 16-18lbs. Even with the motor, just FYI. This technology already exists and you can read about it here: http://cyclingtips.com/2015/04/hidden-motors-for-road-bikes-exist-heres-how-they-work/
This thing can put out 110w over an hour. And it would help over an hour, for sure. The average pro can put out 400-500w over an hour. Add 110w to that? It's HUGE. It could put mediocre pros on the podium.
It's worth reading the article, there's a lot more to it too...her brother was also caught doping EPO. And claims it was her 'friends' bike...that just happened to get brought into the race. All pretty shady stuff.
To give the power (wattage) a little more context: typical pros can average 400-500w over an hour. If someone could add 110w to that, it's a massive gain. It can turn someone with mediocre fitness into a 'champion'. It can make the difference for a successful breakaway for sure. And at the very least, it will save a ton of energy. A famous cycling quote goes along the lines of 'it's not who's fastest who wins, it's who has the most energy at the end who wins'. It's pretty significant. (Also worth noting: the average person can average 100-150w over an hour.)
I know. Crazy, huh?
Although mentioned briefly in the article, Twitter is a pretty great indicator of TV interest. Of particular note, what's become quite popular is actors and others involved in programs live-Tweeting during the episodes, and interacting with fans. Jeff Probst has been doing this for several years, and some actors like William Shatner are actually really active as well (live-Tweeting during sci-fi shows.) It's a neat twist on things that really doesn't work on FB or IG.
heh - thanks for the map, that's where the link I posted goes to as well. ;)
Yeah, why not something like 'northern Russia'?
But I guess that would conflict with the mention of North America in the write-up, which makes no sense.
For the pig it came from, for sure. : \
Thanks for mentioning this..this will have to have an impact of some kind. Also, I'd be concerned about the impact on desert wildlife...
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I dunno - was this JJ & Co trying to add 'nuance' to the film? Create some kind of story arc that shows he's conflicted between the light and dark?
Rather than being another black and white 'bad guy', of which there's already been a ton of them....everywhere, including Star Wars....maybe we're going for another kind of antagonist. And what he did on that bridge on that bridge on the star killer base was pretty brutal...especially for fans! Perhaps that's where he fully committed to the dark side (or is trying to at least..) Redemption is a huge theme in Star Wars. I'm guessing the story is building in that direction. (Although admittedly pretty poorly But this is Star Wars after all.)
I totally see what you're saying (emo kid hahahaha) but if I give JJ the benefit of the doubt, it might turn out to be interesting in the next episode.. My two cents anyway.
Exactly - they do the vegan and animal rights movement an injustice with these actions. Their logic is flawed, and may as well be harassing lions because they kills zebras.
Just a thought: the released animals were going to be killed. They probably had horrible lives. A chance to 'fend for themselves' is probably less cruel than what was lined up for them if they remained.
To be honest, I'm also not comfortable with 'releases', they can also wreck havoc on local wildlife and are probably 'invasive'...but I've yet to come across a convincing argument against my first paragraph. Not saying releasing them is right, but the argument 'they're going to die when released' is flimsy given they're going to be killed anyway (and suffer until that moment). At least when released, there's a chance some may have a quality life. Kept captive, none will. (And to reiterate, I'm on the fence on the issue, so please don't down-vote me because you disagree. I'm inviting arguments to this position, so let's see you use your words. As a vegan of 25+ years, and vegan and animal rights activist of most of that, I also disagree strongly with most of what PETA does, including what they've done in this story. As a matter of fact, MANY vegans also find PETA strongly distasteful, so please don't lump us all together. There are those who like PETA [vegan or not] and the rest of us.)
What DaveyJJ said, plus: what happens when a wealthy gay couple decides to take this guy up on the offer? I'd be surprised $10k is enough for a devout homophobe to sell a cake and 'break his morals'...haha.. It'd be an awesome sight to see tho.