Mine's still going, although I only use it as an alarm clock by my bed now..turned off all the bells and whistles, and it lasts over a month between charges. =)
Well, that's why I said have both. There's online for those of us who don't care, and continue having booths for those who do care or have other concerns.. My point is: I don't see why it has to be binary. (And I'm not saying 'expose who everyone votes for online', just that if there's a chance an online vote can be traced, that caveat ought to be up-front and central, and that's a risk you know when you vote online, but for many, it's a good option as well.)
How about electronic voting, with the caveat 'we can trace your vote'? I don't care who knows how I vote, I'm pretty vocal about it. For those of us that appreciate the convenience, why not make that the option? And for those who want more privacy (which is questionable in a lot of instances anyway), they can go to a booth. Win-win? (And in some ways I prefer the accountability. If I can see that my vote is actually counted, I feel better than doing it in person where it really could disappear..)
ha ha..nice. The next post asks how these amounts can actually power anything - like, what fridge uses as much electricity as a car?? By their math, the gas from a day would power a car maybe 5km. On a serious note, the article doesn't discuss how the backpack works...I see some tubes, is there surgery involved? That adds another few layers of impracticality to it all as well.
I was one of the people 'exposed', it was sent directly 'To:' myself and a large number (guessing 998) other addresses. Immediately realized this could expose people..gah..
There's a surplus of milk already, as dairy consumption is generally on the decline, at least that's what I keep seeing in the news...eg: Ontario dairy farmers dumping skim milk into manure pits and sewer lagoons. Extending the shelf life is the last thing the industry wants - spoilage is helping them at this point..
Well, not in the US. *wink* *wink* But I think that was because they were never really looking for it - I figured out how many cows they tested, and it was a pretty tiny fraction of a percent.
Low fiber intake has also shown to be correlated with higher obesity, and that tends to be correlated with meat consumption. What if we did a study of people in the same socioeconomic status who shopped at similar supermarkets (often the pricier nicer ones with better quality stuff for the vegans) and controlled for the level of "processed food" (which itself isn't really the problem as much as additives like excess added sugar), level of fiber consumption, etc., etc.
Given that meat has zero fiber, this 'correlation' is simply the outcome of the scenario. I just can't picture someone who eats a high amount of meat AND high amount of fiber - this type of diet is unheard of. It's like saying fitness is correlated with physical activity...err, yeah. There aren't many (any?) people who are morbidly obese and exceptional endurance athletes (although a better analogy is inactive person who's an exceptional endurance athlete). The two don't mix. The studies are pretty consistent: as animal protein consumption decreases, so do rates of degenerative diseases. I'm not gonna say 'you have to eat zero meat to be healthy', if someone ate as a whole-food vegan all year and had one egg, it's not going to have a negative impact on their health...but scale it up to a daily basis, where it substitutes more nutritious foods with fiber, and pretty consistently health issues begin to creep in.
Exactly - why don't they design tablets to be tablets, not a replacement for something else? Phone is a great format when out and about on errands, but at home I like the bigger real-estate of my tablet (Galaxy Tab S2, 9.7), handy to have when watching TV and want to look something up or waiting for a notification, or to noodle around on touch-designed games, or read the news, updating social media for work, etc.. All stuff that would be more clunky with my laptop, and irritating on the phone.
Plus, for day trips, if I need a light device, this is great in a pinch; longer I'll bring my laptop. (Which ironically I generally use to connect to my desktop.) I'm happy with that for it...rather than trying to squeeze everything into one format, I'm surprised the companies aren't marketing it so you want ALL of them. Which is what happened to me...haha..just don't buy the cheapest option of each and you'll probably do well on all accounts for several years. Desktop is mostly 5+yrs old (tho scooped an SSD drive and USB3 card a year ago), laptop about the same age, phone is getting on 3yrs and tablet is a few months. I'm probably good for another few years if the phone doesn't poop out. =)
Agree with your general sentiment.. My question is: just how bad was what she did? I've seen some interviews where officials discuss 'classified' and 'classified' information. A lot of information is 'classified', but still pretty accessible, and really not a 'threat' to anything if it were to get out. I'm curious just how much harm could have actually happened with what she was doing? If many other 'high ups' were investigated, I would be curious to see how many also use 'inappropriate' email accounts and have also shared classified data inappropriately? I bet there'd be quite a lot...this is probably the tip of the iceberg, not an isolated case. (Reminding me of doping in sport. A few get caught, but typically MANY more are doing it.)
For me, what's more troubling is the number of emails that were deleted and didn't get investigated/exposed..? Hopefully at least this will be a lesson to all, and they clamp down on tolerating *anyone* who does this.
You say this as though this is something only women do...I'm pretty sure there's just as big a list, or bigger, of men who do this. So let's just say there are 'people' who do this, mmkay? It's fair to say this is more of a personality trait than a gender issue.
What about relevant facts that are omitted? From the write-up:
As an echo to that comment, one of the key benefits of GMO is increased crop yield, which means a reduced need for deforestation to make way for farmland.
The reason most deforestation occurs is for grazing, or feeding livestock. Very few trees are cut down to make way for crops intended for direct human consumption. There also isn't a shortage of food, it's where that food is directed - livestock are waste the vast majority of energy and nutrition we put into them. In the US, upwards 70 - 90% of all grains (corn, rice, soy & wheat) are fed to livestock. This is a red herring; we don't need 'more' crops, we need to feed existing crops to people, not livestock. Isn't something like 1/3rd to 1/2 of all food produced in the US thrown in the trash as well? No amount of GMOs will solve the underlying issues.
You can get 12lb race bikes, and many, if not most professional race bikes actually have weight (literal, lead weights) inserted in places like the frame, in order to get the bike to the minimum of 6.8kg/15.99lbs. Bikes are ridiculously light these days, and something like this is actually quite possible (and 200 watts is actually a lot of power, if any amateur racer were able to pedal an extra 200w for an hour, they'd be catapulted to the higher elite levels instantly.) It's very possible one might not actually be able to tell by feel, imo.. Not to mention it'd be impractical to pick up every bike, given how each rider might have 2-4 bikes in the race and ~180 racers...they were using some kind of magnetometer before, which took a few seconds per bike, and could check several bikes on a car roof rack quite quickly, but the addition of thermal cameras is a good step too. I'd be curious to see how much a frame warms up normally, with regular friction from riding...
This. A lot of professional sports, from baseball to wrestling, have systemic doping....the difference is cycling has clamped down on it, where many others still turn a blind eye. When they look, they'll find it as well.
Given how clumsy it is to actually communicate or interact with others on IG (and do people actually read longer posts?), the poor interface (at least on Android), and lack of useful feature (like the crappy search) I don't think that whoever's running IG actually came up with anything special to 'build community', I just think it's the one the most people glommed onto.
I'd even also argue there isn't that much of a 'community', so much as people checking to see what their favourite celebrities or businesses have posted. At least that's my experience as a Canadian - are there really even any IG 'communities' to speak of? On Twitter, for example, there are weekly 'chats' using a hashtag allowing people to interact and actually build some comradery, I can't see anything like that happening on IG...what exactly have they don't to 'build community'? If I see something on IG worth talking about, I'll usually go to another platform to discuss it.. My two cents anyway..
Yup, it's a bit more clunky, but still works. Not sure if Notification still work through Chrome, which was handy with the mobile site when avoiding the app.
Is there a way to disable Messages on your account, so no one can message you? That'd be my inclination if I have to use their app. (Also one of the people who found their battery life increase significantly without FB apps on their phone.)
Funny, they don't seem to be paying attention to the fact I haven't viewed my 'timeline' in years, because they manipulate it. Looks like the algorithm needs some tweaking..
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Mine's still going, although I only use it as an alarm clock by my bed now..turned off all the bells and whistles, and it lasts over a month between charges. =)
"Please don't give us that billion dollars we're told you owe us" said no one ever...except Ireland.
Well, that's why I said have both. There's online for those of us who don't care, and continue having booths for those who do care or have other concerns.. My point is: I don't see why it has to be binary. (And I'm not saying 'expose who everyone votes for online', just that if there's a chance an online vote can be traced, that caveat ought to be up-front and central, and that's a risk you know when you vote online, but for many, it's a good option as well.)
How about electronic voting, with the caveat 'we can trace your vote'? I don't care who knows how I vote, I'm pretty vocal about it. For those of us that appreciate the convenience, why not make that the option? And for those who want more privacy (which is questionable in a lot of instances anyway), they can go to a booth. Win-win? (And in some ways I prefer the accountability. If I can see that my vote is actually counted, I feel better than doing it in person where it really could disappear..)
ha ha..nice. The next post asks how these amounts can actually power anything - like, what fridge uses as much electricity as a car?? By their math, the gas from a day would power a car maybe 5km. On a serious note, the article doesn't discuss how the backpack works...I see some tubes, is there surgery involved? That adds another few layers of impracticality to it all as well.
Oh, come on, there are only about 1.5 billion cows on the planet, we got this backpack thing no problem!
Consider: you may actually be lucky to be in a 'cooler' spot (which will probably also eventually warm up, just not as quickly.)
I was one of the people 'exposed', it was sent directly 'To:' myself and a large number (guessing 998) other addresses. Immediately realized this could expose people..gah..
There's a surplus of milk already, as dairy consumption is generally on the decline, at least that's what I keep seeing in the news...eg: Ontario dairy farmers dumping skim milk into manure pits and sewer lagoons. Extending the shelf life is the last thing the industry wants - spoilage is helping them at this point..
which resulted in the huge outbreaks
Well, not in the US. *wink* *wink* But I think that was because they were never really looking for it - I figured out how many cows they tested, and it was a pretty tiny fraction of a percent.
Low fiber intake has also shown to be correlated with higher obesity, and that tends to be correlated with meat consumption. What if we did a study of people in the same socioeconomic status who shopped at similar supermarkets (often the pricier nicer ones with better quality stuff for the vegans) and controlled for the level of "processed food" (which itself isn't really the problem as much as additives like excess added sugar), level of fiber consumption, etc., etc.
Given that meat has zero fiber, this 'correlation' is simply the outcome of the scenario. I just can't picture someone who eats a high amount of meat AND high amount of fiber - this type of diet is unheard of. It's like saying fitness is correlated with physical activity...err, yeah. There aren't many (any?) people who are morbidly obese and exceptional endurance athletes (although a better analogy is inactive person who's an exceptional endurance athlete). The two don't mix. The studies are pretty consistent: as animal protein consumption decreases, so do rates of degenerative diseases. I'm not gonna say 'you have to eat zero meat to be healthy', if someone ate as a whole-food vegan all year and had one egg, it's not going to have a negative impact on their health...but scale it up to a daily basis, where it substitutes more nutritious foods with fiber, and pretty consistently health issues begin to creep in.
An infidelity site is run by lying and cheating scumbags? Who could have predicted that?
Exactly - why don't they design tablets to be tablets, not a replacement for something else? Phone is a great format when out and about on errands, but at home I like the bigger real-estate of my tablet (Galaxy Tab S2, 9.7), handy to have when watching TV and want to look something up or waiting for a notification, or to noodle around on touch-designed games, or read the news, updating social media for work, etc.. All stuff that would be more clunky with my laptop, and irritating on the phone.
Plus, for day trips, if I need a light device, this is great in a pinch; longer I'll bring my laptop. (Which ironically I generally use to connect to my desktop.) I'm happy with that for it...rather than trying to squeeze everything into one format, I'm surprised the companies aren't marketing it so you want ALL of them. Which is what happened to me...haha..just don't buy the cheapest option of each and you'll probably do well on all accounts for several years. Desktop is mostly 5+yrs old (tho scooped an SSD drive and USB3 card a year ago), laptop about the same age, phone is getting on 3yrs and tablet is a few months. I'm probably good for another few years if the phone doesn't poop out. =)
Agree with your general sentiment.. My question is: just how bad was what she did? I've seen some interviews where officials discuss 'classified' and 'classified' information. A lot of information is 'classified', but still pretty accessible, and really not a 'threat' to anything if it were to get out. I'm curious just how much harm could have actually happened with what she was doing? If many other 'high ups' were investigated, I would be curious to see how many also use 'inappropriate' email accounts and have also shared classified data inappropriately? I bet there'd be quite a lot...this is probably the tip of the iceberg, not an isolated case. (Reminding me of doping in sport. A few get caught, but typically MANY more are doing it.)
For me, what's more troubling is the number of emails that were deleted and didn't get investigated/exposed..? Hopefully at least this will be a lesson to all, and they clamp down on tolerating *anyone* who does this.
You say this as though this is something only women do...I'm pretty sure there's just as big a list, or bigger, of men who do this. So let's just say there are 'people' who do this, mmkay? It's fair to say this is more of a personality trait than a gender issue.
I'm sure this headline could be achieved as well: "110 Nobel Laureates Concerned with GMOs, sign letter, blah blah blah"
As an echo to that comment, one of the key benefits of GMO is increased crop yield, which means a reduced need for deforestation to make way for farmland.
The reason most deforestation occurs is for grazing, or feeding livestock. Very few trees are cut down to make way for crops intended for direct human consumption. There also isn't a shortage of food, it's where that food is directed - livestock are waste the vast majority of energy and nutrition we put into them. In the US, upwards 70 - 90% of all grains (corn, rice, soy & wheat) are fed to livestock. This is a red herring; we don't need 'more' crops, we need to feed existing crops to people, not livestock. Isn't something like 1/3rd to 1/2 of all food produced in the US thrown in the trash as well? No amount of GMOs will solve the underlying issues.
You can get 12lb race bikes, and many, if not most professional race bikes actually have weight (literal, lead weights) inserted in places like the frame, in order to get the bike to the minimum of 6.8kg/15.99lbs. Bikes are ridiculously light these days, and something like this is actually quite possible (and 200 watts is actually a lot of power, if any amateur racer were able to pedal an extra 200w for an hour, they'd be catapulted to the higher elite levels instantly.) It's very possible one might not actually be able to tell by feel, imo.. Not to mention it'd be impractical to pick up every bike, given how each rider might have 2-4 bikes in the race and ~180 racers...they were using some kind of magnetometer before, which took a few seconds per bike, and could check several bikes on a car roof rack quite quickly, but the addition of thermal cameras is a good step too. I'd be curious to see how much a frame warms up normally, with regular friction from riding...
This. A lot of professional sports, from baseball to wrestling, have systemic doping....the difference is cycling has clamped down on it, where many others still turn a blind eye. When they look, they'll find it as well.
Given how clumsy it is to actually communicate or interact with others on IG (and do people actually read longer posts?), the poor interface (at least on Android), and lack of useful feature (like the crappy search) I don't think that whoever's running IG actually came up with anything special to 'build community', I just think it's the one the most people glommed onto.
I'd even also argue there isn't that much of a 'community', so much as people checking to see what their favourite celebrities or businesses have posted. At least that's my experience as a Canadian - are there really even any IG 'communities' to speak of? On Twitter, for example, there are weekly 'chats' using a hashtag allowing people to interact and actually build some comradery, I can't see anything like that happening on IG...what exactly have they don't to 'build community'? If I see something on IG worth talking about, I'll usually go to another platform to discuss it.. My two cents anyway..
Heroes of the Stone? Wow - can't wait for this new game!
And isn't the 'others' really just Starcraft...? (If you clump the Warcraft games in with WoW.)
If you don't mind a slightly longer password, lyrics to a song are a good way to go. Best choose something a bit more obscure.
Yup, it's a bit more clunky, but still works. Not sure if Notification still work through Chrome, which was handy with the mobile site when avoiding the app.
Is there a way to disable Messages on your account, so no one can message you? That'd be my inclination if I have to use their app. (Also one of the people who found their battery life increase significantly without FB apps on their phone.)
Funny, they don't seem to be paying attention to the fact I haven't viewed my 'timeline' in years, because they manipulate it. Looks like the algorithm needs some tweaking..