Is there something particularly insidious about plastic as a substance that makes it harmful?
We animals have evolved for millennia breathing/eating/drinking dust of all sorts of sizes.
The human body is not perfect, but nevertheless amazing in its ability to keep the good stuff, dispense with the bad stuff.
Is there something about plastic dust that hurts us more than other dust? Or is this just another family of particulates that happen to be out there now, where (for example) soot used to be?
But if you somehow think that's the place you *should be starting at* with a brand-new idea, brand-new tech, brand-new market, and entirely unproven business model, BEFORE YOU'VE SOLD A SINGLE DEVICE? Well - I guess your investors are either ridiculously optimistic or you're one persuasive son of a bitch.
If your computer is unusable because the HD is chugging through a simple virus scan, your computer/OS is fucked up - it's not just the HD. And if you're running a full HD scan daily, you're just dumb.
" The problem with the hackneyed stereotype of the socially inept, hoodie-clad white male coder? It does not inspire underrepresented groups to pursue careers in computer science.." So it's not INACCURATE, just uninspiring.
Because *everything* needs to be about achieving purported social justice agendas?
Actually, the problem is a society that treats USDA recommendations as if they come from a neutral, disinterested source - when in fact they are deeply politicized and heavily guided by lobbyists.
Face it: the Federal government is not there for your personal benefit.
Theoretically? Sure, that was the intent. And there are certainly thousands of people who work for government who try to serve the public the best that they possibly can...unfortunately, the hierarchy of the Fed is now enormous, and "goodwill" is not the thing that floats a person to a policy-setting level. That, unfortunately, is a sort of 'sociopathic narcissism'* that requires oodles of cash and connections, meaning the people who get to those levels are almost invariably TERRIBLE human beings. And - no matter the goodwill and intent of their tens of thousands of underlings - they TRULY don't give the faintest shit about you or your family's well being.
Who ELSE'S responsibility is it to build something for rural America?
If you don't want to live in one of the sweltering crapholes we call American cities, one of the "costs" is that you don't have as easy access to a host of services, internet broadband being one of them.
They want it, they can pay to build it. And I say this as someone from rural MN where the best broad band we could get until couple of years ago was 10/1 adsl.
...which will defuse the volcano....OR cause it to erupt.
I'm not even sure where to begin with criticising this: is it that we're mucking around with forces we can barely understand, much less control? Or is it that the reason for this is ostensibly to protect the earth's climate - not the hundreds of millions of lives that might be lost in such a cataclysm?
Right, because drugs themselves haven't condemned MILLIONS of people to decades of suffering either?
Look, I understand your point: the 'war on drugs' is stupid. I agree. But to assert that the absence of MDMA as a theraputic resources is even within what, four? five? more? orders of magnitude the overall hurtful impact of class 1 substances generally is just silly.
...am I the only one that DESPISES video-delivered content?
Sure, there are contexts where it's very helpful, like some DIY videos or somesuch.
But in terms of news or general information on a subject, video content is WORSE than a bloody voicemail: it's linear, it's high-bandwidth, it's usually packed full of ads and crap or front/back stingers that are half the length of the video, and ultimately info-lite.
If a decentralized system ultimately finds VALUE in some order and organization (in search function, for example) that may just be a natural and healthy evolution of a system.
After all, in the entropic universe, we have people. Clearly local organization is possible while entropy (in total) is increasing.
If there's ultimately a drawback, as the OP suggests, then the results will follow. To demand somehow decentralization is like emplacing a tyrant to impose anarchy - sort of self-defeating.
How else would you control many many dynamic and constantly-adjusted variables in real time?
I know it's frightfully analog, but the fact is that things like drop-down lists, context-relevant controls, etc would just make this harder. If I need to drop the bass volume in the middle of live performance, I don't want to have to hunt for the control, I want the control RIGHT WHERE I EXPECT IT.
I can see ultimately someone crafting a better UI, sure, what can't be improved? But the UI controls have a lot of organizational inertia - I learned on a sound board, so it's going to be easy for me to switch to a digital representation of a soundboard, rather than something wholesale different.
I don't know if that is one, it's frightfully short of details, but essentially you want a screen that displays a video signal, period. At least in the pre-flatscreen days, that was the distinction between a MONITOR (what you're looking for) and a TV.
Curiously (or not, depending on your cynicism) just skimming around for this post, I see stuff like 55" 4k TVs for crazy low prices like $400. Monitors (which should ostensibly be cheaper as no tuning circuitry or other bells/whistles)...not so much.
Even a typical local truck is running 300-400 per day. More importantly than "... a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle that can compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel...." is that diesel can fill up in about 20 mins. It doesn't take 12 hours to fill the tank.
The idea that this makes sense in Afghanistan - where safe running water and electricity are still primary concerns - is idiotic. So idiotic, I strongly suspect corruption.
So...follow the money. Just once, I'd love to see someone actually burrow to the bottom of this, find out WHO (SPECIFICALLY) authorized this, at the behest of whom, and how much $ was involved in 'no-bid' contracts or 'friendly' arrangements. AND THEN PROSECUTE THEM AGGRESSIVELY.
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Is there something particularly insidious about plastic as a substance that makes it harmful?
We animals have evolved for millennia breathing/eating/drinking dust of all sorts of sizes.
The human body is not perfect, but nevertheless amazing in its ability to keep the good stuff, dispense with the bad stuff.
Is there something about plastic dust that hurts us more than other dust? Or is this just another family of particulates that happen to be out there now, where (for example) soot used to be?
"But how do you shut down the micro-distractions that dangle everywhere in your physical world.."
Ignore them?
I mean, that's what grownups generally do.
No, binge watching makes it clear when scriptwriters are stretching 1 hour of story over a span of 6+ episodes.
No of course it isn't.
But if you somehow think that's the place you *should be starting at* with a brand-new idea, brand-new tech, brand-new market, and entirely unproven business model, BEFORE YOU'VE SOLD A SINGLE DEVICE? Well - I guess your investors are either ridiculously optimistic or you're one persuasive son of a bitch.
If your computer is unusable because the HD is chugging through a simple virus scan, your computer/OS is fucked up - it's not just the HD.
And if you're running a full HD scan daily, you're just dumb.
You know at least 90%+ people wouldn't even notice the difference in the normal use of their machine, right?
" The problem with the hackneyed stereotype of the socially inept, hoodie-clad white male coder? It does not inspire underrepresented groups to pursue careers in computer science.."
So it's not INACCURATE, just uninspiring.
Because *everything* needs to be about achieving purported social justice agendas?
How does "the new structure eliminates Google's disclosure requirements"
ultimately square with
"Don't be evil" ...again, precisely?
https://www.crunchbase.com/org...
Burning through $150 million in funding since 2013 ($88000 per DAY including weekends), they might as well have been juicing actual money.
I just had a colonoscopy, in which I agreed in advance, in case there was a medical necessity to implant devices, which I thought a little creepy.
You're saying I should have looked to see WHOSE devices?
Exactly.
A reputable claim might be against the vendor that MADE the glasses, but Amazon has gigantic pockets....
Look, I know the ISS is this shitty barely-in-orbit station, but it IS still marginally in orbit, no?
It's not like mission control literally has to literally fly the thing every moment, surely?
Actually, the problem is a society that treats USDA recommendations as if they come from a neutral, disinterested source - when in fact they are deeply politicized and heavily guided by lobbyists.
Face it: the Federal government is not there for your personal benefit.
Theoretically? Sure, that was the intent. And there are certainly thousands of people who work for government who try to serve the public the best that they possibly can...unfortunately, the hierarchy of the Fed is now enormous, and "goodwill" is not the thing that floats a person to a policy-setting level. That, unfortunately, is a sort of 'sociopathic narcissism'* that requires oodles of cash and connections, meaning the people who get to those levels are almost invariably TERRIBLE human beings. And - no matter the goodwill and intent of their tens of thousands of underlings - they TRULY don't give the faintest shit about you or your family's well being.
*credit to WKUK
I think the word you mean is PROSECUTED, actually?
Who ELSE'S responsibility is it to build something for rural America?
If you don't want to live in one of the sweltering crapholes we call American cities, one of the "costs" is that you don't have as easy access to a host of services, internet broadband being one of them.
They want it, they can pay to build it. And I say this as someone from rural MN where the best broad band we could get until couple of years ago was 10/1 adsl.
...which will defuse the volcano....OR cause it to erupt.
I'm not even sure where to begin with criticising this: is it that we're mucking around with forces we can barely understand, much less control? Or is it that the reason for this is ostensibly to protect the earth's climate - not the hundreds of millions of lives that might be lost in such a cataclysm?
Please, "scientists" don't do this.
Right, because drugs themselves haven't condemned MILLIONS of people to decades of suffering either?
Look, I understand your point: the 'war on drugs' is stupid. I agree. But to assert that the absence of MDMA as a theraputic resources is even within what, four? five? more? orders of magnitude the overall hurtful impact of class 1 substances generally is just silly.
...am I the only one that DESPISES video-delivered content?
Sure, there are contexts where it's very helpful, like some DIY videos or somesuch.
But in terms of news or general information on a subject, video content is WORSE than a bloody voicemail: it's linear, it's high-bandwidth, it's usually packed full of ads and crap or front/back stingers that are half the length of the video, and ultimately info-lite.
Stupid question: don't blockers like uBlock prevent this (or at least hinder it)?
If not, what would be the tool or technique one would use to disable this?
IS there a way to do so, and still have a usable web-browsing ability?
If a decentralized system ultimately finds VALUE in some order and organization (in search function, for example) that may just be a natural and healthy evolution of a system.
After all, in the entropic universe, we have people. Clearly local organization is possible while entropy (in total) is increasing.
If there's ultimately a drawback, as the OP suggests, then the results will follow. To demand somehow decentralization is like emplacing a tyrant to impose anarchy - sort of self-defeating.
How else would you control many many dynamic and constantly-adjusted variables in real time?
I know it's frightfully analog, but the fact is that things like drop-down lists, context-relevant controls, etc would just make this harder. If I need to drop the bass volume in the middle of live performance, I don't want to have to hunt for the control, I want the control RIGHT WHERE I EXPECT IT.
I can see ultimately someone crafting a better UI, sure, what can't be improved? But the UI controls have a lot of organizational inertia - I learned on a sound board, so it's going to be easy for me to switch to a digital representation of a soundboard, rather than something wholesale different.
Aren't you more or less looking for what would have previously been called a monitor (vs a TV)?
https://www.amazon.com/Vizio-S...
I don't know if that is one, it's frightfully short of details, but essentially you want a screen that displays a video signal, period. At least in the pre-flatscreen days, that was the distinction between a MONITOR (what you're looking for) and a TV.
Curiously (or not, depending on your cynicism) just skimming around for this post, I see stuff like 55" 4k TVs for crazy low prices like $400. Monitors (which should ostensibly be cheaper as no tuning circuitry or other bells/whistles)...not so much.
....Microsoft's update program.
I guess we know where they learned the technique.
Even a typical local truck is running 300-400 per day.
More importantly than "... a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle that can compete with conventional diesels, which can travel up to 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel...." is that diesel can fill up in about 20 mins. It doesn't take 12 hours to fill the tank.
..."follow the money".
The idea that this makes sense in Afghanistan - where safe running water and electricity are still primary concerns - is idiotic. So idiotic, I strongly suspect corruption.
So...follow the money. Just once, I'd love to see someone actually burrow to the bottom of this, find out WHO (SPECIFICALLY) authorized this, at the behest of whom, and how much $ was involved in 'no-bid' contracts or 'friendly' arrangements.
AND THEN PROSECUTE THEM AGGRESSIVELY.