I went 2 weeks in China last year, and I lost 3 kg (6 pounds).
Last time I went to the US, I think I gained 2 kg in also 2 weeks, with a similar holiday life style.
The explanation for the difference ? My guess is the sugar; in China, you find very little sugar in food.
Pretty sure the order of causes are corruption and water mismanagement followed by climate change being the crack that drained their fresh water supply.
As often, a climate change denier fails to justify why he is sure of something. And what about overpopulation, by the way ?
I probably have a minority opinion here, but I think it is a very good solution : above a certain level, there is no good reason to use cash except for tax evasion, money laundering or other criminal activities. If you buy a house or car, the government will know it anyway...
However, cash must remain possible for smaller amounts. The government does not need to know what I eat, drink or smoke (legal or not...).
The 32bit x86 version of MacOS was very short lived and was arguably a mistake...
Availability of 64bit PPC hardware to run OSX predates the 32bit x86 version, so they actually took a step backwards. The only non 64bit x86 macs are the very first model laptops, IIRC even the first gen mac pro was 64bit from the start.
Apple should never have supported 32bit x86 at all, and should have moved directly from PPC64 to x86_64.
It was in 2007, right ? I find this acceptable. Hindsight 20/20, you know.
However, I can't find any good excuse to Microsoft for releasing Windows 10 in 32bit in 64bit in 2015.
I'm going to get modded down to oblivion, but I'm going to say something good about Uber. I don't use it much in the US, but used to live in Manila, Philippines and travel there about once per year. Having Uber there has been a godsend for me.
I also only use Uber abroad; when you don't know the local habits or rules, it is very reassuring to use a service that you know.
Old stereo equipment back to the early 1980's had this jack.
Mmmmh, no. In the 1980's, stereo equipment had a 6.35 mm jack connector, as had my Revox headphones. During the transition to the new 3.5 mm jack, we had to use dongles. Just like an recent iPhone needs a lightning dongle for the audio jack.
The problem today is not that a new standard is coming, but that I can't figure yet what is the safe choice for the next 5-10 years. Until then, I will stick to the 3.5 mm jack and dongles.
I wouldn't consider Esperanto as an "invented" language : it rather looks like an interpolation of German / French / Italian English / Latin
BTW I tried to learn Esperanto a few years ago : it was ridiculously easy... I gave up because it was useless to me (at that time). But if learning Esperanto could reward you with the same university credits as other languages (for a similar level), I am sure that many (lazy) students would learn it.
The Apple Watch (...) is big, square, and nerdy-looking.
The Apple Watch is the only smartwatch that I have seen on a woman's wrist. It may be anecdotal, of course, but if you compare commercials from Samsung and Apple, it is very clear who targets geeks and who targets the whole population (including women).
As a Mac user, I could not care less about FavIcons in Safari, partly because I don't use them and mostly because other, better options exist for web browsing on OSX (Chrome, Opera, FF, et al).
I guess you use a desktop and not laptop ? Safari's energy efficiency is the reason I use it on my MacBook (although I prefer FireFox).
I've been trying to use firefox again due to privacy concerns with Chrome. I've been really frustrated by the poor performance, despite the new multi-process.
I just realized, now that there's a GUI (performance panel) that I multi-process wasn't enabled because I had a single legacy addon. I disabled that addon and now FireFox is MUCH faster.
I know everyone hates that the legacy addons are going away--and I do think FireFox needs to do something about this--support them longer, fund development of the most popular addons, something... but MultiProcess FF is amazingly faster than before. I would never want to go back...
I don't think that this is correct; I have one "legacy" add-on (AdBlock), but my FireFox is running with multiple processes. Maybe you also switched the "Use recommended performance settings" options in Options => General ?
What "world"? Out of 15 extensions I have enabled 14 are currently are showing [LEGACY] flag on the options page.
I had a similar experience, and it was a good opportunity to get rid of many extensions that I can actually live without. Now, there is only AdBlock remaining as "Legacy" for which I really need a solution.
By the way, reducing the number of extensions might be a way to improve performance or stability...
Meanwhile, Russia is building 7 reactors right now: https://www.iaea.org/PRIS/Worl... , and is collaborating with China. Russian nuclear export agency is also building reactors in Bangladesh and Thailand.
Maybe because Russia doesn't care that nuclear power isn't cheap, isn't clean and isn't safe (see the parent). For a dictator such as Putin, however, it is important to be able to brag about building numerous nuclear reactors. But millions of solar panels (either thermal or photo voltaic) on private homes are not so sexy, even if they are cheaper, cleaner and safer.
Yep, US is way behind in nuclear technology, and it's entirely self-inflicted.
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Serious question.
I know some people bought the apple watches when they came out. But do people still have a use for them?
For me, it is a fantastic fitness tool for running, cycling and hiking.
It is also very useful to change the volume on my Sonos loudspeakers.
But for the rest ? I don't care about notifications, I already receive too many on my phone.
YMMV
I am Swiss, here is my non-scientific anecdote :
I went 2 weeks in China last year, and I lost 3 kg (6 pounds). Last time I went to the US, I think I gained 2 kg in also 2 weeks, with a similar holiday life style.
The explanation for the difference ? My guess is the sugar; in China, you find very little sugar in food.
my Android phone from 2014 has that.
And in how many hotels could you use it yet ?
Pretty sure the order of causes are corruption and water mismanagement followed by climate change being the crack that drained their fresh water supply.
As often, a climate change denier fails to justify why he is sure of something. And what about overpopulation, by the way ?
The right question to ask is : would you prefer to ride in a self-driven car, or with a drunken driver ? and with a very tired driver ?
I probably have a minority opinion here, but I think it is a very good solution : above a certain level, there is no good reason to use cash except for tax evasion, money laundering or other criminal activities. If you buy a house or car, the government will know it anyway...
However, cash must remain possible for smaller amounts. The government does not need to know what I eat, drink or smoke (legal or not...).
All users caring about line endings had probably migrated to Notepad++ 10 years ago, right ?
The 32bit x86 version of MacOS was very short lived and was arguably a mistake... Availability of 64bit PPC hardware to run OSX predates the 32bit x86 version, so they actually took a step backwards. The only non 64bit x86 macs are the very first model laptops, IIRC even the first gen mac pro was 64bit from the start.
Apple should never have supported 32bit x86 at all, and should have moved directly from PPC64 to x86_64.
It was in 2007, right ? I find this acceptable. Hindsight 20/20, you know.
However, I can't find any good excuse to Microsoft for releasing Windows 10 in 32bit in 64bit in 2015.
I'm going to get modded down to oblivion, but I'm going to say something good about Uber. I don't use it much in the US, but used to live in Manila, Philippines and travel there about once per year. Having Uber there has been a godsend for me.
I also only use Uber abroad; when you don't know the local habits or rules, it is very reassuring to use a service that you know.
Shouldn't this be "404 ot Found" ?
"404 ot Foud"
owning an electric car is at this point harder than internal combustion one.
Not by much; it costs more up front (but less in the long run), and recharge stations are not yet as common as gas stations.
This can quickly change...
Old stereo equipment back to the early 1980's had this jack.
Mmmmh, no. In the 1980's, stereo equipment had a 6.35 mm jack connector, as had my Revox headphones. During the transition to the new 3.5 mm jack, we had to use dongles. Just like an recent iPhone needs a lightning dongle for the audio jack.
The problem today is not that a new standard is coming, but that I can't figure yet what is the safe choice for the next 5-10 years. Until then, I will stick to the 3.5 mm jack and dongles.
Autoautomobiles will be a life changer for those with disabilities.
And for those who can't drive anymore (eldery people).
And for those who can't drive yet (children under 18).
And for those who fail the licence exam.
And when you are drunk.
Etc...
When you add all these niches, you have a market.
I wouldn't consider Esperanto as an "invented" language : it rather looks like an interpolation of German / French / Italian English / Latin
BTW I tried to learn Esperanto a few years ago : it was ridiculously easy... I gave up because it was useless to me (at that time). But if learning Esperanto could reward you with the same university credits as other languages (for a similar level), I am sure that many (lazy) students would learn it.
The Apple Watch (...) is big, square, and nerdy-looking.
The Apple Watch is the only smartwatch that I have seen on a woman's wrist. It may be anecdotal, of course, but if you compare commercials from Samsung and Apple, it is very clear who targets geeks and who targets the whole population (including women).
Compare with Christianity, where there is endless adulation of the Christian way of life.
In the USA maybe.
But when my (European, agnostic) kids hear the words "catholic priest", they rather associate it with "pedophile".
It's all bullshit. Whatshisfuck stood on stage and claimed that it was orders of magnitude more secure and reliable than TouchID. What happened?
Apple claims that Touch ID has 1 in 50,000 chance of false positive, while Face ID is 1 in 1,000,000. A factor of 200 is indeed "orders of magnitude".
I am however surprised that TouchID has only 1 in 50,000 chance of false positive.
I wonder how much she got from Microsoft.
Probably nothing concrete, it would have been too dangerous for her and for Microsoft.
But maybe she received the promise of a very lucrative job in case things would turn bad. Just ask Stephen Elop.
As a Mac user, I could not care less about FavIcons in Safari, partly because I don't use them and mostly because other, better options exist for web browsing on OSX (Chrome, Opera, FF, et al).
I guess you use a desktop and not laptop ? Safari's energy efficiency is the reason I use it on my MacBook (although I prefer FireFox).
Replace Adblock with uBlock Origin.
I just tried it, but it is also flagged as "Legacy" :-(
I've been trying to use firefox again due to privacy concerns with Chrome. I've been really frustrated by the poor performance, despite the new multi-process. I just realized, now that there's a GUI (performance panel) that I multi-process wasn't enabled because I had a single legacy addon. I disabled that addon and now FireFox is MUCH faster. I know everyone hates that the legacy addons are going away--and I do think FireFox needs to do something about this--support them longer, fund development of the most popular addons, something... but MultiProcess FF is amazingly faster than before. I would never want to go back...
I don't think that this is correct; I have one "legacy" add-on (AdBlock), but my FireFox is running with multiple processes. Maybe you also switched the "Use recommended performance settings" options in Options => General ?
What "world"? Out of 15 extensions I have enabled 14 are currently are showing [LEGACY] flag on the options page.
I had a similar experience, and it was a good opportunity to get rid of many extensions that I can actually live without. Now, there is only AdBlock remaining as "Legacy" for which I really need a solution.
By the way, reducing the number of extensions might be a way to improve performance or stability...
For LinkedIn, I don't even see the point in having a dedicated app, it provides no added value compared to the web site as seen in a browser.
Let's ditch nuclear and switch to modern coal burning like Germany
It would be foolish to ditch existingnuclear plants if they can be operated at an acceptable level of safety.
Just as it is foolish to build new nuclear plants, as they are economically not profitable anymore (without even talking about safety/risks).
Meanwhile, Russia is building 7 reactors right now: https://www.iaea.org/PRIS/Worl... , and is collaborating with China. Russian nuclear export agency is also building reactors in Bangladesh and Thailand.
Maybe because Russia doesn't care that nuclear power isn't cheap, isn't clean and isn't safe (see the parent). For a dictator such as Putin, however, it is important to be able to brag about building numerous nuclear reactors. But millions of solar panels (either thermal or photo voltaic) on private homes are not so sexy, even if they are cheaper, cleaner and safer.
Yep, US is way behind in nuclear technology, and it's entirely self-inflicted.
Nuclear is the past, get over it.