I like slashdot for news. If someone posts lies, a slew of people call "bullshit". Of course a slew of people also call "bullshit" when they post the truth.:p
I also remember that driving from Ohio into Pennsylvania was kind of like driving from Alabama into Florida... one minute, you're on a wide, freshly-paved road... 3 minutes later, the shoulders are gone, the asphalt is a half step above compacted gravel, there are potholes big enough to trash a lifted monster truck, and the road itself looks like it hasn't been improved since the 1950s.
I've had that in reverse. I was driving on some bridge, dodging potholes, and suddenly the road was great. I looked over, and sure enough, there was a sign that said "Welcome to Kansas".
Yes, thats why we have had interstate bridges collapsing, and the roads in my affluent area are made up of interlocking patches over potholes.
Id hate to see the roads in areas that arent affluent.
Awhile back, I was surprised to hear that my state, Missouri, had the 4th worst roads in the nation. The surprise was that there were 3 states worse than us!
However, humanity has access to such a infinitesimal fraction of the universe, it would be unexpected to find bugs in simple parts like ours. The bugs would seem more likely in less tested parts of the code, like at extreme energies or very small distances.
I'm an old guy, and for most of my life, POTS was iron-reliable. I picked up my phone, and it worked through rain, snow, sleet, hail, and even when the power was out.
Lately, my mom was having trouble with her landline. It started going out everytime it rained. I think it went out once when it just got humid! AT&T did "fix" it, but they must have just done a quick patch, because it started doing it again soon. They sent someone again, and did a better job of fixing it, but who knows when it will go out again.
The good thing is, it did encourage her to get a cellphone, which I'd been trying to nudge her to for awhile.
I'm not in San Francisco, or New York either, but sometimes I see so many people walking out in the street that I'd probably be better off driving on the sidewalk!
It's a funny thought experiment to consider how generations 1000 years from now will regard our current behavior as most likely crude and they will be missing vast amounts of information and context to make sense of what little has survived. The way we describe civilizations from long ago is kind of like how we describe a pack of wild apes. I imagine future generations will do the same to use.
How will that differ if all that information DOES survive?
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If I had a few cents for every time Trump tweeted something stupid, I'd be richer than Trump!
That's when you'll get a fleet of Teslas going lemming-like off the cliff where the bridge used to be.
Until they get replaced by robot guards & sex toys.
Not to eat!
TBF, most news is also entertainment.
I like slashdot for news. If someone posts lies, a slew of people call "bullshit". Of course a slew of people also call "bullshit" when they post the truth. :p
They won't clog up the landfills. They'll burn them down.
I also remember that driving from Ohio into Pennsylvania was kind of like driving from Alabama into Florida... one minute, you're on a wide, freshly-paved road... 3 minutes later, the shoulders are gone, the asphalt is a half step above compacted gravel, there are potholes big enough to trash a lifted monster truck, and the road itself looks like it hasn't been improved since the 1950s.
I've had that in reverse. I was driving on some bridge, dodging potholes, and suddenly the road was great. I looked over, and sure enough, there was a sign that said "Welcome to Kansas".
Yes, thats why we have had interstate bridges collapsing, and the roads in my affluent area are made up of interlocking patches over potholes.
Id hate to see the roads in areas that arent affluent.
Awhile back, I was surprised to hear that my state, Missouri, had the 4th worst roads in the nation. The surprise was that there were 3 states worse than us!
In theory, they could still vote Gary Johnson. If Hilary get 269, Trump gets 269, and Johnson gets 1, then he's #3 and eligible.
TBH, your odds of getting 3 rare diseases is higher in a movie theater than in your home.
Another aspect of Murphy's Law: when you run to the bathroom to unload the coke you drank, that's when the movie gets interesting.
OTOH, how would someone who had barely even heard of "gift cards" pay a bill with one? Their very ignorance could save them from getting fleeced.
That's exactly what my mom did the first time the "IRS" called her. She called her tax preparer and he told her it was a scam.
However, humanity has access to such a infinitesimal fraction of the universe, it would be unexpected to find bugs in simple parts like ours. The bugs would seem more likely in less tested parts of the code, like at extreme energies or very small distances.
And yet, we have Trump.
I don't know the PIN (if any) for my credit card because I've never used it. If I used one on a regular basis, I'd remember it.
If NATO supports the movie theaters, I support Russia!
I'm an old guy, and for most of my life, POTS was iron-reliable. I picked up my phone, and it worked through rain, snow, sleet, hail, and even when the power was out.
Lately, my mom was having trouble with her landline. It started going out everytime it rained. I think it went out once when it just got humid! AT&T did "fix" it, but they must have just done a quick patch, because it started doing it again soon. They sent someone again, and did a better job of fixing it, but who knows when it will go out again.
The good thing is, it did encourage her to get a cellphone, which I'd been trying to nudge her to for awhile.
Well, if more black people are getting killed, that means fewer voters. If the idea is to gin up more votes for Hilary, I can see this backfiring.
I'm not in San Francisco, or New York either, but sometimes I see so many people walking out in the street that I'd probably be better off driving on the sidewalk!
It's a funny thought experiment to consider how generations 1000 years from now will regard our current behavior as most likely crude and they will be missing vast amounts of information and context to make sense of what little has survived. The way we describe civilizations from long ago is kind of like how we describe a pack of wild apes. I imagine future generations will do the same to use.
How will that differ if all that information DOES survive?
More like anti-social media.
I never joined Facebook as it is....
I certainly wouldn't join it at work even.
I would not like FB in a box...
I would not like FB with a fox.......
I think FB is dumb as an ox!
I don't know about kidney stones, but it helped me with weight loss. I'm sure I got rid of everything I'd eaten for the past week!
I might possibly remember a password with insane password rules and retention times. But, I can't remember 100 such passwords.