I don't mind it if it has a soft wristband, but what I truly don't understand are the metal wristbands. Body hair gets caught in it and it's just plain PAINFUL having hair pulled every few seconds. Maybe hairless people can wear them fine, but for the 20 seconds I had one on, it was just plain torture.
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There's research being done right now on experimental nuclear reactors, it's not like we have to start from scratch. I write software for one of those (alone!). The problem is that we are underfunded (as always) and don't have any plans for going big: it's just research. With the will (and the dough) I'm certain an industrial version could be built within 20 years. Disclaimer: I only speak for myself, not my research group.
The *only* issue is inventing a way to store power for the nights
Easy (!): Build 3 systems: one in the Sahara, one in Gobi, one in the SW US/Mexico. Interconnect them with supraconducting power lines: you get power 24/7 without need to store it !
I think the "spontaneous co-operation and yielding to others" varies a lot with location.
Yeah, it's interesting to see the difference between places. I've lived years in places such as Alaska, Italy or others, but I've noticed big differences between 2 towns less than an hour away in driving style: in Grenoble people always let others pass at busy intersections. In Lyon, the drivers are aggressive and will exploit every hole to gain a meter. On the other hand in Grenoble they don't hesitate to burn red lights if no one's around. Thinking about it I think it's because of the ubiquitous Grenoble electric tram which overrides traffic lights, sometimes causing you to way more than 5 minutes at a light, pissing drivers off.
And back on the subject of roundabouts, they work well for daily worker's flow, when all the cars go the same way in the morning and the opposite way in the evening. Unless you come from another direction and can't even enter the roundabout...
I've tried both relatime and noatime, and I have a very recent Linux, but the problem is there. Searching on google led only to people with the same problem and no solution. Does it sleep for you ?
Unrelated to the problems mentioned here, there's still a lot of work to do to allow us to manage our power more efficiently in Linux. See what I posted in the previous discussion.
I guess I should post this in the previous story about Linux power issues as well. I have a 24/7 server running at home, central to a lot of family activity. The main system disk is an SSD and the data disk is a large modern HD. A couple years ago that same server was on Windows and the HD would sleep for hours on end. On Linux it never sleeps. I tried researching the issue, but after running 'hdparm -Y' the drive will wake up within 5 seconds with no other process using it. Apparently it's a 'feature'.
Until such issues can be diagnosed easily and dealt with, it's going to be hard to create energy efficient appliances.
1. Birth Control is far more commonly used now then in the previous generation. Perhaps there are less unwanted kids and more planned children who are better cared for so they don't become criminals.
Actually access to abortion, not just birth control, has been singled out _in the US_ as the main cause (and not just correlation) in the drop of violence in the last 20 or so years. The causation has been determined thanks to the delay between access to abortion in a community and the time it takes for the unwanted kids to grow up into criminals. Choice quote: "Legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime". More
I'm surprised the blacklist of banned sites hasn't been leaked yet... 3... 2... 1...
With the usual backlash that'll ensue when it's discovered that it contains dentist websites, political opponents websites, typos or simply unfortunate names (expertsexchange.com)
...in 1995 when I saw there was nothing of interest in it. If I want to do system level stuff, I'll use C. If I want to do object programming, I'll use Java and/or Go. I don't see the need for a language that mixes both except as a confusing and hard to maintain broth. Do you pass your food through a mixer before you eat it ?
When webvan went under, I remember some grandmas who lamented its demise, saying it was the only reason at all that they used internet at all...
And fresh food delivery is a proximity service. There are plenty of no-name who've replaced webvan with success. A colleague buys from the local supermarket via Internet. He says it's very convenient: there's a list of recurrent products that you setup once and when you order you can always check them off and add whatever else you want. He says that his weekly internet shopping doesn't take more than 5 minutes. Going to that supermarket in the flesh is a strange experience: there are more teenagers running through the aisles like crazy to fulfill the web orders than there are live customers.
Oh, so you must have been one of those famed 'bottom poster' of Usenet lore, who forces everybody else to scroll down 2 pages of quotes to read your 'me too!' addition. One reads the subject before the message, so I don't see why it would break the flow.
I, for instance, have yet to be convinced that "trickle down economics" actually accomplishes what its proponents claim it will.
I heard a (good) economist debunk it in one single sentence (I'm paraphrasing here): "If you give money to the rich, they'll put it in an offshore account or use it to purchase expensive art from other rich people. None of it goes back to the economy. If you give money to the poor, they use it to eat or to fix their car. It's back in the economy within a week."
Hey, the politicians and all their friends use facebook, which means everyone uses facebook. Besides, disenfranchising the lower 1/3 of society is OK, they never have anything interesting to say. Bunch of fucking rednecks (yes, Iceland has their analogue).
I don't know about Iceland, but in Italy every bum on the street has a cell phone, given to them by the various non-profits that follow them. So the 1/3 who is not connected either doesn't speak the language, is older than combustion engines, hasn't yet mastered the use of its sphincter or is fucking retarded. No loss there.
Here's my question: what if bitcoin has some level of success and starts to get used on things (purchasing drugs, cough, cough) that the govermint doesn't like ? What will you do then ? Accept a ban ? Fight it ? Implement 'modifications' to allow gov interference and control ?
So they want to be able to record anyone at anytime with CCTV cameras, but they don't want to be filmed while in a PUBLIC place doing a PUBLIC duty ?!? What. The. Fuck. Those creeps should be in jail, not 'enforcing' laws.
The only other thing I could add, is that we are so far beyond 1.5 earths just because the majority of food is made possible because of consuming fertilizer... which is made using natural gas.
Well, most of the phosphorus-based fertilizers (phosphates) are made by simply picking up guano accumulated over thousands of years on a handful of islands... Which are running out much faster than petroleum with no replacement in sight. And potassium to a lesser extend.
Government lies to you. It lies to you routinely, naturally, and without remorse. Why you fucks can't bring yourselves to accept it is the only mystery.
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I hate wearing things on my wrist.
I don't mind it if it has a soft wristband, but what I truly don't understand are the metal wristbands. Body hair gets caught in it and it's just plain PAINFUL having hair pulled every few seconds. Maybe hairless people can wear them fine, but for the 20 seconds I had one on, it was just plain torture.
There's research being done right now on experimental nuclear reactors, it's not like we have to start from scratch. I write software for one of those (alone!). The problem is that we are underfunded (as always) and don't have any plans for going big: it's just research. With the will (and the dough) I'm certain an industrial version could be built within 20 years. Disclaimer: I only speak for myself, not my research group.
The *only* issue is inventing a way to store power for the nights
Easy (!): Build 3 systems: one in the Sahara, one in Gobi, one in the SW US/Mexico. Interconnect them with supraconducting power lines: you get power 24/7 without need to store it !
It's never a good idea to pay the Danelaw...
I think the "spontaneous co-operation and yielding to others" varies a lot with location.
Yeah, it's interesting to see the difference between places. I've lived years in places such as Alaska, Italy or others, but I've noticed big differences between 2 towns less than an hour away in driving style: in Grenoble people always let others pass at busy intersections. In Lyon, the drivers are aggressive and will exploit every hole to gain a meter. On the other hand in Grenoble they don't hesitate to burn red lights if no one's around. Thinking about it I think it's because of the ubiquitous Grenoble electric tram which overrides traffic lights, sometimes causing you to way more than 5 minutes at a light, pissing drivers off.
And back on the subject of roundabouts, they work well for daily worker's flow, when all the cars go the same way in the morning and the opposite way in the evening. Unless you come from another direction and can't even enter the roundabout...
I've tried both relatime and noatime, and I have a very recent Linux, but the problem is there. Searching on google led only to people with the same problem and no solution. Does it sleep for you ?
Unrelated to the problems mentioned here, there's still a lot of work to do to allow us to manage our power more efficiently in Linux. See what I posted in the previous discussion.
Until such issues can be diagnosed easily and dealt with, it's going to be hard to create energy efficient appliances.
1. Birth Control is far more commonly used now then in the previous generation. Perhaps there are less unwanted kids and more planned children who are better cared for so they don't become criminals.
Actually access to abortion, not just birth control, has been singled out _in the US_ as the main cause (and not just correlation) in the drop of violence in the last 20 or so years. The causation has been determined thanks to the delay between access to abortion in a community and the time it takes for the unwanted kids to grow up into criminals. Choice quote: "Legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime". More
With the usual backlash that'll ensue when it's discovered that it contains dentist websites, political opponents websites, typos or simply unfortunate names (expertsexchange.com)
I second that. Use the (linux) 'strings' command to extract common meaningful info from your rips. Script it to filter out the odd ones out.
...in 1995 when I saw there was nothing of interest in it. If I want to do system level stuff, I'll use C. If I want to do object programming, I'll use Java and/or Go. I don't see the need for a language that mixes both except as a confusing and hard to maintain broth. Do you pass your food through a mixer before you eat it ?
I'm long gone from CO. This is in a nondescript suburb in France.
And fresh food delivery is a proximity service. There are plenty of no-name who've replaced webvan with success. A colleague buys from the local supermarket via Internet. He says it's very convenient: there's a list of recurrent products that you setup once and when you order you can always check them off and add whatever else you want. He says that his weekly internet shopping doesn't take more than 5 minutes. Going to that supermarket in the flesh is a strange experience: there are more teenagers running through the aisles like crazy to fulfill the web orders than there are live customers.
As well as simply moving people out of areas that might be impacted.
Yeah, we'll put half a billion people from Bangladesh in your home when the country goes under. Might be a little better to try to avoid it, no ?
Oh, so you must have been one of those famed 'bottom poster' of Usenet lore, who forces everybody else to scroll down 2 pages of quotes to read your 'me too!' addition. One reads the subject before the message, so I don't see why it would break the flow.
I, for instance, have yet to be convinced that "trickle down economics" actually accomplishes what its proponents claim it will.
I heard a (good) economist debunk it in one single sentence (I'm paraphrasing here): "If you give money to the rich, they'll put it in an offshore account or use it to purchase expensive art from other rich people. None of it goes back to the economy. If you give money to the poor, they use it to eat or to fix their car. It's back in the economy within a week."
Fine. As long as agents provocateurs identified with this method are thrown in jail for treason and undermining democracy.
To get back to the subject matter: is there an Android version ? Couldn't find one.
Hey, the politicians and all their friends use facebook, which means everyone uses facebook. Besides, disenfranchising the lower 1/3 of society is OK, they never have anything interesting to say. Bunch of fucking rednecks (yes, Iceland has their analogue).
I don't know about Iceland, but in Italy every bum on the street has a cell phone, given to them by the various non-profits that follow them. So the 1/3 who is not connected either doesn't speak the language, is older than combustion engines, hasn't yet mastered the use of its sphincter or is fucking retarded. No loss there.
Here's my question: what if bitcoin has some level of success and starts to get used on things (purchasing drugs, cough, cough) that the govermint doesn't like ? What will you do then ? Accept a ban ? Fight it ? Implement 'modifications' to allow gov interference and control ?
So they want to be able to record anyone at anytime with CCTV cameras, but they don't want to be filmed while in a PUBLIC place doing a PUBLIC duty ?!? What. The. Fuck. Those creeps should be in jail, not 'enforcing' laws.
The only other thing I could add, is that we are so far beyond 1.5 earths just because the majority of food is made possible because of consuming fertilizer... which is made using natural gas.
Well, most of the phosphorus-based fertilizers (phosphates) are made by simply picking up guano accumulated over thousands of years on a handful of islands... Which are running out much faster than petroleum with no replacement in sight. And potassium to a lesser extend.
Government lies to you. It lies to you routinely, naturally, and without remorse. Why you fucks can't bring yourselves to accept it is the only mystery.
Maybe because we shouldn't ?!?
See: tragedy of the commons...