Y'all are being semantic. Obviously this course will focus on one language for beginners. Therefore they are learning THAT language. As in one. Nowhere in those words does she express the belief that it's the ONE language in existence they will be learning...
I'm glad we seem to be on track to tackling frailty with age... however, we're nowhere when it comes to tackling our resource problems...
A cynical though: Will we stay healthy and strong longer just so we can send the 50 year olds to war over water instead of just the 20 to 30 year olds?
In Switzerland, the fines go into the municipality's budget.
Problem with that is that the municipalities have started budgeting the fines and are now treating them like normal income and thus the police receives quota.
Which leads to police putting mobile cameras where they can get most money not where there might be a security issue.
It also led to police wasting a lot of time on fines rather than actually doing important things.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat. A HTC Desire Z or a Communicator 9500 brought up to current tech and phablet size would be a dream come true.
The only good thing about the Blackberries is that the keyboard doubles as a touchpad. That's nifty. But portrait mode keyboard? Come on, how am I supposed to work with that?
Even in Switzerland, employers are expected to show some flexibility not just for family emergencies but also for taking care of business. If you have to deal with banks or the government, you'll likely not be able to schedule that outside of business hours after all.
This seems to be yet another example of how questionable the US economy operates sometimes.
So you need to replace ALL gas driven vehicles before you get a benefit?
A lot of US landmass may be sparsely populated but if even 30% of the people living in cities and the surrounding suburbs drove electric, I think the impact on on pollution would be measurable.
Full electric doesn't make sense for everybody. However, it's nice to see that the technology is getting within reach of those for whom it does make sense.
Once again very late to this party but as a father of 2.5 year old twins who also had a major case of ulcerative colitis right when they were born I can only totally agree with you.
I'd say the lack of sleep isn't even the major problem. You still function. However, the constant attention you pay them. Every little sound you hear. You never wind down. Your brain rests even less than your body.
And when they scream in tandem or take shifts (and I am unable to decide which is worse!), your mental walls, your ability to restrain your emotions and function is severely tested. But worst of all? Children mirror you! Meaning you can't even distance yourself and go into zombie mode because that will really unhinge them and scream in a futile attempt to get their caregivers back instead of having zombies.
It's a very vicious cycle. The only thing that saved as was honest conversation and admitting that we were in way over our heads, our fears and yes, even the regular fantasies of repeatedly throwing the kids against the nearest wall.
Explaining raising children to childless people (and making them understand) is like explaining colors to a person born blind. It cannot be done.
We had expected the work. It didn't faze us. We had expected the dirt, broken things and such. We were unprepared for the emotional, psychological warfare going on. Some of the shit parent sgo through is what makes Amnesty criticize Guantanamo! Only we chose this for ourselves! Can you imagine the regret?
And the dichotomy.... Dude, the dichotomy kills you. While I would have gladly taken the opportunity a year ago to be transported back in time, before we had kids, not remember a thing but with the guarantee that we'd decide on not having them in the first place, I would have taken it in an instant. In contrast, had someone offered to just take them away so we could have our freedom back, I would have declined.
As strange as it sounds, that is what being parents is all about. You ask yourself why you were ever stupid enough to do this thing but just stopping isn't an option either.
One thing that has changed in a remarkable way is how I look at parents who break and do something drastic. A few months back a woman threw her kids out of a window from the tsecond or third floor. Kids survived without permanent damage. Before I had kids, I would have condemned the behaviour to the utmost. Now I just pity the parents. They were in a war for their sanity and lost a major battle. The moment they get a chance to reflect on it, I can only imagine the guilt and pain they must feel from the realization what they have done.
A lot of people could do better as parents. However fuck me if it ain't the hardest job with the least possibility to prepare yourself for that I have ever encountered...
If I were you, I'd be careful about throwing those numbers around. Someone surely will say that the problem is that gas is too cheap.
After all, fuck the people contributing their time on this planet to the betterment of the economy, right? Let them donate half again of that time to getting there and home again.
I'm a bit late to the party and please note that this observation is based on a sample size of one, so take that with a spoonful of salt, however:
I've tried a few things to lose weight and I'm now below 90kg. I started at 116kg about 6 or 7 years ago. I first lost 23kg by changing my diet to less carbohydrates and more veggies and salad (where I previously ate none). I was out of a job at that time.
This diet was assisted by a doctor and I was forbidden from doing much sports.
After I got a job and relaxed on my diet regime, I gained another 10kg. I stayed at around 103 kg for quite a bit. Perhaps a year ago, I started chewing my food better and thus ate much less food. I lost weight to the point of weighing about 96kg.
Then came another tough time with the kids and I tried keeping spirits up with carbohydrates, so I remained at 96 for another while.
In last two or three months I went down to 88.8. Again by just eating less.
During the last three years, I had a brutal bout of ulcerative colitis and spent two weeks in the hospital with a blocked colon where I couldn't keep down any food for about ten days.
I weighed about 82 kg when I left the hospital but due to my lack of strength, just about all the weight lost was muscle mass, not fat. I was back on my normal weight a few weeks later.
Now my theory is this: Even though I never wanted to believe it, eating less calories than you actually burn during the day plain does work. There are two caveats though:
Without actually measuring your level of activity and your muscle mass it is a bit hard to define what your daily needs actually are. And second, and much more important, if you suffer from depression and stress, you are much, much more likely to have to wage a HUGE internal battle with yourself to actually keep to your diet. And when you almost inevitably fail to adhere to your diet on an especially hard day, you're WAY more likely to think yourself a failure and eat too much the next day as well or even give up on the diet altogether.
And since you already failed, in your mind, you'll fall back on the carbohydrates to boost your mental stability again.
I believe, much like with every addiction, that this is primarily a mental issue. Which makes it all the harder to overcome. It's not easy being in a mentally stable state when your overweight contributes to your depression.
The only culture the US has is an amalgamation of the cultures of previous immigrants. Like every culture, basically, because immigration is not a phenomenon of modern times or certain places. It's a force of nature as much as tectonics.
Hell, America basically eats more Pizza than Italy, you write basically in greek letters and you count arabic numbers. Your medicine is based on latin words as is law. The primary religions in your country have their origin in Germany as does your beloved beer, wven though you perverted that ad absurdum.
Preserving culture is like trying to keep the flu virus from mutating...
We have to make machine work taxable. Then we'll have the funds to cross finance a UBI or some other model.
It would also move the tipping point where machine work is more cost effective than human labor. I mean it's pretty unfair as it is. A machine designed for a specific task is usually way faster at the task and more precise than a human and on top of that, a employer usually pays taxes on an employee. Not to mention the taxes the employee himself has to pay on his salary.
I would like to revisit the Nokia Communicator 9500 concept. I'd like it to be wider to accommodate a normal screen ratio. Instead of function buttons next to the screen, I want speakers. I want a Lenovo trackpoint on the full backlit keyboard.
Touchscreen is optional.
If we could have a full Linux or Windows OS on there, that would be great.
Screen resolution FullHD maximum (I could live with 720p)! OLED. On the front the usual screen and phone keyboard we're used to from old phones (and the Communicator itself). This screen epaper to display incoming calls or waiting messages.
Extendable antenna for better reception (if that even helps. I'm not into HF technology so I couldn't say)
SD card slot would be nice, yes.
Basically, I want to be able to set this thing on a table like a laptop and watch youtube videos (thus the stereo speakers next to the screen) and do some Teamviewer remote administration (thus the trackpoint). I want to be able to actually use a terminal, which sucks with on screen keyboards.
And obviously, we'll put as large a battery in there as will fit. I WANT this thing to be as thick as the old communicator was. These thin phones are a PAIN to use for me.
Since this thing has the large screen inside, it should be well protected, too. Some rubber inlays at the corners wouldn't be too bad, though, although I could live without them.
And oh yeah, a strong vibration motor with adjustable vibration settings I could set like the ringtone volume.
Do you see why I don't think my wishes are quite mainstream?:)
I could live with this thing riding in a pouch on my belt again. I could live with the snickering AND I would be willing to pay more than current flagship smartphones cost.
Look, I think it's cool to see what can be done with modern technology but it feels to me like it has been possibly a decade since the last time they came out with something that actually made my life easier and was fun to use.
I realise that what I'd love to have in a mobile comunication device is probably not something for mainstream but it does get on my nerves how many compromises I have to make in my daily usage for devices costing closer to 1000$ than 500$.
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Y'all are being semantic. Obviously this course will focus on one language for beginners. Therefore they are learning THAT language. As in one. Nowhere in those words does she express the belief that it's the ONE language in existence they will be learning...
I'm glad we seem to be on track to tackling frailty with age... however, we're nowhere when it comes to tackling our resource problems...
A cynical though: Will we stay healthy and strong longer just so we can send the 50 year olds to war over water instead of just the 20 to 30 year olds?
In Switzerland, the fines go into the municipality's budget.
Problem with that is that the municipalities have started budgeting the fines and are now treating them like normal income and thus the police receives quota.
Which leads to police putting mobile cameras where they can get most money not where there might be a security issue.
It also led to police wasting a lot of time on fines rather than actually doing important things.
I like the escrow idea.
I never thought I'd ever see the day that a large international corporation gives its product a Swiss-German name.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat. A HTC Desire Z or a Communicator 9500 brought up to current tech and phablet size would be a dream come true.
The only good thing about the Blackberries is that the keyboard doubles as a touchpad. That's nifty. But portrait mode keyboard? Come on, how am I supposed to work with that?
Even in Switzerland, employers are expected to show some flexibility not just for family emergencies but also for taking care of business. If you have to deal with banks or the government, you'll likely not be able to schedule that outside of business hours after all.
This seems to be yet another example of how questionable the US economy operates sometimes.
Being motivated is half the battle in most endeavors.
Longer answer: Since nobody's crossed the finish line so far, I'm not sure why anybody would want to speculate about the winner.
I always said the egg came first!
So you need to replace ALL gas driven vehicles before you get a benefit?
A lot of US landmass may be sparsely populated but if even 30% of the people living in cities and the surrounding suburbs drove electric, I think the impact on on pollution would be measurable.
Full electric doesn't make sense for everybody. However, it's nice to see that the technology is getting within reach of those for whom it does make sense.
Linus and Jay usually use real world applications and games to test PC configs... sooooo no.
..and send some freaking samples to reviewers!
I'd appreciate it if Jay and Linus got their hands on the thing.
Once again very late to this party but as a father of 2.5 year old twins who also had a major case of ulcerative colitis right when they were born I can only totally agree with you.
I'd say the lack of sleep isn't even the major problem. You still function. However, the constant attention you pay them. Every little sound you hear. You never wind down. Your brain rests even less than your body.
And when they scream in tandem or take shifts (and I am unable to decide which is worse!), your mental walls, your ability to restrain your emotions and function is severely tested.
But worst of all? Children mirror you! Meaning you can't even distance yourself and go into zombie mode because that will really unhinge them and scream in a futile attempt to get their caregivers back instead of having zombies.
It's a very vicious cycle. The only thing that saved as was honest conversation and admitting that we were in way over our heads, our fears and yes, even the regular fantasies of repeatedly throwing the kids against the nearest wall.
Explaining raising children to childless people (and making them understand) is like explaining colors to a person born blind. It cannot be done.
We had expected the work. It didn't faze us. We had expected the dirt, broken things and such. We were unprepared for the emotional, psychological warfare going on. Some of the shit parent sgo through is what makes Amnesty criticize Guantanamo! Only we chose this for ourselves! Can you imagine the regret?
And the dichotomy.... Dude, the dichotomy kills you. While I would have gladly taken the opportunity a year ago to be transported back in time, before we had kids, not remember a thing but with the guarantee that we'd decide on not having them in the first place, I would have taken it in an instant. In contrast, had someone offered to just take them away so we could have our freedom back, I would have declined.
As strange as it sounds, that is what being parents is all about. You ask yourself why you were ever stupid enough to do this thing but just stopping isn't an option either.
One thing that has changed in a remarkable way is how I look at parents who break and do something drastic. A few months back a woman threw her kids out of a window from the tsecond or third floor. Kids survived without permanent damage.
Before I had kids, I would have condemned the behaviour to the utmost. Now I just pity the parents. They were in a war for their sanity and lost a major battle. The moment they get a chance to reflect on it, I can only imagine the guilt and pain they must feel from the realization what they have done.
A lot of people could do better as parents. However fuck me if it ain't the hardest job with the least possibility to prepare yourself for that I have ever encountered...
If I were you, I'd be careful about throwing those numbers around. Someone surely will say that the problem is that gas is too cheap.
After all, fuck the people contributing their time on this planet to the betterment of the economy, right? Let them donate half again of that time to getting there and home again.
I'd be very sad to see the armory go. That building has a tangible, real world value to me personally... very personally :D.
I'm a bit late to the party and please note that this observation is based on a sample size of one, so take that with a spoonful of salt, however:
I've tried a few things to lose weight and I'm now below 90kg. I started at 116kg about 6 or 7 years ago. I first lost 23kg by changing my diet to less carbohydrates and more veggies and salad (where I previously ate none). I was out of a job at that time.
This diet was assisted by a doctor and I was forbidden from doing much sports.
After I got a job and relaxed on my diet regime, I gained another 10kg. I stayed at around 103 kg for quite a bit. Perhaps a year ago, I started chewing my food better and thus ate much less food. I lost weight to the point of weighing about 96kg.
Then came another tough time with the kids and I tried keeping spirits up with carbohydrates, so I remained at 96 for another while.
In last two or three months I went down to 88.8. Again by just eating less.
During the last three years, I had a brutal bout of ulcerative colitis and spent two weeks in the hospital with a blocked colon where I couldn't keep down any food for about ten days.
I weighed about 82 kg when I left the hospital but due to my lack of strength, just about all the weight lost was muscle mass, not fat. I was back on my normal weight a few weeks later.
Now my theory is this: Even though I never wanted to believe it, eating less calories than you actually burn during the day plain does work. There are two caveats though:
Without actually measuring your level of activity and your muscle mass it is a bit hard to define what your daily needs actually are.
And second, and much more important, if you suffer from depression and stress, you are much, much more likely to have to wage a HUGE internal battle with yourself to actually keep to your diet. And when you almost inevitably fail to adhere to your diet on an especially hard day, you're WAY more likely to think yourself a failure and eat too much the next day as well or even give up on the diet altogether.
And since you already failed, in your mind, you'll fall back on the carbohydrates to boost your mental stability again.
I believe, much like with every addiction, that this is primarily a mental issue. Which makes it all the harder to overcome. It's not easy being in a mentally stable state when your overweight contributes to your depression.
My point was that everything we have today developed from all over the world.
Lager happens to be a Germanic word. But hey, let's see what Wikipedia has to say...
Hmmm...
First findings in mesopotamian culture... then Celts.
Let's see about Celts then: A people that developed between east France and Austria. Which happens to be south Germany and Switzerland nowadays.
I think my point stands.
No, Christianity did not. But the reformation was started by Luther. A German. In Germany.
Or do you wish to tell me that the primary Christian religion in the US suddenly happens to be Catholicism?
The only culture the US has is an amalgamation of the cultures of previous immigrants. Like every culture, basically, because immigration is not a phenomenon of modern times or certain places. It's a force of nature as much as tectonics.
Hell, America basically eats more Pizza than Italy, you write basically in greek letters and you count arabic numbers. Your medicine is based on latin words as is law. The primary religions in your country have their origin in Germany as does your beloved beer, wven though you perverted that ad absurdum.
Preserving culture is like trying to keep the flu virus from mutating...
That sure looks like a naive decision on your part now.
You mean white rich males. The rest of us are, at worst, just parrotting the same crap as the rich ones and often getting slapped down for it.
The only thing that makes people get away with things is money.
This whole third wave feminism crap is just another method by which they divide and conquer us.
We have to make machine work taxable. Then we'll have the funds to cross finance a UBI or some other model.
It would also move the tipping point where machine work is more cost effective than human labor. I mean it's pretty unfair as it is. A machine designed for a specific task is usually way faster at the task and more precise than a human and on top of that, a employer usually pays taxes on an employee. Not to mention the taxes the employee himself has to pay on his salary.
I would like to revisit the Nokia Communicator 9500 concept. I'd like it to be wider to accommodate a normal screen ratio. Instead of function buttons next to the screen, I want speakers. I want a Lenovo trackpoint on the full backlit keyboard.
Touchscreen is optional.
If we could have a full Linux or Windows OS on there, that would be great.
Screen resolution FullHD maximum (I could live with 720p)! OLED.
On the front the usual screen and phone keyboard we're used to from old phones (and the Communicator itself). This screen epaper to display incoming calls or waiting messages.
Extendable antenna for better reception (if that even helps. I'm not into HF technology so I couldn't say)
SD card slot would be nice, yes.
Basically, I want to be able to set this thing on a table like a laptop and watch youtube videos (thus the stereo speakers next to the screen) and do some Teamviewer remote administration (thus the trackpoint). I want to be able to actually use a terminal, which sucks with on screen keyboards.
And obviously, we'll put as large a battery in there as will fit. I WANT this thing to be as thick as the old communicator was. These thin phones are a PAIN to use for me.
Since this thing has the large screen inside, it should be well protected, too. Some rubber inlays at the corners wouldn't be too bad, though, although I could live without them.
And oh yeah, a strong vibration motor with adjustable vibration settings I could set like the ringtone volume.
Do you see why I don't think my wishes are quite mainstream? :)
I could live with this thing riding in a pouch on my belt again. I could live with the snickering AND I would be willing to pay more than current flagship smartphones cost.
Look, I think it's cool to see what can be done with modern technology but it feels to me like it has been possibly a decade since the last time they came out with something that actually made my life easier and was fun to use.
I realise that what I'd love to have in a mobile comunication device is probably not something for mainstream but it does get on my nerves how many compromises I have to make in my daily usage for devices costing closer to 1000$ than 500$.