I'm old enough to have learned how to navigate without GPS or even maps. I use GPS nowadays, but only as an aid (ETA is fairly accurate). I've seen it make enough mistakes to not ever trust it 100%.
Learn the basics: the "sun rises in the east and sets in the west" type of stuff. Learn how roads are numbered: north/south are generally odd numbered, etc.. Learn which way the mountains in your area are oriented. Buy a map and get acquainted with the area and which way the main roads are laid out.
It ain't that hard to find your way around. I've spent nearly forty years going to places I've never been to before and I haven't been lost once.
By "something useful" I think she meant Linux. Nobody would ever consider an Apple to be a personal computer. Apples are made for people who can't operate a computer.
And what they desperately need is a proofreader. The website for my local paper (al.com) has dozens of misspelled words and several grammatical errors per day. They recently fired a bunch of people and the only ones left apparently don't have even an elementary school education.
You can mod this down if you want, but seriously, conservative kids aren't like that at all. They may get offended, but they don't pitch a fit about it like a two year old. Home-schooled kids are even better behaved. And both groups of kids have valid reasons to be offended by the way the culture has gone in this country. They just don't cry and whine about it, and they damned sure don't try to silence people they disagree with (like some on college campuses do).
I have tools that are older than I am, and I'm soon to be 63 years old. I've seen and used guns that are far older than I am (wish I owned some of them). The oldest book I own is close to two hundred years old, and there are many that are much older. Everybody has seen houses and buildings that are hundreds of years old. The universe has lasted billions of years, but it had a master builder!
I have a burial plot and casket that will probably last until we're all gone. Of course I won't care about those two things!
Why does Lauren Weinstein want to shut down what is clearly political speech? You may find it hateful, vulgar, inspiring, whatever, but it is coming from someone running for office.
Personally, I wish that Twitter didn't exist at all.
It really is not that hard. Do not count Calories!!! Don't even think about them. Eat what you like in small portions and then stop. Don't overeat. If you seem to be gaining weight, then shrink your portions or choose different foods. If you seem to be losing weight, then eat slightly larger portions or change the foods you eat. Reach the weight you're most comfortable with and stay with it. Don't bounce back and forth between extremes - it's not good for you.
It's better to eat several small meals each day than three big ones. Graze slowly and in small amounts. It doesn't take much to stop "hunger pains".
There's an old saying that really rings true if you think about it. Breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen, dinner like a pauper. You'll be getting the right amount of energy you need when you need it, and then cutting back right before you watch tv and go to bed.
That's not how it works in this country. Either blacks win 50% of the Oscars or it's blatant racism. It's got to be 50% of everything or it's racism. Facts, especially math facts, don't matter a bit.
Just think of the thousands of commercial vehicles out there - plumbers, electricians, lawn care specialists, etc.. There's no way a driverless pickup truck could do my job. We're not renting a plain truck. There's thousands of dollars worth of stuff attached to my truck!
Would driverless police cars work? Garbage trucks? School buses? Would you want a driverless ambulance to take you to the hospital?
Maybe for you commuters and vacationers it could work. Driving the same route day in and day out could be handled by a driverless auto, but take a look at the real world sometime. It may just open your eyes.
I've often wondered the same thing myself. I've never "shared" information about what I buy because even my best friends and family don't really give a shit about what I'm buying.
Every word you spelled with a diacritic mark could have been spelled, and easily understood, without them. They simply aren't needed in a modern language.
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I'm old enough to have learned how to navigate without GPS or even maps. I use GPS nowadays, but only as an aid (ETA is fairly accurate). I've seen it make enough mistakes to not ever trust it 100%.
Learn the basics: the "sun rises in the east and sets in the west" type of stuff. Learn how roads are numbered: north/south are generally odd numbered, etc.. Learn which way the mountains in your area are oriented. Buy a map and get acquainted with the area and which way the main roads are laid out.
It ain't that hard to find your way around. I've spent nearly forty years going to places I've never been to before and I haven't been lost once.
Just like the operating system!
You can't trust anything Microsoft makes.
Bingo! You hit the nail on the head! You said what all the others were afraid to say.
By "something useful" I think she meant Linux. Nobody would ever consider an Apple to be a personal computer. Apples are made for people who can't operate a computer.
Are we to the point of a class action lawsuit or a Congressional investigation?
If all we're talking about is everybody here boycotting Microsoft, it's not going to work. We're a very tiny percentage of computer users.
What realistically can be done about it?
Don't forget the bane of all new telescopes - it will definitely be cloudy the first time you try to use it.
Heck, even buying a new eyepiece can clause clouds in my neighborhood!
And what they desperately need is a proofreader. The website for my local paper (al.com) has dozens of misspelled words and several grammatical errors per day. They recently fired a bunch of people and the only ones left apparently don't have even an elementary school education.
Maybe with you, but with the rest of us she never complains!
So she's self-serving? I can believe that about any politician.
In short, we've been screwed again.
While both Democrats and Republicans just love screwing us, they usually do it in different ways. This time they're arm and arm together screwing us.
And worst of all, they typically vote Democrat.
You can mod this down if you want, but seriously, conservative kids aren't like that at all. They may get offended, but they don't pitch a fit about it like a two year old. Home-schooled kids are even better behaved. And both groups of kids have valid reasons to be offended by the way the culture has gone in this country. They just don't cry and whine about it, and they damned sure don't try to silence people they disagree with (like some on college campuses do).
Let's just hope it wasn't a two-faced coin with Hillary's face on both sides.
Or worse, her face on one side and her tail on the other side.
Heads - Hillary wins
Tails - everybody loses
May be, but we're smart enough to know that most North Koreans look alike. :p
I have tools that are older than I am, and I'm soon to be 63 years old. I've seen and used guns that are far older than I am (wish I owned some of them). The oldest book I own is close to two hundred years old, and there are many that are much older. Everybody has seen houses and buildings that are hundreds of years old. The universe has lasted billions of years, but it had a master builder!
I have a burial plot and casket that will probably last until we're all gone. Of course I won't care about those two things!
Why does Lauren Weinstein want to shut down what is clearly political speech? You may find it hateful, vulgar, inspiring, whatever, but it is coming from someone running for office.
Personally, I wish that Twitter didn't exist at all.
laughing my ass off. Told ya so.
It really is not that hard. Do not count Calories!!! Don't even think about them. Eat what you like in small portions and then stop. Don't overeat. If you seem to be gaining weight, then shrink your portions or choose different foods. If you seem to be losing weight, then eat slightly larger portions or change the foods you eat. Reach the weight you're most comfortable with and stay with it. Don't bounce back and forth between extremes - it's not good for you.
It's better to eat several small meals each day than three big ones. Graze slowly and in small amounts. It doesn't take much to stop "hunger pains".
There's an old saying that really rings true if you think about it. Breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen, dinner like a pauper. You'll be getting the right amount of energy you need when you need it, and then cutting back right before you watch tv and go to bed.
My whole life is the product of carefully balanced chaos!
I've got to get busy if I'm going to visit all of those before I die.
So far I'm up to only 175,395 sites! And, damn, my arm is tired.
That's not how it works in this country. Either blacks win 50% of the Oscars or it's blatant racism. It's got to be 50% of everything or it's racism. Facts, especially math facts, don't matter a bit.
Just think of the thousands of commercial vehicles out there - plumbers, electricians, lawn care specialists, etc.. There's no way a driverless pickup truck could do my job. We're not renting a plain truck. There's thousands of dollars worth of stuff attached to my truck!
Would driverless police cars work? Garbage trucks? School buses? Would you want a driverless ambulance to take you to the hospital?
Maybe for you commuters and vacationers it could work. Driving the same route day in and day out could be handled by a driverless auto, but take a look at the real world sometime. It may just open your eyes.
I've often wondered the same thing myself. I've never "shared" information about what I buy because even my best friends and family don't really give a shit about what I'm buying.
And uses 3-D printed parts!!
Every word you spelled with a diacritic mark could have been spelled, and easily understood, without them. They simply aren't needed in a modern language.
Forward those pics my way!
Or at least upload them to some popular porn site.