The antibiotics used in agriculture are not the problem. Antibiotics used on humans without proper testing and stewardship are the problem, especially in Third World countries
Though the age-related mortality trend was significant overall, it broke down when researchers sorted doctors by caseloads. Older doctors who saw high volumes of patients didn't see their patients' mortality rates increase.
My guess is that older doctors with a larger caseload is a sign that they enjoy their job and are staying current in medicine and engaged with their patients. Those with a lower caseload are burned out and getting ready to retire.
By requiring that workers move to hub cities such as San Francisco, Austin, or New York, IBM could both rid itself of older workers and make the jobs more appealing to younger, lower-salaried professionals...
Coincidentally, an internal IBM video distributed to staff, and seen by The Register, advocates working in an office. Funnily enough, it features a lot of young folks...
It's much easier to re-create features than develop new ones. No discussion about what it should do, what the priorities should be, easier to test because you have a truth model, etc.
I doubt this is intended to be a money making project. At most maybe an advertising expense/ tax deduction.
I'd rather see a guy spending his money on something like this, which employs a bunch of people and will be pretty cool when it gets off the ground, than on political manipulation like buying the Washington Post and turning it into a political blog or funding groups like Tea Party, MoveOn, or Occupy Wall Street.
The one I remember most vividly was realizing that there's nothing special about solving a double integral. I'd gone to all the classes and did the homework, but it just didn't click. Heading to the first exam I knew I was going to flunk, so I stopped at a bar on the way and had a glass of beer. FIrst question was to solve one involving a function and rotation about the x axis. I looked at it and realized there was really nothing to it; solve the integral of the function, then solve the integral of the rotation. Ended up with a 99% on the test, and have disliked math teachers ever since for forcing students to solve problems by rote instead of by understanding what they're doing.
somehow you think throwing in random code blocks in some other language where optimization for the data set is just about impossible and you don't think you're going to get serious performance hits?
You're missing the point. Data access uses sql no matter what language your business logic is written in and no matter where the application code runs.
The advantage of having that logic reside inside the DB server versus in a container or separate app server is that you save all the network traffic moving data back and forth; the app code is the same in either place and is just as modular either way. All that changes is where it's deployed.
You sound like one of those Java/Hibernate guys: "Why would I write a 20 line function in the database when I can write a few hundred lines of boilerplate, configuration, and interface code that works almost as well?" Do you still use Struts?
You will get hit with all of the downsides of ignoring separation dogma
Write your business logic in the language which is most appropriate and run it where it's most convenient. The "separation dogma" was a fad that has passed.
"C programmers start the day a bit later, keep using the language in the evening, and stay up the longest. This suggests C may be particularly popular among hobbyist programmers who code during their free time (or perhaps among summer school students doing homework)."
They're spending more time to get the same amount of work done.
The time it would take to learn and migrate to a new system would quickly eat up any cost savings
Yes, that's what I said: if you're already locked in to MS and have already paid for the licenses you may as well stay locked in. I developed on SQLServer for several years and liked it. But if I was starting a new project today I'd definitely go with Postgresql.
It's tempting to think she really believed the technology was almost working, that they just needed a little more time and money to iron out the kinks. But what makes me suspect she was a fraud from early on was her attempt to build a mystique around herself - the black turtleneck, bleached blond hair, all the VIPs she had on the board - it all reeks of snake oil.
The one of the points of medical research is to discover unknown risks associated with various activities
But this wasn't a clinical study. It was cherry picking data from a database to try and find a correlation. Notice what they adjusted for, or more importantly what they didn't adjust for - obesity. Also, their confidence intervals aren't very convincing. I expect that someone else could look at the same data and show there is no correlation at all.
Results—After adjustments for age, sex, education (for analysis of dementia), caloric intake, diet quality, physical activity, and smoking
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The antibiotics used in agriculture are not the problem. Antibiotics used on humans without proper testing and stewardship are the problem, especially in Third World countries
Though the age-related mortality trend was significant overall, it broke down when researchers sorted doctors by caseloads. Older doctors who saw high volumes of patients didn't see their patients' mortality rates increase.
My guess is that older doctors with a larger caseload is a sign that they enjoy their job and are staying current in medicine and engaged with their patients. Those with a lower caseload are burned out and getting ready to retire.
Germany used X GWh that month. They produced 0.85X GWh from renewables.
No they didn't. They touched 85% for an instant when the wind kicked up on a Sunday morning before people got up and increased consumption.
It wasn't 85% for the month as you imply, and it wasn't even 85% for the weekend as the headline implies.
Not sure how though.
By requiring that workers move to hub cities such as San Francisco, Austin, or New York, IBM could both rid itself of older workers and make the jobs more appealing to younger, lower-salaried professionals...
Coincidentally, an internal IBM video distributed to staff, and seen by The Register, advocates working in an office. Funnily enough, it features a lot of young folks...
I suppose some would say it's been that way for a long time.
It's much easier to re-create features than develop new ones. No discussion about what it should do, what the priorities should be, easier to test because you have a truth model, etc.
Or, are we trying to solve the polar ice melting by drinking it?
No, this is to solve the problem of rising ocean levels.
Because heaven forbid a mere citizen dares to make his viewpoint known
Yes, it's legal and many people do it; that doesn't mean I have to like it.
I doubt this is intended to be a money making project. At most maybe an advertising expense/ tax deduction.
I'd rather see a guy spending his money on something like this, which employs a bunch of people and will be pretty cool when it gets off the ground, than on political manipulation like buying the Washington Post and turning it into a political blog or funding groups like Tea Party, MoveOn, or Occupy Wall Street.
The one I remember most vividly was realizing that there's nothing special about solving a double integral. I'd gone to all the classes and did the homework, but it just didn't click. Heading to the first exam I knew I was going to flunk, so I stopped at a bar on the way and had a glass of beer. FIrst question was to solve one involving a function and rotation about the x axis. I looked at it and realized there was really nothing to it; solve the integral of the function, then solve the integral of the rotation. Ended up with a 99% on the test, and have disliked math teachers ever since for forcing students to solve problems by rote instead of by understanding what they're doing.
you lose the ability for application to leverage multiple databases or connect to different databases
Not at all. Foreign tables or db linking is every bit as efficient as your alternatives.
or have the ability to isolate application from the database due to application resource constraints
Possibly, there is no one size fits all. But these days the availability of cores and memory weakens that argument too.
somehow you think throwing in random code blocks in some other language where optimization for the data set is just about impossible and you don't think you're going to get serious performance hits?
You're missing the point. Data access uses sql no matter what language your business logic is written in and no matter where the application code runs.
The advantage of having that logic reside inside the DB server versus in a container or separate app server is that you save all the network traffic moving data back and forth; the app code is the same in either place and is just as modular either way. All that changes is where it's deployed.
You sound like one of those Java/Hibernate guys: "Why would I write a 20 line function in the database when I can write a few hundred lines of boilerplate, configuration, and interface code that works almost as well?" Do you still use Struts?
You will get hit with all of the downsides of ignoring separation dogma
Write your business logic in the language which is most appropriate and run it where it's most convenient. The "separation dogma" was a fad that has passed.
"C programmers start the day a bit later, keep using the language in the evening, and stay up the longest. This suggests C may be particularly popular among hobbyist programmers who code during their free time (or perhaps among summer school students doing homework)."
They're spending more time to get the same amount of work done.
The time it would take to learn and migrate to a new system would quickly eat up any cost savings
Yes, that's what I said: if you're already locked in to MS and have already paid for the licenses you may as well stay locked in. I developed on SQLServer for several years and liked it. But if I was starting a new project today I'd definitely go with Postgresql.
Is it webscale, or does it use joins?
Yes to both.
As opposed to Postgresql - which is easy to use, works well, has tons of features, and is free in every sense of the word.
Although I will concede that if you're already locked into being a MS shop and use .net for your applications then SqlServer might make sense.
It's tempting to think she really believed the technology was almost working, that they just needed a little more time and money to iron out the kinks. But what makes me suspect she was a fraud from early on was her attempt to build a mystique around herself - the black turtleneck, bleached blond hair, all the VIPs she had on the board - it all reeks of snake oil.
DoJ didn't sentence him. A federal judge did.
Your two scenarios are really the same thing, but I agree with your point.
All too often people suggest adding something that's not relevant to the application, is already there, or just wouldn't be useful.
You found out about this horrible feature before you clicked through the EULA without reading it.
The one of the points of medical research is to discover unknown risks associated with various activities
But this wasn't a clinical study. It was cherry picking data from a database to try and find a correlation. Notice what they adjusted for, or more importantly what they didn't adjust for - obesity. Also, their confidence intervals aren't very convincing. I expect that someone else could look at the same data and show there is no correlation at all.
Results—After adjustments for age, sex, education (for analysis of dementia), caloric intake, diet quality, physical activity, and smoking
The correct definition is always pointed out early in the comments.
Trolls point out the original literal translation, not the correct definition as currently used in the English language.