Measuring temperatures on land surfaces and sea surfaces gives a misleading sense of the heating of the planet. Almost certainly 2018 is the warmest year in recent times if you consider the total heat content of the seas. Deep ocean temperatures are rising but there is not yet systematic measurement of the deep seas. But as long as CO2 keeps rising, it's very likely that total heating of the Earth does too. Every year is the hottest year on record and the capacity of the deep ocean to moderate surface temperatures via mixing with surface water and cooling the air is being diminished.
So these lawmakers are concerned about bots stealing toys from children at Christmas. But exactly the same principle applies to trading algorithms used to buy and sell stocks. The trading bots arbitrage the market faster than any human can react and skim their profits off the buy/sell cycle. It's an easy fix. Just randomize the execution time from a trade anywhere within a one minute block of time. That would level the playing field for humans and let them buy lots of toys for their kids.
The explanation that there is a lack of correlation between glucose in tears and blood makes no sense. This is the first thing researchers would look at. If there was not a good correlation, the lens project would never have begun. There may be a problem with a correlation with *lens measured* glucose and blood glucose, but that just means that the lens measurement is wrong.
Justice Roberts and Kavenaugh recused themselves. That's the only reason that there were not enough votes (4 required) to hear the appeal from the DC Circuit. No guarantee they will recuse themselves again in the future.
He will still be running the company and he may yet take it private. This is a victory for Musk. The SEC backed down from insisting on removing his as CEO.
I'd like to know what you mean by "stretched". Physically larger? I'm glad to hear that the Raptor is working well. Of course the importance of the Raptor is that it's a methane-fueled rocket engine and methane can be produced pretty easily on the surface of Mars. That means you don't have to take the return fuel to Mars with you. That's what you must have to establish a colony.
NASA has forgotten how to do manned space flight. It is afraid to take risks and is a bureaucratic echo of its former self. The Alabama Mafia (Sen. Shelby, Rep. Brooks) drives the NASA budget to Huntsville and the Marshall Space Flight Center operations there. But it's all about money and jobs, not about going to Mars (or even the dumb Moon idea). JPL and some other NASA labs are still doing good work in deep space probes and Earth observing satellites. But the big rockets are now the province of SpaceX and maybe a couple of other private companies.
We should be thrilled (I know I am) that a new generation of explorers and engineers is developing re-usable and cost effective space travel. NASA should stick to the science.
I think they are clearly employees, but if they are independent contractors, they then have the right to set their own prices for work. If Uber is making all its "contractors" charge the same fee, that's called price fixing and it's illegal.
Hmmm. Could it be that high taxes correlate to good quality of life? Maybe if Texas taxed rich people and corporations like California does, it could afford to build a more livable society for its citizens. And then maybe SpaceX engineers would want to live there.
He says he get a standard 3 Mpbs from his ISP. This is about the speed required for a non-buffering stream from Netflix. So any small dip in speed or the use of a second application at the same time as Netflix would result in buffering. Doesn't mean the ISP is not throttling but it could just be that the standard speed is not up to the job.
The headline says Firefox 59 is the "biggest update since Firefox 1". But it is Firefox Quantum which is described that way, not 59. Could someone please RTFA.
If you are going to write headlines, let's use good English. Water does not *lay* deep below the surface. That's a transitive verb and requires an object of the laying, like an egg. The water in question, if it exists, *lies* below the surface, like good intransitive water is wont to do.
Microsoft once (and from their perspective quite accurately) described Linux as a cancer, eating their business. Now as a last resort, they may try to embrace the cancer. Don't think that works as a long term strategy.
The model does not include the cost of nuke plants that melt down, even though we know they do that periodically. And will do it more often as they age. The model does not include the cost of the damage done by global warming. Or rather, it assigns that cost to renewables by failing to credit them for saving the Earth. The model does not consider the effect that radical energy use reductions would have on the overall cost.
This sounds more like the death knell of status quo energy interests and not so much like a reasoned appeal to fact. If these guys know so much, why didn't they tell us last year that alternative energy could provide 80% of needs. Wonder what the number will be next year.
This particular snap install is NOT safe to run. When you run "snap install skype" in a terminal you get a warning that skype is packaged using "classical" isolation and may escape the sandbox and make unrelated system changes. In order to install, you have to add the --classic flag to indicate you understand the risks. I did not install skype.
If you really want to see the US move to the metric system, stop using soft metrics. People in the US think the metric system is complicated because they are always being told to convert from English to Metric measure, with the metric being non integral. No, a 9 lb hammer would not be 4.08 kilograms. it would be 4 kilograms. And a Quarter Pounder would be a 100 Grammer. If you want to think in metric, start with integer metric measures and don't worry about conversion.
I remember when Jimmy Carter was trying to move the US to metric in 1977, I saw a giant sign that said 1 inch equals 2.54 cm. Think Metric! At that moment I knew metric was dead in the US.
If this were feasible, those same businesses would already be operating public transit (buses with drivers) with the same premise. So what's missing? Ah, it's income qualification be make sure the passengers have enough disposable income to make purchases likely. Now THAT I can believe.
The intro in not correct in calling the Falcon Heavy the rocket that will take humans to Mars. This is just a heavy payload version of Falcon which still uses the Merlin engine. The BFR (Big Fucking Rocket) will have 31 Raptor engines (more powerful) and a completely redesigned booster and second stage. It's the BFR that will go to Mars. https://www.nasaspaceflight.co...
Only 3% of Earth's water exists as fresh water that would have been consumable by humans in prehistoric times. Does that mean that Earth was not inhabitable? Humans don't need much water on a geological scale and there is plenty on Mars in ice at upper latitudes and in mineral salts everywhere.
As far as terraforming, the ability to hold surface water depends on atmospheric pressure and that depends on getting all that frozen CO2 and water vapor into the air.
IF there is a lack of talent, why is that? Could it be because wages are too low to attract people into that field? So the cure is to raise wages, not to lower them even further by bringing in more foreign workers. Republicans and neo-liberal Democrats pretend to believe in the free market... in everything except labor. A free market in labor means that salaries rise until the needed workers are attracted.
"Rainforests not untouched" and "pristine rainforest is new" are not the same thing at all. When we say the rainforest is pristine, that is really a statement about the biology being in its native state, as it was for millions of years. There is no reason to think that the rainforest scanned by drones is biologically different from that long-term rainforest biology due to these small, short term clearings.
The reason it matters is that development interests would like to devalue the rainforest in public perception so they can justify cutting it down for profit.
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Measuring temperatures on land surfaces and sea surfaces gives a misleading sense of the heating of the planet. Almost certainly 2018 is the warmest year in recent times if you consider the total heat content of the seas. Deep ocean temperatures are rising but there is not yet systematic measurement of the deep seas. But as long as CO2 keeps rising, it's very likely that total heating of the Earth does too. Every year is the hottest year on record and the capacity of the deep ocean to moderate surface temperatures via mixing with surface water and cooling the air is being diminished.
So these lawmakers are concerned about bots stealing toys from children at Christmas. But exactly the same principle applies to trading algorithms used to buy and sell stocks. The trading bots arbitrage the market faster than any human can react and skim their profits off the buy/sell cycle. It's an easy fix. Just randomize the execution time from a trade anywhere within a one minute block of time. That would level the playing field for humans and let them buy lots of toys for their kids.
The explanation that there is a lack of correlation between glucose in tears and blood makes no sense. This is the first thing researchers would look at. If there was not a good correlation, the lens project would never have begun. There may be a problem with a correlation with *lens measured* glucose and blood glucose, but that just means that the lens measurement is wrong.
Justice Roberts and Kavenaugh recused themselves. That's the only reason that there were not enough votes (4 required) to hear the appeal from the DC Circuit. No guarantee they will recuse themselves again in the future.
He will still be running the company and he may yet take it private. This is a victory for Musk. The SEC backed down from insisting on removing his as CEO.
I'd like to know what you mean by "stretched". Physically larger? I'm glad to hear that the Raptor is working well. Of course the importance of the Raptor is that it's a methane-fueled rocket engine and methane can be produced pretty easily on the surface of Mars. That means you don't have to take the return fuel to Mars with you. That's what you must have to establish a colony.
NASA has forgotten how to do manned space flight. It is afraid to take risks and is a bureaucratic echo of its former self. The Alabama Mafia (Sen. Shelby, Rep. Brooks) drives the NASA budget to Huntsville and the Marshall Space Flight Center operations there. But it's all about money and jobs, not about going to Mars (or even the dumb Moon idea). JPL and some other NASA labs are still doing good work in deep space probes and Earth observing satellites. But the big rockets are now the province of SpaceX and maybe a couple of other private companies.
We should be thrilled (I know I am) that a new generation of explorers and engineers is developing re-usable and cost effective space travel. NASA should stick to the science.
I think they are clearly employees, but if they are independent contractors, they then have the right to set their own prices for work. If Uber is making all its "contractors" charge the same fee, that's called price fixing and it's illegal.
"A device could then try to sense movement while listening for whispers or silence, and even program a smart speaker to "provide a verbal warning."
Or it could listen for political heresy and provide a warning, like "Shut up and support Big Brother."
Hmmm. Could it be that high taxes correlate to good quality of life? Maybe if Texas taxed rich people and corporations like California does, it could afford to build a more livable society for its citizens. And then maybe SpaceX engineers would want to live there.
He says he get a standard 3 Mpbs from his ISP. This is about the speed required for a non-buffering stream from Netflix. So any small dip in speed or the use of a second application at the same time as Netflix would result in buffering. Doesn't mean the ISP is not throttling but it could just be that the standard speed is not up to the job.
The headline says Firefox 59 is the "biggest update since Firefox 1". But it is Firefox Quantum which is described that way, not 59. Could someone please RTFA.
If you are going to write headlines, let's use good English. Water does not *lay* deep below the surface. That's a transitive verb and requires an object of the laying, like an egg. The water in question, if it exists, *lies* below the surface, like good intransitive water is wont to do.
Microsoft once (and from their perspective quite accurately) described Linux as a cancer, eating their business. Now as a last resort, they may try to embrace the cancer. Don't think that works as a long term strategy.
The model does not include the cost of nuke plants that melt down, even though we know they do that periodically. And will do it more often as they age. The model does not include the cost of the damage done by global warming. Or rather, it assigns that cost to renewables by failing to credit them for saving the Earth. The model does not consider the effect that radical energy use reductions would have on the overall cost.
This sounds more like the death knell of status quo energy interests and not so much like a reasoned appeal to fact. If these guys know so much, why didn't they tell us last year that alternative energy could provide 80% of needs. Wonder what the number will be next year.
This particular snap install is NOT safe to run. When you run "snap install skype" in a terminal you get a warning that skype is packaged using "classical" isolation and may escape the sandbox and make unrelated system changes. In order to install, you have to add the --classic flag to indicate you understand the risks. I did not install skype.
"Imagine being able to stack the odds of finding lasting love entirely in your favour," the advert read."
May the odds be ever in your favor! Wait... where have I heard that before?
If you really want to see the US move to the metric system, stop using soft metrics. People in the US think the metric system is complicated because they are always being told to convert from English to Metric measure, with the metric being non integral. No, a 9 lb hammer would not be 4.08 kilograms. it would be 4 kilograms. And a Quarter Pounder would be a 100 Grammer. If you want to think in metric, start with integer metric measures and don't worry about conversion.
I remember when Jimmy Carter was trying to move the US to metric in 1977, I saw a giant sign that said 1 inch equals 2.54 cm. Think Metric! At that moment I knew metric was dead in the US.
If this were feasible, those same businesses would already be operating public transit (buses with drivers) with the same premise. So what's missing? Ah, it's income qualification be make sure the passengers have enough disposable income to make purchases likely. Now THAT I can believe.
The intro in not correct in calling the Falcon Heavy the rocket that will take humans to Mars. This is just a heavy payload version of Falcon which still uses the Merlin engine. The BFR (Big Fucking Rocket) will have 31 Raptor engines (more powerful) and a completely redesigned booster and second stage. It's the BFR that will go to Mars. https://www.nasaspaceflight.co...
Only 3% of Earth's water exists as fresh water that would have been consumable by humans in prehistoric times. Does that mean that Earth was not inhabitable? Humans don't need much water on a geological scale and there is plenty on Mars in ice at upper latitudes and in mineral salts everywhere.
As far as terraforming, the ability to hold surface water depends on atmospheric pressure and that depends on getting all that frozen CO2 and water vapor into the air.
Perhaps a Black Alert to tell the public when unarmed black men are endangered by the police?
More original ideas per minute than any other sci fi film. And the ideas are subtle, not force fed. Samantha Morton's best work.
IF there is a lack of talent, why is that? Could it be because wages are too low to attract people into that field? So the cure is to raise wages, not to lower them even further by bringing in more foreign workers. Republicans and neo-liberal Democrats pretend to believe in the free market... in everything except labor. A free market in labor means that salaries rise until the needed workers are attracted.
"Rainforests not untouched" and "pristine rainforest is new" are not the same thing at all. When we say the rainforest is pristine, that is really a statement about the biology being in its native state, as it was for millions of years. There is no reason to think that the rainforest scanned by drones is biologically different from that long-term rainforest biology due to these small, short term clearings.
The reason it matters is that development interests would like to devalue the rainforest in public perception so they can justify cutting it down for profit.