I was actually thinking to myself of exceptions like you mentioned, but now I'm wondering what the ratio of those are to the hundreds of half-assed Arduino-esque gadgets coming out of China these days.
I'm really not sure what you are trying to say, but I would say that I am "lumping" the anti-GMO people in with fear-mongers and posers. And I'm accusing hipsters of being part of the problem, because I believe that they tend to "throw the baby out with the bathwater" when dealing with conventional / popular / mainstream ideals. Something like GMO's are an anathema for most hipsters, not so much because of their superior technical and legal knowledge, but because the reality of feeding people on a global scale is about as counter to their counterculture fantasy as you can get.
Sounds like the same kind of problems other technologies are having with patents and lawyers. There are real problems there, but they're not specific to GMO's.
Show an "old guy" 5 new things and he'll draw on his experience to give you 5 reasons each why a) they're not new, and b) they still won't yield a return on investment. The "young guy", however, won't be fazed by such "cynicism", and will be a preferred hire for managers and their ilk who build their careers by doing projects, "successfully". Experienced people are just rain on the parade.
FWIW, the last PC I built required nothing in extra drivers for grandma's needs. Windows 10 already installed the correct ones, and not just crappy defaults like the old days. On the other hand, my Mint box still has a worse UI, despite Microsoft's regressions, and the updates have to quit working every year or so, for no good reason.
I'm old enough to agree, but you know, "People gotta do stuff, and so they do." Usually with the help of managers who either lack a clue or a spine. Though I suppose it's better to have the young ones always reinventing everything than to have them going around breaking stuff up and guzzling milk.
Some pictures really are worth a 1000 words, but a video may contain 1000 words of content, 800 of which are BS, just like a comparable text article, but much harder to skim through.
20-30 years ago we gave up manufacturing for the "knowledge economy". Now we're offshoring that work, but I haven't heard what the politicians will be replacing it with this time.
The AMA (model airplane lobby) LOVES the current bogus rules, particularly LOS requirement, because FPV pilots don't fly at clubs, most of which require $$$ AMA membership.
I'm no stranger to science, but this is still one of my favorite movies. I suppose that I tend to watch movies with the eye of a child and not that of a critic though.
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I was actually thinking to myself of exceptions like you mentioned, but now I'm wondering what the ratio of those are to the hundreds of half-assed Arduino-esque gadgets coming out of China these days.
I'm really not sure what you are trying to say, but I would say that I am "lumping" the anti-GMO people in with fear-mongers and posers. And I'm accusing hipsters of being part of the problem, because I believe that they tend to "throw the baby out with the bathwater" when dealing with conventional / popular / mainstream ideals. Something like GMO's are an anathema for most hipsters, not so much because of their superior technical and legal knowledge, but because the reality of feeding people on a global scale is about as counter to their counterculture fantasy as you can get.
Sounds like the same kind of problems other technologies are having with patents and lawyers. There are real problems there, but they're not specific to GMO's.
I agree. Hipsters are newer than GMO's, and we should study them thoroughly. Though we might need something to suppress our gag reflex.
Show an "old guy" 5 new things and he'll draw on his experience to give you 5 reasons each why a) they're not new, and b) they still won't yield a return on investment. The "young guy", however, won't be fazed by such "cynicism", and will be a preferred hire for managers and their ilk who build their careers by doing projects, "successfully". Experienced people are just rain on the parade.
GMO's are just BAD, like nuclear power, vaccines and anything else that doesn't sound cool at a hipster cocktail party.
No plot, it's just the newest lane in the "Offshoring Superhighway".
So does this mean it will finally stream video as well as 100mb hard-wired Ethernet?
FWIW, the last PC I built required nothing in extra drivers for grandma's needs. Windows 10 already installed the correct ones, and not just crappy defaults like the old days.
On the other hand, my Mint box still has a worse UI, despite Microsoft's regressions, and the updates have to quit working every year or so, for no good reason.
I'm old enough to agree, but you know, "People gotta do stuff, and so they do." Usually with the help of managers who either lack a clue or a spine. Though I suppose it's better to have the young ones always reinventing everything than to have them going around breaking stuff up and guzzling milk.
Such a high class of pedantry today!
A nuclear rocket uses fuel, such as hydrogen which is expended long before the nuclear reactor quits. Doing away with that fuel is the goal.
Some pictures really are worth a 1000 words, but a video may contain 1000 words of content, 800 of which are BS, just like a comparable text article, but much harder to skim through.
-1 Offtopic for mentioning Scrum. This is a discussion about agile methods, not one about a religious cult.
The PS3 is better blu-ray player than most blu-ray players, so you are better off going the other way around.
If you wrap your fingers in tin foil before you type, you will be safe.
Looks like they both have a common root - "sea". As in "undersea cable" and "sea of barf".
Ah, thanks, I thought DVDs were getting bigger there for a second...or 10 seconds I guess.
20-30 years ago we gave up manufacturing for the "knowledge economy". Now we're offshoring that work, but I haven't heard what the politicians will be replacing it with this time.
The AMA (model airplane lobby) LOVES the current bogus rules, particularly LOS requirement, because FPV pilots don't fly at clubs, most of which require $$$ AMA membership.
I'm no stranger to science, but this is still one of my favorite movies. I suppose that I tend to watch movies with the eye of a child and not that of a critic though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs/
BTW: I find your sig intriguing and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Lighten up, Francis.
Wow, I had a close call with "woosh!" on that one!
Perplexity by complexity.