I'm not sure I understand your question. I just like Proverbs 21:19 because I think it's about the funniest verse in the Bible. Things haven't changed much in 2500 years.
The first time I flew was in the 70's and I can remember seeing signs at the security checkpoints warning against joking about guns or bombs. It's not something distinctive to the TSA.
Last summer I was in New England. A buddy and I were driving down the interstate and I wanted to stop at a pharmacy and get some antacids. We had the GPS unit find the nearest pharmacy and it began directing us to a CVS just two miles away. The unit kept telling us that we were getting closer, but I didn't see any exits. Just before we crossed an overpass the GPS announced, "Your destination is on the right." Sure enough, I looked down and there was the CVS -- forty feet below us.
I have often wondered how a driverless car would handle that situation.
I don't have much new to add other than to chime in with several other people who suggested an iPad or Chromebook. My daughter now lives 1600 miles away and solving her computer problems remotely was becoming a pain. I got her a Chromebook for Christmas and haven't had to do "phone support" since. Tranquility restored for a mere $250.
I think the only way such massively huge structures could be built is by having armies of autonomous, or semi-autonomous, robotic machines that could mine asteroids for raw supplies, and be factories to turning those raw materials into finished construction supplies, and then assemble the components. That technology didn't exist in the 1970's and any attempt at stuff like this back then would have been futile. It reminds me of someone who told me about a project that started in the late 50's to create an automated, mechanical card file system. By the time the system was finished in the 60's it was obsolete, having been replaced by computers, which could do the job cheaper, more reliably and many times faster.
Half the price, okay, but still... I remember when the F-18 started out as the YF-17, which I read about first back when I was in junior high -- in 1975 -- and the design dates back into the 60's. Actually "half the price" for an aircraft design that is 40 years old seems kind of expensive.
They claim that there is a huge demand for coders, but the dirty little secret is that the industry is rife with ageism. If you're over 35 these people don't want to hire you.
So, if you're following laser-guided directions telling you what keys to press on the piano, are you actually playing the piano? Or are you just playing a piano version of Dance Dance Revolution? If you're following laser-guided directions in your kitchen you're not cooking, you're playing Cook Cook Revolution.
...but it is unequivocally true that as your opinions and attitudes changed, your brain physically changed.
Okay, but it sounds like you are saying my brain changed as a result of my opinions and attitudes changing. This is the opposite of what the article is implying, that is, your opinions and attitudes are the result of how your brain is "wired". In other words, they make it sound like that the brain changes first, then the opinions and attitudes follow.
Personally, I'm not really sure anybody knows how it really works.
Twenty years ago I was extremely conservative. Now I'm much more moderate, and would even be considered liberal on some issues. Did my brain physically change? I'm skeptical.
The bar is not being lowered. What you are seeing are the writing efforts of future managers. You'll need to get used to their poor writing skills since you will be working for them in the future. Nothing to worry about.
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I'm not sure I understand your question. I just like Proverbs 21:19 because I think it's about the funniest verse in the Bible. Things haven't changed much in 2500 years.
The first time I flew was in the 70's and I can remember seeing signs at the security checkpoints warning against joking about guns or bombs. It's not something distinctive to the TSA.
Last summer I was in New England. A buddy and I were driving down the interstate and I wanted to stop at a pharmacy and get some antacids. We had the GPS unit find the nearest pharmacy and it began directing us to a CVS just two miles away. The unit kept telling us that we were getting closer, but I didn't see any exits. Just before we crossed an overpass the GPS announced, "Your destination is on the right." Sure enough, I looked down and there was the CVS -- forty feet below us.
I have often wondered how a driverless car would handle that situation.
Other wastes of time:
Driving School
Hunter Safety Class
Swimming Lessons
First Aid Course
Condoms
They used to have the same problem in medieval Spain. Those windmills drove Don Quixote nuts!
"Good afternoon, this is the Serious Fraud Office."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"I'm not sure my fraud problem is that serious."
"Ah, you're looking for the Frivolous Fraud Office. That's down the hall."
Anyone remember the MOVE bombing in 1985? Drone or no drone, this is what we're moving towards.
I don't have much new to add other than to chime in with several other people who suggested an iPad or Chromebook. My daughter now lives 1600 miles away and solving her computer problems remotely was becoming a pain. I got her a Chromebook for Christmas and haven't had to do "phone support" since. Tranquility restored for a mere $250.
I think the only way such massively huge structures could be built is by having armies of autonomous, or semi-autonomous, robotic machines that could mine asteroids for raw supplies, and be factories to turning those raw materials into finished construction supplies, and then assemble the components. That technology didn't exist in the 1970's and any attempt at stuff like this back then would have been futile. It reminds me of someone who told me about a project that started in the late 50's to create an automated, mechanical card file system. By the time the system was finished in the 60's it was obsolete, having been replaced by computers, which could do the job cheaper, more reliably and many times faster.
Half the price, okay, but still... I remember when the F-18 started out as the YF-17, which I read about first back when I was in junior high -- in 1975 -- and the design dates back into the 60's. Actually "half the price" for an aircraft design that is 40 years old seems kind of expensive.
Does the gyro car come with or without tzatziki sauce?
I hope it's not an EXACT replica. I, for one, would prefer to be on a ship that has watertight compartments all the way to the main deck.
They claim that there is a huge demand for coders, but the dirty little secret is that the industry is rife with ageism. If you're over 35 these people don't want to hire you.
How would it make you feel if your friend or family member did this?
It would make me feel as if my friend or family member were bat-shit crazy.
Manifest Destiny... iiiiinnnnn spaaaaaaaaaace!
So, if you're following laser-guided directions telling you what keys to press on the piano, are you actually playing the piano? Or are you just playing a piano version of Dance Dance Revolution? If you're following laser-guided directions in your kitchen you're not cooking, you're playing Cook Cook Revolution.
...but it is unequivocally true that as your opinions and attitudes changed, your brain physically changed.
Okay, but it sounds like you are saying my brain changed as a result of my opinions and attitudes changing. This is the opposite of what the article is implying, that is, your opinions and attitudes are the result of how your brain is "wired". In other words, they make it sound like that the brain changes first, then the opinions and attitudes follow.
Personally, I'm not really sure anybody knows how it really works.
Twenty years ago I was extremely conservative. Now I'm much more moderate, and would even be considered liberal on some issues. Did my brain physically change? I'm skeptical.
I think there is one at the University of Alabama, home of the Crimson Tide.
I thought the same when I red that.
The bar is not being lowered. What you are seeing are the writing efforts of future managers. You'll need to get used to their poor writing skills since you will be working for them in the future. Nothing to worry about.
Don't know if it would work for what you're wanting. Just throwing it out there.
Oh yes. They need a medal. Because it is so dangerous for them sitting in front of a screen thousands of miles away from the conflict. How brave.
There are already medals commemorating exceptional work that is not necessarily dangerous. This is unnecessary.
And yes, I am a veteran.
Once again, xkcd tells it like it is for would be survivalists.
I guess Fox business analyst Shibani Joshi is a juggalo.