After clicking that Amazon book link:
When did Amazon go all Facebook on comment moderation? It used to say "xx of yy found this helpful". Now it says "xx found this helpful". The first version conveyed information about how useful the comment might be. The second merely tells you how many people liked it, with any frame of reference removed.
Lowering reading usage would predict it as well. I've cared for Alzheimer's clients and either they don't read at all, or only the multi-color advertisement inserts. Alzheimer's equals no memory. No memory equals "Why read a book?" Also, watch for a loss of interest in episodic television series. Even a drop in conversation, particularly with people you don't see every day. Unable to memorize Pi beyond the 100th digit, etc.
It's not enough to make time for your children.
There are certain stages in their lives when you
have to give them the time when they want it.
You can't run your family like a
company.
It doesn't work.
- Andy Grove (1936-2016)
Smart people can read people, and choose not to waste time with those who have little or nothing to offer; and/or those who are jealous or controlling. This naturally dictates a small circle of friends.
Also, there are only so many interesting things going on in life. Hanging out with more people doesn't make life more interesting. It merely dilutes the interesting stuff.
It is not the test's deficiencies but the complete lack of tests...for old people. Really old people. People in their 80s and 90s.
I saw an old guy at a red light suddenly bolt into the intersection where traffic moves at 50mph. No reason, lots of witnesses, he hit someone of course. Just too old to be driving.
In Canada my grandmother had to retake her test every so many years once she reached 65. The US doesn't seem to have that standard. I'm not sure why.
I'm curious. Can a self-driving car park to the nearest millimeter? Are there really going to be zero cases where a human needs to move the SDC "just a smidge"?
Good point. But Slashdot is a very uniform site, in terms of number of stories a day. Pretty easy to add a new story every 60 minutes and have the refresh set at 60 or whatever.
Also, I've never seen the page I'm typing a comment on refresh. So I'm assuming most are not viewing in the mode I am? I mean, when I am typing a comment there is only one other comment on that page -- what would be the point of auto-refreshing that?
I'm all for membership on sites I respect. Like this one.
I chose not to subscribe because I got the impression that Slashdot would meter how often I loaded the home page. After a 1,000 loads I would have to pay up again. That is how things were when I look into it 6 or 8 years ago.
Had I been able to subscribe and not be metered, I would have done so long ago. Metering is just something I can not stand -- putting a cost to every click and punishing the most loyal.
I personally like auto-refresh. Unlike some sites that auto-refresh the same page to jack up views, it seemed to me that/. only "refreshed" the home page when it was adding new content. I read every summary, so appreciate having my/. home tab being current.
The sample size of two was the deal breaker, for sure.
To me, the most interesting thing about Scott Kelly's 340-day year in space was how public television had the whole thing on the tele last night...when he only just landed yesterday. That was some seriously impressive editing.
I had the exact same experience, only I configured my browser to not play audio. So I got the scrolling-to-the-same-spot behavior, then nothing else. Studied it for a while, then put that web site in my hosts file. Thanks for explaining what the hay that was.
One difference between your visit(s) and mine? I have Vox on RSS (having heard about some of the stories first through freshnews.org). So, I go directly to story pages and never go to the home page. And once you get to a given article, there are zero issues.
What you missed is that some roads -- typically Interstates -- require vehicles to maintain a certain speed (hence the "no farm vehicles" signs). I would say that 0 mph was an insufficient speed.
Ads? I run a massive hosts file, no javascript & Ghostery -- zero problems, no nag banners, no menus that accidentally-on-purpose cover up half the screen.
Content? What you are describing -- total lack of content -- is Wired.com. Vox.com has articles of varying length but, in general, longer than anywhere else I regularly go. In addition, they have both opinion articles that can be quite long, and "stat" articles (like 538), that are more fact-rich.
Formatting? Seriously, I have no idea what you are complaining about here. Most of the Internet, including Huff & CNN, are vastly worse.
There is great deal of variation throughout the world, to the extent that the saying I was taught was "A pint's a pound the world 'round...within 5%" [more]
I agree with your points. Einstein's relativities do not have to work everywhere to be useful in many places and ways. And a Black Hole could easily be an edge case where laws/assumptions are incomplete/not applicable. I said the same thing (here) in 2014.
In addition, since when is a 5-D simulation related to relativity? Einstein never went beyond 3+1. So this article/the simulation team's conclusion is insulting to Einstein's work but otherwise not related to it.
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After clicking that Amazon book link:
When did Amazon go all Facebook on comment moderation? It used to say "xx of yy found this helpful". Now it says "xx found this helpful". The first version conveyed information about how useful the comment might be. The second merely tells you how many people liked it, with any frame of reference removed.
Moore's rule of thumb expired two years ago.
It can't continue forever. The nature of exponentials is that you push them out and eventually disaster happens.
- Gordon Moore, in 2005
Lowering reading usage would predict it as well. I've cared for Alzheimer's clients and either they don't read at all, or only the multi-color advertisement inserts. Alzheimer's equals no memory. No memory equals "Why read a book?" Also, watch for a loss of interest in episodic television series. Even a drop in conversation, particularly with people you don't see every day. Unable to memorize Pi beyond the 100th digit, etc.
4 days later we have SUV smashes into East Harris County daycare. Driven by? An 81-year-old.
It's not enough to make time for your children.
There are certain stages in their lives when you
have to give them the time when they want it.
You can't run your family like a company.
It doesn't work.
- Andy Grove (1936-2016)
Smart people can read people, and choose not to waste time with those who have little or nothing to offer; and/or those who are jealous or controlling. This naturally dictates a small circle of friends.
Also, there are only so many interesting things going on in life. Hanging out with more people doesn't make life more interesting. It merely dilutes the interesting stuff.
It is not the test's deficiencies but the complete lack of tests...for old people. Really old people. People in their 80s and 90s.
I saw an old guy at a red light suddenly bolt into the intersection where traffic moves at 50mph. No reason, lots of witnesses, he hit someone of course. Just too old to be driving.
In Canada my grandmother had to retake her test every so many years once she reached 65. The US doesn't seem to have that standard. I'm not sure why.
I'm curious. Can a self-driving car park to the nearest millimeter? Are there really going to be zero cases where a human needs to move the SDC "just a smidge"?
Which is why propaganda -- commercials, "news", educational B.S. -- is so important. To the 1%.
Don't forget to update the "what to do in an emergency" information.
Good point. But Slashdot is a very uniform site, in terms of number of stories a day. Pretty easy to add a new story every 60 minutes and have the refresh set at 60 or whatever.
Also, I've never seen the page I'm typing a comment on refresh. So I'm assuming most are not viewing in the mode I am? I mean, when I am typing a comment there is only one other comment on that page -- what would be the point of auto-refreshing that?
I'm all for membership on sites I respect. Like this one.
I chose not to subscribe because I got the impression that Slashdot would meter how often I loaded the home page. After a 1,000 loads I would have to pay up again. That is how things were when I look into it 6 or 8 years ago.
Had I been able to subscribe and not be metered, I would have done so long ago. Metering is just something I can not stand -- putting a cost to every click and punishing the most loyal.
Sounds like it should also be a config option.
/. only "refreshed" the home page when it was adding new content. I read every summary, so appreciate having my /. home tab being current.
I personally like auto-refresh. Unlike some sites that auto-refresh the same page to jack up views, it seemed to me that
@Aighearach:
This is exactly why political threads should have zero moderation, with all comments, including AC posting at the same level.
Having your own web site will never go away because you can say pretty much what you want on your own web site, unlike Facebooge, etc.
The sample size of two was the deal breaker, for sure.
To me, the most interesting thing about Scott Kelly's 340-day year in space was how public television had the whole thing on the tele last night...when he only just landed yesterday. That was some seriously impressive editing.
I had the exact same experience, only I configured my browser to not play audio. So I got the scrolling-to-the-same-spot behavior, then nothing else. Studied it for a while, then put that web site in my hosts file. Thanks for explaining what the hay that was.
One difference between your visit(s) and mine? I have Vox on RSS (having heard about some of the stories first through freshnews.org). So, I go directly to story pages and never go to the home page. And once you get to a given article, there are zero issues.
What you missed is that some roads -- typically Interstates -- require vehicles to maintain a certain speed (hence the "no farm vehicles" signs). I would say that 0 mph was an insufficient speed.
An almost perfect misread of Vox.com
Ads? I run a massive hosts file, no javascript & Ghostery -- zero problems, no nag banners, no menus that accidentally-on-purpose cover up half the screen.
Content? What you are describing -- total lack of content -- is Wired.com. Vox.com has articles of varying length but, in general, longer than anywhere else I regularly go. In addition, they have both opinion articles that can be quite long, and "stat" articles (like 538), that are more fact-rich.
Formatting? Seriously, I have no idea what you are complaining about here. Most of the Internet, including Huff & CNN, are vastly worse.
There is great deal of variation throughout the world, to the extent that the saying I was taught was "A pint's a pound the world 'round...within 5%" [more]
"Dangerous Liaisons"
I agree with your points. Einstein's relativities do not have to work everywhere to be useful in many places and ways. And a Black Hole could easily be an edge case where laws/assumptions are incomplete/not applicable. I said the same thing (here) in 2014.
In addition, since when is a 5-D simulation related to relativity? Einstein never went beyond 3+1. So this article/the simulation team's conclusion is insulting to Einstein's work but otherwise not related to it.
Kanye West is $53M in debt.
So, guys with jackhammers would be music also -- it has plenty of sound, merciful silence, and office working women as fans.