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Most hobbies cease to be enjoyable when you're forced to keep doing them all day, every day. That's really what you're paid for, to keep you showing up, when it works for the company, and not just when you feel like it.
See: http://m.imgur.com/lemmJRS?r
See: http://m.imgur.com/lemmJRS?r
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I certainly don't want to encourage people to bother wild animals, but cheetahs really aren't that dangerous. Unlike similarly sized leopards and cougars, they weigh in at around half as much and their frame isn't built for strength but pure speed. They were kept as pets by ancient Egyptians for just this reason (they sure didn't keep pet lions!). Cheetahs flee from confrontation instead of fighting. I'd put them on par with bobcats or coyotes. If you harass one, you'll sure regret it! But the chance of being killed by one is astronomical.
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SF really needs to start building high-rise capsule hotels. So many people living in their cars, because of astronomical rents. Give them a bed and shower cheap, and watch most of the area's problems fade away.
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I thought CGP Grey had a much better video on the subject (years ago):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
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I don't remember "How to read a clock" being curricula in my kindergarten class. Including the younger grades probably skews the numbers, and I bet going back 20 years wouldn't have netted much better results...
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it...
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it...
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All true. Although the lack of power cycling leads to far less thermal stresses, too, and may be an important contributor to longevity in this case.
Today, you COULD make a rather efficient LED bulb that would likely last a century, but it would have to be designed to do so with highly durable electrical components, rather expensive, and not putting out much more light than this bulb due to elements running below their rated voltage, though still as efficient as any other LED. With the common/cheap kind warrantied to last a decade of normal household use, nobody is really interested in extending bulb longevity anymore. Those conspiracy theories have faded, and even gone the other way, as governments force the use of more efficient lighting technologies (halogen, CFLs & LEDs), and people claim crazy alterior motives.
Today, you COULD make a rather efficient LED bulb that would likely last a century, but it would have to be designed to do so with highly durable electrical components, rather expensive, and not putting out much more light than this bulb due to elements running below their rated voltage, though still as efficient as any other LED. With the common/cheap kind warrantied to last a decade of normal household use, nobody is really interested in extending bulb longevity anymore. Those conspiracy theories have faded, and even gone the other way, as governments force the use of more efficient lighting technologies (halogen, CFLs & LEDs), and people claim crazy alterior motives.
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I'm not sure anything before the advent of large glass windows qualifies as a "greenhouse". Building a wall on 4 sides will certainly help protect plants from animals, insects and extreme weather, but it's still open air and doesn't offer the range of climatic conditions and control of a greenhouse. The same goes for wheeling planters into a building at night.
I know thin, bleached animal skins were used before glass, as well as the crystal mentioned, but I can't imagine either could practically allow enough sunlight through, to be a real, fully-enclosed growing area.
I know thin, bleached animal skins were used before glass, as well as the crystal mentioned, but I can't imagine either could practically allow enough sunlight through, to be a real, fully-enclosed growing area.
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Even those "Nope" foods are fine in small amounts. Seems like fear-mongering to me.
“Feeding your dog a few nuts here and there is generally not a cause for concern, especially if the nuts are fresh,” said Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM
http://m.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/evr_dg_dog-owners-guide-to-nuts-and-seeds
Chocolate isn't really of concern in small amounts.
http://m.petmd.com/dog/centers/nutrition/slideshows/toxic-foods-for-dogs
"several well-known brands of pet food and nutritional supplements tout the avocado fruit and its oil as beneficial ingredients. And they are. It’s the pit, skin and leaves of the plant that primarily harbor a toxin"
"it’s unlikely that our household pets would consume enough to sicken them. As such, we tend to consider garlic more of a theoretical toxicity than an actual risk...Despite the near-certainty that garlic would cause a problem if ingested in large quantities, I’ve never heard of a case."
http://m.petmd.com/blogs/fullyvetted/2010/january/bad-dog-breath-try-garlic-and-avocados-oops-second-thought-6996
Etc. etc
“Feeding your dog a few nuts here and there is generally not a cause for concern, especially if the nuts are fresh,” said Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM
http://m.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/evr_dg_dog-owners-guide-to-nuts-and-seeds
Chocolate isn't really of concern in small amounts.
http://m.petmd.com/dog/centers/nutrition/slideshows/toxic-foods-for-dogs
"several well-known brands of pet food and nutritional supplements tout the avocado fruit and its oil as beneficial ingredients. And they are. It’s the pit, skin and leaves of the plant that primarily harbor a toxin"
"it’s unlikely that our household pets would consume enough to sicken them. As such, we tend to consider garlic more of a theoretical toxicity than an actual risk...Despite the near-certainty that garlic would cause a problem if ingested in large quantities, I’ve never heard of a case."
http://m.petmd.com/blogs/fullyvetted/2010/january/bad-dog-breath-try-garlic-and-avocados-oops-second-thought-6996
Etc. etc
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Everybody is a "startup founder" today, because it sounds like there's money in it, but anybody can do it. A few years back, everybody was a "blogger" for the same reasons... Hey it's better than telling people you're unemployed! Back during the housing bubble, it seemed like everybody was a "Realtor" as well... I guess that's better than telling people you're waiting to win the lottery, or find buried treasure.
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Even in large order volumes those are 15+ cents each. Now consider the cost of, say, a packet of Kool-aid at your grocery store, and add 15c/ea to enable slightly quicker checkout... Barcodes printed on product labels are fractions of a cent.
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2. RFID chips are expensive. bar codes will remain much cheaper even 10yrs in to the future. Metal carts interfere, and it will be difficult to differentiate that many rfid tags in one small space. If bar code scanners keep improving, rfid tags will remain a distant fantasy.
4. Predictions of internet congestion collapse have been predicted at least since the early 80s. It's no more true this time around. If anything, bandwidth just won't get cheaper as quickly as it has. Edge routers can throttle back speeds to prevent the backbone overloading. That's a slightly different model than we've used up until now, but technically fairly easy.
6. There are already articles about how pot dispensaries are becoming far less profitable as competition increases. In general, when items cease to be taboo, you can no longer charge a premium for them. Many industries suffer such a come-down.
7. We were supposed to be burning biodiesel from algae 30 years ago. Turns out it scales up very poorly, so barely made it out of the lab. Expect the same, here. In addition, directly producing electricity with PV solar panels, to charge an EV battery, is FAR more efficient.
10. Since dark matter may prove to be an observation or mathematical error, it's far from certain we'll ever "identify" it, any more than modern technology has allowed us to identify "the ether". A better radio telescope coming online is likely not going to be everything required, either.
4. Predictions of internet congestion collapse have been predicted at least since the early 80s. It's no more true this time around. If anything, bandwidth just won't get cheaper as quickly as it has. Edge routers can throttle back speeds to prevent the backbone overloading. That's a slightly different model than we've used up until now, but technically fairly easy.
6. There are already articles about how pot dispensaries are becoming far less profitable as competition increases. In general, when items cease to be taboo, you can no longer charge a premium for them. Many industries suffer such a come-down.
7. We were supposed to be burning biodiesel from algae 30 years ago. Turns out it scales up very poorly, so barely made it out of the lab. Expect the same, here. In addition, directly producing electricity with PV solar panels, to charge an EV battery, is FAR more efficient.
10. Since dark matter may prove to be an observation or mathematical error, it's far from certain we'll ever "identify" it, any more than modern technology has allowed us to identify "the ether". A better radio telescope coming online is likely not going to be everything required, either.
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Musically (on the same topic), I'd recommend Tilt-Molly Coddled instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mDgKS4yeQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mDgKS4yeQA
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Progress bars are great for showing there has been SOME progress, no matter how small, since you last checked on it.
Those which scrob back and forth remove the entire utility, and make it impossible to tell if a process is just going slow, or has crashed and likely will never complete.
Several times I've left long-running processes going overnight, only to come back to the same screen. A progress bar can allow you to spot such trends earlier, before investing nearly as much time in the process.