"We envision a system where all Defense Department computers worldwide are connected with reliable networks based on packet switching." I'm sure language like that was in the original proposal for ARPAnet circa 1968, and I'm sure most professionals looked at that and were "very, very skeptical". DARPA has that "advanced research" in its name. If most professionals aren't "very, very skeptical" about the ultimate commercial success of their projects, I'd say they are doing it wrong.
This is rather impressive. In the video, for just a moment I thought he was going to take off directly from the freeway. Top speed of 100mph, range of up to 500 miles. How can I get a test ride?
It does require a pilot's license, and has lots of regulatory hurdles...
It has everything to do with it being a funny hat. The power structure had decided that women wore low power clothes, and the men wore high power clothes. So we can snicker at their clothes, even if they were an admiral.
For example, waiters wear those funny aprons or other uniforms. Because that way you can tell who is serving the meal and who is buying the meal.
As an aside, in today's U.S. Navy, the clothing is somewhat less important. My cousin was recently promoted to two star, and the ceremony was performed by the Chief of Naval Operations. He hung around for chatting afterwards and I couldn't help myself. I asked why my cousin had more medals on his chest than he did. CNO gave a great reply (he was a submariner, fewer chances for medals) and we agreed that the rigid linking of number of medals to rank has been relaxed in the modern military.
Ari Meisel's Less Doing podcast devoted one episode to an interview with an expert in this procedure:
Podcast #59 Glenn Taylor - Fecal Microbiota Transplants
>For more info visit http://lessdoing.com/ Ari's book http://www.lessdoingbook.com In this episode Ari talks with Glenn Taylor of the Taymount Clinic. Glenn specializes in applying Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) techniques to a broad range of gut conditions. FMT restores normal gut microbiota by implanting Standardized Gut Flora from tested and optimized sources. Listen to how Glenn has seen patients literally cured from debilitating illness such as Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis, IBS, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other disease simply by restoring their gut bacteria to a normal balance.
There are some strong indications that the boom in manufacturing in China is not permanent. With the decline in the importance of labor, the rise of robots, and the importance of protecting IP in manufacturing, Byrnjolfsson and McAfee suggest that much of manufacturing will be coming home over the next few decades.
No, the GP is correct and "calories consumed >> calories burned" is a gross oversimplification. For example, one extra Oreo cookie a day ends up in several pounds gained over a year. Tiny changes in net calories can have very large effects in equilibrium weight. In addition, it is so easy to say "just eat less", but it is very (very) well documented that some overweight people can eat less and lose weight, but they are looking at being extremely hungry every second for the rest of their lives. Once a weight set point has been established, your body can scream at you forever until you regain that weight setting. So easy for "normal" weight people to say "Just eat less".
This seems like a fascinating book, written to a general audience. Alas, it is priced more like a textbook, way out of the range of the average public. What a shame it will have a very small reach.
Where is the Burning Man Auto Wash service? With powerful vacuums for that special "no residual seeds" detailing? Or at least the Burning Man Avoid The Man infoproduct? It must not be common knowledge if so many cars hit the highway with dust.
A great Mixergy interview[1] was with Herb Sorensen, author of "Inside the Mind of the Shopper"[2]. There were many fascinating revelations about the grocery business. For example, he went through the four revenue sources for grocery stores and profit on selling the goods was in fourth place, behind real estate, shelf fees, and something else I can't remember. He also explained that there is an optimum layout for a store, with counterclockwise flow.
I've read "Do The Work", the later, shorter companion to "The War of Art". Resistance and procrastination and related, but not identical. You get resistance about creative acts that expose you to public assessment of your work, or really anything that might upset the status quo in your life. Sure, you can procrastinate about a 600 word article or a term paper. But when you avoid even starting to write your first novel, or coding on your side project startup, that's getting into resistance. I think the more ego we wrap up into a task, the more resistance rears its ugly head.
My father is age 92, and in 2001 he lost his central vision to macular degeneration. He wrote long documents on his PC before, but afterward he never had much dedication to figuring out how to use a computer with assistive software for the blind (or more lately, smart phones in assistive mode). Thus we entered a years long search for usable CD and MP3 players. Most devices have tiny uniform buttons and depend on LCD indicators. The best we could find for a long time was a Sony S2 sport CD player that had a hand strap that kept the thumb positioned to work buttons without needing to look at the device.
But years ago he got the free (from the US government) digital talking book player[1][2]. This device is an excellent engineering and user interface solution for delivering audio material to blind users. The buttons are all large and report their functions by audio. There are all sorts of built in modes, including an extensive set of self-tests and diagnostics. Around the US, there is a service infrastructure so if there is any problem with the devices, the user just drops them off at a local library and takes a replacement.
These devices can play prerecorded DRMed audio books or MP3s delivered on USB cartridges or thumb drives. The Library of Congress maintains a large collection of downloadable books called BARD[3].
Not exactly. Turns out you can sell via Amazon, or you can sell directly, but if you use the undocumented Amazon-only tool to construct your .mobi, you can't sell that directly. And Amazon is now blocking the output of many/all other ebook construction software so you can't use Send to Kindle or email. USB is the only option to load a book.
>You mean Paul Graham of the incubator that backed 630 companies, each at a $225,000 pre-money? Oh, ok. If you convince 630 companies started by Stanford engineering grads to take a $225,000 pre-money, then you can go telling other people they should be pickers too.
I love this post, and laughed out loud at that line.
Wow, we must be having two different discussions. I don't disagree with your last comment. In fact, not a single word of my comments have anything to do with the internet, and, in addition, my original example predates the web by a good ten years. I only object to your making blanket statements about it being "unethical" to <insert absolute statement>. That is hardly a relativistic bullshit argument. In fact, entire fields of human study are devoted to the intricacies of the edge cases of such "embarrassing arguments." If only ethics could be reduced to predicate calculus.
>Also: if someone puts a contract in front of you that requires you to discriminate against African Americans: no, I don't think you can ethically sign it.
Again, you make a simplistic statement that ignores the real world. When social systems are realigning, there is a period when you ignore the plain terms of the contract because you know people aren't enforcing it anymore. Whether that is happening with AirBnB or not is not my point. My point is that it is really easy to make a blanket statement about being ethical in contract law. The chance of that statement actually being the "ethical" choice in all cases is, effectively, zero. The real world is much too complicated to reduce it to the logical exactitude you are claiming.
My first thought was that dysgraphia was a breakdown in the linguistic construction of a sentence, etc., but then I remembered the word "aphasia", so I had to look them up: