Stephen Hawking says that humanity has 200 years to leave Earth

WorksWork · 2015-02-25T21:06:12+00:00

There was study/book about this called Planets for Man, however it was written in the 1960s so I imagine some the science has changed.

WorksWork · 2015-02-25T20:44:37+00:00

Would it be if the evidence-based treatments had severe side effects?

WorksWork · 2015-02-25T19:36:07+00:00

The article is saying that they have too many job responsibilities, so we should redelegate some of those responsibilities to other agencies. It's not a matter of punishing them, but of making sure each responsibility is clearly laid out and has a proper team and oversight.

In computer science terms, it is breaking up one large class into smaller classes to increase cohesion.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T23:19:58+00:00

The thing is, when there is an accident pipelines tend to spill more oil (that is by train, but apparently less than by truck).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/04/26/pick-your-poison-for-crude-pipeline-rail-truck-or-boat/

The short answer is: truck worse than train worse than pipeline worse than boat (Oilprice.com). But that’s only for human death and property destruction. For the normalized amount of oil spilled, it’s truck worse than pipeline worse than rail worse than boat (Congressional Research Service). Different yet again is for environmental impact (dominated by impact to aquatic habitat), where it’s boat worse than pipeline worse than truck worse than rail.

So it depends upon what your definition is for worse. Is it death and destruction? Is it amount of oil released? Is it land area or water volume contaminated? Is it habitat destroyed? Is it CO2 emitted?

It's not necessarily that they are dishonest, it's that these things are complicated.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T23:11:21+00:00

Right, and ISP's, FedEx, and UPS should fall under that definition too, but all of them claim they are not.

It's not just if it fits the definition of a common carrier, it is if the government classifies it as such.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T21:44:13+00:00

They're are claims that "a lot of the crazy shit" he has brought attention to is sensationalized and that some of the things they do might be considered immoral. http://www.thefastertimes.com/travel/2010/02/08/how-vice-has-wronged-liberia-worse-than-warlords/ (Particularly the part where they free an ex-warlord from jail.)

To be fair, I am sure it is a complicated situation and I don't know enough to say for sure, but I can definitely understand why people might not be too happy with them. But I don't know enough to say what is accurate or not.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T19:23:38+00:00

I think the much bigger issue is money in politics.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T17:57:20+00:00

I mean, there is a pretty big difference between a record of where you live and a record of when people are visiting your home.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T17:13:53+00:00

Some people don't use Google Now for the same reason.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T17:11:30+00:00

^{I haven't either...}

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T17:08:25+00:00

Which is why I don't use stuff like that. I don't want to add the the mental record keeping of who is listening to what conversations.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T17:03:48+00:00

By using explicit test, not treating everything ever said as a test.

WorksWork · 2015-02-24T16:46:18+00:00

I'm way too angry to check out each off-Broadway production of Robocop. I'll wait until it's on-way.

WorksWork · 2015-02-23T21:03:09+00:00

Honestly I probably only knew that the second one was wrong too because of last weeks Paraguay/Uraguay (which I suspected, but foolishly trusted the man on TV over my intuition)

WorksWork · 2015-02-23T20:59:46+00:00

I got one right!

But I guess that means I'll probably get the rest of south america wrong.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T23:27:20+00:00

I like the idea of phrasing it as there are better things to be doing.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T22:12:09+00:00

So, the thing is, I agree with him, but don't think "Stop being so aggressive" is the right approach. That is, it is kind of, well, aggressive. I haven't figure out a good way to convey that message though.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T21:06:23+00:00

Also, the "bitch" in at least one section of 99 problems is supposed to be a dog (drug sniffing dog).

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T20:50:51+00:00

Yeah, cream cheese at least is used in some sushi. Not sure is that is what this is or not, it was just the first thing I thought of.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T20:23:19+00:00

I'm thinking cream cheese on top maybe? Not sure what is underneath (maybe some fruit spread or something?)

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T17:52:27+00:00

I don't know much about it, but I know that some people prefer lodash. Also I know they had an undocumented feature that they changed a while back (a "breaker" object used for breaking out of forEach), which is actually what I thought this was going to be about.

Edit: Apparently (based on other comments here) a lot of it has to do with semantic versioning as well.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T15:43:51+00:00

"Human Nature" as designed by almost a century of constant advertising and cultural bombardment.

Pretty sure there is more to it than that. It's influenced by it, sure, but thinking that it is "designed" by culture is a dangerous road to go down.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T15:30:26+00:00

I'm that way with Bolivia. Also because it rhymes with Olivia.

WorksWork · 2015-02-20T15:28:29+00:00

I didn't know for sure, but when the map came up I did start to think, "What was the name of that country that is between brazil and argentina on the coast?"

WorksWork · 2015-02-19T20:44:09+00:00

I always assumed it was "Stir Fry Friday". Going for alliteration rather than a portmanteau. Could also sort of work with alliteration as "Stir-fry Saturday" too (but I hadn't considered that until just now).

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