I think the problem people have is articles (I use that word loosely) like this are focusing on trivial aspects of his personality... to get hits. The side effect is Trump gets tons of air time/press time, which he feeds on and seems to get more popular as a result. We need fewer articles focusing on his hair piece,…

My bad... my sarcasm detection was acting up.

5% of the alfalfa water... That’s about 3/4 a percent of total water supply (5% of 15%).

Let’s look past your contempt for America for just a sec... The reality is Bill is almost never going to the same place because so much of the US is spread out. That’s the reality. That’s the single biggest reason car culture is so prevalent in the US... because it has to be. Public transit / ride sharing can solve…

Yeah, I know. I was just commenting on the comment above, regarding the nature of contract awards today.

21 watts but can only provide 5V x 3A (i.e. 15 watts)?

I think the idea is you can use this in place where solid steel would be needed... thus reducing external insulation needs. For example, a vessel made of porous steel that has a thin solid steel lining to hold something hot (or cold)... then you would need less external insulation. There is the added bonus that it is…

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Simple solution: No contact until after 10 miles.

Exactly. This culture of ‘lowest bid wins’ is harmful.

Good point. And if I’m spending billions, I’d want to be 100% sure the software is going to work... and the best way to do that is write it yourself (assuming, that is, you have qualified persons to do so).

Well, tell that to the atheists I hear screaming online... they are 100% certain that no higher power exists... they seem pretty devout in that belief. It’s hard to differentiate between the two.

100% agree.

What do you get when you put a devout Christian in a room with a devout atheist. Two thick-headed loud mouths in a room.

It’s still GIMP for me, as I’m cheap.

Good point. I read the proceedings paper, they don’t mention fiber length other than ‘short.’ However, dispersion of optical fibers is well known... it’s trivial to calculate how dispersion would spread the pulse width... so even if they don’t connect it to a kilometer of fiber, they can easily determine what the…

Read SkipErnst’s post aloud.

Just to be clear, the webdev IS making this decision unilaterally... that is, on his/her/its own. And it is just as ‘secret’ as Netflix. The images/videos are compressed... they don’t have to advertise the level of compression. Just sayin’

Excellent point. At first I was ready to scream Net Neutrality... but yeah, you are right.

You’ve just tested positive. Good luck.