You are correct; it’s about detecting changes in volume. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoplethysmogram

I’m not impressed.

So after being towed up to speed, and using a truck to break the wind, she was able to

Seriously! I get the slip-streaming for this event. But how is this a record if you don’t actually reach the speed by yourself?

The world yawned today as a new land speed record was set for being dragged behind a truck.

What about ELE Asteroid! I am only 1/2 way through Iron Fist New Season, should I binge the rest or what?

His net worth is essentially his stock in Amazon. He doesn’t actually have access to nearly that amount of money. If he were to liquidate his entire position in Amazon it would have drastic effects. 

I take it to mean if the liquidated all his assets, sold everything he had, he would be worth $163 billion. Some of that money is tied up in property, stock shares, and rich things I’ve probably never heard of.  

I’ve always been a bit curious on this. When someone’s net worth is boiled down to a number, is that like money they have on hand to spend right now or is it broken down into stock investments, money in their respective company, etc.

You are living under a bridge. The only thing you have to eat is whatever you can fish out of garbage dumpsters. Every day bigger, stronger homeless people come by your soggy cardboard lean-to and try to take what little you have by threat of force.

Hard to compare numbers when population size has never been bigger, you need to learn percentages. 

Capitalism isn’t a Law of Thermodynamics, proven to achieve the exact same result every single time. Nor does it succeed or fail in a vacuum, but in concert (or conflict) with other societal instittutions or dynamics.

Took the cake. And ate it too.

Capitalism is also the driving force behind climate change, which has the potential to kill millions of people and has already been cited as one of the major factors in one of the most destructive wars of our times, The Syrian Civil War.

Global capitalism and Democrats invented slavery

Define “poverty.”

Before capitalism, mercantilism could make the same claim. There is always a better way of doing things.

That’s a lot of sci-fi for a single post. Somewhat related, you should listen to Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s progressive metal concept album Lost in the New Real, if you haven’t already.

That sucks. When they are finally able to unfreeze and cure him, he won’t be tall enough to go on any rides at Disneyland.