vipref's comments

There was a story in The Economist about greenhouse gas emissions causing increasingly frequent heat waves in the US.

A lot of frontends, in reality most, are moving towards a data driven approach and handling tremendous amounts of data in the browser - making it an exciting place to be!

Financial sanctions being requested on Spain and Greece for failure to transpose EU rules for personal data protection into law!

Good thing, in my books.

I remember being spooked when my calendar started being proactive about reminding me to wish my friends a very Happy Birthday before the event actually occurred.

I don't agree. The ant looks much distant to us.

There are colonization tendencies in every living being, I think. Ants are not the only one. A wolf pack hangs together, so do a bunch of chimpanzees and zebras. The difference is in the way this tendency is expressed and the author fails to draw comparisons appropriately.

Just my opinion!

this looks cool!

The linked article reads: "Because students believe that learning and testing are separate things, they often study inefficiently"

Efficient learning is not only about performing during a test, but understanding the subject matter.

Quoting the article: it says trees "bury CO2". that is just wrong!

I don't believe that is a good choice of words. CO2 is essential to their survival. burying it is not how one would describe the process of transformation!

> from the article: "Everyone has a pet peeve" That is true. I feel the word content has been used and abused over and over but there are valid uses of the term, much like other terms. 'atmosphere', for example, could be used to describe a social setting or the planet's surrounding.

The main problem is when people use terms without acknowledging the context.

> socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful determinant of human health and disease, and social inequality is a ubiquitous stressor for human populations globally

It is common to see why this could be a big problem for poor people as they have to worry about health, food, etc for day to day living while we take them as granted and can focus on other things like writing code, going to meetings, and the like without worrying about where the next meal is going to come from!

This is what I've tried. I started with multiple monitors and an ergonomic keyboard, Microsoft, left by the employee before me and developed typing skills while contributing code.

Then I had a big screen - 30" - and liked it a lot as there was a lot more room to work with compared to my 14" laptop in those days, made by IBM.

When I was using multiple screens, I could focus on one for work programming, bash, etc and the other for chat, email, calendar, and the like!

>> Most importantly, the researchers didn't include a control group for their study.

I'm not sure what qualifies as a "good methodology"?

> people conversing are quite aware This is not true

Not hard to imagine one could deduce one's partner preferences based on cultural facts.

This is fancy

This is cool!

> I wonder what will happen to all of the digital-only movies and tv shows being made today

Why do you feel digital media can't be preserved?

There are DVD renditions of old media. Cassettes were popular at one time only to be supplanted by newer technologies and it will be the same for current media formats.

To cite an example, I used to listen to cassette music while growing up and was hugely fond of them (Walkman, anybody?) That was then supplanted by digital mp3 players, and now streaming over the internet.

If something is worth preserving, newer technology will make sure it is!

That is just my opinion for you.