FWIW, I watch linear TV. Quite a bit actually. I find it to be a reliable way to be exposed to new things I normally would never see in my digi-silo. Ironically, I find the excitement of the experience compares to downloading unknown programming off the pirate bay back in the halcyon days.

I have been finding the whole "suggested for you" menus just a bit too smug and stifling and would rather just turn on Film4 and see what's playing. It's turned me on to a lot of interesting films and genres that would otherwise have been statistically discounted from my view.

That said, I cannot watch American broadcasting. First, the subtitles are an affront to human decency. But also because the programming, delivered in 19 minute segments of content for 11 minutes of spam every hour on the hour, is just so cheesy. It's all adverts and augmented tits. So I guess my point is that linear TV is still interesting, just not the tiresome American format.

I can imagine live channels being added to streaming services to meet the needs of nostalgia, but also to implement one of the best suggestion algorithms known to man -- serendipitous human connection.

Studies of ancient holy wells have found some to contain lithium. Communities who obtain water from these wells have shown a statistically lower suicide rate.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...

During the Great Depression, unemployed were classified as vacationing.

How will I get to work?

Perhaps his greatest contribution to humanity was the invention of the JelloShot. Like all great inventions, it was inspired by necessity. In this case it was while working at the NSA during a period when a policy banning open bottles was introduced to discourage drinking on the job.

Mostly because Eugenics doesn't understand genetics or breeding and has little appreciation for the broad horizons and deep histories of our DNA. Replacing these little topics and their boring scientific rigor with hubris certainly won't end well.

Unless you are from some remote village in Finland or Tennessee, it's unlikely you have a suitable percentage of inbreeding to have a genetic concentration that would reliably produce equal or better offspring. Instead, each breeding will be mutts diluting any potential benefit of lineage further.

But crossbreeding can also have advantages that can revitalise stale line breedings as seen in the hybrid vigor found in crossing two lines such as the Labradoodle.
Hybrid vigor is magical and can produce offspring better than both parents. Sometimes. So too can the mutt strategy. Sometimes.

However, if you don't understand the concept of hybrid vigor being a terminal breeding, you will be quite frustrated in attempting to extend your line when you discover there is no line. Even if you put out the dough to send your kids to vaccine free Waldorf schools, you will not erase the likely reality that you are a lucky mutt, not even a hybrid, simply a product of random breeding. As a result, you are a terminal breeding yourself.

If you really want intelligent children, you would be miles ahead to buy them from a reputable breeder with a track record of proven test breedings; making a family isn't a DIY weekend project - it takes centuries.

Indeed. Quite curious that despite all the bravado Musk is yet to go to space. I miss the old Silicon Valley mantra about eating one's own dog food.

It's funny how software engineers espousing this mantra get very emotional and defensive when tester engineers do the same thing despite the fact it's basically their job description for all testers.

Yes, they can only say Americans are obese because they spend too much time on the sofa; they can't say that sofa is installed in an automobile.

True. I think also it will play into the debate as to whether it is safe to blow ones nose at all; something my ENT tells me divides the profession.

Yet another bubble. Just like the dot com, it will shake out the coders from the gold diggers. Fair play.

It's a game that moves as you play and most programs in the US are light on the basics in order to meet market demand. That's really what needs to change. If I had a nickel for every software engineer who couldn't explain Big O or various sorting algorithms... It's like focusing on the needs of Big Lit using shortcuts to matriculating classes of English majors who couldn't tell you what a gerund is. Annoying.

ThIng is, writing AI applications requires a lot more maths and a totally different toolset than writing a J2EE portal so most coders will need to either retool or change their line of work. I've been building AI tools for two decades and I am back in school to level up. It's not a whole new world, just an ever raising bar.

The ship was originally named Salute which is also the name of a ship that sunk in the Pacific during WW 2. Any seadog worth his salt will tell you it's considered bad mojo to name a ship after one that sunk -- it can really mess up Posedian's invoicing system.

If a rechristening wasn't performed, or performed improperly, one can understand why Posedian took swift action. Basically an accounting error. No two ways about it.

Tis a darn shame.

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Which underscores the level of their motivation and the lengths they will go to rid the sea of humans and their garbage.

Real journalism is appreciated more than ever. https://www.irishtimes.com/bus...