RickHull

Poor copying from the source http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/04/parrots-newest-drone-has-wi... I'm guessing:

> The Disco also features a pitot tube, which is typically used on planes to measure airspeed.

Can't you just camber the track rather than make the trains actively tilt? I suppose the camber could be problematic at very slow speeds.

Also, what defines a "bottle"? How long does it last? Are they spending $30 for a can of Perri-air that lasts 5 seconds? Is there a mask involved?

Inquiring minds want to know, and it appears this "journalist" isn't the least bit concerned in what could be very strange details.

Jenkins Job Builder is, IME, the only way to keep complex Jenkins configs sane. Did you know that Jenkins is constantly rewriting its own XML config? We've had Jenkins itself corrupt its own config (with some combination of active plugins).

Keeping your configs in YAML in source control is such a win. Not a fan of Jenkins, BTW.

> Note I'm not opposed to people's freedom to unionize. In fact, it should not take an act of government to "permit it", and people should do it if they want.

Everyone has the right to organize a voluntary union. What requires special legislated privilege are things like collective bargaining, which is not a normal component or outcome of voluntary negotiations.

Modern unions in the United States enjoy many legal privileges that were specifically lobbied for. It's this type of privileged union which is being argued for, not a mere voluntary association under an impartial legal regime.

Many Muslims are subject to extreme indoctrination and brainwashing regarding the metaphysics of martyrdom. Jihadist imams have figured out the virality of this particular meme, and the environment in which it may take root.

Depressed economic conditions end up gifting jihadist recruiters with more reasons for individuals to join up and become a martyr.

Noted, thanks!

Great, another broken whizbang slideshow.

http://i.imgur.com/RZIlKvV.png

I'll say it. It characterizes the Michael Eisner regime pretty well in my recollection.

> They are loaded with chemicals known to cause harmful effects

So are roasted coffee beans.

> It's not "just water vapor" that is exhaled by users

It's less toxic than tobacco smoke.

> Users insist on using them indoors and in close proximity to others

So did cigarette smokers. This tendency is not written in stone.

> The large lobbying effort to make them socially acceptable often straight-up lies about their effects

Citation needed. Is this a bigger or smaller problem than how Big Tobacco has historically operated?

> Just about the only "Good" thing about them is the lack of carbon being inhaled and released into the air (smoke)... otherwise they are just as bad as plain old cigarettes.

You're completely ignoring the largest benefit -- there is no combustion occurring. Combustion results in many more (carcinogenic) toxins being created. Inhaling nicotine vapor is inherently much safer than inhaling tobacco smoke.

Larry Wall would approve.

An unfortunate name clash with https://github.com/openstack-infra/zuul really threw me there for a bit.

This earned a hearty chuckle. +1 Insightful to boot.

Really? Here is the subtitle of the linked article:

> From jeans to dating partners and TV subscriptions to schools, we think the more choices we have the better. But too many options create anxiety and leave us less satisfied. Could one answer lie in a return to the state monopolies of old?

I don't follow. What in the quoted portion is off the mark? I don't see any contention between the quote and the rest of your comment.

> now that the base assumption ("standing is better than sitting") has been invalidated.

This is not true. This invalid conclusion mirrors the lament that a commenter posted:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10389475

> The work looks useful and valuable to this area of study. But WaPo and other media outlets persist in a ubiquitous and terrible trend in science reporting, especially those associated with lifestyle and healt : "Here is a study which has different findings than the other studies we've been reporting on, all that research is now overturned! Burn your standing desk!" Of course, in a few months, someone will publish another study calling this one into question, and they'll tell us all to go out and buy new standing desks. As we all know, science doesn't work that way. This study needs to be put into context with other studies, if it contradicts those studies, that needs to be discussed, future studies that might resolve the discrepancy should be identified, limitations on the applicability of this study and on the ones it contradicts should be pointed out, changes in the model we use to understand the effects of mobility and posture on health should be discussed, etc. etc

Here is the distinction, I think:

Anyone who endures verbal abuse chooses to do so.

In the case of physical abuse, the intuitive presumption is that coercion dominates any voluntary component.

Sure, but in English, violence implies physical abuse. This distinction is captured by the old nursery rhyme:

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"

> If, however, you were referring to my use of the term "verbal violence" as opposed to "verbal abuse", it's nothing other than a linguistic mistake on my part. Verbal violence is how verbal abuse is called in my native language.

Ah, ok. Verbal abuse is a sensible term to me, whereas verbal violence is not.

Verbal violence, heh. If you mean anything other than credible threats of physical violence, I'm flabbergasted.

Which taxpayers voted for the blank check?

Silly comparison -- linkbait headline. It doesn't even delve into Spotify economics, nor particularly the passive aspect of streaming income that starkly distinguishes it from busking.

An impulsive company would automatically opt-in for the grace period, using the rationale that the less people who know about the bug, the less damage can be done to Cisco and their customers.

A wise company would consider disclosing the bug even without a patch, using the rationale that their customers deserve to know that the bug exists and make decisions and implement workarounds to mitigate it.

In other words, public disclosure may be in the best interests of Cisco's customers.

What is a CPO? from wikipedia:

Chief People Officer, an executive who oversees human resource management and industrial relations operations for an organization

Chief Privacy Officer, an executive responsible for managing issues of privacy laws and policies

Chief Process Officer, an executive responsible for defining processes rules and guidelines for an organization to follow

Chief Procurement Officer, an executive responsible for supply management

Chief Product Officer, an executive responsible for product management and development

Eh? Fraud is malicious.

tl;dr - Dee Murphy, Director of Marketing for Secure Channels, created an anonymous twitter account in order to sling mud at at a prominent Secure Channels critic. However, one of Ms. Murphy's tweets from the anonymous account was composed of a screenshot showing her original twitter profile and a browser tab titled "How to take a screenshot on your Mac".

Note, the failure has already happened, and the EPA is responsible, as predicted:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/10/navajo-...

> The thing I don't get about Erlang and BEAM is the idea that having lots of little processes means that your program will scale brilliantly to run in parallel.

The point is scaling. Think in terms of request rate. If you know you can have millions of processes per machine and they run well in parallel, then you can handle requests with processes and stop worrying.

Insightful reply. Just wanted to let you know it resonates with me, though I am much more of an audio engineer than musician.

Direct soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of

I'm shocked at the extremely low fidelity. It sounds almost like 8 bit crush on top of POTS bandwidth filters. Some had nearly as much noise as signal to my ears -- I never noticed any laughter in #17 Footsteps, Heartbeat, Laughter. Any footsteps were indistinguishable from heartbeats.