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If you are convinced of the latter point, then it's a great opportunity for you to invest in oil and benefit from your own wealth transfer.

I know you're half joking, but if you really don't have a feeling (or actual understanding) of the units of the metric system you should spend some time acquiring that knowledge. There are reasons that 95% of the world and the entire scientific community uses it.

It's the Lifespan TR-1200 DT.

I did lots of research on this before buying one, and have found what most people reported to be true: it's easy to type and be accurate with a mouse at speeds under 2mph.

Mine stops within five seconds, so taking calls etc. is not really a problem either. Plus you can stand motionless on the side rails while it slows down.

It's in my home office, and it's pretty quiet. Not much louder than simply walking around.

I bought a treadmill desk recently. It's fantastic. I'm walking 15k steps at 2.3km/h daily, and slowly increasing the speed. I've dropped 3+kg and will soon have a healthy BMI again. After the first few days, the novelty wore off and I stopped noticing it while I worked. If I want a standing desk, I just turn the treadmill off.

One thing I've noticed is that I still have to sit down to maximize focus and think through certain problems. Alternating walking for 30-60 minutes, then sitting for a while feels natural.

Sometimes I like to think about how future archaeologists will be writing grand dissertations on the digital detritus we're all leaving behind today.

Well done. I thought it might be the same as the lines quoted below, so I had also found the poem that way. Quite beautiful.

The article contains the text "buried secrets" which points to a gopher link: gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/02/90/1

My curiosity is piqued.

Can you back that up with any data?

There are many sources which demonstrate that it's fairly simple to get all the nutrients you need by only eating plants. My own experience (and that of the vegans I know) also reflects this.

"Finnish researchers found that a vegan diet changed the gut microbiome, and that this change was linked to an improvement in arthritis symptoms."

I had a suspicion when I started reading this article that the simplest solution would be to cut meat out of the diet.

It's astounding how many problems are solved medically, environmentally, economically, and of course ethically if we simply stop consuming meat, or at least stop consuming it at such extreme levels!

Yes, you're generally right about caloric intake being the main problem. Meat is a problem for many other reasons.

However, it's doubtful that people would gorge themselves on vegetables were meat not available. And, even if they did, 4000 calories of vegetables is still far healthier than 4000 calories of meat.

It's an anecdote from me personally, but there is a large wealth of research that's easy to find on the subject. I encourage you to do more reading if it interests you.

Another good reason to stop eating meat altogether. Since I've been vegetarian, and now vegan, I've lost weight, gained energy, and feel so much better. I feel as if my mind is much sharper than it used to be when I ate meat.

This would not only be much healthier for these people (and all people) but it would also be cheaper. Examine the logic from any angle you choose, and the solution is quite apparent.

P.S. Yes, I expected the downvotes. But it's still worth speaking up when there is an obvious solution to these kinds of problems...

The comments in this thread evidence what a great ploy this was.

First, Outrageous CEO generates a mild uproar, irritating nerds, and generating press. Irritated nerds tweet about T-Mobile, causing it to trend. Bonus: everyone is branded for several minutes by the big pink T in the background of the video.

Second, he issues the apology. TechCrunch article. Twitter. More press for T-Mobile and Binge On. Everyone opines on the matter as if any part of it is meaningful.

Next, he'll meet with the EFF and make a pledge to support them. More chatter, more branding, and now some goodwill to boot.

Net result: Everyone is talking about T-Mobile instead of their competitors.

No, this is the wrong approach. The object is not to define personhood through some objective set of criteria which can then be used to justify evil; it's to use our observations about the world to arrive at a broader and more humane outlook.

The argument itself is wrong as well. If some method X is used for evil, it does not mean X is intrinsically evil.

This is essentially the same flawed argument that's used against many areas of science.

I'm more interested in who we classify as people. Remember, the word person comes from persona, meaning an actor's mask.

In 2014 it was discovered that a species of Long-finned pilot whales (a type of dolphin) has more neocortical neurons than humans by a factor of two! The neocortex is an area of the brain associated with language and conscious thought.

Do these dolphins count as people? Should we afford them "human" rights? What about other species?

The pig you eat has the same amount of neurons in her cerebral cortex as your cat and dog put together. The cow, more than all three put together. Are they people?

You make a good point, but remember that it doesn't cover 100% of those "secret knowledge" groups. Some self-help books really are helpful. Some conspiracy theories really are true.

Think about mathematics. That's a truth that many people refuse to see or accept, yet it's plainly visible.

Unless your goal is to maximize joy.

There's more joy in giving $2 to a person who needs it.

Ok, that's fair. I shouldn't have been so dismissive in tone.

The underlying criticism was meant to be substantive.

Uber's endgame is to roll out globally with an attractive platform for users and an enticing offer for drivers, gain a dominant market share in as many markets as possible, then steadily replace all human drivers with self-driving cars. This will happen over the next several decades.

At that point, the company will maintain service centers for their fleets, whose maintenance costs will be low enough to significantly increase their profit margins. Those larger profits will, of course, flow to the relatively small number of shareholders instead of being distributed among a larger human workforce, as they are currently.

Listen to Peter Thiel. The endgame for superlative companies is monopoly.

Of course not. Most people don't even think about this stuff.

What's their business model?

Motivated to use the interaction for self-promotion.