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Lightning McQueen is even the same color as the doc's car.

'Stranger Things', 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels', 'The Usual Suspects', 'Pulp Fiction'... all immediately come to mind as man-in-hole stories.

Reductive/deconstructive literary criticism helps highlight novel elements of the subject story. I can't fathom being upset about it, but then again, I didn't watch 'Cars'. Maybe it is a particularly bad movie?

Yeah, it's satire in the 'humor' section of the New Yorker.

Here is a collection of hype cycle graphs for various emerging segments, from Gartner: https://imgur.com/gallery/noBKI

HN has has much discussion of such graphs, so you might want to check all these results: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

You should contact you local Small Business Administration office. They will be better able to direct you to both disaster assistance and Covid 19 support funds, which are low-interest loans with suspended repayments for the first year. To be eligible for funds in Indiana the business needed to be incorporated by January 31, 2020, but I don't know about other states. Your SBA will be best able to direct you. Our newly founded farm is eligible and we are making the call today.

In my work with climate data, scientists in my cohort are instructing caution that many (linear) models are incorrect, and those are the figures you quote (1cm/year sea-level rise). However, not only have past sea-level rise projections been incorrectly low(1), but tropical storms/hurricanes have become measurably more frequent, more powerful, and slower(2), which also causes increased flooding. So, even if your beachfront property is not at increased risk from sea level rise, there is an increased risk of flooding and storm-surge exposure (in some places).

When I was attempting to establish historical storm trends for the Florida Keys in the early 18th century (for an archaeological study), one colleague suggested I not use post-2004 data, because the warming of the oceans was skewing everything from mean wind directions to the number of hurricanes to the current patterns. The costs associated with beachfront property are also rising, due to the insurance industry's discomfort with the risks and the additional maintenance costs(3). Even the US's National Flood Insurance Program is increasing the charges of its subsidized coastal insurance products(4), because private industry deems many coastal properties uninsurable.

So, I gotta ask: On what data are you basing your opinions?

1) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z 2) https://www.theguardian.com/weather/ng-interactive/2018/sep/... 3) https://www.allpropertymanagement.com/blog/post/what-climate... 4) https://www.gulfshoreinsurance.com/summary-of-nfip-program-c...

When the Declaration of Independence was signed, Africans comprised a significant percentage of the US population (60% of SC, 40% of VA, and 20-25% of northern urban centers like Boston and Newport [1])(2). They were not white, likely not Christian, and instrumental to the establishment of the US.

1) https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/... 2) https://faculty.weber.edu/kmackay/statistics_on_slavery.htm

"The team behind a pioneering biological experiment sent to the lunar far side has released an image showing two green leaves grown on the moon."

"Image processing has now shown that two cotton leaves had grown—rather than just one as initially thought—in what was the first biological growth experiment on the moon."

Do you know whether the graph accounts for the recently reported error in the jobs figures? According to the Department of Labor, 500,000 fewer jobs were added in 2018-early 2019.

[1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/business/economy/jobs-gro...

The US House of Representatives has a Judiciary Committee, with a subcommittee for antitrust activities. They are conducting an investigation into several large tech firms for unfair business practices. I understand these images are from Amazon India, but the committee might still take an interest.

https://judiciary.house.gov/contact

This is a common misunderstanding about the relationships between companies, employees, and markets.

Companies aren't the originators of jobs. Instead, demand for goods/services can reach a threshold that makes corporate organization for profit viable, and in so doing, requires that employees be hired to fill the demand. If there isn't demand for a good/service, then even a company that is providing it will be unable to pay people. On the other hand, if demand for that good/service exceeds the capacity of the company, they will hire more people (and/or more companies will be created to compete for business).

Thanks a lot! That's really good advice. Much appreciated!

I'm interested in both paths, though at the moment, I feel an analytical position more closely aligns with what I do on a day-to-day basis. Because the onboarding process can be long and risky (for companies), I don't presently feel like a very good bet. So, in looking for a 'job', I'm really looking for a way to perform structured tasks that support larger data science projects. Again, because I'm teaching myself all of this and solving new problems as I come to know of their existence, it's difficult to aim for a career path. I can see some of the trees and I'm aware of the forest, but I certainly don't know its scope, if you know what I mean?

Not condoning the decision: however, as a former journalist/editor, I think the effort was to highlight the contrast between the popularity of their work, and its humble origins. It's a somewhat common approach in the journalistic community and was probably intended to make the Oakleys more relate-able.

That clearly misfired with some readers, so I think that means it wasn't an effective use of detail. Still, I don't think the author was actively trying to be a dick about it.

You might find Max Tegmark's lecture about 'consciousness as a state of matter' engrossing, given your questions. It's rooted in quantum physics and mathematics, and it's a fairly accessible exploration of hypothesis on the nature of consciousness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjhEtqhUZkY

Maritime Archaeologist here: we take photos with a DSLR camera of terrestrial and underwater sites, and artifacts, and then extrapolate 3D models with Agisoft Photoscan.

Is there any advantage to using one of these devices?

John Cleese's talk on creativity is both funny and inspirational, and it's become a key part of how I approach creative projects and how I encourage people to explore their own creativity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xPvvPTQaMI

Thirty minutes of TV every day. I'd pick a character and repeat all their lines after they delivered them. It helped me wrap my mind around the rhythm of the language and form words, prior to understanding anything. That, and a good grammar and dictionary for reference.

I just came off a project in St. Eustatius, where I met a team of marine biologists tracking sea turtles with some form of GPS device. They seemed to be spending a lot on the devices, which were modified for underwater conditions and algae growth and other problems. Still, $5/device is sounds like a price point that would attract many people in the scientific community.

Current coup summary:

250 people dead (according to The Guardian), 1440+ injured.

According to Turkey's Chief of Staff, the coup was against President Erdogan's government, launched by troops from the Turkish Air Force and Gendarmerie.

Erdogan asserts the coup is over, but some reports suggest the calm in Ankara indicates the coup succeeded there, and that there is presently a stalemate between government and anti-government forces.

The Turkish government just ordered the dismissal of 2745 judges from their seats. According to Reuters, there were 7604 judges in Turkey total, so ~36% were removed from duty.

I would be very interested. Do you have a sample lesson to share?

What's your project? I've been looking to buy something about that size, and I've found Flippa to be rather disappointing. If you want to chat, you can shoot me an email (address is in my profile).

None of the journalists I have met or worked with in six years in publishing and investigative due diligence know about the tools you are proposing. I recognize regex, because of a problem I needed to solve (that later became two problems), but I would love to learn more about the others. If you would consider writing that up, I would happily edit it for you.

I really have no idea... IANAL. I merely wanted to suggest that the founders could look at something similar in Turkey, where the business model they are implementing is being accomplished via an informal channel on Facebook. I leave it up to them to figure out the details and identify the possible consequences for their clients. In 10 years of travel between into and out of Turkey, I never once had my bag checked on arrival, so I don't really consider their customs process to be rigorous.

I really don't know, but I understood that this business wasn't about smuggling, just transporting expensive or difficult-to-get items. Smuggling implies contraband, which by its nature is probably something tourists and travelers won't dabble with, so if the business model is built around smuggling, then I imagine it is dangerous anywhere.

You may consider trying this with Turkey, as well. Informally, friends and family do this kind of thing pretty regularly, and it was also common practice among colleagues at my company's Istanbul office.

Though it obviously doesn't offer the protections of a more formal arrangement, there is a Facebook group now to support connecting people – https://www.facebook.com/groups/417504741672236/

I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for, but here goes:

"Rustom Ali, Ph.D. appealed a January 13, 2005 decision by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Keith W. Sickendick. Sonali Diagnostic Laboratory, DAB CR1267 (ALJ Decision). The ALJ Decision upheld the actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revoking the certificate issued to Dr. Ali's laboratory under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), and imposing a civil money penalty of $10,000 per day for the period August 4-6, 2001. The appealed actions were based on a review by the Arizona Department of Health (the State agency) finding deficiencies at Sonali Diagnostic Laboratory (Sonali) that posed immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety."

http://www.hhs.gov/dab/decisions/dab2008.htm

"Based on the foregoing discussion, we affirm and adopt the ALJ's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and affirm the ALJ's decision to uphold CMS's revocation of Sonali's CLIA certificate and imposition a $30,000 CMP. By operation of 42 U.S.C.§ 263a(i)(3), Dr. Ali is subject to the two-year prohibition on owning or operating a CLIA-certified laboratory."

OK, that clears that up for me. Cheers!

I guess my question wasn't as clear as I thought it was. I understand landing it vertically, and I also understand the safety value of landing the rocket on a floating platform.

What I don't understand is: Why it isn't obvious that a rocket of X height will fall over when landing on a boat of Y size in Z waves? Can you explain that element?

In general terms, tall things on boats that aren't fastened down are the most likely things to tip over. That's something any sailor can tell you. I'm interested in what considerations were at play leading up to this accident. I don't know anything about rocketry, so I kinda need that explained to me in simple terms.

Watching this as a maritime archaeology student, I was reminded of ancient seafarers, who built massive sailing platforms to support siege engines that frequently capsized in rough weather.

Does anyone have insight into the thinking (and/or mathematics) that motivated this approach to landing a rocket?