@lufins-dad said in Disconnect:

I would suggest Salena Zito read the article about Brevity that was posted a few weeks ago. We’re they paid by the word?

You mean the rather long-winded article about brevity?

@klaus said in Apple Watch - health metrics:

But wouldn't the watch need to know what kind of physical activity I'm performing (and the intensity) to make any guesses about VO2max? Or do you tell the watch "now I'm going to walk a mile at moderate pace" or something to get an estimate?

The VO2 max estimates can only be made for an outdoor moderate walk, run or cycling workout. It uses GPS (pace), heart rate and maybe some other health factors (gender, age, weight, etc.) to spit out an estimate.

The watch can detect a walk or run (and will ask you to confirm if you're working out) - but you have to tell it that you're about to cycle.

If you don't do one of those 3 activities - you won't get a VO2 max data point.

How do you post your scores to Facebook?

Argentina had a list of approved names. All Spanish in origin. They did it on response to a big influx of Germans. Pretty sure it’s not in effect now.

The next video up in also interesting. I had no idea that was Lagertha in Big Sky.

@axtremus said in At school in Vegas:

@klaus said in At school in Vegas:

@axtremus said in At school in Vegas:

@Larry wrote: “What would I tell my kid? Exactly the same thing I told them when they were in school - don't start anything, but if someone else does, you finish it.”

“You finish it” is a rather vague, rather empty bravura. Insufficiently prescriptive for school age children/teenagers, insufficiently prescriptive for most adults, for that matter. Heck, “finishing it” may even be done by getting a school staff member to step in. Also has the same problem as @Copper’s answer, that assumption that the your kid has the bigger firepower, which may not be true.

A kid is not a robot waiting for detailed instructions on what it needs to do. You teach a kid a good set of values and leave the implementation of those values in a particular context to the discretion of the kid. Sure, it may screw up sometimes, but that's life.

Not that what you say isn’t true, just that it still doesn’t get you closer to teaching your kid what to do in that situation.

“Finish (eating) your vegetables”, “finish your homework”, “finish your chores” have common sense understanding and you can indeed expect a school age person to execute those without detailed instructions. “Finish it” (where “it” in this case refers to a fight you witness) is a far cry from having a common sense understanding, that’s why you see people having trouble actually verbalizing what that’s supposed to mean.

You are a stone cold moron.

"I'm so terrified of getting sick that I am willing to sacrifice the basic personal freedoms of others. Also I'm a total tough guy."

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Fucking wops all look the same.

The ankle bracelet should have never been allowed in the courtroom.

I think these days we lack a long-term vision of the value of good architecture.

The pyramids in Egypt were quite expensive but how many visitors did they attract over 4000 years?

Our time horizon these days is more like "does it pay off within 30 years", and for public buildings politicians are worried about delays and being over budget.

@george-k said in Bye bye Europe?:

@george-k said in Bye bye Europe?:

After being hacked

Gotta admit - I'm on FB, though not for anything serious.

How, exactly, does one get "hacked" on FB?

I have no idea how hacking works, but don't ever try to buy anything advertised on FB Marketplace. Somehow, scammers can hack into an innocent persons account and use it to advertise things like "2019 Cadillac for 2800 dollars.. 32,000 miles, always garage kept. " if you report the ad to FB as a scam, the ad will say "this seller has turned on vacation mode and can no longer send or receive messages". The problem - the hacker is able to add to that message "I'm advertising this for my aunt. Contact her at betty156@gmail.com....."

But seriously, so much of that stuff is just people making money off market research. never answer those questions.

Separate bathrooms are a big plus in marital harmony. There are just things I know occur, but Indo not wish to see them.

How many Brazilians does it take to pave a highway...

Depends on how thin you mash them.....

Ax says "how much is a brazillian?..... and did they pay their fair share in taxes?"

LD I'll be getting a TV for our basement later this year and will go for the OLED. Like @jon-nyc said, if you use something enough, IMO it's worth it to max it out. For 90% of the content out there, a QLED or whatever is more than terrific. But I plan for this to be my main sports/movie TV for at least the next decade so I'm going to go with the latest tech.

The backlash will come when they figure out there is no priv1lege at the end of the rainbow.

Free pipes for their crack.

Let's give them free Cadillacs and a nice mansion in Malibu too.