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I don't object to advertising. Highly optimized images can load quickly. I object like a banshee to the insane amounts of js that is raining down on my connection. The bad things that people are doing with that js, from crooked, inept, unprincipled, to down right criminal, well that's just the icing on the cake...

It's the very same thing that struck me right away. The English is off, even though I understood perfectly well what the author intended to communicate. Then it clicked, he's Norwegian, and most assuredly English is a second language.

"...I'm collaborating with dozens of writers.."

You may be collaborating with more people than you know. Cause it's, you know, google. I wonder how many third parties get access to your data. Remember, when you aren't paying or pay very little, _you_ are the product.

It may be money for Castro, but we're talking about identifying an actor using MICE. The original poster was correct, the actor was being coerced. Don't over think it.

On a some what related note, I read that google allows people to read my email. Google itself, and third parties.

I've got friends who store important authentication, financial, and legal information in their emails.

Makes me wonder about some of the btc thefts where the vector was never determined, and the victim was fairly competent.

Article is light on details on what constitutes brain aging, but judging by 85 year old Willie Nelson's articulateness in his 2018 interviews, I hope to be aging my brain some day, as I get closer to retirement. Deep, gravelly, I don't give a fuck, voice. Zero hesitation, when he feels like expressing himself.

LMAO. This will go over like a shit hamburger with my friends of the middle class, middle aged, nuclear family persuasion. Which at least half of them are democrats, and I predict this type of thing would temporarily unify democrats and republicans, of the voting kind, to shoot this down. I'd have a hard time finding a non-laughable, scientifically backed, argument to press them with.

In the absence of historical data, receiving information from another person, without any quick way to verify what has been communicated, coupled with a necessity to decide/act, has long required/used a shortcut.

You look in that person's face, you make the call. You'all remember that stuff. Maybe not so common now, but it's still on TV.. "My word is my bond." and all that.

If that utterance doesn't come with a hardcore look of sincerity playing across the face, well then it's not believable. Looking emotional doesn't mean looking distraught. It means not looking like a mannequin.

Even with data, logic, reason, and an armful of facts, imagine two people with equal amounts of the aforementioned, trying to convince a 3rd party, but one of the individuals throws in expressions/mannerisms that communicate "trust", "sincerity", and "competence"...

"poor sleep causes ..." or does it?

"... causes poor sleep" or does it?

Which one is it? Neither yet both?

Come on folks, we learned this in 3rd grade. The real answer is "it's complicated".

I guess we could speculate that she wasn't bad looking at all, but not drop dead gorgeous, either.

But I think it's true that in general, personality can make a huge difference for both men and women. A captivating, engaging personality, combined with intelligence is a powerful thing.

On a side note, is anyone else disappointed that there was no picture of the "4.5m long pasty"?

I did indeed enjoy Inspector Lewis. Endeavor is also worth a watch. I thought I would dislike Endeavor because it's a prequel, but it's really well done.

I look forward to Babylon Berlin, for exactly the reasons you mention.

Yea, I agree that the 2003 Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined) was pretty good.

See, we have that in common. I may have to check out Babylon Berlin. Per your mention, I checked out the wikipedia entry for it. I do like a good period drama, as well as detective shows. Inspector Morse comes to mind. Anyway, I appreciate the exchange.

It's well known that Fox really pounded on Whedon to make the show lighter and funnier.

The first episode has minimal camp, as does the film. The other episodes vary. You have to admit, compared to the camp of the 70s and 80s, Whedon's camp is quite nice.

It's Noir, redone with modern standards, and in a sci-fi setting, but it's completely Noir. And it's very good.

I also enjoy The Expanse.

So your opinion is the acting and narrative are bad. What sci-fi shows do you consider are examples of great narrative and acting? Give me 3 sci-fi TV series as examples please.

Beyond that how about non-sci-fi TV series? I'd like to know what you think are shining examples of television. Maybe 3 to 5 examples of non-sci-fi.

I know this sounds aggressive, but really, without knowing what kind of TV shows you think are "good", your opinion that The Expanse being bad, is without context. Maybe we like the same shows in general, but this one show is the exception. Who knows.

Also, maybe you watched the first 4 episodes and dismissed it as junk. That would make some sense to me, as the first few episodes were a bit rough. Or maybe you watched the entire thing, season 1 and 2, and it just wasn't for you.

If a sizable company has to pick either 1) the existing dev team that is semi-functional and sort of handles the load, or 2) a new, highly experienced and bright individual that has personality issues... I think the choice is clear.

"...it can be argued that caloric restriction ... has the potential to accelerate the healing process..."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25881054

"...fasting ... has the potential to differentially protect normal and cancer cells against chemotherapy..."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/

"...Autophagy is sometimes referred to as cellular “cleansing”, and our observations provide an attractive neuronal parallel to the organismal benefits that, historically, are perceived to derive from fasting."

"...short-term food restriction induces a dramatic upregulation of autophagy in cortical and Purkinje neurons. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that food restriction leads to in vivo neuronal autophagy."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106288/

I'm no expert, but here's the sequence (in reverse order) as I see it (for now): bad-things-happening <<< crazed-immune-system <<< crazed-gut-bacteria <<< 1st-world-bad-living

Anything that treats "bad things happening", or "crazed immune system", or "crazed gut bacteria", will be a bandaid.

I think our first world lifestyles create a perfect storm of bad living that undermines the foundations of a healthy human being from a multitude of vectors. Not enough sunlight, not enough unprocessed fresh foods, not enough exercise, not enough fresh air, long term consumption and exposure to compounds and chemicals that work against your bodies natural processes.

A friend of mine had to go every other month to sit in a chair for 4 hours at a clinic to receive an IV drip that included medication to squash his immune system. Why? Because his immune system was attacking every joint in his body. He could not move without extreme pain without the treatment. Eventually he stopped eating the cheapest and most processed of garbage food, started exercising every day, gave up alcohol and diet sodas, and lost 75lbs. He found that he no longer needed the medication after about a year of turning his life around...

That article was a long winded way to say "Serve an underserved market efficiently, and execute sooner, better than competitors."

You don't say!!!!

He meant actually put a piece of wood log inside the capsule and observe the marks on it after it returned to earth.

Live performance art can indeed impact time resources. But so can other kinds of art at intensive levels.

Indeed I have known, as you call them "static" artists, and "dynamic" artists (poor dividing lines for this conversation), that were so enveloped that they had no time for a day job, career, marriage, or children.

But I know far more artists that have plenty of time for additional choices, such as job, career, marriage, children, leisure, etc.

Back to the original point, I don't find myself engaging readily with people who don't know, or understand, profoundly difficult physical labor, and profoundly difficult mental labor.

Both are character shaping. So an artist who is lacking one or the other, I don't find accessible. It doesn't mean that we are all busy all the time, working and thinking hard, it just means that at some point in life, having gone through that deeply impacts a person.

Throw in a little philosophy, introspection, and reflection, and those kinds of artists can produce static or dynamic (to use your words) art that really pulls one in, and demands engagement.

By your early 20s you should know if you need a teacher, or just a guide, or no one but yourself(plus textbooks&internet), for medium level difficulty and down. If you have to ask, I'm pretty sure you need a teacher.

For example, by the time I was in my last year of college, I regularly skipped 90% of class time, and showed up to take tests. I handed in assignments at instructor's office.

I don't process auditory information all that great, but I'm extremely efficient and robust in my processing of visual information including the written word, graphics, pictures, and video.

On some topics I have sought a mentor, with whom can provide a little guidance, and bounce ideas off of. But his is extremely far from the traditional instructor role.

So in conclusion, most people do far better in class. But for me it's slow, tedious, distracting, and out of sync with my normal learning processes. The few other people that I know who are like me, also skip the classes and have done well. You'll know because from birth, you'll be an excellent test taker, get bored silly in classroom environments, and have likely read 1000 books or more in just two or three years. We never asked "do I need a class", we just stopped going.