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Many "recreational" athletes push themselves harder than olympic competitors. Their bottleneck is talent and they attempt to overcome this with drive and determination often against others with similar attributes. Many sink into unhealthy habits in an attempt to just hang on to a weekend group ride or to qualify for Boston.

I was shocked to learn that many weekend warrior friends have sophisticated doping regimes just to stay competitive on group rides. I'm not sure there is an answer.

This hits home several ways. My wife runs an environmental company specializing in water concerns in Atlanta.

"In Atlanta, which spends more on water than any other state, there was a regulatory initiative to prevent stormwater from discharging into wastewater. The move prevented raw sewage from mixing into the streams used for drinking water."

These initiatives are based on Section 404 of the Clean Water Act which has reported to be up for massive cuts from the new administration. Water run off and sewage waste have a direct impact on clean drinking water in Atlanta and the potential weakening of Section 404 will result in dirtier and more expensive water:

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-freezes-grants-approves-pipeli...

Moonlight can do it. YMMV

http://moonlight-stream.com/

The Shield Android TV has just had a price reduction to 179. After trying Chromeboxes, Chromecasts, and vanilla PC's, it's the closest to streaming nirvana - when it works.

The Shield TV runs Kodi as well as any PC. Nvidia's gaming ecosystem runs very well either from the cloud gaming grid or local PC. They deserve credit for taking the platform well beyond what Google could do with it.

However, my worry is that Google will abandon the Android TV OS in favor of Chromecasters and sticks and leave Nvidia to pick up where the Nexus Player has failed. The Android TV OS interface is simple enough, but there are glaring issues that continue to frustrate. Simple things like customizing the launcher are impossible. Also, there are persistent bugs at the OS level like a flakey ethernet driver and unreliable voice commands.

Interesting discussion here:

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/08/is_it_illegal_to_do...

This is similar to what I have found in poker. The tougher the game, the more steps that the opponents take.

What cards do I have (1S), what does my opponent have (2S), what does my opponent think that I have (3S), and what do I think that my opponent thinks that I have (4S). I have found that beyond 4S, the analysis really loses its value even in the toughest games.

Paradoxically, I have found these tools are a detriment to easier games because the game is dominated by 1S and 2S thinkers and a 4S analysis often results in the wrong conclusion.

Ubiquity's EdgeMax is a reliable, stable, and inexpensive router that I have started to roll out all customers. EdgeOS is a fork and port of Vyatta 6.3 (think Junos) and is under constant development with a great beta program. Their devs are active on their corporate forum and are open to suggestions and support.

Some features that I have used and like: - Solid hardware - Debian based base OS - Nice Web Admin for common tasks like port forwarding, FW, routes, etc. - Stable VPN - Advanced VLAN configs - Class-based QoS with shaping - DHCP snooping - Port mirroring

Do you have data to support this claim?

It would certainly depend on location, but BLS average salary data seems to point otherwise:

Plumbers $49K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/plumbers-...

Electricians $49K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/electrici...

Mechanics $36K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/a...

Welders $36K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/welders-cutters-solderers-...

-VS-

Software Developer $93K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/s...

Computer Programer $74K: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/c...

My family with two teenagers has recently discovered that board games (specifically Dominion) are the most effective and enjoyable means of communication. We have spent over $250 on expansions and accoutrements. It is worth every penny and more.

If anyone is struggling to connect with your teenagers in a meaningful way, you should really try board games. It sounds funny to say, but board games have improved our relationship within our family more than any other experience we have tried. I would be devastated with family game nights now.

I'm thankful that I stumbled on Will Wheaton's TableTop series on YouTube (http://geekandsundry.com/shows/tabletop/). If you need tips on good games, this is a great place to start.

A new category of laws needs to be enumerated: "Laws that only apply to Congress".

This is the reverse of the "Laws that do not apply to Congress" [0]

[0] Whistleblower Protections; Subpoenas for Health and Safety Probes; Keeping Workplace Records; Prosecution for Retaliating Against Employees; Posting Notices of Workers’ Rights; Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Retaliation Training

http://www.propublica.org/article/do-as-we-say-congress-says...

What happens when a nation's revolutionary document becomes counterrevolutionary?

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

The implication (point?) of the research is that older companies (regardless of size) create fewer jobs relative to younger companies.

I would disagree with the statement that reducing taxes on profits has absolutely no impact on overall job growth. Furthermore, a reasonable conclusion would be that reducing taxes on young (and almost by definition, small) companies independent of profitability would have a greater beneficial impact on job growth than reducing taxes on highly profitable and older firms (large or small).

Based on the research, maybe the best course of action for job growth would be to reduce all taxes (profitability and payroll) for young companies regardless of size and profitability rather than an indiscriminate scheme that reduces payroll taxes based on time constraints (such as 5 years of expanding employees) for all firms large and small.

Do you have any evidence to support this? The data that I can find point to a more subtle conclusion that does not fit this oft-repeated statement (myth?).

"We find that the relationship between firm size and employment growth is sensitive to these issues. However, our main finding is that once we control for firm age there is no systematic relationship between firm size and growth."

http://econweb.umd.edu/~haltiwan/size_age_paper_R&R_Aug_16_2...

EDIT:

I should say that it's not that small businesses don't create jobs, it's just a particular type of small business (young ones) that create most of them.

Additional discussion - http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/...

Perhaps we should scrap it all and go back (forward?) to coax.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/whats-the-matter-with...

Agreed that it's a positive that existing cables can be used, but a dongle could always be included and thereby have the best of both.

Besides, many people already use port savers (actually run savers) because replacing a bent connector on a 75 foot run is an effective lesson.

This is a really nice feature for whole-house setups.

Different feeds can have slightly different syncs. This is especially true with a matrix operation that uses multiple screens feeds and a single audio feed.

The failure to redesign the connection form factor is a major disappointment. Racking or repositioning a snug receiver with multiple HDMI inputs and outputs will almost guarantee that one will bend or break. This is especially true for low gauge runs over 50 feet.

A frustration that I don't hear mention too often is the mess that is MS software licensing. From my perspective, there is often confusion over what is covered and what it will cost and nobody will answer simple questions.

I have been to five TechEd's and it is becoming common that speakers start a presentation with "do not talk to me about how to buy this" or "please talk to the license guys". I get this same answer from my local and regional MS sales reps.

Sometimes getting pricing on the virtualization and what is covered by SA is a royal pain. Perhaps I have it bad because I work in higher ed, but it was that way when I worked in private enterprise.

Another nice feature would be virtual "dual monitors" since the presentation would be in a Chrome window and notes or a calculator could be on the desktop.

Perhaps two Chrome instances could cast to separate projectors?

Presentation casting is also a potential game changer for Chromecast. I work in an academic environment and we are forever struggling with accommodating presentation interfaces - HDMI/DVI/VGA/Thuderbolt/etc ad nauseum.

The thought that a presenter could discover a Chromecast receiver and make a presentation directly to a connected projector via a Chrome browser tab could save us many kilo$ in hardware and support.

This might be even more powerful if the reciever can be implimented in software: https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast

The biggest upgrade for me is "[that] battery life offers 9 hours of HD playbook and 10 hours of web browsing." I can only manage about 4 hours for my 2012 N7 and it's my biggest complaint for an otherwise perfect tablet.

Imagine if this were a Russian or Chinese story of this magnitude - isn't this how its press would report the story? Wouldn't we be surprised if the press did not focus on the circus of the affair and failings of the accusers rather than the abusive power of the state.

Would not the US press mock the complete blurring of state propaganda and journalistic ethics?

This is a travesty for an institution that holds a constitutional responsibility as a check on the state. Our press has mostly turned into a deliberate pun - The Peoples Magazine.

Forgot <sarcasm> tag.

I agree that this double speak from US cloud tech companies and the government is putting US cloud vendors into peril. But seriously, the US cloud might be like the dollar. It's not perfect, but it is a known refuge.

There is at least some amount of oversight, however weak, if you have US customers - I would assume that all foreign rivals are actual targets.

Who said it's better to be an American ashamed of our foreign policy than to be a victim of it?

Hold on, they never give direct access to the passwords.

Did Spitzer or Petraeus have conversations with foreign participants?

More to the point of your response to; "Greenwald is by no means perfect."

I agree that he is by no means perfect and can hold views that can be seen as the parent's point.

There is considerable debate about this:

http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/news-media-la...

Sam Harris has impugned his character on twitter and his blog.

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/dear-fellow-liberal2

Good point - Little Boy's design was not even tested prior to its detonation.

Engadget is reporting that Canonical will make a Nexus 7 build available. If so, this will rival the RasPi as a play toy and sandbox.

GPU acceleration might be a significant hurdle on the nVidia.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/19/ubuntu-for-tablets-reveal...