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mms1973on Thoughts on Man's Purpose in Life (1977)

This is the biggest question in Existence. I don't think I have the right answer in 300K years of Homo Sapiens history.

But I would say:

1. reproduce, have kids 2. keep what your ancestors gave you and make it better

Be a doer and a thinker. The Admiral was also right.

mms1973on Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’

Anti-aging: the last nail in the coffin of Social Security

mms1973on Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting

What about doing the same for politicians running for office? show us your "accomplishments", we don't care about the rest, LOL.

mms1973on Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)

I use a Huawei wrist band I got for 30 EUR. It tracks your REM/deep and light sleep. I would say accuracy is good but not exceptional.

All fitness bands brands (Huawei, xiaomi, Fitbit) today track your sleep. You can give it a try and decide by yourself.

mms1973on Think Canada is a progressive paradise? That’s mooseshit

Rather this article is mooseshit

mms1973on Amid debate, all 2016 American Nobel laureates are immigrants

They are not immigrants, they are expatriates.

mms1973on Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy

No. Services from the state are crap. Motorways and roads are crap. Healthcare is good but not free. A country with 11 million people and 8 parliaments.

mms1973on Inside Menwith Hill: The NSA’s British Base at the Heart of US Targeted Killing

I remember in the mid 90's I used to post all my Usenet messages with a signature containing all the wrong keywords (terrorism, nuclear, Bin Laden, etc) plus greetings to the NSA spies...

mms1973on Harvard Museums Releases Online Catalogue of 32,000 Bauhaus Works

When I lived in East Germany in 1998/99, I mentioned the Bauhaus in Dassau to my Germans friends (university professors) and they would not have a clue about it.

mms1973on [dead]

George Monbiot is a crazy guy with crazy ideas. I mean, crazy crazy.

The root of all our problems is that we have the worst of socialism and the worst of liberalism.

mms1973on Windows 7, 8.1 moving to Windows 10’s cumulative update model

The last W10 update broke my Wifi. So buyer beware...

mms1973on This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley

It reminded me of "Chaos Monkeys" that I read recently.

mms1973on How the Arab World Came Apart

When Europe dominated the Middle East (and Africa), it was a pretty safe place. Certainly there was hope. Now the entire region is going down the sink. Maybe the problem instead is that Europe _LEFT_ ?

mms1973on How the Arab World Came Apart

I recommend to read Raphael Patai's classic "The Arab mind" to try to understand. Don't drink the NYT koolaid.

mms1973on Facebook taking mobile numbers from other sources and adding them to profiles

Currently you need a mobile number to create a FB account. For older profiles (I created mine back in 2007), it was not necessary, and I will not provide it to FB anyway.

mms1973on Why I'm not a big fan of Scrum

In my opinion, the good thing about Scrum is that you can tweak the rules to fit your needs, aka, "Scrum in name only".

The daily standup, IMO, should be only to remove impediments, and if you have none, then a sentence or two will suffice. I see the DS as the most useful meeting, as you are aware of what your workmates are doing.

And if Scrum is still a pain in the back, then you have Kanban, which is sort of Scrum without the straitjackets.