It doesn't bother me. Sometimes it's just more convenient not having to type sudo with every command. Especially if it's a throw away VM/host that you're experimenting with. YMMV.
I think you're right on both points: yes, teachers can apply reasonable force [1], but as you said, teachers might not actually be physically able to restrain them without a risk.
Can they? At least in the UK you get the stupid "child rights/abuse" nonsense as soon as they try any sort of disciplinary action... Ant the bullies well aware of this situation.
I wonder, when this becomes mainstream, what is going to start happening on the roads? It is already quite dangerous with some drivers texting/talking on their phones while driving. So now they will have yet another thing to look at (other than the road they're on)...
Not saying glass is a bad thing, I think it's really great. Just wonder how (or if) this is going to affect the road safety.
Stuff them all in a basement, or a hangar, in a "space efficient open floor plan that encourages team collaboration and communication" (read - easy micromanagement, and cost saving). Who needs all that comfort, they should be toiling away, not enjoying themselves...
OK, but still that doesn't change the equation. 22 secs washing and 8 secs drying is still 30 secs in total, whether it's done separately or not. And as you mentioned, the number of sinks and the number of dryers are balanced, so they combined have a similar throughput. I think you see sink lines more often just for that reason, if the sink line can handle 10 persons per minute, and the supply is 20ppm you will have a queue. But once we throttle people at the sinks, the supply to the driers is 10ppm, thus no lines (assuming the driers line is 10ppm)....
Not sure. Let's say a person spends 15 secs washing, and 15 secs drying. Combined it's still 30 secs. So if we have a long queue, does it really matter that two people are in the bathroom at any given time, or just one? The total processing time does not change.
The building I'm working in (there are multiple companies and the building is managed) has showers, so it is quite convenient. The only annoying bit is that there are no lockers, so I pre-dry my sports gear with a heardryer (this is actually quite quick, takes two minutes to nearly completely dry three layers), and then keep it under my desk. Might look bit "unprofessional", but once everyone accepts the slightly "eccentric" behaviour ("did you really cycle in today? In the snow?! crazy.."), it's not that bad.
For me it's an hour each way, but apart from the obvious health benefit it also serves as some sort of day markers. In the morning it's really good way to get you up to speed (increase heart rate, get some extra oxygen in), and in the evening it's perfect to finish and leave all the "work stuff" behind.
Added bonus - money saved on public transport, and no gym subscription required.
I agree. Furthermore, if you think about it, why are we sensitive to noise? In simple terms, because we have sensors, processing "circuit" and some sort of analogy of "code" that has this primitive logic - "high sound pressure -> pain".
Now looking back at a machine - it has microphone, and sound card. So the input mechanism is in place, the only missing bit is the logic that determines machine's reaction to stimuli.
Without the scrip, the machine cannot be "upset by the noise", but with the script it actually can be, IMHO. So there is some grain of truth in what the guy is saying to his kids...
I see absolutely nothing wrong with this approach of writing your own tools. If a person feels that it's better, why ridicule it? Noone is forcing you to use it. If you feel it's not for you, that's fine.
Just a thought - may be the student_id is the question itself? As in all students got different, unique questions, and therefore the prof can easily identify the person by looking at the question?
I never rely on a phone whilst traveling (driving, cycling, hiking). When driving I mostly use built in car GPS or take a secondary dash mount GPS for longer journeys.
When on feet I use one primary eTrex with maps, and always have a cheap secondary hand held GPS without the maps. Plus a paper map. And a set of extra AA batteries.
Google search, maps and other good things you have on a smartphone are nice, but it's way too unreliable to my taste. Battery life is crap, and without a connection the phone is pretty useless, unless you use a mapping app that can download map data. In which case I'd rather use a dedicated mapping device.
EDIT: Obviously all the equipment can't replace common sense. If you see you can't go any further - don't. Even if all your electronic devices tell you otherwise.
And I'm not sure if self-interest and more importantly self-preservation can be seen as emotions. These two are baked in into every live organism even the most primitive ones. And it would be difficult to state that these organisms have emotions. Then again depends on how you define what emotion is.
You see, I'm not saying that buyer protection is bad, but the payment provider companies should offer the same level of support to merchants. Now for a buyer (legit or fraudulent) it only takes couple of clicks to get their money back. And it is virtually impossible for a seller to dispute this.
The idea is behind chargebacks is good, but the implementation is somewhat lacking. An example, my wife has an online shop, and (unsuprisingly) uses Paypal. A company bought an item from her. The transaction went smoothly, they paid, she shipped the item. Unfortunately, the card details they used to pay with got stolen. So they chargedback a number of transactions that has been made with this card. One of them was my wife's. Here's what my wife had to do: dispute chargeback with Paypal; get in touch with the buyer and ask the buyer to inform their bank that this transaction was legit. Then wait 6 months. Eventually she got paid back, bar the PAypal "processing fee", which wasn't a lot, but since the item was pretty cheap, it ate all the profit she made. We tried to get this paid back, but to no avail. Now, it's good that the buyer charged back accidentally and acknowledged it. But there are lots of who do this for profit, and with the broken banking/paypal customer (as in 'merchant') support system, have fun getting your money back. This is why chargebacks might be a problem.
I suppose this is really subjective, but I prefer the opposite - videos (to me) are either too slow, explaining stuff that's irrelevant, or too fast, skipping through items too quickly. When it's too slow, it's hard to fast-forward, as you don't know when to stop, and when it's too fast, I find myself rewinding too often, hitting pause, etc. Just way too inconvenient comparing to a text with screenshots, where I can navigate a lot more efficiently. YMMV.
If everything is so obvious then why the discussion here? Why the book? Everyone here (I hope) is a human, so they must know their cycles, why the talk then?
I wonder how this maps (if at all) to Ayurvedic cycles [1]? This one is quite curiuos:
Mid-night – 10pm-2am is again pitta time.
The fire element is strong, and the stars shine brightly.
Although pitta will give a spurt of energy and creativity one must avoid staying up into the late hours.
If one stays awake until after after 10 pm, the
active nature of pitta can prevent sleep.
It is the hours of sleep that one gets before
midnight that are the most rejuvenating.
what business model does linux kernel have, and how much does it cost?
EDIT: OK, just to make it clear. I'm not against people asking money for they creations, I'm all 100% up for it. What really pisses me off is 'why is it free?!', and 'i would happily pay $XXX for it!'. Please, keep that to yourself - if someone decided not to take money for their work, it's entirely up to them, and that deserves some respect.
not everyone is good at writing and expressing themselves in written language. quite a lot of good engineers actually struggle with this. definitely no need to be "annoyed", may be try helping him out?
We use http://www.abelandcole.co.uk for food. They do deliver once a week, but with some planning and reoccuring orders you can pretty much automate your food supplies. Also they don't require you to be in - you can ask them to leave the boxes somewhere "safe" (behind a dust bin). Not ideal, and depends where you live, but we never had any problems in the last 4-5 years... Also they typically deliver quite early 5/6 am.
Customer support is great. No monthly subscription.
Cons: bit pricey, but I found the stuff to be of a better quality than in large supermarkets - they try really hard to be organic and stuff like that.
Ha, my daughter asked the same question, so I tried explaining all 4 rules, but she didn't seem to be very impressed. So I quickly googled, found this http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/ among the top result, and we went through all 4 rules, experimenting. That was a lot more interesting, especially when she found out about the 'objects'... :) So the page is bookmarked now :)
I suppose this is business common sense, but, man, it sounds awful from a moral perspective when you put it this way... Really, praying on vulnerable. Just my very subjective opinion.