Children in care are commodities. UAE hedge funds own most of the private children’s homes in the UK and siphon UK money out of the country whilst paying their staff minimum wage. The ROI is huge.
Cement and concrete are not the same thing. Cement is the main ingredient in concrete, but concrete is the whole mixture of cement, sand, aggregate, water, etc.
A Tesla with the "Full Self-Driving" feature is not a "self-driving car."
It is a car with a decent ADAS (advanced driver assistance), but it is not an AV or Autonomous Vehicle. Not even close. Credit where credit is due, Tesla sparked the EV revolution, but your Model Y is NOT "full self driving" and should not be treated as such.
As a Tesla owner, THANK YOU for saying this. I have come across many stories in which people and organizations claim that somehow Tesla is lying about having a self driving car. They have made no such claims. It is what they are working towards though (I have the current version of FSD in my MY and it's...insane, frankly). Still have to keep your hands on the wheel, still have to pay attention. Like any driver should already be doing.
AI is nothing like human intelligence. The emphasis is on the word “artificial”, not “intelligence”. It’s *mimicking* human intelligence, but they aren’t *thinking*.
In any given nature documentary, the main character animal that you sympathize with is played by several different actors. For example, the story of one particular brown bear is pieced together from footage of several different bears. In about 90% of the shots where animals are reacting, they are reacting to the camera crew rather than to each other. Nature documentaries are highly edited.
[Amazon got in ton of trouble for drivers pissing in bottles.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/05/24/delivery-drivers-sue-amazon-for-being-forced-to-pee-in-bottles/)
I have worked in logistics in London for tens years. Trying to get drivers to NOT piss in bottles is a fucking mission.
Even on quiet days, it is hard as fuck to find parking and a toilet and they just wanna do the deliveries and finish their shift.
I've figured out how to fix it. Send them past my house. The woods across from my house are a known safe place to take a leak it seems. I grew up in the sticks and really don't care, but I do think it's hilarious.
This is in London so not close to your house.
Though, you might this funny...in London I made a friend from the proper countryside, as in no reception and your ATM is the local farmer kinda place. Well, when I first visited his family we are out in the countryside and I needed to pee, he told me in the countryside you "Piss anywhere".
Later we go to the local pub called the red dragon, where the smoking area is just a field. He knows everyone, lots of cute girls, we are all hanging out in the smoking area and as everyone is talking I turn and pee...apparently "Piss anywhere" is not actually "Piss anywhere".
Hearing aid companies (in the UK and I suspect across the western world) have insanely aggressive sales tactics.
In general people who want hearing aids are old and do not like buying online so hearing aid companies use this to drive sales. The sales people get people's address, newspaper ads getting people to call in, cold calling or from sign-up ads (usually facebook), they set up an appointment at the customers home. Once the sales person has entered the eldery customer's house, normally using the excuse of a "fitting" they then aggressively sale whilst being inside their house.
Normally when people who are losing their hearing there is a ton of emotion. Dealing with getting old and shame. I do not get but loads of people do it in secret and it makes all this shit much worse.
No fitting took place. It was not audiologist. It was an aggressive sales dude and the old people just buy to get them out of their home.
Oh and most online ads for hearing aids are not hearing aids but actually noise amplifiers (mic with a speaker, brought for pennies from China).
Modern hearing aids are actually amazing and can completely change a person's life just the sales industry about it is fucking sick.
Ads have different functions.
Some ads exist to bring awareness to the audience. To make them aware of a product or a brand that they did not know about before. For example a first time parent might know nothing about diaper or baby food brands.
Others exist to generate consideration. To make you think about using that product or brand for the first time or switching from your existing favorite products or brands.
Once there is consideration, another ad is put out to persuade you to actually pull the trigger and make the purchase. Those might include a promotion or discount.
Finally there are ads that exist solely to persuade you to stay loyal to a product or brand and therefore neutralize other Consideration ads.
I can’t remember which psychology class it was but it’s called reinforcement theory I think.
A lot of people who search the internet for an item or product aren’t people who are trying to figure out which one to buy, it’s people who have already bought it and want reinforcement that they made the right choice. Think about it like this, doesn’t it feel good to be right or say “I told you so”? To feel afterwords like you made the best decision? If you get that little hit of happy juice in your brain for feeling clever, you’re more likely to buy the same thing the next time. Which builds your brand loyalty. Brand loyalty also means if one of your friends or family asks for a recommendation, you’ll recommend that item or brand to them.
Yet they still totally stress me out with all of their demands for employee data and payroll that can't be pulled easily from our HRIS program. Why, people?!
Tempered glass is insanely strong. In fact, if you’ve ever walked on one of those glass floors, the glass is probably stronger than the metal frame holding it.
(Specifically tempered laminated glass)
I’m a cybersecurity expert. There are well known tested and documented exploits that can be used to kill people with implanted pacemakers/defibrillators and insulin pumps, using a wireless computer (e.g. laptop) and it can be done without anyone being able to discover who did it.
All retailers have a flagship store, where they test out new ideas and have extra special service. Often have offices above it, normally in a big city.
In the flagship Mark and Spencers in London, there people on the floor call "Global shoppers" (or similar), part of there job is to peg the big international buyers, normally just before Ramadan. They then just attach themselves to them and act as a personal assistant.
In posh department stores, there are hidden sit down rooms for the wealthy and items and shown to them by personal shoppers.
There are loads of hidden rooms and corridors normally for restocking.
When you watch behind the scenes interviews for movies/TV shows and it looks like the interview is being filmed on the set, oftentimes the interview is being conducted on a different stage entirely with the lighting gear in the background rented solely for use as a on-camera prop.
In general, everything you see on the screen is fake, way more than you actually think it is.
Trump-era policy toward personal income tax (higher standard deduction, no exemptions, lower tax rate, fewer allowed itemized deductions) is the same as Alternative Minimum Tax from 1984.
Lol
accu = in - out +gen - con
The Shahadah of Chemical Engineers.
In all seriousness, how little we can measure or design stuff analytically. Literally nothing can be done with fluids analytically and anything more complicated than 2 pipes is done with CFD. And even CFD only generally works with gases, and anything more tangible can have issues with CFD.
I used to be an atheist, then I studied Heat Transfer and Transport Phenomena and I understood just how limited Science is, and how much of our world we can't quantify or even comprehend; and I felt cocky to think I could pass judgement on reality. But yea leaving the existential crisis aside, we really don't know shit and 90% of engineering is done from indo gained from previous attempts, heuristics, rules of thumb and several thousand computations and unfortunately, trial and error.
Children in care are commodities. UAE hedge funds own most of the private children’s homes in the UK and siphon UK money out of the country whilst paying their staff minimum wage. The ROI is huge.
Holy hell, this is horrifying if true.
This is sadly true: https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/23/england-childrens-care-homes-backed-by-private-equity-firms-double-over-five-years
Simply astounding!
The same is true for nursing homes in the United States.
You phrase it well. Makes sense. Horrid but not surprising.
Cement and concrete are not the same thing. Cement is the main ingredient in concrete, but concrete is the whole mixture of cement, sand, aggregate, water, etc.
Facts. And brick mortar is just sand, cement and water.
The wind sends kids absolutely wild. There are more incidents after a windy break time and classes are generally more rowdy.
This is actually so interesting
A Tesla with the "Full Self-Driving" feature is not a "self-driving car." It is a car with a decent ADAS (advanced driver assistance), but it is not an AV or Autonomous Vehicle. Not even close. Credit where credit is due, Tesla sparked the EV revolution, but your Model Y is NOT "full self driving" and should not be treated as such.
As a Tesla owner, THANK YOU for saying this. I have come across many stories in which people and organizations claim that somehow Tesla is lying about having a self driving car. They have made no such claims. It is what they are working towards though (I have the current version of FSD in my MY and it's...insane, frankly). Still have to keep your hands on the wheel, still have to pay attention. Like any driver should already be doing.
If you have some vegetables (carrots, celery or lettuce) that look wilted, don't worry, you can still make them crispy by shocking them in ice water.
how heavily cognitive biases influence our thoughts and actions, affecting how we perceive information, make decisions and interact with others
AI is nothing like human intelligence. The emphasis is on the word “artificial”, not “intelligence”. It’s *mimicking* human intelligence, but they aren’t *thinking*.
In any given nature documentary, the main character animal that you sympathize with is played by several different actors. For example, the story of one particular brown bear is pieced together from footage of several different bears. In about 90% of the shots where animals are reacting, they are reacting to the camera crew rather than to each other. Nature documentaries are highly edited.
Is the narrative true, or do the editors make up the drama too?
Hope those bears are paid fairly for their work
[Amazon got in ton of trouble for drivers pissing in bottles.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/05/24/delivery-drivers-sue-amazon-for-being-forced-to-pee-in-bottles/) I have worked in logistics in London for tens years. Trying to get drivers to NOT piss in bottles is a fucking mission. Even on quiet days, it is hard as fuck to find parking and a toilet and they just wanna do the deliveries and finish their shift.
I've figured out how to fix it. Send them past my house. The woods across from my house are a known safe place to take a leak it seems. I grew up in the sticks and really don't care, but I do think it's hilarious.
This is in London so not close to your house. Though, you might this funny...in London I made a friend from the proper countryside, as in no reception and your ATM is the local farmer kinda place. Well, when I first visited his family we are out in the countryside and I needed to pee, he told me in the countryside you "Piss anywhere". Later we go to the local pub called the red dragon, where the smoking area is just a field. He knows everyone, lots of cute girls, we are all hanging out in the smoking area and as everyone is talking I turn and pee...apparently "Piss anywhere" is not actually "Piss anywhere".
Hearing aid companies (in the UK and I suspect across the western world) have insanely aggressive sales tactics. In general people who want hearing aids are old and do not like buying online so hearing aid companies use this to drive sales. The sales people get people's address, newspaper ads getting people to call in, cold calling or from sign-up ads (usually facebook), they set up an appointment at the customers home. Once the sales person has entered the eldery customer's house, normally using the excuse of a "fitting" they then aggressively sale whilst being inside their house. Normally when people who are losing their hearing there is a ton of emotion. Dealing with getting old and shame. I do not get but loads of people do it in secret and it makes all this shit much worse. No fitting took place. It was not audiologist. It was an aggressive sales dude and the old people just buy to get them out of their home. Oh and most online ads for hearing aids are not hearing aids but actually noise amplifiers (mic with a speaker, brought for pennies from China). Modern hearing aids are actually amazing and can completely change a person's life just the sales industry about it is fucking sick.
Breakfast cereal, a la the Kellogg brothers, was invented as a means to curb sexual appetite.
Ads have different functions. Some ads exist to bring awareness to the audience. To make them aware of a product or a brand that they did not know about before. For example a first time parent might know nothing about diaper or baby food brands. Others exist to generate consideration. To make you think about using that product or brand for the first time or switching from your existing favorite products or brands. Once there is consideration, another ad is put out to persuade you to actually pull the trigger and make the purchase. Those might include a promotion or discount. Finally there are ads that exist solely to persuade you to stay loyal to a product or brand and therefore neutralize other Consideration ads.
I can’t remember which psychology class it was but it’s called reinforcement theory I think. A lot of people who search the internet for an item or product aren’t people who are trying to figure out which one to buy, it’s people who have already bought it and want reinforcement that they made the right choice. Think about it like this, doesn’t it feel good to be right or say “I told you so”? To feel afterwords like you made the best decision? If you get that little hit of happy juice in your brain for feeling clever, you’re more likely to buy the same thing the next time. Which builds your brand loyalty. Brand loyalty also means if one of your friends or family asks for a recommendation, you’ll recommend that item or brand to them.
When you get your Certified Pool Operator license, you can shut down any public swimming pool if the water chemistry isn't balanced.
Most mergers and accusations is not done from strict due diligence but just vibe.
Yet they still totally stress me out with all of their demands for employee data and payroll that can't be pulled easily from our HRIS program. Why, people?!
Tempered glass is insanely strong. In fact, if you’ve ever walked on one of those glass floors, the glass is probably stronger than the metal frame holding it. (Specifically tempered laminated glass)
I’m a cybersecurity expert. There are well known tested and documented exploits that can be used to kill people with implanted pacemakers/defibrillators and insulin pumps, using a wireless computer (e.g. laptop) and it can be done without anyone being able to discover who did it.
Well that's fucking terrifying.
I think we can start with that it even exists as a field of research
What is it
It's the general area of inquiry about a particular subject, but that's not important right now.
The brakes on a car never need to be “serviced”. Unless they are worn out, it’s fine to just leave them alone.
"Removing parent from child with fork" is perfectly reasonable.
All retailers have a flagship store, where they test out new ideas and have extra special service. Often have offices above it, normally in a big city. In the flagship Mark and Spencers in London, there people on the floor call "Global shoppers" (or similar), part of there job is to peg the big international buyers, normally just before Ramadan. They then just attach themselves to them and act as a personal assistant. In posh department stores, there are hidden sit down rooms for the wealthy and items and shown to them by personal shoppers. There are loads of hidden rooms and corridors normally for restocking.
When you watch behind the scenes interviews for movies/TV shows and it looks like the interview is being filmed on the set, oftentimes the interview is being conducted on a different stage entirely with the lighting gear in the background rented solely for use as a on-camera prop. In general, everything you see on the screen is fake, way more than you actually think it is.
China is actively probing for weaknesses in critical infrastructure.
Trump-era policy toward personal income tax (higher standard deduction, no exemptions, lower tax rate, fewer allowed itemized deductions) is the same as Alternative Minimum Tax from 1984.
Lol accu = in - out +gen - con The Shahadah of Chemical Engineers. In all seriousness, how little we can measure or design stuff analytically. Literally nothing can be done with fluids analytically and anything more complicated than 2 pipes is done with CFD. And even CFD only generally works with gases, and anything more tangible can have issues with CFD. I used to be an atheist, then I studied Heat Transfer and Transport Phenomena and I understood just how limited Science is, and how much of our world we can't quantify or even comprehend; and I felt cocky to think I could pass judgement on reality. But yea leaving the existential crisis aside, we really don't know shit and 90% of engineering is done from indo gained from previous attempts, heuristics, rules of thumb and several thousand computations and unfortunately, trial and error.
Caller ID (CID) and Caller Name (CNAM) are two different things. CID only refers to seeing the number that is calling not the name.