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[Astronuc]

Theranos was supposed to revolutionize blood tests. Now its CEO is banned from running labs.
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/13/11424130/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-banned

Elizabeth Holmes was going to shake up the medical industry, specifically, the blood testing segment of the industry.

 

[WWGD]

I still don't get how people wear business suits with 85 degrees and 90% humidity out. What is it about dressing up so that its advantages outweigh being able to feel minimally comfortable at a physical level?

 

[fresh_42]

I still don't get how people wear business suits with 85 degrees and 90% humidity out. What is it about dressing up so that its advantages outweigh being able to feel minimally comfortable at a physical level?

Business suits are a) a disguise that b) changes your habits and c) requires no thoughts about what might be suitable and what does not. Casual is far more complicated. And d) the conditions you described are uncomfortable anyway as long as you don't go naked. In places you can do that business suits are comparably rare.

 

[WWGD]

Business suits are a) a disguise that b) changes your habits and c) requires no thoughts about what might be suitable and what does not. Casual is far more complicated. And d) the conditions you described are uncomfortable anyway as long as you don't go naked. In places you can do that business suits are comparably rare.

Well, of course, but you try your best. By that token, why wear a coat on an extremely cold day?

 

[zoobyshoe]

This is one of the strangest art debates I've ever heard of:

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/artist-sued-for-5m-over-painting-he-insists-he-didnt-paint/

 

[Pepper Mint]

I realize some people on board are quite lonely during weekends.
I will surely come visit and play games with you if we happen to live near each other.

 

[jim hardy]

I realize some people on board are quite lonely during weekends.
I will surely come visit and play games with you if we happen to live near each other.

Wow, little one

This is undoubtably one of the safest forums in the world
still
i raised two daughters
and your post frightens me

be very careful please

old jim

 

[1oldman2]

be very careful please

Good call.

 

[Pepper Mint]

You are reminding me of "waiting" time.
(\_(\
(=' :') ~♥
(,(')(')

 

[jim hardy]

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(=' :') ~♥
(,(')(')

heiroglyphics ?

 

[1oldman2]

You are reminding me of "waiting" time.
(\_(\
(=' :') ~♥
(,(')(')

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Waiting_Time.html?id=ukYzTinGbFwC ?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wow! Some kind of jet just flew over my house so close I thought it was fixing to crash land. Unbelievably loud!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Can you find the mobile phone?

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14612099.Can_you_spot_the_mobile_phone_in_this_photo_/

I would guess PFers are better at this than most.

 

[fresh_42]

Can you find the mobile phone?

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14612099.Can_you_spot_the_mobile_phone_in_this_photo_/

I would guess PFers are better at this than most.

I have an idea.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I have an idea.

I think if you found it you would be more certain. There is a clearly mobile phone shaped anomaly in the carpet. When I finally found it, I was certain I'd found it.

 

[Pepper Mint]

heiroglyphics ?

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Waiting_Time.html?id=ukYzTinGbFwC ?

Yes and Yes.

 

[Ibix]

I think if you found it you would be more certain. There is a clearly mobile phone shaped anomaly in the carpet. When I finally found it, I was certain I'd found it.

Agreed. My grandma had a carpet like that one, which is why I learned the trick of sweeping a torch around along the ground and looking for shadows. It's also why I only have plain carpets...

 

[Pepper Mint]

It's the phone's camouflage

 

[zoobyshoe]

Agreed. My grandma had a carpet like that one, which is why I learned the trick of sweeping a torch around along the ground and looking for shadows. It's also why I only have plain carpets...

Yeah, that's how I found it, by serially scrutinizing small areas as if looking for a dropped screw. The tell-tale anomaly doesn't register in a more macroscopic view.

 

[Ibix]

Yeah, that's how I found it, by serially scrutinizing small areas as if looking for a dropped screw. The tell-tale anomaly doesn't register in a more macroscopic view.

Zoom is most definitely necessary for this one, yes. I started looking for asymmetries, but that quickly got difficult as I moved away from the symmetry lines, so I switched to zoomed in grid searching and found it fairly quickly.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Zoom is most definitely necessary for this one, yes. I started looking for asymmetries, but that quickly got difficult as I moved away from the symmetry lines, so I switched to zoomed in grid searching and found it fairly quickly.

I didn't think to try an actual zoom function. I just meant I concentrated on very small areas. Forget the forest, examine every tree. Eventually you find the little group that's a different species.

 

[Ibix]

I didn't think to try an actual zoom function. I just meant I concentrated on very small areas. Forget the forest, examine every tree. Eventually you find the little group that's a different species.

Nice way of putting it.

I was looking on a phone. Even knowing what I'm looking for and where I can't see it in the full image on that screen size. But the zoom was helpful in cutting out all the distractors in the rest of the image.

 

[Sophia]

My current horoscope (Scorpio) is truly prophetic.
"Obey traffic rules while driving and you will avoid an accident. There might be bills in your mail box, don't forget to pay them. "
I think Nostradamus is a total newbie compared to this fortune teller!

 

[beamie564]

My current horoscope (Scorpio) is truly prophetic.
"Obey traffic rules while driving and you will avoid an accident. There might be bills in your mail box, don't forget to pay them. "
I think Nostradamus is a total newbie compared to this fortune teller!

At least they give good advice
I was just reading about Nostradamus.. Do people really believe his "predictions" are true?!

 

[Sophia]

At least they give good advice
I was just reading about Nostradamus.. Do people really believe his "predictions" are true?!

That's right. Other times they advise to eat healthy food or to exercise :-)
Yes, some people believe that Nostradamus was right.

 

[fresh_42]

I think if you found it you would be more certain. There is a clearly mobile phone shaped anomaly in the carpet. When I finally found it, I was certain I'd found it.

You are right, now that I got it. My first thought was: Nowadays many people use their iPhone for internet access and that would be the one they see and cannot find in the picture.

 

[zoobyshoe]

You are right, now that I got it. My first thought was: Nowadays many people use their iPhone for internet access and that would be the one they see and cannot find in the picture.

Ah. You thought it might be a trick question.

 

[WWGD]

I was thinking of this idea for cutting down on violence in prisons. Give all prisoners t-shirts or shirts with an image of a teddy bear or a puppy in them. Seems like it would make it hard for anyone to either intimidate and/or appear intimidating to others. And if some remain violent even after this, they could be punished by making them wear an image of Justin Bieber ( or, if not cruel and unusual, make them listen to his music). I actually heard once of something somewhat along these lines: a 7-11 store in the suburbs was having trouble with some teens hanging out in their parking lot, so they started pipping -in classical music , which, for some reason, the teens could not stand, and eventually stopped hanging out nearby.https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...iminals-away/2011/10/11/gIQAgDqPEQ_story.html

 

[fresh_42]

... making them wear an image of Justin Bieber ( or, if not cruel and unusual, make them listen to his music).

Are you looking for trouble with AI?

Edit: Has anyone ever asked, why the Canadians regularly send him to the USA and across the world?

 

[Pepper Mint]

Inmates have dignity and prides .