TECHNOLOGY: Don’t depend on ANY Google product ever

Saturday, May 22, 2021

https://www.makeuseof.com/google-products-discontinued/?utm_source=MUO-NL-RP&utm_medium=newsletter

Google Fails: 10 Google Products Discontinued in 2021
BY JOY OKUMOKO

*** begin quote ***

If you have used some of the above Google products in the past, you will agree that some will be missed. We hope that Google will shape the lessons learned from these failures into better products in the future.

*** end quote ***

Unless YOU can see the “value equation” (i.e., how does a service pay for itself), do NOT commit yourself to using it.

Perhaps, it’s unique or serves you well, then just make sure you can get your data “out”!

Note how many of the ten “products” just “silently” disappeared!

—30—

Leave a Comment » | Technology | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

ECONOMICS: ‘The Great Reject’?

Saturday, May 22, 2021

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerohedge/feed/~3/0jJpXtjZ4no/atlas-shrugging-forget-great-reset-here-comes-great-reject

Atlas Is Shrugging: Forget ‘The Great Reset’, Here Comes ‘The Great Reject’
Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden

*** begin quote ***

It won’t work, and it brings to mind a particularly vivid example I once heard about a balloon disaster that still makes me cringe when I think of it:

A group of people were embarking on a balloon ride and as they were just a foot or two off the ground, the burner erupted into flames. The balloon pilot realized immediately what this meant and he leapt from the gondola which was still only a few feet off the ground.

One or two of the passengers were quick witted enough to realize what this meant and followed him. This set off a feedback loop: as the fire expanded, its hot air forcing the balloon higher, combined with the weight reductions as the first few people bailed out, the situation very quickly escalated past a point of no return.

The balloon had accelerated very rapidly to heights from which it was no longer possible to leap safely. The unfortunates who had hesitated and were trapped in a gondola being propelled higher by a fireball, to their inevitable doom.

That’s what our entire situation feels like today. The balloon is still hanging a foot or so above the ground, the canopy is on fire, and the people who have figured out what this means are bailing out while they can and in doing so they are accelerating the ultimate burn-then-crash of the entire system.

*** end quote ***

Economics is called the “dismal science” for a very good reason.

It’s based on the idea that ALL resources are scarce and there are “laws” that describe how resources are used

It’s “dismal” because rarely are there enough resources to satisfy everyone’s “wants”.  (Notice I didn’t say “needs” because that’s a much lower standard. (Think what passes for a “good life” in a Third World country and you’ll have my idea of “needs” versus “wants”.)

In today’s economic climate, the “wants” have outstripped our Gooferment’s ability to supply the resources need to satisfy them. (Note the tax  & borrow to spend  on “wants”.)

So like the balloon example above, get off before the disaster.

—30—

Leave a Comment » | ECONOMICS | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

VOCABULARY: Meatspace is the opposite of Cyberspace

Friday, May 21, 2021

Meatspace and Cyberspace

The word “meatspace” refers to the real-life physical world that we inhabit. The term was invented as a contrast to the emergence of “cyberspace,” which is the interconnected virtual world of computers that we interact in. Within a modern context, cyberspace would be everything online, while meatspace would be everything offline.

# – # – # – #

Leave a Comment » | VOCABULARY | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

TECHNOLOGY: Podcast will disappear behind paywalls

Friday, May 21, 2021

https://theconversation.com/apple-threatens-to-upend-podcastings-free-open-architecture-160318

The Conversation – Articles (US)

Apple threatens to upend podcasting’s free, open architecture
by John Sullivan, Professor of Media and Communication, Muhlenberg College

*** begin quote ***

A medium that exploded due to the lack of institutional gatekeepers is now seeing big tech companies act like traditional media networks, signing popular hosts and shows to exclusive contracts. Of course, other publishers like Slate and Stitcher have offered subscriptions to their shows via their own websites and mobile apps. But the m

uch larger audience share of Apple Podcasts and Spotify has much greater potential to move the podcast ecosystem in the direction of premium paid content.

This presents a potential long-term threat to the free, open architecture of podcasting, though projects like The Podcast Index are aiming to preserve the medium as platform-agnostic.

One thing is for certain: Apple and Spotify have given us a glimpse of a podcasting future where the walled gardens of platform-exclusive, premium content become the norm.

*** end quote ***

The Podcast Index are aiming to preserve the medium as platform-agnostic.

Guess that’s all that can save us from paywalls and the Apple Tax?

—30—

Leave a Comment » | Technology | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

INTERESTING: Here’s a crazy behavior

Thursday, May 20, 2021

r/todayilearned 
•Posted byu/YourOwnBiggestFan 
15 hours ago
 

TIL of William Lyttle, the “Mole Man of Hackney”, who spent around 40 years digging a network of tunnels up to 59 feet (18 m) long beneath his home. When the authorities discovered the extent of his burrowing, he was rehoused on the top floor of a high-rise to prevent digging.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W…

# – # – # – # – #

That’s strange behavior!

—30—

Leave a Comment » | INTERESTING | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

HEALTH: A statin intolerance?

Thursday, May 20, 2021

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-common-are-muscle-side-effects-from-statins/?utm_source=NutritionFacts.org&utm_campaign=c675aa0655-RSS_VIDEO_WEEKLY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_40f9e497d1-c675aa0655-25228005&mc_cid=c675aa0655&mc_eid=f40a62cbab

How Common Are Muscle Side Effects from Statins?
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM May 3rd, 2021 Volume 53

*** begin quote ***

When asked why, most former statin users, or discontinuers, cited muscle pain, a side effect, as the primary reason for stopping the pills. By far the most prevalent and important adverse events, up to 72 percent of all statin side effects are statin-associated muscle symptoms. Taking coenzyme Q10 supplements as a treatment for statin-associated muscle symptoms was a good idea in theory, but they don’t actually appear to help. Normally, side-effect symptoms go away when you stop the drug, but sometimes can linger a year or more. But there is evidently growing evidence that statin intolerance is predominantly psychosocial, not pharmacological. Wait; meaning maybe it’s mostly just in people’s heads?

*** end quote ***

Placebo effects are positive consequences falsely attributed to a treatment

Nocebo effects, kind of like the opposite of the placebo effect, are negative consequences falsely attributed to a treatment

# – # – # – # – #

12:40 p.m., Sunday May 9

ferdinand reinke: wrote:

Interesting. I’ve been complaining for a while about “stiff legs in the morning”. I never associated with the statin drugs that I have been taking. So it’s not nocebo in my case because I observed the sympton having never associated any connection to the drug. I’ll be interested if the “mystery” is ever figured out — if ever.

—30—

Leave a Comment » | HEALTH | Tagged: , , , , | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

INSPIRATIONAL: Judge Judy for SCOTUS

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/judge-sheindlin-ending-judge-judy-1234950880/

Judy Sheindlin on Ending ‘Judge Judy,’ Her New Show and the Legal System’s Biggest Flaw

  • After 25 years, television’s highest-paid host — and The Hollywood Reporter’s Unscripted TV Player of the Year — is walking away from the show that made her an icon, but she has no plans to put the gavel down anytime soon with ‘Judy Justice’ in the works for IMDb TV.

BY MIKEY O’CONNELL 
MAY 13, 2021

*** begin quote ***

As someone who’s openly defied the “PC police” throughout her career, what is your take on the trend of people being shamed for past comments?

If you’re a bad person, if you’ve done something wrong, you’ve got to be prepared to pay the piper. And there are people who have done just that. They’ve paid the price with their good name, their footprint. That’s a good thing. But to have a fear of speaking your opinion, for fear of being put on somebody’s list and canceled? It’s a frightening place for America to be. And you’re right. I’m not a big fan of the PC police. Is it PC to say to people who are 19 or 23 years old, have no job, no prospects and six children, “Find something else to do with that organ”? No. But where I come from, I’ve seen the ravages of that kind of neglect.

*** end quote ***

I like her no BS attitude.  Other than faulting her back of Bloomberg, which she was well within her rights to do, I can’t remember when I found her “disagreeable”.

Maybe she and I could get along.

Laugh!

—30—

Leave a Comment » | INSPIRATIONAL | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

FUN: Ever hear of “cork ball”? I hadn’t.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/corkball-the-mutant-baseball-game-thats-a-st-louis-tradition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theartofmanliness+%28The+Art+of+Manliness%29

In: Health & Sports, Sports
Brett and Kate McKay • May 6, 2021
Corkball: The Mutant Baseball Game That’s a St. Louis Tradition
 
*** begin quote ***

Welcome to corkball: a mutant baseball game hailing from the streets of St. Louis, that you just might want to import to your own neighborhood. 

The Origins of Corkball

In the 1840s, Irish and German immigrants came pouring into St. Louis. Many of the latter brought beer recipes from Deutschland and opened breweries that mass-produced German lagers for the country’s growing population. While brewing companies like Anheuser-Busch were innovating beer-making with pasteurization and refrigeration, the employees at these breweries were making innovations to American baseball and created a version of the game that allowed them to play with a limited number of players, in a limited space, without the usual regulation equipment. 

Legend has it that corkball got its start in an east St. Louis tavern sometime around 1900. Some bored, slightly drunk dude popped the cork bung off a beer barrel and wrapped some tape around it. He then tossed it to a drinking buddy who tried to hit it with a broomstick. 

Boom!

Corkball was born. 

The most significant difference between corkball and baseball was that corkball had no runners, so there were no bases. Because there were no bases or runners, men didn’t need a big space or many players to play corkball. They could technically get a corkball game going with just four total — two to a team. 

*** begin quote ***

Ever hear of “cork ball”? I hadn’t.

Sounds like it could be a real winner.

Except for calling balls and strikes.

That injects subjective judgments.

Have to think about how to eliminate that.

—30—

Leave a Comment » | FUN | Tagged: | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

RANT: For the “you had one job” folder

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-controller-wrote-49-million-checks-but-claims-she-cant-locate-any-of-them_3814923.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport

California Controller Wrote 49 Million Checks – Says She Can’t Locate Any of Them

# – # – # – # – # 

What does she “control”?

—30—

Leave a Comment » | Ranting | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

HEALTH: Guess the WuFlu “vaccine” isn’t a vaccine like we’re used to?

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

https://deadline.com/2021/05/real-time-with-bill-maher-cancelled-this-week-tests-positive-covid-19-1234755973/

LATE NIGHT TV
‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Cancels This Week’s Show After HBO Host Tests Positive For Covid-19
By Peter White, Erik Pedersen
May 13, 2021 3:29pm

*** begin quote ***

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has scrapped this week’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher after the comedian tested positive for Covid-19. Maher, who is vaccinated and asymptomatic, tested positive during the premium cable network’s weekly PCR testing ahead of the show.

It is a blow for the late-night show, which was set to entertain astrophysicist and StarTalkpodcaster Neil deGrasse Tyson as the top-of-show interview guest, and World War Z author Max Brooks and Hardcore History podcast host Dan Carlin as panelists.

“The Friday, May 14th taping of Real Time with Bill Maher has been cancelled. Bill tested positive during weekly staff PCR testing for COVID. He is fully vaccinated and as a result is asymptomatic and feels fine. Real Time production has taken every precaution following COVID CDC guidelines. No other staff or crew members have tested positive at this time. The show will be rescheduled at a later date,” an HBO spokeswoman told Deadline.

*** end quote ***

How can this be?

If I’ve been vaccinated for polio, I can NOT get it?

Guess we’re in new territory and you can’t believe the Gooferment, politicians, or bureaucrats!

EVER!

—30—

Leave a Comment » | HEALTH | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

« Previous Entries
Next Entries »