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I try to do that, but I can't for some reason. That's weird because normally I make all kinds of mistakes and walk away and forget things and such because I can't STOP thinking about those types of things. But I just can't do it while cutting the grass for some reason. I tend more towards running around in mental circles worrying about whether I should be worrying about something.
The riding mower croaked last year and I couldn't afford to replace it so I had to get a walker. And you really come to appreciate technology when that happens. And of course not only are you walking, but each pass is close to half as wide, so you walk twice as far as you were riding before. And once it warms up, by the time I'm done I will be literally dangerously overheated.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Even piling up all the glass clippings and knowing they'll be the compost of the future is little consolation.
But even that is a hassle. Aside from the fact that glass clippings don't make good compost, even grass clippings tend to squish down into impermeable layers that impede composting. I find I have to keep on breaking up the layer, week after week, until it finally breaks down.
Grass -- just say no. Well, you know what I mean.
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Both the grass and the glass make good mulch* around my peppers.
If it rots away quickly I gain the nutrients.
If it rots away slowly I don't have to do it as often.
* None of the applies to Astro-turf, both as a lawn to mow and as a source of mulch.
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Concrete. Wonderfull stuff, easy to clean, no maintenance, lasts a lifetime 
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Go with artificial turf.
W∴ Balboos wrote: - Never Fertilize your lawn.
- Never Water your lawn.
Both of these will only make it grow faster
Same applies to kids. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I hate mowing the lawn. Even piling up all the glass clippings
Well, I'd hate it too if mowing it made glass clippings... Just one more reason to wear shoes while mowing the glass...
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... But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance; Let's face the music and dance! Unless you work for Huawei, that is: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant[^]
And they only released new ARM based models on Tuesday ... timing is everything in this game.
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Political arguments aside, I see a hidden good that could come of the trade war.
A reduction of dependence upon China for pretty much everything. We have all experienced that legendary quality they bring to the goods they export to us - HDD's that are DOA or die in a few weeks; appliances of all sorts that need to be replace frequently; food that's possibly tainted with lethal adulterants; sheet-rock contaminated with radioactive waste; wood flooring that emits toxic fumes; and other countless improvements to our lives.
Add to that a generation or so that's used to a disposable way of life - of conspicuous consumption available to the masses - and
well, breaking those habits would be good, albeit painful.
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When they can make something, advertise it on FleaBay, store it, pick it, pack it, address it, pay Paypal commission (and probably FleaBay as well), ship it thousands of miles, and arrange for it to be delivered to my door - all for less than the cost of the cheapest letter postage in this country there is something wrong somewhere.
Probably many things.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: A reduction of dependence upon China for pretty much everything
This. Diversity of sourcing is critical for both national and worldwide resilience.
Yes, costs will be higher, at least to begin with, but perhaps costs have been artificially low for too long.
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Not to mention the rise in 3D printing. This will have drastic effects on logistics in the future. Dependency will fall to those that can print items nearer to their point of consumption.
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Yes, good point. 3D printing has great promise. (I'd call it paradigm shifting if that wasn't a cliché now).
That said, it seems that 3D printing still has significant technological barriers before it is ready to disrupt whole economies. Much like general use robots (still, still) and AI that has to cope with disparate real world scenarios (yes, still) and fusion power, it is *still* 'coming soon'.
modified 23-May-19 4:38am.
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 Could be interesting if they have to cook up their own RISC chipset...
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And their own OS, and their own apps, and app store, and ... ARM is licenced and will tie them up in court if it works out binary compatible.
Given the current level of trust countries are showing Huawei (Oz, US, Canada, NZ, ...) would you want a chip designed by them in your phone? Bear in mind you probably pay with it, access your bank, ...
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I did say Interesting (not a good idea!) they would be in the Zune vs iPod country of cool idea, lets see if we can, oh we missed the boat...
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Wouldn't be easy either - one of the reasons ARM is so prevalent in the mobile device market is it's incredible power requirements. Not an easy job to catch up with unless you start ignoring IP! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Given the current level of trust countries are showing Huawei (Oz, US, Canada, NZ, ...) would you want a chip designed by them in your phone? Bear in mind you probably pay with it, access your bank, ...
Current speculation is that Huawei's after trade secrets, not any individual's bank account.
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I mean my bank account barely keeps me a float!!
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I'm not sure exactly what they are "after" and I doubt anyone outside the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party do. Destabilising countries by forcing bunches of banks to have cash flow problems would be a "cheap" way to pursue a war, and Huawei are very close to their government. Heck, it'd be self financing in the short term! 
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Aside from the other nefarious speculation, there is one great and grand agenda of the Chinese Government that they make no secret of: to become the world's technology leader.
To further this, they force technology transfer (or just plain steal it). WIth all the nuances of trade negotiations aside, were I in talks with them, the stopping of this would be not only number on on my demand list but 100% non-negotiable. And since the government controls all aspects of their society, I'd make them pay for all product piracy - they could stop it in an instant if they cared to.
Now - part two - the actual trade negotiations - will have to do with market access and tit-for-tat on any requirements they have on forced Chinese ownership if one sets up a business/plant/etc. in China. Retroactive to their current holdings if they don't submit.
I'd make sure Japan, and other, take really good note of this market-opening, as well.
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Was browsing Amazon Prime and found all the episodes of Laugh-In Spent MUCH longer than I should have refreshing memories of that show 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Shoot, it's all over YouTube too.
Funny how as time goes by our sense of humor gets more jaded though.
I watch stuff that would make me roll on the floor only to make me go meh today.
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Ron Anders wrote: Funny how as time goes by our sense of humor gets more jaded though.
I watch stuff that would make me roll on the floor only to make me go meh today.
I think there are three factors at work here.
Humour does tend to belong to a particular time/zeitgeist. That's not always true, of course, as there are genuinely timeless things - the Laurel and Hardy movies, the Phil Silvers Show and Hancock's Half Hour have always made me laugh in spite of being made before I was born - but the vast majority of comedy always seems to belong to the age in which it was created. Many comedies that I loved in the past now simply register as half-decent. That's not so often the case with drama where things tend to hold their appeal (or lack of) regardless of age.
Secondly, repetition does rather ruin a joke. Watch the funniest thing in the world a few dozen times and it won't be anywhere near as funny as it was the first time.
The other aspect, I think, is anticipation. When you're keyed up to laugh your head of because you did so during last week's episode and everyone has been talking about how brilliant it was, there's a far higher chance of you finding the next episode funny than if you came at it cold. This was probably more relevant back in the days when we watched things as they were broadcast but it still applies to an extent.
So we're maybe not quite as jaded as we think.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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