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Germany and Costa Rica. New thread for the world cup?
People who greatly benefit from this technology.kyphysics said:Who would be willing to undergo such an operation? . . .
Yeah, I was merely thinking about risk factors. . .if I were paralyzed and could be "cured," I'd probably consider it. . .But, I wouldn't consider it if the surgery were meant to "enhance" my mental capabilities or something like that. . .at least, not without watching lots of other people do it first and observing the safety/side-effects/etc.mfb said:People who greatly benefit from this technology.
6 months is far too optimistic, of course.
Sure, that's why the first patients will be paralyzed or have other very severe health conditions. As the technology improves we should see it being used for less serious conditions, until implants in healthy people might become an option.kyphysics said:Yeah, I was merely thinking about risk factors. . .if I were paralyzed and could be "cured," I'd probably consider it. . .But, I wouldn't consider it if the surgery were meant to "enhance" my mental capabilities or something like that. . .at least, not without watching lots of other people do it first and observing the safety/side-effects/etc.
Listened to the last episode during my commute this morningBillTre said:I recently found a podcast that I am thinking is pretty good.
It is Big Biology.
I would call it a serious biology podcast (as in science for adults).
Reminds me of a gyroscope. If it's spinning, it won't fall over.Hornbein said:oday I learned I didn't know as much about angular momentum as I thought.
"Expected?" Sez who?kyphysics said:We're expected to tip for take-out. . .when did this trend start in America?
In the "old days," take-out orders didn't have a tip expectation.
Same, but only if there is no 'service charge' on the bill.DaveC426913 said:I tip when someone brings the food to me.
The concept of waiters needing tips to actually have any sort of decent salary is something that never ceases to baffle me. I don’t stand outside the exam room with a cup for tips at the end of a course.DaveC426913 said:My fam went for a holiday dinner last week. Like, 13 of us. They put a service charge of 15%. (We call it an Autograt.)
I was on the edge of telling our servers I was planning to tip 20% as usual but that they'd taken that decision away from me...
You should do. With a sign: "Give me a tip and I'll give you a tip."Orodruin said:I don’t stand outside the exam room with a cup for tips at the end of a course.
My opinion is that it's just an excuse to not pay your employees as much, putting the fault on them if they don't make enough. "Oh, you should be better at your job if you want better pay!"Orodruin said:The concept of waiters needing tips to actually have any sort of decent salary is something that never ceases to baffle me. I don’t stand outside the exam room with a cup for tips at the end of a course.
Also if you expect customers to tip 20% then your listed prices are ~17% lower than the customer actually pays. So it looks cheaper than it actually is.Drakkith said:My opinion is that it's just an excuse to not pay your employees as much, putting the fault on them if they don't make enough. "Oh, you should be better at your job if you want better pay!"
Ahmed1029 said:Today I learnt about tensors for the first time
Yeah, I've always known the symbols and terminology, but they sounded like witchcraft.Orodruin said:![]()
Yeah, found it truly disappointing that I could not use them to commune with the forces of evil.Ahmed1029 said:Yeah, I've always known the symbols and terminology, but they sounded like witchcraft.
Some of my students may tell you that you can use them to commune with their professor …BWV said:I could not use them to commune with the forces of evil.
You've obviously never said "Euler-Lagrange" three times in a mirror...BWV said:Yeah, found it truly disappointing that I could not use them to commune with the forces of evil.
Is your theory not parity invariant?Ibix said:You've obviously never said "Euler-Lagrange" three times in a mirror...