World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/m ... index.html

"I love makeup, and I love the way it makes me feel. It makes me feel more powerful and sexy and masculine,"
said Yi, who incorporates products such as foundations, BB (beauty balm) creams and lip tints into his daily routine"

Natural evolution in progress ...
a victim's blood was the preferred makeup of wild animals and early man
to "feel more powerful and sexy and masculine".

Rod

[Amigoo]

https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/t ... d0ac7f857d

"A half cup of ashes to be exact, gathered in a personalized box and sent by courier to a company in Europe. Over the course of several months the human ashes are turned to carbon and subjected to tremendous pressure in specially-designed machines to become a lab-grown diamond, which is then cut and polished and set in a ring or a necklace of the family’s choosing."

Of course, if this diamond is lost or stolen, you shouldn't report a missing person.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... tification

"Eleven states and the District of Columbia currently issue identity documents with options for people
to identify themselves as nonbinary, intersex, or to opt-out with an “X” on the forms’ gender markers."

Seems more confusing to me ...
Where's the "G-spot" for the X gender?
In the X-box?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.apnews.com/99c9ec8ebad242ca88178e22c7642648

"When a robot 'dies,' does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is 'yes' — and that tells us something important,
and potentially worrisome, about our emotional responses to the social machines that are starting to move into our lives."

A robot (a mechanical "being") might be repaired days later.
So what's that Robot Resurrection

A human cannot die, have surgery, then live again ... yet.

A robot (a mechanical "being") might have its AI replaced or upgraded.
So what's that Robot Brain Transplant

What happens when robots have the right to vote ... or whatever?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... leges.html

"The U.S. government has increasingly utilized private entities, such as Google, Facebook and Apple,
to seize user data from cellphones and computers without the need for a warrant."

"Google and several other companies have agreed to monitor users' emails for images that match up
with known child pornography, using a process called image hashing."

Actually, files on any computer (or cell phone) with internet access (wireless or wired) have long been available
for government (and sometimes hacker) perusal. Backing up your computer frequently might also provide proof
of what was not on your computer when allegedly found during perusal.

Rod

[Amigoo]

From today's email ...
In Newsmax Health (from Newsmax.com), Dr. Gary Small, MD, writes:

"Having a higher IQ offers many advantages in society. Now a group of Scottish investigators reports
that a high IQ is associated with a longer life expectancy."

"the investigators suspect that more intelligent people have greater awareness
of lifestyle habits such as smoking, which can shorten life expectancy."

Apparently, that awareness is complemented with behavioral change.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/07/us/flori ... index.html

"Using male pythons with radio transmitters allows the team to track the male to locate breeding females"

Maybe transmitters can be used on male humans to locate promiscuous females (or vice versa).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/eleme ... -slow-down

Interesting crosswalk design ... and effective
But frequent drivers-by will soon remember that it's just optical illusion.
Police-enforced cameras at intersections usually get respect.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... p-box.html

"The 'sleep box' emits a very faint light between 6 am and 7 am,
when their daughters Max and August usually wake up."

"He explained: 'Since it doesn't show the time, if she wakes up in the middle of the night,
she knows to just go back to sleep without having to worry about what time it is."

Interesting concept - the box might need battery backup for a power failure.
An alarm clock with light (instead of sound or preceding sound) seems doable.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-haird ... 46780.html

"cosmetologists should be guided by their patron saint, Peruvian Martino de Porres,
a 16th-century barber-surgeon whose miracles include levitation, being in two places at once,
instant cures, and an ability to communicate with animals."

A quick smile emerges when you contemplate
how these miracles might relate to cosmetology
and the different personalities of customers.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washi ... ook-claims

Nakedness seems to get a lot of media attention these days ...
but once you've seen one naked body (of the two original sexes),
you've seem them all (except for transgender in transition).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/tal ... 615808002/

One easy lesson from this breach (re: "a hacker can embed dangerous links inside emails that look like they come from legitimate financial institutions or other companies, leading in some cases to ransomware, where you’d have to pay a fee to reclaim your computer"):

You're usually not in trouble unless you respond to the email or click on an embedded link ...
and Caller ID can help determine if phone calls from unknown persons should be answered
(if no Caller ID, let them leave a message where information can be verified).

Often, moving the mouse pointer over the link displays the real URL address of the link ...
and its beginning nodes easily identify non-association with legitimate businesses.

Rod

[Sandy]

Thanks for this, Rod. The internet is a sneaky place. One needs to be smart and careful these days.
xxSandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/man-moos ... oliticians

Moose "nuggets" are fine for luggage but can't stink ... which reminds me:

When my family first moved into a new home in South Florida (USA), a cow pasture was nearby
with dried cow poop "frisbees". My younger sister and I had great fun tossing these at my older sister
until she complained to mom ... who threatened to make us eat one!

That was too funny then to even consider how to eat a cow pie
... that was much bigger than a moose nugget

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... uture.html

"high tech sex toys will do a lot of the work for us. We won’t need to seek variety through different positions,
so we’ll all revert to the least effort position of all."

Say what What's that position
Maybe "revert" is a clue ("go back to a previous practice")

Seems to me, aging limits how far back you can go ...
and someone still has to exert some effort!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ength.html

"We never force him to hold sticks, it's simply his favourite thing to do."

"Bosco, the determined dachshund, loves nothing more than grabbing a humongous branch
between his teeth and parading it in front of onlookers."

Probably learned from fashion models ("parading it in front of onlookers")

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -rise.html

Seems to me ...
faux meat between your sesame buns is not what nature intended.
"Get real!" meat or bun fixin's not made in a laboratory

Of course, if you have faux buns (or just two) ...
anything that looks like food may be tempting.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://ktla.com/2019/05/02/sierra-snow ... -the-year/

"California cities and farms can expect ample water supplies this summer after winter storms blanketed the Sierra Nevada,
nearly doubling the snowpack average for this time of year, state water officials said Thursday."

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/asia/mou ... index.html

"But those in charge of the cleanup have another problem to deal with: climate change,
which is melting snow on the mountain quicker"

"Global Warming" (now popularly defined as "Climate Change") is such a cool discussion topic!
Apparently, with "Climate Change" weather that was There can now be somewhere else.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Who knew
Toilet paper is not "toilet paper" until used as toilet paper!

Until then, it's just a roll of thin paper with perforated sheets,
useful elsewhere when a few sheets of paper are sufficient.

This Amazon dispenser* is a good example of how a TP roll could be hung
near a kitchen counter where a few sheets are more economical to use
than even a half-sheet of a paper towel.

* https://www.amazon.com/mDesign-Dispense ... B01GOINL5W

Coming soon to your grocery stories:
decorative rolls of Toylettes for the kitchen or wherever.

Rod

[Amigoo]

On FoxBusiness.com today ...

Facebook bans controversial users

"Behind Your Face" Book may be the place for such controversy.

Burger King offers a meal for your mood

That Pissed Meal needs another name ... unless it's the real deal.

Rod

[Amigoo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... zzing.html

"Expert warns shift to drone deliveries will fill the skies with 'incessant buzzing' "

City life will get more interesting ...
since drones can deliver anti-drone "repellants".

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/03/business ... index.html

"Beyond Meat is made mostly with water, pea protein and oil, and more than a dozen other ingredients.
Impossible Foods uses soy-based protein. (However) People seeking wholesome ingredients
may shy away from these types of products"

Obviously, new faux meat with impressive appeal ... for meat lovers.
As for true vegans, they already know how to get tasty protein ...
in a great variety of non-meat foods (and no faux meat).

Move over Tofu Turkey - Faux Meat Turkey is doable!

Entrepreneur Alert ...
Faux Meat Football will be popular pre-game food ... seriously
(sliced, of course ... or mini footballs on a stick ...
or like a corn dog: "corn cow")

Rod

[Amigoo]

After days of hard work, prepping and painting my six front porch posts, ants (small black on one post - med. red on another) kept trying to move into their new hole at the top of the post. I tried for three days (and two different ant sprays) to deter them.

Duct tape finally worked! Placed sticky side up at the base of the post created a dry moat that they would not cross (a few did and are still stuck to the tape). Hopefully, nest-building season is short. Just knock on the post if you step too close to the tape on my porch.

Rod

[Amigoo]

More about Keto mania ...

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/jilli ... rible-idea

"'Your cells are literally made up of those three macronutrients,' the 45-year-old trainer said,
referring to fat, protein and carbohydrates. She stressed a balance between the three
is imperative for a healthy, well-rounded diet."

So ... if you're a bit too rounded and your 3 macronutrients are in balance,
insufficient exercise and/or excess calories may be the cause. Jillian advises
not to upset the macronutrient balance to achieve this weight loss.

"What's that balance?"

Re: https://wa.kaiserpermanente.org/healthA ... ncing.html

Of your total daily calories ...
- 30 percent should come from fat
- 12 to 20 percent should come from protein
- 50 to 60 percent should come from carbohydrate

In a 30/12/50 balance,
8 percent might come from faux meat.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... ystem.html

"Savvy mum-of-five colour-codes her kids' belongings so she ALWAYS knows whose plate is left lying around"

Possible repercussions of this system ...

- (at school) "What's your name little boy?"
@ "I'm Green, but my brothers are Red, Orange, Yellow, and Blue."

- Punishment for leaving plate "lying around"?
@ child has to use a black(?) set for eating.

- How do the children naturally line up?
@ in ROYGBIV order (color spectrum)

- What are the parents' nicknames?
@ Roy and Bev (for BIV)
- What happened to 'G' ?
@ Their secret wish (a Girl)

- Will a 6th boy be Indigo* (and telepathic)?
- Will a 7th boy be Violet (and transgender)?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_children

Perhaps, their neighbors' children are Binary
(girl's name is "Zero" and boy's name is "One" ...
with very subtle sex identity)

Rod