World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

"Terrifying emergency on Delta flight sees passengers text their loved ones goodbye
after plane mysteriously plunged 30,000 feet"

Makes exciting and mystifying news from the media! ... until you learn (on very few web sites):
"The pilots deployed oxygen masks for the passengers and made the 'controlled descent (because of an alarm)."
( https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/panic- ... /987851866 )

Rod

[Amigoo]

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

"Catholic sister suggests artificial intelligence robots could be used as priests
"Benefits of AI include being incapable of sexual abuse and are gender neutral
"Robots have been used to read Buddhists funeral right in Japan for some years"

Hmmm ... since robots have AI programming from humans,
would not sexual abuse be possible (as well as having gender)?

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.activistpost.com/2019/09/sw ... er-21.html

"Earlier this year, Vaud Switzerland adopted a 5G moratorium. Regardless, 5G was installed in Geneva
where some residents immediately started suffering from exposure ... opponents are planning a nationwide revolt."

Commercial interests are often powerful enough (sometimes with government support)
to roll out poorly tested new technology despite early protests.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/m ... apiosexual

"'The definition means intelligence first then attraction,' British journalist Nichi Hodgson explained
to co-hosts Ben Shepard and Kate Harraway ... 'I date men and women and identify as bisexual,
and I realized the thing that linked all people that I have dated has been their brains.'"

Who knew Dates should have brains!
Isn't AI promoted as "brains" for sans sentience dates?

Rod

[Amigoo]

About the Area 51 (non)event in Rachel, Nevada this weekend ...

Re: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpVke12 ... e=youtu.be

Neither a Burning Man nor a Woodstock ...
but a few lively tailgate parties might happen ...
with late-night sky watchin'.

If you get frustrated with Area 51's infamous "No Trespassing",
stray into this "impossible": http://aitnaru.org/images/Pi_Fork_n_Lute.pdf

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/nbc ... ownership/

"One person confessed taking flights to see their son across the country. 'I fly to see my son on the west coast. I live on the east'"

Bingo! This person acknowledges that mass transportation (planes, ships, trains, large trucks) all are significant contributors
to climate change ... as well as electricity generation for lighting, heating, cooling, and business/technology.

Obviously, this is how we would contribute effectively: use less of these services ...
then watch the economy tumble, but not for shoes (walking) and bicycles.

Rod

[Amigoo]

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/loc ... g-1851683/

Who can tell
At this Alienstock, humans might outnumber space aliens after all.
The traffic could be challenging, considering the one road to Rachel
... and no stores or gas stations within miles.

Area 51 is located in southern Nevada,
83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas, on the edge of Groom Lake (dry salt bed).

See also (enlarge map): https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_ ... ml#MAPVIEW ,
https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/offl ... image6.htm

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/i ... 6d2af14082

Company name: It'Sugar - You Know You Want It

... and you know why you're taking diabetes medicine (or are pre-diabetic).
Just complement your medicine quantity with an OCCASIONAL sugar treat.
You know you (still) want it. Not on medicine? Exercise.

Note: Sugar is a carbohydrate (there are others!)

Rod

[Amigoo]

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

"Etiquette expert Jo Bryant reveals what you should consider before giving a gift
"Explains ignoring someone's wedding list was acceptable, as was re-gifting
"Says giving an adult cash was bad manners and wrapping was very important"

But the cash amount may buy acceptance over etiquette,
such as cash for travel, major purchase, medical need, etc. ...
in which case, a check and card would be nice.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -pollution

"Germany's main political parties are coalescing around proposals to increase the cost of flying,
potentially doubling the tax on short-haul flights to slash greenhouse gas pollution."

Thus, those who can afford the higher cost of tickets contribute to climate change solutions
and those who cannot afford the tickets also contribute by not flying. Win-Win

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/europe/g ... index.html

"Between 0.5% and 1.7% of the global population is born with intersex traits, which means a person does not have typical male-female sex characteristics, according to the United Nations. Some intersex traits are visibly evident, such as ambiguous genitalia, while there are a number of others which involve genetic, hormonal or anatomical differences."

At least, "intersex" (meaning not explicitly male or female) is easier to comprehend than the 58 genders now proffered:
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/ ... ook-users/

... but "intersex" seems to focus on medically identifiable physical characteristics.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/health/90-pla ... and-africa

"Despite westerners being lectured by climate activists like Greta Thunberg, a study has found that around 90 per cent of plastic waste polluting earth’s oceans comes from Asia and Africa.

"While westerners are being told to alter their lifestyles and have fewer children to save the planet, virtually nothing is being said about or to the people in the countries responsible for the vast majority of pollution.

"This is probably one of the main reasons why many in the West remain skeptical about the true motives of the environmentalist movement."

At least, the West now knows that it can focus on its 10 per cent of the plastic waste ...
but 10 per cent seems insignificant relative to the dire predictions of imminent doom.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/world/hitlers-w ... early-5000

"A pair of underpants that belonged to Eva Braun, the wife of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler,
has been sold by a British auction house for more than $4,600."

"the same bidder who bought Braun's underwear purchased the nightgown."

"There continues to be a perennial interest in personal artifacts
from such notorious high-level World War Two figures"

... as well as from modern notorious, infamous, rich, and famous figures.

Who can tell We might preserve some of our personal artifacts to bequeath
... just in case we become notorious, infamous, rich, or famous.

"And to my dearest platonic friend, I leave my underpants,
a poignant symbol of what always kept us 'apart' ".

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.newsweek.com/storm-area-51- ... da-1460473

"The Area 51 'storm' is turning out to be a disaster, according to the town of Rachel, Nevada."

How perspective changes so quickly! Just days ago,
the town's popular mantra was "Go Home! (stay away)".

... and the many thousands did! - "a disaster".

Rod

[Sandy]

Well, we learned a few months ago that huge amount of plastic waste is sent to Asia from Australia that is not being recycled and dumped for one reason or another. Western or far Southern hands are not clean of this plastic debacle.
Thankfully Australians are really jumping into this '" lets limit our plastic use. " It isn't hard...just takes making certain things a habit. good common sense kind of stuff.
xxSandy

[Amigoo]

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

"Scientists turn mung beans into scrambled eggs - but without the cholesterol"

While mung beans are quite nutritious ... as beans, the egg/cholesterol issue is very old myth -
cholesterol in eggs is not a problem: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-he ... art-health

"for most people, an egg a day does not increase your risk of a heart attack, a stroke, or any other type of cardiovascular disease. No more than three eggs per week* is wise if you have diabetes, are at high risk for heart disease from other causes (smoking), or already have heart disease."
* egg whites do not contain cholesterol

"research has shown that most of the cholesterol in our body is made by our liver-it doesn't come from cholesterol we eat. The liver is stimulated to make cholesterol primarily by saturated fat and trans fat in our diet, not dietary cholesterol"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/us/camels-testi ... uthorities

"I bit his b---- to get him off of me."

Well ... that worked!
... and is a warning to other unwelcome suitors.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/20 ... 416749001/

"Spam Pumpkin Spice 'features a blend of seasonal spices including cinnamon, clove, allspice and nutmeg'"

Or liberally dust slices of your cooking spam from the cupboard with Pumpkin Spice.

In fact, have a Pumpkin Spice Week where everything you eat is spiced just to see what's really special.
Start with vanilla ice cream and toss in pecans just to get in the spirit. And have Pumpkin Spice Coffee.

Then there's Pumpkin Spice sprinkled on whipped cream over fried spam.
Makes a tempting Spam Sundae, Mondae, Tuesdae, ...

Rod

[Amigoo]

Good discussion of "cimate change" proposals:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3780908/posts

"We are best served by 'un-brainwashing' ourselves about climate change — that is, dispensing with the hyperbole and nescience that distract from reality. The drumbeat of the apocalypse may demand responses, especially from politicians; so far it has not elicited the right ones."

Of course, personally using less energy and being more eco-friendly can help
... as well as having fewer babies (who will increase energy demand).

Rod

[Amigoo]

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

Oh! the messages and symbolism of dreams!
A straight friend recently shared his dream where a male gay friend long ago had a vagina.

I commiserated uneasily: "Let's go to a sports bar for pizza and beer."

"Who's playin'?" he asked. "You!" I joked, thinkin' he said "payin'".
"That was a real dream!" he mumbled with agitation.
"Who's on first?" I asked. "Who's playin'?" he asked.

Rod (I write my own material)

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/20 ... 426506001/

"9-foot alligator captured on Florida sidewalk"

Apparently, it's a misdemeanor to crawl in the jogging lane in Florida parks.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... ow-AI.html

"Chatbots sell FOUR times as much as their human counterparts – but if the buyer realizes
they are talking to a robot they are likely to buy nothing, study finds"

... which hints that an AI priest's religiosity is negligible if parishioners realize it's a robot.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/25/health/b ... index.html

Interesting study of fluids for hydration, but underscores a point:
always try to avoid dehydration (water is the evolutionary solution).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/its ... ary-grade/

No, Qubits are not related to Q-Tips ... but a salient "Q tip" is close:
"A 256-qubit quantum computer can easily break 256-bit encryption."

Q tip #2: 256-bit has been very SECURE encryption for years.

Q tip #3: Qubit computers will still not find the last digit of Pi ...
because the Pi model(s) itself is inherently transcendental (IMO).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/25/uk/trans ... index.html

"Andrew McFarlane, the president of the High Court's family division, deemed that being a 'mother'
referred to being pregnant and giving birth, regardless of whether that person, in law, was a man or a woman."

At least, for millennia on this planet, "mother" has been the term for the human giving birth.
Maybe when the necessary parts are interchangeable, a true male can also be a "mother".

Rod