I just had a problem with this. Yesterday I bought some groceries, but left some of them behind when I walked off. My mind has not been working too good recently.
Today I went back to the same store to reclaim my bag of groceries. They claimed I had never been there, and I was trying to cheat them by asking for it! I didn't lose much, and this taught me a lesson - much as you want to, do not trust people very much.
In Software, there is a technique called Smart Contracts, that enforces contracts using the Etherium language and operating system. I am learning Microsoft's implementation of that using their Proof of
Authority product.
But there are much easier ways of doing this Contact the persons involved personally. or by email. And make sure, they agree to the arrangement ahead of time. Or your property may end up somewhere you do not want it to be.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Google News
I have been looking at this for some time, and enjoying it. And it is free!
It must use the same method to construct its News as it does in its Search. The product that has made it very rich!
Microsoft also has a Search product, that works nearly as well, but it cannot catch up with Google. You can see it for yourself using the Edge browser, in Windows 10. Give it a try!
Google has a huge number of computers that that crawl the Internet constantly. Indexing the links they find, as they go - and adding them to a huge database that Google can later use to lookup terms its users request.
When someone asks its Search to find something, it does a lookup in this secret database, residing in its Cloud - and finds the result in a matter of seconds!
The News it gives you is the most popular news it finds in all the News locations it searches.
It must use the same method to construct its News as it does in its Search. The product that has made it very rich!
Microsoft also has a Search product, that works nearly as well, but it cannot catch up with Google. You can see it for yourself using the Edge browser, in Windows 10. Give it a try!
Google has a huge number of computers that that crawl the Internet constantly. Indexing the links they find, as they go - and adding them to a huge database that Google can later use to lookup terms its users request.
When someone asks its Search to find something, it does a lookup in this secret database, residing in its Cloud - and finds the result in a matter of seconds!
The News it gives you is the most popular news it finds in all the News locations it searches.
Thinking about My Problem
The doctor I saw at the hospital was pleased that she had a diagnosis for my problem. But it seems less of a diagnosis to me, than a convenient label.
This is true of most mental diseases. For only a handful, are the causes known, and treatments available. And in that way, my problem is clearly mental. But like many mental diseases, it has a strong effect on the body - it destroys my ability to walk.
I have seen this happen to other people - their mental disease makes it nearly impossible for them to walk. They may deny they have a mental disease, but their difficulty walking shows that to do have one.
I am thinking back to when I was lying on the sidewalk, face down - unable to do much of anything. I could not talk, walk, or think.
The definition of a seizure, states that abnormal activity is going on in the brain during a seizure. This has never been directly observed, but inferred from things than can be observed, in the body, or mental functioning.
It was perfectly clear to everyone standing around me on the sidewalk, that something very serious was going on. All the doctor did was give it a name.
Afterward, I had plenty of bruises - especially in my right hand. I must have put it out to brake my fall. And my thinking ability is still impaired. I bought some groceries yesterday, but left some of them behind.
It is very difficult for most people to admit, there are diseases, for which there is no cure. Such as mine.
This is true of most mental diseases. For only a handful, are the causes known, and treatments available. And in that way, my problem is clearly mental. But like many mental diseases, it has a strong effect on the body - it destroys my ability to walk.
I have seen this happen to other people - their mental disease makes it nearly impossible for them to walk. They may deny they have a mental disease, but their difficulty walking shows that to do have one.
I am thinking back to when I was lying on the sidewalk, face down - unable to do much of anything. I could not talk, walk, or think.
The definition of a seizure, states that abnormal activity is going on in the brain during a seizure. This has never been directly observed, but inferred from things than can be observed, in the body, or mental functioning.
It was perfectly clear to everyone standing around me on the sidewalk, that something very serious was going on. All the doctor did was give it a name.
Afterward, I had plenty of bruises - especially in my right hand. I must have put it out to brake my fall. And my thinking ability is still impaired. I bought some groceries yesterday, but left some of them behind.
It is very difficult for most people to admit, there are diseases, for which there is no cure. Such as mine.
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Music that makes you Feel Good, but Changes Nothing
I ordered the All-new Echo Dot (3rd Gen) - Smart speaker with Alexa last Saturday, but it will not arrive in Miami, until next Friday. Evidently, the demand has far exceeded the supply!
The specs on this device are unbelievable - so much so, I had to order it, right away, instead of waiting until I had money in the bank. They know what kind of sucker I am, from my long record of purchases from them.
They also offered to add to my Echo (for practically nothing) Amazon Music Unlimited. That will play happy music forever - but will change nothing.
Why change things, when things are perfect already?
The specs on this device are unbelievable - so much so, I had to order it, right away, instead of waiting until I had money in the bank. They know what kind of sucker I am, from my long record of purchases from them.
They also offered to add to my Echo (for practically nothing) Amazon Music Unlimited. That will play happy music forever - but will change nothing.
Why change things, when things are perfect already?
Constructive or Destructive?
Of all the ways to think about human behavior, this is one of the most useful for me. And also one most people avoid, because it would tell them too much about themselves and their world.
Most human behavior has become destructive, we have to face that fact. We can't waste time wondering why we have become destructive, we just have to accept that we are.
We are not that way all of the time, just most of the time. But we avoid knowing this all the time.
There is one place that is not destructive for me - the intersection of the Internet, Amazon, and Kindle. Just today, I downloaded Sally Field's In Pieces - for free. You will be surprised to learn this famous actress, is also talented and well-educated.
The world is telling me "This is the way to go!" Toward the Computer ecology - a strange place, to say the least.
Most human behavior has become destructive, we have to face that fact. We can't waste time wondering why we have become destructive, we just have to accept that we are.
We are not that way all of the time, just most of the time. But we avoid knowing this all the time.
There is one place that is not destructive for me - the intersection of the Internet, Amazon, and Kindle. Just today, I downloaded Sally Field's In Pieces - for free. You will be surprised to learn this famous actress, is also talented and well-educated.
The world is telling me "This is the way to go!" Toward the Computer ecology - a strange place, to say the least.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Save the Photos from your Camera to Google Drive
Don't have Google Drive? Just Google for it.
It's on the Google Cloud, but you will never notice the difference, when you use it.
You can also share anything on your Drive, with anyone else - or do whatever else you want to with it.
Is there a problem with this? Your computer will still have to access the files on your camera. Which my Lenovo laptop cannot. And my Chromebook cannot either.
It's on the Google Cloud, but you will never notice the difference, when you use it.
You can also share anything on your Drive, with anyone else - or do whatever else you want to with it.
Is there a problem with this? Your computer will still have to access the files on your camera. Which my Lenovo laptop cannot. And my Chromebook cannot either.
Friday, December 28, 2018
They heve to Want to Solve it Also
TEDx - Can we make quantum technology work?
This talk assumes if people know how to solve a problem - they will set to work, and solve it.
But something else is also necessary - they have to want to solve it. All the big problems he describes (and they are big problems, such as World poverty) can be solved, at least partially, using existing technologies.
But they are not being solved, at all.
This talk assumes if people know how to solve a problem - they will set to work, and solve it.
But something else is also necessary - they have to want to solve it. All the big problems he describes (and they are big problems, such as World poverty) can be solved, at least partially, using existing technologies.
But they are not being solved, at all.
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