Also, since electrons do not experience time (as you stated), then NOTHING ever happens to them. Ergo, it is boring to be an electron.

That was the point, right? Mind-blowing = infinitely stultifying?

I'm pretty sure electrons don't have souls. I'm fairly confident that I don't, either.

So maybe this is on physics/engineering problem we can ignore.

It seems like the main issue is that there is no good use case.

Google glass = Project Ginger.

I salute you, sir, and respect your level-headed approach to space station safety protocols.

Why do we assume that automated cars must necessarily be safer (to the driver, to the others in the environment) that current cars? We have shown by driving that we accept the current level of risk posed by ourselves and other drivers. In cases that call for special care, we teach our kids not to play in the street, we install millions of detailed traffic signals and controls, and we line streets with Jersey barriers..

Just accepting that sometimes cars hit things seems much better that handing a robot a prioritized kill list that it can use whenever it cannot maintain its "happy path" logic.

Yes.

I'd second this, or possibly amplify it. I saw the original 10 times in the theater as a 10-year old. Loved it, got completely absorbed into everything related to the movie.

Everything after that was downhill. #5 I probably saw twice out of loyalty, #6 only once and felt deeply disappointed.

Seriously, the ewoks were an unforgivable breach of trust and proof that there was nothing there.

While HFT needs to be controlled, or at least watched, I strongly suspect that it does less damange to individual investors' portfolios than a general lack of knowledge about accounting, tax, and business. HFT is an important issue, but if you don't know how to understand a 10-Q, then HFT is probably not your largest problem.

Just sayin'....

Really, though, VB6 is not BASIC, despite claims to the contrary. Program structure (numbered lines), approach (graphical), flow control (GOTO?) and syntax is entirely different.

According to the IRS, bitcoin is a property, not a currency. For the IRS, bitcoin is the equivalent of real estate or shares of stock. You don't pay capital gains on currency, but you do on property.

Sucking can help, but it is not needed.

You can immerse the siphon tube in liquid, plug the ends, and then position the siphon so that the ends are in each of two reservoirs with different water levels. When the plugs are removed, the liquid begins to move.

No sucking.

...has strong opinions about HR issues, and wants you to know that CS majors make better peons than English majors.

Why would anyone listen to the HR director about what's good for you? He's looking out for the company.

Somewhere out there, there's a sad robot missing a hand.....

"I told that student they are much better off being a B student in computer science than an A+ student in English

-might be re-phrased-

"I hire people that I think are like me."

I'll grant that there are a lot of unskilled liberal arts majors out there, but I've also interviewed hundreds of people with technical degrees and no skills, sense, or insight. Degree is just not an accurate enough heuristic to use as a filter. Unfortunately, there's not degree available in Generalized Problem Solving.

It's not the blocks that are important, it is the active use of imagination and motor skills. Comparatively less imagination and motor skills are used interact with a flat, rectangular panel of glass. Kids learn (partly) by playing and doing. With tablet screens, they are not doing as much. Fruit Ninja does is not as good as blocks.