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Submission + - Capitalists Who Fear Change (lfb.org)

bill_mcgonigle writes: "In his essay, Capitalists Who Fear Change, author Jeffrey Tucker takes on "wimps who don’t want to improve." From DMCA take-downs on 3D printing files to the constant refrain that every new form of music recording will "kill music", Mr. Tucker observes: "Through our long history of improvement, every upgrade and every shift from old to new inspired panic. The biggest panic typically comes from the producers themselves who resent the way the market process destabilizes their business model" and analyzes how the markets move the march of technology ever forward. He takes on patents, copyrights, tariffs, and protectionism of entrenched interests in general, with guarded optimism: "The promise of the future is nothing short of spectacular — provided that those who lack the imagination to see the potential here don’t get their way.""

Comment Re:new? (Score 1) 101

I performed the first Hd surgery in 2000 befoore we did this 4K project last month. The best surgical cameras we use tp perform the operation through a scope are only HD ---BUT there is no 1/3 inch HD surgical camera chip they are all upscaled 1/2 HD or worse. he red was an order of magnitude beyond anything I used before. The monitors referenced above are mainly used for radiology and microscopes never for endoscopic surgery

Submission + - Surgeon Performs Wold's First Surgery in 4X HD (docinthemachine.com)

docinthemachine writes: Research just presented at the 65th ASRM on 4K surgery. Using bleeding edge Hollywood 4K cameras coupled to laparoscopes surgery was performed in 4K or 4X the resolution of HD. Since laparoscopy is performed viewing on a video monitor this is a huge advancement of resolution and clarity for the surgeon. It only took a million dollars of projectors to show it to the audience.

Comment Re:Bullshit. No Top Academic Scientists Responded. (Score 1) 955

more of an issue than ritalin are eugaroics such as provigil. Already given out to pilots by the airforce it is being used with increasing frequency by students for exams, shift workers in factories and doctors on long duty schedules. I know of prominant physician researchers and academics who have iused it in situations of sleep deprivation. It allows one to function for extended periods without sleep without losing performance, it keeps mental acuity and raction times and recall stable (newer DARPA funded versions actually increase performance) and has no rebound effects.
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Google Perks Are Great, But They All Mean Business 289

megazoid81 writes "While there have been complaints of late, Google was recently named the best place to work according to the widely read annual Forbes survey, in its first appearance on the list. The plethora of perks at Google does make you wonder though what kind of hours the company expects its employees to keep. In the context of Google's perks, a Knowledge@Wharton article explains that there are two kinds of workers: segmentors and integrators. Segmentors want to maintain a strict separation between work and home while integrators don't mind mixing the two. The piece posits that segmentors might actually mind too many perks at their workplace and find their commitment eroding. Does Google have a disproportionate number of integrators in its workforce? What kind of worker are you — segmentor or integrator?"

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