I have never understood the attraction to juul's but the majority of individuals who I know who use them are all young adults and it is alarming that it is so simple for them to have access to this product.
Refreshing break from the constant mention that a desk needs to be clean. While I am someone who typically likes an organized workspace, I find there are too many articles nowadays that dismiss any other workspace. This is unfair as everyone works better in different scenarios and settings, just like everyone learns differently in school.
True and the effort here is to have as little bias as possible. It would be great if there was an independent vendor who could create some sort of boilerplate for these benchmarks.
While its easy to dismiss the Sci-fi fantastical end of the world claims on the dangers of AI, its important to at least address some of the realistic externalities of this technology.
"Brin is showing more real-world concerns of AI-powered systems replacing human jobs or being used to spread propaganda and fake news rather than rise up and enslave humanity"
This has been discussed a couple times here in HN recently regrading the integration of Kubernetes into Docker EE.
Individuals associated with Docker assure me that Swarm will not be End of Lifed, but even if this blog post by Docker, the focus in on the Kubernetes integration rather than the future of Swarm. 18 mentions of "Kubernetes" compared to just 8 "Swarm".
Kubernetes was designed to solve Google type infrastructure problems. Although it will run Windows containers, Kubernetes won't run on Windows desktops. It's not a problem Google has. Kubernetes primary use-case is containers for server clusters and data centers. Swarm will run on Windows because the primary problem Docker tries to solve is containers for developers. Swarm is easy to setup and run on laptop. It's a part of the Docker product. A part of the experience of developing with Docker is not having to fool with Kubernetes while developing.
Docker's enterprise products are designed to fit in the larger data-center context. The laptop experience is a small part of the value proposition relative to compatibility with heterogeneous tooling and architectures.
A quick search of the list of the "happiest countries" conducted by the UN shows all top 10 countries are from the west with at least a minor drinking culture.
Obviously there are a variety of factors affecting the outcome, but it does seem that in countries where drinking is prevalent, the people in general are happier possibly due to the relationships forged. I'll take slightly shorter and happier over an extra year added to the lifespan.
Now if there's ever an occasion to say "correlation isn't causation" it's this one. There are so many factors to consider here that drawing any kind of relation between "drinking culture" (how do you even define this?) and general population happiness sounds preposterous to me. Furthermore in this case the correlation is rather week if you compare it with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_c...
It reminds me of people who praise smoking saying that they get to meet people during breaks. I'm sure they do but certainly there are other ways to achieve the same result that don't involve hurting one's health? You can definitely go to a pub of your choice and socialize while drinking non-alcoholic beverages if you want.
I'm not saying its a simple as: Drink Alcohol=Happy Country.
But I would bet the variable is statistically significant.
And you're right there are plenty of other healthy ways to achieve happiness. But to go to the other extreme and say there are zero positive effects correlated with happiness is an overstatement.
>But I would bet the variable is statistically significant.
You need to justify this then because it's not at all obvious to me. I've had a few friends who once were alcoholics, they look significantly happier now. Socializing probably makes you happier but you don't have to drink alcohol to do that.
>But to go to the other extreme and say there are zero positive effects correlated with happiness is an overstatement.
I didn't say that, I'm just saying that you're argument is weak. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't but drawing conclusions from this list of happiest countries in the world is disingenuous, I'm sure variations in wealth, education and political climate (and even climate in general) drowns any statistical influence "drinking culture" might have. And while I'm willing to believe that alcohol consumption might has positive effects for some people you have to balance it with the many potential negative effects to see if you end up with a net positive.
The link you posted said people are happier while they drink, which is not frankly surprising to me. It doesn't say that drinkers are happier in general. If you drink to forget your troubles I'm sure you're happier while drunk but I'm not sure it's a net positive.
That's something that always frustrates me with these discussions about drinking and health. They always ignore the positives from drinking.
Yes, drinking too much (or any at all) can negatively affect your health. Yes, it can have a measurable impact on your lifespan. So can skydiving, or surfing, or horse riding, or eating a delicious burger, or taking a lover.
I'm sorry, but I think you are oversimplifying the issue way too much.
9/10 of the bottom countries in that list also allow drinking, with Yemen being the exception. In fact, many non-drinking countries are doing quite well: Kuwait is 45, Saudi Arabia is 33, and United Arab Emirates is 20.
The biggest incentive for them to work together rather than pushing for reforms specific to an individual country is to match the power of the US government on the world stage.
This was one of the main reasons for the creation of the EU to begin with, to compete with the US.
As powerful as a strong economic country like Germany can become, they still pale in comparison in size to the US.
Working together cohesively with other EU nations could create a superpower to rival China, USA, Japan, etc.
As mentioned above, the main benefit could be for the family members. When my grandmother was diagnosed it took our family completely by surpise. She lived in another state and my elderly grandfather was the only one around to take care of her.
Eventually, she had to be moved to a nursing center where the health care costs are astronomical.
Of course no one wants to hear this news early, but in terms of preparations that can be made by family members, the earlier the knowledge the better.
When a family member is struck with an illness it does not just affect the individual, but rather the whole family.
