We Have One Season In California Called Fire Season

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From
October 29th 2016
my
Post
explaining how bad I have it living in
California
called
Trying To Keep That California Dreaming All To Myself

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Just got back from another hike in the

Wilderness

of

California.

We are in the middle of a drought,

so everything looks a sandy brown,

with a few patches of green.

I went on a hike at the

San Onofre State Beach.

Ah,

don't think it is all

Fun,

Sand,

and

Surf

just because it is

California.

Like I said,

it's a barren wasteland here,

because we don't have any water.

So all of you

Wannabees Tourists,

I would definitely plan my vacation to another location.

Here,

I have a couple of pictures that might help you to decide to stay away from our

California Beaches.

 

See,

it is

Hell

living her in

California

these days.

Save yourselves the grief.

Find a new place to go on

Vacation!

This is,

Trying To Keep That California Dreaming All To Myself,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Life is a summer, full of fun, at the beach, under the sun.”
- Debasish Mridha -

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Feels Like Human Skin

If you have been reading my

Blog

over the years you know that I love

Science

and

Technology.

But even for me,

some

Technologies

are just over the top.

This new

Cell Phone Cover

I'm sure even the

Japanese

would want it.

A little background first.

I have written about

Oppai cell phone covers

where dirty old men can pretend they are feeling a pair of

%!%$

while fondling their phones,

but this is out of this world!

This Phone Case Feels Like Human Skin and the Internet's Skin Is Crawling

By Ruby Anderson on thrillist.com

Her is my favorite movie. It’s about a lonely man who falls in love with his computer software, but can’t spoon her at night because the computer is just the voice of Scarlett Johansson in a box. But maybe lonely men everywhere will one day be able to spoon their software after all, because people are designing skin you can put on your devices. The technology is called “Skin-On.” The new tech was part of a team research project conducted at Bristol Interaction Group in the United Kingdom. The group, Telecom ParisTech, set out to improve “interface control” on their devices by allowing you to connect with it on a maybe-sacrilegious level. “Human skin is the best interface for interaction,” the organization's website reads. “I propose this new paradigm in which interactive devices have their own artificial skin, thus enabling new forms of input gestures for end-users.” Oh yeah? ;) “I wanted to pinch my phone,” one of the researchers, Marc Teyssier, told New Scientist. The new technology enables a user to, for example, tickle the “skin” to produce a laughing emoji.

This is,

I'm Sticking With My Oppai I Mean Regular Protective Case For My Phone

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“If I hear the phrase "selfie" one more time, I'll have to enroll myself in anger management classes.”
- Rebecca McNutt -

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I Do Like Trivia

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For your reading pleasure,

a

Post

from

October 25th 2016

called

Questions You Didn't Know You Needed To Ask!

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Why am I afraid of the number 13 Jim?
"The belief that the number 13 is unlucky is so widespread that its origins are unclear — different theories link it to Christian tradition (once again related to the Last Supper, where Judas is said to have sat at the thirteenth place at the table); Viking lore (the trickster god Loki being the thirteenth god); and the Persian zodiac (in which there are twelve signs, leaving the number thirteen to represent chaos.) The specific fear of Friday the 13th dates back to the 19th century, combining two old superstitions: the fear of the number 13 with the belief that Fridays are unlucky days.The morbid fear of the number 13 is technically known as "triskaidekaphobia", and is so common that many buildings have no floor 13 — going straight from 12 to 14."

Thirteen wasn't so bad for the

Original 13 Colonies

of the

United States

and our

Flag!

(Thirteen Stripes)

Who is Atë, Até and Aite?

"Actually, all three names refer to the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly. Até also refers to the action performed by a hero, usually because of hubris, that often leads to his or her death or downfall. Mythology personifies Atë as the daughter either of Zeus or of Eris. Homer's Iliad (Book 19) depicts Atë as the eldest daughter of Zeus (with no mother mentioned). On Hera's instigation, Atë used her influence over Zeus so that he swore an oath that on that day a mortal descended from him would be born who would become a great ruler. Hera immediately arranged to delay the birth of Heracles and to bring forth Eurystheus prematurely. In anger Zeus threw Atë down to earth forever, forbidding her return to heaven or to Mt. Olympus. Atë then wandered about, treading on the heads of men rather than on the earth, wreaking havoc on mortals."

There you have it.

More trivia you might need to know someday when you finally end up on that

TV Game Show

you've been dying to get on.

This is,

I Do Like Trivia,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“There is no trivia in a strategic mind.”
- Toba Beta, -

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Free Education Online

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I have always stated that a person should always keep learning no matter their age.

Education keeps the mind sharp

and helps you with informed decisions on all kinds of subject.

With today's attitude of

"I believe what I believe no matter what the evidence proves,"

having a little knowledge on subject you enjoy might prove useful.

How To Get A World Class Education For Free

By Amy X. Wang Originally for Quartz now on Getpocket.com

For a free liberal arts education:

The first name in online course catalogs is Coursera, a juggernaut because of its pioneering of massive open online courses (MOOCs). Started in 2012, Coursera now has over 28 million users and over 2,000 courses—which can either be taken for free or for a small fee to earn an official certificate—from leading institutions like Harvard and Stanford. In recent years, the catalog has expanded far beyond traditional subjects like history and mathematics. “There’s been a lot of interest in courses that are more about personal and professional development—you’ll see courses on how to learn, how to reason, how to find happiness and fulfillment, as well as courses that are more skills-oriented,” Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller told Quartz in 2016.

The platform’s most popular classes include:

• Machine Learning (Stanford University)
• Learning How to Learn (University of California-San Diego)
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (Princeton University)
• Financial Markets (Yale University)
• Programming for Everybody (University of Michigan)
• Seeing Through Photographs (The Museum of Modern Art)
• Buddhism and Modern Psychology (Princeton University)
• Introduction to Philosophy (University of Edinburgh)

There are several other MOOC providers, including Udacity and edX. Udacity tends to be a better resource for professionals looking to develop certain vocational skills, and edX—created by MIT and Harvard—is more of a zany academic platform with a special focus on science, but both have large, comprehensive catalogs and easily searchable databases. For specific professional skills, there’s also Alison, another online course provider, which works with big publishers like Google and Macmillan to provide training in areas like customer service, project management, and human resources. If your aim is purely to soak in all the knowledge under the sun, you might also give Khan Academy a try. The site is lauded for its streamlined, expert-driven content in the form of short YouTube videos that are quick to absorb and do not necessarily comprise an entire course. And if you’re interested in learning from professors at a specific institution, run a search for whether the school has an open learning program. Harvard Extension’s Open Learning Initiative, Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative, MIT OpenCourseWare, and Open Yale Courses are all examples—and there are more coming out every year—of elite universities publicizing their most popular classes.

For learning a new language:

Many smartphone users are already familiar with Duolingo, which has emerged in recent years as a major language-learning program, beating out the likes of Rosetta Stone and other established companies for sheer efficiency. And, of course, cheapness.

Duolingo, which has about 200 million registered users around the world, currently offers 68 different language courses across 23 languages, with 22 more courses in development. It operates a “freemium” model (think Spotify) which allows users to access the bulk of the app for free, and pay for certain additional features. Its genius lies primarily in its design, which has been praised as revolutionary and intuitive: Lessons integrate text translation, visuals, speaking, and sound into a comprehensive learning environment.

For the euphoria of fiction:

Reading, the most wonderful of leisurely pursuits, need not be costly at all. Start at Project Gutenberg, which offers over 56,000 free e-books. Open Library, a project of Internet Archive that is trying to catalog every book in existence, also offers plenty of free books. Join your local public library—or any public library—that offers OverDrive, an app that lets users borrow from a comprehensive catalog of free ebooks and audiobooks. Libby is another app that offers the same functionality with a better interface. Google Books has abandoned its once-lofty plans to digitize the world’s books, but it has a “free ebooks” feature you can toggle and is a useful site for academic texts or some more modern titles. Quartz has a complete guide to finding specific titles online. (If you’re a book novice, unsure of where to start, you might also take a look at Quartz’s guide to enjoying classic literature.)

For the nitty-gritty of coding:

Coding is one of the best skills to learn online—the work itself takes place entirely on a computer—but the quality of free teaching available ranges from expert-level to deeply flawed. Programmers tend to agree, though, that Codecademy, Free Code Camp, and HackerRank are all consistently well-designed and useful resources. Codecademy gently coaches novice coders through the basics of HTML and CSS, and into JavaScript and more complicated languages; Free Code Camp does the same with an added emphasis on building real-world projects for nonprofits. HackerRank offers code “challenges”—mini puzzles that are attention-engaging and educational without being explicitly instructive, providing a “learn by doing” approach that is ideal for people who prefer projects to lectures. If none of these three appeal, try this list of 49 vetted resources.

For a jumpstart on the hard-to-grasp:

Onerous is the idea of trying to learn more about the physical world without a good starting-off point. The following free resources, some of which live on a few of the open platforms mentioned above, offer a mix of interactive materials, quizzes, and videos, and are excellent inspiration for anyone interested in working in—or simply learning about—the sciences.

• Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe (Australian National University)
• Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity (Stanford University)
• Introduction to Astrophysics (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
• Quantum Mechanics for Everyone (Georgetown University)
• Math is Everywhere: Applications of Finite Math
• BBC Learning: Science
• Most Ambitious Science Projects (Highbrow)
• Super-Earths and Life (Harvard University)

For a hefty dose of motivation:

TED Talks are hardly a secret resource; you can easily find talks from stars in every industry from technology to agriculture. Another source of inspiration is MasterClass, which is not free—it costs around $180/year—but hosts a number of well-made videos led by celebrities. Judd Apatow can teach you comedy, Gordon Ramsay offers wisdom on cooking, and Diane von Furstenberg will share her tips for building a fashion brand. With these kinds of classes, the delivery platform is not as important so much as the idea of being inspired continually, by idols, icons, experts, or anyone that you feel can lead you to where you want to go, so that you maintain your energy and stay enthusiastic about the world around you. MasterClass CEO David Rogier says, “Schools teach you the underlying skills of what to learn, but now in the changing world it’s the default to change ourselves and continue to learn.” Thanks to the internet, that’s easier than ever.

This is,

Trying To Learn A New Language

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Mahatma Gandhi -

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HD 140283 — or Methuselah

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By David Crookes - All About Space magazine 8 days ago Science & Astronomy on Space.com

Space Mysteries: If the universe is 13.8 billion years old, how can a star be more than 14 billion years old?

For more than 100 years, astronomers have been observing a curious star located some 190 light years away from Earth in the constellation Libra. It rapidly journeys across the sky at 800,000 mph (1.3 million kilometers per hour). But more interesting than that, HD 140283 — or Methuselah as it's commonly known — is also one of the universe's oldest known stars. In 2000, scientists sought to date the star using observations via the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hipparcos satellite, which estimated an age of 16 billion years old. Such a figure was rather mind-blowing and also pretty baffling. As astronomer Howard Bond of Pennsylvania State University pointed out, the age of the universe — determined from observations of the cosmic microwave background — is 13.8 billion years old. "It was a serious discrepancy," he said.

It seems we still have so much to learn!

This is,

You Know I Love This Kind Of Stuff So I Hope I Don't Bore You When I Post It

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My hero is Methuselah. He lived a thousand years.”
- Marty Rubin -

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