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I bet it's a broken pixel on a CMOS/CCD sensor or a reflective (like aluminum) roof of a building.

A mobile device that's meant to be used ONLY in one VERY specific way that is in no way mobile friendly at all.

Masterbation. Fun but pretty useless.

List out all the monosaccharides contained in a serving's disaccharides & polysaccharide content.

It's so frustrating to see something like this:

    Total Carbohydrates: 75g

         Dietary fibre: 2g
    
         Sugar: 23g

... ok so what is the remaining 50g of carbs?! It makes a big difference if it's 50g of fructose or 50g of glucose (starch or lactose). Plus, what is meant by "sugar"? Is that sucrose (50%/50% fructose/glucose), HFCS (55%/45% fructose/glucose), or some other disaccharide?

>Alcohol gives you a buzz by destroying your brain cells.

That's totally incorrect.

Alcohol INCREASES levels of norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter responsible for arousal. Elevated norepinephrine also increase impulsivity.

Alcohol REDUCES activity in the prefrontal cortex and temporal cortex. This is where decision making, rational thought, memory formation, and aggression suppression is managed.

In large amounts it's much harder on your liver than your brain, but in moderation it's fine.

All good critiques of freelancing today. "Freelancing" in 2043 will be very different.

Of course no one knows the future (maybe lifetime union jobs will be back in 30 years?) but I just feel this is the way the wind is blowing. But then again maybe it's just where I'm standing.

> What I do is a marathon, not a sprint

The problem I see is that all the other top marathon runners around me are taking nootropics (adderal etc) to stay in the lead.

Not everyone is born Kenyan. :P

Yep, partially due to technology but I also think in 30 years almost everyone will be a freelancer and "jobs" as we know them today will be very very rare.

Not sure what you mean by "wealth per person", but pretty much everything is significantly better than it was in 1970.

The average North American is significantly wealthier today than they were in 1970. Compare an average car from 1970 and an average car today. Today's econo-boxes are Space Shuttles compared the caveman-cars of 1970 (Ford Pinto?). Both cost approx the same in inflation-adjusted work-hours.

Think about the TV that your average family was watching in 1970, and the average TV today. 60" 3D flat panel TVs for <$1000 in 2013 compared to ~$2200 (inflation adjusted) in 1970 for a 16" Motorola color TV.

hard, hard, hard; not strong.

Gorilla glass is not as hard, but is much stronger.

It's hard to show something that does not exist.

Since diamonds are actually not valuable, one would require the help of the diamond-cartel to extract any value at all.

Don't think diamonds are worthless? Try selling one.

Ah yes, but then those are fat calories, not "fibre" calories.