your career has just begun.

Now we can say: "People are dying to see Oracle's software working properly."

L A R R Y ! ! !

You can tell from the way they use their walk.

Parked at the beach on a cold windy day looking out to sea and chilling with music on is pretty relaxing. Finish off listening to a song when I've pulled into my driveway, taking a moment to enjoy the music. When your busy loading stuff to and from the vehicle. What's the use case for playing music you don't enjoy?

Just hit pause or turn it down.

You should always be alert enough if you are in control of a vehicle, prepared to brake, notice the pedestrian well in advance coming toward your vehicle, to time your approach and scare the absolute shit out of them with the horn so they pay more attention when crossing the road next time.

Obviously the music has to be loud enough so you can't hear them swearing at you as you drive past.

I recall reading an article about this sometime ago and the core issue was because modern flat screens have the speaker diaphragm pointed at the floor instead of at the people watching.

It's dystopian and anti-establishment themes GUARANTEE it will never be remade as it was with updated special effects.

Many artists, including George Lucas, read Joeseph Campbell's book "The Hero With A Thousand Faces", which is also an awesome read. Campbell meant it as a roadmap of mythology and the human psyche, however it's structure and the basis of a Hero's Journey within his book is clearly represented in Star Wars. Then completed comprehensively in SW:1-6.

However the real lesson is Campbell's mantra "Follow your Joy" which is exactly what George Lucas has done with his life.

It's more like watching Disney shitting on a great piece of art, adding a fart and saying "Look at this magnificent Shartwork".

My wife has one of those things, the programmable leds on the back have some interesting applications.

Thank you and sorry for your loss.

I'll qualify my use of the word "stress" as chronic stress from repeated trauma or one large traumatic event. One only has to look at the consequences of chronic stressors, brain inflammation and release of cortisol. These lead to outcomes, like rumination, that consume cognition. The normal state of the brain releases dopamine, serotonin without inflammation also allows a balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. This is the platform for cognition to the limit of a person's I.Q.

In my experiences I.Q is generally subsumed by the rumination from traumatic events and compounds whilst it remains unprocessed. Specifically fluid I.Q, i.e. the I.Q available in the moment is affected, crystalized I.Q is not and it is reflected in the way dementia and alzheimer's affects a persons memory. I often wonder if there is a link between trauma and those diseases because I notice this in people around me. If it is so common in a such small sample maybe it is reflected in a broader population. That's why I think this is more likely than general decline in human cognition.

I avoid twilight of sunset or dawn because the shadows are long in the water, which gives the shark an advantage. Bright daylight is best.

It paid off, one day a shark showed up to exactly where I surf. The fucking thing was huge, about 3 metres between the dorsal and tail fin, so about 5 or so metres long. You know something is wrong when the fish are trying to jump out of the water.

Once I saw a seal pop up in front of me and the look of fear in it's face and lack of concern for meeting a human told me it was time to get out of the water.

Sharks, you just don't want to be the object of their curiosity.

It's all epoch time to Siri

I can say No with sincere confidence because of my experiences of processing the trauma I've had in my life. In a short list, my math and programming skills improved at the same time as my emotional intelligence, sleep quality and duration when I made a concerted effort to address my mental health issues. In reality I'm still discovering the improvements.

I think it's more realistic to say that, globally, mental health issues are the thing that is holding human cognition back from reaching its true potential. To be specific, I think my experiences are common and that we have been riding a wave of inter-generational Complex and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder since, at least, the end of World War 2 that prevent us reaching the peak of our cognitive abilities.

However, I think we have reached the peak of stress responses a normal human can tolerate and that the results we see today is because our daily lives are bogged down with stress, distractions from mobile phones, addictive software, advertising and more all of which prompts addictive neuropeptide responses in the brain.

In my experiences, addressing mental health issues is the most difficult simple thing you can do and is totally worth it.