Actual LOL.

Actual LOL.

Do they come factory grooted now?



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Todays ad from a local electronics chain called expert.

Todays ad from a local electronics chain called expert.

I am so getting one of these. It stimulates sunrise. With snooze!

Look at the first slideshow linked here and understand the reason why big pharma is scared of obamacare.

Look at the first slideshow linked here and understand the reason why big pharma is scared of obamacare. A standardized health care may one day lead to centralized price negotiations on behalf of the whole american people, slashing your prices to european levels.

With lower prices americans may even start going to their doctor earlier and afford treatments that could up the life expectancy...

Originally shared by Avinash Kaushik

Price of healthcare in the world.

Bottom-line? We pay the most for the same stuff. That's not the worst part. This is: We also increasingly burden US citizens with debt related to insane costs (see colors below for Exact same procedures). 

One of many, many examples: Humira costs $2,246 in the US. In Switzerland, a, mildly put, expensive place, it costs $881. 

15 more examples here: http://goo.gl/BzBSd0

Oh, and it is not even that our (sorry, sarcastic) healthcare is causing us to live longer or anything. We are #53 on the list: http://goo.gl/8NJgn9

Yes, our recent healthcare reform will put a band-aid on a bleeding patient. For the sake of our children, we need to do better.

Data source, pages 14 - 17, pdf: http://goo.gl/60BzlW  Many thanks to Thomas Baekdal for sharing this lovely chart.

Congratulations to India. The first country to send a Mars orbiter in first attempt. :-)

Congratulations to India. The first country to send a Mars orbiter in first attempt. :-)

I look forward to data returned throughout the rest of the journey.

Originally shared by Ganesh Nayak

Indian scientists congratulating each other after successful deployment of Mangalyaan into Mars orbit. They sure seem to be dressed for the occasion :-) .. So happy

Jeg må si meg helt enig med Lars Fosdal .

Jeg må si meg helt enig med Lars Fosdal . Vi har absolutt råd til å ta vare på flyktninger. Jeg skulle bare ønske hun kunne sluppet belastningen med usikkerheten i så lang tid.

Originally shared by Lars Fosdal

Vi trenger mange, MANGE, flere historier som denne. Hva er vel vitsen med rikdommen vi pumper opp av havet, dersom vi ikke kan bruke den til velferd og gode gjerninger?
http://www.bt.no/btmagasinet/Rakrygget-3201308.html

The "instruction video" that can be seen in the latest Ylvis song.

The "instruction video" that can be seen in the latest Ylvis song.

Originally shared by Cecilie Selsvoll Monsen

Nice to know :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEXcVvxmV3s&feature=share

Our local philharmonic orchestra is 250 years old and have decided to celebrate their audience by visiting...

Our local philharmonic orchestra is 250 years old and have decided to celebrate their audience by visiting companies, institutions, prisons etc. They played for us during lunch.

Brandenburger concertos nr 3

Jenny Winder some harp for you...

Jenny Winder some harp for you...

Our local philharmonic orchestra is 250 years old and have decided to celebrate their audience by visiting companies, institutions, prisons etc. They played for us during lunch. First harp and saw, then Brandenburger concertos nr 3 (next post)

:-D of course there are some strong points in favor of the iphone 6, but this guy goes completely overboard.

:-D of course there are some strong points in favor of the iphone 6, but this guy goes completely overboard. Seeing his list of argumetns is great fun.

Relevant compared to modern android phones:
- 64bit processor can help a lot with photo work, such as HDR. On the other hand some Android vendors use dedicated processors from their camera lineups for this (Like the Sony Xperia line).
But android phones freezing and lagging often? No way. Why not keep to facts instead of spreading "information" that is far more dubious than the picture he is responding to?

- Camera may be "superior to most cameras in smartphones today", but why not compare to the current high end phones? Sorry. The iphone 6 has only been catching up.  And even the cheapest one is far more expensive than the top models from other brands. You cannot compare it to "most android phones".

- Faster LTE is nice as long as your network provider really gives you access to it. How often do you need faster speeds than what you have today? By the time your network provider can offer the new speeds you probably have a new phone anyway.

- Apps... "half the apps  [on android phones] are useless" ??? WTF? Seriously? Unless you mean the un-uninstallable stuff bundled in by your provider when buying a locked phone. It's not that bad over here, but I understand it is a pain in the US.

- The iphone has a "premium feel" when holding it? If you think that then you definitely are a fanboy. :-D

- Most android phones look the same? Seriously???? Let me tell you one thing... There is infinitely more variation among android phones than among iphones. Iphones all look the same. This guy want us to take him seriously?

- The fact that the Nexus 4 had wireless charging 2 years ago is irrelevant because none of the nexus 4 owners he knows have bought the charger? His nexus-owning buddies define that it is irrelevant that phones have had wireless charging before the iphone? This is really a fanboy.

- Fingerprint scanners are nothing new on android either, even if the nexus 4 doesn't have one. We have seen on previous iphones how a cat paw can unlock the phone. Android vendors have mostly ditched the idea of fingerprint scanners. And you now say it is secure enough for identifying me for purchases? I'll wait and see...

- Customer support - this is full on fanboyism. Have you really tested apple support? It works for the kind of problems you could ask a buddy for help with. Your buddy would do it for free (or a beer). But apple support actually charge you through the nose just for something as simple as adding a pre-existing email account to the email app! And try (as a corporate customer) to get a bulk exchange of recalled chargers...

The iphone 6 hardware isn't exciting at all except for those deeply invested in apple. Sorry, Nidhi Singai. It's the simple truth. This is nothing more than barely catching up. Next month it will be way behind again.

Let's hope there are more interesting news hiding underneath these fanboy wars. Is the Apple Pay solution something that actually will work? Will it also open up to other phones? So far there has been to much fighting among credit card companies, network companies and national interests to make one payment solution over NFC work. Is there anything at all in the new announcement beside apple pay that is interesting?

Originally shared by ****

Haha! Now this article sure is relevant...
Somehow this shows up in google now.

Looks the the author has seen the mocking comparison done by Ron Amadeo and disagrees..
http://m.businesstoday.in/story/apple-iphone-6-google-nexus-4-premium-smartphones-apps-fingerprint/1/210204.html

Seemed like a fitting takeaway from conway hall. I have only read the introduction so far. Looks very promising.

Seemed like a fitting takeaway from conway hall. I have only read the introduction so far. Looks very promising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Hall_Ethical_Society

London ate my shoes!

London ate my shoes!

I bought 2 pairs of shoes for my recent sailing trip to London (see previous post). One pair was soaking wet at arrival, so I walked the streets of london for 3 days in these. I have no idea how far they took me, but my body ached and my feet hurt at the airport the fourth day. And my shoes obviously gave up their soles for me.

R.I.P.

Google autoawesome story from my recent offline period.

Google autoawesome story from my recent offline period.

Sailing on the schooner Oosterschelde from Bergen, Norway to London, UK.

Steering her at night, watching the milky way stretching across the sky as a white band... It really affects the soul. Reconnects to the cosmos.

During daytime the platform up the schooner mast (the forward one) and the net under the bowsprit were infinitely relaxing and disconnected spots.

And of course we had to work. Actually sail her. Hauling ropes until my muscles hurt.

This story has some annotations in norwegian, but you are only here to look at pictures anyway, right?
https://plus.google.com/113308741660805522664/stories/1e3d392f-e806-3e40-b882-0c96ed9c76ce1485186e93f