The CES tat bazaar: Bike desks, AI-powered bird feeders, and the smelloverse As we lumber into the new year, corpulent and distended with wallets emptied from the excesses of the festive period, we now have CES 2023 to deal with – the tech tat bazaar once known as the Consumer Electronics Show. Launching today in Las Vegas, the expo once boasted 200,000 attendees but the pandemic hit the event hard, …
I'm sure that'll work about as well as all those gym club subscriptions.
On the other hand, I'd take one for surviving the zombie apocalypse, gaming in peace from my underground bunker while the shuffling hoards decompose above.
I just need to find a Cheetos dispenser and I'll be good to go . . .
"Remember Smellovision? The original system was supposed to release odors so filmgoers could "smell" what they see on the screen. It was only ever used for one film, Scent of Mystery, in 1960."
John Waters's Polyester (1981) also had it, albeit called "odorama".
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/polyester-v38632
If the counter that holds your kitchen sink is of standard height and you’re taller than average, then some kitchen renovation to make that counter 2″ (5 cm) higher would probably provide great relief to your lower back. If that’s not an option (for whatever reason), then putting off washing your dishes until the following morning (right after your back has had several hours of rest) may minimize the burn.
A cheaper solution than renovating the kitchen would be to raise just the washing up bowl. (Like the poster above, I'm assuming the article author is taller than whatever the average user height was when worktops became standardised.)
Also, whilst we're glad you have a comfortable chair, it is still a chair. Too much time sat down is not good for one's back, or bowels, legs or general health - even if vigorous exercise is taken afterwards. The body of scientific literature is becoming ever more clear on that.
My male parent *built* our house, and he was about 6' 3". He departed this mortal coil some 30+ years ago after an attempt to dodge being arrested by consuming sodium cyanide failed initially, and the long term affect nuked his liver. My female parent was 5' 4", and complained bitterly about the counter/cabinet arrangements (to this day, still chugging along). I learned to cook in that kitchen, and find *any* counter anywhere too low as I was acclimated to working above what is considered the optimal level for my height (5' 10"). My spouse on the other hand insists the current counters are too high, I find them too low, and both of the currently resident offspring can't find the counters. (Dishes *everywhere* else)
Its all relative to your experience. One case where "standard" sucks.
So the problem with comparing profits from the previious year is a bit misleading. Number one, they are not losing money. Number two, during Covid I am assuming tech sales were higher than normal. So while it usual to compare year on year, unusual times need to focus on a more meaningful time frame. My cynicism, born of years of hearing this kind of stuff that it is simply an excuse to not properly compensate employees and to have a staff cut to enable the C suite to get extra bonuses.
#Marx#grind#faces#poor
I've got a 'manual' bird feeder on the patio. Its popular, in fact it attracts quite a crowd at times. After a bit you start to notice individual birds and then you realize like some long established coffee shop (the one in movies, at least) its got a crowd of regulars with maybe the occasional visitor. Non-migratory birds like these finches and sparrows seem to be a bit like us -- once the find a neighborhood the like they move in and stay put.
The bird counter/recognizer needs to be standalone since you seem to get the most varied customers at a bird table. As for this particular one, its a very twee squirrel feeder (you're going to spend a lot of time and ingenuity deterring them -- see youTube).
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