eve the same goal, but doesn't solve the basic problem.
Unsurprisingly, the Soviet system AS ACTUALLY APPLIED got it right. From this clearly written article:
First, as explained below, [Gosbank] had no discretion over the quantity of money. Its money-creation activity like its credit activity was entirely passive, arising as a byproduct of the production plan.
When a farm delivered its milk output, it would obtain a document from the cheese factory verifying that the latter had received its milk input. The document was then turned over to Gosbank, which credited the farm's account according to the value of the milk delivered, and debited the cheese factory's account by the same value.
Likewise, after the cheese was produced and shipped to the State food store, the cheese factory obtained a document verifying its delivery of cheese. Again, the document was turned over to Gosbank, which this time credited the cheese factory's account and debited the store's account. Finally, when households purchased the cheese with cash, the State store deposited its cash receipts with Gosbank and was given a credit of equal value.
With this simple example, we can see how every transfer of physical output from one location to another, and every bit of value added in production, was mirrored by an associated financial transfer through Gosbank.
I don't know if Marx designed it this way, but this was the reality.
Continued and expanded here.
Why did you even think it?Brit Medical Journal reports on a large and well-constructed experiment to see if weightlifting would help with Alzheimers.
Results were strongly negative and DEADLY. The old folks who lifted weights lost mental ability faster, and suffered more falls and heart attacks than the non-lifting control group.
Twenty five adverse events occurred (eight were possibly related, nine probably related, and eight definitely related) and four serious related adverse events (one hospital admission for exercise induced angina, two injurious falls, and one case of substantially worsening hip pain) in the exercise group; and no adverse events in the usual care group. In the exercise group an adverse event was reported by 23/329 (7.0%, 95% confidence interval 4.7% to 10.3%) participants.
That's just plain scary. Falls are the typical endpoint of Alzheimers.
Why in the fuck did you even THINK that weightlifting would help? It diverts blood and energy FROM the brain. Unlike walking or dancing, weightlifting doesn't sync the nervous system and doesn't provide any sensory input except pain and misery and torture and dread.
Among young folks there's a 100.00% correlation between weightlifting and absolute brainless stupidity. I don't know the direction of causality, but when you see a 100.00% correlation you've got to be CAUTIOUS at the very fucking least.
¶ 4:49 AM
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Noticed something about a recurring location in dreams. The location is mixed and merged, but it's the same place(defined vectorly) in three cities at once. Manhattan, Enid, Ponca. Vector description: Θ = south from downtown. R = five blocks.
City maps overlay nicely on the location marked in green:
In terms of buildings and topology, the dream location is more Enid than anything else, but it has echoes of the others. I'm always heading northward, which is slightly uphill in all three places.
Here's a Googlestreet of the place in current Enid:
This catches the feel of the street itself but not the buildings. Enid has been stripping itself out since 1980, replacing rows of flavorful old storefronts with parking lots and big undefined rectangles.
Does this overlay process say something about memory? Are memories stacked on a single geographic datum, like the layers of ancient cities under Rome or London?
When Kissinger gets involved....UD notes that even Henry Kissinger has joined all the other COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL people in worrying about artificial intelligence.
When all of the ruling class is publicly "worried" about a target, it means they're getting ready to treat the target as a fake enemy.
The sponsors of AI are at