"“Don’t go out alone,” says Collins, who recommends collecting wood in teams of two or three. Always wear long pants and shirts, boots, ear protection and helmets. Mostly you’ll want to take trees that are already dead. Hardwoods like oaks tend to burn hotter and longer than coniferous softwoods like pines. Don’t enter a forest willy-nilly as if you own the place. “Go with respect for the land,” Collins says.
Before firing up your chain saw, look up for what foresters call widowmakers — large branches that could fall and crush you. Never take down trees when it’s windy. Once a tree is on the ground, remove branches and slice the trunk into rounds, which you’ll load into your truck or trailer using a wheelbarrow. Chop the rounds using an ax or mechanical splitter. Swing the ax with your whole body, and always spread your legs to avoid cleaving one of your feet."
2021 m. balandžio 4 d., sekmadienis
A pandemic accelerates the development of disparities between countries
"The Black Death, a pandemic caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that spread across Asia, Africa and Europe beginning in 1346, was “without question the most catastrophic health crisis in recorded history,” Mark Bailey, a historian and the author of “After the Black Death: Economy, Society, and the Law in Fourteenth-Century England,” said in an interview. In England, it killed around 50 percent of the population in 1348 and 1349; in Europe as a whole, estimates range from 30 to 60 percent. The sheer scale of mortality was an enormous shock, though its effects went far beyond that. As Monica Green, a historian of medicine who specializes in medieval Europe, put it, “Who will bring in the harvest if half the people are gone?”
Different societies responded in different ways. In many parts of northwestern Europe, such as Britain and what is now the Netherlands, the sudden death of a huge share of working people meant it was easier for the survivors to get work and acquire land. “You get an increase in wealth per head and a reduction in wealth inequality,” Mr. Bailey explained. Economically, at least, “ordinary people are better off.”
The reverse was true in much of eastern Europe, where lords consolidated their power over the now-scarce peasantry to reimpose serfdom, forcing them to work the land on terms favorable to landowners. There, inequality flatlined or actually increased in the wake of the plague.
There are many competing explanations for the split, but one possibility is that “the Black Death tends to accelerate existing trends,” like a movement toward a less feudal, more consumer-based economy in northern Europe, Mr. Bailey said. But that region didn’t magically become a bastion of equality post-plague — the English government imposed wage caps in the mid-14th century to keep pay from going too high. The result was widespread unrest, culminating in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, which brought together people of a wide variety of social backgrounds in an expression of “pent-up frustration” at government mismanagement of the economy, Mr. Bailey said.
Over all, if “resilience in a pandemic is coping,” he continued, “economic and social resilience subsequently is adapting.” The modern lesson: “Adapting to the new reality, the new paradigm, the new opportunities, is key.”"
„Microsoft“ sukurs papildytos realybės įrenginį „HoloLens“ armijai
Tai tiek buvo žinoma Lietuvoje iki šiandien, balandžio ketvirtos dienos. Dabar Vakarų spaudoje pasirodė papildomos informacijos:
"„HoloLens“ naudojama technologija, vadinama integruota vizualinio pagerinimo sistema, kuri suteiks juos dėvintiems kariams naktinį matymą, šilumos matymą ir garso ryšį. Prietaisai taip pat turi jutiklius, kurie padeda kariams nukreipti ugnį į mūšio priešininkus. Prietaisai „suteiks geresnį supratimą apie situaciją, tikslingą įsitraukimą ir pagrįstą sprendimų priėmimą“, siekiant įveikti dabartinius ir būsimus priešininkus, sakoma armijos pranešime spaudai. 2018 m. „Microsoft“ laimėjo 480 milijonų dolerių vertės pasiūlymą sukurti papildytos realybės įrenginių prototipus. Armija trečiadienį pranešė, kad nauja sutartis papildytos realybės įrenginius gaminti didesniu mastu sudaryta penkeriems metams su galimybe pridėti dar iki penkerių metų“.
Klausiate, kodėl Lietuvoje neturime tokių technologijų? Žinote, mūsų Landsbergių vadovaujamas "elitas" nesusigaudo, kaip galima iš to pralobti. O perkant auksinius šaukštus feodaline prievarta surinktiems šauktiniams - tai Landsbergiai moka puikiai. Tai parodė skandalinga istorija su Landsbergių kontroliuojama Nota bene.
Microsoft will make augmented reality headsets for the Army
This was known in Lithuania until today, on the fourth day of April. Additional information has now appeared in the Western press:
You ask, why do we not have such technologies in Lithuania? You know, our Landsbergiai-led “elite” isn’t catching up on how to get rich with it. And when buying golden spoons for forcefully collected conscripts, the Landsbergiai enrich themselves perfectly. This was shown by the scandalous story with Landsbergiai controlled Nota bene.
"Microsoft said Wednesday that it would begin producing more than 120,000 augmented reality headsets for Army soldiers under a contract that could be worth up to $21.9 billion.
The HoloLens headsets use a technology called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which will equip soldiers wearing them with night vision, thermal vision and audio communication. The devices also have sensors that help soldiers target opponents in battle.
The devices will “provide the improved situational awareness, target engagement and informed decision-making necessary” to overcome current and future adversaries, the Army said in a news release.
In 2018, Microsoft won a $480 million bid to make prototypes of the headsets. The Army said Wednesday that the new contract to produce them on a larger scale was for five years, with the option to add up to five more years."
2021 m. balandžio 3 d., šeštadienis
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