What people call "chemistry" isn't a single thing, and in particular, it doesn't come to us in a single set quantity.

Look. No one, even the silliest amongst us, who talk about looking for chemistry, are nearly as simplistic and decisive about it as the opening question presumes. Even the most boastful of us who claim to know at a glance, that things will or wont work with someone, don't really deal with people in our lives that way.

But down to the details of JUST the profiles, and JUST a short conversation: it's a STAGE. We develop all relationships in stages, or by degrees. Only the nuttiest or least self-observant people, think they really "fall in love at first sight."

What people actually do is, they build up a set of expectations and associations. People who think they fall in love at first sight, for example, are actually falling in love with a construct of the perfect mate, that they have (often unconsciously) assembled over time. NOT with the actual person.

And when someone REJECTS someone early on, or just by looking at the profile and having short conversations, they are ALSO doing so by comparing what they experience of the other person, with the collective assemblage of data they have built up by that time, only this time, they find what many call "red flags."

So maybe they say "chemistry is wrong or absent," as a way to decline further involvement.

And it is completely legitimate, because the "chemistry" data they have, really ISN'T just based on the short online conversation and the profile, it's based on the person's entire life experiences and personal desires.

So.

The short and simple way of saying ALL that, in answering the opening question, is:

yes, absolutely, I not only believe, but I have actually directly experienced myself, being able to derive enough from a short conversation and a profile and a picture, whether or not it is worth risking both peoples' time, to see whether or not ANOTHER stage might be possible with this person.

cats and boxes. there is a secret chemistry in between them lol

"was"? i am afraid to ask, but what happened to him?

dsafj lol

China creates world’s fastest computer without relying on US hardware for first time



A Chinese supercomputer has been named the world's fastest computer for the seventh year in a row – but unlike previous winners, this year's champion uses only Chinese-designed processors, representing a decline of US dominance in the field.

The new titleholder, the Sunway TaihuLight at the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, was developed by China's National Research Center of Parallel Computer Engineering & Technology.

The supercomputer uses Chinese-developed ShenWei processors, “ending any remaining speculation that China would have to rely on Western technology to compete effectively in the upper echelons of supercomputing," said a statement by the TOP500 project ranking the world's fastest supercomputers.

It is capable of 93 petaflops, or quadrillion calculations per second, according to TOP500. It was designed for use in engineering and research, including in the fields of climate, weather, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and data analytics.

The TaihuLight will be introduced at the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday.

"As the first No. 1 system of China that is completely based on homegrown processors, the Sunway TaihuLight system demonstrates the significant progress that China has made in the domain of designing and manufacturing large-scale computation systems," Guangwen Yang, director of the Wuxi center, was quoted as saying in the TOP500 statement.

Other countries with computers in the Top 10 were Japan, Switzerland, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.

In addition to beating out US computers, China also surpassed the US for the first time as the country with the most supercomputers in the top 500. China had 167 systems and the US had 165. Japan took third place with 29 systems.

China's developments serve as evidence of dwindling US dominance in the field, with TOP500 organizers saying: “Considering that just 10 years ago, China claimed a mere 28 systems on the list, with none ranked in the top 30, the nation has come further and faster than any other country in the history of supercomputing.”

Defined as a computer that performs at or near the highest operational rate for computers, supercomputers are one of a series of technologies being used by China's ruling Communist Party for development. The technologies have received huge financial support in the country.

http://www.rt.com/news/347620-china-supercomputer-sunway-taihulight/

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Scientists successfully test ‘biological supercomputer’ performing complex tasks
Published time: 29 Feb, 2016



Researchers have taken on the problem of reducing a super computer the size of a basketball field to that of a book. The answer is “biocomputers” – incredibly powerful machines capable of performing multiple calculations with a fraction of energy.

According to study coordinator Heiner Linke, who heads nanoscience at Lund University in Sweden, “a biocomputer requires less than one percent of the energy an electronic transistor needs to carry out one calculation step.”

http://www.rt.com/news/347620-china-supercomputer-sunway-taihulight/
* More on link*

Usually their outfit gives them away...miner's safety hat, etc.

Quote:

My behavior is the same both online and offline

Quote:

Mine almost is.... I use profanity in real life.
It is wonderful & colorful

I came looking to date, now I'm just looking to Mingle

Person, Not Profile: Artist Exposes How Social Media Hurts Body Image

Research suggests that too much time spent on Facebook can cause women to dislike their appearance, and can contribute to feelings of loneliness and depression.

One artist from Birmingham, Jade Johnson was so inspired by social media and the way in which it impacts people's perception of themselves that she decided to do an exhibition. Johnson is in her third year at Birmingham City University and became challenged by the impact that social media sites such as Instagram have on body image.

"After my second year of university, I was quite lost. I didn't know what to be, felt like people were trying to change me and I was changing myself to please others. I told my best friend that my profile had been created on Instagram; I never put my work on it as people just wanted to see a character and a glamorous profile, when really I am quite insecure and geeky, but no one would know that until they met me," Ms Johnson told Sputnik.

So, Jade developed a lookbook and took photographs of herself in a campaign to fight against the pressures women are under to conform to plastic surgery and dieting. The project has had a huge response.

"I created a look book of photographs and posted them on Instagram. People loved it and we had lots of messages from girls who said they feel really good about themselves," Jade Johnson told Sputnik.

However, Jade recognizes that social media can be a great platform for enabling someone to promote their business, but the pitfalls are that it sometimes makes you think things are real, when in fact many of the people look the way do because of plastic surgery.

"These profiles are unrealistic, as I can be whoever I want to be… You can see the most glamorous person on social media, but there's a lot of pressure on them to look that way," Johnson told Sputnik.

Since the exhibition was launched Jade has seen some changes in her artistry as well as in herself, as a person.

"Before this campaign, I never put my work anywhere. I always thought I wasn't good enough, yet now I feel more free to let others see it."

"Putting the look book together has made me feel excited and has motivated me to move forward," Johnson told Sputnik.

Now that Jade has launched her exhibition, she hopes that social media network bosses and those who are responsible for them will implement the necessary changes.

Coming Soon (pic on link)

A photo posted by UnEdit (@unedityourself) on Apr 7, 2016 at 6:19am PDT

"This exhibition might just open their eyes to see that there is a person behind the profiles, and that the way they are made to feel is wrong."

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160628/1042094928/social-media-body-image.html/

Live ScienceHuman Nature

Dislike: Facebook May Hurt Women's Body Image

http://www.livescience.com/44723-facebook-women-body-image.html/


* There is a lot out there on this*

Hawking and his Ilk start to P*$$ me of with their irrational Luddite Anxiety-Mongering!

Thank you
I think the inevitable is, AL with see us as inferior beings. And Yikes !

Through time... humans have long for something greater than themselves.
So IMHO, if they do not have that knowlege spirtually.... they will create it.
CERN etc..
Even to the point of their own destruction.

I dont have that option im over 19 year olds wanting to "learn new stuff from a mature woman" i would like to meet a man not boys