The WHO report is very clear: red meat and processed meat cause an increase in risk of some cancer. And they're very clear that it's causal, not just correlation. And they're clear that the risk is increased by 15-20%. But that increase is on a very low risk.
"This is a perfect example of confusing correlation with causation."
You are confusing two different fields of science. This isn't physics where an action causes a reaction. This is biology and the human body is a massive ecosystem.
The 800 studies that "eventually" reached the WHO is the best way to determine a connection between two things. This is decades of research and maybe around 1million human subjects that were studied in total.
Exactly! I'm always disappointed by reporting on scientific research; reading the research helps, but how many people are going to do that? A lot of people will probably change their diets based on this research, assuming that eating meat is as bad as smoking.
siavosh, this looks great - I think this would be super useful for a team (especially with slack integration), are you or will you be looking for beta testers for a corporate solution?
My experiences with the Crazyflie come from a newbie's perspective since it's my first (nano) quad-copter.
There isn't any autopilot with the Crazyflie, but it does come with an Xbox/PS3 key mapping that that lets you control the quad. I learned this the long way, but you have to take extraordinary amount of precision when building it to make sure, the battery is centered, the propellers are balanced, and there is minimal vibrations (messes with the gyros). This is mainly because it's a nano-copter so these variables add up to a lot and you'll struggle with flying.
TIP: Map the XYAB keys to change the pitch/roll so when you hover, you can trim it inflight.
The python code is a bit raw and seems a bit hacky imo (they still update the software, so it's getting better). I learned how to use it from the examples which were good enough.
It's a ton of fun though because you get to muck about with anything that you want since it's made to be hackable. The downside however is that the price is pretty steep.
I believe that to do this without using any of the existing firmware you would just want to grab a JTAG programmer and flash your own version of their firmware, or a custom blend of something. Flashing it is easy and they've got plenty of instructions on the web.
You can actually do this with a usb cable, or flash your own firmware over the air, you'd only need a jtag programmer if you wanted to replace the open-source bootloader :)
Yep, that's pretty much exactly what it does, just tied into their ecosystem instead of being standalone/DIYish like an Arduino. You see people above comparing ElectricImp because it's very similar - simple way to get REST or simple net connectivity for a thing.
Less marketing jargon, more actual content. What I find particularly fascinating is that bitcoin is mentioned a bunch of times passively without anyone ever saying "this is a bitcoin bank". It's like your supposed to just intuit the function of the site from a bunch of vague adjectives and adverbs like "everywhere" and "instant".
Zach here, also from Spark. We're definitely working on next-gen hardware now, haven't selected a final chipset yet.
Our hosted cloud is somewhat different from the open source version, and the differences will grow over time. As an open source company, the question always comes to "how do we make money?" Our open source thesis is to give away basic technology and sell advanced technology. Right now the biggest differences between our hosted cloud and the open source version is scalability; our system is designed to scale horizontally whereas the open source one is a single instance (although it could, of course, be modified). We are still deciding which features that are still in development will be open sourced, and which won't. We've learned from other for-profit open source companies (like MongoDB, for instance), that even after being on the market for years they're still trying to figure out which features to give away and which to sell.
Thanks for answering Zach! Your answer certainly helps make it more clear.
To use your feature rich cloud, would one have to use your spark core board or one can roll own CC3000 based board + your open source firmware but pay you and have it talk to your closed cloud for scale? When is your plan to announce pricing for this feature rich cloud?
You've got it- you can build your own board using our reference design and pay us a minor fee to use our lovely cloud. Pricing isn't public yet, but we can discuss it privately if you have a need. Thanks!
