Sentences with phrase «tech things like»

In fact, one of the things I love about Passive House is that it doesn't rely on high - tech things like phase change materials in the plaster, but instead a lot of insulation, careful detailing and as Elrond notes, «exceptional attention to detail and quality control during construction.»

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Here are some of my final thoughts — more like observations, really — on all things tech, trends and innovation at this year's installment of CES.
The Silicon Valley investor compared American and Chinese tech cultures, criticizing western employees» push for things like paternity leave and work - life balance.
Like many tech entrepreneurs, all three grew tired of the conventional way things were built — in this case, space products.
Once I learned all about the business side of things, the pair (who, by the way, have inside jokes and act like old friends), told me they were going to Google the next day to do a live Hangout video chat with the tech blog Mashable.
A lot of tech campuses are structured to provide perks like food, gyms, laundry, etc. so that workers can work longer and not have to deal with those things outside of work.
«As far as whether it's a Bay Area / tech thing, I think this lifestyle is definitely more sustainable for tech workers like me who can rely on their workplace for necessities.
«Our advice to early stage hardware companies is focus on five things — validating and articulating the pain they eliminate or problem they solve, benefits versus features and being laser focused on tech product development, cultivating a community of believers and early customers, efficiently using their cash by leveraging experts and community hubs like makerspaces and reflecting great leadership and a community mindset.»
All the tech was built entirely in - house and much of it is proprietary, including things like intelligent caching and dynamic viewing so Ochos can play continuously like TV.
Maybe major car makers like Ford and Toyota could learn a thing or two from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Increasingly, Google is investing in things like cloud computing and workplace software in an effort to challenge tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, and not just focusing on its core search business and giant Internet balloons.
The move also comes as a number of retailers stake a claim in the growing «smart home» industry which centers on tech that does things like let people turn off the air conditioning remotely: Best Buy (bby) recently announced it was giving more floor space at 700 of its stores to better showcase Amazon's Echo as well as Google Home.
While the company didn't publicly commit to a specific number of new jobs, it quoted market research that calculated that its expansion in the country will lead to 28,000 new jobs and $ 17 billion in new revenue in Canada by 2022, when calculating all things like contracts with Salesforce partners and tech bought by Salesforce customers.
It also has an aggressive culture and growth strategy set by a CEO who is so headstrong, so enthusiastic, and so combative in defense of his big idea that he is at risk of seeming like a parody of today's tech entrepreneur — up to and including having a thing for Ayn Rand.
So we are trying to find things like that that may not be mainstream today but are deeply in the tech community that have a following around them and hopefully can become mainstream technologies.»
In 2010, tech blogger Chris Dixon wrote a widely circulated post, titled «The next big thing will start out looking like a toy.»
He also co-founded the secretive data - crunching start - up Palantir and bankrolled Breakout Labs, which only funds what Mr. Thiel calls «hard tech» start - ups that tackle things like new energy, transportation and biotech companies.
But Apple and other Big Tech corporations like Google and Amazon — along with much of Big Pharma and even Starbucks — have avoided paying hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes on their worldwide earnings because they don't mainly sell physical things like cars or refrigerators or television sets that they make here and ship abroad.
After layoffs hit Las Vegas's Downtown Project this week, and in the wake of our special series on the high - profile tech and real estate development in Nevada, we asked Tony Hsieh some follow - up questions about what things look like going forward.
Benchmark has historically been a tech - based startup, so I've been mostly looking at ways that digital technologies could impact the healthcare system, not at products or drugs or things like that.
US businesses could also feel the sting because Trump's tariffs on machinery and high - tech components from China would almost certainly mean US manufacturers of things like aircraft and cars have to spend more than they do now.
«Tech companies and developers like myself have been given a wake - up call that things we think are okay are not okay to people, and people feel angry and violated,» Kogan said.
Even the less tech - heavy side jobs, like freelance writing or editing, may require a computer and even a backup computer just in case things go wrong.
We Christians often unwittingly adopt a Platonic view that assumes the spiritual world only consists of the unseen — heaven, hell, angels, souls — while solid things like tech toys, asphalt and food are unspiritual and disconnected from our Christian lives.
As a result, I am going to continue adding it to as many things as possible, like this chicken salad, that also happens to be the perfect «man food» dish for football parties, and for tech support husbands.
Driverless racing cars are only recently becoming a thing with initiatives like Roborace, but what if autonomous tech had established itself 50 years ago?
Back when we were still figuring out this whole digital media coverage thing, the Tour used to offer featured groups streams like that for free (although the quality was admittedly not up to the PGA Tour Live standard, which uses the MLBAM tech).
Some of these things I'm already doing but it's been great to initiate steps # 1 and # 5 (removing tech from the room entirely) and feel like they're making an impact.
In time, things like Bluetooth and tube - free pumping might become the standard instead of the exception, along with other tech - enabled features to make pumping less burdensome for women.
Some blogs (like Australian blog Solidariti, last updated on May 20, 2009) stopped publishing because their authors moved on to better things, but other sites (National Journal's «Under the Influence,» last updated June 5th, 2012, or Tech Daily Dose, which preceded it on October 22, 2010) were killed by higher - ups.
If all the things work out, you're not pushing or innovating enough — especially in a field like advocacy or democracy tech where * many * sacred cows need to be slain.
«Tech companies and developers like myself have been given a wake - up call that things we think are okay are not okay to people, and people feel angry and violated,» Kogan said.
«In domestic investigations we have offices with doors and electricity and water and fluoroscopes and lab techs and rubber gloves and toilet paper and things like that.
Another tax and spend liberal once again; now it's for an energy [tax] tech, never met a tax he didn't like, now he wants to tax your gasoline more;» but what I say, I would say, «Let's get one thing straight.
Both partners are tech - savvy and enjoy using things like digital pornography, webcam sex, sexting, and hookup apps, and neither wants to give these things up just because they're in a committed romantic relationship.
Albert added that becoming an FDA - cleared device involves following a host of manufacturing rules that can gum up the works, and that there are legitimate risks to allowing this sort of tech (especially when it comes to things like «predicting» heart attacks) to run wild.
Lots of things can cause random sleepless nights, however, I would argue, for most insomniacs (like I was), or those who consistently have problems with falling asleep and staying asleep, it is a direct result of chronic stress and our modern fast - paced, high - tech, lifestyles.
Like you had energy, you may have been stressed, you may have been anxious but you had the energy, you know, behind you to do all the things that you needed to do, and then at some point, it started to teeter out where, you know, you're having less energy, you're feeling more fatigue, you need more naps, you need more time sleeping, you spend more time resting on the weekend, and most people when we do a detail history, we see that pattern kind of unfolding and we progress, that's called stage 1 — again, depending on what lab you use, there's a lab called Diagnos - Techs out of Washington, they have like a 7 phases of adrenal fatigue — I like keeping things really simLike you had energy, you may have been stressed, you may have been anxious but you had the energy, you know, behind you to do all the things that you needed to do, and then at some point, it started to teeter out where, you know, you're having less energy, you're feeling more fatigue, you need more naps, you need more time sleeping, you spend more time resting on the weekend, and most people when we do a detail history, we see that pattern kind of unfolding and we progress, that's called stage 1 — again, depending on what lab you use, there's a lab called Diagnos - Techs out of Washington, they have like a 7 phases of adrenal fatigue — I like keeping things really simlike a 7 phases of adrenal fatigue — I like keeping things really simlike keeping things really simple.
On average, each facility employs about 130 people — the average Nike - making factory in China has about 1,300 — and they specialise in things like high - tech air bubbles, not finished shoes.
I love all things tech, including developing + designing blogs like this one, and I'm passionate about living a healthy, impactful lifestyle.
im carl from the usa lookin for a romantic lady — im a pc tech - i like a peaceful life i play love songs on my guitar i like nature sports and run or jog for my exercise — love to collect things movies cds — hope to find a lady to spend my life with — im a very romantic guy like to play my guitar for...
One of the most recognized dating websites and apps in the world, OkCupid uses a high - tech algorithm to connect people based on the deeper things, like beliefs and interests.
The new feature could be a useful addition for dating companies looking to promote singles events or things like tech industry meet - ups.
I work from home doing Tech Support and I develop games in my spare time... I like colors and stuff and things.
TECH CRUNCH - Apr 22 - At Cheek'd website users fill out a profile and order a deck of cards, which say things like «act natural, we can get awkward later».
Clockwise: Details of the façade of the Ismailiyya building, Philharmony Fountain in front of the Magomayev Philharmonic Hall, a vessel on the Bay of Baku Smart locks, like so many «Internet of Things» devices, are vulnerable to a host of tech issues.
«I'm not creative enough to produce something to utilize this tech, so I'm acting like it's a bad thing»
This time around, we learn that the Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg's Atlas, Woody Harrelson's Merritt, Dave Franco's Jack, plus Lizzy Caplan as the bubbly Lula after Isla Fisher dropped out) have been in hiding for a few years, but finally have a shot at starting over on the other side of the world in Macau if they can steal «the stick» — an all - powerful computer chip... or something like that — and deliver it to the dastardly tech guru Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe) so that he could do evil things with it.
It was important for the team to treat the franchise with the respect it deserves, so we took the time we needed to get features like attack - move and the improved minimap exactly right, and even added things like an in - game tech tree (how did we survive 1997 without that?)
It is worth wondering, however, why people like Affleck and Keanu Reeves are so attractive in science - fiction premises (Reeves even had a turn with the memory - loss high - tech agent thing in Johnny Mnemonic)-- probably something to do with the idea of robots and minds wiped clean.
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