Still American Colleges and Universities are still top notch in the world. I have seen American Students struggle just as hard as foreign students from those countries who have top education marks.
In terms of education in America we can do better. However I expect the metrics that we are using to understand our ranking is flawed. Also the fact it is easy to hack metrics.
For example. In the United States there is a path for any student who is willing to graduate from high school, this means the full normal distribution of people are in play. While other countries after elementary school, will keep the best and brightest to go to high school and college, while the Standard Deviation -1 and below will be forced to go into vocational labor job training. In short comparing the metrics are faulty as they just take out people who would make such metrics poor.
It is a toy. That may offer some minor conveniences to your life. However I remember back in the early 2000's that PC Modding was big. PC with a Window full of Neon Lights and Fans with LEDs, colored cooling water cool tubes. Or those curvy "ergonomic" keyboards back in the 1990's that were so popular. We had a brief trackball trend, and Laptops made from different metals.
Other than getting a fuel efficient car that can fit you and your family, people opt for larger cars, and trucks even if they are not hauling anything.
Even a lot of jewelery that people get. What is the point, and most will not sell it later.
As like a lot of the things we buy, it isn't always just because it is practical, but because it is fun.
We all have hobbies and will use some of our cash for stupid things, that just make us feel better.
So we can get a real time Stamina Bar and HP Indicators. I think the real killer feature would be so it can be used without being tethered to your phone. And you can take and make a call by putting your thumb in you ear and talking to your pinky.
Nobody? There are more than 1 person who has an Apple watch and cares about it.
Sometimes we put Apple on a different set of standard for success. the iPod, and iPhone were huge and changed how we dealt with mobile hardware. the iPad and iWatch are mostly toys based off of the success of the iPod and iPhone. Being that they didn't completely change the industry doesn't mean it is a failure. I personally don't see the iWatch worth the money. However some do. And I am not going judge them on that. Because there are things I get for myself that are just as silly but makes me feel good. Like my mechanical keyboard.
Perhaps the typical Fat Dumb American are actually intelegent people who cannot find work to match their potential. This isn't other similar research correlating intelligence with other related issues. Such as intelegent people tend to get paid less than people with lower intelligence. Or People with higher IQ may get caught up in drug addiction.
I think in part much of American values are built on the concept of hard work and not on smart work. If I am smarter than the next guy and gave a task to do I may get it done in half the time and go home early while the guy who is having a harder time is putting in overtime. Thus he is getting paid more for doing more work however the outcome is the same.
Then we also get the smart guy questioning authority. So the boss will say "Do it this way." While you may think of a better way and the boss doesn't like watching you not following his direction.
Now all this goes down to a link in America correlating obesity with income. So this with other research such as this one helps paint a better picture of the complex issue that we face. Not the simplified tweet or a snarky comic of a fat guy in a wheelchairs with flags and gun going 'Merica!
A common mistake people do when making stuff for children is assuming that kids are dumb so let's make it simple for them. Kids are not dumb and a good children's museum teaches the adults too. The only real difference is the "Adult" museums are more or less teach like the Victorian times quite expecting you to stay attentive with learning to be done via audio and visual learning. A "Children's" museum offers the tactile learning as well and fully engages all the senses for proper learning.
I would make physical and manipulable exhibits such as not gates and gates and or gates either out of blocks or plumbing with color water. Then getting so far to make a 4 bit adder. After you get that far then you can switch to electricity. Perhaps with a large quartz transistor and circuits. Where they can turn a dials and press buttons pull leavers to get the point. The goal is to demistify computers to children and adults before you get to the other suggestions with robots writing code. But for the most part target towards teaching adults the concepts using as many stimula as possible.
More to the point what information could you find in his tax returns that would sway people from voting for him?
You should know that the wealthy look rich to the shareholders and poor to the government. So his tax returns are not going to look stellar. We know this. This is why rich people are always under audit because his wealth is a disconnect to his taxable income so the irs will terming if any errors were done or laws broken. To be fair the tax code is so complex that the rich has the resources to abuse it without breaking laws.
Just because this election time we have Hillary Clinton who comes with her own political baggage and many people going I'll never vote for her no matter what. Gives Trump the only advantage. As he wasn't considered a political treat for 24 years. Allowing conservative media to dig up dirt of any type to go against her.
So now we have to vote for the corrupted or the corrupter.
So... Where would a a secure place to place the servers? Is any country a gold model for Internet privacy and will be willing to stand up to governments who will demand that the release information?
The nice part about living by the bay is eating all the ships come and go. Having a ship permanently docked there slowly rusting away is an eye sore. Just like going to an impoverished rust belt town where the building are just getting abused and slowly decaying.
Sure the building may be 125 years old with some unique architecture however it is slowly rotting away. So other than trying to keep that building there for historical reason they should make sure it is fixed up or knocked down and replaced. Sometimes we are so fixated on history that we are using as an excuse to avoid progress.
Those people who stay skinny have a genetic predisposition however if a person struggles to keep their weight down it is their fault for not working hard enough. Because you know Calories in vs Calories burned.
Now genetics is only part of the equation. there are thing you can do to put on weight (say weight lifting) or loose weight (sat cardio and diet)
There are too many diet snobs out there telling you that everything you eat is bad. Just as your genetics may make your body digest faster and slower people have different dietary requirements. I tried vegetarian for about 2 months my body didn't like it. I gained weight because I ended up eating more calories to get what my body said it wanted for protein. Now other people are fine on a vegetarian diet because they may not need as much direct protein. Perhaps I have a harder time digesting protein from beans and vegetable than others do.
However all these comments saying how a particular diet is bad and how their body types issues can be fixed with the diet changed that worked for them is just lazy, shaming of people so they feel morally superior due to their foods that they eat.
That was true back in 2006 not so much in 2016. For most people specs do not matter. However 4 year old specs at brand new prices isn't going to be too helpful. As Windows PC makers are using that gap to fill the void. Much like how Apple did so back in 2006 Where Windows XP was an again OS without a new one to take its place, designed for a way of computing that was common back in the 1990's. OS X and Macs at the time were the modern solution to most people. Thus its popularity. However with older Macs designed for older computing needs are showing its age. Granted I am doing this on a 4 year old ThinkPad Laptop running Windows 7, However the computing expected me to do on this, isn't the stuff I may want to do at home, or for an other business.
However the variables will stay in memory of the Browser and device even if the network connection is off then can send it over when it returns. However typically if the battery dies. Then your local memory will go too.
I am guessing the purpose was for a few things. 1. Remote Desktop Help to help identify problems with your system. 2. Websites that may have rules to Save/Commit your session before your battery dies. 3. Websites to lower the amount of JS processing based on your battery usage
Ruby On rails had a huge spike in popularity a decade ago. Then the traditional forms of development had taken over. How do you plan on keeping the language up to date on the current trends?
Compared to what? I think all forms of authentication can be hacked or is extremely inconvenient to use as a daily device. Why get a device that suppose to make your life better if you can't connect to it?
That is a lot of RAM for a Vista install. I had 4 Gigs which was far more than enough back then. I was thinking you meant 32 Megabytes, but that is very small for the time as most work stations of that period had 1 or 2 gigs of RAM.
Back then with that type of setup, why didn't you use Windows Server 2003 or 2008?
There really needs to a far more standardization on emoji. The as explained in this XKCD argument our speach and communication has been moved to more of a visual form. Our standard text (Much like this) is designed for more formal expression of ideas and knowledge. Where it recommends that people sit down read it, think about it for a bit and respond to it, learn from it, or flat out reject it. Emoji are part of the new mobile text communication. Short burst of communications meant to get attention express an immediate or emotion. Even if the Apple Smiley face seems a little happier than the Chrome Smiley face. Than the expression of the idea is different.
However there is being liberal than there is being crazy liberal. The type of liberal where any idea that falls under the conservative category must be stopped. Changing from a real gun to a water gun changes the meaning of the message. What if Apple changed the word "Samsung" to "Cheap 3rd party ripoff". People are going to have different opinions and to many people a gun isn't an image of violence. But a tool and a symbol of freedom. To change that image to a water pistol is infringing on free speech.
I am not a gun nut. I don't own any guns and I support proper gun regulations. However you can't block free speach by changing a picture, but you change the meaning of past speach and that is wrong.
Cable TV is considered a luxury item. Hence the rules for charter are based on Cable TV Service. Internet on the other hand isn't a luxury service it is needed to operate in modern daily life. Now the Cable TV Industry used their infrastructure to expand to Internet. However it is still bundled, and priced accordingly. Google Fiber is meant to be much cheaper and get more. These government restrictions can be relaxed because 1. it is for a greater good, 2. they are trying to offer services at a lower price point.
I would agree to charters terms IF they can provide the citizens similar services for similar costs without such extra controls.
The Cable TV Monopoly has been a bastardization on the US Market for too long. Hense why Cable TV companies are some of the worst to deal with.
The problem isn't the patents, but the patent approval process. A lot of stuff that gets a patent should be rejected due to many reasons. From being to general or had already been done.
Because sound and noise is very complex and to cancel it they are a lot of tight variables that needs to be considered. A fraction of an inch could amplify the sound vs cancel it.
For decades they sold hearing aids that removed the background noise and focused on the directed noise. The human voice has a set of harmonics that is rather common across people. As well if it is at a particular amplitude you can say this voice is talking to you vs. standard background noise.
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Who is worse? The Corrupted or the Corrupter?
Trump it just trying to cut the middle man.
Still American Colleges and Universities are still top notch in the world. I have seen American Students struggle just as hard as foreign students from those countries who have top education marks.
In terms of education in America we can do better. However I expect the metrics that we are using to understand our ranking is flawed. Also the fact it is easy to hack metrics.
For example. In the United States there is a path for any student who is willing to graduate from high school, this means the full normal distribution of people are in play. While other countries after elementary school, will keep the best and brightest to go to high school and college, while the Standard Deviation -1 and below will be forced to go into vocational labor job training. In short comparing the metrics are faulty as they just take out people who would make such metrics poor.
It is a toy. That may offer some minor conveniences to your life.
However I remember back in the early 2000's that PC Modding was big. PC with a Window full of Neon Lights and Fans with LEDs, colored cooling water cool tubes. Or those curvy "ergonomic" keyboards back in the 1990's that were so popular. We had a brief trackball trend, and Laptops made from different metals.
Other than getting a fuel efficient car that can fit you and your family, people opt for larger cars, and trucks even if they are not hauling anything.
Even a lot of jewelery that people get. What is the point, and most will not sell it later.
As like a lot of the things we buy, it isn't always just because it is practical, but because it is fun.
We all have hobbies and will use some of our cash for stupid things, that just make us feel better.
So we can get a real time Stamina Bar and HP Indicators.
I think the real killer feature would be so it can be used without being tethered to your phone. And you can take and make a call by putting your thumb in you ear and talking to your pinky.
Nobody? There are more than 1 person who has an Apple watch and cares about it.
Sometimes we put Apple on a different set of standard for success.
the iPod, and iPhone were huge and changed how we dealt with mobile hardware.
the iPad and iWatch are mostly toys based off of the success of the iPod and iPhone. Being that they didn't completely change the industry doesn't mean it is a failure. I personally don't see the iWatch worth the money. However some do. And I am not going judge them on that. Because there are things I get for myself that are just as silly but makes me feel good. Like my mechanical keyboard.
Perhaps the typical Fat Dumb American are actually intelegent people who cannot find work to match their potential.
This isn't other similar research correlating intelligence with other related issues.
Such as intelegent people tend to get paid less than people with lower intelligence. Or People with higher IQ may get caught up in drug addiction.
I think in part much of American values are built on the concept of hard work and not on smart work.
If I am smarter than the next guy and gave a task to do I may get it done in half the time and go home early while the guy who is having a harder time is putting in overtime. Thus he is getting paid more for doing more work however the outcome is the same.
Then we also get the smart guy questioning authority. So the boss will say "Do it this way." While you may think of a better way and the boss doesn't like watching you not following his direction.
Now all this goes down to a link in America correlating obesity with income. So this with other research such as this one helps paint a better picture of the complex issue that we face. Not the simplified tweet or a snarky comic of a fat guy in a wheelchairs with flags and gun going 'Merica!
A common mistake people do when making stuff for children is assuming that kids are dumb so let's make it simple for them.
Kids are not dumb and a good children's museum teaches the adults too. The only real difference is the "Adult" museums are more or less teach like the Victorian times quite expecting you to stay attentive with learning to be done via audio and visual learning.
A "Children's" museum offers the tactile learning as well and fully engages all the senses for proper learning.
I would make physical and manipulable exhibits such as not gates and gates and or gates either out of blocks or plumbing with color water. Then getting so far to make a 4 bit adder.
After you get that far then you can switch to electricity. Perhaps with a large quartz transistor and circuits. Where they can turn a dials and press buttons pull leavers to get the point.
The goal is to demistify computers to children and adults before you get to the other suggestions with robots writing code. But for the most part target towards teaching adults the concepts using as many stimula as possible.
More to the point what information could you find in his tax returns that would sway people from voting for him?
You should know that the wealthy look rich to the shareholders and poor to the government. So his tax returns are not going to look stellar. We know this. This is why rich people are always under audit because his wealth is a disconnect to his taxable income so the irs will terming if any errors were done or laws broken. To be fair the tax code is so complex that the rich has the resources to abuse it without breaking laws.
Just because this election time we have Hillary Clinton who comes with her own political baggage and many people going I'll never vote for her no matter what. Gives Trump the only advantage. As he wasn't considered a political treat for 24 years. Allowing conservative media to dig up dirt of any type to go against her.
So now we have to vote for the corrupted or the corrupter.
So...
Where would a a secure place to place the servers?
Is any country a gold model for Internet privacy and will be willing to stand up to governments who will demand that the release information?
The nice part about living by the bay is eating all the ships come and go. Having a ship permanently docked there slowly rusting away is an eye sore.
Just like going to an impoverished rust belt town where the building are just getting abused and slowly decaying.
Sure the building may be 125 years old with some unique architecture however it is slowly rotting away. So other than trying to keep that building there for historical reason they should make sure it is fixed up or knocked down and replaced. Sometimes we are so fixated on history that we are using as an excuse to avoid progress.
Those people who stay skinny have a genetic predisposition however if a person struggles to keep their weight down it is their fault for not working hard enough. Because you know Calories in vs Calories burned.
Now genetics is only part of the equation. there are thing you can do to put on weight (say weight lifting) or loose weight (sat cardio and diet)
There are too many diet snobs out there telling you that everything you eat is bad. Just as your genetics may make your body digest faster and slower people have different dietary requirements. I tried vegetarian for about 2 months my body didn't like it. I gained weight because I ended up eating more calories to get what my body said it wanted for protein. Now other people are fine on a vegetarian diet because they may not need as much direct protein. Perhaps I have a harder time digesting protein from beans and vegetable than others do.
However all these comments saying how a particular diet is bad and how their body types issues can be fixed with the diet changed that worked for them is just lazy, shaming of people so they feel morally superior due to their foods that they eat.
Oddly enough Apple had OSx longer than they had Mac OS 1-9
That was true back in 2006 not so much in 2016.
For most people specs do not matter. However 4 year old specs at brand new prices isn't going to be too helpful. As Windows PC makers are using that gap to fill the void. Much like how Apple did so back in 2006 Where Windows XP was an again OS without a new one to take its place, designed for a way of computing that was common back in the 1990's. OS X and Macs at the time were the modern solution to most people. Thus its popularity.
However with older Macs designed for older computing needs are showing its age. Granted I am doing this on a 4 year old ThinkPad Laptop running Windows 7, However the computing expected me to do on this, isn't the stuff I may want to do at home, or for an other business.
In Short Macs really need a touch screen.
However the variables will stay in memory of the Browser and device even if the network connection is off then can send it over when it returns. However typically if the battery dies. Then your local memory will go too.
I am guessing the purpose was for a few things.
1. Remote Desktop Help to help identify problems with your system.
2. Websites that may have rules to Save/Commit your session before your battery dies.
3. Websites to lower the amount of JS processing based on your battery usage
Ruby On rails had a huge spike in popularity a decade ago. Then the traditional forms of development had taken over. How do you plan on keeping the language up to date on the current trends?
Compared to what? I think all forms of authentication can be hacked or is extremely inconvenient to use as a daily device.
Why get a device that suppose to make your life better if you can't connect to it?
That is a lot of RAM for a Vista install. I had 4 Gigs which was far more than enough back then. I was thinking you meant 32 Megabytes, but that is very small for the time as most work stations of that period had 1 or 2 gigs of RAM.
Back then with that type of setup, why didn't you use Windows Server 2003 or 2008?
There really needs to a far more standardization on emoji. The as explained in this XKCD argument our speach and communication has been moved to more of a visual form. Our standard text (Much like this) is designed for more formal expression of ideas and knowledge. Where it recommends that people sit down read it, think about it for a bit and respond to it, learn from it, or flat out reject it. Emoji are part of the new mobile text communication. Short burst of communications meant to get attention express an immediate or emotion.
Even if the Apple Smiley face seems a little happier than the Chrome Smiley face. Than the expression of the idea is different.
However there is being liberal than there is being crazy liberal.
The type of liberal where any idea that falls under the conservative category must be stopped.
Changing from a real gun to a water gun changes the meaning of the message. What if Apple changed the word "Samsung" to "Cheap 3rd party ripoff".
People are going to have different opinions and to many people a gun isn't an image of violence. But a tool and a symbol of freedom. To change that image to a water pistol is infringing on free speech.
I am not a gun nut. I don't own any guns and I support proper gun regulations. However you can't block free speach by changing a picture, but you change the meaning of past speach and that is wrong.
Sure you can change it. But the point is if you change the emoji then you change what is being said.
Cable TV is considered a luxury item. Hence the rules for charter are based on Cable TV Service. Internet on the other hand isn't a luxury service it is needed to operate in modern daily life. Now the Cable TV Industry used their infrastructure to expand to Internet. However it is still bundled, and priced accordingly. Google Fiber is meant to be much cheaper and get more. These government restrictions can be relaxed because 1. it is for a greater good, 2. they are trying to offer services at a lower price point.
I would agree to charters terms IF they can provide the citizens similar services for similar costs without such extra controls.
The Cable TV Monopoly has been a bastardization on the US Market for too long. Hense why Cable TV companies are some of the worst to deal with.
The problem isn't the patents, but the patent approval process. A lot of stuff that gets a patent should be rejected due to many reasons. From being to general or had already been done.
Because sound and noise is very complex and to cancel it they are a lot of tight variables that needs to be considered. A fraction of an inch could amplify the sound vs cancel it.
For decades they sold hearing aids that removed the background noise and focused on the directed noise. The human voice has a set of harmonics that is rather common across people. As well if it is at a particular amplitude you can say this voice is talking to you vs. standard background noise.