Well, what can I say? There are winners and losers in the world, always has been, always will.
[...] Life is a contest....you have to fight to win. Not everyone gets that.
I realize there are a lot of people that think like you, and that's just sad. It is the kind of mentality that leads to bullying, desperation, and (in the extreme) the mass shootings.
Nothing shy of taking everyones money/wealth, and redistributing so that everyone has an equal share, whether they earned it or not, you are not going to have people that don't 'struggle" as you say.
Really? That's the only way you can imagine? What a black and white world, isn't it?
I certainly hope you aren't proposing that....because at some point, you run out of people willing to work harder and excel, only to have their rewards given to someone that didn't/couldn't do the same work or had the same luck.
Indeed, because that's the direction the industry is taking, right? Oh, wait, actually it is robots that are increasingly taking over people's jobs. So when the bulk of production is automated, where does the economic power to buy it come from?
All your argument is irrelevant. A coder may make great software, that delight vis customers. Several users have happier lives, bla bla bla. Ve may provide excellent ROI for vis boss. Bla, bla, bla. Yet, the amount of taxes that individual coder pays, compared in proportion to what big corporations* do, is far greater.
* it seems people here are ignoring the big picture... calm down Apple fanboys, this is not only about your masters.
Most of the people that argue with anti-tax individuals think them morally corrupt and conflate not wanting to pay taxes with some sort of selfish drive. It's not true for most of the ones I've spoken to.
Well, it is certainly true for your friend (cayenne8) right above your comment, who said:
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Altruism at its finest!
And just a quick comment on "It is also immoral to force people to pay for something that they choose not to/don't use": unless you are a complete hermit (growing your own food, sewing your own clothes, etc.), you are indirectly making use of things that you may have chosen not to use for yourself.
Furthermore, how can a system where the "I'm gonna get as much as I can (regardless of my needs) and give as little as possible" mentality is the norm be considered moral?
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Except we're far from just barely surviving, while there are people actually struggling. Your indoctrination in individualism does not allow you to see how immoral that is... A little bit of empathy would do you good.
It's kinda sad to have to spell it out loud... but here it goes: your tax money is used to benefit society; when you don't pay your taxes you are not contributing to society, yet you still benefit from those who contribute - that is immoral. Please, cayenne8, tell me how isn't that obvious?
Furthermore, how can a system where the "I'm gonna get as much as I can (regardless of my needs) and give as little as possible" mentality is the norm be considered moral?
Nobody needs to show anything that is openly obvious. As I write this I can hear you say 'obvious to whom?' To anybody non-retarded and non-sociopath, obviously.
Honesty and ethics was probably not much of a concern.
As it isn't for the majority of politicians. Money is all that matters. I'm not American, but if I were, I would surely join these guys: http://www.wolf-pac.com/ Getting money out of politics should be your (you, citizens) top priority.
Sure, I just quoted the summary. And unfortunately people usually don't grasp the difference between determinism and predictability, as most of the comments here shows. What these fluctuations etc. do is just increase the chaotic behavior.
All the hard sciences use math as a tool because they go to the core of the problems, where simplifications that disregard higher order interactions still produce useful and meaningful models. Law is based on rules which describe patterns on systems of any order, mostly higher order social systems. What you're suggesting is to replace the pattern recognition for an enumeration of the possibilities, or how else would you remove the ambiguity? That's not practical.
They're already written in a 'sort of pseudo-code', legalese. Problem is it is very hard to debug and really easy to insert malicious code. But if what you really meant was a language without ambiguity, that seems to be impractical.
Can I ask you what are the algorithms behind this secure voting method? When I watched this presentation I thought he was talking about homomorphic encryption, but after I read about it I realized it couldn't be, since the computation required for processing millions of ballots would be far too much.
Here's a clue, fella. Decent people think removing a dictator is a good thing, but don't bitch at people who won't do it for them.
And decent people think installing a dictator is a bad thing. Perhaps you are not aware of the influence of the US on the establishment of dictatorial regimes on South America and Asia, go check it out.
Nice, so it is a 3 factor authentication! The password, the phone, and if you are using Microsoft products, you are certainly _________. Feel free to fill the blank as you wish.:)
I don't wanna be mean, but you have a glass roof... Chemistry is not the right level of abstraction, if you are going to talk about nuclear interactions... And if you wanna consider the potential nuclear energy of matter, you yourself are a huge walking fuel depot, the only problem is fusing your atoms...
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Well, what can I say? There are winners and losers in the world, always has been, always will.
[...]
Life is a contest....you have to fight to win. Not everyone gets that.
I realize there are a lot of people that think like you, and that's just sad. It is the kind of mentality that leads to bullying, desperation, and (in the extreme) the mass shootings.
Nothing shy of taking everyones money/wealth, and redistributing so that everyone has an equal share, whether they earned it or not, you are not going to have people that don't 'struggle" as you say.
Really? That's the only way you can imagine? What a black and white world, isn't it?
I certainly hope you aren't proposing that....because at some point, you run out of people willing to work harder and excel, only to have their rewards given to someone that didn't/couldn't do the same work or had the same luck.
Indeed, because that's the direction the industry is taking, right? Oh, wait, actually it is robots that are increasingly taking over people's jobs. So when the bulk of production is automated, where does the economic power to buy it come from?
So how exactly are they not contributing?
Taxes. RTFSummary for chrissake.
All your argument is irrelevant. A coder may make great software, that delight vis customers. Several users have happier lives, bla bla bla. Ve may provide excellent ROI for vis boss. Bla, bla, bla. Yet, the amount of taxes that individual coder pays, compared in proportion to what big corporations* do, is far greater.
* it seems people here are ignoring the big picture... calm down Apple fanboys, this is not only about your masters.
Most of the people that argue with anti-tax individuals think them morally corrupt and conflate not wanting to pay taxes with some sort of selfish drive. It's not true for most of the ones I've spoken to.
Well, it is certainly true for your friend (cayenne8) right above your comment, who said:
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Altruism at its finest!
And just a quick comment on "It is also immoral to force people to pay for something that they choose not to/don't use": unless you are a complete hermit (growing your own food, sewing your own clothes, etc.), you are indirectly making use of things that you may have chosen not to use for yourself.
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Except we're far from just barely surviving, while there are people actually struggling. Your indoctrination in individualism does not allow you to see how immoral that is...
A little bit of empathy would do you good.
It's kinda sad to have to spell it out loud... but here it goes: your tax money is used to benefit society; when you don't pay your taxes you are not contributing to society, yet you still benefit from those who contribute - that is immoral. Please, cayenne8, tell me how isn't that obvious?
Furthermore, how can a system where the "I'm gonna get as much as I can (regardless of my needs) and give as little as possible" mentality is the norm be considered moral?
Nobody needs to show anything that is openly obvious.
As I write this I can hear you say 'obvious to whom?'
To anybody non-retarded and non-sociopath, obviously.
And that's what you get when the technology allows it. But not in the case of the backdoors. No, the government would never abuse its powers...
IIRC, science says algae are (to use your expression) the planet's lungs, not trees.
Honesty and ethics was probably not much of a concern.
As it isn't for the majority of politicians. Money is all that matters. I'm not American, but if I were, I would surely join these guys: http://www.wolf-pac.com/
Getting money out of politics should be your (you, citizens) top priority.
Sure, I just quoted the summary. And unfortunately people usually don't grasp the difference between determinism and predictability, as most of the comments here shows. What these fluctuations etc. do is just increase the chaotic behavior.
The same set of inputs will generate the same set of outputs every time.
Yep, that's how humans work. Anybody that had the chance to observe a patient with long-term memory impairment knows that.
From the wikipedia:
[...] self-defense allows a person to use reasonable force in his or her own defense or the defense of others [...]
Please, enumerate the situations where this would be allowed, and the reasonable uses of force as well.
All the hard sciences use math as a tool because they go to the core of the problems, where simplifications that disregard higher order interactions still produce useful and meaningful models. Law is based on rules which describe patterns on systems of any order, mostly higher order social systems. What you're suggesting is to replace the pattern recognition for an enumeration of the possibilities, or how else would you remove the ambiguity? That's not practical.
They're already written in a 'sort of pseudo-code', legalese. Problem is it is very hard to debug and really easy to insert malicious code. But if what you really meant was a language without ambiguity, that seems to be impractical.
Can I ask you what are the algorithms behind this secure voting method? When I watched this presentation I thought he was talking about homomorphic encryption, but after I read about it I realized it couldn't be, since the computation required for processing millions of ballots would be far too much.
The only incompetence is your understanding.
Thank you for the ad hominen.
[...] and you have a second set of plans called As-Builts
Exactly, and it is incompetence to not keep them.
The city also has to pay about $500,000 to a civil engineering firm to determine exactly where the fiber optic cables are buried...
Wtf, don't they have the installation project plans in the first place? This is the kind of incompetence that really pisses me off.
Just start fracking, so all these sewage contamination problems will be minimized. At least in a relative way...
Here's a clue, fella. Decent people think removing a dictator is a good thing, but don't bitch at people who won't do it for them.
And decent people think installing a dictator is a bad thing. Perhaps you are not aware of the influence of the US on the establishment of dictatorial regimes on South America and Asia, go check it out.
The internet is a better place without the smellz. And I would not recommend googling for this post's title.
Nice, so it is a 3 factor authentication! The password, the phone, and if you are using Microsoft products, you are certainly _________. Feel free to fill the blank as you wish. :)
Clearly what you need is glasses!
The fundamental principle of Capitalism [...]
Because we know how well it works with humans in command, right[U+2e2e]
I see you got some THC catalyzer...
I don't wanna be mean, but you have a glass roof... Chemistry is not the right level of abstraction, if you are going to talk about nuclear interactions...
And if you wanna consider the potential nuclear energy of matter, you yourself are a huge walking fuel depot, the only problem is fusing your atoms...