What? Is congress the only entity able to buy them? What, exactly, is stopping someone in the private sector from stepping up with some bucks?
Oh, I get it--they still aren't cost-effective, so like all the other wave-of-the-future solutions, they only operate by burning tax-payers dollar$.
"Most death penalty proponents" - Do you always paint with such a broad brush? (Personally, I'm happy to think of the death penalty as late-stage application of abortion techniques if that helps you.)
Also, "Bad People(tm)" - you've pretty clearly led a very sheltered life if you suggest, as this does, that 'bad people' is not descriptive of an actual subset of human beings. What? You've never referred to anyone as "Hitler(tm)"?
"Just because we say all cultures should be cherished doesn't mean we must accept all aspects of their cultures."
I think you just committed a PC thought-crime.
This is so incredibly stupid that only someone with a Ph.D. could have come up with it. Someone, I might add, who's never actually spent any time in the company of the "lower classes." And most of the commentators here are just as bad.
BTW, I grew up in a household that lived in one room for much of my first decade. I've actually worked and lived with the people you talk about. Trust me, there are so very hard nosed practical people out there, but there are a bunch and not a minority that are as ignorant as the day is long.
Tech companies upset - that ought to tell you everything you need to know about this issue. Companies like when the government makes rules that enhance their monopoly.
College students, who want to be members of the ruling class, are going to end up making good incomes, otherwise what's the point of college? College students who're committed socialists hate people who make good incomes. So, they should welcome this opportunity to begin to pay back that income to which they are not entitled for the benefit of the increased government services they celebrate. Long live equality of outcomes!
"hacked" using "social media" - ?
This is amazing since it has been shown repeatedly that spending vast amounts of money will not guarantee an election win. Who knew that it was enough to sign up for Twitter?
Very true. They keep building crap we don't need like computers, power plants, stores, and stuff. Let's give that materialistic life up and move back to a more basic life. Personally I like the smell of dinner cooking over an open dung fire.
I know that the idea of living in 'jams and sitting at a desk at home next to the fridge sound great, but the reason you should commute is to stay alive. Getting out of the house may be the most single important decision you can make every day. I've done both, and have experienced the difference.
I learned two things: 1 - this kid is persistent and someone should hire him as a white hat; 2 - the administrators at this school/school district are really, really unteachable. Public education anyone?
I fail to see a problem. Perhaps it's news to some academics that human begins respond to incentives, but what would they propose? Instituting an internal passport system and controlling free movement?
Russian meddling? Who can believe that's a thing after Clinton's reset and Obama's increased flexibility?
Well, except for anyone who was alive during the Cold War? (Which isn't most of the people on this site.)
Hey, Obama? Your mama called and wants you to tell the 80s to give Romney an apology.
"Google and Facebook Failed Us"
Really? Are you a stockholder? Are they losing your money?
Because that's the only duty they have as corporations other than to not break the law.
They have no higher moral calling. If you want that, I recommend you watch more NFL.
Wait a minute, I thought global investment firms WERE the problem? And now we're supposed to depend on their, like, totally unbiased appraisal of the future (in which they have invested heavily) to make green decisions?
Something stinks here, and it's not the climate skeptics' skepticism.
No doubt you can introduce me to either all of your Trump friends and acquaintances or show me your polling data to support this.
Since I know many folks who voted for him, I suggest you're full of crap. And probably uninformed about the Enlightenment, too.
Also you've probably confused the Google workforce for Trumpers.
For your information, ducks wear their feathers on the outside of their asses. (But who'd expect someone who's probably never seen Duckie outside of his bath to know that.)
Also, genius, here's a link to a piece written about this by four actual professionals in the field with decades of research experience and publications. Maybe you can explain why they're full of crap, too. Please list your citations.
http://quillette.com/2017/08/0...
You point out the obvious, but labeling people who actually believe in Enlightenment ideals 'Trumpists' is so much more satisfying to folks who need to divide the world into 'them' (evil) vs. 'us' (good).
Slashdot Mirror
Absolutely. Because stagnation is not a thing.
What? Is congress the only entity able to buy them? What, exactly, is stopping someone in the private sector from stepping up with some bucks? Oh, I get it--they still aren't cost-effective, so like all the other wave-of-the-future solutions, they only operate by burning tax-payers dollar$.
"Most death penalty proponents" - Do you always paint with such a broad brush? (Personally, I'm happy to think of the death penalty as late-stage application of abortion techniques if that helps you.) Also, "Bad People(tm)" - you've pretty clearly led a very sheltered life if you suggest, as this does, that 'bad people' is not descriptive of an actual subset of human beings. What? You've never referred to anyone as "Hitler(tm)"?
"Just because we say all cultures should be cherished doesn't mean we must accept all aspects of their cultures." I think you just committed a PC thought-crime.
This is so incredibly stupid that only someone with a Ph.D. could have come up with it. Someone, I might add, who's never actually spent any time in the company of the "lower classes." And most of the commentators here are just as bad. BTW, I grew up in a household that lived in one room for much of my first decade. I've actually worked and lived with the people you talk about. Trust me, there are so very hard nosed practical people out there, but there are a bunch and not a minority that are as ignorant as the day is long.
Tech companies upset - that ought to tell you everything you need to know about this issue. Companies like when the government makes rules that enhance their monopoly.
Slashdot is racist!
College students, who want to be members of the ruling class, are going to end up making good incomes, otherwise what's the point of college? College students who're committed socialists hate people who make good incomes. So, they should welcome this opportunity to begin to pay back that income to which they are not entitled for the benefit of the increased government services they celebrate. Long live equality of outcomes!
"hacked" using "social media" - ? This is amazing since it has been shown repeatedly that spending vast amounts of money will not guarantee an election win. Who knew that it was enough to sign up for Twitter?
Humans in the loop--that is the never ending problem. AI would work perfectly if we can eliminate the human factor. I recommend ovens.
Very true. They keep building crap we don't need like computers, power plants, stores, and stuff. Let's give that materialistic life up and move back to a more basic life. Personally I like the smell of dinner cooking over an open dung fire.
The easy way to do this is just end manufacturing. We can all move to the country and engage in subsistence farming. How're your farming skills?
I know that the idea of living in 'jams and sitting at a desk at home next to the fridge sound great, but the reason you should commute is to stay alive. Getting out of the house may be the most single important decision you can make every day. I've done both, and have experienced the difference.
I learned two things: 1 - this kid is persistent and someone should hire him as a white hat; 2 - the administrators at this school/school district are really, really unteachable. Public education anyone?
I fail to see a problem. Perhaps it's news to some academics that human begins respond to incentives, but what would they propose? Instituting an internal passport system and controlling free movement?
What? We've already reached peak mineral? Excellent--let's get back to petrol.
Russian meddling? Who can believe that's a thing after Clinton's reset and Obama's increased flexibility? Well, except for anyone who was alive during the Cold War? (Which isn't most of the people on this site.) Hey, Obama? Your mama called and wants you to tell the 80s to give Romney an apology.
"Google and Facebook Failed Us" Really? Are you a stockholder? Are they losing your money? Because that's the only duty they have as corporations other than to not break the law. They have no higher moral calling. If you want that, I recommend you watch more NFL.
Wait a minute--there's no link between tabasco and cancer! You can't fool me. What?
I guess you didn't actually bother to read the memo or any of the professional commenters.
Wait a minute, I thought global investment firms WERE the problem? And now we're supposed to depend on their, like, totally unbiased appraisal of the future (in which they have invested heavily) to make green decisions? Something stinks here, and it's not the climate skeptics' skepticism.
...and it's "possible" for little bitty monkeys to fly out of my ass, too. Theoretically.
No doubt you can introduce me to either all of your Trump friends and acquaintances or show me your polling data to support this. Since I know many folks who voted for him, I suggest you're full of crap. And probably uninformed about the Enlightenment, too. Also you've probably confused the Google workforce for Trumpers.
For your information, ducks wear their feathers on the outside of their asses. (But who'd expect someone who's probably never seen Duckie outside of his bath to know that.) Also, genius, here's a link to a piece written about this by four actual professionals in the field with decades of research experience and publications. Maybe you can explain why they're full of crap, too. Please list your citations. http://quillette.com/2017/08/0...
You point out the obvious, but labeling people who actually believe in Enlightenment ideals 'Trumpists' is so much more satisfying to folks who need to divide the world into 'them' (evil) vs. 'us' (good).