It seems to me that if a computer contains an algorithm that allows it to display any referenced page of any referenced book then the computer could be said to contain that book.
This is basically just a semantic argument, however; what does it mean for a computer to contain something? By the standard you seem to propose a computer contains nothing except perhaps the boot loader algorithm and maybe the kernel executable. Everything else is generated by those algorithms. You'll never find your last email with a microscope looking inside the computer.
Alternatively, this is a metaphysical argument; what does it mean for something to exist in a computer? -- JimFive
I can't reproduce you're numbers at all from the links you gave.
For 2013, I see a total of 4,991,993 Million passenger miles of which 4,306,717 Million miles are categorized as highway, leaving 685,276 for All Other. Almost all of the Other category is Air, so I split those out
There are 32719 Highway Fatalities with 429 Air Fatalities and 1361 Other Fatalities. Of those other fatalities 560 are recreational boating so I removed those:
Category --- Passenger Miles --- Fatalities --- Rate
Highway --- 4,306,717 --- 32719 --- 0.007597
Air --- 589,692 --- 429 --- 0.000727
Other --- 95,584 --- 801 --- 0.00838
So, on a passenger-mile basis, Other is slightly more dangerous than Highway. I don't know how you calculated your numbers, but this is what I came up with after a quick look. In particular that 76 multiplier doesn't seem reasonable at all.
PS. Sorry about the formatting, I couldn't get an html table to work.
No, the Emergency Manager appointed by the Republican Governor ruined Flint's water supply. Whether one blames corporations for that depends on how you view money in modern politics -- JimFive
So the locals elect a government, that decides to cheap out and not pay Detroit for safe treated water. They further device to cheap out and not treat the river water, known to be polluted, and screw up their infrastructure in the process.
Not quite. The Locals elected a government, then the State Governor removed that government and appointed an Emergency Manager who made the decisions about switching water supply and not updating infrastructure. And hey, the Emergency Manager didn't have to drink the water, he didn't live in Flint. -- JimFive
Actually, this particular problem was caused by the State appointed Emergency Manager attempting to save money without regard for the lives of the people who live there. There is some dispute about this reported in a Detroit Free Press article. But it seems pretty clear that local representation would have had incentive to avoid this problem. -- JimFive
I once went to a "private" blues club, it required paying a "membership fee" and filling out "application form". The club was private so that it didn't need a liquor license. The membership fee was the equivalent of a cover charge and the membership period was for 1 day. So, the only difference was the membership form which was essentially a mailing list.
I think the membership fee and the signup sheet were required to maintain the fiction of it being private. I don't know if they had memberships that were longer than 1 day. -- JimFive
For consistency, comparison operators should be 1 character !, =, <, >, which can then be combined into pairs for the other comparisons (!=, >=, etc.). Assignment should be explicit such as == or:=
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JimFive
I understand, it's easy to miss right there at the beginning.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.[emphasis added]
Assuming you mean personal disputes, then I would imagine a team consisting of HR/Legal, dispute resolution person and a couple of peers.
Who decides what projects should move forward and which should be abandoned?
The Steering Committee.
Who decides raises, merit, and promotions?
Merit would need to be well defined using specified goals that can be scored in an unbiased manner. Raises would then be defined based on merit scores and budget. If there are no bosses then what is a promotion?
Who leads the team?
This depends on what is meant by "lead". If you mean, who performs the function of liaison between the team and the customer/business then there should be a team member who takes on that task (this could rotate). If you mean who gets to assign tasks to other team members (especially those tasks that no one wants to do) then there could be a process for that as well that doesn't require someone to be a "boss' (draw lots, etc.). But what I think you mean is someone to make a decision. Consensus processes have a huge problem with this because no one wants to make a hard but correct decision (killing a popular product, disbanding a team that isn't needed anymore, etc.) And yes, some procedure would need to be worked out to make these decisions, and if it is really a bossless environment that's going to be tough to do.
I am doubtful about the possibilities of having a "bossless" workplace but on the other hand, I have my projects and goals for the year and if I don't see my boss for days or weeks at a time I can still do my job and deal with whatever issues come up. I think the biggest issues to address would be 1. Slacking - which would need some sort of team level resolution and escalation process. and 2. Responsiveness - Trying to deal with fast moving strategic requirement changes would be seriously hampered by a committee process. -- JimFive
I quit my nail-biting habit by buying nail clippers and carrying them with me everywhere (and leaving a set at work), so instead of habitually biting them, I habitually clip them. Then I use the little file on the nail clippers to pry open those things that need fingernails. YMMV -- JimFive
I would suggest that for mobile devices, dealing with dns based blocking at the local router/dns level only works when you are home. Device based dns blocking works even when you're using public wifi. Alternatively, one could set up an outside facing(hosted perhaps) DNS server and make sure your devices use a static DNS pointed at your server, but I'm not sure that's worth it for 2 mobile devices. -- JimFive
Every species that exists has "the ability to displace any competing organism" (within its niche, but that's implied by "competing"). If they hadn't displaced their competitors then they wouldn't be in that niche, their competitors would be.
What I'm saying is that your argument for human dominance is just biased exceptionalism. Humans are not obviously more dominant than any other successful species currently on the planet. -- JimFive
Nope, signal your stop first. Signal your turn after you've stopped. The fact that you're turning doesn't matter to anyone until after you have stopped. If you need to change lanes to turn, signal the lane change, then change lanes, then signal the stop, then stop, then signal the turn. JimFive
The only times I've been hit while riding, I was on the sidewalk. Drivers don't seem to check the sidewalk when leaving their driveways. But they look at the road. -- JimFive
you can't get experience without being a book keeper.
Or, you know, in payroll or Accounts Receivable.
most large companies use Quicken and Excel
Most large companies use an ERP system such as Lawson or Infor, maybe Microsoft Dynamics, and yes, a lot of Excel. They certainly aren't outsourcing their internal audit to India.
Sure, if you want a job at a CPA firm you might have a problem, but every company with more than 30 employees has an accounting department.
ITs big problem with recessions is that it looks (to the MBAs) like an easy place to cut "just one more person", you never notice they're gone until the shit hits the fan. -- JimFive
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It seems to me that if a computer contains an algorithm that allows it to display any referenced page of any referenced book then the computer could be said to contain that book.
This is basically just a semantic argument, however; what does it mean for a computer to contain something? By the standard you seem to propose a computer contains nothing except perhaps the boot loader algorithm and maybe the kernel executable. Everything else is generated by those algorithms. You'll never find your last email with a microscope looking inside the computer.
Alternatively, this is a metaphysical argument; what does it mean for something to exist in a computer?
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JimFive
For 2013, I see a total of 4,991,993 Million passenger miles of which 4,306,717 Million miles are categorized as highway, leaving 685,276 for All Other. Almost all of the Other category is Air, so I split those out
There are 32719 Highway Fatalities with 429 Air Fatalities and 1361 Other Fatalities. Of those other fatalities 560 are recreational boating so I removed those:
So, on a passenger-mile basis, Other is slightly more dangerous than Highway. I don't know how you calculated your numbers, but this is what I came up with after a quick look. In particular that 76 multiplier doesn't seem reasonable at all.
PS. Sorry about the formatting, I couldn't get an html table to work.
Allow me to introduce you to: The Library of Babel
No, the Emergency Manager appointed by the Republican Governor ruined Flint's water supply. Whether one blames corporations for that depends on how you view money in modern politics
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JimFive
So the locals elect a government, that decides to cheap out and not pay Detroit for safe treated water. They further device to cheap out and not treat the river water, known to be polluted, and screw up their infrastructure in the process.
Not quite. The Locals elected a government, then the State Governor removed that government and appointed an Emergency Manager who made the decisions about switching water supply and not updating infrastructure. And hey, the Emergency Manager didn't have to drink the water, he didn't live in Flint.
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JimFive
Actually, this particular problem was caused by the State appointed Emergency Manager attempting to save money without regard for the lives of the people who live there. There is some dispute about this reported in a Detroit Free Press article. But it seems pretty clear that local representation would have had incentive to avoid this problem.
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JimFive
Standardization of weights and measures.
I once went to a "private" blues club, it required paying a "membership fee" and filling out "application form". The club was private so that it didn't need a liquor license. The membership fee was the equivalent of a cover charge and the membership period was for 1 day. So, the only difference was the membership form which was essentially a mailing list.
I think the membership fee and the signup sheet were required to maintain the fiction of it being private. I don't know if they had memberships that were longer than 1 day.
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JimFive
For consistency, comparison operators should be 1 character !, =, <, >, which can then be combined into pairs for the other comparisons (!=, >=, etc.). Assignment should be explicit such as == or :=
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JimFive
taboola
I don't think you need taboola, but I did recently have to add slashcdn.com
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.[emphasis added]
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JimFive
Except, he's not a Democrat, he's an Independent.
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JimFive
Who manages disputes?
Assuming you mean personal disputes, then I would imagine a team consisting of HR/Legal, dispute resolution person and a couple of peers.
Who decides what projects should move forward and which should be abandoned?
The Steering Committee.
Who decides raises, merit, and promotions?
Merit would need to be well defined using specified goals that can be scored in an unbiased manner. Raises would then be defined based on merit scores and budget. If there are no bosses then what is a promotion?
Who leads the team?
This depends on what is meant by "lead". If you mean, who performs the function of liaison between the team and the customer/business then there should be a team member who takes on that task (this could rotate). If you mean who gets to assign tasks to other team members (especially those tasks that no one wants to do) then there could be a process for that as well that doesn't require someone to be a "boss' (draw lots, etc.). But what I think you mean is someone to make a decision. Consensus processes have a huge problem with this because no one wants to make a hard but correct decision (killing a popular product, disbanding a team that isn't needed anymore, etc.) And yes, some procedure would need to be worked out to make these decisions, and if it is really a bossless environment that's going to be tough to do.
I am doubtful about the possibilities of having a "bossless" workplace but on the other hand, I have my projects and goals for the year and if I don't see my boss for days or weeks at a time I can still do my job and deal with whatever issues come up. I think the biggest issues to address would be
1. Slacking - which would need some sort of team level resolution and escalation process. and
2. Responsiveness - Trying to deal with fast moving strategic requirement changes would be seriously hampered by a committee process.
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JimFive
Because that's what a warrant is. Legal permission to break a law.
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JimFive
I quit my nail-biting habit by buying nail clippers and carrying them with me everywhere (and leaving a set at work), so instead of habitually biting them, I habitually clip them. Then I use the little file on the nail clippers to pry open those things that need fingernails. YMMV
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JimFive
I would suggest that for mobile devices, dealing with dns based blocking at the local router/dns level only works when you are home. Device based dns blocking works even when you're using public wifi. Alternatively, one could set up an outside facing(hosted perhaps) DNS server and make sure your devices use a static DNS pointed at your server, but I'm not sure that's worth it for 2 mobile devices.
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JimFive
The bureaucratic infrastructure to manage "Basic Services" would be huge compared to that necessary to manage a basic income.
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JimFive
Every species that exists has "the ability to displace any competing organism" (within its niche, but that's implied by "competing"). If they hadn't displaced their competitors then they wouldn't be in that niche, their competitors would be.
What I'm saying is that your argument for human dominance is just biased exceptionalism. Humans are not obviously more dominant than any other successful species currently on the planet.
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JimFive
that the dominant species on our planet also being the only sentient species (that we're aware of) on that same planet is not coincidental.
By what measure do you consider humans to be the dominant species? As the post you responded to said
In evolutionary terms, we're not much of a success; by mass, algae and amoebas are way ahead. We're more populous than monkeys, but then so are mice.
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JimFive
Plan ahead. Signal your turn, then put your hand back on the handlebars and then turn, same for a stop.
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JimFive
Nope, signal your stop first. Signal your turn after you've stopped. The fact that you're turning doesn't matter to anyone until after you have stopped. If you need to change lanes to turn, signal the lane change, then change lanes, then signal the stop, then stop, then signal the turn.
JimFive
The only times I've been hit while riding, I was on the sidewalk. Drivers don't seem to check the sidewalk when leaving their driveways. But they look at the road.
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JimFive
or voice to text
Like this:
Driver: Text Wife
Car: Ready
**Driver gets cut off by another car**
Driver: Stupid Bitch, Stop Texting and Learn to Drive
Car: Text Sent.
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JimFive
you can't get experience without being a book keeper.
Or, you know, in payroll or Accounts Receivable.
most large companies use Quicken and Excel
Most large companies use an ERP system such as Lawson or Infor, maybe Microsoft Dynamics, and yes, a lot of Excel. They certainly aren't outsourcing their internal audit to India.
Sure, if you want a job at a CPA firm you might have a problem, but every company with more than 30 employees has an accounting department.
ITs big problem with recessions is that it looks (to the MBAs) like an easy place to cut "just one more person", you never notice they're gone until the shit hits the fan.
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JimFive
I'm pretty sure that language is a strong requisite for actual thinking.
Animals can problem solve without language, and I would consider thinking to be a requirement for problem solving.
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JimFive