In parts of Europe, certain pesticides were banned. In those parts of Europe, bees came back.
Correlation isn't causation, but there's also a good theory of the mechanism, there's observed evidence of the mechanism at work with controls, and FFS the burden of proof is on the people folding the money.
The Knight-Mozilla Open News partnership (a collaboration around tech and news) ran a competitions entitled, "Jesus Fucking Christ have you read the Comments section lately? who are these assholes? We have to change this immediately!"
Actually, it was called "Beyond Comment Threads" but the you get the idea.
At the 2008 GOP presidential convention (St Paul), the police were insured against civil rights liabilities by a "host committee" funded by private interests. Think that one through.
So, yes, police will "risk that" because they are insured against that risk, with someone else paying the premiums.
Not really. These days, you are expected to hire an agent, who is also your editor. Thanks to massive layoffs in Publishing, you won't get a lot of editing. The long tail doesn't help either. Bottom line is that you're on your own in either case, but in only one do you control your destiny.
Screw the cloud. They have their goals, you have yours. Hosting photos isn't that hard. Posting comments isn't that hard. We can figure this out. But as long as we use these for-profit, economies-of-scale cloud intermediaries, there's not going to be the resilience, freedom or security that you get with an open source, user owned, user operated platform.
WordPress works. EtherPad works. We can't do spreadsheets. We can't do video (easily). We can sometimes do community (Diaspora, Appleseed, etc; status updates; BuddyPress).
The list of people who both care about the non-commercial interests of an end user and are technically proficient to do something about it is pretty small.
Think about this: how committed to individual liberty is a group that threatens civil and criminal penalties for discussing their donor list?
The Heartland Institute calls themselves a "libertarian think tank" which is rarely disputed. However, they are actually a pro-corporate think tank. This involves a lot of libertarian language and theory, but all of it is aimed at crippling government regulations over their donors. This works very well. It does not, however, advance the libertarian agenda or discussion in useful ways. They are shaping the discussion of liberty along frames they find useful, but have the effect of isolating and stupifying the libertarian movement. The result is bipartisan consensus on the Patriot Act. SOPA. TARP.
Pro-corporate think tanks and their government allies will never be able to have a conversation about state capture, the role of corporate institutions in individual liberty, or free individuals as a curb on corporate excess because a corporate-run tyranny is their preferred outcome. Libertarian-leaning people need to point this out, loudly and often, or they will continue to us for ends we do not support.
When reasonably well off people have a baby coming, they drop $500 to $2000 in supplies, furniture and clothes. Some do more. And they do it all at once, probably at the one place they're most happy with, in two or three trips. We spent maybe $1000 on Amazon. Before that, I had spent maybe $50 there in my life. I'm sure Target would have preferred that cash bomb landed in their store.
So, they're aiming the easiest, fattest targets. It's creepy, but it's not stupid.
The most important you can do in an early venture is to validate your assumptions. What's the market fit? What's the minimum viable product? Who are the competitors? What can you learn from them? Who else is working on this that would partner/assist/guide you? All this stuff takes time and effort.
The overthrow of the Mubarak regime started with an online petition hosted on Facebook, which called for a general strike against corruption. Circa 2009.
>I am really confused about this... shouldn't we boycott... a shit ton of other electronics that we all know and use daily?
Why should we boycott busses just in Montgomery, when we really should be boycotting every segregated bus, everywhere at once? Therefore, I think I'll just keep sitting in the back of the bus until these people start thinking logically.
Organizing isn't always linear. It relies on emotion, leverage, politics, opportunity. In Apple's case, it's a company people love, it's a movement that gets people talking about corporate ethics, it's an election year, and a new Apple leadership. So unless you like riding on the back of the bus, can you please accept that sometimes social change requires thoughtful strategic maneuvering?
> That's the key to Apple's success right there. It's all in the marketing.
Replace Marketing with UX design, and you're getting somewhere. If people don't know a feature exists, it's not a useful feature. People buy solutions, not features, and that Apple stuff sure seems popular.
Slashdot Mirror
It's not that hard to quantify:
In parts of Europe, certain pesticides were banned. In those parts of Europe, bees came back.
Correlation isn't causation, but there's also a good theory of the mechanism, there's observed evidence of the mechanism at work with controls, and FFS the burden of proof is on the people folding the money.
How Slashdot sees women: it doesn't matter the situation, they're still just decoration!
Citation needed.
Shorter parent: neurochemistry is BOOORING.
I assume you're talking about Los Angeles, right?
I played this game years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)
My toddler has built a homebew brick castle which I interpret to mean "Citation needed".
Also, our bricks can have (gasp!) 30 degree angles. Shove than in your high pressure compression mold! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13531
I can't wait for the Seastedding people to chime in here.
The Knight-Mozilla Open News partnership (a collaboration around tech and news) ran a competitions entitled, "Jesus Fucking Christ have you read the Comments section lately? who are these assholes? We have to change this immediately!"
Actually, it was called "Beyond Comment Threads" but the you get the idea.
More here:
https://drumbeat.org/en-US/challenges/beyond-comment-threads/full
At the 2008 GOP presidential convention (St Paul), the police were insured against civil rights liabilities by a "host committee" funded by private interests. Think that one through.
So, yes, police will "risk that" because they are insured against that risk, with someone else paying the premiums.
Citation: http://www.globalintegrity.org/node/488
Also note that the device, as tested, was fired from 700 meters away. Awareness of weapon results seems limited, at best.
It only has to be 1000 miles long and 12 miles tall!
Can we go back to making more cost effective wind turbines, please?
Not really. These days, you are expected to hire an agent, who is also your editor. Thanks to massive layoffs in Publishing, you won't get a lot of editing. The long tail doesn't help either. Bottom line is that you're on your own in either case, but in only one do you control your destiny.
Yeah, I was talking about Web applications. I want an online spreadsheet that doesn't start with G. But point taken.
Screw the cloud. They have their goals, you have yours. Hosting photos isn't that hard. Posting comments isn't that hard. We can figure this out. But as long as we use these for-profit, economies-of-scale cloud intermediaries, there's not going to be the resilience, freedom or security that you get with an open source, user owned, user operated platform.
WordPress works. EtherPad works. We can't do spreadsheets. We can't do video (easily). We can sometimes do community (Diaspora, Appleseed, etc; status updates; BuddyPress).
Get hacking.
The list of people who both care about the non-commercial interests of an end user and are technically proficient to do something about it is pretty small.
As energy subsidies go, this is so small as to be not worth discussing.
Over the last century, oil and gas subsidies have averaged ~$4 billion a year. So this is nothing.
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Subsidies-For-Oil-Gas-Nuclear-vs.-Renewables/
> Imagine the fire escape.
It's been done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWugcnyqLMk
Why does everyone assume they're lifting people? The first thing they lift is going to be rocket fuel.
Think about this: how committed to individual liberty is a group that threatens civil and criminal penalties for discussing their donor list?
The Heartland Institute calls themselves a "libertarian think tank" which is rarely disputed. However, they are actually a pro-corporate think tank. This involves a lot of libertarian language and theory, but all of it is aimed at crippling government regulations over their donors. This works very well. It does not, however, advance the libertarian agenda or discussion in useful ways. They are shaping the discussion of liberty along frames they find useful, but have the effect of isolating and stupifying the libertarian movement. The result is bipartisan consensus on the Patriot Act. SOPA. TARP.
Pro-corporate think tanks and their government allies will never be able to have a conversation about state capture, the role of corporate institutions in individual liberty, or free individuals as a curb on corporate excess because a corporate-run tyranny is their preferred outcome. Libertarian-leaning people need to point this out, loudly and often, or they will continue to us for ends we do not support.
When reasonably well off people have a baby coming, they drop $500 to $2000 in supplies, furniture and clothes. Some do more. And they do it all at once, probably at the one place they're most happy with, in two or three trips. We spent maybe $1000 on Amazon. Before that, I had spent maybe $50 there in my life. I'm sure Target would have preferred that cash bomb landed in their store.
So, they're aiming the easiest, fattest targets. It's creepy, but it's not stupid.
The most important you can do in an early venture is to validate your assumptions. What's the market fit? What's the minimum viable product? Who are the competitors? What can you learn from them? Who else is working on this that would partner/assist/guide you? All this stuff takes time and effort.
Conveniently, none of this creates IP.
The overthrow of the Mubarak regime started with an online petition hosted on Facebook, which called for a general strike against corruption. Circa 2009.
>I am really confused about this... shouldn't we boycott... a shit ton of other electronics that we all know and use daily?
Why should we boycott busses just in Montgomery, when we really should be boycotting every segregated bus, everywhere at once? Therefore, I think I'll just keep sitting in the back of the bus until these people start thinking logically.
Organizing isn't always linear. It relies on emotion, leverage, politics, opportunity. In Apple's case, it's a company people love, it's a movement that gets people talking about corporate ethics, it's an election year, and a new Apple leadership. So unless you like riding on the back of the bus, can you please accept that sometimes social change requires thoughtful strategic maneuvering?
> That's the key to Apple's success right there. It's all in the marketing.
Replace Marketing with UX design, and you're getting somewhere. If people don't know a feature exists, it's not a useful feature. People buy solutions, not features, and that Apple stuff sure seems popular.