2)Import an artificial generation of tax payers. This seems to be what EU is presently doing, but it won't work....
This, this, a thousand times this.
The falling birthrate is a real problem; the current solution is to import large numbers of people from the third world, which is bone-headed:
1) Either you import illiterate goat-herders from Civilwaristan, and hope that with a few months of training you can turn them into payroll clerks, dental hygienists, or IT support staff.
2) Or you import the best doctors & engineers from Africa and Asia. Which is basically colonialism - but instead of taking mere diamonds and metals, you're taking their rarest, most precious resource: smart, highly-trained brains.
Interesting.
I have a very similar story: I was doing database work, feeling bored and wanted to do GUI stuff. Went to an interview and told them clearly that I felt stuck in my current job: I was pretty good at database stuff, and my current employer wanted me to stay there. But I wanted to expand my skill set.
So at the interview, it was clear to all parties that I would start the new job writing SQL and stored procedures, then, after proving myself, I would move into GUI work. They assured me that they needed people with both skillsets, so it all sounded good.
I started a project. Some time after, I learnt that the entire DB system would be outsourced to an Indian firm in about 2 years time, more likely 3-4 years. And I would be doing 100% DB work in the meantime - my employer had no intention of training me up to use this system, then replacing me with another person in 6 months time.
So I left.
I'm unclear as to why anyone in the Russian admiralty would have loaded tons of gold onto a second-rate warship sailing straight into a battle? And where was it supposed to be carrying the gold *to*?
Xenophobia is the new wave in Europe, but the French nipped the racist "National Front" in the bud with the election of Macron.
#fakenews
The far-right "Front National" reached the second round of the presidential elections - only the second time ever that they've managed this - and recorded their best ever score - 33.90%.
Seriously, guys, wake up. I live in France. I was not born here. My wife was not born here. The rise of the Front National is a real concern for us. Their popularity is slowly but relentlessly on the rise. Yet I constantly read this rubbish "Woop-woop, high fives, we beat the fascists!". Erm, no, buddy. Pretending that the problem has been solved, does not actually solve it.
I love email in the workplace for a simple reason: I can easily take a datadump of email communications, that clearly establish who said what and when.
My PHB (Pointy Haired Boss) hates it for pretty much the same reason. Well, he will of course admit to that, but he is really really keen to move us all onto Slack. He has serious issues with Reality(tm) - being able to refer back to written communications has helped save my bacon on more than one occasion
PS I'm leaving this job next week.
Again, we have a communication issue: I am speaking in British English, while I think that you are using American English: the fact that you shout "no, you're wrong"... and quote dictionary.com back at me, tells me that you still don't understand that American English is not the same as British English.
A law that is being passed now, will be successful... thanks to several technologies that do not exist yet, even in prototype form.
I admire and respect your sunny optimism.
Private = Owned by private citizens
Public = Owned "the public" (city, federal government, etc)
It has nothing to do with how parking is arranged.
Your use of the word 'federal' suggest to me that you are in the USA and speak American. I'm British, my vocabulary is different to yours. You can't argue that you're "right", because we're speaking slightly different languages, and words mean different things to us. That's why I suggested "There might be a vocabulary mis-match here".
It takes no more parking spaces. It takes the conversion of parking spaces. It means that parking spaces have plugs, nothing else.
I have worked on industrial estates with cars parked everywhere: in the official car parks, on the street, on grass verges, etc... You cannot equip a grass verge with an electric plug. Hence my comment that a lot will have to change (more concreting of land).
I'm confused. You don't have private parking and you don't use public parking. Where do you park your car, in the air?
There might be a vocabulary mis-match here. By "public parking" I mean purpose-designed buildings/spaces where tens/hundreds of vehicles can be parked. I don't include "parked on a residential street" as public parking.
How often do you go to the grocery store and how long do you spend there?
Just shopping for fresh foods (meat, lettuce, etc...) so only a few minutes each time.
Public or private? Again, if public, the city has the incentive to have charging there when penetration is high. If private, the owner has the incentive to have charging there when penetration is high. This isn't theoretical, we see it play out in the real world in places like Norway.
Not sure that I understand? My point was that very often there is insufficient parking spaces for staff. So if you go for 100% EV you'd have to force companies to build more parking spaces. Could be done, but it will mean more concreting over of green spaces.
1) I almost never use public parking. I get our weekly groceries delivered, and for the (very rare) times that I need to go into town for clothes/shoes/etc I will never use the car, as parking is hard to find and ridiculously expensive. And I hate shops, BTW, so I spend as little time there as I can.
2) Same as 1.
3) Possible. Except for all the offices and factories that are already short of parking spaces, forcing workers to park on the street of an industrial estate (this is very, very common).
Most of Europe has a vast swathes of old houses - built when cars were a luxury, or even didn't exist at all.
So no off-road parking space, and very limited parking space on the street.
As an example: I used to live in such a neighbourhood in the UK, the houses were over a 100 years old - every evening I would hunt for a parking space, sometimes parking 2 streets away from home.
How could I run an electric car? It would be simply impossible.
The only options would be:
- Give up on a car. Which means entirely rebuilding the work environment: tearing down the edge-of-town office blocks and moving them to the centre of town - so that I can use a bus or bicycle to get to work.
- Tear down all of the historic houses that make Europe beautiful, and rebuild instead modern homes with a garage.
You could announce THIS SECOND that all current workers in certain sectors would be given permanent leave to remain. But they haven't. Such confusion is going to lose workers as offers change each side of the Channel in the next two years.
The current UK government was very strongly "pro-Remain".
Now that the country has voted "Leave", they have absolutely no incentive to smooth the transition.
Sorry if it sucks for you and your girlfriend, but for a politician, pissing on his/her opponents will always be their utmost priority - even if it harms you, your girlfriend, or even the entire country.
There's interesting work going on at the moment to have robots with facial expressions interact with Autism Spectrum Disorder kids. In a nutshell, sometimes these kids find staring at a real human overwhelming, but a robot is ok, so a robot that can cycle through facial expressions is useful to allow these kids to learn "happy", "angry", "sad" faces and so on.
I wondered if this human-like robot would be too life-like for such an application - and TFA seems to confirm it.
Which might lead to interesting research into what degree of "lifelike-iness" is enough to block ASD kids from staring at a face. Or and even which specific facial features trigger the mental block.
As oposed to finding your contact and taping in the mini map that appears with it, right? What if im driving? Will siri open a google maps app for my contact? Yeah, didnt think so.
Seeing as twiddling with a phone while driving is illegal in most of the (civilised) world, I don't think your "what if I'm driving?" objection will carry much weight with Apple.
True story: a mate of mine was working at a firm that was looking to expand. Boss comes in, ask the secretary what she's up to.
Secretary: "Sorting through this big pile of CVs!"
Boss takes half the pile, throws it in the trash.
Secretary: "Why'd you do that?"
Boss: "We don't hire unlucky people!"
You'll get dinged for a lot less than not having a qualification.
Hmm, you do know that "The Office" was a work of fiction, don't you?
Nuclear fusion is pretty much a potential infinite source of clean electrical energy
So is covering the deserts in PV cells. But hey, nuclear fusion is so much more cool that we'll pretend that the other options don't exist. Seriously - fusion power is trying to solve a problem that humanity does not have.
PS And before anyone jumps up and down about PV electricity being expensive - serious literature on fusion power is very evasive about how much a KWh will cost.
I would expect that bounds checking, type safety, and thread safety are low on your concerns
I can see where you're coming from, nevertheless, as we're talking about the systems that manage my pension, I would prefer to see a bit more concern;-)
Fair point about electricity usage going down.
However the cynic in me suspects that the plant operators would choose to mothball one or more plants, and push production at the remaining plants.
And watchdogs are staffed by human beings - some of whom can be corrupted/subjected to political pressure, especially when money is tight:-(
So just because some incompetent bureaucracts intentionally push one power plant beyond its intended use, all nuclear plants everywhere must shut down?
Well, over the lifetime of a power plant (40+ years) it's a certainty that there will be at least one deep economic recession - during which time there will be extreme cost cutting, attempts to push the plant's output, and savage headcount culls. A perfect environment for breeding 'incompetent bureaucrats'.
A reminder from history - Chernobyl happened when the Soviet Union's economy was dying.
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2)Import an artificial generation of tax payers. This seems to be what EU is presently doing, but it won't work....
This, this, a thousand times this.
The falling birthrate is a real problem; the current solution is to import large numbers of people from the third world, which is bone-headed:
1) Either you import illiterate goat-herders from Civilwaristan, and hope that with a few months of training you can turn them into payroll clerks, dental hygienists, or IT support staff.
2) Or you import the best doctors & engineers from Africa and Asia. Which is basically colonialism - but instead of taking mere diamonds and metals, you're taking their rarest, most precious resource: smart, highly-trained brains.
Interesting. I have a very similar story: I was doing database work, feeling bored and wanted to do GUI stuff. Went to an interview and told them clearly that I felt stuck in my current job: I was pretty good at database stuff, and my current employer wanted me to stay there. But I wanted to expand my skill set.
So at the interview, it was clear to all parties that I would start the new job writing SQL and stored procedures, then, after proving myself, I would move into GUI work. They assured me that they needed people with both skillsets, so it all sounded good.
I started a project. Some time after, I learnt that the entire DB system would be outsourced to an Indian firm in about 2 years time, more likely 3-4 years. And I would be doing 100% DB work in the meantime - my employer had no intention of training me up to use this system, then replacing me with another person in 6 months time.
So I left.
I'm unclear as to why anyone in the Russian admiralty would have loaded tons of gold onto a second-rate warship sailing straight into a battle? And where was it supposed to be carrying the gold *to*?
doesn't mean you should.
Xenophobia is the new wave in Europe, but the French nipped the racist "National Front" in the bud with the election of Macron.
#fakenews
The far-right "Front National" reached the second round of the presidential elections - only the second time ever that they've managed this - and recorded their best ever score - 33.90%.
Seriously, guys, wake up. I live in France. I was not born here. My wife was not born here. The rise of the Front National is a real concern for us. Their popularity is slowly but relentlessly on the rise. Yet I constantly read this rubbish "Woop-woop, high fives, we beat the fascists!". Erm, no, buddy. Pretending that the problem has been solved, does not actually solve it.
so far none of the benefits of Brexit have materialized
Brexit hasn't happened yet... I know that this is Slashdot, but some familiarity with "causality" would be helpful.
I love email in the workplace for a simple reason: I can easily take a datadump of email communications, that clearly establish who said what and when.
My PHB (Pointy Haired Boss) hates it for pretty much the same reason. Well, he will of course admit to that, but he is really really keen to move us all onto Slack. He has serious issues with Reality(tm) - being able to refer back to written communications has helped save my bacon on more than one occasion
PS I'm leaving this job next week.
In general it doesn't suppress wages though, quite the opposite.
Do you have an example of a mature, steady country where a sudden influx of large numbers of immigrants triggered rising wages?
Again, we have a communication issue: I am speaking in British English, while I think that you are using American English: the fact that you shout "no, you're wrong"... and quote dictionary.com back at me, tells me that you still don't understand that American English is not the same as British English.
A law that is being passed now, will be successful... thanks to several technologies that do not exist yet, even in prototype form.
I admire and respect your sunny optimism.
Private = Owned by private citizens Public = Owned "the public" (city, federal government, etc) It has nothing to do with how parking is arranged.
Your use of the word 'federal' suggest to me that you are in the USA and speak American. I'm British, my vocabulary is different to yours. You can't argue that you're "right", because we're speaking slightly different languages, and words mean different things to us. That's why I suggested "There might be a vocabulary mis-match here".
It takes no more parking spaces. It takes the conversion of parking spaces. It means that parking spaces have plugs, nothing else.
I have worked on industrial estates with cars parked everywhere: in the official car parks, on the street, on grass verges, etc... You cannot equip a grass verge with an electric plug. Hence my comment that a lot will have to change (more concreting of land).
I'm confused. You don't have private parking and you don't use public parking. Where do you park your car, in the air?
There might be a vocabulary mis-match here. By "public parking" I mean purpose-designed buildings/spaces where tens/hundreds of vehicles can be parked. I don't include "parked on a residential street" as public parking.
How often do you go to the grocery store and how long do you spend there?
Just shopping for fresh foods (meat, lettuce, etc...) so only a few minutes each time.
Public or private? Again, if public, the city has the incentive to have charging there when penetration is high. If private, the owner has the incentive to have charging there when penetration is high. This isn't theoretical, we see it play out in the real world in places like Norway.
Not sure that I understand? My point was that very often there is insufficient parking spaces for staff. So if you go for 100% EV you'd have to force companies to build more parking spaces. Could be done, but it will mean more concreting over of green spaces.
Thanks for conceding that my point.
1) I almost never use public parking. I get our weekly groceries delivered, and for the (very rare) times that I need to go into town for clothes/shoes/etc I will never use the car, as parking is hard to find and ridiculously expensive. And I hate shops, BTW, so I spend as little time there as I can.
2) Same as 1.
3) Possible. Except for all the offices and factories that are already short of parking spaces, forcing workers to park on the street of an industrial estate (this is very, very common).
Ah yes, clearly there are only two options. They couldn't implement PRT, you couldn't use an automated taxi...
So, your answer is that I have 2 alternatives... neither of which actually exist.
So you don't have an answer at all then.
You could announce THIS SECOND that all current workers in certain sectors would be given permanent leave to remain. But they haven't. Such confusion is going to lose workers as offers change each side of the Channel in the next two years.
The current UK government was very strongly "pro-Remain". Now that the country has voted "Leave", they have absolutely no incentive to smooth the transition. Sorry if it sucks for you and your girlfriend, but for a politician, pissing on his/her opponents will always be their utmost priority - even if it harms you, your girlfriend, or even the entire country.
There's interesting work going on at the moment to have robots with facial expressions interact with Autism Spectrum Disorder kids. In a nutshell, sometimes these kids find staring at a real human overwhelming, but a robot is ok, so a robot that can cycle through facial expressions is useful to allow these kids to learn "happy", "angry", "sad" faces and so on.
I wondered if this human-like robot would be too life-like for such an application - and TFA seems to confirm it.
Which might lead to interesting research into what degree of "lifelike-iness" is enough to block ASD kids from staring at a face. Or and even which specific facial features trigger the mental block.
As oposed to finding your contact and taping in the mini map that appears with it, right? What if im driving? Will siri open a google maps app for my contact? Yeah, didnt think so.
Seeing as twiddling with a phone while driving is illegal in most of the (civilised) world, I don't think your "what if I'm driving?" objection will carry much weight with Apple.
True story: a mate of mine was working at a firm that was looking to expand. Boss comes in, ask the secretary what she's up to.
Secretary: "Sorting through this big pile of CVs!"
Boss takes half the pile, throws it in the trash.
Secretary: "Why'd you do that?"
Boss: "We don't hire unlucky people!"
You'll get dinged for a lot less than not having a qualification.
Hmm, you do know that "The Office" was a work of fiction, don't you?
Post-911, an attempting hijacker wouldn't live a minute if the rest of us were carrying pointy things.
Might not anyway, unless the TSA starts confiscating pencils and umbrellas. Almost anything will serve as a weapon in a pinch.
I've heard rumors that highly-effective weapons are sold openly within the airport. Googly Gee? Duty Free? Something like that, anyway.
Nuclear fusion is pretty much a potential infinite source of clean electrical energy
So is covering the deserts in PV cells. But hey, nuclear fusion is so much more cool that we'll pretend that the other options don't exist. Seriously - fusion power is trying to solve a problem that humanity does not have.
PS And before anyone jumps up and down about PV electricity being expensive - serious literature on fusion power is very evasive about how much a KWh will cost.
I would expect that bounds checking, type safety, and thread safety are low on your concerns
I can see where you're coming from, nevertheless, as we're talking about the systems that manage my pension, I would prefer to see a bit more concern ;-)
Fair point about electricity usage going down. :-(
However the cynic in me suspects that the plant operators would choose to mothball one or more plants, and push production at the remaining plants.
And watchdogs are staffed by human beings - some of whom can be corrupted/subjected to political pressure, especially when money is tight
So just because some incompetent bureaucracts intentionally push one power plant beyond its intended use, all nuclear plants everywhere must shut down?
Well, over the lifetime of a power plant (40+ years) it's a certainty that there will be at least one deep economic recession - during which time there will be extreme cost cutting, attempts to push the plant's output, and savage headcount culls. A perfect environment for breeding 'incompetent bureaucrats'.
A reminder from history - Chernobyl happened when the Soviet Union's economy was dying.