Won it in a contest. You'd put a program (word processor, game, etc) into the 5.25" floppy drive and turn on the computer to load it. I had such classics as "lemonade stand," "introduction to Apple IIc+," and some maze game where you move a dot through a maze while avoiding another dot that represented a horrible ogre. I think there were a few more, but it's been a while. Also had a dot matrix printer.
Yeah, or it could just be that reality doesn't match your expectations.
Woman =/= Man
White =/= Asian
etc.
Not saying anyone's inherently better, but everyone is not always equivalent in every scenario. If we were, each person would be interchangeable. Clearly, we're not.
People don't choose charismatic or narcissictic leaders because of those traits, they choose leaders who are confident, act decisively, and have ideologies that lead to predictable behavior that they themselves agree with. "Humity" (sic) is OK, but if they lack confidence etc, it's not enough to make a good leader.
No university can teach someone how to be a passionate nerd.
On the other hand a good degree will introduce you to concepts and rigor that you would otherwise not encounter if you were self taught.
On the other other hand, being exposed to concepts and rigor is no guarantee someone will gain a deep understanding of those concepts or adapt oneself to be rigorous in their work. The ability to think and work things out until you really understand them *is* self-taught whether you go to school or not. Being exposed to concepts and rigor helps some people, but is not necessary for everyone. There's a good chance people with 4-year degrees are on average more capable than those without, but it's not one-size-fits-all.
Nope, PhD here, zero debt, graduated recently. If you actually go into a field that has value, tuition is paid by the school and you recieve a stipend to support yourself.
More like a plan to spy on everyone they oppose, make diversity akin to victim status so they can get away with anything, and create a electoral majority that's dependent on government handouts so that they can control the future of the country.
The MSM is now saying that the Rice story is "sexist and racist." So didn't take long to pull those cards. It's like the Democrats think they can do anything if it's blamed on somebody who's female and/or a minority.
"growing evidence of significat ties between Trump and Putin" Excuse me, what evidence? Name anything. The only connections between US and Russia that I've seen are Clintons selling off 20% of our uranium production and Podesta, who broke federal laws with undisclosed stock dealings involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Face it, it's seeming more and more like Trump-Russia ties were manufactured to distract from all the unlawful things the Democrats were doing. They thought they'd win though, so it would be OK. They lost and are worried, hence pushing the Russia story.
Minimum wage increases helped? Yeah, they certainly helped kiosks to take over the jobs of teenagers at McDonalds, Wendy's, etc.
Wages have stagnated because the economy quit growing. The economy quit growing because CEOs have figured out a sweet deal: borrow free money and use it to buyback stocks! No need to invest in your companies infrastructure, just inflate the stock with buybacks. Investing in infrasctructure would increase productivity, earnings, and salaries, but nobody's doing it anymore. Stocks are up 20x and over the same period earnings are up... 5%? It's the Fed. The problem is the Fed's free money and rampant stock buybacks.
Before deleting your account, fill it with spaces, tabs, numbers, or some irrelevant information. Because, you know, those profiles are never *really* deleted.
Look, I believe there is disciplined scientific enquiry on the topic, but some of the proposed solutions don't make sense. For example, doing the math on the Paris accord teaches us that following all of the goals set forth would reduce the global temperature by a whopping 0.05C by 2100 compared to business-as-usual. Before rushing to get on board with the narrative, let's do all the math and weight the pros and cons from a neutral perspective rather than just shutting people down who disagree with you. http://www.lomborg.com/press-r...
Actually, while it's not as fast as Moore's law, the cost of solar historically has come down by 22% for each doubling in volume. Here's the solar learning curve: http://costing.irena.org/media...
Granted, at a certain solar production capacity the cost goes up again due to storage needs, but batteries also follow a learning curve: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jRpo...
I have no idea what is in theaters right now because I haven't watched a commercial for years. Like many other young people, I get my media from Netflix, Amazon, and/or Youtube.
Hollywood movies have lost their luster. Everything feels so stale, played-out, and formulaic. Hardly anyone is taking any creative chances with their stories (probably because it costs $100MM to make a Hollywood movie, so you damn well better check all the boxes).
I haven't seen a good movie in the theaters for years, and the enjoyment was lessened by the steep prices, which are hard to pay for as a college student or on a graduate student stipend. I have a job and money now, but my desire to go back to the theaters has not returned.
I will admit, the movie experience in japan was great. Assigned seating, beer, nice clean chairs, and nobody playing with their phone.
Do you think tax revenue will increase if we increase the corporate tax rate? American corporations are already been conducting more and more business overseas and hiding profits in tax havens, what makes you think they won't simply double-down on that strategy?
I don't know if it's all that bleak. I think after a correction we could rebound, and automation will be a part of the rebound. People are scraping by because wages aren't going up. Wages aren't going up because productivity hasn't gone up. Productivity hasn't gone up because we're outsourcing jobs instead of investing in needed infrastructure e.g. automation and modern equipment and factories in the US. Pres. Trump has a shot to fix some of these issues if he can get anything through congress.
Well I don't know about S.F. (I despise S.F. and avoid it like the plague), but in the South bay area there are condos/apartments going up all over the place. This year for the first time since I moved here, my rent went *down*... by $5, but still: it's better than a 5-10% increase. Looking forward to see what happens in the housing market. I guess houses won't go down in price because people in apartments want to move into houses and the supply will probably not keep up. Those of us renting though I think our rents are going to stabilize and maybe go down based on the sheer number of new units coming up.
Prices need to go up to reflect the growing demand and dwindling supply. That is how developers know to build more housing. There are tons of housing projects going on in the bay area and supply will rise steeply in the near-term. I think prices should fall after that. This is the market functioning as it's supposed to, right? Am I missing something here?
This story is almost the definition of how not to live. People need to live within their means, not reach for unnecessary conspicuous consumption items. I live (comfortably) in bay area on much less than $160k. I have a wife who doesn't work and we live in a 1-bedroom apartment that costs $2200/month. *Before* all my expenses I put away about $25k/year for retirement/savings and have plenty left over for fun. I think a major theme you will find throughout America is that people put money into savings *after* expenses. That's backwards, you need to save first for retirement and unexpected costs, then make a budget to live on with the remainder. It sounds like this worker who feels "poor" on $160k needs a budget. Try cooking simple nutritious foods at home. Go to the library instead of the movies. Buy a high quality and versatile wardrobe. Leather shoes, pants, and a button shirt is an appropriate attire for just about anywhere in the bay area. Keep your current vehicle and maintain it. People who chase after luxury items like fancy cars and watches will *always* feel poor because there is always something bigger and better you cannot afford. Try living with what you have instead of beyond your means. You may find living your life more enjoyable than chasing after what others have.
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Won it in a contest. You'd put a program (word processor, game, etc) into the 5.25" floppy drive and turn on the computer to load it. I had such classics as "lemonade stand," "introduction to Apple IIc+," and some maze game where you move a dot through a maze while avoiding another dot that represented a horrible ogre. I think there were a few more, but it's been a while. Also had a dot matrix printer.
Man, came here looking for Brazil, no mentions so far. I hope everyone takes the time to see this film.
Yeah, or it could just be that reality doesn't match your expectations.
Woman =/= Man
White =/= Asian
etc.
Not saying anyone's inherently better, but everyone is not always equivalent in every scenario. If we were, each person would be interchangeable. Clearly, we're not.
It's all hydro. Lots of big rivers in Oregon. Not a scalable solution though, the growth potential for hydro in the U.S. is about 0.
Nuclear isn't "renewable" on a human timescale. They're likely talking about hydro, Portland is located around the Willamette and Colombia rivers.
Minecraft was fun while it lasted. This will kill it.
People don't choose charismatic or narcissictic leaders because of those traits, they choose leaders who are confident, act decisively, and have ideologies that lead to predictable behavior that they themselves agree with. "Humity" (sic) is OK, but if they lack confidence etc, it's not enough to make a good leader.
No university can teach someone how to be a passionate nerd.
On the other hand a good degree will introduce you to concepts and rigor that you would otherwise not encounter if you were self taught.
On the other other hand, being exposed to concepts and rigor is no guarantee someone will gain a deep understanding of those concepts or adapt oneself to be rigorous in their work. The ability to think and work things out until you really understand them *is* self-taught whether you go to school or not. Being exposed to concepts and rigor helps some people, but is not necessary for everyone. There's a good chance people with 4-year degrees are on average more capable than those without, but it's not one-size-fits-all.
Here it comes, the college tuition bubble is about to burst! Not just for everyone getting gender studies and philosophy degrees, either.
Nope, PhD here, zero debt, graduated recently. If you actually go into a field that has value, tuition is paid by the school and you recieve a stipend to support yourself.
More like a plan to spy on everyone they oppose, make diversity akin to victim status so they can get away with anything, and create a electoral majority that's dependent on government handouts so that they can control the future of the country.
The MSM is now saying that the Rice story is "sexist and racist." So didn't take long to pull those cards. It's like the Democrats think they can do anything if it's blamed on somebody who's female and/or a minority.
"growing evidence of significat ties between Trump and Putin" Excuse me, what evidence? Name anything. The only connections between US and Russia that I've seen are Clintons selling off 20% of our uranium production and Podesta, who broke federal laws with undisclosed stock dealings involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Face it, it's seeming more and more like Trump-Russia ties were manufactured to distract from all the unlawful things the Democrats were doing. They thought they'd win though, so it would be OK. They lost and are worried, hence pushing the Russia story.
Minimum wage increases helped? Yeah, they certainly helped kiosks to take over the jobs of teenagers at McDonalds, Wendy's, etc.
Wages have stagnated because the economy quit growing. The economy quit growing because CEOs have figured out a sweet deal: borrow free money and use it to buyback stocks! No need to invest in your companies infrastructure, just inflate the stock with buybacks. Investing in infrasctructure would increase productivity, earnings, and salaries, but nobody's doing it anymore. Stocks are up 20x and over the same period earnings are up... 5%? It's the Fed. The problem is the Fed's free money and rampant stock buybacks.
Before deleting your account, fill it with spaces, tabs, numbers, or some irrelevant information. Because, you know, those profiles are never *really* deleted.
You put Fox ahead of CNN for fake news??? CNN is the undisputed world heavyweight champion of fake news. NYT is pretty fake, but Fox? Meh.
We will no longer surrender this country, or its people, to the false song of globalism.
Look, I believe there is disciplined scientific enquiry on the topic, but some of the proposed solutions don't make sense. For example, doing the math on the Paris accord teaches us that following all of the goals set forth would reduce the global temperature by a whopping 0.05C by 2100 compared to business-as-usual. Before rushing to get on board with the narrative, let's do all the math and weight the pros and cons from a neutral perspective rather than just shutting people down who disagree with you. http://www.lomborg.com/press-r...
Actually, while it's not as fast as Moore's law, the cost of solar historically has come down by 22% for each doubling in volume. Here's the solar learning curve: http://costing.irena.org/media...
Granted, at a certain solar production capacity the cost goes up again due to storage needs, but batteries also follow a learning curve: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jRpo...
I have no idea what is in theaters right now because I haven't watched a commercial for years. Like many other young people, I get my media from Netflix, Amazon, and/or Youtube.
Hollywood movies have lost their luster. Everything feels so stale, played-out, and formulaic. Hardly anyone is taking any creative chances with their stories (probably because it costs $100MM to make a Hollywood movie, so you damn well better check all the boxes).
I haven't seen a good movie in the theaters for years, and the enjoyment was lessened by the steep prices, which are hard to pay for as a college student or on a graduate student stipend. I have a job and money now, but my desire to go back to the theaters has not returned.
I will admit, the movie experience in japan was great. Assigned seating, beer, nice clean chairs, and nobody playing with their phone.
Do you think tax revenue will increase if we increase the corporate tax rate? American corporations are already been conducting more and more business overseas and hiding profits in tax havens, what makes you think they won't simply double-down on that strategy?
I don't know if it's all that bleak. I think after a correction we could rebound, and automation will be a part of the rebound. People are scraping by because wages aren't going up. Wages aren't going up because productivity hasn't gone up. Productivity hasn't gone up because we're outsourcing jobs instead of investing in needed infrastructure e.g. automation and modern equipment and factories in the US. Pres. Trump has a shot to fix some of these issues if he can get anything through congress.
Well I don't know about S.F. (I despise S.F. and avoid it like the plague), but in the South bay area there are condos/apartments going up all over the place. This year for the first time since I moved here, my rent went *down*... by $5, but still: it's better than a 5-10% increase. Looking forward to see what happens in the housing market. I guess houses won't go down in price because people in apartments want to move into houses and the supply will probably not keep up. Those of us renting though I think our rents are going to stabilize and maybe go down based on the sheer number of new units coming up.
Prices need to go up to reflect the growing demand and dwindling supply. That is how developers know to build more housing. There are tons of housing projects going on in the bay area and supply will rise steeply in the near-term. I think prices should fall after that. This is the market functioning as it's supposed to, right? Am I missing something here?
This story is almost the definition of how not to live. People need to live within their means, not reach for unnecessary conspicuous consumption items. I live (comfortably) in bay area on much less than $160k. I have a wife who doesn't work and we live in a 1-bedroom apartment that costs $2200/month. *Before* all my expenses I put away about $25k/year for retirement/savings and have plenty left over for fun. I think a major theme you will find throughout America is that people put money into savings *after* expenses. That's backwards, you need to save first for retirement and unexpected costs, then make a budget to live on with the remainder. It sounds like this worker who feels "poor" on $160k needs a budget. Try cooking simple nutritious foods at home. Go to the library instead of the movies. Buy a high quality and versatile wardrobe. Leather shoes, pants, and a button shirt is an appropriate attire for just about anywhere in the bay area. Keep your current vehicle and maintain it. People who chase after luxury items like fancy cars and watches will *always* feel poor because there is always something bigger and better you cannot afford. Try living with what you have instead of beyond your means. You may find living your life more enjoyable than chasing after what others have.