Computer science is not "programing skills". This is the mistake I think these people keep making. If they want programmers, then it's not computer science and is instead jobs training. We don't learn algebra in high school because we're going to be professional mathematicians, and we don't learn physics because we're going to be a scientist, and we don't learn civics because we're going to be a politician.
The point of high school is to get a well rounded education in preparation to becoming a full ledged participant in civil life. Part of that is getting a trade,and much of having a trade involves these extra life skills (reading, writing, communicating effectively). And there is much more to life than having a trade. That's why we learn literature and history. Maybe you don't need that when being an auto mechanic on the job, but you need that when at home, when interacting with the community, when voting, and so forth. You need the arithmetic so you can maintain a proper budget, plan for retirement, do your taxes, and so forth. A public high school is an investment that the public makes in order to provide a large payoff in the future when you have better educated public.
So computer science in high school should fit that mold also. Everyone should know something about how computers work, whether or not they end up going into a computing field. And by how they work, this is so much more than programming; it's math, electronics, digital logic, algorithms, a dab of theory, and so forth. And this teaches logical thinking; even simplistic modern programming style at least teaches you how to divide a complex task in smaller parts, divide and conquer, it's an important life skill.
Except that the book doesn't say that. Of course, when you get into people who are literalists then even obviously poetical statement is treated as literal truth.
Flat earthers in my experience seem to be much more politically minded than religious, believing there's a big conspiracy out there to hide the truth. They're individuals, they don't learn flat earth beliefs from their parents or community, it's something they pick up as an adult.
I trust the local store, I don't trust Amazon, I don't trust the cloud, and I don't trust buying based upon a picture.m I've seen too many msall downs with destroyed economies because everyone goes to Walmart and all other stores go out of business. Amazon is like that but at a more massive scale.
Overall, states-rights means we get to do whatever we want, and all the other states should also do whatever we want.
While no state really wants to give up power, I think most realize that if state did whatever if wanted we'd be in a mess. It's like a large family or dormitory, you need some basic house rules to keep the chaos at bay.
It was in the constitution partially in order to get the slave holding states to join the union.
As for centralized control, this was the original idea of the Republicans, before being diverted in the 60s by the segregationists. The states today are much more homogenous than in the early years, the state borders don't really mean so much these days, people move across borders on a whim, many even commute to their jobs in different state.
The 535 people are all elected by the people. These are not foreigners who rule from afar, these are people we send from our local district, just the same as the leaders who rule from the state capitols. Just because the majority don't always agree with you does not mean that they are illegitimate rulers. You can change the government, you just need to get out the vote. That's why the tea party seems to be having a lot of influence despite being unknown a couple decades ago, because they managed to get organized. Agree or disagree with them, they did stop whining and got off their buts and did something in an effective way.
Agreed. I don't want to see the day when there is only 2 or 3 retailers worldwide and everything has to be delivered. That's a dystopia, no matter what the basement dwellers think. Though it is handy for those with disabilities or are otherwise shut ins, but for young twenty somethings it's bizarre that this world they want.
I got a prescription for hydrocodone after some dental work, plus an antibiotic. I headed to the drugstore, which I wasn't familiar with since I normally go to my medical foundation's pharmacy. Didn't have an "insurance card" and I wasn't in their system. So they looked at me suspiciously.
However, the hydrocodone they were fine with, but I had to wait around a couple hours (in pain) while they phoned back and forth to see if I was allowed to get the antibiotic.
I don't necessarily think it was "debunked". It was incomplete, had some mistakes, but was it debunked in its entirety? It used an approach used by others in the past. I know the true believers hated it because it would mean the answer was very mundane (like 42).
And flat earthers. Very strange, they were almost extinct. Similarly, conspiracy theorists seemed also to be on the decline but they're very common these days too.
A lot of scientific knowledge, especially medical, were secretive at some time. Knowledge was protected, guilds were formed to protect the secrets, and so forth. So texts would be written to be obscure, intentionally.
There is a distinct difference between modern Hebrew as spoken in daily life in Israel, and and Hebrew from 500 years ago. Every single language changes over time, Hebrew is no different. Just because one can read from the Torah does not mean they can speak classical Hebrew, but they can read it with some help and learning some words that are no longer in use, and phrases you will never hear on the streets of Tel Aviv.
Modern Hebrew is also a relatively recent re-invention, it was kept alive before then as a language for religious purposes, but was very rarely a native language.
Last year the theory was that it was a gynelogical text based upon the pictures, though the "encryption" was speculative. Ultimately however, the manuscript is just a manuscript. It's interesting as a puzzle but beyond that there will be no deep meanings uncovered or conspiracies unmaksed.
But what's the solution? Encourage the government to do a better job, or elect better leaders, or start protesting the megacorps that are pushing tough IP enforcement, or just start breaking the law when convenient?
"You people"? There is no one else on the planet with my political views.
Yes, Kim Dotcom probably should have been left alone. Assange however was in Europe, and if they can't have extradition treaties within the EU, then there's no purpose for the EU or extradition.
I've rarely needed to use someone else's computer. But I do use Windows at home, OSX at work, so being able to customize helps. Never mind that Windows has had the worst UIs ever, not being able to customize would be a visual punishment. And never mind that Microsoft changes the UI drastically between releases.
I don't agonize over it. But Windows 8 had such a fat border that it was ugly, like they were encouraging me to stop using the destop. The border distracted from the window's contents. And the preference to change the border size was missing, so you have to use the registry, like whatever intern that did this assumed everyone would like it.
OSX on the other hand, with no borders, doesn't get in the way of the window contents.
For moving a windows, this line uses mouse-plus-key, which is what I wanted, and need since docking/undocking sometimes puts a window off-screen except for a tiny sliver. https://stackoverflow.com/ques...
To move with keys only (which I never use but what may be what some people want), there are third party tools: https://superuser.com/question...
MacOS has some keys to help resize or move. Problem is that they're so rarely used and poorly documented that when you need them you have to head to the web to figure out what they are.
I prefer the mac UI. But even more than that, I prefer customization. That way if you want a fat border, you can get one, if you want a thin border you can get that too, and if you want no border it's available.
The OS makers seem dead set against user customizations. Windows removes more and more control panel settings over time that are UI related. The Mac has extremely few UI customizations. Linux used to be chock full of easy to use customizations, almost too many, but now it's just as sparse as everyone else unless you're set to program your own or learn where the options are hidden in a config file.
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Computer science is not "programing skills". This is the mistake I think these people keep making. If they want programmers, then it's not computer science and is instead jobs training. We don't learn algebra in high school because we're going to be professional mathematicians, and we don't learn physics because we're going to be a scientist, and we don't learn civics because we're going to be a politician.
The point of high school is to get a well rounded education in preparation to becoming a full ledged participant in civil life. Part of that is getting a trade,and much of having a trade involves these extra life skills (reading, writing, communicating effectively). And there is much more to life than having a trade. That's why we learn literature and history. Maybe you don't need that when being an auto mechanic on the job, but you need that when at home, when interacting with the community, when voting, and so forth. You need the arithmetic so you can maintain a proper budget, plan for retirement, do your taxes, and so forth. A public high school is an investment that the public makes in order to provide a large payoff in the future when you have better educated public.
So computer science in high school should fit that mold also. Everyone should know something about how computers work, whether or not they end up going into a computing field. And by how they work, this is so much more than programming; it's math, electronics, digital logic, algorithms, a dab of theory, and so forth. And this teaches logical thinking; even simplistic modern programming style at least teaches you how to divide a complex task in smaller parts, divide and conquer, it's an important life skill.
Except that the book doesn't say that. Of course, when you get into people who are literalists then even obviously poetical statement is treated as literal truth.
Flat earthers in my experience seem to be much more politically minded than religious, believing there's a big conspiracy out there to hide the truth. They're individuals, they don't learn flat earth beliefs from their parents or community, it's something they pick up as an adult.
I trust the local store, I don't trust Amazon, I don't trust the cloud, and I don't trust buying based upon a picture.m I've seen too many msall downs with destroyed economies because everyone goes to Walmart and all other stores go out of business. Amazon is like that but at a more massive scale.
Metronomes with AI.
So it's like tobacco and alcohol.
Overall, states-rights means we get to do whatever we want, and all the other states should also do whatever we want.
While no state really wants to give up power, I think most realize that if state did whatever if wanted we'd be in a mess. It's like a large family or dormitory, you need some basic house rules to keep the chaos at bay.
It was in the constitution partially in order to get the slave holding states to join the union.
As for centralized control, this was the original idea of the Republicans, before being diverted in the 60s by the segregationists. The states today are much more homogenous than in the early years, the state borders don't really mean so much these days, people move across borders on a whim, many even commute to their jobs in different state.
The 535 people are all elected by the people. These are not foreigners who rule from afar, these are people we send from our local district, just the same as the leaders who rule from the state capitols. Just because the majority don't always agree with you does not mean that they are illegitimate rulers. You can change the government, you just need to get out the vote. That's why the tea party seems to be having a lot of influence despite being unknown a couple decades ago, because they managed to get organized. Agree or disagree with them, they did stop whining and got off their buts and did something in an effective way.
Agreed. I don't want to see the day when there is only 2 or 3 retailers worldwide and everything has to be delivered. That's a dystopia, no matter what the basement dwellers think. Though it is handy for those with disabilities or are otherwise shut ins, but for young twenty somethings it's bizarre that this world they want.
Ya, but you need to be naked too.
Yes, for in house use, or your first prescription while being discharged. The majority of refills will happen at an outside pharmacy.
I got a prescription for hydrocodone after some dental work, plus an antibiotic. I headed to the drugstore, which I wasn't familiar with since I normally go to my medical foundation's pharmacy. Didn't have an "insurance card" and I wasn't in their system. So they looked at me suspiciously.
However, the hydrocodone they were fine with, but I had to wait around a couple hours (in pain) while they phoned back and forth to see if I was allowed to get the antibiotic.
How do words work? It's a miracle!
I don't necessarily think it was "debunked". It was incomplete, had some mistakes, but was it debunked in its entirety? It used an approach used by others in the past. I know the true believers hated it because it would mean the answer was very mundane (like 42).
And flat earthers. Very strange, they were almost extinct. Similarly, conspiracy theorists seemed also to be on the decline but they're very common these days too.
A lot of scientific knowledge, especially medical, were secretive at some time. Knowledge was protected, guilds were formed to protect the secrets, and so forth. So texts would be written to be obscure, intentionally.
There is a distinct difference between modern Hebrew as spoken in daily life in Israel, and and Hebrew from 500 years ago. Every single language changes over time, Hebrew is no different. Just because one can read from the Torah does not mean they can speak classical Hebrew, but they can read it with some help and learning some words that are no longer in use, and phrases you will never hear on the streets of Tel Aviv.
Modern Hebrew is also a relatively recent re-invention, it was kept alive before then as a language for religious purposes, but was very rarely a native language.
Last year the theory was that it was a gynelogical text based upon the pictures, though the "encryption" was speculative. Ultimately however, the manuscript is just a manuscript. It's interesting as a puzzle but beyond that there will be no deep meanings uncovered or conspiracies unmaksed.
But what's the solution? Encourage the government to do a better job, or elect better leaders, or start protesting the megacorps that are pushing tough IP enforcement, or just start breaking the law when convenient?
"You people"? There is no one else on the planet with my political views.
Yes, Kim Dotcom probably should have been left alone. Assange however was in Europe, and if they can't have extradition treaties within the EU, then there's no purpose for the EU or extradition.
I've rarely needed to use someone else's computer. But I do use Windows at home, OSX at work, so being able to customize helps. Never mind that Windows has had the worst UIs ever, not being able to customize would be a visual punishment. And never mind that Microsoft changes the UI drastically between releases.
I don't agonize over it. But Windows 8 had such a fat border that it was ugly, like they were encouraging me to stop using the destop. The border distracted from the window's contents. And the preference to change the border size was missing, so you have to use the registry, like whatever intern that did this assumed everyone would like it.
OSX on the other hand, with no borders, doesn't get in the way of the window contents.
For moving a windows, this line uses mouse-plus-key, which is what I wanted, and need since docking/undocking sometimes puts a window off-screen except for a tiny sliver.
https://stackoverflow.com/ques...
To move with keys only (which I never use but what may be what some people want), there are third party tools:
https://superuser.com/question...
Right, so all laws should be ignored.
MacOS has some keys to help resize or move. Problem is that they're so rarely used and poorly documented that when you need them you have to head to the web to figure out what they are.
I prefer the mac UI. But even more than that, I prefer customization. That way if you want a fat border, you can get one, if you want a thin border you can get that too, and if you want no border it's available.
The OS makers seem dead set against user customizations. Windows removes more and more control panel settings over time that are UI related. The Mac has extremely few UI customizations. Linux used to be chock full of easy to use customizations, almost too many, but now it's just as sparse as everyone else unless you're set to program your own or learn where the options are hidden in a config file.