Sorry, but your Diversity Counselor was ill-prepared on the topic or just didn't care for your question.
Of course she didn't care for the question. The question is a deal breaker.
Just because we say all cultures should be cherished doesn't mean we must accept all aspects of their cultures.
Here's what I believe. I believe that men and women are equal under the law. This does not mean there are no differences in physical or mental charistics. As for cherishing - that is what we should cherish. Equality is what I believe in. And here is the issue. China is getting their chops busted because some of their jobs are for men only.
Wailing and gnashing of teeth ensues. I would early love to hear you make a dissertation on how you cherish the African cultures that practice infibulation and clitorectomy on females. This is your challenge and let me know of tour cherishmenty as such : - to hold dear : feel or show affection for, to keep or cultivate with care and affection, to entertain or harbor in the mind deeply and resolutely still cherishes that memory.
You made the claim - now support it.
Next tell us how you cherish a culture that digs holes in the grouynd and places women accuesed of adultery, and all of the townspeople throw rocks at her head, smashing and fracturing her skull unti she dies. Tell me how you xherish that culture.
Frankly - this is why I find modern diversity somewhat repulsive. And you don't get to make the definition - you sherish it - you support it.
The statement appears extreme because the alternative is more dangerous. With the statement, there is an attempt to understand the other culture.
It seems like the ultimate height of hypocrisy. to demand that I not only accept that, but cherish it.
No sir. No sir. As a person that believes than men and women are equal, I do not accept that. At the very most, I can barely tolerate it.
These are barbaric practices that demean and physically injure women, as well as those that prevent them fmor sharing in the benefits of society.
Best and worst as defined by whom? Let's say you have a son or daughter who decides to turn to one of these cultures. They move to Pakistan. They have an 8 year old daughter, and decide to marry her off to a local man.
This is their culture - you support what they did?
The alternative is to easily dismiss the entire culture based on a few known horrible practices.
I know - what do you think - should men who wink at women be blinded for their crime? What a horrible practice.
Sorry - perhaps you are simply a more advanced form of life. Meanwhile, I'll oppose the horrible treatment of women by some cultures, You'll accept it. Seems like sexism of the highest order. And honestly - creepy as all hell. NO sir, accept barbarism if you wish, It makes you a barbaric person.
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
Actuall that diversity counselor remembers it differently.
"This trolling twerp tried to play a pointless rhetorical gambit with me, but got frustrated when I ignored their disingenuous needling."
When anyone with a unique job title (e.g. diversity counselor, CEO, managing partner) asks "Any questions?" you shouldn't interpret it as "Challenge my views, I welcome all criticisms". Doing so is highly detrimental to your career. These people don't get into these positions by being trail blazers or truth seekers, they get there with raw ambition, manipulation, and lack of scruples. You should always remember that.
At that point in time - the conditions were not so draconian as today. This was when a man could disagree with a woman without it being sufficient grounds for dismissal. Today? As pointed out to some folks here, I have no opinion, If the political correctness enforcer says the sky is heliotrope in color, and that there are an infinite number og genders, I would just sit there quietly.
Today - as David Thornley points out, and agrees with - annoying a woman is legitimate grounds for terminating a mans career. Disagreement and problem solving is verboten.
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
Actuall that diversity counselor remembers it differently.
"This trolling twerp tried to play a pointless rhetorical gambit with me, but got frustrated when I ignored their disingenuous needling."
No doubt she does. I was promoting equality of the sexes, while she was trying to defend male enforced head to toe covering and not allowing women to travel without a male family member, and sex based driving pribeliges.
She probably should have been happy that I didn't bring up the tradition in some cultues of clitorectomy.
Sucks when the core principle of your narrative means you support what you don't support. Cognitive dissonance is not exclusive to the far right wing.
You are not using the same definition of concept.
When people say "women are not aggressive", they refer to agreeableness metric. Or put in other way, how likely are they to initiate direct confrontation. This does not mean not competitive, or not ambitious.
Most doubleplusgood!
Agressive is agressive. direct confrontation is not the only definition of aggression. Backstabbing works for that.
Women are not aggressive and competitive? Are you kidding? They may be more subtle, but if you want to see backstabbing that could teach George R. R. Martin a few things even he didn't imagine possible, watch a few women try to outdo each other for a high level position.
While the fickle finger of blame has always been pointed at men and the patriarchy, my experience and my wife's experience have been very different. The rumor mills, the jealousy, and the general hatred of women toward other people has been breathtaking. Since I'd be accused of mansplaining for my own experiences, I'll talk for my wife.
She rose to the number two position in her company, and was the highest paid employee there. She had teams of mostly men working for her. There were of course women in her workplace. While there are always personnel issues, the only people that had a problem with her were the women. "Oh, she must be fucking the owner to have got her position. "I wonder if Doggy style is the position she used to get her position?" And on and on. Pleasant to her face, but active undermining the second they walked away. and an unhealthy obsession with sex. Outside of the sexual innuendo, she is tall and slender. So if people think fat shaming is bad, you ought to see the shit women sling at other women if they think a woman is not fat enough.
The men overwhelmingly just loved her.
Meanwhile, here was a place trying to get things done in the construction and home design industry, and had some troublesome employees that were not hard to identify. In a bit of irony, my wife became very reluctant to hire women because of all of the workplace drama.
Her view is that as long as every problem is considered to be the fault of men, the problem will never be fixed. Women need to take some responsibility. Because what they are doing now is a crab bucket. pulling each other down.
I saw this in my own workplace as well, but since I'm a guy, no one would listen to my description.
Other cultures are actually different, Euro and Euro derived cultures are shocked to discover!
"This isn't the diversity we had in mind", activists quoted as saying...
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
She said "Of course - all cultures are valid and must be cherished"
My next question was "What about Saudi Arabia, where you wouldn't even be allowed t drive, much less have many other rights? Where your dress today might get you stoned?"
She replied "Next Question - someone else?"
I think it is massively wrong to have "men only" jobs. But do we abandon the dictates of diversity and attempt to impose our cultures dictates on the very cultures we have been told to cherish?
>The Apple crowd is not terribly worried about the headphone jack for the most part.
Well I use Apple products and I do care about the headphone jack. My iPhone 8 plus is my last iPhone and when I replace it, it will be with a phone with a headphone jack.
Your happiness is your goal. Weird deal breaker to me - but hey, some people were really pissed aabout rounded corners. Android will make you happy and all will be well.
I don't know about happy, but at least I can plug my headphones in on a plane, without rummaging for adapters.
protip: leave the adapter on your headphone.
It doesn't plug into my laptop with the adapter on. I keep the adapter in my headphones case so it's there when I need it, but I don't want to have to.
The epitome of a first world problem you have here.
>The Apple crowd is not terribly worried about the headphone jack for the most part.
Well I use Apple products and I do care about the headphone jack. My iPhone 8 plus is my last iPhone and when I replace it, it will be with a phone with a headphone jack.
Your happiness is your goal. Weird deal breaker to me - but hey, some people were really pissed aabout rounded corners. Android will make you happy and all will be well.
I don't know about happy, but at least I can plug my headphones in on a plane, without rummaging for adapters.
Alex Jones is so 2015. He wasn't nutty enough for the True Believers, so they'ave graduated to something called #QAnon, which posits that Barack Obama has been arrested and is in Guantanamo awaiting execution and the guy who went to Barbara Bush's funeral was really a body double.
While he claims Freedom of speech, there are some problems with purposely spreading lies that you know to be lies.
I think in the first two cases, they have no intention of settling, so there might be a bankrupt the asshole sthick happening.
I've tried listening to Infowars, but it is just impossible for me to spend more than three minutes listening to that weirdo. It was long enough to state with some certainty that he is one brain cell away from playing with his own turds.
A super politically incorrect fact is that fathers are almost twice as likely to be no longer in their teens.
Fathers are, on average, older than mothers in every nation and society on earth. There is nothing "political" about it.
The average difference, at 2-3 years, is smallest in Europe and North America, and largest in polygamous societies of Africa.
The reasons for this are obvious. Men have a biological imperative to prefer fertile women with more years available for child-bearing. Women have a biological imperative to prefer men with social status and resources, which generally increase with age.
Oh geeshe, Animojo and David Thornley are gonna be all over your backside now. All of what you wrote is merely a social construct. There is no difference between male and female. Yeah, I'm trolling.
You do realize that the Republicans sent a recommendation for prosecution [house.gov] to the AG for Hillary Clinton,
James Comey, Andrew McCabe, and Loretta Lynch, right?
And the Justice Department under Jeff Sessions put it right in the circular file where it belongs. There will be no charges.
In 21st Century RerpubliKremlin America, The Justice system and the FBI are criminals, and Breitbart is the unimpeachable source of God's own truth.
Now let us bow and pray to saint Alex Jones, that he may guide us to the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Trump.
Either with or without adapter, wired headphone is f**king annoying
And sometimes painful. I've had a few times while using tethered in ear buds while running ripped out of my ears when they accidentally got stuck on a rail. Going to Bluetooth was like being reborn.
I agree it's best to be prepared if enemies or wars clog up energy sources, but I'm not convinced the Administration is preparing correctly or just misusing the law to hand out political favors.
Reading the act the Koch brothers will approve greatly.
Is more R&D into advanced GenIV designs like MSR, VHTR, or small modular reactors, and a less punishing regulatory review process. We are abdicating our leadership to China, India, and Europe.
We don't need that research becaus Nuclear is perfectly safe already. We need laws forcing building plants before any other power source is considered. Except for coal. Coal needs plants built before nuc except where nuc plants are built before coal.
While that might sound sarcastic, it is the basic premise of Trump's concept.
By the way - if we declare that coal and it's mining is a critical defense need, what happens to the 88 million metric tons that we exported in 2017? https://www.platts.com/latest-... What the hell kind of country exports that much of a critical strategic product? Sounds like aiding and abetting possible enemies of our country. This must end and end now! America's future is at stake.
A big issue is this: Coal has been steadily automating its mining systems. In 1950 underground mining was at the rate of 0.68 tons per man hour and surface mining was at the rate of 1.9 tons/manhour. By 2011 underground mining was at the rate of 2.76 tons/man hour and surface mining was at 8.8 tons/man hour. There were productivity peaks in 2003 of 4.04 and 10.75 tons/man hour.
Pretty much this. It is nothing short of amazing how quickly a few men can tear a mountain apart to extract the coal in it. I had a lot of relatives that worked in coal back in the day. Now, not one. Even jobs you would think were safe have been eliminated by just making the machines bigger. Like this http://www.mining.com/belaz-la...
A mere 450 tonne payload, twin turbo diesels, and 65 Km/Hr speed. These trucks can be filled by the likes of "Big Muskie" (no longer in service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... which could do 220 cubic yards per scoop. We can build 'em as big as you want - in fact bigger than most mines will ever need
Gains in employment will be obtained by using mules in the mines, making the use of steam drills and jumbos and road headers illegal, just human and mule power, picks and shovels.
Otherwise, as you point out, coal mining is pretty darn automated. This is yet another "jerbs, Jerbs, JERBS! event, where people who might not think out the whole situation are promised jerbs, and are pursuaded to vote for people who have no intention of making jobs for them, or perhaps aren't thinking either.
Seriously, we have been at war in the Middle East for decades for one reason: energy. It's why we had Gulf War I, Gulf War II, and so many others. Fun fact, did you know the reason we refuse to withdraw from Syria despite the fact that ISIS has been defeated is energy? Yup. A proposed pipeline to supply from Qatar to Europe would weaken Russian influence. That's why we can't stop making war there. So let's not trot out the fiction that energy has nothing to do with national security, because it absolutely does.
And what does that have to do with promoting domestically produced Coal and Nuclear over domestically produced Natural Gas and renewables?
Grandpa like to rant about things now and again. He's been like this since they elected that chocolate guy from Kenya. Just nod your head and say "Damn liberals anyhow!"
You misunderstand. It's not that energy isn't vital to national security. It's that the continued profitability of Trump's butt-buddies' businesses isn't.
I know I surely misunderstand. Helping out nuclear power generation would surely be the kiss of death for Coal power in a quasi-sane world. Perhaps we will build some North Korean type empty cities and power them with 100 percent government subsidized coal power plants.
Anyhow - good to see that the Republicans are sticking to their free market no regulation model, except when they model themselvelves after early 20th century Soviet system Expect the five year plan to come out soon.
Dude! EVERYTHING in this administration involves a money trail. You've not caught on to that yet?
Dude! Just beause I pointed it out to someone doesn't mean I only recognized it at that moment!
I occasionally see a 1970's vintage pickup truck, or decrepit mobile home with the obligatory Trans-Camaro in the yard on cinder blocks. Maybe a rebel flag to guild the lily. Each proof of entropy. Each with a Trump MAGA sticker or sign. They were useful I suppose, but their situation doesn't seem to be improved.
protip: Don't elect people who's modus is taking other people's money for themselves, and expect them to make your financial situation better.
Indeed, it would be easier to lower the cost of living so that they wouldn't need to pay out so much to give people enough to live off of. That might require some *shudder* regulations, though. Also, the money would have to go directly to the people rather than giving it to corporations and 'hoping' it'll trickle down to people.
I fear the "solution" will be a lot more violent than that. We've been over-populating the earth for a long time now, and if Malthus' concept doesn't work it's destructive magic, simple economy will.
There are simply too many humans on earth. And ecology aside, the more automation of the simpler tasks and elimination of those methods of being productive occur, the acceleration of Scrooges "surplus population" will happen.
We will have some options. The best will be to acknowledge the issue, and allow the excess to die off naturally by ramping to a new level of human population, and working on ways to support them during that process.
A lot of human history would seem to make a more violent and gruesome adjustment likely.
So the solution is to put up signs at every intersection and implement bogus "Not a through street" zones.
And Ol Olsoc then wrote:
Someone back in this post decided that all we needed to do was make all of the street in communities "No Through Traffic"
That someone being you (and why you made that non-sensical suggestion eludes everybody else). Memory problems?
There is a difference between Not a through street and no Through traffic, although there is overlap. Usually Not a "Through Street" means that by driving on that road, you are trespassing. Typically private property. Often with no outlet, but a dead end. Be careful of doing that in some sections of the country. Try it is you like.
Giving the OP the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't suggesting driving his car in private property and that he was claiming that the problem can be solved by posting signs on roads that could otherwise serve as connectors, we come to the "Not a Through Street." designation. That is why I wrote what I wrote. Chillaxe, mon chichi.
The signage can vary from place to place, and in some places isn't enforceable, but in general, I was fixing what he almost certainly meant without being an asshole about it.
Hopefully that clears up whatver booboo feelings or angst I have caused you that you felt it ncessary to respond with your kind and thoughtful posting.
Can you give me the citations on the degradation that occurs?
Are you so confused by scientism that you can't follow a simple rational argument anymore without a citation?
You made the claim. I'm just calling you on it. The technical aspects of the 1/8th inch stern jack are abysmal. Yet you actl like it is a mil-spec connector.
I've repaired dozens oif the shitty things over the time they were available. The springs fail, they get noisy, and technically they suck. If you want to have a discussion of exactly why that is an engineering and mechanical issue we can have that. But insults appear to be your core competency, and little else.
But hey - I will give citation or two First: http://www.tracertek.com/media...
Please relinquish your driver license. No through traffic signs have been in existence for decades and you should have learned all about them when getting your driving license. That you are so baffled by them means you have forgotten the basics and are no longer fit to drive.
I've already cited the laws. Someone back in this post decided that all we needed to do was make all of the street in communities "No Through Traffic"
The law is pretty clear, and I've already given the citations. Deal with it.
Do you mean 6 Plus, or do you mean that you tried going without a headphone jack and are now so mad at Apple for dropping it that you won't ever buy their products again?
On a whim, I tried plugging a headphone into my iPhone 7. plug the headphones into the little adapter, then into the socket at the bottom. Sounded pretty good, but over the years, I've had a few earbuds ripped out of my ears when waling and they caught on something.
I never want the inconvenience of a wired headphone ever again. I use Bluetooth with my phone or casual listening at the computer, and if top quality is needed, studio phones with a 1/4 inch jack that needs an adapter no matter what kind of device I'm using. But I don't need top quality on the phone.
Which is exactly why I find the Apple haters idea that that little headphone adapter is the unholy stink of Beelzabub's taint to be pretty amusing. A 2 inch long adapter is a bridge too far, but the height of convenience is that wire dangling form your ears to the phone. All ready to get ripped out by accident.
Which is also why the "I've been an Apple customer since 1845, but the headphone dongle has led me to abandon all things Apple and sell all my stock too." makes me a bit skeptical.
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Sorry, but your Diversity Counselor was ill-prepared on the topic or just didn't care for your question.
Of course she didn't care for the question. The question is a deal breaker.
Just because we say all cultures should be cherished doesn't mean we must accept all aspects of their cultures.
Here's what I believe. I believe that men and women are equal under the law. This does not mean there are no differences in physical or mental charistics. As for cherishing - that is what we should cherish. Equality is what I believe in. And here is the issue. China is getting their chops busted because some of their jobs are for men only.
Wailing and gnashing of teeth ensues. I would early love to hear you make a dissertation on how you cherish the African cultures that practice infibulation and clitorectomy on females. This is your challenge and let me know of tour cherishmenty as such : - to hold dear : feel or show affection for, to keep or cultivate with care and affection, to entertain or harbor in the mind deeply and resolutely still cherishes that memory.
You made the claim - now support it. Next tell us how you cherish a culture that digs holes in the grouynd and places women accuesed of adultery, and all of the townspeople throw rocks at her head, smashing and fracturing her skull unti she dies. Tell me how you xherish that culture.
Frankly - this is why I find modern diversity somewhat repulsive. And you don't get to make the definition - you sherish it - you support it.
The statement appears extreme because the alternative is more dangerous. With the statement, there is an attempt to understand the other culture.
It seems like the ultimate height of hypocrisy. to demand that I not only accept that, but cherish it.
No sir. No sir. As a person that believes than men and women are equal, I do not accept that. At the very most, I can barely tolerate it.
These are barbaric practices that demean and physically injure women, as well as those that prevent them fmor sharing in the benefits of society.
Best and worst as defined by whom? Let's say you have a son or daughter who decides to turn to one of these cultures. They move to Pakistan. They have an 8 year old daughter, and decide to marry her off to a local man.
This is their culture - you support what they did?
The alternative is to easily dismiss the entire culture based on a few known horrible practices.
I know - what do you think - should men who wink at women be blinded for their crime? What a horrible practice. Sorry - perhaps you are simply a more advanced form of life. Meanwhile, I'll oppose the horrible treatment of women by some cultures, You'll accept it. Seems like sexism of the highest order. And honestly - creepy as all hell. NO sir, accept barbarism if you wish, It makes you a barbaric person.
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
Actuall that diversity counselor remembers it differently.
"This trolling twerp tried to play a pointless rhetorical gambit with me, but got frustrated when I ignored their disingenuous needling."
When anyone with a unique job title (e.g. diversity counselor, CEO, managing partner) asks "Any questions?" you shouldn't interpret it as "Challenge my views, I welcome all criticisms". Doing so is highly detrimental to your career. These people don't get into these positions by being trail blazers or truth seekers, they get there with raw ambition, manipulation, and lack of scruples. You should always remember that.
At that point in time - the conditions were not so draconian as today. This was when a man could disagree with a woman without it being sufficient grounds for dismissal. Today? As pointed out to some folks here, I have no opinion, If the political correctness enforcer says the sky is heliotrope in color, and that there are an infinite number og genders, I would just sit there quietly.
Today - as David Thornley points out, and agrees with - annoying a woman is legitimate grounds for terminating a mans career. Disagreement and problem solving is verboten.
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
Actuall that diversity counselor remembers it differently.
"This trolling twerp tried to play a pointless rhetorical gambit with me, but got frustrated when I ignored their disingenuous needling."
No doubt she does. I was promoting equality of the sexes, while she was trying to defend male enforced head to toe covering and not allowing women to travel without a male family member, and sex based driving pribeliges.
She probably should have been happy that I didn't bring up the tradition in some cultues of clitorectomy.
Sucks when the core principle of your narrative means you support what you don't support. Cognitive dissonance is not exclusive to the far right wing.
You are not using the same definition of concept. When people say "women are not aggressive", they refer to agreeableness metric. Or put in other way, how likely are they to initiate direct confrontation. This does not mean not competitive, or not ambitious.
Most doubleplusgood!
Agressive is agressive. direct confrontation is not the only definition of aggression. Backstabbing works for that.
Women are not aggressive and competitive? Are you kidding? They may be more subtle, but if you want to see backstabbing that could teach George R. R. Martin a few things even he didn't imagine possible, watch a few women try to outdo each other for a high level position.
While the fickle finger of blame has always been pointed at men and the patriarchy, my experience and my wife's experience have been very different. The rumor mills, the jealousy, and the general hatred of women toward other people has been breathtaking. Since I'd be accused of mansplaining for my own experiences, I'll talk for my wife.
She rose to the number two position in her company, and was the highest paid employee there. She had teams of mostly men working for her. There were of course women in her workplace. While there are always personnel issues, the only people that had a problem with her were the women. "Oh, she must be fucking the owner to have got her position. "I wonder if Doggy style is the position she used to get her position?" And on and on. Pleasant to her face, but active undermining the second they walked away. and an unhealthy obsession with sex. Outside of the sexual innuendo, she is tall and slender. So if people think fat shaming is bad, you ought to see the shit women sling at other women if they think a woman is not fat enough.
The men overwhelmingly just loved her.
Meanwhile, here was a place trying to get things done in the construction and home design industry, and had some troublesome employees that were not hard to identify. In a bit of irony, my wife became very reluctant to hire women because of all of the workplace drama.
Her view is that as long as every problem is considered to be the fault of men, the problem will never be fixed. Women need to take some responsibility. Because what they are doing now is a crab bucket. pulling each other down.
I saw this in my own workplace as well, but since I'm a guy, no one would listen to my description.
Other cultures are actually different, Euro and Euro derived cultures are shocked to discover!
"This isn't the diversity we had in mind", activists quoted as saying ...
I had a discussion with our diversity counselor about this very subject. She was promoting "cherishing" other cultures. My question was "Should we cherish all cultures?
She said "Of course - all cultures are valid and must be cherished"
My next question was "What about Saudi Arabia, where you wouldn't even be allowed t drive, much less have many other rights? Where your dress today might get you stoned?"
She replied "Next Question - someone else?"
I think it is massively wrong to have "men only" jobs. But do we abandon the dictates of diversity and attempt to impose our cultures dictates on the very cultures we have been told to cherish?
>The Apple crowd is not terribly worried about the headphone jack for the most part.
Well I use Apple products and I do care about the headphone jack. My iPhone 8 plus is my last iPhone and when I replace it, it will be with a phone with a headphone jack.
Your happiness is your goal. Weird deal breaker to me - but hey, some people were really pissed aabout rounded corners. Android will make you happy and all will be well.
I don't know about happy, but at least I can plug my headphones in on a plane, without rummaging for adapters.
protip: leave the adapter on your headphone.
It doesn't plug into my laptop with the adapter on. I keep the adapter in my headphones case so it's there when I need it, but I don't want to have to.
The epitome of a first world problem you have here.
>The Apple crowd is not terribly worried about the headphone jack for the most part.
Well I use Apple products and I do care about the headphone jack. My iPhone 8 plus is my last iPhone and when I replace it, it will be with a phone with a headphone jack.
Your happiness is your goal. Weird deal breaker to me - but hey, some people were really pissed aabout rounded corners. Android will make you happy and all will be well.
I don't know about happy, but at least I can plug my headphones in on a plane, without rummaging for adapters.
protip: leave the adapter on your headphone.
All hail apple. You have been chosen.
I use Bluetooth with my Androids too.
Yeeeee haw!! I'm a Tolerant Fuckin' Liberal!
U mad Bro?
Alex Jones is so 2015. He wasn't nutty enough for the True Believers, so they'ave graduated to something called #QAnon, which posits that Barack Obama has been arrested and is in Guantanamo awaiting execution and the guy who went to Barbara Bush's funeral was really a body double.
He's also being sued by a number of people. Some Sandy Hook Parents: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/1... Some folks from Charlotteville. https://www.huffingtonpost.com... Chobani Yogurt and Pepe the frog's creator as well.
While he claims Freedom of speech, there are some problems with purposely spreading lies that you know to be lies.
I think in the first two cases, they have no intention of settling, so there might be a bankrupt the asshole sthick happening.
I've tried listening to Infowars, but it is just impossible for me to spend more than three minutes listening to that weirdo. It was long enough to state with some certainty that he is one brain cell away from playing with his own turds.
A super politically incorrect fact is that fathers are almost twice as likely to be no longer in their teens.
Fathers are, on average, older than mothers in every nation and society on earth. There is nothing "political" about it.
The average difference, at 2-3 years, is smallest in Europe and North America, and largest in polygamous societies of Africa.
The reasons for this are obvious. Men have a biological imperative to prefer fertile women with more years available for child-bearing. Women have a biological imperative to prefer men with social status and resources, which generally increase with age.
Oh geeshe, Animojo and David Thornley are gonna be all over your backside now. All of what you wrote is merely a social construct. There is no difference between male and female. Yeah, I'm trolling.
And the Justice Department under Jeff Sessions put it right in the circular file where it belongs. There will be no charges.
In 21st Century RerpubliKremlin America, The Justice system and the FBI are criminals, and Breitbart is the unimpeachable source of God's own truth.
Now let us bow and pray to saint Alex Jones, that he may guide us to the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Trump.
Either with or without adapter, wired headphone is f**king annoying
And sometimes painful. I've had a few times while using tethered in ear buds while running ripped out of my ears when they accidentally got stuck on a rail. Going to Bluetooth was like being reborn.
I agree it's best to be prepared if enemies or wars clog up energy sources, but I'm not convinced the Administration is preparing correctly or just misusing the law to hand out political favors.
Reading the act the Koch brothers will approve greatly.
Is more R&D into advanced GenIV designs like MSR, VHTR, or small modular reactors, and a less punishing regulatory review process. We are abdicating our leadership to China, India, and Europe.
We don't need that research becaus Nuclear is perfectly safe already. We need laws forcing building plants before any other power source is considered. Except for coal. Coal needs plants built before nuc except where nuc plants are built before coal.
While that might sound sarcastic, it is the basic premise of Trump's concept.
By the way - if we declare that coal and it's mining is a critical defense need, what happens to the 88 million metric tons that we exported in 2017? https://www.platts.com/latest-... What the hell kind of country exports that much of a critical strategic product? Sounds like aiding and abetting possible enemies of our country. This must end and end now! America's future is at stake.
A big issue is this: Coal has been steadily automating its mining systems. In 1950 underground mining was at the rate of 0.68 tons per man hour and surface mining was at the rate of 1.9 tons/manhour. By 2011 underground mining was at the rate of 2.76 tons/man hour and surface mining was at 8.8 tons/man hour. There were productivity peaks in 2003 of 4.04 and 10.75 tons/man hour.
Pretty much this. It is nothing short of amazing how quickly a few men can tear a mountain apart to extract the coal in it. I had a lot of relatives that worked in coal back in the day. Now, not one. Even jobs you would think were safe have been eliminated by just making the machines bigger. Like this http://www.mining.com/belaz-la...
A mere 450 tonne payload, twin turbo diesels, and 65 Km/Hr speed. These trucks can be filled by the likes of "Big Muskie" (no longer in service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... which could do 220 cubic yards per scoop. We can build 'em as big as you want - in fact bigger than most mines will ever need
The only way that the Trumpian/Miner coal jobs wet dream will ever materialize is by returning to the good old days of this: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/2... , this, https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DAHJ... and this https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
Gains in employment will be obtained by using mules in the mines, making the use of steam drills and jumbos and road headers illegal, just human and mule power, picks and shovels.
Otherwise, as you point out, coal mining is pretty darn automated. This is yet another "jerbs, Jerbs, JERBS! event, where people who might not think out the whole situation are promised jerbs, and are pursuaded to vote for people who have no intention of making jobs for them, or perhaps aren't thinking either.
The math is simply not there.
Seriously, we have been at war in the Middle East for decades for one reason: energy. It's why we had Gulf War I, Gulf War II, and so many others. Fun fact, did you know the reason we refuse to withdraw from Syria despite the fact that ISIS has been defeated is energy? Yup. A proposed pipeline to supply from Qatar to Europe would weaken Russian influence. That's why we can't stop making war there. So let's not trot out the fiction that energy has nothing to do with national security, because it absolutely does.
And what does that have to do with promoting domestically produced Coal and Nuclear over domestically produced Natural Gas and renewables?
Grandpa like to rant about things now and again. He's been like this since they elected that chocolate guy from Kenya. Just nod your head and say "Damn liberals anyhow!"
You misunderstand. It's not that energy isn't vital to national security. It's that the continued profitability of Trump's butt-buddies' businesses isn't.
I know I surely misunderstand. Helping out nuclear power generation would surely be the kiss of death for Coal power in a quasi-sane world. Perhaps we will build some North Korean type empty cities and power them with 100 percent government subsidized coal power plants.
Anyhow - good to see that the Republicans are sticking to their free market no regulation model, except when they model themselvelves after early 20th century Soviet system Expect the five year plan to come out soon.
Dude! EVERYTHING in this administration involves a money trail. You've not caught on to that yet?
Dude! Just beause I pointed it out to someone doesn't mean I only recognized it at that moment!
I occasionally see a 1970's vintage pickup truck, or decrepit mobile home with the obligatory Trans-Camaro in the yard on cinder blocks. Maybe a rebel flag to guild the lily. Each proof of entropy. Each with a Trump MAGA sticker or sign. They were useful I suppose, but their situation doesn't seem to be improved.
protip: Don't elect people who's modus is taking other people's money for themselves, and expect them to make your financial situation better.
Indeed, it would be easier to lower the cost of living so that they wouldn't need to pay out so much to give people enough to live off of. That might require some *shudder* regulations, though. Also, the money would have to go directly to the people rather than giving it to corporations and 'hoping' it'll trickle down to people.
I fear the "solution" will be a lot more violent than that. We've been over-populating the earth for a long time now, and if Malthus' concept doesn't work it's destructive magic, simple economy will.
There are simply too many humans on earth. And ecology aside, the more automation of the simpler tasks and elimination of those methods of being productive occur, the acceleration of Scrooges "surplus population" will happen.
We will have some options. The best will be to acknowledge the issue, and allow the excess to die off naturally by ramping to a new level of human population, and working on ways to support them during that process.
A lot of human history would seem to make a more violent and gruesome adjustment likely.
Ol Olsoc wrote: >quote>
So the solution is to put up signs at every intersection and implement bogus "Not a through street" zones.
And Ol Olsoc then wrote:
Someone back in this post decided that all we needed to do was make all of the street in communities "No Through Traffic"
That someone being you (and why you made that non-sensical suggestion eludes everybody else). Memory problems?
There is a difference between Not a through street and no Through traffic, although there is overlap. Usually Not a "Through Street" means that by driving on that road, you are trespassing. Typically private property. Often with no outlet, but a dead end. Be careful of doing that in some sections of the country. Try it is you like.
Giving the OP the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't suggesting driving his car in private property and that he was claiming that the problem can be solved by posting signs on roads that could otherwise serve as connectors, we come to the "Not a Through Street." designation. That is why I wrote what I wrote. Chillaxe, mon chichi.
The signage can vary from place to place, and in some places isn't enforceable, but in general, I was fixing what he almost certainly meant without being an asshole about it. Hopefully that clears up whatver booboo feelings or angst I have caused you that you felt it ncessary to respond with your kind and thoughtful posting.
Are you so confused by scientism that you can't follow a simple rational argument anymore without a citation?
You made the claim. I'm just calling you on it. The technical aspects of the 1/8th inch stern jack are abysmal. Yet you actl like it is a mil-spec connector.
I've repaired dozens oif the shitty things over the time they were available. The springs fail, they get noisy, and technically they suck. If you want to have a discussion of exactly why that is an engineering and mechanical issue we can have that. But insults appear to be your core competency, and little else. But hey - I will give citation or two First: http://www.tracertek.com/media...
Here's another it's a long one so search 1/8 on teh page. http://www.colomar.com/Shavano...
The idea that the 3.8mm or 1/8th inch stero jack and plug is somehow better is the irrational part here. It isn't.
Please relinquish your driver license. No through traffic signs have been in existence for decades and you should have learned all about them when getting your driving license. That you are so baffled by them means you have forgotten the basics and are no longer fit to drive.
I've already cited the laws. Someone back in this post decided that all we needed to do was make all of the street in communities "No Through Traffic"
The law is pretty clear, and I've already given the citations. Deal with it.
Do you mean 6 Plus, or do you mean that you tried going without a headphone jack and are now so mad at Apple for dropping it that you won't ever buy their products again?
On a whim, I tried plugging a headphone into my iPhone 7. plug the headphones into the little adapter, then into the socket at the bottom. Sounded pretty good, but over the years, I've had a few earbuds ripped out of my ears when waling and they caught on something.
I never want the inconvenience of a wired headphone ever again. I use Bluetooth with my phone or casual listening at the computer, and if top quality is needed, studio phones with a 1/4 inch jack that needs an adapter no matter what kind of device I'm using. But I don't need top quality on the phone.
Which is exactly why I find the Apple haters idea that that little headphone adapter is the unholy stink of Beelzabub's taint to be pretty amusing. A 2 inch long adapter is a bridge too far, but the height of convenience is that wire dangling form your ears to the phone. All ready to get ripped out by accident.
Which is also why the "I've been an Apple customer since 1845, but the headphone dongle has led me to abandon all things Apple and sell all my stock too." makes me a bit skeptical.