The huge caveat is your story predicates on their being a pair of parents present.
How so?
Change it to single mothers, or both parents working, and now no one is there for that 'biggest part of your child's life'...or why it'd fail in the West.
Yea, all those working class single mothers with nannies in the US.
Absolutely children with single working mothers don't have their parent around them 24 hours a day. But that doesn't automatically mean that a mother is still not the primary caregiver for a child. It means a small percentage than before, but not necessarily less than 50%.
I acknowledge my privilege. I have a good job. Live in a region of high paid (perhaps overpaid) highly educated people. Still there is lots of property crime in my neighborhood, so this is not really an affluent area, despite the $700k houses.
And you definitely should be skeptical of anything I have to say on the topic of poverty and wealth. But my own situation doesn't invalidate a logical argument.
I'm technically not in the 1%. Maybe the 5%? If I can speak metaphorically. Let's say 90% of Americans are only seeing the mountain from a distance. And the 1% are at the summit. I'm standing part way up a mountain, but no were near the top. I can tell you from my position that it is pretty fucking steep and I won't get to the top with hard work alone.
It's based on a study I read (which I might be able to dig up if you'd like). Mostly the study was to show that literacy in women is an important factor in the third world. Perhaps not directly applicable to the US.
Growing up in the rust belt, I know that there are (or at least were) full time jobs for men that paid pretty well and didn't require a college education. And fathers generally have less of an impact on early child development than mothers. Paying the bills and make sure the baby has material needs met is the classic contribution of a father. But babies learn to talk and (hopefully) read from their mother. In an ideal world both parents would contribute equally, but if you're working or traveling from 7am to 6pm you aren't necessarily the biggest part of your child's life. (sorry to share the bad news)
P.S. - when I say "for men" or "for women". I mean the current gender ratios are 80% or greater for that job. Not to indicate that discrimination is OK. (sorry guys, most schools don't want to hire men as a kindergarten teacher. guess you'll have to be a junior high teacher and get paid more. boo hoo)
That's individual freedom for you. We each get to decide how our personal property is used.
Where the system kind of breaks down is in two ways. When some people don't have any property and can't even survive. And when well meaning people want to use force to redistribute wealth by denying individuals their rights.
And if you think pissing away $27k on a video game is terrible you need to take a look at how the 1% and 0.1% live.
P.S. I'm for spending tax dollars on things that improve life for everyone, even if only indirectly. (i.e. I'm not a Libertarian) One example that has a big pay off is when women are educated to a high school or college level. Their children tend to grow up with a higher standard of living and the next generation has fewer problems with addiction. Living in a community where there aren't a bunch of drug addicts committing property crime would improve my current situation. (putting junkies in prison doesn't work, in my experience they get out and repeat the same crap and cost tax payers millions)
That's my plan as well. I started my web server OS + compiler project in 1997, and I'm way behind.
(honestly NaviServer/AOLserver sort of filled my needs at the time and I never got around to doing my own project, even though it sounds amazing on paper. Then I discovered Inferno and realized my ideas weren't anything new)
P.S. Luvit is a Lua-based NodeJS-like server and could probably be ported to run bare metal ESP32 or RPi. So for the crazy hyper-DIY coder that model might be feasible in only 5-10 years instead of 20.
Certainly the current system does not have to remain if enough of us wish to change it. That process should be well understood by everyone. But I don't really have the energy to explain to another slashdotter the ideas of representative democracy and the social contract. Maybe you can audit some classes at at JC?
I'd like to add that networks are built on the common property of wireless airspace. We have granted the government the authority to license the access to the airspace, which the carriers must pay to use. The carriers benefit from something that belongs to the people, and they can continue as long as they operate in a way mutually beneficial way. But careful oversight and regulation of a business using a common property is important to insure that their behavior remains in the public's interests.
but this is flat out a case where government intervention is needed,
You have the right not to buy it. I'd prefer not creating imaginary rights.
There are phones that are positioned as being open source and mod friendly. They aren't the cheapest phones, but they aren't unreasonably expensive. Samsung Z2, Librem 5 (I think it hasn't shipped yet, but it is close), and a few older ones as well.
For most people the hardware and OS are not separate components that can be slotted in and out to suit the user's preferences, but instead is a monolithic user experience. That's really what Apple sells and you'd have a hard time showing the harm in the iPhone model.
I'd be more open to standardizing the charging port on phones instead. Maybe we'd throw fewer chargers in landfills.
Orkut wasn't initially so Brazilian. And if it were all Americans I doubt people would complain about it not being international. Well at least the Americans wouldn't complain.
Science Fiction has traditionally not been rigidly defined, and in literature there are many examples that blur the lines between Fantasy and Science Fiction. It shouldn't be the surprising as many SF authors were also writing fantasy, especially during the mid-20th century. And for some authors the genres becomes a bit jumbled and hard to strictly categorize, for example in Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars series.
Absolutely agree that Disney's priority is to make money.
Of course Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury were trying to make some money too. They wrote great stories and really put their heart into their work. But ultimately in order to sustain their book writing lifestyle, they asked to get paid for their work, went on tours to promote their books, and the usual things that one expects an author to do.
It would have been more accurate and intellectually honest for the article to say "not wasted".
I can't think of an individual word that is loaded with the precise connotative meaning that represents this thread's political bias. So "saved" is satisfactory.
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Except when it doesn't.
It's not a mutually exclusive choice between either Ellen Pao or you being a bad person.
Hey! You can't tell me what I can't do. this is 'merica and we have freedom here. Unlike those communists and socialists in China and Europe.
With diabetes on the rise in America we're going to need lots of podiatrists.
If you're going to blather on about "Oh, your point is invalid because it isn't a guarantee, only a factor",
Thanks for ending the discussion. No need to read any further. You could have saved everyone a lot of effort by opening with that one.
Remember the good old days when nostalgia was better, like The Wonder Years.
and at least have children working at these new labs.
The huge caveat is your story predicates on their being a pair of parents present.
How so?
Change it to single mothers, or both parents working, and now no one is there for that 'biggest part of your child's life'...or why it'd fail in the West.
Yea, all those working class single mothers with nannies in the US.
Absolutely children with single working mothers don't have their parent around them 24 hours a day. But that doesn't automatically mean that a mother is still not the primary caregiver for a child. It means a small percentage than before, but not necessarily less than 50%.
it has 2 more letters in the name. so it is literally "more than just deathmatch"
I acknowledge my privilege. I have a good job. Live in a region of high paid (perhaps overpaid) highly educated people. Still there is lots of property crime in my neighborhood, so this is not really an affluent area, despite the $700k houses.
And you definitely should be skeptical of anything I have to say on the topic of poverty and wealth. But my own situation doesn't invalidate a logical argument.
I'm technically not in the 1%. Maybe the 5%? If I can speak metaphorically. Let's say 90% of Americans are only seeing the mountain from a distance. And the 1% are at the summit. I'm standing part way up a mountain, but no were near the top. I can tell you from my position that it is pretty fucking steep and I won't get to the top with hard work alone.
It's based on a study I read (which I might be able to dig up if you'd like). Mostly the study was to show that literacy in women is an important factor in the third world. Perhaps not directly applicable to the US.
Growing up in the rust belt, I know that there are (or at least were) full time jobs for men that paid pretty well and didn't require a college education. And fathers generally have less of an impact on early child development than mothers. Paying the bills and make sure the baby has material needs met is the classic contribution of a father. But babies learn to talk and (hopefully) read from their mother. In an ideal world both parents would contribute equally, but if you're working or traveling from 7am to 6pm you aren't necessarily the biggest part of your child's life. (sorry to share the bad news)
P.S. - when I say "for men" or "for women". I mean the current gender ratios are 80% or greater for that job. Not to indicate that discrimination is OK. (sorry guys, most schools don't want to hire men as a kindergarten teacher. guess you'll have to be a junior high teacher and get paid more. boo hoo)
That's individual freedom for you. We each get to decide how our personal property is used.
Where the system kind of breaks down is in two ways. When some people don't have any property and can't even survive. And when well meaning people want to use force to redistribute wealth by denying individuals their rights.
And if you think pissing away $27k on a video game is terrible you need to take a look at how the 1% and 0.1% live.
P.S. I'm for spending tax dollars on things that improve life for everyone, even if only indirectly. (i.e. I'm not a Libertarian) One example that has a big pay off is when women are educated to a high school or college level. Their children tend to grow up with a higher standard of living and the next generation has fewer problems with addiction. Living in a community where there aren't a bunch of drug addicts committing property crime would improve my current situation. (putting junkies in prison doesn't work, in my experience they get out and repeat the same crap and cost tax payers millions)
That's my plan as well. I started my web server OS + compiler project in 1997, and I'm way behind.
(honestly NaviServer/AOLserver sort of filled my needs at the time and I never got around to doing my own project, even though it sounds amazing on paper. Then I discovered Inferno and realized my ideas weren't anything new)
P.S. Luvit is a Lua-based NodeJS-like server and could probably be ported to run bare metal ESP32 or RPi. So for the crazy hyper-DIY coder that model might be feasible in only 5-10 years instead of 20.
Certainly the current system does not have to remain if enough of us wish to change it. That process should be well understood by everyone. But I don't really have the energy to explain to another slashdotter the ideas of representative democracy and the social contract. Maybe you can audit some classes at at JC?
It's a [joking] reference to GDPR and all the emails non-Europeans are getting about it.
And I don't have a problem with using plastic. But it should be disposed of properly or recycled.
As long as I don't get a email notices for the next two weeks about some new regulations on the other side of the world that don't effect me.
I'd like to add that networks are built on the common property of wireless airspace. We have granted the government the authority to license the access to the airspace, which the carriers must pay to use. The carriers benefit from something that belongs to the people, and they can continue as long as they operate in a way mutually beneficial way. But careful oversight and regulation of a business using a common property is important to insure that their behavior remains in the public's interests.
but this is flat out a case where government intervention is needed,
You have the right not to buy it. I'd prefer not creating imaginary rights.
There are phones that are positioned as being open source and mod friendly. They aren't the cheapest phones, but they aren't unreasonably expensive. Samsung Z2, Librem 5 (I think it hasn't shipped yet, but it is close), and a few older ones as well.
For most people the hardware and OS are not separate components that can be slotted in and out to suit the user's preferences, but instead is a monolithic user experience. That's really what Apple sells and you'd have a hard time showing the harm in the iPhone model.
I'd be more open to standardizing the charging port on phones instead. Maybe we'd throw fewer chargers in landfills.
Orkut wasn't initially so Brazilian. And if it were all Americans I doubt people would complain about it not being international. Well at least the Americans wouldn't complain.
And all made of polonium
As far as I am concerned the abominations heretofore known as "The Prequels" do not exist and therefore have no bearing on any discussion.
You could extend that to pretend this discussion does not exist and therefor not participate in this either.
Science Fiction has traditionally not been rigidly defined, and in literature there are many examples that blur the lines between Fantasy and Science Fiction. It shouldn't be the surprising as many SF authors were also writing fantasy, especially during the mid-20th century. And for some authors the genres becomes a bit jumbled and hard to strictly categorize, for example in Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars series.
Absolutely agree that Disney's priority is to make money.
Of course Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury were trying to make some money too. They wrote great stories and really put their heart into their work. But ultimately in order to sustain their book writing lifestyle, they asked to get paid for their work, went on tours to promote their books, and the usual things that one expects an author to do.
And do they care?
$1.2B is pretty massive out of a $800B - $1T market.
If 0.1% of your bank transactions were stolen with a 20% recovery rate we'd all be really pissed and demand government regulations.
It would have been more accurate and intellectually honest for the article to say "not wasted".
I can't think of an individual word that is loaded with the precise connotative meaning that represents this thread's political bias. So "saved" is satisfactory.