I agree. When cars came out people were saying everybody will need to learn how to repair cars. Sure, people will need to know how to use a computer. I have worked as a programmer, and I have three children. Trying to teach them to code would be a waste of time and effort. What we need to teach everyone is critical thinking. Coding is not even on the list.
If Verizon can arbitrarily dump consumers that are under contract, but have not violated the terms of service, then consumers should be able to dump Verizon early without penalty.
While I agree that Marxism does not work, neither does the free market. The test of any economic system if it meets the needs of its people. Marxism or at least the communist versions of Marxism failed. Under these systems there were shortages of basic goods such as food and clothes.
Under the U.S. system, while we have plenty of food and clothes many people struggle to make ends meet. Our health care system is a failure with millions of people uninsured and many people with insurance who cannot afford medical care because of deductibles or copays. College is also unaffordable for many. So while we have plenty of food and clothes, many people cannot afford to meet their basic needs, especially when it comes to health care and education.
The systems that seem to work best are the hybrid systems that combine the free market and socialism, such as the Scandinavian. They use the free market where appropriate and they use socialism where appropriate thereby meeting the needs of all or almost all of their citizens.
KISS! Make things easy to see, easy to find and easy to navigate. It seems rather obvious. Flat design has driven me crazy for years, made me a candidate for CPO (Chief Profanity Officer), and increased my alcohol consumption.
"Regarding sex and nudity, it is not about "having fun." Sex is an exclusively adult activity and it can demonstrably hurt children to be exposed to sexual imagery (which is why it is a crime) because they are not yet emotionally equipped to deal with it. You might think it is fun, but sex has deep seated long term psychological effects. Responsible parents understand this and shield even their adolescent children from sexual imagery as much as they can."
Children may not be equipped to have sex, but they certainly can watch it without problems. In Scandinavian countries children watch what we consider R- or X-rated, but violence is restricted for children. They have less violence, less sexual assault and less rape along with lower unplanned pregnancy rates. I would suggest you rethink your last paragraph.
I've always wondered why objectionable is usually bikinis, nudity, or sex, but not violence. It is okay to watch people get hurt or killed, but not having fun. I find that weird.
This no surprise for cognitive scientists who study how people think. If you state what people believe, and then refute it with facts, most of the time people just defend their incorrect beliefs more strongly. Restating a person's false belief is not the best way to change a person's mind.
"If you are not making mistakes you are not trying or challenging yourself." It is important to keep that in mind. I went back to school later in life and got my MA in journalism. In one class, I was willing to take a guess, and often I was wrong. I think the professor gave me an A because of my willingness to to take risks in answering questions.
I can just see it now if one spouse is accused of cheating. "We want to get a skin swab to check the microbiome." I wonder if the microbiomes of all three people would become similar.
"[I]t would be virtually impossible to stop using existing missile defenses." I thought I read recently that the U.S. just deployed a new laser weapon that could shoot down missiles.
1. Would this be a defense against hypersonic missiles?
2. Does anybody know if it was developed as a defense against hypersonic missiles?
This can work both ways. Somebody could challenge that Creationism is taught in science class, or they could challenge that climate change is not settled science. This might be a double-edged sword.
I have noticed several news websites that have done something similar. Instead of mainly text, they add pictures so there are fewer stories per page. Often the lead story takes up one-quarter to one-half of the page. It becomes much harder to find information. And then, to add insult to injury, they reduce the contrast on the borders, and sometimes between the text and contrast. I generally wonder where they found there UI specialists.
I am not a Catholic and do disagree with some of their beliefs. I do not take the Bible literally or any other religious document, and I concentrate more on the moral and ethical teachings of religions instead of the god concepts. And there is no doubt that the Catholic Church can be criticized for how they spend some of their money. On the other hand, in many communities Catholic Charities provide much needed help to the poor. Often a sizable majority of the people needing help in the U.S. are not Catholic. So please, before you blindly criticize the Catholic Church, check out the good charity work that the Church does.
As for the science bit, I welcome any effort that helps people realize that science and faith do not have to be in conflict. Science and technology has done much to improve the lives of people, and hopefully, that is what religion should be about. Unfortunately, both science and religion often get corrupted.
This is probably a bad idea. We know that eventually the roads will be owned by the corporations. The corporations will want to give preferences to businesses that are willing to pay more. Then we have a road neutrality movement. I have enough aggravation supporting net neutrality. Please don't add road neutrality to this list!
We could nationalize the fiber. They do this in South Korea and internet connectivity is faster and cheaper than in the U.S. Companies pay they same amount for connectivity and compete on price and service. I do not know how South Korea handles their power grid. Given the powerful vested interests supporting the current system, it would be very hard to do.
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I am surprised they were not studying chameleons because Dr. Who's TARDIS used a chameleon circuit.
I agree. When cars came out people were saying everybody will need to learn how to repair cars. Sure, people will need to know how to use a computer. I have worked as a programmer, and I have three children. Trying to teach them to code would be a waste of time and effort. What we need to teach everyone is critical thinking. Coding is not even on the list.
Just let the millennials vote by texting, problem solved.
Of course some may argue that this will make voting insecure, but with electronic voting machines, it already is.
If Verizon can arbitrarily dump consumers that are under contract, but have not violated the terms of service, then consumers should be able to dump Verizon early without penalty.
Gee, I was just thinking about how timely and useful internet ads are as I tried to shut down a video for a product I had no interest in.
While I agree that Marxism does not work, neither does the free market. The test of any economic system if it meets the needs of its people. Marxism or at least the communist versions of Marxism failed. Under these systems there were shortages of basic goods such as food and clothes.
Under the U.S. system, while we have plenty of food and clothes many people struggle to make ends meet. Our health care system is a failure with millions of people uninsured and many people with insurance who cannot afford medical care because of deductibles or copays. College is also unaffordable for many. So while we have plenty of food and clothes, many people cannot afford to meet their basic needs, especially when it comes to health care and education.
The systems that seem to work best are the hybrid systems that combine the free market and socialism, such as the Scandinavian. They use the free market where appropriate and they use socialism where appropriate thereby meeting the needs of all or almost all of their citizens.
KISS! Make things easy to see, easy to find and easy to navigate. It seems rather obvious. Flat design has driven me crazy for years, made me a candidate for CPO (Chief Profanity Officer), and increased my alcohol consumption.
I can see what will happen when your spouse installs it on your cell phone to keep track of your thoughts.
"I can't wait for the call, "Honey, stop thinking about that woman."
"I'm on my way to a lunch meeting."
"But you are not thinking about food for lunch."
This is a bad idea, probably much worse than AI. We need to stop it now!
Children may not be equipped to have sex, but they certainly can watch it without problems. In Scandinavian countries children watch what we consider R- or X-rated, but violence is restricted for children. They have less violence, less sexual assault and less rape along with lower unplanned pregnancy rates. I would suggest you rethink your last paragraph.
I've always wondered why objectionable is usually bikinis, nudity, or sex, but not violence. It is okay to watch people get hurt or killed, but not having fun. I find that weird.
Gee, I would need to get my glasses checked.
"By the end of his term it will be clear that Trump is the biggest mistake America has ever made."
I think that now.
Could we put Schrodinger's Bannon in a box and never open it?
This no surprise for cognitive scientists who study how people think. If you state what people believe, and then refute it with facts, most of the time people just defend their incorrect beliefs more strongly. Restating a person's false belief is not the best way to change a person's mind.
"If you are not making mistakes you are not trying or challenging yourself." It is important to keep that in mind. I went back to school later in life and got my MA in journalism. In one class, I was willing to take a guess, and often I was wrong. I think the professor gave me an A because of my willingness to to take risks in answering questions.
I can just see it now if one spouse is accused of cheating. "We want to get a skin swab to check the microbiome." I wonder if the microbiomes of all three people would become similar.
There is a 95 percent chance this paper is significant. Oh wait, I meant to say 99.5 percent. I'll get the p-value right eventually.
"[I]t would be virtually impossible to stop using existing missile defenses." I thought I read recently that the U.S. just deployed a new laser weapon that could shoot down missiles.
1. Would this be a defense against hypersonic missiles?
2. Does anybody know if it was developed as a defense against hypersonic missiles?
This can work both ways. Somebody could challenge that Creationism is taught in science class, or they could challenge that climate change is not settled science. This might be a double-edged sword.
I have noticed several news websites that have done something similar. Instead of mainly text, they add pictures so there are fewer stories per page. Often the lead story takes up one-quarter to one-half of the page. It becomes much harder to find information. And then, to add insult to injury, they reduce the contrast on the borders, and sometimes between the text and contrast. I generally wonder where they found there UI specialists.
I am not a Catholic and do disagree with some of their beliefs. I do not take the Bible literally or any other religious document, and I concentrate more on the moral and ethical teachings of religions instead of the god concepts. And there is no doubt that the Catholic Church can be criticized for how they spend some of their money. On the other hand, in many communities Catholic Charities provide much needed help to the poor. Often a sizable majority of the people needing help in the U.S. are not Catholic. So please, before you blindly criticize the Catholic Church, check out the good charity work that the Church does.
As for the science bit, I welcome any effort that helps people realize that science and faith do not have to be in conflict. Science and technology has done much to improve the lives of people, and hopefully, that is what religion should be about. Unfortunately, both science and religion often get corrupted.
This is probably a bad idea. We know that eventually the roads will be owned by the corporations. The corporations will want to give preferences to businesses that are willing to pay more. Then we have a road neutrality movement. I have enough aggravation supporting net neutrality. Please don't add road neutrality to this list!
Maybe Apple should change the color of its laptops from silver to gold, especially the ones it sells overseas.
We could nationalize the fiber. They do this in South Korea and internet connectivity is faster and cheaper than in the U.S. Companies pay they same amount for connectivity and compete on price and service. I do not know how South Korea handles their power grid. Given the powerful vested interests supporting the current system, it would be very hard to do.
Whether humans will eventually marry robots is not the right question. The important question is whether humans will keep marrying other humans?