I agree with your points on how a profit motive in health care is incompatible with the reality of health care's necessity and urgency at times.
Regarding SS and when it should kick in:
So, we should be wage slaves for the predominance of our lives?
How can we have increased wage contributions in a world where workers are no longer needed? I'm referring here to automation, which definitely is going to take a large proportion of jobs in the not too distant future (50 years say).
Roughly 0.01% per year of the EU population emigrates to the US each year. At that rate, they'll all be here in about 1000 years, they're practically tearing down our border! Someone tell dRumpF quick!
We as a country should take up arms against the government, Or the tyranny majority who would try to impose single-payer healthcare and high taxation (relative to historic pre-War US tax percentages) on us.
I'm out. I don't believe in your cause and in a jobless future (due to automation both electronic and physical) there is no option other than UBI. So you and your idiot visionless friends can go on your righteous rampage, I'm no puritan and I'd much rather stay home and tend to my vegetable garden than fight for the right to be a slave to the wealthy.
I find them hilarious and much more, relevant, due mainly to their incisive political commentary. Without that, they'd be nothing more than an amusing diversion and I don't have much time for that nonsense.
Yeah, that was a simplistic site but these are simplistic terms.
Again, at a nerd-focused site, I took it for granted that "average man" implied the proper definition of "average" as used in statistics. Normal speech here is anything but normal, it is/can/should be more technical. Even for the trivial stuff.
This: Mean, median, and mode are three kinds of "averages". There are many "averages" in statistics, but these are, I think, the three most common, and are certainly the three you are most likely to encounter in your pre-statistics courses, if the topic comes up at all.
The "mean" is the "average" you're used to, where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To find the median, your numbers have to be listed in numerical order from smallest to largest, so you may have to rewrite your list before you can find the median. The "mode" is the value that occurs most often. If no number in the list is repeated, then there is no mode for the list.
Except that because we're humans, it doesn't work that way. However, I would think that the bias would go in the other direction if there is one. That is, some male nerd (horny by definition) would be more likely to look more favorably than justified on a female's code because there is always the hope of a liaison at some point in the future.
Actually, if statistically women average less at lifting (they do), it exactly means that the average woman lifts less than the average man. That is a true fact (there only used to be true facts before the big fat oompa loompa took the office).
Doubtful, unless these girls are nerds and clearly they aren't since they aren't very good at the programming. So, they hired some cool, hot chicks who date cool guy,s not nerds thus no neck-beard got laid as a result of the bad hire.
I see. It sounds like they don't have multitasking abilities at all but rather an improved ability to focus. An ability to multitask would definitely mean that they can do more than one thing at a time and it sounds like that is not what you mean at all. So, I think we agree, people can focus on only one thing at a time. Gamers have an improved ability to filter out irrelevant data, interestingly, this is similar to what one can achieve through meditation (namely an improved focus).
Not sure what studies you are referring to, but, every study I'm aware of shows that multi-tasking ability is very rare and what the vast majority of "multi-taskers" do is actually task switching. The human brain can do one thing and one thing alone at a time that requires higher functions. Task-switching comes at a cost from switching away from a task, remembering prior context, and then picking up the mental thread. Not efficient.
Your post if unfocused, are you one of those context-switchers?
Energy production in the US is run and regulated by Federal and State authorities. Capitalism is not at play here, though in certain areas you may be permitted to install Solar panels. This reduces some costs, but lacks storage which you would not be allowed to build due to regulation. As with above, this is not Capitalism but Tyranny.
I'm also in California, we are definitely permitted to install storage, I'm getting a solar wall to go with my shiny new solar panels from Solar City/Tesla.
You've made a fundamental mistake. Conservative plan's primary goal is to enrich the rich and destroy the environment (makes more sick people, helps make pharmaceutical corps wealthier), both must be equally achieved. The Liberal approach, on the other hand, has a goal of improving the commons, even at the expense of the wealthy. So your proposal is silly, as are you.
So you're saying that bluefoxlucid is full of shit and all his fancy math was for nothing as he built his foundation on the wrong plot of land? Lets see if he can extricate himself from the logical trap he so deftly laid for himself.
Of course I'm not completely dogmatic. I'm an engineer, not a republican.
Are you asking about how a progressive health care solution would work? I honestly don't know, maybe it makes no sense other than definitely not allowing the wealthy to buy their way to the front of the line.
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I agree with your points on how a profit motive in health care is incompatible with the reality of health care's necessity and urgency at times.
Regarding SS and when it should kick in:
So, we should be wage slaves for the predominance of our lives?
How can we have increased wage contributions in a world where workers are no longer needed? I'm referring here to automation, which definitely is going to take a large proportion of jobs in the not too distant future (50 years say).
You're all gonna end up like Greece. Have fun.
You mean economically destroyed by the IMF?
Roughly 0.01% per year of the EU population emigrates to the US each year. At that rate, they'll all be here in about 1000 years, they're practically tearing down our border! Someone tell dRumpF quick!
http://bruegel.org/2015/09/eu-...
We as a country should take up arms against the government, Or the tyranny majority who would try to impose single-payer healthcare and high taxation (relative to historic pre-War US tax percentages) on us.
I'm out. I don't believe in your cause and in a jobless future (due to automation both electronic and physical) there is no option other than UBI. So you and your idiot visionless friends can go on your righteous rampage, I'm no puritan and I'd much rather stay home and tend to my vegetable garden than fight for the right to be a slave to the wealthy.
It pays well and is one very good path to a political career.
I find them hilarious and much more, relevant, due mainly to their incisive political commentary. Without that, they'd be nothing more than an amusing diversion and I don't have much time for that nonsense.
Yeah, that was a simplistic site but these are simplistic terms.
Again, at a nerd-focused site, I took it for granted that "average man" implied the proper definition of "average" as used in statistics. Normal speech here is anything but normal, it is/can/should be more technical. Even for the trivial stuff.
I was going with a proper definition, being that this site is aimed at non-idiots I figured that proper use of technical terms would be assumed.
See here for definition:
http://www.purplemath.com/modu...
This:
Mean, median, and mode are three kinds of "averages". There are many "averages" in statistics, but these are, I think, the three most common, and are certainly the three you are most likely to encounter in your pre-statistics courses, if the topic comes up at all.
The "mean" is the "average" you're used to, where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To find the median, your numbers have to be listed in numerical order from smallest to largest, so you may have to rewrite your list before you can find the median. The "mode" is the value that occurs most often. If no number in the list is repeated, then there is no mode for the list.
Except that because we're humans, it doesn't work that way. However, I would think that the bias would go in the other direction if there is one. That is, some male nerd (horny by definition) would be more likely to look more favorably than justified on a female's code because there is always the hope of a liaison at some point in the future.
Actually, if statistically women average less at lifting (they do), it exactly means that the average woman lifts less than the average man. That is a true fact (there only used to be true facts before the big fat oompa loompa took the office).
It's a good thing you posted as AC.
Doubtful, unless these girls are nerds and clearly they aren't since they aren't very good at the programming. So, they hired some cool, hot chicks who date cool guy,s not nerds thus no neck-beard got laid as a result of the bad hire.
I see. It sounds like they don't have multitasking abilities at all but rather an improved ability to focus. An ability to multitask would definitely mean that they can do more than one thing at a time and it sounds like that is not what you mean at all. So, I think we agree, people can focus on only one thing at a time. Gamers have an improved ability to filter out irrelevant data, interestingly, this is similar to what one can achieve through meditation (namely an improved focus).
Not sure what studies you are referring to, but, every study I'm aware of shows that multi-tasking ability is very rare and what the vast majority of "multi-taskers" do is actually task switching. The human brain can do one thing and one thing alone at a time that requires higher functions. Task-switching comes at a cost from switching away from a task, remembering prior context, and then picking up the mental thread. Not efficient.
Your post if unfocused, are you one of those context-switchers?
I don't really see anything wrong with that. They do have that much experience.
You had built up this elaborate argument, it was based on an incorrect concept, so you do a quick repaint and it's ready to go? I don't think so.
Germany is installing tons of solar so are many non-desert countries.
solar wall -> Power Wall
Energy production in the US is run and regulated by Federal and State authorities. Capitalism is not at play here, though in certain areas you may be permitted to install Solar panels. This reduces some costs, but lacks storage which you would not be allowed to build due to regulation. As with above, this is not Capitalism but Tyranny.
I'm also in California, we are definitely permitted to install storage, I'm getting a solar wall to go with my shiny new solar panels from Solar City/Tesla.
With a 4 hour drive we could be out of the city, not sure why you assume we are stuck here.
I'm also curious to see MountainLogic's response. I'm sure it will be a deucey.
You've made a fundamental mistake. Conservative plan's primary goal is to enrich the rich and destroy the environment (makes more sick people, helps make pharmaceutical corps wealthier), both must be equally achieved. The Liberal approach, on the other hand, has a goal of improving the commons, even at the expense of the wealthy. So your proposal is silly, as are you.
Really? What more expensive shit are we making here?
So you're saying that bluefoxlucid is full of shit and all his fancy math was for nothing as he built his foundation on the wrong plot of land? Lets see if he can extricate himself from the logical trap he so deftly laid for himself.
Of course I'm not completely dogmatic. I'm an engineer, not a republican.
Are you asking about how a progressive health care solution would work? I honestly don't know, maybe it makes no sense other than definitely not allowing the wealthy to buy their way to the front of the line.
Yeah, the right-wing and privileged view.