This is part of the reason why people are against global warming - when people mention reasons why they don't believe it, or ask real questions about it seeking clearer understanding, all we get is attacked, demeaned and insulted.
This is definitely a problem that all sciences face, and even any field in academia has issues in this area. I was once interested in working in science/academia, but lost taste for that after seeing how arrogant and stuck up so many seniors in the field can be.
However, GGP's post is 100% bonkers. His claim is that you can't believe in climate science because of whatever this controversy was. And I really have no idea what the controversy is, because it's totally irrelevant. This is not how science works. The facts and evidence overwhelmingly suggest that humans are causing climate change and that the consequences are disastrous. Citing a made-up controversy as a reason to deny all these facts is anti-science and anyone should understand this.
But with respect to your dilemma with asking questions and not getting good responses - I'm afraid I have no good answer. Lots of people who know the answers to these questions simply don't see the importance of sharing them with others. Perhaps the best solution is to research these questions yourself. I quickly searched duckduckgo for "global warming faq" and found this site from NOAA. I hope it'll be enlightening for you.
It's great and all - and I'm sure it makes YOU fell good to say shit like "Unless you're one of the 1.5% of the people didn't vote for a republican/democrat, STFU! " - but am _I_ supposed to do?
All that I can suggest is to leave the country. Living in the United States and paying US taxes means you continue to fund the economy which in turn funds its evil. If enough worthy people do this, then there will be nothing left.
How does Sun Tzu suggest winning the hearts and minds of people whose devout faith tells them that anyone who doesn't believe the same way should be killed?
Well, the zealots will always be zealots. It's in the minds of the ordinary people where the wars are fought. It's because the growth of any philosophical view, religious extremism in this case, is the result a network effect. But such an effect relies on fresh nodes to ingest, otherwise it dies. You cut that off, and you win the game.
Make no mistake of course: it's definitely not easy. We have extremists on both sides in this situation, coercing people otherwise uninvolved to support their cause, and often threatening not only them, but their family members as well. And all the ordinary people want to do make their own livings - tending their farms, working their dayjobs, or doing whatever they do to make a living. They couldn't care less whether the ruling party ^Wdominion is the United States, or the Taliban, or the Federation of Ponies and Unicorns. (Of course, there is an issue of principle here - a citizen's foremost duty is to stand up against the government when they know they are doing something wrong, regardless of whether it affects them or not - but 99% of people will still not bother to react.)
But GP is dead on. The United States cannot fight forever in every country that $SUPPOSED_TERRORIST_ORGANIZATION is operating in (well technically they could, but the death toll and financial expense would be enormous, not to mention moral and ethical travesty). The best way to win these idealogical wars is to not give the terrorists ^Wregular people more reasons to hate the others; and maybe if this idea can get off the ground, the world won't need extremists on either side. But would the US (government and people) or its haters ever show a sign of humility and restraint? Of course not.
So in short, here's my thesis: extremists can only exist when there are two sides involved. Hopefully that's not too subtle....
If all you want to be able to do is simple stuff like matrix multiplication, or solving linear equations using matrix inversion / Kramer's method / whatever, sure. You can learn the process in an hour or so, remember it by heart, and implement it wherever you want to go. You won't understand it though.
Linear algebra is very abstract. If you want to actually understand it, you need time to learn and go over the concepts. If you want to work with more abstract and intuitive concepts like rank, subspaces, orthogonality, basis, eigenvalues, SVD, determinants, differential equations, matrix factorization, and so on, that also requires more time.
In the end, it comes down to how abstract you make it. More abstract -> (more time to learn , better understanding of concepts). I barely understood linear algebra when I learned it. I didn't understand it until I started using it, in classes like numerical programming or quantum mechanics, etc.
In all honesty, what's the real difference between a TV and a monitor? I wanted a monitor as well as something I use for my Wii (composite output). Ended up buying a TV and use DP -> HDMI when I want to use it as an external (which I never do because that thing is a piece of crap, but that's an aside).
Is it just a matter of ports or something? Is it the fact that a TV also comes with a tuner? My conclusion is that TVs are a superset of monitors in the functionality that they provide, and often come with a better resolution/price. Someone please enlighten me if I've missed something....
As far as content goes, couldn't give a damn. But more resolution means more viewing area for multiple windows. I have 1080p on a 15.5 inch screen, and the text isn't too small. Not sure what ppi that comes to, but it's probably about the same as these screens.
What to do with all that real estate? Firefox takes up ~1/3 of the screen while IRC is open in the background. If I'm writing LaTeX documents (not sure why I chose to capitalize that properly), you keep your editor open in one corner, keep the pdf/dvi in another corner, and all other windows are documentation, reference, tutorials, other things to read on the side, etc. Same workflow in Libreoffice... or when coding and you need to see multiple windows at once (or just one vi instance with several splits, heh).
I can only speculate on what kind of kind, generous and benevolent entity would produce such an informative production. Surely a non-profit of course? Regardless, they must _clearly_ must have the interests of the general populace at heart!
And I do look forward to a similarly insightful exposee on the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and the many other, lesser known advertising/tracking groups in the internet...
It doesn't quite entirely come down to the cost...
1. At home, you have to finish the entire liquor bottle. Don't take something you don't like or haven't had before.... Can't try something new if you don't already have it. And your selection is going to be a lot smaller. 2. Bars usually have a nicer atmosphere. Other people, television, music, etc. 3. At a bar, you can leave and go on to the next place on foot/public transit. In a suburb, you'd need a taxi, so you're back where you started
And I guess this is the cruncher... how do you expect people to get home at the end of the night?
Yes, in fact, it really is your fucking fault. Because you're a bitch, that's why. You simply accept whatever is put around you and don't start complaining until you have to start taking it up the ass, when you should have known very well beforehand that it would happen. I, on the other hand, take care to point out these flaws. And I generally have enough logic and rational persuasion to convince people that they don't want to settle for a locked in platform.
And just because your infrastructure is built around lock-in and bad technologies doesn't mean it should stay that way. It's only gonna get worse the longer you do nothing about it. You didn't magically start out in the position that you're in today. You started digging a hole, and continued digging it deeper and deeper - and it won't stop getting deeper until you get out for good and standard on platforms that don't lock you in this way. This kind of foresight should be obvious to system architect, and he/she will do everything in his/her power to avoid getting caught in that position, assuming he's not drinking the MS/other vendor's kool-aid.
In short, stop being a coward, take a stand for yourself, and make a bloody effort to fix the damn situation. Sometimes, I have to put in additional upfront work (and sometimes I don't, even), but I never find myself complaining in retrospect. You on the other hand, seem to support taking the easy path, even though you know very well that you're putting your fate in your vendors' hands. In other words, you're compromising on yourself, and making the situation worse, not just for you, but for everyone else as a result. Yes, you are entirely at fault for that.
In fact, it most certainly is your fault. Have you heard of this man named Mohandas Gandhi? Something, something like "be the change you want to see in the world?" If you don't like using Windows (and I have no reason to believe this is the case, because you haven't explicitly stated so, but let's assume it is so for the sake of the argument, as there are many users in a similar boat) because you have to use those technologies, then you only have yourself to blame for not doing something about it. As for me, I've been using Linux since 2007, OpenOffice/Libreoffice and GIMP all the way, and have never once thought of going back. It hasn't been perfect, but it's far closer to perfection than going back to Windows could ever be.
With responsibility comes accountability, and free and open source cannot offer this.
A coward's response. If you want to accept shitty results and solutions just because you can point the finger at someone else when it breaks, then you really don't have much of a personality or drive for getting things done, period. In other words, it makes you worthless from a technologist's standpoint.
For those with a background in economics, I shall allow you to pencil in the blanks.
Go right ahead... because economists make such great technologists./s
It isn't that open source is "wrong", it just isn't "right". Not yet it isn't...
I would much rather have knowledgeable people working for me, with the proper tools (open source if they must be) and a genuine interest in the success of the project; as opposed to hiring a bunch of tech support schmucks working for a for-profit company with crappy tools that aren't engineered to work, so much as to generate profit for said company. And let's face it - any good economist would happily sacrifice the utility of the product to make higher profits. Why do you think Windows is so far behind on the security curve?
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This is part of the reason why people are against global warming - when people mention reasons why they don't believe it, or ask real questions about it seeking clearer understanding, all we get is attacked, demeaned and insulted.
This is definitely a problem that all sciences face, and even any field in academia has issues in this area. I was once interested in working in science/academia, but lost taste for that after seeing how arrogant and stuck up so many seniors in the field can be.
However, GGP's post is 100% bonkers. His claim is that you can't believe in climate science because of whatever this controversy was. And I really have no idea what the controversy is, because it's totally irrelevant. This is not how science works. The facts and evidence overwhelmingly suggest that humans are causing climate change and that the consequences are disastrous. Citing a made-up controversy as a reason to deny all these facts is anti-science and anyone should understand this.
But with respect to your dilemma with asking questions and not getting good responses - I'm afraid I have no good answer. Lots of people who know the answers to these questions simply don't see the importance of sharing them with others. Perhaps the best solution is to research these questions yourself. I quickly searched duckduckgo for "global warming faq" and found this site from NOAA. I hope it'll be enlightening for you.
It's great and all - and I'm sure it makes YOU fell good to say shit like "Unless you're one of the 1.5% of the people didn't vote for a republican/democrat, STFU! " - but am _I_ supposed to do?
All that I can suggest is to leave the country. Living in the United States and paying US taxes means you continue to fund the economy which in turn funds its evil. If enough worthy people do this, then there will be nothing left.
There's always the chance that NSA has Google employees on its payroll that are tasked with secretly handing off data.
Let me guess.. they're probably the employees that get dropped off from the big black SUVs....
How does Sun Tzu suggest winning the hearts and minds of people whose devout faith tells them that anyone who doesn't believe the same way should be killed?
Well, the zealots will always be zealots. It's in the minds of the ordinary people where the wars are fought. It's because the growth of any philosophical view, religious extremism in this case, is the result a network effect. But such an effect relies on fresh nodes to ingest, otherwise it dies. You cut that off, and you win the game.
Make no mistake of course: it's definitely not easy. We have extremists on both sides in this situation, coercing people otherwise uninvolved to support their cause, and often threatening not only them, but their family members as well. And all the ordinary people want to do make their own livings - tending their farms, working their dayjobs, or doing whatever they do to make a living. They couldn't care less whether the ruling party ^Wdominion is the United States, or the Taliban, or the Federation of Ponies and Unicorns. (Of course, there is an issue of principle here - a citizen's foremost duty is to stand up against the government when they know they are doing something wrong, regardless of whether it affects them or not - but 99% of people will still not bother to react.)
But GP is dead on. The United States cannot fight forever in every country that $SUPPOSED_TERRORIST_ORGANIZATION is operating in (well technically they could, but the death toll and financial expense would be enormous, not to mention moral and ethical travesty). The best way to win these idealogical wars is to not give the terrorists ^Wregular people more reasons to hate the others; and maybe if this idea can get off the ground, the world won't need extremists on either side. But would the US (government and people) or its haters ever show a sign of humility and restraint? Of course not.
So in short, here's my thesis: extremists can only exist when there are two sides involved. Hopefully that's not too subtle....
See? Nobody cares about the patents.
there should be a better way of catching perps, a way that doesnt involve putting the innocent at grave risk.
Sarlac pits.
If all you want to be able to do is simple stuff like matrix multiplication, or solving linear equations using matrix inversion / Kramer's method / whatever, sure. You can learn the process in an hour or so, remember it by heart, and implement it wherever you want to go. You won't understand it though.
Linear algebra is very abstract. If you want to actually understand it, you need time to learn and go over the concepts. If you want to work with more abstract and intuitive concepts like rank, subspaces, orthogonality, basis, eigenvalues, SVD, determinants, differential equations, matrix factorization, and so on, that also requires more time.
In the end, it comes down to how abstract you make it. More abstract -> (more time to learn , better understanding of concepts). I barely understood linear algebra when I learned it. I didn't understand it until I started using it, in classes like numerical programming or quantum mechanics, etc.
In all honesty, what's the real difference between a TV and a monitor? I wanted a monitor as well as something I use for my Wii (composite output). Ended up buying a TV and use DP -> HDMI when I want to use it as an external (which I never do because that thing is a piece of crap, but that's an aside).
Is it just a matter of ports or something? Is it the fact that a TV also comes with a tuner? My conclusion is that TVs are a superset of monitors in the functionality that they provide, and often come with a better resolution/price. Someone please enlighten me if I've missed something....
As far as content goes, couldn't give a damn. But more resolution means more viewing area for multiple windows. I have 1080p on a 15.5 inch screen, and the text isn't too small. Not sure what ppi that comes to, but it's probably about the same as these screens.
What to do with all that real estate? Firefox takes up ~1/3 of the screen while IRC is open in the background. If I'm writing LaTeX documents (not sure why I chose to capitalize that properly), you keep your editor open in one corner, keep the pdf/dvi in another corner, and all other windows are documentation, reference, tutorials, other things to read on the side, etc. Same workflow in Libreoffice... or when coding and you need to see multiple windows at once (or just one vi instance with several splits, heh).
Obligatory: http://archive09.linux.com/articles/42031
Sadly the article is a bit out of date, and Wine has hopefully increased support by now.
it never hurts to ask and get more information. The submitter didn't phrase it like he/she is going entirely by what /. says.
And when I say binary, obviously I mean hexadecimal....
It's a shame nobody moved to adopt Knuth's proposed system of binary dollars.
Using just your head, what is 16.2% of a meter?
16.2 centimeters
Using just your head, what is 16.2% of a yard?
16.2 centiyards
I can only speculate on what kind of kind, generous and benevolent entity would produce such an informative production. Surely a non-profit of course? Regardless, they must _clearly_ must have the interests of the general populace at heart!
And I do look forward to a similarly insightful exposee on the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and the many other, lesser known advertising/tracking groups in the internet...
Nudge, nudge - you already can.
https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl
Good thing I always take the stairs...
It doesn't quite entirely come down to the cost...
1. At home, you have to finish the entire liquor bottle. Don't take something you don't like or haven't had before.... Can't try something new if you don't already have it. And your selection is going to be a lot smaller.
2. Bars usually have a nicer atmosphere. Other people, television, music, etc.
3. At a bar, you can leave and go on to the next place on foot/public transit. In a suburb, you'd need a taxi, so you're back where you started
And I guess this is the cruncher... how do you expect people to get home at the end of the night?
Well, space still comes at a premium if you want to get a cheap and fast SSD....
I only know Perl, but I still found the Hebrew easier to understand...
Thank you for your suggestion. We have considered your proposals and have decided to adopt them.
And just so you know, after today, you don't need to come in any more.
Yes, in fact, it really is your fucking fault. Because you're a bitch, that's why. You simply accept whatever is put around you and don't start complaining until you have to start taking it up the ass, when you should have known very well beforehand that it would happen. I, on the other hand, take care to point out these flaws. And I generally have enough logic and rational persuasion to convince people that they don't want to settle for a locked in platform.
And just because your infrastructure is built around lock-in and bad technologies doesn't mean it should stay that way. It's only gonna get worse the longer you do nothing about it. You didn't magically start out in the position that you're in today. You started digging a hole, and continued digging it deeper and deeper - and it won't stop getting deeper until you get out for good and standard on platforms that don't lock you in this way. This kind of foresight should be obvious to system architect, and he/she will do everything in his/her power to avoid getting caught in that position, assuming he's not drinking the MS/other vendor's kool-aid.
In short, stop being a coward, take a stand for yourself, and make a bloody effort to fix the damn situation. Sometimes, I have to put in additional upfront work (and sometimes I don't, even), but I never find myself complaining in retrospect. You on the other hand, seem to support taking the easy path, even though you know very well that you're putting your fate in your vendors' hands. In other words, you're compromising on yourself, and making the situation worse, not just for you, but for everyone else as a result. Yes, you are entirely at fault for that.
In fact, it most certainly is your fault. Have you heard of this man named Mohandas Gandhi? Something, something like "be the change you want to see in the world?" If you don't like using Windows (and I have no reason to believe this is the case, because you haven't explicitly stated so, but let's assume it is so for the sake of the argument, as there are many users in a similar boat) because you have to use those technologies, then you only have yourself to blame for not doing something about it. As for me, I've been using Linux since 2007, OpenOffice/Libreoffice and GIMP all the way, and have never once thought of going back. It hasn't been perfect, but it's far closer to perfection than going back to Windows could ever be.
With responsibility comes accountability, and free and open source cannot offer this.
A coward's response. If you want to accept shitty results and solutions just because you can point the finger at someone else when it breaks, then you really don't have much of a personality or drive for getting things done, period. In other words, it makes you worthless from a technologist's standpoint.
For those with a background in economics, I shall allow you to pencil in the blanks.
Go right ahead... because economists make such great technologists. /s
It isn't that open source is "wrong", it just isn't "right". Not yet it isn't ...
I would much rather have knowledgeable people working for me, with the proper tools (open source if they must be) and a genuine interest in the success of the project; as opposed to hiring a bunch of tech support schmucks working for a for-profit company with crappy tools that aren't engineered to work, so much as to generate profit for said company. And let's face it - any good economist would happily sacrifice the utility of the product to make higher profits. Why do you think Windows is so far behind on the security curve?
You mean like this?