... this operates on the premise that the only way to have civilization is through constant fear of one another. that's a terrible model of humanity, and no one should want a part of it.
You realize, of course, that there are a lot more dangerous things than guns? Cars, chainsaws, medication, etc. There is no reason to be terrified of a person with a gun. Just because you are scared of them, is not enough reason. People are scared of the dark, too. Where I live everyone has guns, everyone is polite to each other, and some people don't even bother to lock their doors. You are wrong about what would happen.
No, militia officers were generally elected by the members. But not always.
The problem is not the training, it's who gets to do the control. Letting others in far places do that is a conflict of interest and subject to abuse. As in, "Power Corrupts".
If someone is a crazy criminal, then convict them so they have a record. Then everyone will know not to sell them a gun. Works pretty well where I live.
If you are in a big city, then you live in a sick place and should move! 8-)
In the second ammendment, "well regulated" means using the same type of ammunition and equipment, so that it would be possible to supply them in time of war. If they showed up with all kinds of add-hock weapons, it would be a nightmare to supply them with each the correct size of ammunition and replacement parts. It other words, the citizens need to have standard military weapons, like the Swiss do.
It could also include using the same set of movement orders such as "right face" and "forward march", so that officers could be assigned to units as necessary.
Artillery is ordnance not arms. Explosives were not considered personal arms by the framers.
Actually, the muzzle-loading field cannon of the time were included in the second ammendment. The "decorative" cannon in many town squares were actually local militia cannon, until they were rendered obsolete. They were owned by the towns or local citizens who were rich enough to buy them. "Ordnance" is actually equipment that is specified to be all the same, similar to the meaning of "regulated". Ordnance was only taken to mean cannon in later years, I think.
It depends on the job.... There was a guy there for instance - a president of a small country, claiming that he is putting more than 100h/week and all is well. OC this job was including dinners with other assholes from other states etc...
Going to dinners with assholes can get really old, really quick. Particulerly, when you can't say no. I don't think fancy food would make up for it.
Very very few people out there can work that hard. I certainly can't.
I'd bet that of the people you've ever heard of, a much higher proportion are out at the extreme end of work endurance compared to the average population.
It's obvious that you have never been in the military, at least in time of war. Or in a "Tiger Team" developing a completely new system.
And, fery few people are anywhere near average. Really! 8-)
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep all the pieces. -- Aldo Leopold.
Good point. Biological systems are very wasteful in many ways, but very conservative in others. It is quite possible that those are kept "just in case", so to speak. 8-)
Some of the "Junk" DNA is packet headers with golay error correction codes and crc check codes. Some of it is activation switches. A lot of it is "mothballed" DNA that is saved for emergency situations.
Biologists need to have at least some network training, these days. 8-)
Originally the journals provided and organized verification of the papers. Their reputation was that the journals published stuff that could be trusted. I think the problem is that several (all?) of them have recently been shown to have failed their verification, publishing things they should not and not publishing things that they should have published.
The high price is no longer justified, the reputation is tarnished and they are in big trouble.
The problem is, that we need that functionality. But others will rise to cover the need.
Given the greater-than-zero proportion of high school leavers particularly in the US who can't even READ, should we not instead of shoving IoT down their throats...
Reading -is- a vocational skill. IoT is not, and might never be, except in specialized jobs.
1. Beware of doing things the easy way, even if you are in a "crunch". The "easy" way is often the hard way.
2. Beware of clever coding. Clever is a "bug farm" for the next person, even if -you- are the next person.
3. Learn to read at least a little Assembler code (and the Debugger). If the compiler or linker have a bug, it is the only way to figure out what is wrong. And it can be useful for regular bugs, too.
In most places I've worked have the thermostat locked behind a plexiglass enclosure.... And that's okay except for those who decide that... they'll turn it all the way in the other direction rather than to a temperature they prefer.
That's why the cages were used. Some people don't understand automatic control. They use it like a toggle switch, as though pushing it further made the compressor run faster! Which of course screws it up for everyone. 8-(
This guy seems a bit extreme. There is no need to go totally solar or totally off of distributed power.
If you can seriously reduce your demand, it will have almost as much benifit for the planet. And there is no reason that solar can't be sent from other timezones via the distribution lines.
The "big new thing" is the LED lights, DC motor controls and Electronic Voltage converters that are -much- more efficient than in the past. That means that solar usage is much more practical. Any amount that you can do will help.
Beauracrats asserting their rights, does not mean they have any. Citizens have rights, governments do not. Of course it can be dangerous to cross them. But that doesn't mean they are right.
We rode bikes at night without lights, in rural areas. We could see fine. In Cities, there is no such thing as "pitch dark". There is only "blinded by the lights". Many city lights, of various kinds, are designed to shine as far horizontally as possible. This means that you get night-blinded by lights down the street. There should be laws preventing this. The only lights that help you are the ones overhead of you, that are not in your visual field.
The real effect of turning off some of the lights might be, in some areas, less blinding and more actual visibility.
... Also, most people in Britain don't think of the Wild West as a perfect society to emulate.
The "Wild West" never existed except in Hollywood. All of that idea was hyped up for readers of "penny readfuls" and later movie viewers. The real thing was more peaceful and had more guns than ever you saw.
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... this operates on the premise that the only way to have civilization is through constant fear of one another. that's a terrible model of humanity, and no one should want a part of it.
You realize, of course, that there are a lot more dangerous things than guns? Cars, chainsaws, medication, etc.
There is no reason to be terrified of a person with a gun. Just because you are scared of them, is not enough reason. People are scared of the dark, too.
Where I live everyone has guns, everyone is polite to each other, and some people don't even bother to lock their doors. You are wrong about what would happen.
No, militia officers were generally elected by the members. But not always.
The problem is not the training, it's who gets to do the control. Letting others in far places do that is a conflict of interest and subject to abuse. As in, "Power Corrupts".
If someone is a crazy criminal, then convict them so they have a record. Then everyone will know not to sell them a gun. Works pretty well where I live.
If you are in a big city, then you live in a sick place and should move! 8-)
In the second ammendment, "well regulated" means using the same type of ammunition and equipment, so that it would be possible to supply them in time of war. If they showed up with all kinds of add-hock weapons, it would be a nightmare to supply them with each the correct size of ammunition and replacement parts. It other words, the citizens need to have standard military weapons, like the Swiss do.
It could also include using the same set of movement orders such as "right face" and "forward march", so that officers could be assigned to units as necessary.
Artillery is ordnance not arms. Explosives were not considered personal arms by the framers.
Actually, the muzzle-loading field cannon of the time were included in the second ammendment. The "decorative" cannon in many town squares were actually local militia cannon, until they were rendered obsolete. They were owned by the towns or local citizens who were rich enough to buy them.
"Ordnance" is actually equipment that is specified to be all the same, similar to the meaning of "regulated". Ordnance was only taken to mean cannon in later years, I think.
Whichever hand is not using the mouse or joystick.
Phones? What are they? 8-)
This sounds to me like what is called "prior restraint", which I thought was illegal.
Like, you can't put someone in jail just because you "thought" they might rob a bank.
It depends on the job. ... There was a guy there for instance - a president of a small country, claiming that he is putting more than 100h/week and all is well. OC this job was including dinners with other assholes from other states etc ...
Going to dinners with assholes can get really old, really quick. Particulerly, when you can't say no.
I don't think fancy food would make up for it.
Very very few people out there can work that hard. I certainly can't.
I'd bet that of the people you've ever heard of, a much higher proportion are out at the extreme end of work endurance compared to the average population.
It's obvious that you have never been in the military, at least in time of war.
Or in a "Tiger Team" developing a completely new system.
And, fery few people are anywhere near average. Really! 8-)
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep all the pieces.
-- Aldo Leopold.
Good point.
Biological systems are very wasteful in many ways, but very conservative in others. It is quite possible that those are kept "just in case", so to speak. 8-)
same thing in other sciences. archeologists say anything unknown was a religious ritual. astronomy it is dark matter or something similar
I can inderstand that, since the public punishes anyone who says the words "I don't know". Even if it is the best truth known...
Some of the "Junk" DNA is packet headers with golay error correction codes and crc check codes. Some of it is activation switches. A lot of it is "mothballed" DNA that is saved for emergency situations.
Biologists need to have at least some network training, these days. 8-)
Originally the journals provided and organized verification of the papers. Their reputation was that the journals published stuff that could be trusted.
I think the problem is that several (all?) of them have recently been shown to have failed their verification, publishing things they should not and not publishing things that they should have published.
The high price is no longer justified, the reputation is tarnished and they are in big trouble.
The problem is, that we need that functionality. But others will rise to cover the need.
... I don't know anyone out of jail who has a similar skill set to Trump. ...
To quote a very old phrase:
"A compenent crook will do less damage than an incompetent idealist!"
Given the greater-than-zero proportion of high school leavers particularly in the US who can't even READ, should we not instead of shoving IoT down their throats ...
Reading -is- a vocational skill.
IoT is not, and might never be, except in specialized jobs.
Nice translation, I have not heard it stated in "technish" before. 8-)
... MS does this every so often. Its why even numbered OS's are shitty. Just wait for windows 11.
I guess that was why MS didn't release a Windows 9, they didn't have anything that wasn't shitty... 8-}
After 50 years of coding:
1. Beware of doing things the easy way, even if you are in a "crunch". The "easy" way is often the hard way.
2. Beware of clever coding. Clever is a "bug farm" for the next person, even if -you- are the next person.
3. Learn to read at least a little Assembler code (and the Debugger). If the compiler or linker have a bug, it is the only way to figure out what is wrong. And it can be useful for regular bugs, too.
In most places I've worked have the thermostat locked behind a plexiglass enclosure. ... ... they'll turn it all the way in the other direction rather than to a temperature they prefer.
And that's okay except for those who decide that
That's why the cages were used. Some people don't understand automatic control. They use it like a toggle switch, as though pushing it further made the compressor run faster! Which of course screws it up for everyone. 8-(
This guy seems a bit extreme. There is no need to go totally solar or totally off of distributed power.
If you can seriously reduce your demand, it will have almost as much benifit for the planet. And there is no reason that solar can't be sent from other timezones via the distribution lines.
The "big new thing" is the LED lights, DC motor controls and Electronic Voltage converters that are -much- more efficient than in the past. That means that solar usage is much more practical. Any amount that you can do will help.
Beauracrats asserting their rights, does not mean they have any. Citizens have rights, governments do not.
Of course it can be dangerous to cross them. But that doesn't mean they are right.
... Hate and fear of a widdle biddy toy drone is not rational. Non rational people often paint the perp as the victim.
Bullies often try to paint the victim as being at fault, after the victim tries to defend themselves...
Lights can blind just as easily as illuminate. It all depends on how they are mounted.
Bad lights just make shadows worse.
Thats racist. Might as well put a moat around your property because crooks can't swim either, right?
Huh? What race are criminals?
Actually, the Anonymous comment was the one that was racist!
We rode bikes at night without lights, in rural areas. We could see fine.
In Cities, there is no such thing as "pitch dark". There is only "blinded by the lights".
Many city lights, of various kinds, are designed to shine as far horizontally as possible. This means that you get night-blinded by lights down the street. There should be laws preventing this. The only lights that help you are the ones overhead of you, that are not in your visual field.
The real effect of turning off some of the lights might be, in some areas, less blinding and more actual visibility.
... Also, most people in Britain don't think of the Wild West as a perfect society to emulate.
The "Wild West" never existed except in Hollywood. All of that idea was hyped up for readers of "penny readfuls" and later movie viewers.
The real thing was more peaceful and had more guns than ever you saw.