" Take the emotion out of it for a moment. " no. That's the point. The shouldn't take the human out of it. They should take that into account when making these decisions.
Thank about it: We are creating a system to dehumanize our own species from survival. That's bad, and it far more important then optimizing a bonus structure.
". H1-Bs save employers more than enough to pay for the bureaucratic overhead of hiring them" depends on industry and product. The cost of overseas work is going up, and it won't take much more for it to not be worth the hassle. China is already starting to loose work.
"You want to be paid more money? Produce a better product. " nope. That does not impact pay. Get thing out at the arbitrary schedule, regardless of quality, mean you are a team player, and as such worth more.
Look at you own post. It seems Oracle, SAP, MS, et all make a lot of money with their crappy products. Yeah, I work with them to.
We need a solid push for actual engineer in software. Not just some coder who calls themselves an engineer(often illegally), but someone who is certified and needs to sigh off on projects. Lets put actual testing in place. Actual documentation. Like actual Professional Engineers.
The placebo effect isn't just in medicine. Anytime someone has done something that they feel should act a certian way, there is a change of a placebo effect. The wikipedia article focuses solely on the medical aspect use aspect of it, but external things can also cause an placebo effect.
For exanple: the more people pay for wine, the higher quality they think it is. It tasted better to them. Same mechanism
also, it An placebo effect, not THE placebo effect. There are different type, different categories, and thing you can do to change the likely hood it happens. It seems to happen 35% of the time, but the more invasive the placebo action is, the more likely the uptake and the longer the duration.
A placebo surgery is going to be more likely to trigger a placebo effect, and when it does it's likely to be around longer.
This is why acupuncture does nothing but increase infection risk, yet people claim it works becasue the feel better...for a while.
I wold like t see a study about laugh tracks in todays society. I have stopped watching show becasue laugh tracks are so damn annoying, AS are live study laughing. If the joke hits, it hits, if not you are just waiting a second while the luagh track happens, taking away form the show. Watch a how with a laugh track with the volume turned off. Actors more to spot, lips move, everyone stops and stares at each other for a second, rinse repeat.
"Biofeedback is an interesting field with a lot of good scientific support" err.. no, not a lot. a few studies. None that I have read were very good. I'd be happy to read a good solid study if you have one you can share, or link to.
", it is well-known that sugar pills sometimes produce the same effects as real drugs "more correct: , it is well-known that sugar pills sometimes make the patient feel like they are experiencing same effects as real drugs
It's important because charlatan take advantage of the first statement. There are case where people give up real treatment in place for a magical one and swear they 'feel' better. Andy Kaufman is a great example.
More accurate even: Deceiving one self based on an emotional buy in to something. We see similar things in none medical areas. For example, someone who buys a new car will ignore or excuse away defect. How long they do it goes up with the expense of the car relative to income,.
I think a tax is a great way to add to the infrastructure. IT's a great way to help balance out revenues lost from higher fuel economies.
People look and complain about the Speeds i the US compared to other countries and complain. Ignoring that other countries tax in order to get high speeds infrastructure.
This gimme more and don't tax me attitude needs to end.
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The vast majority, it not all, these position are management. Or so I am lead to believe.
" Take the emotion out of it for a moment. "
no. That's the point. The shouldn't take the human out of it. They should take that into account when making these decisions.
Thank about it: We are creating a system to dehumanize our own species from survival.
That's bad, and it far more important then optimizing a bonus structure.
here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This is in Finland. Just so you know.
". H1-Bs save employers more than enough to pay for the bureaucratic overhead of hiring them"
depends on industry and product. The cost of overseas work is going up, and it won't take much more for it to not be worth the hassle.
China is already starting to loose work.
They don't apply when they are being intentional undermined.
"You want to be paid more money? Produce a better product. "
nope. That does not impact pay. Get thing out at the arbitrary schedule, regardless of quality, mean you are a team player, and as such worth more.
Look at you own post. It seems Oracle, SAP, MS, et all make a lot of money with their crappy products.
Yeah, I work with them to.
We need a solid push for actual engineer in software. Not just some coder who calls themselves an engineer(often illegally), but someone who is certified and needs to sigh off on projects. Lets put actual testing in place. Actual documentation.
Like actual Professional Engineers.
It's a coffin. It's slow, easily seen, loud.
you don't know what 'government' means, do you?
The use of the word 'poking' in that sentence just cracks me up.
I imagine a cartoon missile polity peeking in 'Excuse me, mind if I explode?'
The 'dark' in 'Dark energy', means we don't know what it is.
It wouldn't obviate the need for dark energy, it would be dark energy.
Man who doesn't understand the science, the math, or the data, calls theory crackpot. News at 11.
You should do an ama.
find a way to make them in the lab. I want my anti-grav car.
The placebo effect heals nothing. It makes people feel better, not actually make them better.
The placebo effect isn't just in medicine. Anytime someone has done something that they feel should act a certian way, there is a change of a placebo effect.
The wikipedia article focuses solely on the medical aspect use aspect of it, but external things can also cause an placebo effect.
For exanple: the more people pay for wine, the higher quality they think it is. It tasted better to them. Same mechanism
also, it An placebo effect, not THE placebo effect. There are different type, different categories, and thing you can do to change the likely hood it happens. It seems to happen 35% of the time, but the more invasive the placebo action is, the more likely the uptake and the longer the duration.
A placebo surgery is going to be more likely to trigger a placebo effect, and when it does it's likely to be around longer.
This is why acupuncture does nothing but increase infection risk, yet people claim it works becasue the feel better...for a while.
I wold like t see a study about laugh tracks in todays society. I have stopped watching show becasue laugh tracks are so damn annoying, AS are live study laughing.
If the joke hits, it hits, if not you are just waiting a second while the luagh track happens, taking away form the show.
Watch a how with a laugh track with the volume turned off. Actors more to spot, lips move, everyone stops and stares at each other for a second, rinse repeat.
"Biofeedback is an interesting field with a lot of good scientific support"
err.. no, not a lot. a few studies. None that I have read were very good.
I'd be happy to read a good solid study if you have one you can share, or link to.
", it is well-known that sugar pills sometimes produce the same effects as real drugs "more correct:
, it is well-known that sugar pills sometimes make the patient feel like they are experiencing same effects as real drugs
It's important because charlatan take advantage of the first statement. There are case where people give up real treatment in place for a magical one and swear they 'feel' better.
Andy Kaufman is a great example.
More accurate even:
Deceiving one self based on an emotional buy in to something.
We see similar things in none medical areas. For example, someone who buys a new car will ignore or excuse away defect. How long they do it goes up with the expense of the car relative to income,.
" simple spreadsheet to track something"
that is the bane of corporations. Important info sitting in a spreadsheet, somewhere.
I've gone weeks. For the same reason Sony did, oddly enough.
It's social. If it was hard wired through some manner, then we wold still be treating women the same way we did 10,000 years ago.
I'll be sending -1000 bitcoins straight away!
Not all Sexual harassment isn't illegal.
I think a tax is a great way to add to the infrastructure. IT's a great way to help balance out revenues lost from higher fuel economies.
People look and complain about the Speeds i the US compared to other countries and complain. Ignoring that other countries tax in order to get high speeds infrastructure.
This gimme more and don't tax me attitude needs to end.