At 21, Haselton testified before the US Child Online Protection Commission (COPA Commission), a congressionally appointed panel mandated by the Child Online Protection Act, where he presented evidence that the error rate in most commercial blocking programs was much higher than commonly believed.[3]
If this Slashdot article that we are posting on is an example of his qualifications as an expert witness, then I assume he's been posting from prison since then...
There is NO silver bullet. You will always need and have programmers. It was true 30 years ago and it's true now. We have not automated our way out of needing programers to ply their craft.
Exactly.
The key is the ability to break down complex problems, and model them somewhat in your head before you model them in tools. The tools change and improve, sure, but you will always need programmers.
There would be no issue here if the state didn't have a BS licensing law.
Bingo.
A government that gathers lots of information... gathers lots of information. That information is then subject to all the usual political tug of wars, not to mention corruption and inside jobs.
And "openness" sounds great, until it's your information they are being open with.
I think this is a pretty shady practice, don't get me wrong, but it's not quite as "secretly" as the summary made it out to be.
Why is it shady? The dealer is agreeing to loan you money and trust you with the collateral, on the basis that you accept this device be installed and remain functioning.
They only bother with it for risky borrowers... in other words, without it, he'd have a much higher interest rate or else not be able to buy the car at all. In which case Al Sharpton would show up with a bullhorn....
The other option, that the seat is left down, means that a) the man is expected to do 100% of the work, both raising and lowering, while the female does none.
You're probably not serious, but just in case...
Women can be hard to please
This is an easy way to please them
Just sharing what little wisdom I've picked up over the years..
"... those people who disagree with me are not just wrong, they are crazy!"
Nothing new. See "The Authoritarian Personality" (1950), a ringing 'scientific' denunciation of authoritarianism by the party that now wants to force you to bake wedding cakes for human-lobster weddings, even if you don't want to...
Umm... that doesn't change the time when people get off work. The reason most people want more light at the end of the day is so they don't have to drive home in the dark.
Then change work hours.
If that time shift is something that we really want, as a society, then that shouldn't be too hard. Heck, I've known businesses, churches, and other entities that had "summer hours" anyway, even with the clock shift.
Or heck, legislate a shift in work hours. It's hardly more oppressive than legislating capricious changes in the freakin' clock
The government-run schools still run on a nineteenth century industrial paradigm designed to take children and churn out standardized, obedient, punctual factory workers. Fix that first if you care about kids getting critical thinking skills.
Well, sort of. At least getting punctuality and obedience would be getting something. But they removed that in the 70s.
Actually, you are not a racist for noticing that the perpetrator is a muslim. You ARE a racist for infering that all muslims are terrorist because of the action of one person. Any time you're making a broad generalization about an entire people based on the actions of a tiny few or one, yes, you're a racist... and possibly funny, but still racist.
Except, of course, that Muslim isn't a race. It's a belief system.
And in its mainstream forms, it's a very public-oriented, all encompassing belief system, that is not at all content with people simply choosing not to believe in it.
To borrow from Samuel Johnson's quip, he was like a dog walking on its hind legs: It wasn't done well, but it was a surprise to see it done at all
Hmm. Well, few Chinese speakers ever learn to speak English very well either. Not without intensive, lengthy immersion, anyway. But it's no longer socially acceptable to make fun of them for it, nor very logical, for that matter.
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Bennett Haselton (born November 20, 1978) is a frequent commenter on the website Slashdot.org, where he is widely disliked by readers.
If this Slashdot article that we are posting on is an example of his qualifications as an expert witness, then I assume he's been posting from prison since then ...
I do think their support of STEM is in the interest of growing the domestic workforce towards the needs of industry.
If by "needs of the industry", you mean "get to pay programmers less", then sure, that's what they want.
There is NO silver bullet. You will always need and have programmers. It was true 30 years ago and it's true now. We have not automated our way out of needing programers to ply their craft.
Exactly.
The key is the ability to break down complex problems, and model them somewhat in your head before you model them in tools. The tools change and improve, sure, but you will always need programmers.
... that people are wiling to do any of this stuff at all?
I'm afraid you can't blame us evil old patriarchs for this culture of say anything you want do anything you want trash talking.
Of course you all supported sensible cultural restrictions on what you could say, and how you could act, for the last 50 years or so ...
Whatever else voters wanted, they wanted first their team to win.
As opposed to wanting the team they are most philosophically opposed to to win, which would of course make so much more sense.
Wha??
There would be no issue here if the state didn't have a BS licensing law.
Bingo.
A government that gathers lots of information ... gathers lots of information. That information is then subject to all the usual political tug of wars, not to mention corruption and inside jobs.
And "openness" sounds great, until it's your information they are being open with.
... if they sell it, then it's not "false". They actually sold it. They don't care if you use it or put it in a drawer.
I think this is a pretty shady practice, don't get me wrong, but it's not quite as "secretly" as the summary made it out to be.
Why is it shady? The dealer is agreeing to loan you money and trust you with the collateral, on the basis that you accept this device be installed and remain functioning.
They only bother with it for risky borrowers ... in other words, without it, he'd have a much higher interest rate or else not be able to buy the car at all. In which case Al Sharpton would show up with a bullhorn ....
The other option, that the seat is left down, means that a) the man is expected to do 100% of the work, both raising and lowering, while the female does none.
You're probably not serious, but just in case ...
Just sharing what little wisdom I've picked up over the years ..
The conflicts of the early 20th century seem almost tribal in retrospect.
Yeah, if you reflexively privilege your own era, for no good reason.
Allah and his followers might just have to teach you an object lesson about this ...
... the idea is European! So it must be purely good and wonderful!
"... those people who disagree with me are not just wrong, they are crazy!"
Nothing new. See "The Authoritarian Personality" (1950), a ringing 'scientific' denunciation of authoritarianism by the party that now wants to force you to bake wedding cakes for human-lobster weddings, even if you don't want to ...
I don't see most people who preach about this stuff living like they believe it. I see them wanting to legislate and tell everyone else how to live.
For example, well, you know.
Umm... that doesn't change the time when people get off work. The reason most people want more light at the end of the day is so they don't have to drive home in the dark.
Then change work hours.
If that time shift is something that we really want, as a society, then that shouldn't be too hard. Heck, I've known businesses, churches, and other entities that had "summer hours" anyway, even with the clock shift.
Or heck, legislate a shift in work hours. It's hardly more oppressive than legislating capricious changes in the freakin' clock
... to jump on the bandwagon as it makes a victory lap through town?
... of "that dope ain't mine! Someone left it in my house!"
That mandatory quarantine and travel bans are a good idea yet?
No, nobody has figured that out yet. The CDC says up to 1,050 people per week are coming into the USA from countries with active Ebola outbreaks.
Explain how you plan to run a rolling quarantine for 3,150 people?
I guess you missed the "travel ban" part.
Am I the only one who thinks that Congress is to blame here (for passing sloppy legislation), not the IRS or The Government?
What, "all of 'em" isn't an option?
It's been Obama's IRS for almost six years. Any thoughts on holding him accountable?
My dentist, of all places, has someone they employ who wanders around and asks you if you want a hand or neck massage while you are waiting.
I loved the reaction the first time that I said "no thank you; I prefer to remain tense."
Obedience is a suitable trait for dogs. In humans it paves the road to Auschwitz.
Obedience is a tool, that can be used for good or for ill.
It was a military hierarchy that liberated Auschwitz.
Because we never had people trying to wipe us out before Muslims came along...
True. We also had communists, and we weren't supposed to notice that either.
The government-run schools still run on a nineteenth century industrial paradigm designed to take children and churn out standardized, obedient, punctual factory workers. Fix that first if you care about kids getting critical thinking skills.
Well, sort of. At least getting punctuality and obedience would be getting something. But they removed that in the 70s.
Actually, you are not a racist for noticing that the perpetrator is a muslim. You ARE a racist for infering that all muslims are terrorist because of the action of one person. Any time you're making a broad generalization about an entire people based on the actions of a tiny few or one, yes, you're a racist... and possibly funny, but still racist.
Except, of course, that Muslim isn't a race. It's a belief system.
And in its mainstream forms, it's a very public-oriented, all encompassing belief system, that is not at all content with people simply choosing not to believe in it.
To borrow from Samuel Johnson's quip, he was like a dog walking on its hind legs: It wasn't done well, but it was a surprise to see it done at all
Hmm. Well, few Chinese speakers ever learn to speak English very well either. Not without intensive, lengthy immersion, anyway. But it's no longer socially acceptable to make fun of them for it, nor very logical, for that matter.