I think there is an OpenOffice extension that outputs latex.:-)
There is, and I've used it a number of times, once to convert someone's 700+ page manuscript so I could produce a proper book with LaTeX. It works reasonably well, actually, and is so much better than trying to typeset with a tool (like a word processor) not really suited to producing press-ready output.
As I understand the proposed law, you CAN bring them in from Bangalore IF you can show you can't hire them in the US... AND you pay them a high enough wage.
So what's it worth to you? If you want cheap labor, too bad. On the other hand if you have a critical need and you're willing to pay for it, you're good to go.
University education should be less about learning specific application of facts (although there needs to be some of that) and more about learning how to learn and teach yourself.
I found upon graduation from MIT that I and other MIT engineering grads were, in terms of ability to immediately perform specific job tasks, behind grads of numerous other schools. But after about six months in a given job that leveled out and after about a year we were way out in front. We had a solid background in the fundamentals and the ability to apply that background in new and varied situations.
Your comment would be more cutting and worrying if Microsoft wasn't doing just that.
I take it you're referring to my wording, "dominating through sheer chutpah and say-so." Yes, they do seem to be doing just that. But it doesn't exactly seem like a long-term strategy any more. They've been able to do it for many years, true enough, but (just like with IBM; the parallelism is amazing) it seems to be running out of steam.
Reading through Nadella's comments... the only thing I can conclude is that he's delusional and somehow believes that Microsoft can still dominate everything through sheer chutzpah and say-so. "Black is white," Nadella said, "and we're confident that in the future, green will be yellow."
"Upon reflection, I was being a douche and an assclown. Sorry...my bad."
That's one way to look at it and I'm not saying it's wrong. That he and his staff didn't do due diligence up front is another way to look at it. There are probably aspects of both ideas operating here.
What I don't think he or his staff tumbled to is how complex things are in Hawai`i, and that goes up by orders of magnitude when you start talking about land rights and title. Direct ownership of land was never a Hawaiian concept, but it more or less started in 1848 with "The Great Mahele" distrbution of land and the coming into existence of "kuleana" properties. Tracing title to these parcels over almost 170 years can in some cases be an impossible task. That's one reason why "quiet title" proceedings are sometimes undertaken; to gain control over "noisy" titles like these.
But what he really missed was something that anyone who lives here would have caught on to in under three seconds: that such a move on his part would be wildly unpopular and heavily criticized, that it would be seen as all too reminiscent of the way haoles grabbed land and ultimately, in 1893, took the kingdom entirely. Stirring up that kind of hornet's nest was a really, really dumb thing to do (and that leaves aside morality or lack thereof).
What I'd really like to know is if he had local advisors who warned him of the consequences but he decided to go ahead anyhow. I don't know the answer to that question, but if it was that way, it speaks badly of him.
... "Windows 10 was a great idea! Everything since Windows XP has been so well made! We are on top again, baby! Let's continue down this profitable road!"
That's the real danger, isn't it? That they will feel that they are doing things right with their spyware, their arrogance, and their disdain for the end user, even though the numbers show they have a long, long way to go to get back to where they were in terms of inflation-corrected dollars.
To me this seems to say that they've made some temporary gains/recovery by pushing Windows 10 and all the telemetry. Does this bode well for the long term? Doubtful.
Microsoft seems to arrogantly double down on everything people hate in Windows 10. Even if it was a great OS with awesome features and stellar usability (that's "if") I wouldn't want to use it at this point.
Sorry, but I prefer to, you know, own my own computer.
To be fair, though, smartphones and tablets are probably as bad or worse. Can we trust Android? iOS? Tell another joke.
I do have to say (though somewhat going off topic) that as a haole myself, I've only very seldom experienced prejudice. Maybe it's because I try to be respectful and don't have an attitude. I realize that even though I've been in Hawai`i for some years now, I'm really something of a guest in someone else's back yard... and always will be.
Certainly, there are some here that will hate me just as a matter of principle. But I've found that to be surprisingly rare and not much of a problem.
Now, if you come here with an attitude, and think that Hawai`i ought to be some sort of tropical extension of the mainland, and think you're some sort of superior person with the right to look down on the "natives" then you're asking for it.
More interesting is probably the term that Native Hawaiians are using to describe him, which would be "haole".
Well, he is haole. The meaning of the word in the Hawaiian language is really "foreigner" but in common talk here, it has come to be a sometimes derisive term for a Caucasian. It can be, but is certainly not necessarily, racist or derogatory, and it isn't either of those in the true Hawaiian meaning of the word.
The Zuckerberg development was the lead front page story in today's Star Advertiser (our local Honolulu newspaper). It seemed to be to be presented in a negative light, as in, here goes another rich haole from the mainland grabbing Native Hawaiian land. It's easy to see it that way but in Hawai`i hardly anything is simple or straightforward, and I'm reserving judgment until I learn more about it, though siding with Zuckerberg would be pretty distasteful.
I've had luck hosting my website with them for a good 15 years. Of course I don't do ecommerce and my needs aren't super complex. Their prices have been okay and I've had very little site downtime.
If you need help, though.... well... I'm glad I've not needed to call them more than about twice in all that time.
From TFS: "When Microsoft first launched Windows 10, it was generally well-received"
By whom? I don't recall much in the way of rave reviews except from paid promotors. I do recall quite a few people saying they'll stay on Windows 7, thank you.
Apple would sell tons of iPhone x units even if they were just an empty shell, as long as they were deemed "super cool" by the Apple crowd.
And actually, this is not so much a criticism as it is a salute to Apple marketing. They have built a base of incredibly loyal fans who will buy any Apple product at any price. This may well be unique in the history of business.
I don't understand your response. The maps you reference show about what I said, big Hillary margins on the coasts (and some metropolis cities), Trump getting the in-between territory.
Your politico quote is misquoted --- it says Trump is now more popular than ever (that surprises me too but there you have it).
And I hardly claimed a Trump landslide --- it certainly wasn't. But he did win, and the explanation for that doesn't seem overly complex.
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I think there is an OpenOffice extension that outputs latex. :-)
There is, and I've used it a number of times, once to convert someone's 700+ page manuscript so I could produce a proper book with LaTeX. It works reasonably well, actually, and is so much better than trying to typeset with a tool (like a word processor) not really suited to producing press-ready output.
As I understand the proposed law, you CAN bring them in from Bangalore IF you can show you can't hire them in the US ... AND you pay them a high enough wage.
So what's it worth to you? If you want cheap labor, too bad. On the other hand if you have a critical need and you're willing to pay for it, you're good to go.
University education should be less about learning specific application of facts (although there needs to be some of that) and more about learning how to learn and teach yourself.
I found upon graduation from MIT that I and other MIT engineering grads were, in terms of ability to immediately perform specific job tasks, behind grads of numerous other schools. But after about six months in a given job that leveled out and after about a year we were way out in front. We had a solid background in the fundamentals and the ability to apply that background in new and varied situations.
Follow-up. He's been using a Hawaiian law firm. He had to have been warned. There's no way they wouldn't have realized the consequences.
But in today's Honolulu Star Advertiser, Z. is getting praised for rethinking his strategy.
Your comment would be more cutting and worrying if Microsoft wasn't doing just that.
I take it you're referring to my wording, "dominating through sheer chutpah and say-so." Yes, they do seem to be doing just that. But it doesn't exactly seem like a long-term strategy any more. They've been able to do it for many years, true enough, but (just like with IBM; the parallelism is amazing) it seems to be running out of steam.
Reading through Nadella's comments ... the only thing I can conclude is that he's delusional and somehow believes that Microsoft can still dominate everything through sheer chutzpah and say-so. "Black is white," Nadella said, "and we're confident that in the future, green will be yellow."
"Upon reflection, I was being a douche and an assclown. Sorry...my bad."
That's one way to look at it and I'm not saying it's wrong. That he and his staff didn't do due diligence up front is
another way to look at it. There are probably aspects of both ideas operating here.
What I don't think he or his staff tumbled to is how complex things are in Hawai`i, and that goes up by orders of magnitude when you start talking about land rights and title. Direct ownership of land was never a Hawaiian concept, but it more or less started in 1848 with "The Great Mahele" distrbution of land and the coming into existence of "kuleana" properties. Tracing title to these parcels over almost 170 years can in some cases be an impossible task. That's one reason why "quiet title" proceedings are sometimes undertaken; to gain control over "noisy" titles like these.
But what he really missed was something that anyone who lives here would have caught on to in under three seconds: that such a move on his part would be wildly unpopular and heavily criticized, that it would be seen as all too reminiscent of the way haoles grabbed land and ultimately, in 1893, took the kingdom entirely. Stirring up that kind of hornet's nest was a really, really dumb thing to do (and that leaves aside morality or lack thereof).
What I'd really like to know is if he had local advisors who warned him of the consequences but he decided to go ahead anyhow. I don't know the answer to that question, but if it was that way, it speaks badly of him.
... "Windows 10 was a great idea! Everything since Windows XP has been so well made! We are on top again, baby! Let's continue down this profitable road!"
That's the real danger, isn't it? That they will feel that they are doing things right with their spyware, their arrogance, and their disdain for the end user, even though the numbers show they have a long, long way to go to get back to where they were in terms of inflation-corrected dollars.
To me this seems to say that they've made some temporary gains/recovery by pushing Windows 10 and all the telemetry. Does this bode well for the long term? Doubtful.
But the people of importance are now saying Windows 10 is as good as or in some ways better than OSX.
People of importance from Microsoft, no doubt.
Only on the cshore.
Trump's abandonment of the One-China policy virtually guarantees that China will take Taiwan by force.
Two very big assumptions there, with no backup. The latter assumption especially is open to question.
I don't know, Philly Cheese Steaks are awesome.
Good, please stay in Iran.
Microsoft seems to arrogantly double down on everything people hate in Windows 10. Even if it was a great OS with awesome features and stellar usability (that's "if") I wouldn't want to use it at this point.
Sorry, but I prefer to, you know, own my own computer.
To be fair, though, smartphones and tablets are probably as bad or worse. Can we trust Android? iOS? Tell another joke.
I do have to say (though somewhat going off topic) that as a haole myself, I've only very seldom experienced prejudice. Maybe it's because I try to be respectful and don't have an attitude. I realize that even though I've been in Hawai`i for some years now, I'm really something of a guest in someone else's back yard ... and always will be.
Certainly, there are some here that will hate me just as a matter of principle. But I've found that to be surprisingly rare and not much of a problem.
Now, if you come here with an attitude, and think that Hawai`i ought to be some sort of tropical extension of the mainland, and think you're some sort of superior person with the right to look down on the "natives" then you're asking for it.
More interesting is probably the term that Native Hawaiians are using to describe him, which would be "haole".
Well, he is haole. The meaning of the word in the Hawaiian language is really "foreigner" but in common talk here, it has come to be a sometimes derisive term for a Caucasian. It can be, but is certainly not necessarily, racist or derogatory, and it isn't either of those in the true Hawaiian meaning of the word.
The Zuckerberg development was the lead front page story in today's Star Advertiser (our local Honolulu newspaper). It seemed to be to be presented in a negative light, as in, here goes another rich haole from the mainland grabbing Native Hawaiian land. It's easy to see it that way but in Hawai`i hardly anything is simple or straightforward, and I'm reserving judgment until I learn more about it, though siding with Zuckerberg would be pretty distasteful.
it seems like a tower of shit waiting to fall over
Definitely one of the most original expressions I've heard in some while!
reality is that people today are making significantly less for the same amount of work
True, at least from what I read and see. But this is not limited to millenials. Apparently it cuts across the workforce.
I've had luck hosting my website with them for a good 15 years. Of course I don't do ecommerce and my needs aren't super complex. Their prices have been okay and I've had very little site downtime.
If you need help, though .... well ... I'm glad I've not needed to call them more than about twice in all that time.
From TFS: "When Microsoft first launched Windows 10, it was generally well-received"
By whom? I don't recall much in the way of rave reviews except from paid promotors. I do recall quite a few people saying they'll stay on Windows 7, thank you.
Apple is selling tons of iPhone 7 units
Apple would sell tons of iPhone x units even if they were just an empty shell, as long as they were deemed "super cool" by the Apple crowd.
And actually, this is not so much a criticism as it is a salute to Apple marketing. They have built a base of incredibly loyal fans who will buy any Apple product at any price. This may well be unique in the history of business.
Spin it any way you wish. I still feel more secure with Linux than I ever would with Windows 10.
And to think, it's all the fault of straight white males.
Forgot to add ... if you want to get into conspiracies, let's talk about why the candidate I supported (Bernie) didn't have a chance.
I don't understand your response. The maps you reference show about what I said, big Hillary margins on the coasts (and some metropolis cities), Trump getting the in-between territory.
Your politico quote is misquoted --- it says Trump is now more popular than ever (that surprises me too but there you have it).
And I hardly claimed a Trump landslide --- it certainly wasn't. But he did win, and the explanation for that doesn't seem overly complex.