Actually my comment was quite sincere and not trolling. Now, I did NOT vote for Trump nor did I support him. Neither do I hate him; I try not to hate anyone.
My intent was simply to point out that at least as I see it, Obama got rather gentle treatment from the public and the press. (I am not making a judgment as to whether that was or was not warranted.) Trump gets very harsh treatment from (much of) the public and the press. (Again, no judgment as to justification.)
What happens, though, is that objectivity is lost. Everything Obama did is "good." Everything Trump does is "bad." Even if they are one and the same thing.
Another issue is the open data requirement. It's a nice idea, but a lot of studies are done with proprietary data, and even for the ones with open data the EPA is going to have to jump through a lot of red tape to satisfy the requirements.
I can see that side of the question, but in the end, if EPA can promulgate regulations without revealing the underlying data, we're accepting the argument, "Trust us, we're your government." Are we really willing to go there? We're forced into that situation with our spy agencies. How well has that worked out for us?
As an MIT alum, I'm getting tired of MIT's far left politics, and as a regular alumni donor, I've told them as much. I no longer want to see their leftist emails and leftist publications.
MIT, as a great science and engineering institution, should stick to science and engineering and drop the politics.
What's really fascinating in a disheartening way is that an emoji app is at the top of the list. It says a lot about "smart" phone/device users, at least on a collective basis.
I'm glad I'm not so shallow, and use my smartphone for serious and productive purposes, like playing card games.
Sure there are trade-offs between living in the greater metropolitan/urban areas, you have to decide about your lifestyle and what suits it best.
This is precisely the point. It's a decision made up of various factors and the answers depend upon the circumstances and desires of the individuals involved.
I've lived both styles (urban and suburban). They both have advantages and disadvantages. Right now, as a retiree, urban suits me because we don't need or want a large footprint and we don't want to be driving into town for most of the things that we need and want to do. When we had a houseful of kids, it was a different equation with different variables.
"List every place you've ever lived from birth to the present. Give complete address details including apartment numbers, postal codes, and exact starting and ending dates specifying month, day, and year. In each case, state your reason for moving. There may be no gaps in the dates. Write legibly and clearly."
And of course, the space for listing this is about a half inch tall.
I was once asked to list every address I had ever lived at. That's just about impossible unless you stayed in the house into which you were born for your whole life.
The budget is a starting point and I think it was deliberately crafted in an extreme manner to get people's attention--- and it certainly has. But what really happens is certainly going to look a lot different. What that may be is anyone's guess right now.
The problem is that a tablet/phablet is not a decent productivity tool. It's great for media consumption and maybe social media, but lousy for real work. The tools aren't right, the multitasking really isn't right, and most of the bluetooth keyboards are pretty inadequate.
I have an old Acer netbook, circa 2009, that still works well and I'm much more productive on that than I am on my much more expensive tablet.
You remind me of what was once said in the North Dakota state legislature, by one of the brilliant state representatives, when they were considering (but ultimately rejected) the idea of opting out of DST: "I don't know. My garden needs that extra hour of daylight."
Heh. I once worked at a place where a project manager thought (correctly) that IBM was doing a poor job as systems integrator, so he brought in Oracle instead. They shipped in their busload of IROCs (idiots right outta college) and things got worse and worse until finally the project was ended and declared a success by senior management.
I discovered org-passwords which works with GPG and emacs org-mode. Of course it means you need your computer, not much use when you're away with no laptop and using public terminals or the like --- but you shouldn't be doing anything critical from such locations anyhow.
And if it's a $50 laser printer, undoubtedly it comes with a "starter" cartridge that will print a handful of pages, but you can buy a regular capacity cartridge for another $100. But don't worry about buying a second $100 cartridge because the printer won't last that long.
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Actually my comment was quite sincere and not trolling. Now, I did NOT vote for Trump nor did I support him. Neither do I hate him; I try not to hate anyone.
My intent was simply to point out that at least as I see it, Obama got rather gentle treatment from the public and the press. (I am not making a judgment as to whether that was or was not warranted.) Trump gets very harsh treatment from (much of) the public and the press. (Again, no judgment as to justification.)
What happens, though, is that objectivity is lost. Everything Obama did is "good." Everything Trump does is "bad." Even if they are one and the same thing.
Actually now I'm waiting to hear why something that was good when Obama did it is now bad when Trump does the exact same thing.
I'm sure I won't have to wait for long.
Marketers overpromise and underdeliver. Who woudda guessed ....
Another issue is the open data requirement. It's a nice idea, but a lot of studies are done with proprietary data, and even for the ones with open data the EPA is going to have to jump through a lot of red tape to satisfy the requirements.
I can see that side of the question, but in the end, if EPA can promulgate regulations without revealing the underlying data, we're accepting the argument, "Trust us, we're your government." Are we really willing to go there? We're forced into that situation with our spy agencies. How well has that worked out for us?
You can do that but are you then safe from Microsoft or Apple taking whatever they want from your computer and phoning it home?
No. And if you trust Microsoft to stop spying when you make use of the user-facing privacy options, you are indeed a trusting person.
What the ISP knows about you is much less than what Microsoft knows about you.
As an MIT alum, I'm getting tired of MIT's far left politics, and as a regular alumni donor, I've told them as much. I no longer want to see their leftist emails and leftist publications.
MIT, as a great science and engineering institution, should stick to science and engineering and drop the politics.
What's really fascinating in a disheartening way is that an emoji app is at the top of the list. It says a lot about "smart" phone/device users, at least on a collective basis.
I'm glad I'm not so shallow, and use my smartphone for serious and productive purposes, like playing card games.
Sure there are trade-offs between living in the greater metropolitan/urban areas, you have to decide about your lifestyle and what suits it best.
This is precisely the point. It's a decision made up of various factors and the answers depend upon the circumstances and desires of the individuals involved.
I've lived both styles (urban and suburban). They both have advantages and disadvantages. Right now, as a retiree, urban suits me because we don't need or want a large footprint and we don't want to be driving into town for most of the things that we need and want to do. When we had a houseful of kids, it was a different equation with different variables.
That's sort of a corollary to this.
"List every place you've ever lived from birth to the present. Give complete address details including apartment numbers, postal codes, and exact starting and ending dates specifying month, day, and year. In each case, state your reason for moving. There may be no gaps in the dates. Write legibly and clearly."
And of course, the space for listing this is about a half inch tall.
I was once asked to list every address I had ever lived at. That's just about impossible unless you stayed in the house into which you were born for your whole life.
Premium tweets? Now I've heard it all.
Well, I got modded as "flamebait" :)
Its because we always verify information from people 'are they lying or wrong'. But totally trust the computer. It has no motive to lie.
I can see you're not using Windows 10.
The budget is a starting point and I think it was deliberately crafted in an extreme manner to get people's attention--- and it certainly has. But what really happens is certainly going to look a lot different. What that may be is anyone's guess right now.
I see your viewpoint, but some of us work in coffee shops and libraries to avoid the noise and distraction at home.
Not in North Dakota!
So then if sunset yesterday was at 6 PM, then right after DST starts it will be at 5 PM by the above logic. But that's the opposite of what happens.
The problem is that a tablet/phablet is not a decent productivity tool. It's great for media consumption and maybe social media, but lousy for real work. The tools aren't right, the multitasking really isn't right, and most of the bluetooth keyboards are pretty inadequate.
I have an old Acer netbook, circa 2009, that still works well and I'm much more productive on that than I am on my much more expensive tablet.
You remind me of what was once said in the North Dakota state legislature, by one of the brilliant state representatives, when they were considering (but ultimately rejected) the idea of opting out of DST: "I don't know. My garden needs that extra hour of daylight."
I think you've got it backwards. With DST, "light" hours are shifted from the morning to the evening. Sunrise is "later" by the clock, not earlier.
A long ways down from the company that created OS/2 (but then failed to know how to market it, despite its clear superiority).
Heh. I once worked at a place where a project manager thought (correctly) that IBM was doing a poor job as systems integrator, so he brought in Oracle instead. They shipped in their busload of IROCs (idiots right outta college) and things got worse and worse until finally the project was ended and declared a success by senior management.
I discovered org-passwords which works with GPG and emacs org-mode. Of course it means you need your computer, not much use when you're away with no laptop and using public terminals or the like --- but you shouldn't be doing anything critical from such locations anyhow.
Could you tell us what model this is and about what it costs?
And if it's a $50 laser printer, undoubtedly it comes with a "starter" cartridge that will print a handful of pages, but you can buy a regular capacity cartridge for another $100. But don't worry about buying a second $100 cartridge because the printer won't last that long.