To be fair, [Jobs'] performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died.
That's like saying that Jesus Christ's performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died, yet hundreds of millions of Christians revere him. Regardless of whether I share that belief I respect it. By contrast people who revere Jobs the same way are just assholes.
I think the point here was that most people never even tried, having assumed...
You have assumed that most people have never even tried. An equally likely explanation is that people often don't want to advertise their failures to learn "basic skills".
Unless you have mental problems, a slow learner, etc...you CAN learn people skills like any other skills.
Why do you say that, because you did it and you've known other people that have? BFD. "Other skills" include math. Anyone should be able to learn it up to the level of at least basic differential equations (very far from an especially difficult math subject). I wasn't born with that ability, I had to learn it, and I've known other people who've done likewise. Ergo, according to your reasoning, you CAN learn math. Except that some people suck at math - not everyone has talents for the same things.
The classic example is people with Asperger's. Yes, I know half of all Slashdotters have self-diagnosed, but I'm not one of them. But Asperger's isn't a yes or no thing. In fact it's not really a separate diagnosis; the next edition of the DSM will classify it as high-functioning autism. There's a reason that they refer to the autism spectrum - it can vary from very severe to very mild, and from very low functioning to very high functioning. Hence there are also people who are sub-clinical, or in plain language lean that way a little. It's like saying that you can be a bit slow without being retarded, or untrusting without being paranoid.
The only reason that high-functioning autism is considered a disorder is that many (probably most) people consider "play the game" human interaction to be the most important thing in the world. Considering how the world runs more on bullshit than anything else, it may be. Maybe the world would be better if most people had the sort of straightforwardness that high functioning autism people do, and "play the game" human interaction was considered a harmful and manipulative disorder like sociopathy. If it were up to me I'd classify anyone who couldn't learn at least basic differential equations as having a math disorder.
That's just on aspect of of why not everyone "CAN learn people skills like any other skills". I could write at least a few paragraphs on psychological issues too, but suffice it to say you're being very egocentric.
As long as they don't get too dirty. Think Captcha - humans do better. It's the same problem that they have with bar codes on freight cars. Not to mention other contextual cues that humans can use.
The issue, as I understand it, with the SDC is road conditions, not obstacles of decent size (humans, bikes, other cars, etc). Potholes or things like ice or a broken piece of wood with nails sticking out of it.
Rain and snow are also problems for SDC's. With all that testing in SV they might not have considered such things (I think everybody stays indoors when it rains), but in most of the rest of the world they're common conditions.
Self-driving electric lorries would sharply reduce the cost of shipping by reducing fuel cost (my 12 gallon, 300-mile tank would cost $1.92 to fill if it were a Tesla electric Model S) and eliminating the wages of the truck driver for the 5000-mile, multi-day, cross-country journey.
Here is a simpler idea using existing technology: freight trains. You still need trucks (eh, lorries) for local delivery, but even if they have a driver they can be electric. It's also quite different than your 5000 mi example. For anything over about 200 mi, intermodal (train/truck) uses less energy and is generally cheaper. I don't know about the UK, but what the US needs is more intermodal facilities and better coordination. Even still it's more widely used in the US than many people realize. Trains can be electric of course, but even if you don't want to pay to electrify long distance lines, trains use about 1/3 the amount of diesel fuel that trucks do per ton-mile.
Rethink what you are saying. "It's against the constiution, but it's their job, so it's OK.
An unclear antecedent, not unclear thinking. Warrantless wiretapping is against the 4th Amendment, but foreign SIGINT (what the latest news is about) is their job.
Yes, which is why he's gone too far. I think the people wiping their asses with the 4th Amendment should be prosecuted (note that may include high office), but this is the NSA's job, and like most people I support it as necessary and useful.
Snowden is a whistleblower. He deserves our thanks, and an apology from everyone who's demanded that he be prosecuted.
I agree, but now he's gone too far. The crimes were spying on the American people without warrants. But this sort of interception of information is exactly what the NSA is supposed to do. There has never been any secret about that, and I support it as useful intelligence. If Snowden keeps this up, he's going to alienate his supporters, or at the very least give a lot of ammo to his detractors.
Get an account and when you log in you have the option to disable ads. I also find it unusable before I log in, with too much video and endlessly piggy scripts. I have no problem with advertising (something's got to pay the bills) if it doesn't half-trash my machine.
The problem with those things is that they require thought and judgement, which if they ever existed in the students, the B-schools expunge. Simple-minded "numerical" analysis is what they emphasize. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Talk to the GGP. He's the one that chose to categorize politics as such. Should I go on a grand dissertation of shades of gray? Sorry, no time for that now. I just told him how full of shit he is.
There's also the problem that CDS's are insurance, but because of deliberate technicalities are not regulated as such. The laws and regulations that have been introduced since the 17th century, which keep insurance from being a complete scam or gamble, didn't apply. You could get a CDS on something you didn't even own; you could even get CDS's for several times the value. That's like letting me take out a $1M insurance policy on your $300k home, and then looking the other way when I go to your place and play with matches. It's a setup that's pretty much guaranteed to explode at some time - it doesn't take much to set it off.
Liberals will be furious at your claim..... because it puts the Government in a "bad nanny" position.
Listen to Rush Limbaugh much? Try thinking instead of regurgitating. Here's a book by a serious and unabashed lefty: The Conservative Nanny State. Sorry if the cognitive dissonance makes your head hurt.
Compared to all the other banks that took stupid risks GS was one of the firm that actaully did not require the bailout money due to their better risk management..
They got TARP money, a few billion form the AIG bailout, etc. They also got to declare themselves a "bank" (as in a depository bank, not an investment bank, which is what they are). That gave them access to billions in effectively interest free loans from the Fed. If you don't think that's a bailout, try getting a 0.1% loan from the Fed. I'd love to get that deal for my mortgage.
This is normal behavior for a plant inoculated with mycorrhizae...
No kidding, but there is a bit more to their work. Otherwise please explain why these girls won three of the most prestigious science contests. I doubt the judges are idiots.
My "I haven't checked Google to be sure" guess is the waters within 100 miles of the US west coast and a 100 mile circle around Hawaii are the only waters declared as US waters.
The US claims territorial waters only up to 12 nautical miles from the shore, which is the maximum allowed by international law.
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US warships really shouldn't be anywhere near China
They're not. The Spratly islands (map here) are hundreds of miles from China. They're much closer to the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. Should we avoid sailing near any of those countries in case China's next claim is that those countries are all historically part of China?
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The H1B problem is largely a West coast issue.
I wish you were right, but take it from someone on the East Coast: you're wrong.
To be fair, [Jobs'] performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died.
That's like saying that Jesus Christ's performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died, yet hundreds of millions of Christians revere him. Regardless of whether I share that belief I respect it. By contrast people who revere Jobs the same way are just assholes.
I think the point here was that most people never even tried, having assumed ...
You have assumed that most people have never even tried. An equally likely explanation is that people often don't want to advertise their failures to learn "basic skills".
Unless you have mental problems, a slow learner, etc...you CAN learn people skills like any other skills.
Why do you say that, because you did it and you've known other people that have? BFD. "Other skills" include math. Anyone should be able to learn it up to the level of at least basic differential equations (very far from an especially difficult math subject). I wasn't born with that ability, I had to learn it, and I've known other people who've done likewise. Ergo, according to your reasoning, you CAN learn math. Except that some people suck at math - not everyone has talents for the same things.
The classic example is people with Asperger's. Yes, I know half of all Slashdotters have self-diagnosed, but I'm not one of them. But Asperger's isn't a yes or no thing. In fact it's not really a separate diagnosis; the next edition of the DSM will classify it as high-functioning autism. There's a reason that they refer to the autism spectrum - it can vary from very severe to very mild, and from very low functioning to very high functioning. Hence there are also people who are sub-clinical, or in plain language lean that way a little. It's like saying that you can be a bit slow without being retarded, or untrusting without being paranoid.
The only reason that high-functioning autism is considered a disorder is that many (probably most) people consider "play the game" human interaction to be the most important thing in the world. Considering how the world runs more on bullshit than anything else, it may be. Maybe the world would be better if most people had the sort of straightforwardness that high functioning autism people do, and "play the game" human interaction was considered a harmful and manipulative disorder like sociopathy. If it were up to me I'd classify anyone who couldn't learn at least basic differential equations as having a math disorder.
That's just on aspect of of why not everyone "CAN learn people skills like any other skills". I could write at least a few paragraphs on psychological issues too, but suffice it to say you're being very egocentric.
It can use OCR to read signs.
As long as they don't get too dirty. Think Captcha - humans do better. It's the same problem that they have with bar codes on freight cars. Not to mention other contextual cues that humans can use.
I've had someone step out in front of me three or four times, maybe?
You obviously don't drive in Manhattan.
The issue, as I understand it, with the SDC is road conditions, not obstacles of decent size (humans, bikes, other cars, etc). Potholes or things like ice or a broken piece of wood with nails sticking out of it.
Rain and snow are also problems for SDC's. With all that testing in SV they might not have considered such things (I think everybody stays indoors when it rains), but in most of the rest of the world they're common conditions.
Self-driving electric lorries would sharply reduce the cost of shipping by reducing fuel cost (my 12 gallon, 300-mile tank would cost $1.92 to fill if it were a Tesla electric Model S) and eliminating the wages of the truck driver for the 5000-mile, multi-day, cross-country journey.
Here is a simpler idea using existing technology: freight trains. You still need trucks (eh, lorries) for local delivery, but even if they have a driver they can be electric. It's also quite different than your 5000 mi example. For anything over about 200 mi, intermodal (train/truck) uses less energy and is generally cheaper. I don't know about the UK, but what the US needs is more intermodal facilities and better coordination. Even still it's more widely used in the US than many people realize. Trains can be electric of course, but even if you don't want to pay to electrify long distance lines, trains use about 1/3 the amount of diesel fuel that trucks do per ton-mile.
In other words, the same sad story as the US.
Rethink what you are saying. "It's against the constiution, but it's their job, so it's OK.
An unclear antecedent, not unclear thinking. Warrantless wiretapping is against the 4th Amendment, but foreign SIGINT (what the latest news is about) is their job.
Yes, which is why he's gone too far. I think the people wiping their asses with the 4th Amendment should be prosecuted (note that may include high office), but this is the NSA's job, and like most people I support it as necessary and useful.
Snowden is a whistleblower. He deserves our thanks, and an apology from everyone who's demanded that he be prosecuted.
I agree, but now he's gone too far. The crimes were spying on the American people without warrants. But this sort of interception of information is exactly what the NSA is supposed to do. There has never been any secret about that, and I support it as useful intelligence. If Snowden keeps this up, he's going to alienate his supporters, or at the very least give a lot of ammo to his detractors.
RTFA. It doesn't say those aren't factors, just that there are also genetic factors.
Get an account and when you log in you have the option to disable ads. I also find it unusable before I log in, with too much video and endlessly piggy scripts. I have no problem with advertising (something's got to pay the bills) if it doesn't half-trash my machine.
The Bill of Rights was was written by 18th century terrorists and c***d molesters. It would never pass congress today.
The problem with those things is that they require thought and judgement, which if they ever existed in the students, the B-schools expunge. Simple-minded "numerical" analysis is what they emphasize. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Talk to the GGP. He's the one that chose to categorize politics as such. Should I go on a grand dissertation of shades of gray? Sorry, no time for that now. I just told him how full of shit he is.
There's also the problem that CDS's are insurance, but because of deliberate technicalities are not regulated as such. The laws and regulations that have been introduced since the 17th century, which keep insurance from being a complete scam or gamble, didn't apply. You could get a CDS on something you didn't even own; you could even get CDS's for several times the value. That's like letting me take out a $1M insurance policy on your $300k home, and then looking the other way when I go to your place and play with matches. It's a setup that's pretty much guaranteed to explode at some time - it doesn't take much to set it off.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
From the folks who brought you the Dred Scott decision and the Slaughterhouse cases: the Supreme Court has declared bribery legal.
Liberals will be furious at your claim..... because it puts the Government in a "bad nanny" position.
Listen to Rush Limbaugh much? Try thinking instead of regurgitating. Here's a book by a serious and unabashed lefty: The Conservative Nanny State. Sorry if the cognitive dissonance makes your head hurt.
Compared to all the other banks that took stupid risks GS was one of the firm that actaully did not require the bailout money due to their better risk management..
They got TARP money, a few billion form the AIG bailout, etc. They also got to declare themselves a "bank" (as in a depository bank, not an investment bank, which is what they are). That gave them access to billions in effectively interest free loans from the Fed. If you don't think that's a bailout, try getting a 0.1% loan from the Fed. I'd love to get that deal for my mortgage.
Our government clearly lacks the balls to regulate the banks and provide leadership. This is just sad.
I disagree. It's not lack of balls, but a combination of regulatory capture and (generally legal) bribery.
This is normal behavior for a plant inoculated with mycorrhizae ...
No kidding, but there is a bit more to their work. Otherwise please explain why these girls won three of the most prestigious science contests. I doubt the judges are idiots.
My "I haven't checked Google to be sure" guess is the waters within 100 miles of the US west coast and a 100 mile circle around Hawaii are the only waters declared as US waters.
The US claims territorial waters only up to 12 nautical miles from the shore, which is the maximum allowed by international law.
US warships really shouldn't be anywhere near China
They're not. The Spratly islands (map here) are hundreds of miles from China. They're much closer to the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. Should we avoid sailing near any of those countries in case China's next claim is that those countries are all historically part of China?