Irrelevant. The president is in charge of the executive branch, and is thus accountable for everything that happens in it. Harry Truman used to say that, and accepted responsibility for everything.
If the president became aware of this after it happened, he can issue a presidential pardon, and assure that it doesn't happen again. Getting a new AG would be a good start. Do you believe that any of these things have, or will, happen?
If you want the big job, you get the big responsibility too. No excuses.
But was the jury told that the material was classified, or that it "apparently should" have been classified? Even telling the jury that it was classified after the fact is unacceptably prejudicial. Was defense allowed to point out that the material wasn't classified at the time that the alleged act occurred? If not, then it's the same as an ex post facto law.
That's only a problem if you live alone. Even if you have a roommate instead of family, he's a real ass if he won't do a little grocery shopping for you when you're seriously sick. I've done it for people. There's also places like Peapod that will deliver groceries, or delivered takeout. Soup from your favorite Chinese restaurant is good when you're sick. Lastly, if you have a full-blown flu, how much work will you get done? Since going to work often means leaving the house anyway, you're better off using the little energy you have to buy necessities.
if you learn C++ you'll be a bonus to any project that hires you since too many C++ devs these days don't have a clue about low level bit twiddling or memory management
Unfortunately being a potential bonus to a project and getting hired are often two different things. My brother is an excellent C++ bit twiddler as well as knowing the "higher level" stuff. He was out of work for a long time despite that skill. Finally he got a job at a security company where the person hiring him saw an understanding of low level stuff as an important asset. That makes sense as obviously hacking into corporate systems involves a lot of low level twiddling. Maybe my brother's problem is that he was only interested in white hat stuff. You can't make money if you're too ethical.
A few caveats to my pessimistic view. He was looking for work back in 2010 when the economy was even worse than now. Also his degree is in a completely non-CS related subject.
Employers nowadays want 10 years experience on a tech that's only been available for 5 years (yes, it's that crazy)
a/k/a H-1B job listings - meant only to prove that there are no Americans to fill the job. The real disadvantage Americans have is that we have no time portals which allow you to get 10 years of experience with a 5 year old technology. Some other countries are obviously filled with these time portals, as companies are able to find people meeting the job qualifications in those countries.
FWD.US is obviously on the wrong tack with their "think of the children approach", when what we need is a program to make time portals widely available.
most of our cities are tailored for people and not cars
"Tailored for people" simply means more crowded. There are advantages to that. You have it mostly because European cities are older than American cities, not because of any great planning or foresight.
we have very good public transportation that you americans can't even begin to comprehend
I guess you've never been to NYC.
Just imagine people living up to 100 km from Paris or London and commuting every day to the city on a train.... in the US because of your hyper developed suburbia without cars you die
If you don't have highly developed suburbs, why would anyone need to travel 100km to the city every day?
saying that European cards are over twice as fuel efficient is a completely unfounded claim
An important factor is that European mileage (kilometerage?) measurements are total BS. In the US people the old EPA numbers were unrealistically high, but the new ones are realistic. By contrast, the European numbers are worse than the old EPA numbers. There are few if any restrictions on how you can modify the car for the tests. Thinner engine oil and tranny fluid, over-inflated tires, even duct tape over external vents and whatnot that increase the aerodynamic drag. So when people marvel at 55 mpg small European diesel cars that aren't sold in the US, take those numbers with a handful of salt. I'd guess that's more like 35-40 mpg in the new EPA tests.
If you want to increase the supply of donor organs, forget what some idiot economist (oops, redundant) says. Do a sensible thing like start a public service campaign. In NYS you can volunteer to donate your organs after death when you get a driver's license. I've volunteered, and so have many people I know. I suspect a lot of other people just need a nudge. Don't forget lots of poor desperate people for the commercials. Involve clergy too. I'm not aware of any major religion that objects to this practice, and it would be helpful to let people to know that. I've even got a great slogan: Remember folks, your soul can get to heaven faster if you leave your organs behind! Catchy, huh?
The organ theft urban legend has been around for a long time
It's an urban legend because it's hard to sell an organ to a specific buyer - you have to get a biological match. It would be a different story if there were an open market though. A randomly "harvested" organ would likely match somebody on the waiting list.
Somebody who is deranged enough to use violence or the threat of violence to get money will do so regardless of what specific mechanics are available.
Low level criminals do dumb, almost spur of the moment things, like rob banks. How dumb do you have to be to do that? There's so much security, and it's so high profile, that you might as well rob a police station instead.
Criminals who commit crimes that require serious planning are another story. For example, kidnapping is rare in this country because it's hard to get away with. Organ donations might be another story. If you choose random victims and plan it well murder is not that hard to get away with. Better yet, use imported organs. There are plenty of countries where, especially with the right connections, you could run a whole organ harvesting operation. Paperwork can always be faked, especially coming from such places.
That was true back in the 1960s, but the AMA isn't as influential in the current climate as they were.
In general you're right, but one thing they still have by the balls is medical education.
medical school that turns out high quality doctors is expensive and for somebody to invest in that, there has to be a higher ROI than using those funds elsewhere
With the exception of a few for-profits, universities are endowed, not invested in. Do you think Carnegie, Mellon, Stanford, Rockefellers, et al, were looking for an ROI? How about most of the states of the Union, which have state university systems?
I think the best thing that could be done is to make most people realize that the supposed STEM shortage is BS. Unfortunately the lie that there's a shortage is repeated so often, and so little questioned by people outside the field, that the average person takes it as an "everybody knows".
Americans think the idea of moving to metric is stupid
The US has been secretly metric for years. We may buy gasoline in gallons and have speed limits in mph, but the stuff we export is metric. I work for a large US electronics company and everything is metric. Most others are like that. American cars have been metric for decades. Etc.
Electrical engieneering is not the same as electronics engieneering
I've been an EE for decades, and never met anyone in the field who bothered with that distinction. There are so many specialties, why be obsessed with that one distinction?
Stop... summer off for school. Stop... 6 hour day. 9 hour day is what kids need.
We had summer vacations and 6 hour days back when the US invented the transistor, the laser and the integrated circuit, and sent men to the moon. It didn't seem to be a problem back then, so why is it now?
If you do not properly educate your population then eventually the country will collapse.
The US has its educational problems, but it has nothing to do with EE unemployment. We're talking about people who have received an education, but now find that it's useless to them.
Getting a BSEE before going into industry and getting your hands dirty has been the traditional route for over a century. Tesla did it that way. Why do you think it's suddenly a problem?
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Irrelevant. The president is in charge of the executive branch, and is thus accountable for everything that happens in it. Harry Truman used to say that, and accepted responsibility for everything.
If the president became aware of this after it happened, he can issue a presidential pardon, and assure that it doesn't happen again. Getting a new AG would be a good start. Do you believe that any of these things have, or will, happen?
If you want the big job, you get the big responsibility too. No excuses.
But was the jury told that the material was classified, or that it "apparently should" have been classified? Even telling the jury that it was classified after the fact is unacceptably prejudicial. Was defense allowed to point out that the material wasn't classified at the time that the alleged act occurred? If not, then it's the same as an ex post facto law.
I guess Obamacare will make aspirin illegal now as a preventative action.
That's the least of it. It will destroy our civilization and lead to Stalinism. I know that's true because I've read it on right-wing web sites.
Considering the population of the USA the percentage of the population killed each year by this is ...
Even though it probably won't kill you, most people like to get over the flu ASAP. If this helps quicken that, I'm all for it.
In Europe we call temperatures of more than 100 boiling, not fever. I'm surprised your kid lasted a week.
Don't act like you're all scientific and stuff until you start using Kelvin. Normal body temperature is 310.2K.
do you have a week's worth of food on hand?
That's only a problem if you live alone. Even if you have a roommate instead of family, he's a real ass if he won't do a little grocery shopping for you when you're seriously sick. I've done it for people. There's also places like Peapod that will deliver groceries, or delivered takeout. Soup from your favorite Chinese restaurant is good when you're sick. Lastly, if you have a full-blown flu, how much work will you get done? Since going to work often means leaving the house anyway, you're better off using the little energy you have to buy necessities.
if you learn C++ you'll be a bonus to any project that hires you since too many C++ devs these days don't have a clue about low level bit twiddling or memory management
Unfortunately being a potential bonus to a project and getting hired are often two different things. My brother is an excellent C++ bit twiddler as well as knowing the "higher level" stuff. He was out of work for a long time despite that skill. Finally he got a job at a security company where the person hiring him saw an understanding of low level stuff as an important asset. That makes sense as obviously hacking into corporate systems involves a lot of low level twiddling. Maybe my brother's problem is that he was only interested in white hat stuff. You can't make money if you're too ethical.
A few caveats to my pessimistic view. He was looking for work back in 2010 when the economy was even worse than now. Also his degree is in a completely non-CS related subject.
Employers nowadays want 10 years experience on a tech that's only been available for 5 years (yes, it's that crazy)
a/k/a H-1B job listings - meant only to prove that there are no Americans to fill the job. The real disadvantage Americans have is that we have no time portals which allow you to get 10 years of experience with a 5 year old technology. Some other countries are obviously filled with these time portals, as companies are able to find people meeting the job qualifications in those countries.
FWD.US is obviously on the wrong tack with their "think of the children approach", when what we need is a program to make time portals widely available.
most of our cities are tailored for people and not cars
"Tailored for people" simply means more crowded. There are advantages to that. You have it mostly because European cities are older than American cities, not because of any great planning or foresight.
we have very good public transportation that you americans can't even begin to comprehend
I guess you've never been to NYC.
Just imagine people living up to 100 km from Paris or London and commuting every day to the city on a train. ... in the US because of your hyper developed suburbia without cars you die
If you don't have highly developed suburbs, why would anyone need to travel 100km to the city every day?
saying that European cards are over twice as fuel efficient is a completely unfounded claim
An important factor is that European mileage (kilometerage?) measurements are total BS. In the US people the old EPA numbers were unrealistically high, but the new ones are realistic. By contrast, the European numbers are worse than the old EPA numbers. There are few if any restrictions on how you can modify the car for the tests. Thinner engine oil and tranny fluid, over-inflated tires, even duct tape over external vents and whatnot that increase the aerodynamic drag. So when people marvel at 55 mpg small European diesel cars that aren't sold in the US, take those numbers with a handful of salt. I'd guess that's more like 35-40 mpg in the new EPA tests.
If you want to increase the supply of donor organs, forget what some idiot economist (oops, redundant) says. Do a sensible thing like start a public service campaign. In NYS you can volunteer to donate your organs after death when you get a driver's license. I've volunteered, and so have many people I know. I suspect a lot of other people just need a nudge. Don't forget lots of poor desperate people for the commercials. Involve clergy too. I'm not aware of any major religion that objects to this practice, and it would be helpful to let people to know that. I've even got a great slogan: Remember folks, your soul can get to heaven faster if you leave your organs behind! Catchy, huh?
The organ theft urban legend has been around for a long time
It's an urban legend because it's hard to sell an organ to a specific buyer - you have to get a biological match. It would be a different story if there were an open market though. A randomly "harvested" organ would likely match somebody on the waiting list.
Crime should be illegal. (That's sarcasm.)
Sarcasm? You mean crime should be legal? :-)
Somebody who is deranged enough to use violence or the threat of violence to get money will do so regardless of what specific mechanics are available.
Low level criminals do dumb, almost spur of the moment things, like rob banks. How dumb do you have to be to do that? There's so much security, and it's so high profile, that you might as well rob a police station instead.
Criminals who commit crimes that require serious planning are another story. For example, kidnapping is rare in this country because it's hard to get away with. Organ donations might be another story. If you choose random victims and plan it well murder is not that hard to get away with. Better yet, use imported organs. There are plenty of countries where, especially with the right connections, you could run a whole organ harvesting operation. Paperwork can always be faked, especially coming from such places.
I think most people arguing against a market in organs ... would be less opposed if compensation was restricted to the families of dead people.
Depends on how they wind up dead.
Even this damnyankee knows the South isn't like that anymore. Wake up, this is the 21st century. You buy organs from China.
That was true back in the 1960s, but the AMA isn't as influential in the current climate as they were.
In general you're right, but one thing they still have by the balls is medical education.
medical school that turns out high quality doctors is expensive and for somebody to invest in that, there has to be a higher ROI than using those funds elsewhere
With the exception of a few for-profits, universities are endowed, not invested in. Do you think Carnegie, Mellon, Stanford, Rockefellers, et al, were looking for an ROI? How about most of the states of the Union, which have state university systems?
You can say the same thing about any "ism".
I think the best thing that could be done is to make most people realize that the supposed STEM shortage is BS. Unfortunately the lie that there's a shortage is repeated so often, and so little questioned by people outside the field, that the average person takes it as an "everybody knows".
most medical schools are at or near full capacity
An artificial restriction on supply. Clearly the AMA is a better union that the IEEE-USA.
Americans think the idea of moving to metric is stupid
The US has been secretly metric for years. We may buy gasoline in gallons and have speed limits in mph, but the stuff we export is metric. I work for a large US electronics company and everything is metric. Most others are like that. American cars have been metric for decades. Etc.
Electrical engieneering is not the same as electronics engieneering
I've been an EE for decades, and never met anyone in the field who bothered with that distinction. There are so many specialties, why be obsessed with that one distinction?
Stop ... summer off for school. Stop ... 6 hour day. 9 hour day is what kids need.
We had summer vacations and 6 hour days back when the US invented the transistor, the laser and the integrated circuit, and sent men to the moon. It didn't seem to be a problem back then, so why is it now?
If you do not properly educate your population then eventually the country will collapse.
The US has its educational problems, but it has nothing to do with EE unemployment. We're talking about people who have received an education, but now find that it's useless to them.
jobs declined by 10%, but the people looking for said work declined by 9% as well
Because they're now flipping burgers.
Getting a BSEE before going into industry and getting your hands dirty has been the traditional route for over a century. Tesla did it that way. Why do you think it's suddenly a problem?