My dad has an infection in his arm which is only being moderately helped by intravenous Cipro and Vancomycin. They've sent a culture to Mayo to see if they can find a better treatment option but at this point I'm more than a little concerned. This stuff is already happening. They really need to get their heads out of the sand.
The real cause of the decline of software and user interfaces in particular is actually the pressure to continually release new versions and propel the continual upgrade cycle. A fully mature, bug-free, usable piece of software that does everything its users want it to do flawlessly is a very unprofitable piece of software because people will buy it once and use it forever without ever upgrading it. The answer is to keep adding useless features and revise and clutter up the UI with more and more crap to create the illusion that people are making productivity leaps by plunking down money on new versions, when in reality they are simply treading water or even going backwards as it becomes more difficult to do simple tasks that were once trivial and impossible to figure out how to do new things due to the overwhelming number of baubles and options.
Minnesota has done a few things recently on a state level that made me think there is a certain amount of mid-western sanity that they should start sharing with the coasts.
$500,000 invested wisely into a moderately aggressive portfolio at age 18 would make you extremely wealthy at retirement age. Why waste it on a college education that may or may not get you a job, and even if it does it will likely never earn you as much money as the original cost invested wisely?
That's not any different from the argument that companies shouldn't outsource manufacturing because it's eroding their customer base. It's meaningless in the era short term sales goals, meeting quarterly projections, and golden parachutes.
It boggles my mind to think that somewhere there is a upper management or C-suite executive that hatched and implemented this scheme and went home that day thinking 'job well done'. I wonder if his wife and kids are proud of him.
Actually I think this type of behavior probably is done by groups of people (committees, boards, etc) where they can feel like it's OK - as long as nobody disagrees, everyone else is OK with it too, so it can't be THAT bad.
Bananas aren't going extinct. However most bananas consumed in the US are Cavendish bananas which are essentially all clones of each other and are susceptible to Panama disease which is killing them all. Worst case we have to switch to another variety.
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Unfortunately, that's not really an issue for him as he has ESRD and is on kidney dialysis. It's not a good situation. But point well taken.
My dad has an infection in his arm which is only being moderately helped by intravenous Cipro and Vancomycin. They've sent a culture to Mayo to see if they can find a better treatment option but at this point I'm more than a little concerned. This stuff is already happening. They really need to get their heads out of the sand.
Excercise? Who needs it.
I remember that you could pay extra for the privilege of an "unlisted" number as well.
The Moto C Plus Plus!
Or automate. UBI could be the thing that finally forces industries to dive head-first into automation if their low-wage pool of employees dries up.
The real cause of the decline of software and user interfaces in particular is actually the pressure to continually release new versions and propel the continual upgrade cycle. A fully mature, bug-free, usable piece of software that does everything its users want it to do flawlessly is a very unprofitable piece of software because people will buy it once and use it forever without ever upgrading it. The answer is to keep adding useless features and revise and clutter up the UI with more and more crap to create the illusion that people are making productivity leaps by plunking down money on new versions, when in reality they are simply treading water or even going backwards as it becomes more difficult to do simple tasks that were once trivial and impossible to figure out how to do new things due to the overwhelming number of baubles and options.
How do you remember this?
Minnesota has done a few things recently on a state level that made me think there is a certain amount of mid-western sanity that they should start sharing with the coasts.
Just block it at the firewall.
$500,000 invested wisely into a moderately aggressive portfolio at age 18 would make you extremely wealthy at retirement age. Why waste it on a college education that may or may not get you a job, and even if it does it will likely never earn you as much money as the original cost invested wisely?
yeah, especially after Verizon and Charter merge.
I really want to buy one but at the same time I don't.
That's not any different from the argument that companies shouldn't outsource manufacturing because it's eroding their customer base. It's meaningless in the era short term sales goals, meeting quarterly projections, and golden parachutes.
We've known about this for years. Just ask any old person. Although, personally I prefer HD Sunglasses.
Just return the rest of the stuff. They'll eventually learn.
It boggles my mind to think that somewhere there is a upper management or C-suite executive that hatched and implemented this scheme and went home that day thinking 'job well done'. I wonder if his wife and kids are proud of him.
Actually I think this type of behavior probably is done by groups of people (committees, boards, etc) where they can feel like it's OK - as long as nobody disagrees, everyone else is OK with it too, so it can't be THAT bad.
Traffic circles.
I thought that was the purpose of whiskey.
This must be the reason. It's the only thing that makes sense!
The teams need to be privately funded.
Bananas aren't going extinct. However most bananas consumed in the US are Cavendish bananas which are essentially all clones of each other and are susceptible to Panama disease which is killing them all. Worst case we have to switch to another variety.
They'll continue to receive that check every month for two years straight, even if they find a job or continue to remain unemployed.
Not to mention the first cross country supersonic flight. The man had balls of steel.
Defect? No, it's a disease. Next time be a little more careful where you put that thing.