I live in the Philippines, and the Chinese volunteer fire brigade are better-equipped than our government firefighters. Our police deparment is a joke, so we rely on private security guards for safety. Any person who earns at least the minimum wage won't seek medical assistance from government-run hospitals unless they want to die early.
I'm from a poor country, but I can't see how government-sponsored services are beneficial to society.
Why think so small? I, a geek member of the male Slashdot species, will use this technology to create a vast army of Natalie Portmans so that the world may welcome me as their overlord.
Solution:
- Lessen costs by investing in technology. A single robot is more efficient than a thousand underpaid workers.
- Improve quality by investing in research. Your business is less profitable because of Huwawei? No problem, just build a better router and bundle it with quality support.
- Protect your job by investing in education. Indians can easily steal your PHP job, but they will have a hard time stealing your kernel programming job.
How to make companies do the right investment:
- Stop protecting companies. If a company fails due to bad decision, let them fail and die. Don't give free tax money to failures. Encourage successful companies (i.e., companies with good leaders) to take their place.
I name my computers, VMs, and bots after female characters (Inara, Padme, Daenerys, Trinity, etc). It originated from a long forgotten time when I can't get laid.
Now why couldn't we have just done this three days ago instead of putting me through two days of hell?
Yes, sinusitis is really uncomfortable for us, but let's be thankful that we only have sinusitis. If doctors will always prescribe antibiotics to sinusitis patients, then bacteria would evolve so fast that antibiotics would be useless to people with life-threatening conditions.
Let's help the world be a better place by using antibiotics only as a last resort.
I used to experience this when I was young. Pentium II processors were bothersome because they made all these high pitched noises during processor-intensive operations. In some instances, I could even hear distinct sounds for each character whenever someone types using Wordstar or Newsmaster. It went away as I grew older...
I'm from the Philippines, and unlimited SMS and/or calls cost around $8/month. For prepaid plans, SMS costs $0.02 - $0.04 per message, and calls cost $0.15 - $0.30 per minute. Relatively fast 3G/HSDPA costs $1/day for prepaid, or $19/month for postpaid.
Patents are not the threat to the Internet-- I believe that the root cause of this problem is giving the government too much power. These douchebag lawyers are simply exploiting the government's power to coerce and threaten people with violence. Minimize or abolish the government, and these problems will go away...
The United States of America comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive republic were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the states. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the American people appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the President the executive powers of government.
But its fall was announced by a clearer omen than the flight of vultures: the American government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies of liberty, more odious and oppressive to its subjects.
"It's basically glowing cinders, or a well-lit charcoal," Vogt said. "We know about a lot of these, but they're thousands of degrees and not places where you could live."
Yeah, except for the Zerg. That planet is called Char.
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Sometimes, the 60-minute version of Nyan Cat and Badger Badger helps me tune out and concentrate on my code.
I used to get upset too, but I realized that this is the (fair) price we have to pay for enjoying a free service.
I don't have ADHD, I'm just creative!
This joke is not meme-compliant as per Slashdot policy. The sandwich needs to run on Linux.
I live in the Philippines, and the Chinese volunteer fire brigade are better-equipped than our government firefighters. Our police deparment is a joke, so we rely on private security guards for safety. Any person who earns at least the minimum wage won't seek medical assistance from government-run hospitals unless they want to die early.
I'm from a poor country, but I can't see how government-sponsored services are beneficial to society.
Personal responsibility is hard; it's easier to give up our rights in exchange for protection and favors from the government.
Translation for Gamers: Cheap Zerg vs Expensive Protoss. Who won the war? The Zerg.
This is Slashdot. Analogies involving women are invalid. Please use cars instead.
Use git for an Anarcho-Capitalist society!
The Autobots have arrived!
Yepp, China is currently bullying the Philippines so that they can steal oil from the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal.
I think mob-rule can best be described as Socialism, not Anarchy. Anarchy is self-rule.
Why think so small? I, a geek member of the male Slashdot species, will use this technology to create a vast army of Natalie Portmans so that the world may welcome me as their overlord.
Solution:
- Lessen costs by investing in technology. A single robot is more efficient than a thousand underpaid workers.
- Improve quality by investing in research. Your business is less profitable because of Huwawei? No problem, just build a better router and bundle it with quality support.
- Protect your job by investing in education. Indians can easily steal your PHP job, but they will have a hard time stealing your kernel programming job.
How to make companies do the right investment:
- Stop protecting companies. If a company fails due to bad decision, let them fail and die. Don't give free tax money to failures. Encourage successful companies (i.e., companies with good leaders) to take their place.
Q: Can $2.5M cars survive?
A: Of course, but you better be damn sure that it is of exceptional quality, and can accelerate 0-60 in 2.5 seconds.
I name my computers, VMs, and bots after female characters (Inara, Padme, Daenerys, Trinity, etc). It originated from a long forgotten time when I can't get laid.
Now why couldn't we have just done this three days ago instead of putting me through two days of hell?
Yes, sinusitis is really uncomfortable for us, but let's be thankful that we only have sinusitis. If doctors will always prescribe antibiotics to sinusitis patients, then bacteria would evolve so fast that antibiotics would be useless to people with life-threatening conditions.
Let's help the world be a better place by using antibiotics only as a last resort.
I used to experience this when I was young. Pentium II processors were bothersome because they made all these high pitched noises during processor-intensive operations. In some instances, I could even hear distinct sounds for each character whenever someone types using Wordstar or Newsmaster. It went away as I grew older...
I'm from the Philippines, and unlimited SMS and/or calls cost around $8/month. For prepaid plans, SMS costs $0.02 - $0.04 per message, and calls cost $0.15 - $0.30 per minute. Relatively fast 3G/HSDPA costs $1/day for prepaid, or $19/month for postpaid.
Patents are not the threat to the Internet-- I believe that the root cause of this problem is giving the government too much power. These douchebag lawyers are simply exploiting the government's power to coerce and threaten people with violence. Minimize or abolish the government, and these problems will go away...
The United States of America comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive republic were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the states. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the American people appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the President the executive powers of government.
But its fall was announced by a clearer omen than the flight of vultures: the American government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies of liberty, more odious and oppressive to its subjects.
I think Politics and Governments cause wars, so ... let us ban those!
I know this was supposedly a sarcastic comment, but abolishing (or at least minimizing) the government is a very good idea.
Or better said, if you're not the farmer, you're the pig. Free food, water and a place to live?!? What could possibly go wrong?
I will now use this argument against Socialism too. Thanks. :)
Dude, it's 2 fucking lines of Perl code. Don't believe me? Check out the code used for validating an e-mail address.
"It's basically glowing cinders, or a well-lit charcoal," Vogt said. "We know about a lot of these, but they're thousands of degrees and not places where you could live."
Yeah, except for the Zerg. That planet is called Char.