I've only ever seen that with "member-owned" credit unions, and in those situations the $25 is less of a fee and more a purchase of stock in the company.
FWIW, $25/share is a steal in a lot of these cases.
- OK with Rand: Giving 20 bucks to some homeless guy because you want to. - Not OK with Rand: Giving 20 bucks to some homeless guy because his condition somehow *entitles* him to your help. - Definitely NOT OK with Rand: Some thug(s) using force or threat of force to take that 20 bucks from you and handing it to an arbitrary group of bums they feels deserves your help. Typically as a selfish political strategy to maintain and increase that ability to use force.
So, in regards to TFA, I presume the employers using this system are the thugs in example 3, and the 'banks' issuing the cards are the "arbitrary group of bums"...
I don't recall anyone sitting down with me and explaining taxes, the penal code, family law (with regard to chihldren out of wedlock), and how to manage my checkbook. Other than only cursory explanations from my parents and some half-assed sex ed in school I had to figure out on my own what the implecations are of handling any of that stuff incorrectly.
This.
It seems the cocky fuckers blathering on about how their school taught these basic concepts (and thus, every other person on the planet should have the same information they do) are failing to understand that they are/were the lucky ones. Most of us had to learn about all that shit the hard way.
But, like most problems, if technology can solve it for you, why wouldn't you use it?
Well, that depends.
If the problem is that I need to learn concept X, but the technology provides the solution for me, then the problem isn't really solved, because I still don't know concept X.
... I just can't convince them to save that $180/yr. it boggles the mind. Of course these are the same people that are rich on payday. and broke the rest of the month.
If your advice is as terrible as your grammar and sentence structure, they're probably right to ignore you.
But in the overwhelming majority of cases, using the card involves a fee. And those fees can quickly add up: one provider, for example, charges $1.75 to make a withdrawal from most A.T.M.’s, $2.95 for a paper statement and $6 to replace a card. Some users even have to pay $7 inactivity fees for not using their cards.
I assume something like hostage-ware, but instead of locking your computer up it threatens to simulate a track-cleat-nut-stompin' every 20 minutes until you pay up...
to kill off the slow brain cells that are holding me back from synergizing my knowledge of vertically integrated mobile platforms in local cloud-based content management system datafication.
I don't do formal trainings, not any more. I'm happy with my focus on Android, but if I'd want to switch to other technologies, I'd download the tools and read the docs on the web. Same as I did for Android.
Any good (and preferably free as in "don't cost money") docs you can recommend? I've been wanting to do some stuff with Android, but coding has never been my forte.
I've always wanted to write my own programming language, if for no reason other than to give it a vulgar name... maybe COXUX or something like that... probably a good thing I chose a different path, eh?
Perhaps she's trying to actually read the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (which, ironically, has a picture of an overburdened sailing ship on the cover... foreshadowing?).
I'd probably be missing for a few weeks, too.
All kidding aside, I hope for the best, and if the worst be the case, I hope she went smiling.
Oh, it's quite specific - the problem is, we have a decent-sized contingent of people in this country who are convinced (or have been convinced) that the Constitution is a "Living Document," in the sense that the terminology updates as our language evolves; a prime example of this behavior is evident in the anti-gun activists who insist on using the modern definition of the term 'regulation,' i.e. 'strangled with bureaucratic red tape,' as opposed to honoring the spirit of the document by adhering to the definition of the term at the time the Constitution was written, i.e. something 'well-regulated' was properly functioning, like a clock that kept perfect time.
We have never, in our history, lived up to the lofty ideals set forth in the Constitution. While some find that as a reason to whine and/or insist on "modernizing" the document (which is really just a sneaky way of tricking us into giving up our liberties), I see it as a challenge: We should, as a society, spend every year attempting to inch closer to the concepts put forth by our fore fathers; the idea that all people have a right to be treated equally under the law; that liberty means having every right in the world so long as what you want to do doesn't infringe the right of others to do the same; the dream of a justice system that metes out true justice, and doesn't punish the lower classes more harshly than those who can afford to pay their way out. At the moment, we appear to be moving in the wrong direction; however, as history shows, public attitudes and consensus exist on the end of a pendulum, and mark my words, there will be a swing back.
The statements “lol” and “jk” — meaning “laughing out loud” and “just kidding” — indicate that Justin’s statement was entirely sarcastic, said his father.
But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter’s Austin address, determined that it was near an elementary school, and called the police.
Fucking Canadians...
This Canadian supports jail sentences for users of "LOL".
Which LOL? LoL, or lol?
Hilariously, in the context of this story, that actually does matter.
Same here; in a world with uber-cheap hosting and $10/yr domain names, 'free blog' sites like that are about as hip as bell-bottoms and piano key ties.
Define adult. Define occasional "adult". Any rule about adult content tends to be vague since that's the nature of the subject.
I'd like to see the definition too... TFA says it's not defined: "while the current Content Policy does not define what constitutes "adult" content." Is Victoria's Secret an "adult" site because they sell lingerie and other merchandise that's oriented towards adults? How about a ship-in-a-bottle websites because that's an interest generally held by adults? How about Good Vibrations because they sell sex toys and videos? How about a nudist oriented site because it shows people in the nude? How about a "Hot girls in bikinis!" site because it shows hot girls in bikinis? How about a school swim team site because it shows girls in bikinis?
I'd really like to see how Google draws the line between adult and non-adult.
I've got money down on pro-Second Amendment blogs as a target centered in the Goog's crosshairs.
My apologies, I should have looked at your first link and I didn't. So now I will address it: you need better sources of information.
... says the guy who links to a Wired article, as if that's the be-all-end-all of reliable sources.
How do you know said Pakistani general isn't a liar? Or perhaps he's taking a U.S. Government style approach, in which every dead body of someone he disagrees with is the dead body of a 'terrorist?'
FWIW, you can cite quotations from all the 'credentialed' people you want, I will never, ever accept the idea that children as young as age 6 deserve to be blown to tiny bits by murder-bots. Whatever happened to, "if it saves even 1 life, it's worth doing?" Oh, right, that only applies to forcing Americans to sacrifice our liberties. How naive of me to think that non-American people over deserve a right to life.
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I've only ever seen that with "member-owned" credit unions, and in those situations the $25 is less of a fee and more a purchase of stock in the company.
FWIW, $25/share is a steal in a lot of these cases.
- OK with Rand: Giving 20 bucks to some homeless guy because you want to.
- Not OK with Rand: Giving 20 bucks to some homeless guy because his condition somehow *entitles* him to your help.
- Definitely NOT OK with Rand: Some thug(s) using force or threat of force to take that 20 bucks from you and handing it to an arbitrary group of bums they feels deserves your help. Typically as a selfish political strategy to maintain and increase that ability to use force.
So, in regards to TFA, I presume the employers using this system are the thugs in example 3, and the 'banks' issuing the cards are the "arbitrary group of bums"...
I don't recall anyone sitting down with me and explaining taxes, the penal code, family law (with regard to chihldren out of wedlock), and how to manage my checkbook. Other than only cursory explanations from my parents and some half-assed sex ed in school I had to figure out on my own what the implecations are of handling any of that stuff incorrectly.
This.
It seems the cocky fuckers blathering on about how their school taught these basic concepts (and thus, every other person on the planet should have the same information they do) are failing to understand that they are/were the lucky ones. Most of us had to learn about all that shit the hard way.
Assignment 12-A is designed to require an average student approximately 20 minutes to solve.
Student #001A solves the problem in 3.5 minutes - Too easy for his skill level
Student #312Q solves the problem in 42.3 minutes - he is struggling and needs further assistance
Problem solved, and you didn't have to spend a dime placing spy-cams at every workstation. You're welcome.
But, like most problems, if technology can solve it for you, why wouldn't you use it?
Well, that depends.
If the problem is that I need to learn concept X, but the technology provides the solution for me, then the problem isn't really solved, because I still don't know concept X.
... I just can't convince them to save that $180/yr. it boggles the mind. Of course these are the same people that are rich on payday. and broke the rest of the month.
If your advice is as terrible as your grammar and sentence structure, they're probably right to ignore you.
But in the overwhelming majority of cases, using the card involves a fee. And those fees can quickly add up: one provider, for example, charges $1.75 to make a withdrawal from most A.T.M.’s, $2.95 for a paper statement and $6 to replace a card. Some users even have to pay $7 inactivity fees for not using their cards.
It's like the Company Store raped some sharecroppers, and this is their unruly bastard child...
I assume something like hostage-ware, but instead of locking your computer up it threatens to simulate a track-cleat-nut-stompin' every 20 minutes until you pay up...
I will check that link out, thanks for the info.
USB 3.0 cables are a marriage of two different connectors.
Abomination!
Marriage is only between 1 man and 1 woman! So sayeth the bearded fairy in the sky!
So why did God create the Gender changer ?
To test your faith, obviously.
Other than that, not irrelevant.
Lol, damn but do I love it when some high-and-mighty know-it-all makes such a novice mistake...
to kill off the slow brain cells that are holding me back from synergizing my knowledge of vertically integrated mobile platforms in local cloud-based content management system datafication.
Lemme guess... middle management.
I don't do formal trainings, not any more. I'm happy with my focus on Android, but if I'd want to switch to other technologies, I'd download the tools and read the docs on the web. Same as I did for Android.
Any good (and preferably free as in "don't cost money") docs you can recommend? I've been wanting to do some stuff with Android, but coding has never been my forte.
BSON is the way to go.
I've always wanted to write my own programming language, if for no reason other than to give it a vulgar name... maybe COXUX or something like that... probably a good thing I chose a different path, eh?
What? Not all technical skill are computer related, yo.
Perhaps she's trying to actually read the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (which, ironically, has a picture of an overburdened sailing ship on the cover... foreshadowing?).
I'd probably be missing for a few weeks, too.
All kidding aside, I hope for the best, and if the worst be the case, I hope she went smiling.
Oh, it's quite specific - the problem is, we have a decent-sized contingent of people in this country who are convinced (or have been convinced) that the Constitution is a "Living Document," in the sense that the terminology updates as our language evolves; a prime example of this behavior is evident in the anti-gun activists who insist on using the modern definition of the term 'regulation,' i.e. 'strangled with bureaucratic red tape,' as opposed to honoring the spirit of the document by adhering to the definition of the term at the time the Constitution was written, i.e. something 'well-regulated' was properly functioning, like a clock that kept perfect time.
We have never, in our history, lived up to the lofty ideals set forth in the Constitution. While some find that as a reason to whine and/or insist on "modernizing" the document (which is really just a sneaky way of tricking us into giving up our liberties), I see it as a challenge: We should, as a society, spend every year attempting to inch closer to the concepts put forth by our fore fathers; the idea that all people have a right to be treated equally under the law; that liberty means having every right in the world so long as what you want to do doesn't infringe the right of others to do the same; the dream of a justice system that metes out true justice, and doesn't punish the lower classes more harshly than those who can afford to pay their way out. At the moment, we appear to be moving in the wrong direction; however, as history shows, public attitudes and consensus exist on the end of a pendulum, and mark my words, there will be a swing back.
All just a matter of time.
You mean there's an opposition party
When it comes to 'hot-button' issues like immigration and gun control, yes.
I know, I find it surprising as well.
(since when were pro 2nd amendment sites considered adult sites).
Uh, since it was made illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to own a handgun.
Boner, er, I mean Boehner has already declared that he won't introduce the bill in the House.
Combine that with the 33 seat advantage that Repubs have... not gonna happen.
The statements “lol” and “jk” — meaning “laughing out loud” and “just kidding” — indicate that Justin’s statement was entirely sarcastic, said his father.
But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter’s Austin address, determined that it was near an elementary school, and called the police.
Fucking Canadians...
This Canadian supports jail sentences for users of "LOL".
Which LOL? LoL, or lol?
Hilariously, in the context of this story, that actually does matter.
I have completely forgotten about Blogger.
Same here; in a world with uber-cheap hosting and $10/yr domain names, 'free blog' sites like that are about as hip as bell-bottoms and piano key ties.
the new rule is not that "vague" at all
Define adult. Define occasional "adult". Any rule about adult content tends to be vague since that's the nature of the subject.
I'd like to see the definition too... TFA says it's not defined: "while the current Content Policy does not define what constitutes "adult" content." Is Victoria's Secret an "adult" site because they sell lingerie and other merchandise that's oriented towards adults? How about a ship-in-a-bottle websites because that's an interest generally held by adults? How about Good Vibrations because they sell sex toys and videos? How about a nudist oriented site because it shows people in the nude? How about a "Hot girls in bikinis!" site because it shows hot girls in bikinis? How about a school swim team site because it shows girls in bikinis?
I'd really like to see how Google draws the line between adult and non-adult.
I've got money down on pro-Second Amendment blogs as a target centered in the Goog's crosshairs.
The difference is that you have to tithe Apple $5 for a license.
FTFY; the word 'pay' just doesn't seem sanctimonious enough.
I don't believe you have the correct definition of what "tithe" means.
By golly, you're right - forgot that a tithe is only 1/10th (which, as we all know, is the part Apple doesn't feel entitled to).
Thanks for the correction!
My apologies, I should have looked at your first link and I didn't. So now I will address it: you need better sources of information.
... says the guy who links to a Wired article, as if that's the be-all-end-all of reliable sources.
How do you know said Pakistani general isn't a liar? Or perhaps he's taking a U.S. Government style approach, in which every dead body of someone he disagrees with is the dead body of a 'terrorist?'
FWIW, you can cite quotations from all the 'credentialed' people you want, I will never, ever accept the idea that children as young as age 6 deserve to be blown to tiny bits by murder-bots. Whatever happened to, "if it saves even 1 life, it's worth doing?" Oh, right, that only applies to forcing Americans to sacrifice our liberties. How naive of me to think that non-American people over deserve a right to life.