you're pulling excuses out of your butt. the military has already done studies and determined that trans folk in the military are not a problem. they are probably more familiar with the situation than you, random slashdot guy. http://www.rand.org/content/da...
trans folks have been serving in the military for years already. if a particular person is a problem, they can be removed for their specific actions that are problematic. a blanket ban on all trans folks, however, is an entirely different matter. he's just scapegoating.
the military currently spends about 5x as much on viagra prescriptions alone, as it does on gender reassignment & related trans expenses
it's absurd to pretend this has anything to do with money.
being transgender does not mean you have an ongoing identity crisis. some transgender folks do, and they could be barred from the military for being mentally unstable, but that should be a case by case basis. trans folks that are mentally stable are just as fit to serve as anyone else.
$1.00 * 1.01 = $1.01 (first cycle) $1.01 * 1.01 = $1.0201 (second cycle) $1.0201 * 1.01 = $1.030301 (third cycle).. this can be simplified to 1.01^x where x is the number of times you run thru the cycle.. $1.01^121 = $3.33 after 121 cycles
the news orgs may have hated Trump, but they handed him the election nonetheless. Probably because they all assumed Hillary was going to win, and created stories accordingly, to sensationalize and get viewers instead of influence the election.
The vast majority of news coverage was about Hillary's emails and how Trump was a bad person. There was nearly no discussion on their actual policies, or attempts to get Trump to even commit to policies.
Many voters went into the voting booth having very little idea what the two candidates would actually do once in office, which worked very much in favor of Trump.
To wit: the majority of Trump voters polled thought that Trump would be RAISING taxes on the rich. Many Trump voters rely on the ACA, but were quoted as saying they didn't think he would actually repeal it. etc etc.
it may be the same way he mocks able-bodied folks, but WHY does he do it in that particular manner? If not to mock the particular physical disability that some folks have? (including the reporter in question)
it seems pretty clear that the jerking, arm-clutched-to-the-chest motion is the same thing that elementary school kids do to make fun of disabled people. surely you aren't claiming it to be purely coincidental that he chose that very specific physical action.
if your argument is that he mocks able-bodied and disabled folks in the same way, by pretending they all have a physical disability of the arm and hand that causes muscle spasms, then you aren't really helping the case.
if you are already paying for internet access to.... you know... ACCESS THE INTERNET, like for instance to post on slashdot, then you cannot say it is a cost of Netflix or other online television subscription. you are already paying for internet access anyways, so netflix is only costing a whopping $7.99/mo
given the amount of content available on netflix as compared to whatever tiny handful of channels you get from your antennae, i'd say that's a $7.99/mo well spent
yes, it's quite plausible that having insurance for a few years would be the difference between dying to cancer, versus surviving it via radiation and/or chemo, or getting a transplant for a cancerous organ.
Depending on where you draw the line, fake news is shit like 'Obama appoints sharia council' - online equivalents to the National Enquirer, where they literally just make things up to create juicy clickbait headlines that then spread like wildfire through all the idiots on FB. Or, it is stuff like Breitbart that may start with something kinda factual but present it in unbelievably biased or dishonest ways. There is a lot of grey area, but some sites are definitely well into the muck of what any reasonable person interested in objective reality would call 'fake news.'
Or, I know this is wild but bear with me here, MAYBE IT JUST WORKS IN A WAY WE DON'T UNDERSTAND YET. Like for instance, maybe it emits photons as thrust, which would not violate any laws, and is mentioned in many of the articles discussing the engine.
that's the hiring equivalent of cutting through a gas station to avoid traffic and turn right at a red light, then telling the officer 'oh, no, officer, i wasn't illegally bypassing traffic, i was going to the gas station and then changed my mind in the parking lot'
you think you're clever, but a judge will just laugh at you and bust your ass.
so what you really mean is 'someone else already wrote a program to identify any car that drives by with good accuracy just by matching it against known engine sounds, and i can write a several-line script to call that program'
which is way less impressive than your original, misleading claim.
of course you can build a PC from parts for much less than a prebuilt machine such as a mac. ho hum. companies assemble components and mark finished items up for profit, news at eleven.
find me a PREBUILT computer, from a sizable vendor, with equivalent hardware AND EQUIVALENT BUILD QUALITY, that is significantly cheaper than a comparable mac. not as easy, eh?
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you're pulling excuses out of your butt. the military has already done studies and determined that trans folk in the military are not a problem. they are probably more familiar with the situation than you, random slashdot guy. http://www.rand.org/content/da...
trans folks have been serving in the military for years already. if a particular person is a problem, they can be removed for their specific actions that are problematic. a blanket ban on all trans folks, however, is an entirely different matter. he's just scapegoating.
the military currently spends about 5x as much on viagra prescriptions alone, as it does on gender reassignment & related trans expenses
it's absurd to pretend this has anything to do with money.
being transgender does not mean you have an ongoing identity crisis. some transgender folks do, and they could be barred from the military for being mentally unstable, but that should be a case by case basis. trans folks that are mentally stable are just as fit to serve as anyone else.
the military currently spends about 5x as much on viagra prescriptions alone, as it does on gender reassignment & related trans expenses
it's absurd to pretend this has anything to do with money.
from the fucking summary: "Although we maintain editorial control..." which one could interpret to mean 'we still have CMS access but not file access'
$1.00 * 1.01 = $1.01 (first cycle) .. ..
$1.01 * 1.01 = $1.0201 (second cycle)
$1.0201 * 1.01 = $1.030301 (third cycle)
this can be simplified to 1.01^x where x is the number of times you run thru the cycle
$1.01^121 = $3.33 after 121 cycles
inflation used to be a lot higher, too
one could even make the argument that the two things are related
the news orgs may have hated Trump, but they handed him the election nonetheless. Probably because they all assumed Hillary was going to win, and created stories accordingly, to sensationalize and get viewers instead of influence the election.
The vast majority of news coverage was about Hillary's emails and how Trump was a bad person. There was nearly no discussion on their actual policies, or attempts to get Trump to even commit to policies.
Many voters went into the voting booth having very little idea what the two candidates would actually do once in office, which worked very much in favor of Trump.
To wit: the majority of Trump voters polled thought that Trump would be RAISING taxes on the rich. Many Trump voters rely on the ACA, but were quoted as saying they didn't think he would actually repeal it. etc etc.
well i've got this rash on my leg, and my toenails are way too thick
no, i've got plenty of other complaints too, this was just the one that the great-great-grandparent brought up.
you didn't answer the question at all.
it may be the same way he mocks able-bodied folks, but WHY does he do it in that particular manner? If not to mock the particular physical disability that some folks have? (including the reporter in question)
it seems pretty clear that the jerking, arm-clutched-to-the-chest motion is the same thing that elementary school kids do to make fun of disabled people. surely you aren't claiming it to be purely coincidental that he chose that very specific physical action.
if your argument is that he mocks able-bodied and disabled folks in the same way, by pretending they all have a physical disability of the arm and hand that causes muscle spasms, then you aren't really helping the case.
so how would you describe the jerking, arm-clutched-to-the-chest motion he was making when he mocked the guy? what was the significance of it?
it sure reminded me of how kids in elementary school would mock 'retards'
perhaps there is some other meaning behind the motion that I am not aware of?
if you are already paying for internet access to.... you know... ACCESS THE INTERNET, like for instance to post on slashdot, then you cannot say it is a cost of Netflix or other online television subscription. you are already paying for internet access anyways, so netflix is only costing a whopping $7.99/mo
given the amount of content available on netflix as compared to whatever tiny handful of channels you get from your antennae, i'd say that's a $7.99/mo well spent
cancer DEATHS, not incidences of new cancer.
yes, it's quite plausible that having insurance for a few years would be the difference between dying to cancer, versus surviving it via radiation and/or chemo, or getting a transplant for a cancerous organ.
when someone fires a pistol at you, should we only prosecute if the bullet hits?
Depending on where you draw the line, fake news is shit like 'Obama appoints sharia council' - online equivalents to the National Enquirer, where they literally just make things up to create juicy clickbait headlines that then spread like wildfire through all the idiots on FB. Or, it is stuff like Breitbart that may start with something kinda factual but present it in unbelievably biased or dishonest ways. There is a lot of grey area, but some sites are definitely well into the muck of what any reasonable person interested in objective reality would call 'fake news.'
The US has been mucking around influencing foreign governments for many, many decades. Kinda sucks when someone does it to us.
He's probably going to appoint Steven Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs alumni, as the Treasury Secretary. Feel betrayed yet? You should.
This is where everyone finds out that their "anti-establishment" candidate is actually not. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
http://www.politico.com/story/...
as deployed.
blame the deployers - the smartphone makers - not Google.
Or, I know this is wild but bear with me here, MAYBE IT JUST WORKS IN A WAY WE DON'T UNDERSTAND YET. Like for instance, maybe it emits photons as thrust, which would not violate any laws, and is mentioned in many of the articles discussing the engine.
i think you mean to say 'a vanishingly small percentage of Islam', you bigot.
that's the hiring equivalent of cutting through a gas station to avoid traffic and turn right at a red light, then telling the officer 'oh, no, officer, i wasn't illegally bypassing traffic, i was going to the gas station and then changed my mind in the parking lot'
you think you're clever, but a judge will just laugh at you and bust your ass.
so what you really mean is 'someone else already wrote a program to identify any car that drives by with good accuracy just by matching it against known engine sounds, and i can write a several-line script to call that program'
which is way less impressive than your original, misleading claim.
of course you can build a PC from parts for much less than a prebuilt machine such as a mac. ho hum. companies assemble components and mark finished items up for profit, news at eleven.
find me a PREBUILT computer, from a sizable vendor, with equivalent hardware AND EQUIVALENT BUILD QUALITY, that is significantly cheaper than a comparable mac. not as easy, eh?
logical arguments should be rigorous. slippery slope arguments are 'well often times X means Y, so in this case X means Y also'
it's pretty much the same reason why we frown on racial stereotypes or profiling, gender discrimination, or anything of that sort.
food insecurity & inability to afford basic healthcare are two pretty big red flags.
living paycheck to paycheck, renting instead of owning your own place, those are another two big ones.
that's poor. owning a TV and microwave oven does not change the fact.