Don't talk about greedy this or greedy that. Netflix is not a not-for-profit, they are greedy too. A lot of social scientists agree that men are mostly egotistical and driven by greed.
It seems you never had to deal with a crappy or unfair boss. Brotip: when you find one, document the crap out of everything. It'll be hard for him not to look like an asshole when you make your point with real data and he ignores it.
...and judge their performance based on their effective productivity from your perspective.
Your perspective will taint those assessments and assign different values to whoever you dis/like most. That's why we use metrics: they are quantitative and objective.
I remember when my team wrote an app, and it was ugly as hell. At some point, the ugliness made it unusable. Then, we paid a UI designer for a lift up, and it worked marvelously. Everything was one or two clicks away, and we could work faster... it really changed the application.
The problem is not so much UNESCO, although it does make the Guv'ment look like douchebags. The real issue is that these agencies will approve membership: WIPO (handles intelectual property issues), IAEA (controls nuclear proliferation) and WHO (coordinates tasks in epidemics). A total disconnection and lack of vote (not right now, but in two years) will cause inconveniences to the US.
There's also a problem with Palestine entering the ICC (it can, because it will be a full-fledged state in the near-term). Then, the ICC would have jurisdiction to judge people in Israel and the US. And it doesn't bode well for America to openly support a country that will be accused soon enough of a few nasty crimes.
Apparently, they already did, according to this article:
Moreover, membership in UNESCO normally translates into automatic membership in several other UN agencies, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), as a result of reciprocity agreements between them.
Also, this:
Given the margin of Monday's vote, moreover, it looks almost certain that the Palestinians will be admitted to other specialised agencies, including some, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), that are important for US national security, according to Wirth and other analysts.
From what I read, you are right. I can't find that precise paper anywhere:( . I've just read about 30 papers about the subject nonetheless, while I searched for that one (the fact that "appetitive" and "appetite" refer to two different concept didn't help). I only found a single paper on behavioral changes after D(9) THC administration that's not related to increased appetite or increased predisposition or relapse to opiates, and it says that, by itself, D(9) THC fails to produce behavioral changes on rats, and another finds it plausible through alterations of reward perception.
My bad! I guess that's what happens when you go to a interdisciplinary Neuroscience congress: nobody understands what those papers are saying.
I don't remember much about it TBH (not my field). This particular study involved a few scenarios, but there's only one that sticked in my mind. It was about a few Fischer rats persevering in conducts that are unpleasant because they are linked to drugs consumption. In that particular study, it was walking over a part of the cage with sandpaper floor. When those rats that were fed drugs were put on a different cage for a while (can't remember the actual time) and then reinserted, they would still walk and remain on the sandpaper side. They would measure the addiction by measuring the time the rat was on the unpleasant side. I don't remember what the control was given, but I remember they spent less time than with the drugs.
There's no debate, really: it can be addictive. Think about it this way: How can computers (e.g., WOW) become addictive if there are no chemicals involved?
When someone develop an addiction over a substance or activity, in addition to the physical dependence involved, there are rituals and habits constructed around it. E.g., my best friend needs to smoke before grading tests (she doesn't smoke at other times). Or a few potheads I know: they smoke every time we hang out.
I talked with a Psychologist that worked at a Rehab center for poor people. There were teenagers addicted to a variety of drugs, (marijuana included!), but addictions are really just a symptom. The real problem is trouble at school, at home, etc., and marijuana or the drug of the moment was just the release.
Finally, I saw an experiment in which a Biologist assessed the addictive power of marijuana and cocaine on rats. Conclusion: they are addictive:P.
tl;dr: yes, it can be addictive, although chemically less than a few other drugs. Addictions are complex phenomena, and shouldn't be analyzed in a vacuum!
If he hadn't shown the Cliq XT, I would have called bullshit. As you can tell from the graph, I'm quite angry about this whole fiasco, and I'll never again buy a Motorola phone.
No user input, no predetermined time table, just a phone call telling them their mail has moved.
Wow, I thought you were experienced... I was wrong. Have you ever provided IT services at all? Users are a riot away of making your job useless and painful. They'll start using an alternative system (e.g. paper) and defeat you. I saw that happen a few times.
Unless you have the full support from your users, or at least their bosses, you won't accomplish anything. And that means pretending they have some measure of control with user inputs and time tables. Nobody likes uncertainty or authoritarianism!
Although anti-virus companies naturally have the talents to develop those viruses, they don't need to: there are plenty of less scrupulous people out there giving them work to do. Regarding your other point, the security crowd is quite cosmopolitan, so it shouldn't be surprising that foreigners figure it out before locals.
I know of a nuclear power plant in Argentina that makes every employee and high level manager live near the facility (e.g., no farther than 5 km.), and they even let a few cows run in a tiny farm next to the plant. They do this for two reasons: so people won't freak out ("Those cows are healthy!") and to give its workers and managers a reason not to fool around.
She was rewarded because she was the director of the Sales division. It's really common for IBM to grant the CEO badge to whoever led Sales. If an extraterrestrial entity had been in her position, it would have been elected instead.
You only needed to know that she led the Sales division. IBM always gave a lot of credit and power to its sales force, and its CEOs are usually those who held her position.
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I went there, it's totally worth it. SFBA in general is a nice place.
This would have been an excellent time for this post:
First! (using photonic circuits).
Or some crap like that.
Don't talk about greedy this or greedy that. Netflix is not a not-for-profit, they are greedy too. A lot of social scientists agree that men are mostly egotistical and driven by greed.
It seems you never had to deal with a crappy or unfair boss. Brotip: when you find one, document the crap out of everything. It'll be hard for him not to look like an asshole when you make your point with real data and he ignores it.
...and judge their performance based on their effective productivity from your perspective.
Your perspective will taint those assessments and assign different values to whoever you dis/like most. That's why we use metrics: they are quantitative and objective.
After seeing this bug, I want to play this game even more. How can that be possible?
This.
I remember when my team wrote an app, and it was ugly as hell. At some point, the ugliness made it unusable. Then, we paid a UI designer for a lift up, and it worked marvelously. Everything was one or two clicks away, and we could work faster... it really changed the application.
Keep old and irrelevant products alive so that everyone can eat? We're doing that in France, and look where it got us.
Names, please. :) I'll guess ILOG.
We want an interface for the 99%.
Occupy CLI!
Or like Heisenberg's. We know so well the Earth's speed and alpha's speed of change, we don't know where we are. :P
The ICC has no jurisdiction to judge people in Israel and the U.S. because they are not parties to the treaty founding it.
Sure it has. It's the case, for example, when the UNSC refers a case to them: all states, even those who didn't ratified the treaty, must cooperate.
The problem is not so much UNESCO, although it does make the Guv'ment look like douchebags. The real issue is that these agencies will approve membership: WIPO (handles intelectual property issues), IAEA (controls nuclear proliferation) and WHO (coordinates tasks in epidemics). A total disconnection and lack of vote (not right now, but in two years) will cause inconveniences to the US.
There's also a problem with Palestine entering the ICC (it can, because it will be a full-fledged state in the near-term). Then, the ICC would have jurisdiction to judge people in Israel and the US. And it doesn't bode well for America to openly support a country that will be accused soon enough of a few nasty crimes.
Apparently, they already did, according to this article:
Moreover, membership in UNESCO normally translates into automatic membership in several other UN agencies, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), as a result of reciprocity agreements between them.
Also, this:
Given the margin of Monday's vote, moreover, it looks almost certain that the Palestinians will be admitted to other specialised agencies, including some, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), that are important for US national security, according to Wirth and other analysts.
Really? I felt it was the other way around: pointers on Pascal felt intuitive, while pointers in C made my programs more prone to failure.
From what I read, you are right. I can't find that precise paper anywhere :( . I've just read about 30 papers about the subject nonetheless, while I searched for that one (the fact that "appetitive" and "appetite" refer to two different concept didn't help). I only found a single paper on behavioral changes after D(9) THC administration that's not related to increased appetite or increased predisposition or relapse to opiates, and it says that, by itself, D(9) THC fails to produce behavioral changes on rats, and another finds it plausible through alterations of reward perception.
My bad! I guess that's what happens when you go to a interdisciplinary Neuroscience congress: nobody understands what those papers are saying.
I don't remember much about it TBH (not my field). This particular study involved a few scenarios, but there's only one that sticked in my mind. It was about a few Fischer rats persevering in conducts that are unpleasant because they are linked to drugs consumption. In that particular study, it was walking over a part of the cage with sandpaper floor. When those rats that were fed drugs were put on a different cage for a while (can't remember the actual time) and then reinserted, they would still walk and remain on the sandpaper side. They would measure the addiction by measuring the time the rat was on the unpleasant side. I don't remember what the control was given, but I remember they spent less time than with the drugs.
There's no debate, really: it can be addictive. Think about it this way: How can computers (e.g., WOW) become addictive if there are no chemicals involved?
When someone develop an addiction over a substance or activity, in addition to the physical dependence involved, there are rituals and habits constructed around it. E.g., my best friend needs to smoke before grading tests (she doesn't smoke at other times). Or a few potheads I know: they smoke every time we hang out.
I talked with a Psychologist that worked at a Rehab center for poor people. There were teenagers addicted to a variety of drugs, (marijuana included!), but addictions are really just a symptom. The real problem is trouble at school, at home, etc., and marijuana or the drug of the moment was just the release.
Finally, I saw an experiment in which a Biologist assessed the addictive power of marijuana and cocaine on rats. Conclusion: they are addictive :P .
tl;dr: yes, it can be addictive, although chemically less than a few other drugs. Addictions are complex phenomena, and shouldn't be analyzed in a vacuum!
At least it's useful for us to know that SSL has serious issues....
If he hadn't shown the Cliq XT, I would have called bullshit. As you can tell from the graph, I'm quite angry about this whole fiasco, and I'll never again buy a Motorola phone.
No user input, no predetermined time table, just a phone call telling them their mail has moved.
Wow, I thought you were experienced... I was wrong. Have you ever provided IT services at all? Users are a riot away of making your job useless and painful. They'll start using an alternative system (e.g. paper) and defeat you. I saw that happen a few times.
Unless you have the full support from your users, or at least their bosses, you won't accomplish anything. And that means pretending they have some measure of control with user inputs and time tables. Nobody likes uncertainty or authoritarianism!
Languages... ain't those a b*itch? :P
Although anti-virus companies naturally have the talents to develop those viruses, they don't need to: there are plenty of less scrupulous people out there giving them work to do. Regarding your other point, the security crowd is quite cosmopolitan, so it shouldn't be surprising that foreigners figure it out before locals.
I know of a nuclear power plant in Argentina that makes every employee and high level manager live near the facility (e.g., no farther than 5 km.), and they even let a few cows run in a tiny farm next to the plant. They do this for two reasons: so people won't freak out ("Those cows are healthy!") and to give its workers and managers a reason not to fool around.
She was rewarded because she was the director of the Sales division. It's really common for IBM to grant the CEO badge to whoever led Sales. If an extraterrestrial entity had been in her position, it would have been elected instead.
You only needed to know that she led the Sales division. IBM always gave a lot of credit and power to its sales force, and its CEOs are usually those who held her position.