I had intended to post only that you're absolutely right; bearing a child does not destroy all critical thinking faculties. Then I saw how your comment nicely flowed into your signature, so I'm posting two thanks.:)
The only thing that will make Americans in general riot these days is if their sports team of choice does... something. Win, lose, disband, it doesn't seem to matter, it all leads to civil unrest. (I really don't understand this, either.)
It's "tribal thinking". The good news? The participants also don't understand this, either.
The last thing you want is fanatics. The Tea Party almost brought the US debt into discredit for the first time in the history of the United States [...]
Almost? Our credit rating dropped. I'm not sure you can use a more cogent term than "discredit".
While I agree with your sentiment, what a movement needs is a main figure who will "make real sacrifices".
It almost sounds like Warren Buffett could fill this requirement: he complains that his taxes are lower than his secretary's, and dares the government to do something about it -- in other words, he's saying "please help me (and others like me who aren't as willing) to sacrifice."
Scripting languages do not give such errors until a user stumbles across them.
Well, "perl -c" processes a Perl script and reports any issues, without running it. This is similar to the errors and warnings you are expecting before deployment.
I really enjoyed those books, except the one wrenching experience: his false hand switched arms in one passage. Sure, it was a typo, but man did it jar my suspension of disbelief.
Ahem: broken window fallacy. We would be further along without roadblocks, progress in other areas notwithstanding.
While I do applaud finding silver linings, it's more helpful to identify the root cause and address that. It is good that we are making progress, both in those other areas, and also in the ability to work with embryonic lines.
Finally, the argument for stopping the embryonic work was not "so that we can develop better methods to help people"; it was "sky fairy said no!" (i.e., a religious "argument", which is neither scientific nor helpful).
"These people" include my religious relatives. They have ensured that my grandfather and uncle can never return, by cremating them instead of freezing. I would have gladly paid for the freezing so that I could potentially experience their presence again. But noooo, "God doesn't like that" (code for "I don't like that"), so it didn't happen.
Well written, sir! Your request is quite on-topic. Fortunately, the journalist recovered (some of) the video evidence, so the event in question definitely did happen.
If I make a company on another state, and my equipment belongs to said company... not only that but the equipment is constantly "broadcasting" to a datacenter (so deletions are never actually possible)... can a savy journalist get the FBI involved since it's a cross-state crime where the local state officer tempred with property of an out-of-state company?
Practically, it doesn't matter. Picking your nose is now a federal issue, thanks to the Commerce Clause. So you don't need to set it up in a separate state (and if you're using cloud services, you most likely are doing so regardless, especially if you're thinking DR thoughts).
(Love your sig, btw.) I think there's merit to what you say, because: if the machines can detect and avert disaster in all your stated cases, then it eliminates "death by motor vehicle" as a form of suicide. Even someone jumping off a bridge would be seen by the vehicles, which would route around the limp body on the ground (or slow down/speed up to avoid the falling body).
This then led to another thought: perhaps we might legalize suicide in the future?
Then, the machines would helpfully route towards the careless pedestrian when they fall over the bridge's guard rail.
"A fate worse than death?" Taxes (not to be confused with Texas).
Yes, all of those addicts that break into peoples houses (empty at the time or not) or rob people on the streets only do it because the drugs are illegal.
Said with much snark, but true nonetheless. Were these inert substances legal to purchase, possess, and consume, then the price would be lower and the quality higher (more consistent). Way to look for root causes; hand in your geek card.
Excuse me, are you talking to me or talking about me? Sounds like the latter. Why would you obtain such a judgement from a cursory examination of my output? You resemble your remark.
The only place where cheaters never win is fiction. Everywhere else, they tend to run the show.
Yes -- and, who publishes the fiction? (Similar to the old quote by Seneca, "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.")
Well, it sounds like a line from "Office Space", but I have a friend who is rather amoral, and broke as shit. (So I suppose "amoral and smart about it" is the divider?)
Add to that the first official actions of the "rebel" government being to create a oil company and a central bank, and it's clear the official narrative reflect very little reality.
Exactly! Because we all know, central banks lead to prosperity. (For the banks' founders...) It's small wonder that the police force in Greece is issuing warrants for international bankers.
The people that were being preached to were certainly not your average genius.
Possibly also the people doing the preaching. (I mean, that profession takes the leftovers after us engineers have gotten the best brains. Well, used to; now the high-frequency traders get the best brains, but that is a temporary situation.)
I had to go back up to the summary when I saw your capitalization; posts above yours had used "TFL". The amusing part? I had assumed it was "The Fine Legislature". That'll teach me to parse the summary in full.:)
I recommend the FBI get a copy of the Constitution. It's available at your local library
Hmm, isn't checking documents out of the library an action that leads to you ending up on a list of some sort? I agree; it's good to encourage our government agents to use library facilities.
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I had intended to post only that you're absolutely right; bearing a child does not destroy all critical thinking faculties. Then I saw how your comment nicely flowed into your signature, so I'm posting two thanks. :)
The only thing that will make Americans in general riot these days is if their sports team of choice does... something. Win, lose, disband, it doesn't seem to matter, it all leads to civil unrest. (I really don't understand this, either.)
It's "tribal thinking". The good news? The participants also don't understand this, either.
The last thing you want is fanatics. The Tea Party almost brought the US debt into discredit for the first time in the history of the United States [...]
Almost? Our credit rating dropped. I'm not sure you can use a more cogent term than "discredit".
While I agree with your sentiment, what a movement needs is a main figure who will "make real sacrifices".
It almost sounds like Warren Buffett could fill this requirement: he complains that his taxes are lower than his secretary's, and dares the government to do something about it -- in other words, he's saying "please help me (and others like me who aren't as willing) to sacrifice."
A c-c-c-c-clusterf-f-f-f-failure?
Really? That sounds an awful lot like "Any half-decent secret communicator puts their fingers in their ears before yelling the secrets"...
Scripting languages do not give such errors until a user stumbles across them.
Well, "perl -c" processes a Perl script and reports any issues, without running it. This is similar to the errors and warnings you are expecting before deployment.
I really enjoyed those books, except the one wrenching experience: his false hand switched arms in one passage. Sure, it was a typo, but man did it jar my suspension of disbelief.
Ahem: broken window fallacy. We would be further along without roadblocks, progress in other areas notwithstanding.
While I do applaud finding silver linings, it's more helpful to identify the root cause and address that. It is good that we are making progress, both in those other areas, and also in the ability to work with embryonic lines.
Finally, the argument for stopping the embryonic work was not "so that we can develop better methods to help people"; it was "sky fairy said no!" (i.e., a religious "argument", which is neither scientific nor helpful).
Who, exactly, are these people?
"These people" include my religious relatives. They have ensured that my grandfather and uncle can never return, by cremating them instead of freezing. I would have gladly paid for the freezing so that I could potentially experience their presence again. But noooo, "God doesn't like that" (code for "I don't like that"), so it didn't happen.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Well written, sir! Your request is quite on-topic. Fortunately, the journalist recovered (some of) the video evidence, so the event in question definitely did happen.
If I make a company on another state, and my equipment belongs to said company... not only that but the equipment is constantly "broadcasting" to a datacenter (so deletions are never actually possible) ... can a savy journalist get the FBI involved since it's a cross-state crime where the local state officer tempred with property of an out-of-state company?
Practically, it doesn't matter. Picking your nose is now a federal issue, thanks to the Commerce Clause. So you don't need to set it up in a separate state (and if you're using cloud services, you most likely are doing so regardless, especially if you're thinking DR thoughts).
Something about the Group W bench?
(Love your sig, btw.) I think there's merit to what you say, because: if the machines can detect and avert disaster in all your stated cases, then it eliminates "death by motor vehicle" as a form of suicide. Even someone jumping off a bridge would be seen by the vehicles, which would route around the limp body on the ground (or slow down/speed up to avoid the falling body).
This then led to another thought: perhaps we might legalize suicide in the future?
Then, the machines would helpfully route towards the careless pedestrian when they fall over the bridge's guard rail.
"A fate worse than death?" Taxes (not to be confused with Texas).
Yes, all of those addicts that break into peoples houses (empty at the time or not) or rob people on the streets only do it because the drugs are illegal.
Said with much snark, but true nonetheless. Were these inert substances legal to purchase, possess, and consume, then the price would be lower and the quality higher (more consistent). Way to look for root causes; hand in your geek card.
Excuse me, are you talking to me or talking about me? Sounds like the latter. Why would you obtain such a judgement from a cursory examination of my output? You resemble your remark.
The only place where cheaters never win is fiction. Everywhere else, they tend to run the show.
Yes -- and, who publishes the fiction? (Similar to the old quote by Seneca, "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.")
I.e. either a year in prison or 360 daily rates (i.e. your annual income).
An i.e. within an i.e., that's something to see. Also, it's cool that your country's government gives 5 days back to the criminals each year.
Well, it sounds like a line from "Office Space", but I have a friend who is rather amoral, and broke as shit. (So I suppose "amoral and smart about it" is the divider?)
Add to that the first official actions of the "rebel" government being to create a oil company and a central bank, and it's clear the official narrative reflect very little reality.
Exactly! Because we all know, central banks lead to prosperity. (For the banks' founders...) It's small wonder that the police force in Greece is issuing warrants for international bankers.
The people that were being preached to were certainly not your average genius.
Possibly also the people doing the preaching. (I mean, that profession takes the leftovers after us engineers have gotten the best brains. Well, used to; now the high-frequency traders get the best brains, but that is a temporary situation.)
FYI, I added you as a friend based on this post, because Slashdot doesn't inform you/us.
TfL
I had to go back up to the summary when I saw your capitalization; posts above yours had used "TFL". The amusing part? I had assumed it was "The Fine Legislature". That'll teach me to parse the summary in full. :)
Trickle down economics are fine and dandy
I prefer the Tickle down economics. I'm a big fan of Elmo's writings.
I recommend the FBI get a copy of the Constitution. It's available at your local library
Hmm, isn't checking documents out of the library an action that leads to you ending up on a list of some sort? I agree; it's good to encourage our government agents to use library facilities.