Can we no longer assume even the most basic level of intelligence for people going for their GED? I mean, how the hell do you even get to the point where you would sit the test and not know that?
About a decade ago I was exposed to Brazil, and learned a lot about their culture. Part of it is their politicians promise "a fridge in every house if you elect me!" (or some other obviously non-workable handout.) They'd vote the villain in office, who'd then steal from the coffers and not buy anyone anything. Everyone wants a government job, because they pay more -- and you get the chance to stick your hand in the till, without worrying as much about being caught.
A decade later, and last week I read that government jobs are now paying more in the USA than the private sector. My dad worked in the public sector, and I remember him telling me about 20 years ago that he could quit and make 3 times as much in the private sector, but the job security was better in a government job.
So, now our government jobs are on a par with Brazil's.
One other aspect of Brazil is that they talked a lot about education, but didn't fund it at all. I recall the "No Child Left Behind" unfunded mandate; the federal government required this of schools, but didn't allocate any funding for it; so the education system had an additional drain on its resources, meaning teachers ended up getting paid less and less as time went on (relative to what they could otherwise make, like an opportunity cost).
I find this trend disturbing, because the end result is we're creating a generation of fundamentalists because they can't tell the difference between "dude told me this" and "experimentally verified".
Did, and has ever done before or since is also unrelated... Sure. No building in history has ever collapsed in the same manner as these three did. But yeah, it was just some fluke caused by the Gods, like SouthWest's screws falling out. "The world is an imperfect place", and God did it.
This intrigues me. I want to argue it against my dad, a staunch republican. However: when you say "When Democrats have been in power over the last 100 years or so", what specifically do you mean? Is it "President == Democrat", or is it more of a majority from the 3 circuses? (And, how do you count the third circus, the Supreme Court?) Thanks. If you have a link to further analysis I'd also appreciate it.
Oh, I dunno; polar bears don't fare too well against ranged weapons powered by exploding powder, but gladiators generally only had swords. (Lost pilot FTW!)
Okay, so the post ends with "go to bed hungry every night." The period is there. Then there's the "Read the rest of this comment" link, and guess what more there is to the post? FUCKING NOTHING! Just the signature. Yay, Slashdot; this isn't the first time the ridiculous "rest of this comment" algorithm has been mentioned, and I'll even give the solution: "if (size > limit && limit > size * 1.1) { chop the damned thing } else { show the whole fucking thing }" There should be no instance where zero extra bytes (other than signature) are shown in the "show the rest of the comment" link. In fact, there should be no instance where less than 5 additional lines are shown, and again that's a really easy algorithm to code. Yeah, I like complaining when I'm drunk. Oh, and I think the parent's brother is really cool, knows his shit, thanks for posting. It makes me really sad to report that I am still, for now, an American.
Yeah the ??? is guaranteed, as you try to find profit out of tiny pieces of your house. In fact, I think perhaps your 4 and 5 are misplaced; or, perhaps, just the 5 is.
People in funny costumes can do bad things to you, even kill you, but they can't take away your natural rights (only infringe them).
Disagree. Doesn't matter if the funny costumes are "just infringing" my rights when they kill me; I'm still goddamned dead. Agree with the end; we all have no rights. Similarly, power isn't granted, it's taken.
Yeah, things like bomb making and child porn get you in trouble.
How to make a bomb out of child porn in three easy moves: 1. obtain some child porn; 2. email it to your local police; 3. watch your house blow up as you refuse to answer the door.
Two words: cache misses. They increase with more cores (since processes/threads will be jumping around even more than with fewer cores, unless they're "stuck" to a specific core).
We've begun implementing Microsoft's latest "developer stack" at work. Now every time someone refers to "TFS", I think "what, Slashdot is on Team Foundation Server too?" Great. Thanks Microsoft.
The rest of the world changed to metric units partly to get rid of the problem that the length of an inch were different depending on what country you were in.
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About a decade ago I was exposed to Brazil, and learned a lot about their culture. Part of it is their politicians promise "a fridge in every house if you elect me!" (or some other obviously non-workable handout.) They'd vote the villain in office, who'd then steal from the coffers and not buy anyone anything. Everyone wants a government job, because they pay more -- and you get the chance to stick your hand in the till, without worrying as much about being caught.
A decade later, and last week I read that government jobs are now paying more in the USA than the private sector. My dad worked in the public sector, and I remember him telling me about 20 years ago that he could quit and make 3 times as much in the private sector, but the job security was better in a government job.
So, now our government jobs are on a par with Brazil's.
One other aspect of Brazil is that they talked a lot about education, but didn't fund it at all. I recall the "No Child Left Behind" unfunded mandate; the federal government required this of schools, but didn't allocate any funding for it; so the education system had an additional drain on its resources, meaning teachers ended up getting paid less and less as time went on (relative to what they could otherwise make, like an opportunity cost).
I find this trend disturbing, because the end result is we're creating a generation of fundamentalists because they can't tell the difference between "dude told me this" and "experimentally verified".
Did, and has ever done before or since is also unrelated... Sure. No building in history has ever collapsed in the same manner as these three did. But yeah, it was just some fluke caused by the Gods, like SouthWest's screws falling out. "The world is an imperfect place", and God did it.
I'm sure it's just falling with style...
Nice! Reminds me of the reason Winamp went from 3 to 5; they didn't want any "Winamp 4 skins".
That would actually improve the situation.
This intrigues me. I want to argue it against my dad, a staunch republican. However: when you say "When Democrats have been in power over the last 100 years or so", what specifically do you mean? Is it "President == Democrat", or is it more of a majority from the 3 circuses? (And, how do you count the third circus, the Supreme Court?) Thanks. If you have a link to further analysis I'd also appreciate it.
Somehow your comment, and the fortune, tied nicely together: "I don't do it for the money. -- Donald Trump, Art of the Deal"
Yes, because doucebaggery requires death. When's yours again?
Heh, I saw that Daily Show with the author of Last Call as well. Excellent book, added to my Amazon queue.
So that would be Prostitution of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms?
BIRD IS THE WORD!
Hmm, or perhaps the court was in contempt, creating some sort of sucking sound that only Mexico can fix...
LOL the Apple //e's rounded us up? Or the IBM PCjr's?
You just described my current software development shop. Fuck I wish I was kidding.
Oh, I dunno; polar bears don't fare too well against ranged weapons powered by exploding powder, but gladiators generally only had swords. (Lost pilot FTW!)
Okay, so the post ends with "go to bed hungry every night." The period is there. Then there's the "Read the rest of this comment" link, and guess what more there is to the post? FUCKING NOTHING! Just the signature. Yay, Slashdot; this isn't the first time the ridiculous "rest of this comment" algorithm has been mentioned, and I'll even give the solution: "if (size > limit && limit > size * 1.1) { chop the damned thing } else { show the whole fucking thing }" There should be no instance where zero extra bytes (other than signature) are shown in the "show the rest of the comment" link. In fact, there should be no instance where less than 5 additional lines are shown, and again that's a really easy algorithm to code. Yeah, I like complaining when I'm drunk. Oh, and I think the parent's brother is really cool, knows his shit, thanks for posting. It makes me really sad to report that I am still, for now, an American.
Yeah the ??? is guaranteed, as you try to find profit out of tiny pieces of your house. In fact, I think perhaps your 4 and 5 are misplaced; or, perhaps, just the 5 is.
Disagree. Doesn't matter if the funny costumes are "just infringing" my rights when they kill me; I'm still goddamned dead. Agree with the end; we all have no rights. Similarly, power isn't granted, it's taken.
How to make a bomb out of child porn in three easy moves: 1. obtain some child porn; 2. email it to your local police; 3. watch your house blow up as you refuse to answer the door.
Two words: cache misses. They increase with more cores (since processes/threads will be jumping around even more than with fewer cores, unless they're "stuck" to a specific core).
OIC! Thanks, haven't seen it yet. Added to the queue. :)
Hmm, wasn't Quickbooks the one with the ugly DRM that infected the master boot record? Small wonder it's taking so long to port...
Not quite that depressed. Yet; the wars (on foreign soil and in our brains) are taking their toll, though.
We've begun implementing Microsoft's latest "developer stack" at work. Now every time someone refers to "TFS", I think "what, Slashdot is on Team Foundation Server too?" Great. Thanks Microsoft.
LOL "In Brazil, I'm 9 inches!"