Another limp DOA idea saying "RETRAIN EVERYONE INTO STEM!"
As the soon to former Disney IT workers already know, training is not part of the balance sheet.
So onlong as a country exists with cheaper labor and government puppets of the oligarchy who place profiteering as the only goal, workers from "advanced" countries have little future. Tariffs where meant to level the playing field against countries with no labor laws, no intellectual property laws, no environment laws, no health and safety laws and government covered health care. Hiding behind the veneer of "globalism" and "anti-protectionism" only protects the wealthy, not the people.
Use common sense! Have packages delivered to the office. Send to an Amazon delivery locker, have variable delivery times and take delivery when you're home..Got a retired person in your neighbor hood who could take delivery for a couple bucks or a friendly chat?. come on people - think.
The problem with just "digging" is all the stuff underground you can see. Old pipes, forgotten tunnels, other people/organizations rights - there's a nightmare of obstacles to digging - least of which is the digging machine.
The US has already been giving a subset of citizens BI for years - and the result is horrific. American Indians receive basic income, free health care, free housing, and free education if they choose it - the result is the most impoverished areas in the United States.
Actually, the rich are living longer ( http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02... )
There are several reasons why overall longevity in the US is down.
- Cost of health care
- Life style: Americans are much more sedentary. Obesity rates and associated diseases are up ( high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol levels) . We're seeing 40 year olds in nursing homes due to obesity. Nursing homes are having to retro-fit equipment and make larger doors for Bariatric patients.
- The shift in wealth to the rich. As wealth disparity increases, there's less resources (money) for poor.
Many organizations already have this. It's necessary for first responders who have laptops in emergency vehicles to maintain in constant contact with dispatch. It comes in over a VPN setup through the mobile carrier data. It automatically switches from WiFI to LTE depending on access availability. First Responder organizations are usually Governments with existing carrier contracts for special pricing. There's no need to pay an additional Micro$oft tithe.
Physical security... like air bags, 5-mile-per hour bumpers, fire escapes, non-flamable pj's... and the list goes on.... When corporations and people are left to their own for safety, horrible things happen in the name of laziness, cheapness and/or greed.
And yes, "they" as in the auto-industry, have no incentive in building theft proof cars. Remember that insurance companies are also for profit entities. The more thefts, the more incentive for everyone to purchase insurance and thus the insurance industry makes more money.
If you don't believe it, then you're clueless about capitalism.
again... drive it or tow it. Lock the wheels and neither can happen..
I guess you could pick it up with a helicopter or a really big-arse drone, but not likely.
Not necessarily, I used to work for a company that grew substantially through acquisition. We never actually "purchased company X", nor were any staff allowed to use those terms. They acquired "certain assets and liabilities of company X". Exactly which assets & liabilities are hidden in the contract that's not usually open to the public. Share holders seldom see or care about details since they're only voting on ROI. All the undesired pieces the acquiring company wants to shed don't make the transition. "Undesired Pieces" include corporate staff (AR/AP/HR are no longer necessary as they are redundant), leases on property not wanted, outdated assets like old servers/pc's or not needed, leases and support contracts, or other liabilities like outstanding litigation (or warranties). You just give the seller enough money (or maybe its a way out of some problem) in the sale and say " this ancillary crap is your monkey", You're really just cherry picking the stuff you want. In this case, FitBit is buying the intellectual property and killing off competition. It just shows that the money whores who started Pebble never gave a rats rump about customers or product.. It was all about the coin. And no, they won't be able to start some new company, these type of acquisitions always come with heavy "do no compete" clauses.
That doesn't work..CEO's are CEO's because of greed. altruism be damned. Resources (copper for wires, rare earth minerals , ect) are still and will always be in contention. Even if you completely removed the human element from manufacturing, someone still needs to be able to "buy" the goods or services produced by the company. All you do is remove some cost to the manufacturing and distribution process.
On a micro level, there simply isn't enough metal, fuel, rubber, etc for everyone to have a Ferrari, thus some measurement of acquiring one come into play. Today that's money. Eliminating the human factor from the process only reduces the middle class creating a small number of overlords and masses of destitute. there's no path to utopia here.
Maybe not with AI, BUT those same educated doctors will read an RMI in China for $50 instead of keeping a staff radiologist for $300K.... As an Administrator, it's an easy call.
Um.... my best whom I known since high school is a Doctor. He makes +$400K.- was offered a gig at $800K but turned it down. I wouldn't categorize his life style as working class.
We've had the ability to virtually eradicate auto theft since the 1970's. There's only 2 ways to steal a car, drive it or tow it. Locking brake systems immobilize vehicles rendering them immovable, thus virtually unstealable. However, for every vehicle stolen, another is sold. (the replacement), so auto industry lobbyists have fought hard both hide this fact and ensure no laws are enacted. All other electronic gadgets are just distractions.
Why just middle class jobs?
We've reached a point where AI in medical diagnosis is more accurate then human doctors. Why just wipe out manufacturing when you can also wipe out "higher" and "knowledge" jobs as well? If AI doctors are can out perform human doctors, why not AI lawyers? No human can memorize every single trial case, let alone know about it as it happens thus being able to argue precedence in real time. This seems simple to automation.
Doctors, Lawyers, drivers, manufacturing.... what's left?
Hopefully, unlike substituting margarine for butter, the new process doesn't create something so horribly unhealthy we might as well just eaten the sugar....
And the existing government is sooo exceptional at following it's current policy and security (re: OPM ) that we need yet ANOTHER layer of confusing, cross responsibility, finger pointing bureaucracy... ya that will solve it.
"Free" trade only works when both trading partners are on equal status. Tariffs were established to balance the equity. The reality is, labor jobs have been shifted to countries with no environmental laws, no labor laws, no intellectual property laws, and government paid health care. When rational people say, "um, wait a minute, that's not fair to American workers", some oligarchy puppet screams "you're against globalism, fair trade, against jobs and a racist!".
Sorry, that's all b.s.. The TPP is a payoff to the rich for their support of Government elected minions. The only way to fix this is get money out of politics.
So what if FB has 1.6B users.... there's only 191M US users who are sharing 21% LESS information. Year over year (2015-2016) there's an 8% DECLINE in time spent in FB per user. If you can't tell true from false or buy into pseudo-science, that's not a face book problem.
What it isn't - a Trump victory explanation.
The reason you don't see lawsuits is because the leaving workers frequently sign both confidentiality agreements which also forfeit their legal rights so they can get severance. Don't sign, your gone, no money. Sign and the company offers you 6 months of pay.... you choose when you've got a mortgage and a family.
My point was about political correctness and using how we talk about a viral infection as an example. Contrats... you took the bait. You perfectly exemplified my point by trying to divert the conversation away from the topic of PC.
As far as AIDs & Mumps.... AIDS is a symptom of a disease... can you have AIDS without HIV? Of course not. Why bother making the distinction- because it makes people uncomfortable? Again, supports my distaste of PC. When you can't define a problem, you lose the ability to solve it.
As someone already pointed out, Executive Agreements are not legally binding - where as Executive Actions are.
To your point, executive action issuance is on a huge rise and does erode the Constitution.
Unfortunately, it's the do-nothing Congress that indirectly encourages their use since the impotent House and Senate are incapable of doing any job other than obstructionism, not limited to any party.
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Another limp DOA idea saying "RETRAIN EVERYONE INTO STEM!"
As the soon to former Disney IT workers already know, training is not part of the balance sheet.
So onlong as a country exists with cheaper labor and government puppets of the oligarchy who place profiteering as the only goal, workers from "advanced" countries have little future. Tariffs where meant to level the playing field against countries with no labor laws, no intellectual property laws, no environment laws, no health and safety laws and government covered health care. Hiding behind the veneer of "globalism" and "anti-protectionism" only protects the wealthy, not the people.
Use common sense! Have packages delivered to the office. Send to an Amazon delivery locker, have variable delivery times and take delivery when you're home..Got a retired person in your neighbor hood who could take delivery for a couple bucks or a friendly chat? .
come on people - think.
The problem with just "digging" is all the stuff underground you can see. Old pipes, forgotten tunnels, other people/organizations rights - there's a nightmare of obstacles to digging - least of which is the digging machine.
The US has already been giving a subset of citizens BI for years - and the result is horrific. American Indians receive basic income, free health care, free housing, and free education if they choose it - the result is the most impoverished areas in the United States.
In a nut shell? What's in a nutshell? Do I need a cracker? Do we have a squirrel infestation? The expression bugs me.
Actually, the rich are living longer ( http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02... ) There are several reasons why overall longevity in the US is down.
- Cost of health care
- Life style: Americans are much more sedentary. Obesity rates and associated diseases are up ( high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol levels) . We're seeing 40 year olds in nursing homes due to obesity. Nursing homes are having to retro-fit equipment and make larger doors for Bariatric patients.
- The shift in wealth to the rich. As wealth disparity increases, there's less resources (money) for poor.
Many organizations already have this. It's necessary for first responders who have laptops in emergency vehicles to maintain in constant contact with dispatch. It comes in over a VPN setup through the mobile carrier data. It automatically switches from WiFI to LTE depending on access availability. First Responder organizations are usually Governments with existing carrier contracts for special pricing. There's no need to pay an additional Micro$oft tithe.
Physical security... like air bags, 5-mile-per hour bumpers, fire escapes, non-flamable pj's... and the list goes on.... When corporations and people are left to their own for safety, horrible things happen in the name of laziness, cheapness and/or greed.
And yes, "they" as in the auto-industry, have no incentive in building theft proof cars. Remember that insurance companies are also for profit entities. The more thefts, the more incentive for everyone to purchase insurance and thus the insurance industry makes more money.
If you don't believe it, then you're clueless about capitalism.
again... drive it or tow it. Lock the wheels and neither can happen..
I guess you could pick it up with a helicopter or a really big-arse drone, but not likely.
if the board votes to disband the company. it's gone. If any debt exits, it's tied to a defunct name and good luck with that.
Not necessarily, I used to work for a company that grew substantially through acquisition. We never actually "purchased company X", nor were any staff allowed to use those terms. They acquired "certain assets and liabilities of company X". Exactly which assets & liabilities are hidden in the contract that's not usually open to the public. Share holders seldom see or care about details since they're only voting on ROI. All the undesired pieces the acquiring company wants to shed don't make the transition. "Undesired Pieces" include corporate staff (AR/AP/HR are no longer necessary as they are redundant), leases on property not wanted, outdated assets like old servers/pc's or not needed, leases and support contracts, or other liabilities like outstanding litigation (or warranties). You just give the seller enough money (or maybe its a way out of some problem) in the sale and say " this ancillary crap is your monkey", You're really just cherry picking the stuff you want. In this case, FitBit is buying the intellectual property and killing off competition. It just shows that the money whores who started Pebble never gave a rats rump about customers or product.. It was all about the coin. And no, they won't be able to start some new company, these type of acquisitions always come with heavy "do no compete" clauses.
That doesn't work..CEO's are CEO's because of greed. altruism be damned. Resources (copper for wires, rare earth minerals , ect) are still and will always be in contention. Even if you completely removed the human element from manufacturing, someone still needs to be able to "buy" the goods or services produced by the company. All you do is remove some cost to the manufacturing and distribution process.
On a micro level, there simply isn't enough metal, fuel, rubber, etc for everyone to have a Ferrari, thus some measurement of acquiring one come into play. Today that's money. Eliminating the human factor from the process only reduces the middle class creating a small number of overlords and masses of destitute.
there's no path to utopia here.
When there's just 2 jobs left - the CEO and the guy who cleans his toilet - who's left to buy the useless crap the CEO's company makes?
Maybe not with AI, BUT those same educated doctors will read an RMI in China for $50 instead of keeping a staff radiologist for $300K.... As an Administrator, it's an easy call.
Um.... my best whom I known since high school is a Doctor. He makes +$400K.- was offered a gig at $800K but turned it down. I wouldn't categorize his life style as working class.
We've had the ability to virtually eradicate auto theft since the 1970's. There's only 2 ways to steal a car, drive it or tow it. Locking brake systems immobilize vehicles rendering them immovable, thus virtually unstealable. However, for every vehicle stolen, another is sold. (the replacement), so auto industry lobbyists have fought hard both hide this fact and ensure no laws are enacted. All other electronic gadgets are just distractions.
Why just middle class jobs?
We've reached a point where AI in medical diagnosis is more accurate then human doctors. Why just wipe out manufacturing when you can also wipe out "higher" and "knowledge" jobs as well? If AI doctors are can out perform human doctors, why not AI lawyers? No human can memorize every single trial case, let alone know about it as it happens thus being able to argue precedence in real time. This seems simple to automation.
Doctors, Lawyers, drivers, manufacturing.... what's left?
Hopefully, unlike substituting margarine for butter, the new process doesn't create something so horribly unhealthy we might as well just eaten the sugar....
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote
And the existing government is sooo exceptional at following it's current policy and security (re: OPM ) that we need yet ANOTHER layer of confusing, cross responsibility, finger pointing bureaucracy... ya that will solve it.
"Free" trade only works when both trading partners are on equal status. Tariffs were established to balance the equity. The reality is, labor jobs have been shifted to countries with no environmental laws, no labor laws, no intellectual property laws, and government paid health care. When rational people say, "um, wait a minute, that's not fair to American workers", some oligarchy puppet screams "you're against globalism, fair trade, against jobs and a racist!".
Sorry, that's all b.s.. The TPP is a payoff to the rich for their support of Government elected minions. The only way to fix this is get money out of politics.
So what if FB has 1.6B users.... there's only 191M US users who are sharing 21% LESS information. Year over year (2015-2016) there's an 8% DECLINE in time spent in FB per user. If you can't tell true from false or buy into pseudo-science, that's not a face book problem.
What it isn't - a Trump victory explanation.
The reason you don't see lawsuits is because the leaving workers frequently sign both confidentiality agreements which also forfeit their legal rights so they can get severance. Don't sign, your gone, no money. Sign and the company offers you 6 months of pay.... you choose when you've got a mortgage and a family.
My point was about political correctness and using how we talk about a viral infection as an example. Contrats... you took the bait. You perfectly exemplified my point by trying to divert the conversation away from the topic of PC.
As far as AIDs & Mumps.... AIDS is a symptom of a disease... can you have AIDS without HIV? Of course not. Why bother making the distinction- because it makes people uncomfortable? Again, supports my distaste of PC. When you can't define a problem, you lose the ability to solve it.
As someone already pointed out, Executive Agreements are not legally binding - where as Executive Actions are.
To your point, executive action issuance is on a huge rise and does erode the Constitution.
Unfortunately, it's the do-nothing Congress that indirectly encourages their use since the impotent House and Senate are incapable of doing any job other than obstructionism, not limited to any party.