A graphic design contractor I worked with many years ago flew to D.C. to do some graphic design work for TSA training manuals. What she learned there (which she never shared with us over do to non-disclosure agreements) freaked her out so much that she refused to fly back and took the train again, literally from the east coast clear to the west coast. And to my knowledge she has never flown again. I tried to get her to tell me what she learned the freaked her out so much that, even though she had flown lots before, she will no longer take a step on a plane. I continue to fly, but every time I do I can't help remembering her and wondering...
Also, if your company offers matching funds you should put in at least enough to get the entire matching amount. Otherwise you are just leaving cash on the table. My company matches up to 5% of my before tax income. So I put 5% in every month which becomes 10% with the company match.
This. Also, take advantage of any other financial opportunities your company offers. Is there an employee stock purchase program? If there is put the maximum amount you can into it. There is almost no other investment that will give back as much as an ESPP will. At my company the stock is purchased at 15% below the offering price of either the first day or the last day (whichever is lower). That means if I sell the day the stock is purchased I am guaranteed at least a 15% return and often much higher.
You may be right, but it seems that he has adhered so closely to Bush's policies that it seems like a no brainer that a Democrat president would have overthrown right away. Why would he do that? I have to wonder if he planned to make changes, but then got into office and learned things that only Bush and other higher ups were privy to previously and that forced him to continue Bush's policies. That is, maybe Bush wasn't actually the total idiot he seems, but maybe knowing X forced him to do Y, even though Y was deeply unpopular. Obama came in with a promise to undo Y, but then learned X which forced him to continue Bush's seemingly insane policies. Or maybe you are right and Obama is secretly a Republican masquerading as a Democrat.
It seems like Obama has gone so far off from where he indicated he would go when originally running for office that I can't help but wonder what happened. I have to assume that since coming into office he has learned things that aren't common knowledge that have turned him from the path he originally envisioned. What could he have possible learned and will we ever get the whole picture?
I'm a programmer, but I still tend to do my thinking, planning, sketching ideas, note taking, etc. with paper and pencils/pens. I just find that I can think better with those tools than some program on a tablet or laptop. It's easier to draw sketches and it doesn't feel so permanent like putting it into a computer does so I'm more apt to play around with ideas and throwaway what doesn't work.
Well, that is true. But I don't drink coffee and now that we have a Keurig machine at work I have the admin get hot chocolate and apple cider cups for myself. So... I'm destroying the environment while drinking a tasty beverage. Such a first world thing to do.
I assume you are being sarcastic. The manner is which we occupied and annexed it was shameful and disgusting. It's as bad as what we did to the black slaves and native americans. I am ashamed to be an American.
I recently learned how the US came to control Hawaii. The story is disgusting and is easily on par with what we did to the black slaves and the native americans.
"They are better off than anyone else in Polynesia, and have one of the highest standards of living in the world." Then I feel sorry for most people in the world. I just got back from spending a week in Oa'hu and the abject and widespread poverty of the people there was shocking to me. I have never seen that level of poverty anywhere I've lived on the mainland (Florida, Cali, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Indiana, and Montana).
Son, that's no toy. If you had any idea how much thrust this thing... no, wait... um, If you had any idea how hard...no, that's not right...um, I'll get back to you when I can think of something to say that can't be responded to with "That's what she said."
It's not really old vs young. Most of those on older browsers are coming from foreign (non-USA) countries or are coming from corporate networks where they don't have control over what browser they are running.
But can you give me an example of jQuery creating a terrible mobile experience? In my experience, I haven't noticed any issues on mobile devices for websites using jQuery.
Yes, at least until IE 6, 7, 8, etc. are truly dead. Our browser stats show that enough people are still using non-evergreen browsers that we are required to still support them. As far as I can tell the higher ups won't let us drop them until they are down to 0 hits a month. Sigh.
How do you know what is right? 100 years ago people would have said that they were on the right side of history when they excluded gays. Now we look back and say that they were mistaken. But perhaps in 100 years our descendents will look back at us and say that we were mistaken to think that we were on the right side of history. We like to think that we are on the right side of history, just as our ancestors did. But we might be just as mistaken as they were. So claiming that we are on the right side of history seems disingenous at best.
But how would you know that? What if gay rights had never progressed? You would have most likely would have believe at this time that people's beliefs 100 years ago were right (since they match what you currently believe is right) and therefor they were on the right side of history. This smacks of confirmation bias.
So "right side" refers to ethics/morals. But what about the history part? By definition history is in the past. So how do you know that what you think in the present is moral will be considered moral by historians of the future? That is what I mean by wishful thinking. Someone who uses this phrases is basically saying "I think that this action is moral/ethical and I hope that future historians agree with me so that when the future history books are written they will show that I was on the right side of history." I just think that no logical person can use the phrase "the right side of history". Though most of the people who use this phrase are politicians who are pretty much the antithesis of logical.
"on the right side of history" This phrase has always confused me. Unless you are a prophet or time traveler, how do you know you are on the "right side" of history until a significant enough time has passed? And what does "right side" even mean? Is this about winners and losers? Was Stalin on the right side of history since he was a winner (in a manner of speaking) while Hitler was on the wrong side of history since he was a loser? Or is this some kind of moral/ethical rightness? But how do we know what will be moral/ethical at a point in the future that our time is considered to be history? 100 years ago I'm pretty sure the average person wouldn't have considered someone who supported gay rights to be on the right side of history. Again, until enough time has passed, how can you know that you are/were on the right side of history? It sounds like wishful thinking to me.
I think the real hypocrisy is that Tim isn't speaking out to the same degree about the discrimination in his own company/state. The widespread discrimination against women and minorities is well documented, but I guess as a white male those kinds of discrimination aren't worth talking about, even though he really could have a significant impact on these issues that go well beyond a speaking point. And he could help a lot more people. What percentage of the population of Indiana is gay, a few percentage points? What percentage of Silicon Valley is female or non-white? A whole lot more than a single digit percentage.
I sort of don't have any social media accounts either. I have a fake facebook account with 0 info that I use once a year or so when one of my kids wants me to look at something on their facebook accounts. I have a fake twitter account that I set up at a conference I was attending to enter a contest. When I won the contest the presenter sounded very confused since my entry for the contest was the only content on my twitter site. They were obviously confused as to how that could be;-)
Wait, have you just discovered Slashdot? I can't remember a single April Fools day in the past 15 years when Slashdot hasn't done this. I've actually been looking forward to this for a few days. It's not as epic as the Ponies one, but still enjoyable IMHO.
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A graphic design contractor I worked with many years ago flew to D.C. to do some graphic design work for TSA training manuals. What she learned there (which she never shared with us over do to non-disclosure agreements) freaked her out so much that she refused to fly back and took the train again, literally from the east coast clear to the west coast. And to my knowledge she has never flown again. I tried to get her to tell me what she learned the freaked her out so much that, even though she had flown lots before, she will no longer take a step on a plane. I continue to fly, but every time I do I can't help remembering her and wondering...
Also, if your company offers matching funds you should put in at least enough to get the entire matching amount. Otherwise you are just leaving cash on the table. My company matches up to 5% of my before tax income. So I put 5% in every month which becomes 10% with the company match.
This. Also, take advantage of any other financial opportunities your company offers. Is there an employee stock purchase program? If there is put the maximum amount you can into it. There is almost no other investment that will give back as much as an ESPP will. At my company the stock is purchased at 15% below the offering price of either the first day or the last day (whichever is lower). That means if I sell the day the stock is purchased I am guaranteed at least a 15% return and often much higher.
You may be right, but it seems that he has adhered so closely to Bush's policies that it seems like a no brainer that a Democrat president would have overthrown right away. Why would he do that? I have to wonder if he planned to make changes, but then got into office and learned things that only Bush and other higher ups were privy to previously and that forced him to continue Bush's policies. That is, maybe Bush wasn't actually the total idiot he seems, but maybe knowing X forced him to do Y, even though Y was deeply unpopular. Obama came in with a promise to undo Y, but then learned X which forced him to continue Bush's seemingly insane policies. Or maybe you are right and Obama is secretly a Republican masquerading as a Democrat.
It seems like Obama has gone so far off from where he indicated he would go when originally running for office that I can't help but wonder what happened. I have to assume that since coming into office he has learned things that aren't common knowledge that have turned him from the path he originally envisioned. What could he have possible learned and will we ever get the whole picture?
I'm a programmer, but I still tend to do my thinking, planning, sketching ideas, note taking, etc. with paper and pencils/pens. I just find that I can think better with those tools than some program on a tablet or laptop. It's easier to draw sketches and it doesn't feel so permanent like putting it into a computer does so I'm more apt to play around with ideas and throwaway what doesn't work.
A two party system is bad enough. I would imagine what would effectively be a one party system would be even worse.
Except I've heard that coral doesn't do well in the presence of water.
Well, that is true. But I don't drink coffee and now that we have a Keurig machine at work I have the admin get hot chocolate and apple cider cups for myself. So... I'm destroying the environment while drinking a tasty beverage. Such a first world thing to do.
I assume you are being sarcastic. The manner is which we occupied and annexed it was shameful and disgusting. It's as bad as what we did to the black slaves and native americans. I am ashamed to be an American.
I recently learned how the US came to control Hawaii. The story is disgusting and is easily on par with what we did to the black slaves and the native americans.
"They are better off than anyone else in Polynesia, and have one of the highest standards of living in the world." Then I feel sorry for most people in the world. I just got back from spending a week in Oa'hu and the abject and widespread poverty of the people there was shocking to me. I have never seen that level of poverty anywhere I've lived on the mainland (Florida, Cali, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Indiana, and Montana).
Son, that's no toy. If you had any idea how much thrust this thing... no, wait... um, If you had any idea how hard...no, that's not right...um, I'll get back to you when I can think of something to say that can't be responded to with "That's what she said."
It's not really old vs young. Most of those on older browsers are coming from foreign (non-USA) countries or are coming from corporate networks where they don't have control over what browser they are running.
But can you give me an example of jQuery creating a terrible mobile experience? In my experience, I haven't noticed any issues on mobile devices for websites using jQuery.
Yes, at least until IE 6, 7, 8, etc. are truly dead. Our browser stats show that enough people are still using non-evergreen browsers that we are required to still support them. As far as I can tell the higher ups won't let us drop them until they are down to 0 hits a month. Sigh.
There is surely a joke about "Not tonight dear, I have a headache" here somewhere.
How do you know what is right? 100 years ago people would have said that they were on the right side of history when they excluded gays. Now we look back and say that they were mistaken. But perhaps in 100 years our descendents will look back at us and say that we were mistaken to think that we were on the right side of history. We like to think that we are on the right side of history, just as our ancestors did. But we might be just as mistaken as they were. So claiming that we are on the right side of history seems disingenous at best.
But how would you know that? What if gay rights had never progressed? You would have most likely would have believe at this time that people's beliefs 100 years ago were right (since they match what you currently believe is right) and therefor they were on the right side of history. This smacks of confirmation bias.
So "right side" refers to ethics/morals. But what about the history part? By definition history is in the past. So how do you know that what you think in the present is moral will be considered moral by historians of the future? That is what I mean by wishful thinking. Someone who uses this phrases is basically saying "I think that this action is moral/ethical and I hope that future historians agree with me so that when the future history books are written they will show that I was on the right side of history." I just think that no logical person can use the phrase "the right side of history". Though most of the people who use this phrase are politicians who are pretty much the antithesis of logical.
"on the right side of history" This phrase has always confused me. Unless you are a prophet or time traveler, how do you know you are on the "right side" of history until a significant enough time has passed? And what does "right side" even mean? Is this about winners and losers? Was Stalin on the right side of history since he was a winner (in a manner of speaking) while Hitler was on the wrong side of history since he was a loser? Or is this some kind of moral/ethical rightness? But how do we know what will be moral/ethical at a point in the future that our time is considered to be history? 100 years ago I'm pretty sure the average person wouldn't have considered someone who supported gay rights to be on the right side of history. Again, until enough time has passed, how can you know that you are/were on the right side of history? It sounds like wishful thinking to me.
I think the real hypocrisy is that Tim isn't speaking out to the same degree about the discrimination in his own company/state. The widespread discrimination against women and minorities is well documented, but I guess as a white male those kinds of discrimination aren't worth talking about, even though he really could have a significant impact on these issues that go well beyond a speaking point. And he could help a lot more people. What percentage of the population of Indiana is gay, a few percentage points? What percentage of Silicon Valley is female or non-white? A whole lot more than a single digit percentage.
I sort of don't have any social media accounts either. I have a fake facebook account with 0 info that I use once a year or so when one of my kids wants me to look at something on their facebook accounts. I have a fake twitter account that I set up at a conference I was attending to enter a contest. When I won the contest the presenter sounded very confused since my entry for the contest was the only content on my twitter site. They were obviously confused as to how that could be ;-)
Wait, have you just discovered Slashdot? I can't remember a single April Fools day in the past 15 years when Slashdot hasn't done this. I've actually been looking forward to this for a few days. It's not as epic as the Ponies one, but still enjoyable IMHO.
You are a sad sad person if you don't think that is funny.
We're so sorry the jokes aren't highbrow enough for you. Perhaps next year a Pulitzer prize winner can be hired to increase their literary merit.