Newsflash, people don't tend to get excited to vote for the status quo. The whole thing was set-up to be skewed from the get go, because Cameron in an imbecil.
The WTO doesn't really manage much, it is essentially just an impartial arbiter that countries can appeal to when there are disagreements over the guidelines. Helps to avoid trade wars or even nastier unpleasantness. It also helps the little countries to access the global market without being completely at the mercy of the big powers.
It's really a good question what was going on in this thick skull of his, as the former mayor of London he knows exactly what this means for the City. Apparently he just didn't give a sh**.
But I think this paragraph in the beginning, nicely sums it up, this was not so much about Thiel, but why he wouldn't come fully out of the closet:
"Of course he's gay. Why would you mention that?" Here in northern California, where intolerance is the only thing we can't tolerate, even alluding to someone's sexual orientation is suspect. (Even if, like me, you're gay yourself.) Yet as one venture capitalist put it, "The VC industry is headquartered in Menlo Park, not northern California." On Sand Hill Road, like funds like. The clubby ranks of VCs are mostly straight, white and male. They instinctively prefer entrepreneurs who remind them of themselves. At best, it's a wrongheaded sense of caution. At worst, it's prejudice with a handy alibi.
The article in question was actually speculating on why, in this day and age, Thiel wouldn't just come out of the closet properly, since his sexual orientation was already an open secret, and nowadays there is hardly a stigma attached to being gay.
Similar to the reporting done on Apple CEO Tim Cook, who then did the right thing and came out high profile and publicly, as to be an inspiration for gay kids everywhere, showing them that they too can shot for the stars.
Then again, I don't think Cook ever was so uncomfortable with his sexual orientation, that he covered it up with homophobia as Thiel allegedly did when he was at Standford.
Without governments there wouldn't be a market. The transportation market is regulated differently in different jurisdictions. Uber pretended they don't have to play by the rules of their competition and this costs them.
Save your crocodile tears for a more worthy cause.
They deserve to die. I am happy to use other ride-share services, and I used some long before there was Uber. But I won't give Uber any of my business.
You require more Snark in your live, you don't seem to recognize it:-)
Relax, I was joking. You totally bark up the wrong tree.
It's too bad/. dropped the ball and there are none of my comments left from before 2007, or I could pull out the ones where I raged against the build-up to the Iraq war despite Hans Blix obviously coming up empty.
A classical Turing complete computer is the usual default that is commonly assumed by the unqualified term. Hence you have to qualify anything that differs from that default, such as analog computer, or quantum computer.
My brother in law manages the maintenance staff at a Californian luxury hotel. Most of his personell is Hispanic, and not because he doesn't want to hire white folks. They simply don't seem to be to keen on working as hotel maids or custodians.
She is an outstanding theoretical physicist with a nag to explain things in plain English, without dumbing them down too much (at least I think so, then again I may not be the best person to judge that).
"data fetishisation" where nothing at all can be possibly true unless Science. And Data.
The problem is that it's all data, very little science.
Real scientists know how to scrutinize their data, and how to rule out false positives. Actual science will not only give you a statistical level of confidence, but use domain expertise to the uttermost to rule out systematic errors. A nice case study in that regards is the recent LIGO gravitational wave results.
Most of the people who like to call themselves "data scientists" these days know as much about science as "computer engineers" know about proper engineering.
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Kind of sickening, isn't it?
73% expressed their will.
Newsflash, people don't tend to get excited to vote for the status quo. The whole thing was set-up to be skewed from the get go, because Cameron in an imbecil.
Your naivete is as heartening and endearing as it is misguided.
The WTO doesn't really manage much, it is essentially just an impartial arbiter that countries can appeal to when there are disagreements over the guidelines. Helps to avoid trade wars or even nastier unpleasantness. It also helps the little countries to access the global market without being completely at the mercy of the big powers.
You do know that the Brexit camp ran ads with the promise to put the money saved on the EU in the NHS?
http://leftfootforward.org/ima...
No? Well, there's a surprise.
It's really a good question what was going on in this thick skull of his, as the former mayor of London he knows exactly what this means for the City. Apparently he just didn't give a sh**.
Don't have mod points right now, so here we go: Very insightful comment.
Really don't see an alternative to a basic minimal income in the future, it's either that or complete dystopia.
This is Gawker we are talking about, of course they won't write a sociological dissertation.
Really easy to find the article and to judge the tone for yourself: http://gawker.com/335894/peter...
But I think this paragraph in the beginning, nicely sums it up, this was not so much about Thiel, but why he wouldn't come fully out of the closet:
"Of course he's gay. Why would you mention that?" Here in northern California, where intolerance is the only thing we can't tolerate, even alluding to someone's sexual orientation is suspect. (Even if, like me, you're gay yourself.) Yet as one venture capitalist put it, "The VC industry is headquartered in Menlo Park, not northern California." On Sand Hill Road, like funds like. The clubby ranks of VCs are mostly straight, white and male. They instinctively prefer entrepreneurs who remind them of themselves. At best, it's a wrongheaded sense of caution. At worst, it's prejudice with a handy alibi.
As a German, I would like to interject that IMHO with the current crop of presidential candidates Godwin's law has outlived it's usefulness.
Anyhow, here's the creator of said law on the matter:
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Not that Trump will care, he revoked the WaPo's press credentials.
The article in question was actually speculating on why, in this day and age, Thiel wouldn't just come out of the closet properly, since his sexual orientation was already an open secret, and nowadays there is hardly a stigma attached to being gay.
Similar to the reporting done on Apple CEO Tim Cook, who then did the right thing and came out high profile and publicly, as to be an inspiration for gay kids everywhere, showing them that they too can shot for the stars.
Then again, I don't think Cook ever was so uncomfortable with his sexual orientation, that he covered it up with homophobia as Thiel allegedly did when he was at Standford.
This matters because it says something about Peter Thiel's judgement.
Never seen a leading VC guy self destruct his reputation more swiftly and thoroughly.
Without governments there wouldn't be a market. The transportation market is regulated differently in different jurisdictions. Uber pretended they don't have to play by the rules of their competition and this costs them.
Save your crocodile tears for a more worthy cause.
They deserve to die. I am happy to use other ride-share services, and I used some long before there was Uber. But I won't give Uber any of my business.
You require more Snark in your live, you don't seem to recognize it :-)
Relax, I was joking. You totally bark up the wrong tree.
It's too bad /. dropped the ball and there are none of my comments left from before 2007, or I could pull out the ones where I raged against the build-up to the Iraq war despite Hans Blix obviously coming up empty.
But I did later comment on the Iraq torture scandal.
Mentioned how the US media was complicit in selling the Iraq war
And pointed out the terrible cost of this war to the Iraqi civilians.
Well, in their defense, they did promise to do no evil.
After all it was an American, namely Al Gore, who invented the Internet.
I have it on good authority, that back then it was essential a series of tubes.
A classical Turing complete computer is the usual default that is commonly assumed by the unqualified term. Hence you have to qualify anything that differs from that default, such as analog computer, or quantum computer.
Indeed. Love the guy, and there are other seriously high flying theorists who entertain the idea, but the notion that a classical computer could simulate reality is nevertheless rather far fetched.
At any rate, there is no value in the notion, unless you can derive some theory from it, that'll allow for an experimental test.
My brother in law manages the maintenance staff at a Californian luxury hotel. Most of his personell is Hispanic, and not because he doesn't want to hire white folks. They simply don't seem to be to keen on working as hotel maids or custodians.
You may want to check out Bee's blog at http://backreaction.blogspot.c...
She is an outstanding theoretical physicist with a nag to explain things in plain English, without dumbing them down too much (at least I think so, then again I may not be the best person to judge that).
Helped me. Then again I have a physics degree :-)
"data fetishisation" where nothing at all can be possibly true unless Science. And Data.
The problem is that it's all data, very little science.
Real scientists know how to scrutinize their data, and how to rule out false positives. Actual science will not only give you a statistical level of confidence, but use domain expertise to the uttermost to rule out systematic errors. A nice case study in that regards is the recent LIGO gravitational wave results.
Most of the people who like to call themselves "data scientists" these days know as much about science as "computer engineers" know about proper engineering.
Judging from his user name he is already posting from beyond the grave.
Yes, ruthless yet effective. Pretty much sums up the Romans in their heydays.
Thank you AC for stating what should be painfully obvious.