FWIW: you'd more likely catch me having sex on the back of an angry bear than wearing a MAGA cap, but CNN has really gone full tilt liberal since before the President was elected.
CNN used to be the closest thing to a moderate national news outlet that we had access to, but alas, the least of the advertising revenues must be found in the middle of the damn road.
There remains some value in the diversity of the news reports you're using to glean an opinion from, as long as you understand each viewpoint has an agenda behind it.
If you smoke your life-long days, you are x more likely to succumb to lung cancer. If you smoke and have the misfortune of living in a home with radon emissions due to uranium decay beneath your feet you have no inkling of, you are x + y more likely to succumb from lung cancer.
Adding a known negative probability to your outcome does not enhance one's odds of longevity.
Someone dies at 85 and we are sure itâ(TM)s radiation?? How about not believing things until you study it scientifically? Nowadays a moron with no qualifications in science considers their own speculative opinion more valid than that of a doctor with a PhD in the field.
I'm completely certain a poster with the intellect necessary to understand it may not be that the cancer he suffered was necessarily a direct result of his radiation exposure, is, also, intellectual enough to understand that it is plausible his mission in the 70's, an era of the pioneer of hominids in space, was rife with poorly understood effects of radiation on space-walkers.
“Loyalty to the United States, strength of character, trustworthiness, honesty, reliability,’’ are among the attributes sought in the process, according to the U.S. State Department website.
Is it possible the wait would be less than 311 days if I was an Eagle Scout who contributed a large amount to a strategically selected political campaign?
The US does not represent the worst possible outcome for the rest of the World as its preeminent Superpower. Far from it.
For starters, though, it would be nice to measure our worth by how much better we could be doing, as opposed to setting the bar at how much worse we could be.
You can't make all the other nations behave by just being nice.
That's as true a statement as You can't make all the other nations behave.
What we could do better is lead by example. The US is a microcosm of the World as a whole: many different nationalities, religions, races, ideas, and belief sets. I'd say working to make the melting pot work, instead of crippling ourselves with rabid partisan infighting, would be a great first step.
If it can't be done here, in this unprecedented era of peace and prosperity, the World's prospects are bleak.
Why did the NSA and CIA start a cyber arms race when the USA is the most vulnerable to the kinds of attacks it's creating and therefore provoking from non-USA aligned countries?
Hacking doesn't necessarily favor the poor, underdeveloped, cash-strapped nation-states; yet, it does level the playing field a bit.
A relatively small fraction of a Superpower's military budget can be allocated to achieve successful cyber disruption.
Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a society that valued teachers above all professions, or shite, at least above coaches? The best of the best would teach the next generation, and it would be an honor to do so.
We're not as advanced as we like to believe, as evidenced by how earlier, more primitive societies valued healers high enough within their social hierarchies that it was unnecessary to gouge the patients for the life-saving treatments they administered.
Maybe, we just have our priorities all assed up...
I don't think it's so much older employees refuse to stay current. It's a balance sheet decision.
The drawbacks of older employees include higher pay and less patience to tolerate bullshit, occasionally uncompensated, overtime demands. There more likely to tell you how they really feel, which is sometimes viewed as insubordination instead of candor. You know, some of the same foul-tasting criteria employers outsource a youngster's job to on the infamous H1B program.
There are indeed likely benefits to consider. Youthful employees are more easily distracted, less experienced, and decidedly more prone to underperformance at work due to self-abuse the previous night... haven't even learned to hold their liquor.
I envy those people I know who are capable of insanity and irrationality.
Then you're a fool.
It's a problem because the rational person sees a lot of the bad in the world and can't really alleviate their own suffering other than by taking mind altering substances or temporarily distracting activities.
As someone who suffers from mental illness, I perceive people who are distraught by the everyday evils in the world to be like children crying over spilled milk. You seek to escape what I would consider an ideal state. The world isn't great but you fail to recognize that it's full of issues that can be rectified.
You too clever; thus, you must realize the relatively undamaged humans amongst us have no more appreciation for the misfortunes not befallen them than the truly damaged have for those ridden with unexperienced maladies like childhood cancer, bacne or psoriasis.
Mosquitoes, rattlesnakes, the common cold, and herpes... living proof the ecological nightmare otherwise known as hominid clearly falls short of omnipotence.
It's not easy being an earthly life form humans would prefer to eradicate, so the one that make it are subject to Arrakian-like environmental culls.
Oh sure, let's pretend having to work on a morally ambiguous program is the embarrassing equivalent of a guy who drives a truck from place to place cleaning Port-a-potties all day.
You realize he answers, "Truck driver" when people ask him what he does for a living, don't you,
programmer?
Add more content. There is over 100 years of movies and over 75 years of television they could add pretty cheaply.
There seems to be less content now than there was when I first subscribed.
It's not as if we weren't grateful for your tens of dolllars in subscription revenue, loyal user, but in order to capture market share to bring you the best programming money can buy, we were forced to sacrifice a temporary bit of content. You're welcome.
I had honestly grown skeptical of the no-strings-attached devotion the dogs were providing... after all, who could love me that unconditionally without some sort of downside?
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FWIW: you'd more likely catch me having sex on the back of an angry bear than wearing a MAGA cap, but CNN has really gone full tilt liberal since before the President was elected.
CNN used to be the closest thing to a moderate national news outlet that we had access to, but alas, the least of the advertising revenues must be found in the middle of the damn road.
There remains some value in the diversity of the news reports you're using to glean an opinion from, as long as you understand each viewpoint has an agenda behind it.
Yes.
Free-ish (and much fragmented) news outlets meddling with your belief set is still preferable than a mere handful of sources.
On the fence? Consider, then, US; your two-party democracy.
If you smoke your life-long days, you are x more likely to succumb to lung cancer. If you smoke and have the misfortune of living in a home with radon emissions due to uranium decay beneath your feet you have no inkling of, you are x + y more likely to succumb from lung cancer.
Adding a known negative probability to your outcome does not enhance one's odds of longevity.
Someone dies at 85 and we are sure itâ(TM)s radiation?? How about not believing things until you study it scientifically? Nowadays a moron with no qualifications in science considers their own speculative opinion more valid than that of a doctor with a PhD in the field.
I'm completely certain a poster with the intellect necessary to understand it may not be that the cancer he suffered was necessarily a direct result of his radiation exposure, is, also, intellectual enough to understand that it is plausible his mission in the 70's, an era of the pioneer of hominids in space, was rife with poorly understood effects of radiation on space-walkers.
Sadly, there is a correlation to radiation exposure, though there are many other factors that increase risk.
Still, it's plausible he died doing his job many years hence.
“Loyalty to the United States, strength of character, trustworthiness, honesty, reliability,’’ are among the attributes sought in the process, according to the U.S. State Department website.
Is it possible the wait would be less than 311 days if I was an Eagle Scout who contributed a large amount to a strategically selected political campaign?
The US does not represent the worst possible outcome for the rest of the World as its preeminent Superpower. Far from it.
For starters, though, it would be nice to measure our worth by how much better we could be doing, as opposed to setting the bar at how much worse we could be.
You can't make all the other nations behave by just being nice.
That's as true a statement as You can't make all the other nations behave.
What we could do better is lead by example. The US is a microcosm of the World as a whole: many different nationalities, religions, races, ideas, and belief sets. I'd say working to make the melting pot work, instead of crippling ourselves with rabid partisan infighting, would be a great first step.
If it can't be done here, in this unprecedented era of peace and prosperity, the World's prospects are bleak.
Why did the NSA and CIA start a cyber arms race when the USA is the most vulnerable to the kinds of attacks it's creating and therefore provoking from non-USA aligned countries?
Hacking doesn't necessarily favor the poor, underdeveloped, cash-strapped nation-states; yet, it does level the playing field a bit.
A relatively small fraction of a Superpower's military budget can be allocated to achieve successful cyber disruption.
Isn't it too bad we behave so poorly in the role of Superpower that several to many sovereign nations would be on the suspect list.?.?.?
I like what you did there, but in all fairness, what are we without the D? oughnut, and ebian... what are we, Savages?
Is it just me, or does it seem like allegedly should have another d in it?
Clearly, if your offense is of the type inclusive of the term child abuse you will be judged more harshly.
Fair? Maybe not, but we have to believe in something.
Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a society that valued teachers above all professions, or shite, at least above coaches? The best of the best would teach the next generation, and it would be an honor to do so.
We're not as advanced as we like to believe, as evidenced by how earlier, more primitive societies valued healers high enough within their social hierarchies that it was unnecessary to gouge the patients for the life-saving treatments they administered.
Maybe, we just have our priorities all assed up...
I'm afraid most of the time, you'd just be trading tomorrow's inefficiency for today's.
Well, I'm not certain what you're asking, but I think 14 1/hundred thousandths of $2.5 billion is $350K.
What's truly interesting to me, is the idea this is even surprising news.
A truly shocking story would be, "Half a trillion dollar company still refuses to influence local politics to its benefit."
I don't think it's so much older employees refuse to stay current. It's a balance sheet decision.
The drawbacks of older employees include higher pay and less patience to tolerate bullshit, occasionally uncompensated, overtime demands. There more likely to tell you how they really feel, which is sometimes viewed as insubordination instead of candor. You know, some of the same foul-tasting criteria employers outsource a youngster's job to on the infamous H1B program.
There are indeed likely benefits to consider. Youthful employees are more easily distracted, less experienced, and decidedly more prone to underperformance at work due to self-abuse the previous night... haven't even learned to hold their liquor.
I received a $2.68 credit just today.
Pretty much pushed me over the top, counting what's in the cookie jar, and I'm purchasing an island next to Branson.
I envy those people I know who are capable of insanity and irrationality.
Then you're a fool.
It's a problem because the rational person sees a lot of the bad in the world and can't really alleviate their own suffering other than by taking mind altering substances or temporarily distracting activities.
As someone who suffers from mental illness, I perceive people who are distraught by the everyday evils in the world to be like children crying over spilled milk. You seek to escape what I would consider an ideal state. The world isn't great but you fail to recognize that it's full of issues that can be rectified.
You too clever; thus, you must realize the relatively undamaged humans amongst us have no more appreciation for the misfortunes not befallen them than the truly damaged have for those ridden with unexperienced maladies like childhood cancer, bacne or psoriasis.
Mosquitoes, rattlesnakes, the common cold, and herpes... living proof the ecological nightmare otherwise known as hominid clearly falls short of omnipotence.
It's not easy being an earthly life form humans would prefer to eradicate, so the one that make it are subject to Arrakian-like environmental culls.
Spot on, but if we're being forthcoming, I'd have to admit that I was intrigued by your +4 comment score with no adjective emphasis.
At this moment, it appears you have a +2 starting score and a single upmod (+1 Interesting)>
How does that work? Did you pull CmdrTaco's arse out of the fire in college?
Oh sure, let's pretend having to work on a morally ambiguous program is the embarrassing equivalent of a guy who drives a truck from place to place cleaning Port-a-potties all day.
You realize he answers, "Truck driver" when people ask him what he does for a living, don't you, programmer?
Add more content. There is over 100 years of movies and over 75 years of television they could add pretty cheaply.
There seems to be less content now than there was when I first subscribed.
It's not as if we weren't grateful for your tens of dolllars in subscription revenue, loyal user, but in order to capture market share to bring you the best programming money can buy, we were forced to sacrifice a temporary bit of content. You're welcome.
I had honestly grown skeptical of the no-strings-attached devotion the dogs were providing... after all, who could love me that unconditionally without some sort of downside?
There are a few who are skilled enough to write their own code, but it's mostly just copy/paste from the plethora of online cheat sites.