I've been on them. They are always for show and politically correct. One member from this place. One member from there. One Black. One Hispanic. Equality for women. One union rep, one from academia, one from the public sector. And every single person there has a political agenda to push, something they want done in the name of "justice" for their cause. Everyone tries one upmanship and grandstanding and thinks they can control the agency from their chair around the table. Advisory committees are not worth the cost the agency must pay for their lunches. It looks good on a resume and is a great excuse for a junket away from work so your employer thinks you're "contributing to the public good." and putting a feather in your oranization's cap as well as your own. It's a waste of time.
absolutely right. Nobody steps up to the plate. If the HOA board members restricted themselves to "paying the bills" that would be great, but too often they decide someone flying a flag off their balcony is a "violation." That's when it gets weird. Pay the bills, but don't pretend to be a morals cop. Living in an HOA-run neighborhood can be very much like living under a totalitarian state, with Walter Mitty petty dictators telling you what to do with your own property.
I just threw out about 50 from the back of a closet. Not even Goodwill will take them. The Friends of the Library stuck some in their "free" box and no one would take them either. Surely the Smartphone is not the epitome of design for what it does. Could its job not be done by a different sort of device altogether? How about sticking the display on an intraocular lens and the CPU on an embedded chip? No more texting--just talk, or maybe even just think. At least you couldn't forget your phone that way.
All this debate from Slashdot rocket scientists over whether Musk is properly designing his rockets, whether he "understands" the finer points of his (imperfect!) metaphor, whether he really understands computers at all, and yet...
he launches rockets (and lands them) again and again and again and again.
Sounds like a solution to every working man being accused of sexual harassment for looking at a woman. Then if your spouse sues, at least t's community property.
Sure they went through the motions. Why not? The issue is this: The drone ship could have been out there to get this first stage, but it could not get back to port, unload the stage, and get back out on station before the Feb 6 launch of Falcon Heavy, where they attempt to recover all three cores at once. In fact, the drone ship is probably already out there on station. They had to make a choice. Which core did they want back? I think the outlying stages will both be second use, but IIRC the center stage is a first-use. It makes more sense to retrieve that newer less-used stage than one that has already flown twice Plus, PR wise it would be much more valuable to capture three stages at once.
Yeah, I thought that, too. The phrase "disease burden" is particularly telling. The idea here is that if your genes subject you to a "disease burden" that is more than the next guy, then that isn't fair and needs to be rectified. And if you happen to be born with ugly genes that make you less attractive, that also "isn't fair' and puts you in a disadvantaged class. It's a known fact that if you are taller, people respect you more and you do better, so short genes are also unfair. This could wind up to be a promising new field of study. Remember the "Selfish Gene"? The next bestseller: "The Unfair Gene.".
In the particular instance in North Carolina it is, but other places around the country it is the exact opposite, which is precisely what I was pointing out. . What about what I said above is not true? Are you telling me those "snake-like" legislative districts do NOT exist? You can't ignore one and not the other. You can call the big elephant in the room "flamebait" if you want, but that is what gerrymandering is--drawing legislative lines to favor one constituency over another. And it is not confined to the GOP.
Take a look at a legislative district in say, Georgia. Notice how the districts look kind of like snakes crawling across the landscape. That's because they include precincts that represent predominantly Black neighborhoods and avoid predominantly white neighborhoods. The theory is that this gives Blacks a more "fair" representation by ensuring Black voters get to choose "their" candidate, more often than not a fellow Black. The fact that they are more likely to be a Democrat, well, that's just an "accident."
It certainly is, as anyone who has run afoul of these organizations can attest. Officials elected by the populace impose rules on everyone that, when violated, result in sanctions. That's what governments do, and HMOs have officials who are "democratically elected," but wind up as an elite group that hangs onto power just like Washington, D.C. Put up a flag they don't like, you must take it down. Don't pay your homeowners dues (taxes) you get a lien on your property. These rules have been upheld by the courts. There's really no difference. It's just a matter of scale. Been there; done that. If you ever find yourself wanting a house or piece of property within an HMO, think twice before buying or kiss your rights goodbye. They can be little fiefdoms and dictatorships that can make your life miserable if you don't conform exactly to what the power structure wants.
It does not have to account for garaged cars. All it has to do is show valid predictions. The criteria here is not to capture every single vehicle; it is to record a sample of sufficient size. That's how poling works. No one has to know how YOU voted. All they need is 1200 sufficiently random people to accurately predict the election.
You really won't be missed as much as you think. Most people are not in positions that are so crucial that everything falls apart when you do leave. And for those who are, whose fault is that? If your leaving caused chaos, then the company is not in a very good position to begin with. Most times your desk will be reassigned. Your phone number will be given to someone else, your email will be erased, and your key card will no longer work. In a few years when you walk through the door, no one will know or care who you are. The person most in need of preparation for your retirement is yourself. If you can't wait to get out of there, ten get out of there. If you have a good relationship with everyone, it makes some sense to give some notice. But the Bottom Line here is that you need to do what is best for you and not overly concern yourself with the company because they are likely not to care much less than you.
Bitcoin's Rise May Reflect a Monumental Transfer of Trust From Human Institutions Backed By Gov't To Systems Reliant on Well-Tested Code, Says Tim Wu (see a couple of posts down)
You're making it sound like the homeless are all veterans. Sure there are homeless veterans, but let's not try to explain homelessness as a veteran problem. The thing is, this 'veterans have trouble adjusting' schtick is a recent thing. We had millions of men in uniform for WW II and many of them saw really bad stuff. A few came back with what was termed "shell shock" (I knew 2 of them) but millions adjusted just fine. Now that PTSD is a 'thing' suddenly we have thousands and thousands of veterans thus affected. What's up with that? Is the current generation of veterans just so very sensitive that they can't hack what their grandfathers could? Do you think the horrors of war are worse now than they were then? Or are we encouraging people to self-identify as 'affected'? Seems to me calling out veterans is misguided and not the point. And I'm a veteran myself.
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I've been on them. They are always for show and politically correct. One member from this place. One member from there. One Black. One Hispanic. Equality for women. One union rep, one from academia, one from the public sector. And every single person there has a political agenda to push, something they want done in the name of "justice" for their cause. Everyone tries one upmanship and grandstanding and thinks they can control the agency from their chair around the table. Advisory committees are not worth the cost the agency must pay for their lunches. It looks good on a resume and is a great excuse for a junket away from work so your employer thinks you're "contributing to the public good." and putting a feather in your oranization's cap as well as your own. It's a waste of time.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
First world problem. Guess we'll still need humans for something.
absolutely right. Nobody steps up to the plate. If the HOA board members restricted themselves to "paying the bills" that would be great, but too often they decide someone flying a flag off their balcony is a "violation." That's when it gets weird. Pay the bills, but don't pretend to be a morals cop. Living in an HOA-run neighborhood can be very much like living under a totalitarian state, with Walter Mitty petty dictators telling you what to do with your own property.
Manual transmissions account for 97% of new car sales in the US. It really isn't a consideration. Manuals are going away. Plan on it.
Because it's not as harsh on you hemorrhoids.
I just threw out about 50 from the back of a closet. Not even Goodwill will take them. The Friends of the Library stuck some in their "free" box and no one would take them either. Surely the Smartphone is not the epitome of design for what it does. Could its job not be done by a different sort of device altogether? How about sticking the display on an intraocular lens and the CPU on an embedded chip? No more texting--just talk, or maybe even just think. At least you couldn't forget your phone that way.
White privilege in action.
All this debate from Slashdot rocket scientists over whether Musk is properly designing his rockets, whether he "understands" the finer points of his (imperfect!) metaphor, whether he really understands computers at all, and yet...
he launches rockets (and lands them) again and again and again and again.
You sound like Michael Moore talking about himself.
Sounds like a solution to every working man being accused of sexual harassment for looking at a woman. Then if your spouse sues, at least t's community property.
Sure they went through the motions. Why not? The issue is this: The drone ship could have been out there to get this first stage, but it could not get back to port, unload the stage, and get back out on station before the Feb 6 launch of Falcon Heavy, where they attempt to recover all three cores at once. In fact, the drone ship is probably already out there on station. They had to make a choice. Which core did they want back? I think the outlying stages will both be second use, but IIRC the center stage is a first-use. It makes more sense to retrieve that newer less-used stage than one that has already flown twice Plus, PR wise it would be much more valuable to capture three stages at once.
Yeah, I thought that, too. The phrase "disease burden" is particularly telling. The idea here is that if your genes subject you to a "disease burden" that is more than the next guy, then that isn't fair and needs to be rectified. And if you happen to be born with ugly genes that make you less attractive, that also "isn't fair' and puts you in a disadvantaged class. It's a known fact that if you are taller, people respect you more and you do better, so short genes are also unfair. This could wind up to be a promising new field of study. Remember the "Selfish Gene"? The next bestseller: "The Unfair Gene.".
In the particular instance in North Carolina it is, but other places around the country it is the exact opposite, which is precisely what I was pointing out. . What about what I said above is not true? Are you telling me those "snake-like" legislative districts do NOT exist? You can't ignore one and not the other. You can call the big elephant in the room "flamebait" if you want, but that is what gerrymandering is--drawing legislative lines to favor one constituency over another. And it is not confined to the GOP.
Take a look at a legislative district in say, Georgia. Notice how the districts look kind of like snakes crawling across the landscape. That's because they include precincts that represent predominantly Black neighborhoods and avoid predominantly white neighborhoods. The theory is that this gives Blacks a more "fair" representation by ensuring Black voters get to choose "their" candidate, more often than not a fellow Black. The fact that they are more likely to be a Democrat, well, that's just an "accident."
Sounds like it takes care of two headaches at once.
And the far left gets a pass!
It certainly is, as anyone who has run afoul of these organizations can attest. Officials elected by the populace impose rules on everyone that, when violated, result in sanctions. That's what governments do, and HMOs have officials who are "democratically elected," but wind up as an elite group that hangs onto power just like Washington, D.C. Put up a flag they don't like, you must take it down. Don't pay your homeowners dues (taxes) you get a lien on your property. These rules have been upheld by the courts. There's really no difference. It's just a matter of scale. Been there; done that. If you ever find yourself wanting a house or piece of property within an HMO, think twice before buying or kiss your rights goodbye. They can be little fiefdoms and dictatorships that can make your life miserable if you don't conform exactly to what the power structure wants.
It does not have to account for garaged cars. All it has to do is show valid predictions. The criteria here is not to capture every single vehicle; it is to record a sample of sufficient size. That's how poling works. No one has to know how YOU voted. All they need is 1200 sufficiently random people to accurately predict the election.
You really won't be missed as much as you think. Most people are not in positions that are so crucial that everything falls apart when you do leave. And for those who are, whose fault is that? If your leaving caused chaos, then the company is not in a very good position to begin with. Most times your desk will be reassigned. Your phone number will be given to someone else, your email will be erased, and your key card will no longer work. In a few years when you walk through the door, no one will know or care who you are. The person most in need of preparation for your retirement is yourself. If you can't wait to get out of there, ten get out of there. If you have a good relationship with everyone, it makes some sense to give some notice. But the Bottom Line here is that you need to do what is best for you and not overly concern yourself with the company because they are likely not to care much less than you.
Bitcoin's Rise May Reflect a Monumental Transfer of Trust From Human Institutions Backed By Gov't To Systems Reliant on Well-Tested Code, Says Tim Wu (see a couple of posts down)
Yet Putin just thanked the CIA for providing actionable intelligence on a potential terrorist attack inside Russia.
For banning Kaspersky software? You lost me there. Or did you miss telling us something?
You're making it sound like the homeless are all veterans. Sure there are homeless veterans, but let's not try to explain homelessness as a veteran problem. The thing is, this 'veterans have trouble adjusting' schtick is a recent thing. We had millions of men in uniform for WW II and many of them saw really bad stuff. A few came back with what was termed "shell shock" (I knew 2 of them) but millions adjusted just fine. Now that PTSD is a 'thing' suddenly we have thousands and thousands of veterans thus affected. What's up with that? Is the current generation of veterans just so very sensitive that they can't hack what their grandfathers could? Do you think the horrors of war are worse now than they were then? Or are we encouraging people to self-identify as 'affected'? Seems to me calling out veterans is misguided and not the point. And I'm a veteran myself.
Big deal.