Data may in fact be more valuable than oil, but neither Apple nor Amazon demonstrate that idea. Apple claims it's not selling it's data at all (and it's investor reports seem to bear that out) and Amazon's growth is largely a matter of market position, not data.
When demand was low, the handful of people for whom programming was exciting were all that was needed. Now, demand is very high, and learning to program will be quite difficult for the masses need to fill this demand.
That long term unemployment number is as a percentage of unemployed people, per the link you posted. The department of labor (the bureau of labor statistics) calculates unemployment with a national household survey:
The world bank unemployment numbers (which are actually gathered by the international labor organization) are just a regurgitation of the BLS numbers above, which you'd know if you'd bothered at all to investigate the numbers you are quoting above.
(each country has it's own source, methodology, etc).
Valid complaints would be that the numbers reported don't include the homeless (although those estimates are gathered elsewhere), you don't understand the report, or that it conflicts with your personal opinion.
Less crime is great, but these methods presuppose that the DA & the police are working so closely together as to be indistinguishable. If that's a desirable arrangement, we still need someone who is willing to prosecute police misconduct.
Also? Cynthia Than's headline is the opposite of the conclusion in the research results. A more serious treatment of the structural problems that lead to these gaps.
The NSA et al are (legally) *more* restricted in the US than abroad. While there might be congressional hearings & other hand wringing about what the NSA does in the US, foreign countries are a cyber free fire zone. Information superiority is the goal, and the NSA has huge fire power ATM.
Spending a big $100K on a popularity contest isn't going to ensure every kid can program. That's shut-up money, "Look, we tried, but USians just aren't up to snuff, give us more H1Bs!"
What exactly is the director supposed to do? Senator knew the answer, knew it was classified, but asked it anyway in open session. Director's staff acknowledged after that the answer wasn't "accurate", but were also not allowed to correct the public record.
Think of it this way, one the largest reasons the Americans rebelled against the British was a tax rate that was perceived as significantly too high. That tax rate by the way the way was a fair bit lower than today's tax rate. (The Boston Tea Party was a/Tax Protest/ not an independence rally). This by the way is the source of the name of our modern 'Tea Party' in politics.
The rate of tax wasn't the issue. The issue was being taxed by officials who weren't elected by the taxed citizens. Perhaps you've heard the phrase "no taxation without representation?" I must say, the Tea Party version ("no taxation") reflects rather poorly on the US Education system. I guess "mission accomplished" was referring to the growing masses of ignorant citizens.
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Data may in fact be more valuable than oil, but neither Apple nor Amazon demonstrate that idea. Apple claims it's not selling it's data at all (and it's investor reports seem to bear that out) and Amazon's growth is largely a matter of market position, not data.
When demand was low, the handful of people for whom programming was exciting were all that was needed. Now, demand is very high, and learning to program will be quite difficult for the masses need to fill this demand.
https://www.umass.edu/legal/de...
Wonder why your fact is moderated as a 2 while the dick weed you're correcting gets a 5? Who benefits from this bogus idea?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that politicians are better political leaders than, say, brain surgeons or real estate developers.
Learning styles is a harmful myth:
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/n...
That long term unemployment number is as a percentage of unemployed people, per the link you posted. The department of labor (the bureau of labor statistics) calculates unemployment with a national household survey:
http://www.bls.gov/bls/unemplo...
The world bank unemployment numbers (which are actually gathered by the international labor organization) are just a regurgitation of the BLS numbers above, which you'd know if you'd bothered at all to investigate the numbers you are quoting above.
See:
http://data.worldbank.org/indi...
(look at the metadata for the source)
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/lfsurve...
(each country has it's own source, methodology, etc).
Valid complaints would be that the numbers reported don't include the homeless (although those estimates are gathered elsewhere), you don't understand the report, or that it conflicts with your personal opinion.
Less crime is great, but these methods presuppose that the DA & the police are working so closely together as to be indistinguishable. If that's a desirable arrangement, we still need someone who is willing to prosecute police misconduct.
Also? Cynthia Than's headline is the opposite of the conclusion in the research results. A more serious treatment of the structural problems that lead to these gaps.
The NSA et al are (legally) *more* restricted in the US than abroad. While there might be congressional hearings & other hand wringing about what the NSA does in the US, foreign countries are a cyber free fire zone. Information superiority is the goal, and the NSA has huge fire power ATM.
Well, they charge exactly the same for 2 years of coverage for the 5c, 5s, 5, 4, and 4s.
When it was that warm in Greenland, it was certainly warm in Canada and Alaska. So where did the polar bears live, if warmer water is lethal to them?
Hardly.
The PDF touches on security, but only alludes to faster lines. I wonder how you'd protect the 25,000 pylons? Seems like the answer is "not bother".
Spending a big $100K on a popularity contest isn't going to ensure every kid can program. That's shut-up money, "Look, we tried, but USians just aren't up to snuff, give us more H1Bs!"
What exactly is the director supposed to do? Senator knew the answer, knew it was classified, but asked it anyway in open session. Director's staff acknowledged after that the answer wasn't "accurate", but were also not allowed to correct the public record.
If only we had an easy way to make an oxygen free environment to store our silicon nanoparticles prior to wetting them...
Immature B-cells are trained in the spleen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_cell
Immature T-cells are trained in the thymus. Defects in these self-tolerance processes probably lead to all autoimmune disorders.
Let's add the Iceland has been continuously inhabited with reasonable records since the year 874.
Here's a nuanced example of some of the things you can do, personally, without any help from anyone:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/opinion/31niman.html
Other examples include driving less, flying less, using less energy at home (running the AC & heater less).
Which states are those?
Most cars cannot fit more than two child seats (properly secured).
I guess it depends on the car seats. Or maybe the size of your kids...
How did the parent get modded anything but troll? Really?
Giving them a venue to hack said system is also a good plan.
Think of it this way, one the largest reasons the Americans rebelled against the British was a tax rate that was perceived as significantly too high. That tax rate by the way the way was a fair bit lower than today's tax rate. (The Boston Tea Party was a /Tax Protest/ not an independence rally). This by the way is the source of the name of our modern 'Tea Party' in politics.
The rate of tax wasn't the issue. The issue was being taxed by officials who weren't elected by the taxed citizens. Perhaps you've heard the phrase "no taxation without representation?" I must say, the Tea Party version ("no taxation") reflects rather poorly on the US Education system. I guess "mission accomplished" was referring to the growing masses of ignorant citizens.
The archeological record indicates that making stone spear points (knapping) was a specialized skill. It's even more specialized today.