So, phones have rounded corners for the same reason that clipboards do. It isn't about aesthetics or ergonomics. it's about the fact that a rectangular object can shatter if dropped on the point of a corner; rounding protects against that.
With this said, you must be a lot of fun at parties...;-)
Outsourcing personal responsibility to government and other collectives the care for others that makes people decent human beings may sometimes be an effective strategy, but doing so does not in and of itself make one decent.
... be it mechanical engineering or quantum programming, as tech has always been, at the end of the day, and out of necessity, a meritocracy.
I'm told this is changing.
I've still got a few good years in me, and I love to mentor and teach the younger folks even more than I love to code these days. But when building things becomes more about "the feels" than actually building things, then the things that are supposed to be built, in short, won't be. Or at least, they won't be built anything as they should be.
I guess that I'm glad that I'll be done before things to through what I see an inevitable cycle through complete collapse to remind us that yes, merit matters, and getting the job done and well is, at the end of the day, the primary goal of being an engineer, or any sort of builder or creative in general.
Two points: first, you don't understand political machines, and two, furthering their interests often means selling a bill of goods that gets a politician elected.
No, government taxes, by any name - be it income tax or usage fee or levy or whatever - absolutely do tend to indicate a socialist system when everything that is done, traded, sold, observed, ate, drank, driven, lived on or in, or used in any way, has a fee or tax or levy associated with it.
The entire rent control system and borough rent control boards are as socialist as it gets. They actually wind up driving rents up artificially, as the market can't play.
Too, there is this concept here that the government, at some level or anther, has to have a hand in on every. single. detail. of. life. Again, socialist.
Of course, this begs the question of value, meaning, truth, beauty, or anything else that art is supposed to be and speak to in the context of a worldview and philosophy that denies all these things (i.e., postmodernism).
Well, the marijuana enforcement means that me, a non-smoker, has to deal with it in my apartment because there is nothing to stop the neighbors from hot boxing their apartment, which leads it to coming into mine. Great fun in the dead of winter!
And - I'm sure you'd have loved riding the trains in the 70's-90's. You might have a slightly different opinion of the NYPD if you had.
We have three income taxes (city, state, federal), sales tax, property tax, fees on everything imaginable.
Rent control and stabilization has just become part of the cesspool of corruption that spans government and the housing/rental industry. The government sets the rent increases, controls how many buildings can be built - all to keep the prices high. Landlords get rich, politicians get re-elected. But don't even try to tell me that the free market is at work in this thing. Nobody who actually lives here believes that for a second.
"Functional public transit" - for a given definition of functional.
Albany let the MTA rot for years, relying on the fact that it was specced out and designed during the depression era, and massively over engineered to withstand years of neglect. The folks who built it said, "We just went through this, it could happen again, let's make sure that it it does, it doesn't wipe out the trains." But the politicians looked at this during times of prosperity, and said, "Hey, the train's will keep running. Why bother? Let the next guy do it. Imma gonna buy me some votes!"
And today, well, they don't even bother with "train traffic ahead of us" anymore. It's just, "We're delayed, gonna be here a while".
Being constantly angry or being apathetic are not the only options.
It is possible to care deeply about things without that care being expressed as anger.
In fact, I would propose that if you define "caring" as getting angry at those things that oppose that for which you care, that it isn't really caring at all, but something far darker.
We are shocked and outraged at this illegal and illicit activity. We at Facebook take protecting the data we collect very seriously. How else are we supposed to get top dollar for selling it to the highest bidder?
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So, phones have rounded corners for the same reason that clipboards do. It isn't about aesthetics or ergonomics. it's about the fact that a rectangular object can shatter if dropped on the point of a corner; rounding protects against that.
With this said, you must be a lot of fun at parties... ;-)
Haven't seen much innovation since they rounded the corners.
Seems like today is the day the market started to figure this out, too...
Love how you pipelined that synergy!
I finally understand this APK nonsense.
It's Amazon's beta testing it's story writing AI!
Seems they have quite a bit of work that needs be done, though....
hmmm... not so sure about this.
I'd say that the 'net is both the new Soma and the Telescrene. Not in their interests to discourage use.
Based on... what?
The authors have already admitted that their paper and math lack credibility.
Maybe somebody else will come along and support their conclusions.
If that were to happen, we'd call it "science".
Until then, however, unequivocally embracing the conclusion based on admitted flawed premises is something quite different than science.
Outsourcing personal responsibility to government and other collectives the care for others that makes people decent human beings may sometimes be an effective strategy, but doing so does not in and of itself make one decent.
... be it mechanical engineering or quantum programming, as tech has always been, at the end of the day, and out of necessity, a meritocracy.
I'm told this is changing.
I've still got a few good years in me, and I love to mentor and teach the younger folks even more than I love to code these days. But when building things becomes more about "the feels" than actually building things, then the things that are supposed to be built, in short, won't be. Or at least, they won't be built anything as they should be.
I guess that I'm glad that I'll be done before things to through what I see an inevitable cycle through complete collapse to remind us that yes, merit matters, and getting the job done and well is, at the end of the day, the primary goal of being an engineer, or any sort of builder or creative in general.
...before the truth can get its boots on.
We'll be hearing about the oceans heating faster then expected for decades.
Now, that is kinda funny.
Two points: first, you don't understand political machines, and two, furthering their interests often means selling a bill of goods that gets a politician elected.
No, government taxes, by any name - be it income tax or usage fee or levy or whatever - absolutely do tend to indicate a socialist system when everything that is done, traded, sold, observed, ate, drank, driven, lived on or in, or used in any way, has a fee or tax or levy associated with it.
The entire rent control system and borough rent control boards are as socialist as it gets. They actually wind up driving rents up artificially, as the market can't play.
Too, there is this concept here that the government, at some level or anther, has to have a hand in on every. single. detail. of. life. Again, socialist.
Of course, this begs the question of value, meaning, truth, beauty, or anything else that art is supposed to be and speak to in the context of a worldview and philosophy that denies all these things (i.e., postmodernism).
Well, the marijuana enforcement means that me, a non-smoker, has to deal with it in my apartment because there is nothing to stop the neighbors from hot boxing their apartment, which leads it to coming into mine. Great fun in the dead of winter!
And - I'm sure you'd have loved riding the trains in the 70's-90's. You might have a slightly different opinion of the NYPD if you had.
Well - certainly the politicians acted in their own best interests. NYC politicians are really, really good at that.
Just put a door desk in every cell. Perfect fit for Amazon culture!
Ah, variant number 2 on the old "socialism hasn't ever worked because we've never done it right" argument.
Pro Tip: All the "real" socialists become de Blasio clones when they get some actual power. Has always gone that way, and always will.
You'll have to ask Governor Amazon Cuomo. Or Make Other People Pay the Bill de Blasio.
Oh, my. This is hilarious!
We have three income taxes (city, state, federal), sales tax, property tax, fees on everything imaginable.
Rent control and stabilization has just become part of the cesspool of corruption that spans government and the housing/rental industry. The government sets the rent increases, controls how many buildings can be built - all to keep the prices high. Landlords get rich, politicians get re-elected. But don't even try to tell me that the free market is at work in this thing. Nobody who actually lives here believes that for a second.
"Functional public transit" - for a given definition of functional.
Albany let the MTA rot for years, relying on the fact that it was specced out and designed during the depression era, and massively over engineered to withstand years of neglect. The folks who built it said, "We just went through this, it could happen again, let's make sure that it it does, it doesn't wipe out the trains." But the politicians looked at this during times of prosperity, and said, "Hey, the train's will keep running. Why bother? Let the next guy do it. Imma gonna buy me some votes!"
And today, well, they don't even bother with "train traffic ahead of us" anymore. It's just, "We're delayed, gonna be here a while".
But it's not perfectly fine for Cuomo and de Blasio to give said tax breaks.
NYC is if not the highest, then close to the highest taxed city in the nation.
We have a federal, a state, and a city graduated income tax. And believe you me, everything else has a tax or a fee here.
Amazon is going to put significant load on the city. Rents are going to go up, the MTA will be further overloaded.
They want to be at the center of the financial world, fine. Let them pay the taxes everybody else pays.
Being constantly angry or being apathetic are not the only options.
It is possible to care deeply about things without that care being expressed as anger.
In fact, I would propose that if you define "caring" as getting angry at those things that oppose that for which you care, that it isn't really caring at all, but something far darker.
We are shocked and outraged at this illegal and illicit activity. We at Facebook take protecting the data we collect very seriously. How else are we supposed to get top dollar for selling it to the highest bidder?
And - should have read your link before making my answer - thought it was a sig at first... ;-)
Negative vs Positive Liberties.
Negative Liberties are those things that can only be taken away, such as speech.
Positive Liberties can only be given, usually by taking something from another person. Such as health care.
"Freedom to" and "freedom from" follow the same pattern.
Twitter wasn't enough of an echo chamber already. Glad they are working to improve the situation!