You company held bitcoins to pay salaries? That is surprising. Not the paying a salary in bitcoins but the holding of bitcoins. What I've typically seen is a salary is denominated in USD, EUR, etc and on the payday a realtime fiat/bitcoin exchange rate is determined and the equivalent amount of bitcoin is transferred. The recipient typically immediately exchange it for their local fiat immediately unless we're talking zimbabwe, venezuela or some other country in the midst of economic collapse.
Nearly useless as money but it is useful as a money transfer system. Convert a real currency to bitcoins, transfer to whoever, they convert to a real currency. For the very short time the bitcoins are held the volatility isn't a problem.
Now if you want to argue that proof of work algorithms are useless given the power consumption, there is that, but Bitcoin does not have to use proof of work, there are other way to maintain a blockchain.
And speaking of blockchain, Bitcoin is use as a field test of that technology. Bitcoin may not be with us in the future, there is no reason it cannot be displaced by some other crypto coin, but blockchain will likely be with us and not just in the cryptocurrency sense.
Nope, its still over your head. My confusion about all the dogs dying in the movie (70s) was unfounded, I was correct. The connection you are failing to make is that one of this risks of genetic engineering is things going wrong, unintended consequences. Genes don't always control one thing, they often affect many different things. To fix one thing in one spot may mess up something somewhere else. Its not a given those beagles will be as healthy as they first seem, they may be prone to other problem now.
Again, my bad for making too obscure a reference, expecting readers to connect the dots.
Genetically engineering dogs --> someone f's up --> the dogs all die --> Planet of the apes.
... successfully used CRISPR to correct the genetic defect responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in four beagles...
The Planet of the Apes movies suggest this will not end well.
If it was beagles we could at least hide in the trees.
Sorry, obscure movie reference. And maybe my recollection is confused but I think there was a global pandemic that killed off all dogs and cats, people turned to primates as a substitute.
And yet, not two days later we learn that DeSantis just quit a racist Facebook group that he claims he was "unwittingly" an admin of.
According to your citation, the group was named "Tea Party". Hardly a stretch to image a conservative might join a so named group. Plus your citation also states that a friend who is in a group can add you to the group, and that any admin can assign a member admin rights. I've had that happen to me and was mildly surprised.
As far as racist or bigoted content appearing in a group, well you and I are certainly guilty of that too. Others post that crap on/.. The real question is has the candidate posted racist or bigoted content, liked or shared such content, etc. And your citation answers that, he made no posts to the group.
Also it is quite an exercise in political spinning to say that "Tea Party" is somehow inherently racist. To do so is evidence that one is merely attempting to manufacture perception to frame a debate, and yet again this sort of silliness is proving the point of others, not yourself.
Sometimes, you just have to use a little common sense.
Yep, group has innocuous name, others can add you, others can assign admin rights to you, no posts by candidate... the facts match his explanation. Opinions to the contrary are "conspiracy theories" and we certainly wouldn't want to have anything to do with those.
DeSantis spent more time at Ivy League schools than he did in the Navy.
Irrelevant. The Navy has absolutely wonderful terminology and phraseology and word smithing that stays with one for life.
I bet you have no problem with lofty ideals such as telling people not to "monkey things up" by electing a black candidate.
You are proving the point of others, of the "politicized intelligentsia" redefining things, or misinterpreting things out of ignorance, in a gratuitously political manner to frame a debate or assassinate an opponents character.
In reality the phrase is old Navy non-racial slang and the candidate was in the Navy.
"‘Monkey’ Navy slang
Concerning the "monkey this up” comment by gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis: The meaning of words depends on one’s personal experiences.
The same words mean different things to different people. The term "monkey this up" is a U.S. Navy slang term. And DeSantis was in the Navy, so he used words known in parts of the Navy world. Others heard something different, but that does not mean that DeSantis was trying to refer to race or anything else other than to say let's not goof up the good thing we've got going in Florida (my words, of course)." http://www.orlandosentinel.com...
"Monkey it up" is not a common phrase - mess it up, fuck it up, screw it up, yes, but monkey it up? There was definitely something on the Republican candidate's mind and I figure it was more dog whistling than warning to his fgollowers.
Nope.
"The term "monkey this up" is a U.S. Navy slang term. And DeSantis was in the Navy, so he used words known in parts of the Navy world." http://www.orlandosentinel.com...
"Win too much" as in win too often, not win big occasionally. The winning is fine if its within acceptable probabilities. But if you are being "too smart" and winning too often due to your better preparation and analysis, that's not so tolerable. You might get off easy having to teach them you techniques and be told not to apply those techniques with them anymore, however if you persist...
They were the smart people. You're saying you don't want to listen to smart people when they advise you? This is the same idiocy that led to Brennan getting his security clearance revoked. Now the government has one fewer smart person on the outside doing good.
No, I'm saying the smart people [Nixon/Kissenger] had an idea, it seemed reasonable at the time, we gave it a try. They turned out to be wrong as we all learned from Tiananmen Square, but we continued with the failed idea anyway. Further evidence of being wrong accumulated, predatory business practices, fake territorial water claims, etc. Its time for trade reciprocity, favored trade practices have failed. Plus they are no longer a developing nation so some of the favored trade practices no longer make sense in that respect either.
You're Brennan red herring makes no sense. He is out of government, he is *not* working for a private agency consulting with or contracted by the government. He is a journalist and political pundit, his security clearance offers little beyond an opportunity to leak information, which partly explains why the media hates this notion of revoking clearance for people no longer in "the trade". Of course the other reason the media hates it is simply Trump. Sure he had petty motivations, but despite such shortcomings we have a broken clock moment. When you leave "the trade" you should leave your clearance behind as well.
Nixon and Kissenger's engagement (ie what we've been doing since the 1970s) failed to liberalize China, exported large chunks of American industry and jobs to China, financed China's military growth, update their military technology and capabilities (ie force projection into their neighbor's waters) by decades,...
Its likely Google's Chinese employees are far more practical about this than Google USA employees.
Of course Chinese workers all unite to praise Glorious Leader Xi Jinping's glorious censorship program....or else.
Some actually trust that the government is shielding them from criminals, lies and unhealthy content. Its sort of like some in the USA who are grateful that facebook will shield them from conservative ideas.;-)
that's what I want to know. It seems you are yourself working for an entity that has lost all sense of ethics and morality in its quest to commercialize the profiling of every single internet user for both intelligence gathering and monetary revenue, and you have in effect waived your right to moralize over others because they don't want to let Google loose in their country.
But delivering better targeted advertising is a *service* to internet and email users.
I think Google employee’s need more reality about Google.
Its likely Google's Chinese employees are far more practical about this than Google USA employees. Google can shift more development to China as necessary.
"Not close to launching" is not a denial of working on a censored and surveilled product. To be fair though, if that's what the local law require then they have no choice if they want to make a buck, excuse me, "engage with" such a country.
lol they come stitched shut and you're supposed to cut the threads. there is in all likelyhood, pockets under all of them
I double checked.:-)
The lower outer pockets of the jacket are fake, the outer chest pocket is insufficiently sized and possibly designed for an accessory pocket square only. There are two inner chest pockets of good size. The suit is a fairly recent one. All other suits over several decades had real outer pockets on the jacket. All suits were nothing special, off the rack at Macy's or equivalent.
Then they should buy different clothing. If women only bought clothes with large pockets, manufacturers would only make clothes with large pockets.
It's cute that nerds think the clothing industry works like an idealised free market.
Sorry the actual fact is that when women want big pockets they get big pockets. For example big pockets sticking out of the daisy duke cut short shorts. Some women considered that a cute look, the industry delivers big pockets.;-)
My wife has bought many blouses and jackets that have fake pockets, with just a flap or button but no actual pocket. I have never seen that on men's clothing.
I've seen that on men's suit jackets. Apparently where the goal was to lay flat for a stylish look.
I wouldn't be surprised if some men's casual jackets that are designed to be fashionable do so too. But I wouldn't know since my casual jackets are more likely to be field jacket style with abundant pockets. At an impressional age I discovered my Dad's old Army field jacket could carry a six pack of beer in its 4 pockets.:-)
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You company held bitcoins to pay salaries? That is surprising. Not the paying a salary in bitcoins but the holding of bitcoins. What I've typically seen is a salary is denominated in USD, EUR, etc and on the payday a realtime fiat/bitcoin exchange rate is determined and the equivalent amount of bitcoin is transferred. The recipient typically immediately exchange it for their local fiat immediately unless we're talking zimbabwe, venezuela or some other country in the midst of economic collapse.
Bitcoin is literally useless.
Nearly useless as money but it is useful as a money transfer system. Convert a real currency to bitcoins, transfer to whoever, they convert to a real currency. For the very short time the bitcoins are held the volatility isn't a problem.
Now if you want to argue that proof of work algorithms are useless given the power consumption, there is that, but Bitcoin does not have to use proof of work, there are other way to maintain a blockchain.
And speaking of blockchain, Bitcoin is use as a field test of that technology. Bitcoin may not be with us in the future, there is no reason it cannot be displaced by some other crypto coin, but blockchain will likely be with us and not just in the cryptocurrency sense.
Nope, its still over your head. My confusion about all the dogs dying in the movie (70s) was unfounded, I was correct. The connection you are failing to make is that one of this risks of genetic engineering is things going wrong, unintended consequences. Genes don't always control one thing, they often affect many different things. To fix one thing in one spot may mess up something somewhere else. Its not a given those beagles will be as healthy as they first seem, they may be prone to other problem now.
Again, my bad for making too obscure a reference, expecting readers to connect the dots.
Genetically engineering dogs --> someone f's up --> the dogs all die --> Planet of the apes.
... successfully used CRISPR to correct the genetic defect responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in four beagles ...
The Planet of the Apes movies suggest this will not end well.
If it was beagles we could at least hide in the trees.
Sorry, obscure movie reference. And maybe my recollection is confused but I think there was a global pandemic that killed off all dogs and cats, people turned to primates as a substitute.
Humanity 2.0
The x.0 release are always buggy, its best to avoid them.
... successfully used CRISPR to correct the genetic defect responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in four beagles ...
The Planet of the Apes movies suggest this will not end well.
And yet, not two days later we learn that DeSantis just quit a racist Facebook group that he claims he was "unwittingly" an admin of.
According to your citation, the group was named "Tea Party". Hardly a stretch to image a conservative might join a so named group. Plus your citation also states that a friend who is in a group can add you to the group, and that any admin can assign a member admin rights. I've had that happen to me and was mildly surprised.
/.. The real question is has the candidate posted racist or bigoted content, liked or shared such content, etc. And your citation answers that, he made no posts to the group.
As far as racist or bigoted content appearing in a group, well you and I are certainly guilty of that too. Others post that crap on
Also it is quite an exercise in political spinning to say that "Tea Party" is somehow inherently racist. To do so is evidence that one is merely attempting to manufacture perception to frame a debate, and yet again this sort of silliness is proving the point of others, not yourself.
Sometimes, you just have to use a little common sense.
Yep, group has innocuous name, others can add you, others can assign admin rights to you, no posts by candidate ... the facts match his explanation. Opinions to the contrary are "conspiracy theories" and we certainly wouldn't want to have anything to do with those.
DeSantis spent more time at Ivy League schools than he did in the Navy.
Irrelevant. The Navy has absolutely wonderful terminology and phraseology and word smithing that stays with one for life.
I bet you have no problem with lofty ideals such as telling people not to "monkey things up" by electing a black candidate.
You are proving the point of others, of the "politicized intelligentsia" redefining things, or misinterpreting things out of ignorance, in a gratuitously political manner to frame a debate or assassinate an opponents character.
In reality the phrase is old Navy non-racial slang and the candidate was in the Navy.
"‘Monkey’ Navy slang
Concerning the "monkey this up” comment by gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis: The meaning of words depends on one’s personal experiences.
The same words mean different things to different people. The term "monkey this up" is a U.S. Navy slang term. And DeSantis was in the Navy, so he used words known in parts of the Navy world. Others heard something different, but that does not mean that DeSantis was trying to refer to race or anything else other than to say let's not goof up the good thing we've got going in Florida (my words, of course)."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com...
"Monkey it up" is not a common phrase - mess it up, fuck it up, screw it up, yes, but monkey it up? There was definitely something on the Republican candidate's mind and I figure it was more dog whistling than warning to his fgollowers.
Nope.
"The term "monkey this up" is a U.S. Navy slang term. And DeSantis was in the Navy, so he used words known in parts of the Navy world."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com...
"Win too much" as in win too often, not win big occasionally. The winning is fine if its within acceptable probabilities. But if you are being "too smart" and winning too often due to your better preparation and analysis, that's not so tolerable. You might get off easy having to teach them you techniques and be told not to apply those techniques with them anymore, however if you persist ...
I got $50 that says there will be blackmarket workarounds for this.
Yes, if you win too much the black market operators break your legs.
New Jersey Supreme Court ruled casinos could not bar skilled blackjack players known as card count so the same thing may happen with this over them.
Aren't New Jersey casinos failing at a far greater rate then their Las Vegas counterparts?
They were the smart people. You're saying you don't want to listen to smart people when they advise you? This is the same idiocy that led to Brennan getting his security clearance revoked. Now the government has one fewer smart person on the outside doing good.
No, I'm saying the smart people [Nixon/Kissenger] had an idea, it seemed reasonable at the time, we gave it a try. They turned out to be wrong as we all learned from Tiananmen Square, but we continued with the failed idea anyway. Further evidence of being wrong accumulated, predatory business practices, fake territorial water claims, etc. Its time for trade reciprocity, favored trade practices have failed. Plus they are no longer a developing nation so some of the favored trade practices no longer make sense in that respect either.
You're Brennan red herring makes no sense. He is out of government, he is *not* working for a private agency consulting with or contracted by the government. He is a journalist and political pundit, his security clearance offers little beyond an opportunity to leak information, which partly explains why the media hates this notion of revoking clearance for people no longer in "the trade". Of course the other reason the media hates it is simply Trump. Sure he had petty motivations, but despite such shortcomings we have a broken clock moment. When you leave "the trade" you should leave your clearance behind as well.
And Hillary and the DNC rejoice, and standardize on gmail for their orgs, consultants, etc. ;-)
Engagement is how you get people on your side.
Nixon and Kissenger's engagement (ie what we've been doing since the 1970s) failed to liberalize China, exported large chunks of American industry and jobs to China, financed China's military growth, update their military technology and capabilities (ie force projection into their neighbor's waters) by decades, ...
Its likely Google's Chinese employees are far more practical about this than Google USA employees.
Of course Chinese workers all unite to praise Glorious Leader Xi Jinping's glorious censorship program....or else.
Some actually trust that the government is shielding them from criminals, lies and unhealthy content. Its sort of like some in the USA who are grateful that facebook will shield them from conservative ideas. ;-)
I think China is perfectly capable of stealing google's technology and making modifications without Google's help.
that's what I want to know. It seems you are yourself working for an entity that has lost all sense of ethics and morality in its quest to commercialize the profiling of every single internet user for both intelligence gathering and monetary revenue, and you have in effect waived your right to moralize over others because they don't want to let Google loose in their country.
But delivering better targeted advertising is a *service* to internet and email users.
I think Google employee’s need more reality about Google.
Its likely Google's Chinese employees are far more practical about this than Google USA employees. Google can shift more development to China as necessary.
"Not close to launching" is not a denial of working on a censored and surveilled product. To be fair though, if that's what the local law require then they have no choice if they want to make a buck, excuse me, "engage with" such a country.
lol they come stitched shut and you're supposed to cut the threads. there is in all likelyhood, pockets under all of them
I double checked. :-)
The lower outer pockets of the jacket are fake, the outer chest pocket is insufficiently sized and possibly designed for an accessory pocket square only. There are two inner chest pockets of good size. The suit is a fairly recent one. All other suits over several decades had real outer pockets on the jacket. All suits were nothing special, off the rack at Macy's or equivalent.
I used a man bag ....
You mean a "tactical satchel" ;-)
40% of MBAs are women
Then they should buy different clothing. If women only bought clothes with large pockets, manufacturers would only make clothes with large pockets.
It's cute that nerds think the clothing industry works like an idealised free market.
Sorry the actual fact is that when women want big pockets they get big pockets. For example big pockets sticking out of the daisy duke cut short shorts. Some women considered that a cute look, the industry delivers big pockets. ;-)
My wife has bought many blouses and jackets that have fake pockets, with just a flap or button but no actual pocket. I have never seen that on men's clothing.
I've seen that on men's suit jackets. Apparently where the goal was to lay flat for a stylish look.
:-)
I wouldn't be surprised if some men's casual jackets that are designed to be fashionable do so too. But I wouldn't know since my casual jackets are more likely to be field jacket style with abundant pockets. At an impressional age I discovered my Dad's old Army field jacket could carry a six pack of beer in its 4 pockets.