Was disturbed to see on that Immortals Netflix documentary how Cambridge students voted against extending lifespans.
Education is the process invoked to turn young humans into Josef Stalins.
The other scandalous thing, if you watch Ken Burn's documentary on cancer, is that immunotherapy research could have started back in the 70's with the war on cancer... but it didn't because... the academic elite didn't think it had academic significance.
Makes it hard for me to not question the significance of academics and centrally managed research (or central anything).
I worked at a company once where I was the only dev with a CS degree (I actually have 2, BS and MS).
I hired one of them because he clearly had the skills to develop. At that point I rarely, if ever, brought up who had a degree and who didn't.
A few months later company culture started saying people with degrees couldn't program. That was their way of getting an edge over me. They were "untainted" by the schools or whatever. I made a big, public deal about how we shouldn't focus on whether someone has a degree or not, but it didn't matter and I was demoted.
Then our biggest client found out our devs didn't have degrees and made a big stink about it.
People use a lot of superficiality to impose themselves over others. It is a tremendous business liability. The only place worse than degrees is certifications. The people who have them and the people who don't despise each other draw attention to that to throw rocks at each other.
I would expect some volatility here... but this article makes it sound like the two most used languages can be one thing last year and completely different languages the next.
A change of that size and speed would have a lot of jarring ripples that ordinary developers would probably notice. I'm a little skeptical here.
And it matters a lot for any devs hoping to stay in tech... esp those over 35.
While I was reading this I was wondering, "What pain has Mark Zuckerberg caused anyone? Was it the 30+ year olds he had a policy AGAINST hiring? Was it the blatant political censorship his platform was running?"
"Oh... the reporter is claiming most people in this country felt personally harmed because he caused Donald Trump to get elected".
Probably he wanted it manipulated to his preferences instead of against it.
Given that FB's stock dropped so, so long after the election and that Trump is polling higher than Obama was at this point, I don't think ordinary Americans feel harmed because Zuckerberg had influenced the election in a way that left them "cold" or desperate or barren or whatever.
But, you know, maybe that is false. Maybe the DNC should push Hillary on their constituents against their will again. Since it was all just a Facebook fluke and people now realize how awful terrible this economic growth is that far exceeds anywhere the last administration got, it shouldn't happen again, right?
I don't think that will satisfy the reporter because his guys don't control Facebook as much as they do inside the government with partisans like Mueller running multi year witch huntsn without turning up evidence of anything (unless you count allegations as evidence).
This is not going to solve the problem of people risking their own lives and their families lives to flee the country.
FREEDOM will solve the problem.
The government should spend less of its attention on SIFTING OUT people's hard earned money and propping up bread-and-circus access to celebutard news media and more of its attention on releasing political prisoners and letting people start businesses.
That will get people out of poverty. If they just expanded individual freedom outside currency would POUR in from the US and people would have much better conditions and jobs quickly.
Is this the same Darwin who brilliantly discovered that the theory of genetics was just some preposterous, religious nonsense made up by some Jesus freaks?
Or was it the Darwin who thought some some human sub species (i.e. "whites") were better than other sub species?
Pardoned... but to really make your case can you tell me about how people who voted for HRC and Obama are likely to achieve military victories against their opponents?
Do you find them to be strong, motivated people or people who want to wait for an organization to clear the path for them before they do anything?
I wasn't making an assertion about how to find out what progressives need. I was making a case and summarizing it.
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Was disturbed to see on that Immortals Netflix documentary how Cambridge students voted against extending lifespans.
... but it didn't because ... the academic elite didn't think it had academic significance.
Education is the process invoked to turn young humans into Josef Stalins.
The other scandalous thing, if you watch Ken Burn's documentary on cancer, is that immunotherapy research could have started back in the 70's with the war on cancer
Makes it hard for me to not question the significance of academics and centrally managed research (or central anything).
I don't think you understand agency.
If you have a son who goes out and kills people, does that make you a criminal?
Sounds like some kind of exhibit from the Geneva or 9th circuit circus judiciary.
Just because it takes "a team of extremely smart and dedicated scientists and engineers" doesn't mean it is going to pay off or anyone.
People don't know why this happens. The answer could (easily) be something that will never, never help human beings.
I am betting it won't.
Pardon my naivete about associating research with some kind of payoff for human beings ...
... that we should have our back pocket picked by the IRS to figure out?
But this is the kind of thing that inclines me to wonder if we should be ejecting our space program into the corona.
Can you imagine dying without knowing why the sun's atmosphere is hotter than its surface? You know what? I can. I am completely OK with that.
What could possibly be the answer that anyone would care about
Did you pick up on how a broad community will have their Marxist dreams interrupted, you insensitive clod ?
;)
Sartre says anyone claiming they are forced to do things is in bad faith
Why wouldn't hackers respect the moral value of this high volume porn conduit ?
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How could such upstanding people, such as hackers, commit this impropriety to this wonderous app?
Clearly we are not spending enough on education, redistribution schemes, and Keynsian dirt relocation
I worked at a company once where I was the only dev with a CS degree (I actually have 2, BS and MS).
I hired one of them because he clearly had the skills to develop. At that point I rarely, if ever, brought up who had a degree and who didn't.
A few months later company culture started saying people with degrees couldn't program. That was their way of getting an edge over me. They were "untainted" by the schools or whatever. I made a big, public deal about how we shouldn't focus on whether someone has a degree or not, but it didn't matter and I was demoted.
Then our biggest client found out our devs didn't have degrees and made a big stink about it.
People use a lot of superficiality to impose themselves over others. It is a tremendous business liability. The only place worse than degrees is certifications. The people who have them and the people who don't despise each other draw attention to that to throw rocks at each other.
How about a study for the common need of EU regulators?
I would expect some volatility here ... but this article makes it sound like the two most used languages can be one thing last year and completely different languages the next.
... esp those over 35.
A change of that size and speed would have a lot of jarring ripples that ordinary developers would probably notice. I'm a little skeptical here.
And it matters a lot for any devs hoping to stay in tech
While I was reading this I was wondering, "What pain has Mark Zuckerberg caused anyone? Was it the 30+ year olds he had a policy AGAINST hiring? Was it the blatant political censorship his platform was running?"
... the reporter is claiming most people in this country felt personally harmed because he caused Donald Trump to get elected".
"Oh
Probably he wanted it manipulated to his preferences instead of against it.
Given that FB's stock dropped so, so long after the election and that Trump is polling higher than Obama was at this point, I don't think ordinary Americans feel harmed because Zuckerberg had influenced the election in a way that left them "cold" or desperate or barren or whatever.
But, you know, maybe that is false. Maybe the DNC should push Hillary on their constituents against their will again. Since it was all just a Facebook fluke and people now realize how awful terrible this economic growth is that far exceeds anywhere the last administration got, it shouldn't happen again, right?
I don't think that will satisfy the reporter because his guys don't control Facebook as much as they do inside the government with partisans like Mueller running multi year witch huntsn without turning up evidence of anything (unless you count allegations as evidence).
Not living in America is an accomplishment then?
... I think you should be ready to part with your struggles and embrace freedom.
I suppose I do agree with you in that you've probably had to make do with more challenges and less opportunity.
Acknowledging that
A recent study asking Americans to pick the greatest threats from a list ... found that almost no one picked global warming.
Let's get the Europeans to shoulder the cost of space exploration.
Americans should be able to keep a greater portion of their US tax revenues that they earned.
The Europeans can keep the credit for all the stars they discover.
Everybody wins !
>> I prefer welfare over freedom.
You should be able to do what you prefer.
Me, I don't prefer that.
Each of us should be able to pursue happiness as we are entitled by the Declaration of Independence.
Civilly speaking, my preferences should be just as valid as yours.
Unless you're a king or tyrant or whatever.
Is this like the developer "shortage" where they eject everyone over 43 and whine about how there aren't any?
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Oh boo
Doesn't help that the airlines canabalized their pensions.
Pay up or keep it to yourselves, airlines
How many different governments had their hand in this cookie jar?
The solution to multi-party corruption is not different politicians. The solution is limiting what those politicians can do.
Americans have a much higher standard of living and generally don't think they are owed food and health care.
I think Germany and Cuba would be better to follow America's model.
Also Germany and New Mexico should eject all the cartels and jihadists killing and raping without recourse.
This is not going to solve the problem of people risking their own lives and their families lives to flee the country.
FREEDOM will solve the problem.
The government should spend less of its attention on SIFTING OUT people's hard earned money and propping up bread-and-circus access to celebutard news media and more of its attention on releasing political prisoners and letting people start businesses.
That will get people out of poverty. If they just expanded individual freedom outside currency would POUR in from the US and people would have much better conditions and jobs quickly.
The premise is if a women explains something that is AWESOME.
If a man explains something, that is INSENSITIVE.
People should keep using the word "mansplain" so I can tell who the sexists and SJWs (but I repeat myself) are.
I thought the current solution of letting drug cartels walk all over us was going just fine !
... we should just accept that as the new normal.
So some people addicted to some drugs or get shot or killed
Everytime I hear "new normal" I think, "Ah, mediocrity is so relaxing and refreshing !"
Is this the same Darwin who brilliantly discovered that the theory of genetics was just some preposterous, religious nonsense made up by some Jesus freaks?
...
Or was it the Darwin who thought some some human sub species (i.e. "whites") were better than other sub species?
Oh, yeah. Let's pass that guy the microphone
Pardoned ... but to really make your case can you tell me about how people who voted for HRC and Obama are likely to achieve military victories against their opponents?
Do you find them to be strong, motivated people or people who want to wait for an organization to clear the path for them before they do anything?
I wasn't making an assertion about how to find out what progressives need. I was making a case and summarizing it.
Ah, right. It would mean diverting welfare funds to war efforts.
Good point.
Americans preserve their lack of interest in other countries?
Why are we the ones footing the bills for the UN and NATO while the member countries free boot it?
Why are we the ones doing all the pharmeceutical research? Why are we the ones making all the movies?
Maybe its time the EU and other countries started follow the example of the US