On the industrial size of Germany's output you have wandered quite a bit there. Up until recently GM was the largest car manufacturer in the world (since WW II). This changed because line workers in Detroit were making a lot more than software engineers. They couldn't sustain that for long just because we won WW II.
But US based manufacturing wasn't surpased by Germany. It was Japan.
I'm not sure which country makes the worse cars, but I do know Volkswagen and Chrysler have historically been very unreliable, poorly made cars. I think they've both improved somewhat in the last 10 years.
Germany's challenge is they're not really competing with the world market.
Raising children is more of an accomplishment and service to society than anything any government has ever done in history, today, or at any point in the future.
Your equivocation between straight and homosexual couples raising children flagrantly disregards any sense of practicality or morality.
I have a gay acquaintance who personally told me gay people should not be allowed to raise children. I'm not sure which of the many, many reasons he had in mind when he made this claim to me, but please respect that homosexual guy enough not to slam the door in his sensibilities there.
Many statistics have show that the average homosexual relationship is incredibly short. Months. Weeks. That is no place to be raising children. I would never want to be raised that way. Are you saying you would?
"You do realize that polls are tools that the media uses to influence the people?"
Ah... no, I don't think I realized that.
I think you are a little swift to refer to the people who disagree with you as idiots, and if I had the time to get to know you I'd probably suggest you are better than that.
First, my wife plays the cello too. So, cool beans.
Second, I do NOT think you are a "bleeding idiot" for disagreeing with me.
Here's my question for you: if it is really so obvious she should not have been charged, then why did the Justice Department hand out immunity to some of the witnesses? You don't usually do that unless you know in advance what they are going to testify toward and the outcome.
Another thing: is the Justice Department run by "Repubbaggers"? If so, Obama should mop them up right away. If not, why did they pursue a year long criminal investigation of Mrs. Clinton if it was so blindingly obvious she should not be charged?
I'd be interested in seeing someone make a case for Mrs. Clinton's innocence, but I don't think you can say it is as plain on the nose on your face.
I think some of it is finding the right niche. I switched from C++ to C# and had a LOT more attention from hiring managers and multiple offers.
If you're a sysadmin/IT and you keep the same job, I know people who have been able to stay on for a while, but many get replaced by "the cloud". Larger companies with fancy DMZ's and stuff like that still need sysadmins.
When I want to see what the unsupplied demand is, I look at dice and see what has the most hits.
At 35 I'm a subscriber to the 'switch every 10 years' philosophy.
Started in C++ in 2004.
When I tried moving to Raleigh I found there were too many local C++ developers and too few C++ positions, so I took a pay cut to switch from Linux/OSS/C++ to.NET web stack. The two Linux/OSS/C++ companies are either tanking or have their employees giving very negative reviews and leaving. Five years later I'm making more now, but it was a big shift and I'm not sure I'm going to do it again.
Think I might switch to R at some point if it gives me an edge on the age discrimination thing.
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The DNC should be able to just reach in the federal NSA database and tell the IRS who they should start punishing.
It's time for the government to modernize and silence all of this counter-revolutionary free market, open democracy, free speech stuff.
of course when all software/hardware is shutdown what will the hackers have to do?
I tell my brain not to think about specific things. I don't just reach for whatever triggers the dopamine.
So William of Ockham, if he exists, must be agreeing with me right now.
And that is exactly why tax payers need to throw all kinds of new funds at redundant cyberwarfare departments
Yep. This is a long way from a Turing test.
I wouldn't be able to tell if it were a human configuring the data center or an AI simply because of the limited chances to express agency.
Are you talking about how the US Congress is openly debating treating climate denial as a crime?
Because I don't remember the GOP pushing legislation or even talking about locking up homosexuals.
How do you forensically determine how much hate someone has?
Is it as simple as measuring how much someone disagrees with you?
google's tax lawyers understand the tax laws better than the people who wrote them.
The problem is not a lack of follow the law.
Full disclosure: I am a pro-American American.
Good points on EU economy/population volume.
On the industrial size of Germany's output you have wandered quite a bit there. Up until recently GM was the largest car manufacturer in the world (since WW II). This changed because line workers in Detroit were making a lot more than software engineers. They couldn't sustain that for long just because we won WW II.
But US based manufacturing wasn't surpased by Germany. It was Japan.
I'm not sure which country makes the worse cars, but I do know Volkswagen and Chrysler have historically been very unreliable, poorly made cars. I think they've both improved somewhat in the last 10 years.
Germany's challenge is they're not really competing with the world market.
It's becoming fashionable to label churches that only marry hetero's as bigoted and full of hate.
Homosexuals aren't just pushing for the ability to legally practice homosexuality. They also want to be socially validated for their views.
I don't see why I have to tell anyone homosexuality is OK.
Or any other practice.
Raising children is more of an accomplishment and service to society than anything any government has ever done in history, today, or at any point in the future.
Your equivocation between straight and homosexual couples raising children flagrantly disregards any sense of practicality or morality.
I have a gay acquaintance who personally told me gay people should not be allowed to raise children. I'm not sure which of the many, many reasons he had in mind when he made this claim to me, but please respect that homosexual guy enough not to slam the door in his sensibilities there.
Many statistics have show that the average homosexual relationship is incredibly short. Months. Weeks. That is no place to be raising children. I would never want to be raised that way. Are you saying you would?
cheaper ??
according to article a burger costs $330k.
Wouldn't ICBMs travel faster?
What is the advantage here?
Make it so the spending doesn't start until years from now, but we start paying for it right away.
That way it can pass in reconciliation because we can say, "Hey! Over an X period of time it is solvent."
Our descendants can pick up the pieces later or start riots when it all fails. They have some options there.
"You do realize that polls are tools that the media uses to influence the people?"
... no, I don't think I realized that.
Ah
I think you are a little swift to refer to the people who disagree with you as idiots, and if I had the time to get to know you I'd probably suggest you are better than that.
When I see all the racial rioting and terrorist attacks on US soil, I'm not sure we've totally steered clear of losing our country.
You could make the case that if you have open borders there isn't really a country at all.
I don't see Hillary making any changes on those fronts.
First, my wife plays the cello too. So, cool beans.
Second, I do NOT think you are a "bleeding idiot" for disagreeing with me.
Here's my question for you: if it is really so obvious she should not have been charged, then why did the Justice Department hand out immunity to some of the witnesses? You don't usually do that unless you know in advance what they are going to testify toward and the outcome.
Another thing: is the Justice Department run by "Repubbaggers"? If so, Obama should mop them up right away. If not, why did they pursue a year long criminal investigation of Mrs. Clinton if it was so blindingly obvious she should not be charged?
I'd be interested in seeing someone make a case for Mrs. Clinton's innocence, but I don't think you can say it is as plain on the nose on your face.
The law says it is illegal to use unsecured email to send classified data.
Comey decided it was an open question whether someone seeing (c) instead of (u) would be "sophisticated" enough to know it was classified.
As far as I'm concerned she was way way "sophisticated" enough to know (c) means classified and is therefore afoul of the law.
She did a LOT to obstruct the whole investigation also. That is also against the law to which you make your appeal.
People are so hard on Chavez.
... he just ran out of time sharing the prosperity with ordinary people.
Just because he died with over $2 billion dollars in assets doesn't mean he wasn't actively trying to return it to the people.
He really cared about all those poor people there in Venezuala
You do realize 56% of Americans think she should have been charged?
I think some of it is finding the right niche. I switched from C++ to C# and had a LOT more attention from hiring managers and multiple offers.
If you're a sysadmin/IT and you keep the same job, I know people who have been able to stay on for a while, but many get replaced by "the cloud". Larger companies with fancy DMZ's and stuff like that still need sysadmins.
When I want to see what the unsupplied demand is, I look at dice and see what has the most hits.
At 35 I'm a subscriber to the 'switch every 10 years' philosophy.
.NET web stack. The two Linux/OSS/C++ companies are either tanking or have their employees giving very negative reviews and leaving. Five years later I'm making more now, but it was a big shift and I'm not sure I'm going to do it again.
Started in C++ in 2004. When I tried moving to Raleigh I found there were too many local C++ developers and too few C++ positions, so I took a pay cut to switch from Linux/OSS/C++ to
Think I might switch to R at some point if it gives me an edge on the age discrimination thing.
Basically I'm flying by the seat of my pants.
As jobs and wealth are more scarce than earlier there is less idle time, less appetite for risks, less resources for food.
Just because the US has one of the highest corporate tax levels in the country doesn't it make it right either.
If people were allowed to keep their stuff more, they wouldn't try to move it overseas.
Learned something ... thanks!