Is english not your first language? First you said, "Nobody's being "excluded". These are programs for the inner city, which happen to be predominantly minority."
And then I showed you where it did say that low income white kids were being excluded here, "Jones told CNN. The program is aiming to teach 100,000 low-income non-white teenagers how to write code, and was launched at the 20th Anniversary Essence Festival in New Orleans in 2014."
Then you said, " There is no such thing as racism against white people" And I answered, "Really? Do you think that nobody hates a white person just because they are white? Hating someone because of their race is racism."
And you answered no and no which does not make any sense. Are you saying hating someone because of their race is not racism? If so I would have to disagree. Now if you want to state that their is no such thing as institutional and systematic racism against white people in the US then I would have to say your are more or less correct. I would say that it is very rare. However a project that excludes anyone based on race is racist. Otherwise the only logic I see in your replies is, "This program is not racist because I am not racist and I think this program is a good thing". While self consistent it lacks any supporting facts.
"Nobody's being "excluded". These are programs for the inner city, which happen to be predominantly minority."
Funny but this is from the summary. "Jones told CNN. The program is aiming to teach 100,000 low-income non-white teenagers how to write code, and was launched at the 20th Anniversary Essence Festival in New Orleans in 2014."
Sounds like it is excluding people to me. Maybe the person that was being interviewed meant inner-city teens but the statement seems to exclude white low income teens.
I actually think that programs that help low income and at risk youth are great things. I do not like any racism and that is what this sounds like. I was luck in that I was not from a low income family but I had friends of all races that are low income and could use help.
1. Most kids walking around in hoodies have no idea who Zuckerberg is.
2. "I agree with you on those points, however Blacks are proportionally in poverty at a much higher rate than whites (on average 2 1/2 times across the entire US) so it will require extra effort to balance that out."
So if you help all kids in poverty more of help will go to people of African descent than white kids because more of them need help.
"Finally you have to give Prince props for doing something he cared about and not making some big "look at me!!, look at me!!" fuss about it." What I do not like is the them vs us mentality. If a rich white guy invested money to help poor white kids people would be screaming racist, and they would be right to do so.
1. A white kid walking around at night in a hoodie looks like a thug also. He does not look like a tech billionaire. 2. All low income kids need help regardless of race. 3. Sure programing and tech can be a good way to make a living but studies have shown that people that go to vocational schools leave school with jobs and little debt.
It is too expensive and to crazy. SF has for a long time encouraged the crazy and now that it is too expensive for normal people much less low income people to live it is become a very unpleasant place to live. Time for the tech companies to spread out a bit and find more reasonable places to have facilites.
"They mark only the latest example of a male tech CEO making aggressive, insensitive and tone-deaf remarks about people less fortunate than them." Really? Do we have to throw gender into this?
"The OS software is so oversimplified that it's hard to use." Your nuts. I develop on Windows for a living but my Mac is a piece of cake to use. The OS is Unix under the GUI so you can do just about anything you want with the command line. " There aren't many useful applications unless you're doing audio or video editing." Really?
An ethernet port, user upgradable and repairable SSD "M.2" interface, user upgradable ram, and user replaceable battery. The same for the iMac as far as the drivers and ram. The MacPro needs SLOTS so you can upgrade the video cards. SATA-3 and M.2 ports so you can add mass storage. Thunderbolt is nice but is it logical to have a small workstation like the Pro had have it tied to a external mass storage array with a cable like the old Commodore 64? The MacPro was a good machine but it was too limited to be the best Mac you could get. Today it is lagging a generation in CPU power since Haswell on the socket 2011-3 is shipping and Broadwell is coming soon. Add in the simple fact that in the obsession with think all the Apples desktops except the Pro are using lower powered laptop cpus. As a user I would love to see. 1. A cheaper plastic Macbook with an HD display and maybe a Silverlake i3 for the education and low end market. M.2 drives and user upgradeable ram. 2. iMacs you can upgrade the ram and drives without have to use special tools. 3. A MacBook Pro with M.2 and user upgradeable ram and an ethernet port. 4. A real MacPro tower with Socket 2011-3, PCIe, Sata3, M.2 and ethernet. 5. My dream? A low cost desktop Mac that you can add a video card too. That is not going to happen in my lifetime.
Truth is that Apple is still making money hand over fist so they have no real need to make the changes I want as a user. To me the iPhone doesn't matter since I use android. Same for the iPad. Now an iPod Classic with 256gb or 512gb would be cool.
Yes emissions controls on factories and cars have really helped. When I was a kid tar always used to wash up on the beach where I lived and the nearest port was 50 miles away and it was tiny. Getting the tar off your feet was a part of going to the beach. That is why I get so annoyed with all the doom and gloom people. Things have gotten so much better.
"Specifically fundamental parts being serviceable! RAM, M.2 SSD, and the battery should be replaceable post warranty expiration" That is your answer. The price of ram and M.2 SSDs are dropping in price. My old Mackbook pro has 16 GB I put in and I replaced the HDD in my wife's.
There is the question of vapor leaking. Unburned hydrocarbons aka gas fumes contribute to smog. They are rather nasty. That is the reason that cars since the 1960s have had carbon canisters and PCV valves. They were some of the first population controls and made a huge improvement in emissions for almost no cost or impact on performance. In areas with air quality problems gas pumps will often have a capture device that will capture the gas fumes when you fill up your car. I am sure that they are mandatory in California.
Google Maps is not all that useful for trip planning. For example The microsoft maps and streets or whatever it was called allowed you to put in the size of your tank and the milage you got and the program would plan gas stops. You also told it how long you wanted to drive and suggested hotels. I wish Google maps had a feature that said I want to drive from x to y, I want to stop for lunch around noon but not later than 1:00PM, I want to stop for dinner at 5:30-7:00PM and I want to stop for the night at this hotel chain between 8 and 9 PM.
I just got my stepfather's old PC up and running to get some pictures and copies of some of the books he wrote. It is running XP. When I am done I will put Linux on it and use it as my garage computer. So I guess I am running an XP machine right now.
I kind of feel that way about PCs if I do not get double the performance it is not worth upgrading. My Sandybridge macbook is just fine for what I need it for. I am thinking of replacing the bettery and putting in an SSD.
"So now you say, what about a computer that uses a phone-like UI when it's untethered, then switches to a desktop-like UI when it's near its base. " You mean like Windows 10? "When the phone has enough power to run photoshop filters while I watch. Or to compile a decent sized codebase." The first may be sooner than you think thank to GPUs,CUDA, and OpenCL. The second well not that many people compile code. Of course I say that with VS 2015 running on my 32GB Xeon equipped PC with an SSD. I am really talking about the Facebook, Quicken, TurboTax, Office class of users vs high end users. " I'd take a computer capable of doing real computing, small enough to fit in my pocket, and with a wireless connection to a 30 Hz, 30" monitor. The thing is that real compute power and long battery life are kind of opposite ends of the design spectrum." Well since a modern iPhone would spank a Cray-1 I would say that may change. How about this as a solution. When running on battery you use a single core and throttle it down to a lower clockspeed and even a lower voltage. When tethered it spins up all cores and clocks? Power is really less of an issue than heat IMHO. Frankly I see you more attaching it to the monitor with USB 3.1 and the monitor supplies power and a wired network connection to the phone.
I think the issue is that ITunes is not a good music player,video player, way to buy books, and so on. Add to that the huge size of the app.
The solution I think is simple. Break it up. Have a store app, a music app, a video app, a book app and so on. "Apple my have a book app but I never use Apple to buy books.
Google has done this with Google Play, Google Music, Google Books, Google Newstand, and YouTube. If I play a song in Google music and it has a Video linked to it I see an option to watch the video.
Odds are you will see a Windows version of the same machine. I just hope you can put Linux on this one or the Windows version... Oh and that the touchpad does not suck.
Then your android phone must support OTG and the next device that you plug in that gets infected must also support OTG and for some really odd reason copy the fill from mass storage all on it's own and run it. In other words? Huhhhh?
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Is english not your first language?
First you said, "Nobody's being "excluded". These are programs for the inner city, which happen to be predominantly minority."
And then I showed you where it did say that low income white kids were being excluded here, "Jones told CNN. The program is aiming to teach 100,000 low-income non-white teenagers how to write code, and was launched at the 20th Anniversary Essence Festival in New Orleans in 2014."
Then you said, " There is no such thing as racism against white people"
And I answered, "Really? Do you think that nobody hates a white person just because they are white?
Hating someone because of their race is racism."
And you answered no and no which does not make any sense. Are you saying hating someone because of their race is not racism? If so I would have to disagree.
Now if you want to state that their is no such thing as institutional and systematic racism against white people in the US then I would have to say your are more or less correct. I would say that it is very rare. However a project that excludes anyone based on race is racist.
Otherwise the only logic I see in your replies is, "This program is not racist because I am not racist and I think this program is a good thing". While self consistent it lacks any supporting facts.
Really? Do you think that nobody hates a white person just because they are white?
Hating someone because of their race is racism.
"Nobody's being "excluded". These are programs for the inner city, which happen to be predominantly minority."
Funny but this is from the summary.
"Jones told CNN. The program is aiming to teach 100,000 low-income non-white teenagers how to write code, and was launched at the 20th Anniversary Essence Festival in New Orleans in 2014."
Sounds like it is excluding people to me. Maybe the person that was being interviewed meant inner-city teens but the statement seems to exclude white low income teens.
I actually think that programs that help low income and at risk youth are great things. I do not like any racism and that is what this sounds like. I was luck in that I was not from a low income family but I had friends of all races that are low income and could use help.
1. Most kids walking around in hoodies have no idea who Zuckerberg is.
2. "I agree with you on those points, however Blacks are proportionally in poverty at a much higher rate than whites (on average 2 1/2 times across the entire US) so it will require extra effort to balance that out."
So if you help all kids in poverty more of help will go to people of African descent than white kids because more of them need help.
"Finally you have to give Prince props for doing something he cared about and not making some big "look at me!!, look at me!!" fuss about it."
What I do not like is the them vs us mentality. If a rich white guy invested money to help poor white kids people would be screaming racist, and they would be right to do so.
If someone did the same thing but excluded african-americans would you have a problem with that?
All jokes aside it could be a big help for people that suffer strokes or kids that have traumatic brain injuries.
1. A white kid walking around at night in a hoodie looks like a thug also. He does not look like a tech billionaire.
2. All low income kids need help regardless of race.
3. Sure programing and tech can be a good way to make a living but studies have shown that people that go to vocational schools leave school with jobs and little debt.
Santa Barbara? One of the few places that make SF seem not that expensive.
It is too expensive and to crazy.
SF has for a long time encouraged the crazy and now that it is too expensive for normal people much less low income people to live it is become a very unpleasant place to live.
Time for the tech companies to spread out a bit and find more reasonable places to have facilites.
"They mark only the latest example of a male tech CEO making aggressive, insensitive and tone-deaf remarks about people less fortunate than them."
Really? Do we have to throw gender into this?
"The OS software is so oversimplified that it's hard to use."
Your nuts. I develop on Windows for a living but my Mac is a piece of cake to use. The OS is Unix under the GUI so you can do just about anything you want with the command line.
" There aren't many useful applications unless you're doing audio or video editing."
Really?
An ethernet port, user upgradable and repairable SSD "M.2" interface, user upgradable ram, and user replaceable battery.
The same for the iMac as far as the drivers and ram.
The MacPro needs SLOTS so you can upgrade the video cards. SATA-3 and M.2 ports so you can add mass storage.
Thunderbolt is nice but is it logical to have a small workstation like the Pro had have it tied to a external mass storage array with a cable like the old Commodore 64?
The MacPro was a good machine but it was too limited to be the best Mac you could get. Today it is lagging a generation in CPU power since Haswell on the socket 2011-3 is shipping and Broadwell is coming soon.
Add in the simple fact that in the obsession with think all the Apples desktops except the Pro are using lower powered laptop cpus.
As a user I would love to see.
1. A cheaper plastic Macbook with an HD display and maybe a Silverlake i3 for the education and low end market. M.2 drives and user upgradeable ram.
2. iMacs you can upgrade the ram and drives without have to use special tools.
3. A MacBook Pro with M.2 and user upgradeable ram and an ethernet port.
4. A real MacPro tower with Socket 2011-3, PCIe, Sata3, M.2 and ethernet.
5. My dream? A low cost desktop Mac that you can add a video card too. That is not going to happen in my lifetime.
Truth is that Apple is still making money hand over fist so they have no real need to make the changes I want as a user. To me the iPhone doesn't matter since I use android. Same for the iPad.
Now an iPod Classic with 256gb or 512gb would be cool.
Yes emissions controls on factories and cars have really helped. When I was a kid tar always used to wash up on the beach where I lived and the nearest port was 50 miles away and it was tiny. Getting the tar off your feet was a part of going to the beach. That is why I get so annoyed with all the doom and gloom people. Things have gotten so much better.
"Specifically fundamental parts being serviceable! RAM, M.2 SSD, and the battery should be replaceable post warranty expiration"
That is your answer. The price of ram and M.2 SSDs are dropping in price. My old Mackbook pro has 16 GB I put in and I replaced the HDD in my wife's.
There is the question of vapor leaking. Unburned hydrocarbons aka gas fumes contribute to smog. They are rather nasty. That is the reason that cars since the 1960s have had carbon canisters and PCV valves. They were some of the first population controls and made a huge improvement in emissions for almost no cost or impact on performance. In areas with air quality problems gas pumps will often have a capture device that will capture the gas fumes when you fill up your car.
I am sure that they are mandatory in California.
Google Maps is not all that useful for trip planning.
For example The microsoft maps and streets or whatever it was called allowed you to put in the size of your tank and the milage you got and the program would plan gas stops. You also told it how long you wanted to drive and suggested hotels.
I wish Google maps had a feature that said I want to drive from x to y, I want to stop for lunch around noon but not later than 1:00PM, I want to stop for dinner at 5:30-7:00PM and I want to stop for the night at this hotel chain between 8 and 9 PM.
Or that the safeguards worked.
Even when the machines said that the war was starting the people knew better.
I just got my stepfather's old PC up and running to get some pictures and copies of some of the books he wrote. It is running XP. When I am done I will put Linux on it and use it as my garage computer.
So I guess I am running an XP machine right now.
I kind of feel that way about PCs if I do not get double the performance it is not worth upgrading. My Sandybridge macbook is just fine for what I need it for. I am thinking of replacing the bettery and putting in an SSD.
"So now you say, what about a computer that uses a phone-like UI when it's untethered, then switches to a desktop-like UI when it's near its base. "
You mean like Windows 10?
"When the phone has enough power to run photoshop filters while I watch. Or to compile a decent sized codebase."
The first may be sooner than you think thank to GPUs,CUDA, and OpenCL.
The second well not that many people compile code. Of course I say that with VS 2015 running on my 32GB Xeon equipped PC with an SSD. I am really talking about the Facebook, Quicken, TurboTax, Office class of users vs high end users.
" I'd take a computer capable of doing real computing, small enough to fit in my pocket, and with a wireless connection to a 30 Hz, 30" monitor. The thing is that real compute power and long battery life are kind of opposite ends of the design spectrum."
Well since a modern iPhone would spank a Cray-1 I would say that may change.
How about this as a solution. When running on battery you use a single core and throttle it down to a lower clockspeed and even a lower voltage. When tethered it spins up all cores and clocks?
Power is really less of an issue than heat IMHO. Frankly I see you more attaching it to the monitor with USB 3.1 and the monitor supplies power and a wired network connection to the phone.
I think the issue is that ITunes is not a good music player ,video player, way to buy books, and so on. Add to that the huge size of the app.
The solution I think is simple. Break it up.
Have a store app, a music app, a video app, a book app and so on. "Apple my have a book app but I never use Apple to buy books.
Google has done this with Google Play, Google Music, Google Books, Google Newstand, and YouTube.
If I play a song in Google music and it has a Video linked to it I see an option to watch the video.
True but meant a full linux distro like Mint vs Chrome
And it is not like Apple is not making lots of money.
Odds are you will see a Windows version of the same machine. I just hope you can put Linux on this one or the Windows version... Oh and that the touchpad does not suck.
Then your android phone must support OTG and the next device that you plug in that gets infected must also support OTG and for some really odd reason copy the fill from mass storage all on it's own and run it.
In other words?
Huhhhh?