I will be pilloried for even bringing it up, but I am asking a sincere question. Why have East Asians done so well in the US in Universities and in business, especially tech and medicine, while being a minority from a different continent? A century ago, Asian Americans were mostly unskilled laborers. They worked on rail roads, in mines, in laundries, etc... Yet even though they started out poor, were subject to racial violence and widespread discrimination, many Asians managed to move up the socioeconomic ladder. And yes, they did not look like European Americans and did not talk like European Americans. There are many articles that talk about Asians tending to have stronger family units, placing more value on education to the point of sacrifice so that the kids could go to better schools, believe that hard work can lead to academic success rather than requiring a natural talent, etc... All of this has led to Asian Americans earning a different stereotype from what they had in the early 20th Century. Or at least that's how much of the narrative is being delivered. Is that really right? Did Asian Americans just overcome much of the institutional bias through hard work and sacrifice? Is it really that simple or was there another change in the psyche of America?
I don't think the problem here is that it is illegal. Even if it were legal I don't think anyone would want their clients from such an enterprise tracking them down when off duty. Further, regardless of the law, it still has a social stigma.
I much prefer to not have to go somewhere out of my way to pick up a package. I'd rather just go straight home from work. Why make me go somewhere to get it when the package was literally already AT MY HOUSE?
But the point is that now the Bad Guys(TM) have all the information Equifax has and therefore using data from Equifax to prevent ID fraud seems kinda dumb.
Because they can? Because that is perfectly legal? Any helicopter can fly 500ft above a residential area. But I guess you would have blamed the owner of a civil helicopter like an S300 or an R22 also, even if their lightweight helicopters had been damaged to the point of killing someone. Just so long as rich children (of all ages) can fly their toys (laws meant to keep people safe be damned) wherever they want. Frankly, irresponsible shit like this is how we are going to get even more draconian laws shoved down our throats.
Typically you don't lose your pension when you get fired for incompetence. Only when you get fired for misconduct, and often not even then unless the misconduct was felony level.
If your rally or protest deprives others of the use of a public resource then it is reasonable to require that you coordinate the event with those charged with maintaining the utility of said resource.
Agreed, not in my experience either. Mine was not just worthless, but detrimental. My sister's too. A few years later one Christmas I got to hear one of the neighbor moms complaining about her kid's counselor. Based on the bad behavior described I asked if it was the same one I had and sure enough it was.
That's remarkable. My experience here in the US is that when Amazon handles the delivery on their own (same or next day stuff) they are very reliable. Of course this being the US it is an entirely different organization than you have over there. For regular stuff I have had issues with the US mail marking tracked packages as delivered in the system on Tuesday and then not actually delivering the package until Wednesday or Thursday.
Or they could maybe build a facility somewhere else and expand there. Somewhere the engineers AND the janitor can get a place to live within a 30 minute drive. And the people who provide the services that allow a community to exist, like firefighters, teachers, food servers, etc... It doesn't have to be out in the boonies either. It will still need to be an area with a relatively high average education to supply and attract the right talent, so there will still be some affluence, but it isn't difficult to be better from a housing and traffic situation than what they have now. Otherwise this modular housing is just a waste of time and money, they should be building an arcology on their main campus.
The article doesn't say that's how they found her. They say that an audit showed six people printed the doc. That is from the IT system logs. Of those six, only one had email correspondence with that particular media outlet. If I have read the story correctly that's how they narrowed it down. When questioned she admitted it. The fact that she worked for the NSA (even as a contractor) and used email to talk to reporters is baffling.
The difference is that if I tell you where I hid the pipe then I'm providing you with testimony (the location) that could be used to convince the jury that I am the one that hid the pipe. In the case of the phone, there is no dispute about the ownership of the phone, so they don't need my testimony (giving up my password) to prove I own the phone, they know this. They found it on my person and have the phone company records, or whatever. So using the password to confirm ownership doesn't, in theory, hurt me.
That said, I don't think he should have to give it up.
Under current federal law, telemarketers and others, like political groups, aren't allowed to launch robocall campaigns targeting cellphones unless they first obtain a consumer's written consent.
Really? Huh. Then why do I seem to be getting them?
One flaw with your analysis. The number of people with the ability to get a degree but don't solely because they can't afford tuition who then work minimum wage jobs for the rest of their lives is so incredibly small as to be inconsequential at the macro level. People who are capable of getting a degree are capable of doing work above the minimum wage level, usually much above. Besides, getting a degree doesn't automatically mean you are going to get a decent job. I know developers without degrees that make more money than many people with (non-STEM) degrees. I know trades people in my neighborhood making solidly between $100K and $200K. You should see what my FIL was taking in as a heavy equipment operator. Heck, I know a couple of unskilled laborers making more than double minimum wage. (of course in the US minimum wage is highly variable depending on where you live). We already have enough people camping out in college and using it as an extended vacation away from the real world, as long as they are doing that with their own money, I don't care. You make it so I'm paying for them and I have a problem with it.
I, for one, was glad to see the defined benefit pension go and be replaced with increased employer contributions to the 401K. That is assuming your employer actually did that second part. With a traditional pension there is typically a rapid rise in the value between the ages of 50 and 65. If you work for a company for 20+ years only to get laid off when you hit your mid 40s you can be totally screwed with the pension. Just getting to the knee in the curve and then have to start over. Two pensions worth $1000/mo each after working 35 years is not as good as one pension worth $5000/mo. after working 30 years.
Sure, I'm in. As long as you limit it to a number that makes sense and make it so that admission is based on ability and continued participation is based on academic performance. You don't make grades you are out. You can try to retake a class only once. Limited to 4 or 5 years max for a bachelor's depending on the particular major. No changing your major after your second year, time limit still applies. I think Germany does something like this.
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I will be pilloried for even bringing it up, but I am asking a sincere question. Why have East Asians done so well in the US in Universities and in business, especially tech and medicine, while being a minority from a different continent? A century ago, Asian Americans were mostly unskilled laborers. They worked on rail roads, in mines, in laundries, etc... Yet even though they started out poor, were subject to racial violence and widespread discrimination, many Asians managed to move up the socioeconomic ladder. And yes, they did not look like European Americans and did not talk like European Americans. There are many articles that talk about Asians tending to have stronger family units, placing more value on education to the point of sacrifice so that the kids could go to better schools, believe that hard work can lead to academic success rather than requiring a natural talent, etc... All of this has led to Asian Americans earning a different stereotype from what they had in the early 20th Century. Or at least that's how much of the narrative is being delivered. Is that really right? Did Asian Americans just overcome much of the institutional bias through hard work and sacrifice? Is it really that simple or was there another change in the psyche of America?
California government employee salaries are a (mostly) matter of public record and are freaking posted for everyone to see.
http://transparentcalifornia.c...
I don't think the problem here is that it is illegal. Even if it were legal I don't think anyone would want their clients from such an enterprise tracking them down when off duty. Further, regardless of the law, it still has a social stigma.
I much prefer to not have to go somewhere out of my way to pick up a package. I'd rather just go straight home from work. Why make me go somewhere to get it when the package was literally already AT MY HOUSE?
But the point is that now the Bad Guys(TM) have all the information Equifax has and therefore using data from Equifax to prevent ID fraud seems kinda dumb.
"One team is even working with the producers of Sesame Street to teach vocabulary to kindergartners in Atlanta. "
This may be the first phase of bringing 1st line technical support jobs back to the US.
/aisle seat
Because they can? Because that is perfectly legal? Any helicopter can fly 500ft above a residential area. But I guess you would have blamed the owner of a civil helicopter like an S300 or an R22 also, even if their lightweight helicopters had been damaged to the point of killing someone. Just so long as rich children (of all ages) can fly their toys (laws meant to keep people safe be damned) wherever they want. Frankly, irresponsible shit like this is how we are going to get even more draconian laws shoved down our throats.
Why send the bill to the entity that was operating legally?
That's why they are retiring, not being explicitly fired.
Typically you don't lose your pension when you get fired for incompetence. Only when you get fired for misconduct, and often not even then unless the misconduct was felony level.
If your rally or protest deprives others of the use of a public resource then it is reasonable to require that you coordinate the event with those charged with maintaining the utility of said resource.
Once again the EU is way ahead: citizens pay for state media and the government decides the tune.
That really wouldn't make me feel a whole lot better. The media should be independent.
All I can tell you is brother, you have to wait.
Given their push to do same day delivery for some items it makes perfect sense for Amazon.
This isn't "before" anybody's time. Broadcast TV has been available continuously for the guy's entire life.
The 1st amendment argument is about not being allowed to disclose the existence of the surveillance order.
Agreed, not in my experience either. Mine was not just worthless, but detrimental. My sister's too. A few years later one Christmas I got to hear one of the neighbor moms complaining about her kid's counselor. Based on the bad behavior described I asked if it was the same one I had and sure enough it was.
That's remarkable. My experience here in the US is that when Amazon handles the delivery on their own (same or next day stuff) they are very reliable. Of course this being the US it is an entirely different organization than you have over there. For regular stuff I have had issues with the US mail marking tracked packages as delivered in the system on Tuesday and then not actually delivering the package until Wednesday or Thursday.
Or they could maybe build a facility somewhere else and expand there. Somewhere the engineers AND the janitor can get a place to live within a 30 minute drive. And the people who provide the services that allow a community to exist, like firefighters, teachers, food servers, etc... It doesn't have to be out in the boonies either. It will still need to be an area with a relatively high average education to supply and attract the right talent, so there will still be some affluence, but it isn't difficult to be better from a housing and traffic situation than what they have now. Otherwise this modular housing is just a waste of time and money, they should be building an arcology on their main campus.
The article doesn't say that's how they found her. They say that an audit showed six people printed the doc. That is from the IT system logs. Of those six, only one had email correspondence with that particular media outlet. If I have read the story correctly that's how they narrowed it down. When questioned she admitted it. The fact that she worked for the NSA (even as a contractor) and used email to talk to reporters is baffling.
The difference is that if I tell you where I hid the pipe then I'm providing you with testimony (the location) that could be used to convince the jury that I am the one that hid the pipe. In the case of the phone, there is no dispute about the ownership of the phone, so they don't need my testimony (giving up my password) to prove I own the phone, they know this. They found it on my person and have the phone company records, or whatever. So using the password to confirm ownership doesn't, in theory, hurt me.
That said, I don't think he should have to give it up.
Under current federal law, telemarketers and others, like political groups, aren't allowed to launch robocall campaigns targeting cellphones unless they first obtain a consumer's written consent.
Really? Huh. Then why do I seem to be getting them?
One flaw with your analysis. The number of people with the ability to get a degree but don't solely because they can't afford tuition who then work minimum wage jobs for the rest of their lives is so incredibly small as to be inconsequential at the macro level. People who are capable of getting a degree are capable of doing work above the minimum wage level, usually much above. Besides, getting a degree doesn't automatically mean you are going to get a decent job. I know developers without degrees that make more money than many people with (non-STEM) degrees. I know trades people in my neighborhood making solidly between $100K and $200K. You should see what my FIL was taking in as a heavy equipment operator. Heck, I know a couple of unskilled laborers making more than double minimum wage. (of course in the US minimum wage is highly variable depending on where you live). We already have enough people camping out in college and using it as an extended vacation away from the real world, as long as they are doing that with their own money, I don't care. You make it so I'm paying for them and I have a problem with it.
I, for one, was glad to see the defined benefit pension go and be replaced with increased employer contributions to the 401K. That is assuming your employer actually did that second part. With a traditional pension there is typically a rapid rise in the value between the ages of 50 and 65. If you work for a company for 20+ years only to get laid off when you hit your mid 40s you can be totally screwed with the pension. Just getting to the knee in the curve and then have to start over. Two pensions worth $1000/mo each after working 35 years is not as good as one pension worth $5000/mo. after working 30 years.
Sure, I'm in. As long as you limit it to a number that makes sense and make it so that admission is based on ability and continued participation is based on academic performance. You don't make grades you are out. You can try to retake a class only once. Limited to 4 or 5 years max for a bachelor's depending on the particular major. No changing your major after your second year, time limit still applies. I think Germany does something like this.