I would post my comments on it. But I'm not a powerful lobbyist with a shitload of campaign donation money or political influence (aka one of the "Member Organizations and Associations"). So I guess my opinion doesn't matter to them.
Uber has a *lot* of enemies in the established cab and limo industry. Don't take any lawsuit against them on face value. You can bet that the REAL impetus behind this lawsuit has nothing to do with tips or contracting.
As someone who has optioned sub-rentals on a lot of garages in Silicon Valley, I can't complain. Nothing attracts VC money like showing off how you're young, hip, and working in a garage in Silicon Valley!
If you're an individual working on an OSS project in the U.S. and you invoice someone for support, you had damned well better be ready to *at minimum* file a 1099 if it's over $600. Otherwise the IRS might want to have a word with you.
I hate to say it too, as I know this is affecting a lot of innocent kids who just happened to be born to idiot parents, but the first thought that hit me when I read this was "natural selection."
It also sounds very suspicious and skeevy. I wouldn't have taken the money either. If someone called me up out of the blue and offered me thousands of $ on my OSS project, asking for some vague (and possibly fraudulent) invoice in return, and telling me they were on a strict deadline and needed it fast--my first inclination would be to ask them if they're a Nigerian prince. I would assume either:
a) scam/fraud b) money-laundering scheme c) IRS sting
And then I would have said "Thanks, but no thanks" and hung up the phone.
No, he said RELIABLY predict the future. The authors you cite got one or two things vaguely right, but MANY more things wrong. No writer has ever reliably predicted the future, and the smart ones don't pretend to be able to. Even in Asimov's article, the first thing he admits is that he doesn't pretend to know what the future actually holds, and is only guessing.
You also have to remember that the transistor hadn't yet been invented
Not to nitpick, but the first commercial transistors were produced in 1954, ten years before he wrote this article. Hell, by 1964, MIT was already working on the Apollo guidance computer.
When 911 happened I was confused as to why they didn't have an army of rescue choppers hovering up there to pull people off the building.
Because choppers couldn't have gotten close enough to the buildings to do much more than watch, and the very long ropes and rope ladders they would have needed to do anything more aren't exactly standard issue on most helicopters. And also because:
1) No one asked them to 2) Car traffic in NYC came to a stop almost immediately after the second plane hit, making it impossible for any pilot to get to his helicopter unless he happened to be within walking distance of it. 2) The area was evacuated pretty quickly 3) All air traffic was grounded in less than an hour after the first plane hit. 4) Both towers were down in about 2 hours.
It's tough to get a job as a teacher unless you got your education certification while you were getting your undergrad degree. As you point out there are some programs that make some VERY LIMITED exceptions. But even with those, you're always treated as a second-class teacher if you don't have certification. And it's hard to advance your career, get raises, or even keep your job until you get it.
You can't just walk into most primary/secondary schools in the U.S. and say "Hey, I'm a Ph.D. in physics and I'd like a job, please" and get it. You're not in the fraternity if you didn't go through the proper pledgeship.
I've been listening to this "The Baby Boomers are going to retire and all you Gen-Xers and Millenials will have jobs aplenty!!" horseshit for decades now. But I have never see it happen. Most of the boomers I've known are way too self-centered and selfish to ever voluntarily surrender any power ("Me Generation" indeed) . In my field, I think I've seen more old boomers die at this point than retire. They just stay around forever like some kind of mold, getting in the way, collecting their big paychecks, and preventing anyone else from advancing (or innovating).
Sorry to sound bitter. I'm sure there are plenty of great boomers out there. But in the places I've worked, I've come to see them mostly as a pain-in-the-ass and obstacle to be overcome.
No. But if they keep you in solitary confinement long enough, torture you, taunt you, threaten you, fuck with your head, and then promise you 35 more years of the same, generally turning you into a raving lunatic (which suits their purposes perfectly)--it is just the kind of crazy shit you'll ask for.
Yeah, but then how would the hipsters distinguish themselves from the boring old guys who don't shop in exclusive used clothing stores to make it look like they're not trying to be hip?
But now (in the U.S. at least) it's only in some states (not many), and only because of return fees mandated by laws. I'm talking back when this was done EVERYWHERE, and for economic reasons. Back then, before plastic came in, soda companies actually benefited from recycling. Stores would pay the return deposit when you returned empty bottles and collect the bottles, the soda deliveryman would come in and deliver soda to the stores and collect the empties (full bottles came off the truck, empties went on). Then the empties were returned to the soda companies, washed, and reused. Everybody benefited, and no laws required. But then plastic came in and the system died in most states.
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In my dictionary, it says that an Entrepreneur is someone who's smart enough to realize that space is a worthless, inhospitable money sink.
I would post my comments on it. But I'm not a powerful lobbyist with a shitload of campaign donation money or political influence (aka one of the "Member Organizations and Associations"). So I guess my opinion doesn't matter to them.
Uber has a *lot* of enemies in the established cab and limo industry. Don't take any lawsuit against them on face value. You can bet that the REAL impetus behind this lawsuit has nothing to do with tips or contracting.
As someone who has optioned sub-rentals on a lot of garages in Silicon Valley, I can't complain. Nothing attracts VC money like showing off how you're young, hip, and working in a garage in Silicon Valley!
If you're an individual working on an OSS project in the U.S. and you invoice someone for support, you had damned well better be ready to *at minimum* file a 1099 if it's over $600. Otherwise the IRS might want to have a word with you.
I hate to say it too, as I know this is affecting a lot of innocent kids who just happened to be born to idiot parents, but the first thought that hit me when I read this was "natural selection."
I can't even remember who our enemies are anymore. All I know is that we're always at war with someone, and big brother is watching.
It also sounds very suspicious and skeevy. I wouldn't have taken the money either. If someone called me up out of the blue and offered me thousands of $ on my OSS project, asking for some vague (and possibly fraudulent) invoice in return, and telling me they were on a strict deadline and needed it fast--my first inclination would be to ask them if they're a Nigerian prince. I would assume either:
a) scam/fraud
b) money-laundering scheme
c) IRS sting
And then I would have said "Thanks, but no thanks" and hung up the phone.
IBM's planning to introduce their "Crushinator" maid robot at it! Two tons of hot robot maid!
I just hope she's sassy, or at least comes with an optional sassy module.
He also predicted underground suburbs and nuclear-powered appliances.
No, he said RELIABLY predict the future. The authors you cite got one or two things vaguely right, but MANY more things wrong. No writer has ever reliably predicted the future, and the smart ones don't pretend to be able to. Even in Asimov's article, the first thing he admits is that he doesn't pretend to know what the future actually holds, and is only guessing.
You also have to remember that the transistor hadn't yet been invented
Not to nitpick, but the first commercial transistors were produced in 1954, ten years before he wrote this article. Hell, by 1964, MIT was already working on the Apollo guidance computer.
When 911 happened I was confused as to why they didn't have an army of rescue choppers hovering up there to pull people off the building.
Because choppers couldn't have gotten close enough to the buildings to do much more than watch, and the very long ropes and rope ladders they would have needed to do anything more aren't exactly standard issue on most helicopters. And also because:
1) No one asked them to
2) Car traffic in NYC came to a stop almost immediately after the second plane hit, making it impossible for any pilot to get to his helicopter unless he happened to be within walking distance of it.
2) The area was evacuated pretty quickly
3) All air traffic was grounded in less than an hour after the first plane hit.
4) Both towers were down in about 2 hours.
Behold my prognosticating skills!
Some husbands and wives shall cheat on their spouses
Politicians shall lie
Some shall look back on their lives and be disappointed
The strong, charismatic, and dishonest shall screw over the weak, unpopular, and honest
War, hunger, and disease will still plague mankind
Robot Donald Trump shall still be putting a foot in his mouth every time he speaks, albeit a metal foot now
Wrong. I'm fairly certain that in 50 years there would be a small colony of people living on the moon. Humans will also have visited Mars.
I'm fairly certain that in 50 years Presidents will still be promising a small colony of people living on the moon and a Mars mission in 50 years.
It's tough to get a job as a teacher unless you got your education certification while you were getting your undergrad degree. As you point out there are some programs that make some VERY LIMITED exceptions. But even with those, you're always treated as a second-class teacher if you don't have certification. And it's hard to advance your career, get raises, or even keep your job until you get it.
You can't just walk into most primary/secondary schools in the U.S. and say "Hey, I'm a Ph.D. in physics and I'd like a job, please" and get it. You're not in the fraternity if you didn't go through the proper pledgeship.
Why was this modded flamebait?
I would just like to add that I was into that band before they got popular and went all commercial, and I don't even *own* a TV.
It used to be about the music, man!
I've been listening to this "The Baby Boomers are going to retire and all you Gen-Xers and Millenials will have jobs aplenty!!" horseshit for decades now. But I have never see it happen. Most of the boomers I've known are way too self-centered and selfish to ever voluntarily surrender any power ("Me Generation" indeed) . In my field, I think I've seen more old boomers die at this point than retire. They just stay around forever like some kind of mold, getting in the way, collecting their big paychecks, and preventing anyone else from advancing (or innovating).
Sorry to sound bitter. I'm sure there are plenty of great boomers out there. But in the places I've worked, I've come to see them mostly as a pain-in-the-ass and obstacle to be overcome.
No. But if they keep you in solitary confinement long enough, torture you, taunt you, threaten you, fuck with your head, and then promise you 35 more years of the same, generally turning you into a raving lunatic (which suits their purposes perfectly)--it is just the kind of crazy shit you'll ask for.
But would I have to live in Detroit?
You wouldn't post stories about a coding 101 project or something would you?
Unfortunately, yeah they have.
Yeah, but then how would the hipsters distinguish themselves from the boring old guys who don't shop in exclusive used clothing stores to make it look like they're not trying to be hip?
But now (in the U.S. at least) it's only in some states (not many), and only because of return fees mandated by laws. I'm talking back when this was done EVERYWHERE, and for economic reasons. Back then, before plastic came in, soda companies actually benefited from recycling. Stores would pay the return deposit when you returned empty bottles and collect the bottles, the soda deliveryman would come in and deliver soda to the stores and collect the empties (full bottles came off the truck, empties went on). Then the empties were returned to the soda companies, washed, and reused. Everybody benefited, and no laws required. But then plastic came in and the system died in most states.