You and I are already shitbags. We all stood by and let our govts invade a sovereign nation and assassinate a foreign leader without a fair trial. And we still sit by and watch our personal freedoms being eroded while the govt continue to murder citizens at will.
One day our grand-kids will ask us the same questions German kids asked their grandparents.
I'm not debating that with you. If you think the US federal government is not powerful then we have nothing more to say on the matter. That position is too stupid to be taken seriously.
This mentality is not uncommon across government, especially the higher one looks.
It is common across humankind, or even all animals in general. Looking out for yourself is a survival trait we all have. The whole idea that there is a Boogeyman (police/govt/terrorists/bankers/Bill Gate etc) is a myth. We're all the same, Milgram proved that. Given similar circumstances you or I would behave the same way, so let's stop perpetuating the stereotypes.
but that it's an invention that in some form, sooner or later, is guaranteed to necome commonplace, widespread and yet again transformative to society, yet rejected by some of the early evaluators.
Crap. Based on what? Your opinion?
Not every invention becomes commonplace, in fact most are failures. I'm yet to hear any argument why an Internet fridge is better than a regular fridge. The fact that we actually have Internet Fridges right now, and nobody I know has one, is a pretty clear indication that this invention is less like the car and more like the 3D TV, the Curved TV, or the Segway.
My fridge wasn't cheap, it was merely cheaper than the exact same thing with the Internet in it. There is no administrative overhead, I've never had to administer any fridge I've owned in 30 years. Ask your friends that have Smart TVs how many times they use the smart features. I did, and the answer across the board was "once when I first got it, then never again").
No it doesn't, Something evolves to better suit it's environment. More powerful processing allows inefficient programming to thrive. It thrives because it works. That is evolution.
Connect switch to pumps, run script, go to pub for 8 hours, come back and pack up.
This is even better than getting it done quickly because you get a whole lot of free time to do what you like.
The submitter seems to have overlooked one important point. If a solution exists that turns his 8 hour job into 20 minutes, he won't have a job much longer. Just go with it and milk that puppy while you can. Your job will be gone in a few years anyway.
Think how many things you can say today that would not only be perceived as "wrong" but actually cause you very serious trouble.
This has always been the case. Go back 40 years, walk into a bar and announce that you're gay, or be black in the white part of town, or white in the black part, and then compare.
As to facebook, it is losing interest not gaining it.
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I know a lot of people giving up on FB personally, and my kids seemed to have bypassed it altogether (Instagram is the big thing for teens here), but they are still growing somewhere.
So the over all trend is strongly towards things opening up more because every person in their own context is getting MORE access.
I have a mixed opinion of this. On one hand I agree, things are opening up, but at the same time, large swathes of the population are addicted to the Murdoch/Zuckerberg myopic view on the world. It is possible that the universe is expanding in both directions at once.
You do know the internet started as a government funded initiative right?
If anything, the powerful interests are losing control... not gaining it.
Um, you seem to be equating "Powerful Interest" with the govt? Since the govt (in a democracy) is a representation of the People, and publicly owned, then the shift from govt owned/controlled to private (business not people) is a case of the the powerful gaining control.
If Bush or Obama does something we don't like, we can vote them out (or wait 8 years). If Murdoch or Zucks does something we don't like we're screwed for life. Given the choice I prefer ownership by the former.
I really, *really* dislike hearing brain teasers in an interview.
Not because I don't like puzzles (I do), not because it's not a good way to judge the candidate (it is, in a sense), but because it shows up the deficiencies of the interviewer and the company.
I ask puzzle questions in interviews. Not because I care about the actual answer, but I like to observe how a candidate handles something from left field. Anybody can regurgitate their resume with positive examples of their skills and experience, but not everyone can think on their feet, under pressure, and come up with some form of intelligent response (even a completely wrong one).
But ask me why sewer caps are round, and you'll have to prove why you're company is good enough for me to work there. While you're interviewing me, I'm also interviewing *you*.
That's fine, I've turned down plenty of roles too because the interviewer was terrible, but you should always be able to have a decent response for even the stupidest question. It's better to be a position to turn down a role than never be offered it. There's a lot more interviewees than interviewers, so the balance is not in your favour.
Start 1.2miles from the South Pole. First mile takes you to 0.2 miles north of the South Pole. The circumference of the earth at this point is roughly 1 mile (2 x pi x R - do the actual maths if you want a more accurate answer). Walk 1 mile West (or East it doesn't matter) and you end up in exactly the same spot, then walk 1 mile North retracing your steps from step 1.
The north pole also works, because ice counts as "on earth", just the same as when you walk on Ice in the south pole, in neither case are you touching actual earth.
I don't buy into this IoT gimmick. I looked at an Internet fridge last time I was in the market. It seemed to add more cost, complexity and potential reliability issues for no real gain. Instead I got a regular fridge. Still keeps my food cold, and I never have the administration overhead of having to manage it.
Yes I do know how planes work, you don't seem to understand that just like a second engine, a second pilot, and a second hostess, a second GPS is also useful sometimes. And the weight is less than the second pilot's belt buckle, it's hardly going to stress the airframe with it's inclusion.
I can't see how a 50 years+ in prison costs less than one bullet.
it maintains a morally superior position for the justice system,
Morals are subjective. I find it immoral that an animal who rapes, tortures and murders other humans is given more taxpayer resources than the victim's family. I find it immoral that we clothe, house and feed someone like this.
and it can be reversed in the event a conviction is wrongful.
There is no need to reverse anything if your standards for conviction are of a high enough standard.
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Erm, no, we're not. There are George Washingtons, for example.
The same George Washington that owned other humans? Is that the same guy?
You and I are already shitbags. We all stood by and let our govts invade a sovereign nation and assassinate a foreign leader without a fair trial. And we still sit by and watch our personal freedoms being eroded while the govt continue to murder citizens at will.
One day our grand-kids will ask us the same questions German kids asked their grandparents.
I'm not debating that with you. If you think the US federal government is not powerful then we have nothing more to say on the matter. That position is too stupid to be taken seriously.
Agree, so why did you make that strawman up?
This mentality is not uncommon across government, especially the higher one looks.
It is common across humankind, or even all animals in general. Looking out for yourself is a survival trait we all have. The whole idea that there is a Boogeyman (police/govt/terrorists/bankers/Bill Gate etc) is a myth. We're all the same, Milgram proved that. Given similar circumstances you or I would behave the same way, so let's stop perpetuating the stereotypes.
Well you keep believing the dream. I have a Web TV you might like to buy....
In my professional judgment the WSJ used to be the best, most reliable news source in American.
FTFY.
I don't read/watch/listen to much American Media, but NPR seems to be quite balanced.
but that it's an invention that in some form, sooner or later, is guaranteed to necome commonplace, widespread and yet again transformative to society, yet rejected by some of the early evaluators.
Crap. Based on what? Your opinion?
Not every invention becomes commonplace, in fact most are failures. I'm yet to hear any argument why an Internet fridge is better than a regular fridge. The fact that we actually have Internet Fridges right now, and nobody I know has one, is a pretty clear indication that this invention is less like the car and more like the 3D TV, the Curved TV, or the Segway.
So because people buy cars then every invention ever is awesome? Good argument...
My fridge wasn't cheap, it was merely cheaper than the exact same thing with the Internet in it. There is no administrative overhead, I've never had to administer any fridge I've owned in 30 years. Ask your friends that have Smart TVs how many times they use the smart features. I did, and the answer across the board was "once when I first got it, then never again").
Miles and feet, what century are you guys from?
Something evolves to be better
No it doesn't, Something evolves to better suit it's environment. More powerful processing allows inefficient programming to thrive. It thrives because it works. That is evolution.
Connect switch to pumps, run script, go to pub for 8 hours, come back and pack up.
This is even better than getting it done quickly because you get a whole lot of free time to do what you like.
Only dumb people waste their time.
Whether you spend 8 hours upgrading pumps or 2 hours with 6 hours playing phone games, it's still 8 hours of wasted time. Even dumb people know that.
The submitter seems to have overlooked one important point. If a solution exists that turns his 8 hour job into 20 minutes, he won't have a job much longer. Just go with it and milk that puppy while you can. Your job will be gone in a few years anyway.
Think how many things you can say today that would not only be perceived as "wrong" but actually cause you very serious trouble.
This has always been the case. Go back 40 years, walk into a bar and announce that you're gay, or be black in the white part of town, or white in the black part, and then compare.
As to facebook, it is losing interest not gaining it.
I Disagree
I know a lot of people giving up on FB personally, and my kids seemed to have bypassed it altogether (Instagram is the big thing for teens here), but they are still growing somewhere.
So the over all trend is strongly towards things opening up more because every person in their own context is getting MORE access.
I have a mixed opinion of this. On one hand I agree, things are opening up, but at the same time, large swathes of the population are addicted to the Murdoch/Zuckerberg myopic view on the world. It is possible that the universe is expanding in both directions at once.
You do know the internet started as a government funded initiative right?
If anything, the powerful interests are losing control... not gaining it.
Um, you seem to be equating "Powerful Interest" with the govt? Since the govt (in a democracy) is a representation of the People, and publicly owned, then the shift from govt owned/controlled to private (business not people) is a case of the the powerful gaining control. If Bush or Obama does something we don't like, we can vote them out (or wait 8 years). If Murdoch or Zucks does something we don't like we're screwed for life. Given the choice I prefer ownership by the former.
I really, *really* dislike hearing brain teasers in an interview.
Not because I don't like puzzles (I do), not because it's not a good way to judge the candidate (it is, in a sense), but because it shows up the deficiencies of the interviewer and the company.
I ask puzzle questions in interviews. Not because I care about the actual answer, but I like to observe how a candidate handles something from left field. Anybody can regurgitate their resume with positive examples of their skills and experience, but not everyone can think on their feet, under pressure, and come up with some form of intelligent response (even a completely wrong one).
But ask me why sewer caps are round, and you'll have to prove why you're company is good enough for me to work there. While you're interviewing me, I'm also interviewing *you*.
That's fine, I've turned down plenty of roles too because the interviewer was terrible, but you should always be able to have a decent response for even the stupidest question. It's better to be a position to turn down a role than never be offered it. There's a lot more interviewees than interviewers, so the balance is not in your favour.
Start 1.2miles from the South Pole. First mile takes you to 0.2 miles north of the South Pole. The circumference of the earth at this point is roughly 1 mile (2 x pi x R - do the actual maths if you want a more accurate answer). Walk 1 mile West (or East it doesn't matter) and you end up in exactly the same spot, then walk 1 mile North retracing your steps from step 1.
The north pole also works, because ice counts as "on earth", just the same as when you walk on Ice in the south pole, in neither case are you touching actual earth.
I don't buy into this IoT gimmick. I looked at an Internet fridge last time I was in the market. It seemed to add more cost, complexity and potential reliability issues for no real gain. Instead I got a regular fridge. Still keeps my food cold, and I never have the administration overhead of having to manage it.
We need to re-discover efficiency in programming
Why? There's a reason programming has become inefficient, and that's because in most cases it doesn't need to be. You can't fight evolution.
Yes I do know how planes work, you don't seem to understand that just like a second engine, a second pilot, and a second hostess, a second GPS is also useful sometimes. And the weight is less than the second pilot's belt buckle, it's hardly going to stress the airframe with it's inclusion.
You don't need two engines on a plane either...
The problem with the death penalty is that there is no way to repair damage to people who were not guilty of the crime they were executed for.
Isn't the solution here then to improve your judicial system?
So, why not chose incarceration? It's cheaper,
I can't see how a 50 years+ in prison costs less than one bullet.
it maintains a morally superior position for the justice system,
Morals are subjective. I find it immoral that an animal who rapes, tortures and murders other humans is given more taxpayer resources than the victim's family. I find it immoral that we clothe, house and feed someone like this.
and it can be reversed in the event a conviction is wrongful.
There is no need to reverse anything if your standards for conviction are of a high enough standard.