I first used started using hard disks around 1990, and have come to the complete certainty that every hard disk I use will fail.
It took you this long to figure it out? Way back in the old days, they were selling tape backup systems for 40-meg hard disks. Because it's never been of question of if they will fail, but when. Same as any other multi-part mechanical device.
You miss the point - internal consistency is not a valid criteria. There are plenty of novels and sci-fi stories that are internally consistent, but false. There are plenty of stories that are posted, both here and elsewhere, where internal consistency doesn't make it true. It is pure speculation. Until it's proven, I'm going to say "horse sh*t".
They WERE nerds and geeks. And socially immature, and sexist. And spent lots of time sharing pr0n. Not an impressive lot. This didn't stop me from letting one of them crash at my place, or help write their postings on dating sites (because what they wrote was pitiful - the poor guy was only getting responses from other men, and he has an androgynous name). Writing that sounds like a woman wrote it isn't going to be attractive to hetero women.
But they were co-workers and acquaintances, not friends.
The guy didn't get hanged now, did he? Also, he resigned voluntarily, they offered him another C-level position, and he refused. Also, you know all those web sites that use javascript to track you? He invented javascript... security was obviously not in mind...
I'm serious. You should be lobbying for local, state, and federal bodies to include the extra safeguards that a child would be expected to need vs. an adult.
It's how you preserve rights... which both libertarians and right-wing evangelicals are so eager to do away with (not that they have an exclusive monopoly on this).
I am not an astrophysicist but i thought the reason a black hole would still have mass and gravitation is that not only is the mass compressed to a geometric point but the resulting gravitation that causes time to appear to effectively stop also compresses the space that contains it.
Basically that if you could be an observer within the geometric point the amount of space within that point would be near infinite and the surrounding space outside that point would be unobservable.
Sounds like our universe to me. It's a lot better than that BS "we may be a simulation" that was floated here a few days ago.
You need to fix your laws. Everyone should have a right to assistant before any tribunal or investigation, and minors should not be allowed to be questioned without a parent or guardian present.
I'm tired of hearing that stupid Cardinal Richelieu quote. It's simply no longer true. I can speak against the government, royalty, etc, elected politicians and appointed government officials, say that same sex marriage is needed if we truly believe in equally, that churches should not try to impose their beliefs on others and they should pay taxes, etc.
Most of these would have been hanging, or at least public flogging, offenses.
You should read the comments under this article. And if you believe the official labor stats and that it's possible to make a valid comparison with 30 years ago, you're a trusting soul - the way that the stats are compiled and who's included and who's not have changed many times in 30 years.
Don't assume all your work acquaintances are friends. They're probably just acquaintances. Sure, they'll give you a reference, etc., but friends go WAY above that. At least they don't ask me for advice and then whine when they don't take it and things go down the sh*tter. Over. And over. I've spent time on and off the job helping and reassuring them, even given them a couch to crash on 20-30 times. But they are work acquaintances, not friends.
Friends go much deeper. Sure, I'd like to hang out with my friends on slashdot, but not my former co-workers.
You need to experience a minimum of 3 huge clusterf*cks before you can even begin to say you're experienced. People learn more from mistakes. Even steel needs to be tempered to be tough and not brittle.
The trend is towards not seeing reliable employment in any industry. Tech is just a bellwether. It may be time to consider cutting loose while you still have a few resources left and picking up stakes to some place that's a lot cheaper. Hunkering down may not be a long term solution, but it IS less stressful.
No, there's no reading between the lines. The young'uns are also complaining about management BS - they just don't have the guts to tell them to f*ck off, so they look to the older ones to "speak truth to power."
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I first used started using hard disks around 1990, and have come to the complete certainty that every hard disk I use will fail.
It took you this long to figure it out? Way back in the old days, they were selling tape backup systems for 40-meg hard disks. Because it's never been of question of if they will fail, but when. Same as any other multi-part mechanical device.
You don't seem to know the value of people, just the cost.
You miss the point - internal consistency is not a valid criteria. There are plenty of novels and sci-fi stories that are internally consistent, but false. There are plenty of stories that are posted, both here and elsewhere, where internal consistency doesn't make it true. It is pure speculation. Until it's proven, I'm going to say "horse sh*t".
His theory is so full of holes that he has to say it's not a bug, but a feature. :-)
I agree. Fear or economic insecurity - and we've had 40 years of the disappearing middle class, so people are turning on each other like caged rats.
So are a lot of paranoid delusions. Internally completely self-consistent. Doesn't make them true.
Even he would have to agree, his theory is full of holes. He just claims that the holes in his theory are features. :-) Try the fish.
I think his theory has too many holes to take it seriously :-)
They WERE nerds and geeks. And socially immature, and sexist. And spent lots of time sharing pr0n. Not an impressive lot. This didn't stop me from letting one of them crash at my place, or help write their postings on dating sites (because what they wrote was pitiful - the poor guy was only getting responses from other men, and he has an androgynous name). Writing that sounds like a woman wrote it isn't going to be attractive to hetero women.
But they were co-workers and acquaintances, not friends.
The guy didn't get hanged now, did he? Also, he resigned voluntarily, they offered him another C-level position, and he refused. Also, you know all those web sites that use javascript to track you? He invented javascript ... security was obviously not in mind ...
I'm serious. You should be lobbying for local, state, and federal bodies to include the extra safeguards that a child would be expected to need vs. an adult.
It's how you preserve rights ... which both libertarians and right-wing evangelicals are so eager to do away with (not that they have an exclusive monopoly on this).
Look, there won't be one universe, because anything that can create one universe can create N universes.
Why? The act of creating the universe may render it impossible to create others.
I am not an astrophysicist but i thought the reason a black hole would still have mass and gravitation is that not only is the mass compressed to a geometric point but the resulting gravitation that causes time to appear to effectively stop also compresses the space that contains it.
Basically that if you could be an observer within the geometric point the amount of space within that point would be near infinite and the surrounding space outside that point would be unobservable.
Sounds like our universe to me. It's a lot better than that BS "we may be a simulation" that was floated here a few days ago.
You need to fix your laws. Everyone should have a right to assistant before any tribunal or investigation, and minors should not be allowed to be questioned without a parent or guardian present.
I'm tired of hearing that stupid Cardinal Richelieu quote. It's simply no longer true. I can speak against the government, royalty, etc, elected politicians and appointed government officials, say that same sex marriage is needed if we truly believe in equally, that churches should not try to impose their beliefs on others and they should pay taxes, etc. Most of these would have been hanging, or at least public flogging, offenses.
Gotta love Ron White.
You should read the comments under this article. And if you believe the official labor stats and that it's possible to make a valid comparison with 30 years ago, you're a trusting soul - the way that the stats are compiled and who's included and who's not have changed many times in 30 years.
Don't assume all your work acquaintances are friends. They're probably just acquaintances. Sure, they'll give you a reference, etc., but friends go WAY above that. At least they don't ask me for advice and then whine when they don't take it and things go down the sh*tter. Over. And over. I've spent time on and off the job helping and reassuring them, even given them a couch to crash on 20-30 times. But they are work acquaintances, not friends.
Friends go much deeper. Sure, I'd like to hang out with my friends on slashdot, but not my former co-workers.
The shaming set the stage for the laws.
Your position pretty much sums up the problem of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Co-workers will rat you out if you kill the boss. Friends will help you with the body. Family will bring their own shovels.
In bargaining, you can always lower your price - you can't raise it.
You need to experience a minimum of 3 huge clusterf*cks before you can even begin to say you're experienced. People learn more from mistakes. Even steel needs to be tempered to be tough and not brittle.
When the only metric management has to fall back on, due to their own lack of domain-specific expertise, is resume-speak, what can you expect?
The trend is towards not seeing reliable employment in any industry. Tech is just a bellwether. It may be time to consider cutting loose while you still have a few resources left and picking up stakes to some place that's a lot cheaper. Hunkering down may not be a long term solution, but it IS less stressful.
No, there's no reading between the lines. The young'uns are also complaining about management BS - they just don't have the guts to tell them to f*ck off, so they look to the older ones to "speak truth to power."