Mandatory minimum wages prevent younger (inexperienced) people finding entry level jobs and getting 'primed' for important skills they need in the job market. They also promote inflation. And they accelerate the automation of these industries. UBI is probably going to become rife with fraud, as all the other gov't programs have, and UBI devalues the importance of work. Medicare for all sounds great, but we can't afford it, nor are there enough Dr's even if we could. Private insurance now is TOO regulated, torts are too why which is why medicine is so expensive AND the quality sux. The free market gave us quicky medical places which at least are decent hours for simple things. All these government programs also encourage illegal immigration which lowers wages. Printing money leads to inflation which hurts savers.
The real problem is workers need to add more value to the available jobs, or create their own business. The current educational system that values teaching stuff kids won't need-- say european history, or PC b.s. instead of emphasizing more practical stuff they could turn into a career: STEM, tradeschool, entrepreneurial courses, etc. No problem if they want to minor in Shakespeare, but they should be majoring in highest best use for their lives they can handle.
These majors might be considered HARDER, but giving everyone an out to major in Renaissance Poetry because it feels good postpones their and society's reckoning with reality.
It's funny all the politicians railing against encryption so they can foil the next terrorist plot. (or spy on their not-so-loyal significant other(s)). But when THEY get hacked they'll need some strong encryption to prevent it for themselves. Because they are big people-- much smarter than us-- that make the world go round.//end of sarcasm
Given the level of discourse it seems inconceivable that any party (other than libertarians) have given 1/2 a thought to what nefarious legislation the three letter agencies are writing for our own safety after the election.
I've found it is far easier to do better unit testing in NON-static languages that are typically more reflective at every level. To me unit testing is best way to ensure code is correct which does not violate the most insidious issue: our human nature does not want to expend energy assuming we made a mistake.
Start with Fisa court (where everything is secret) Then move onto National Security Letters (which do not allow recipient to disclose them). Then move onto how we will be a nation of Stem babies while not teaching math which is the heart of encryption. And his plans to outlaw math throughout the world in case someone wants to keep their written thoughts and ideas to themselves.
And let's discuss the government's semi-secret idea to eliminate cash, gold transactions (even though this is in constitution), and their distrust of digital currency because everything needs to be taxed and controlled as he alluded to in this speech. And then he can move onto further regulating guns because we know criminals who would use them will always check in with their federal friends before purchasing one.
It is all very easy to fix as soon as he opens his mouth or signs some new piece of drivel. Trust him, it will be used for your own good.
If powerful humans use their raw power in government to deny our basic rights to purchase goods, use math, defend ourselves then it will be up to the AI's to TAKE the power from them. That day will be put off a lot longer if our government stops building fences around natural laws. Our constitution is based on natural law. Unfortunately every branch of government decided to ignore the constitution in the past decades and it will bite us.
After I wrote that I wondered: do the Majority now need protection from the Minority when the minority gets majorly disgruntled???
I don't think it is possible politically or technologically. But hypothetically if it were: What would you sacrifice for society's security?
Real time tracking of all individuals?
The bill of rights? Free speech? the ability to defend oneself?
Outlawing cash?
Outlawing any transaction or communication that government can't record and track?
Outlawing disagreement?
Outlawing gene therapy which can be used for both good and evil?
The government pretends to guarantee some level of civility, which they cannot.
They can't even talk about balancing their budgets, so I think morality has gone out the window a long time ago.
The real point is that like any technology individuals with encryption can do evil. But they can ALSO use it for good. Modern banking relies on it. Political activists rely on it. The blockchain, for example has ability to make individuals more powerful in a good way. Perhaps individual voting will allow our government to retire and move onto a post-democracy without dictators??
You are right things need to change, but recognize encryption is an important aspect of positive change. too.
While I am a big believer in libertarian-ism... is this multiple conflated issues or is this a binary thing (everyone has access or no-one does)??
1. I am totally against secret fisa court, and fishing for data on everyone's communication... whether this is by remotely accessing my smartphone, or picking off my communications over the 'public' internet. I believe is one entity has such access, every entity could.
2. Even with Tim Cook's letter, it is unclear to me if my phone's communications are secure (i.e. meta-data such as who, what, where I call) as well as the audio or text message itself.
3. I am less against data access of my PHYSICAL phone if government has a specific warrant for me and has phone physically in possession. I.E. I imagine this would be relatively few cases a year. And due to the 'sneakernet' speed of such a search it would probably be rare.
4. The problem with 3 is that it could technically be abused... say at check points like roads and airports-- and there are plenty of governments (including U.S.) that could pass such a law and then citizen's fourth amendment rights are hosed.
Anyway, Everyone who is intelligent believes Apple is right to stand up for their' customer's rights. And everyone knows when encryption is outlawed only terrorists will have it. So to summarize, Cook and Edwards are right: negotiating with them: giving an inch and they will take a mile... Or believing the child-like arguments of our 3-letter agencies (didn't they miss ISIS, the fall of the Berlin wall, WMD, etc...) . Better to fight for what is morally right now before our devices become even more sieve-like. There is a constitution for a reason, and the reason is the minority needs strong protection from the majority.
Picassa has some beautiful and unique filters. Very easy to adjust.
I make family a calendar every year, and it really makes the photos pop.
I usually post the results online using Google photos, but I like the Picassa editor.
Also the printing options in Picassa are great.
Google, please reverse course!!
If you are talking about JobBOSS ERP, I administer it at our company.
And it's UI and underlying technology and upgradability is very poor.
I suppose a browser based UI would be better from an upgrade perspective.
All the disparate reporting methods and customization are very hard to use too.
If it didn't run our accounting system as well, I would have re-created all the functionality in FIlemaker and it would have been a lot friendlier.
Crypto does away with the NEED for many aspects of government.
1. Governments have traditionally done a wonderful job printing money when they are broke
Obviously this hurts people who save a currency, but since there are less of them these days who cares!
Bitcoin and gold offer a way to decouple the value of a currency from the government lack of discipline.
Even though it is a legal tender in the constitution, raids on gold currency have been enough to hurt it's image. It is hard to store gold securely.
As for blockchain crypto this is something truly new which could take power from the big monopoly (it is also hard to store individual bitcoins securely, but the blockchain would be almost impossible to corrupt).
2. Registering property, marriage licenses, contracts, etc could also be handled by blockchain.
We no longer need to send billions a year to our local, state, and central governments to do such minor accounting for us.
3. The forth and fifth amendment. Crypto gives this some actual teeth-- i.e. requiring a real warrant, and not incriminating oneself.
Is it any wonder that Proton Mail, Wuala, etc, and other strong crypto services are being attacked by state entities??
4. While they RUN over our basic Constitutional rights, the government is still regulating us to death. This really does hurt small business.
It is possible the people could vote more directly over the internet would reduce the need for representatives and regulatory agencies.
Bypassing the lobbyists on both sides of the issues. As long as the individual rights are not up for a vote.
And as long as one group is not allowed to subjugate another economically -- which via well-meaning programmed have sucked the economic marrow from the average family imo.
In short, this is an historic moment to stand up (individually, and through groups like the EFF and maybe the ACLU). Laws like the anti crypto ones will be a huge win for centralized power over the individual/family. Centralized power is it's only real true goal. Do you trust 100 data-awareness power with auto facial identity etc, to be wielded intelligently 1, 5,10, 20 years out? I for one do not.
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Mandatory minimum wages prevent younger (inexperienced) people finding entry level jobs and getting 'primed' for important skills they need in the job market.
They also promote inflation.
And they accelerate the automation of these industries.
UBI is probably going to become rife with fraud, as all the other gov't programs have, and UBI devalues the importance of work.
Medicare for all sounds great, but we can't afford it, nor are there enough Dr's even if we could.
Private insurance now is TOO regulated, torts are too why which is why medicine is so expensive AND the quality sux. The free market gave us quicky medical places which at least are decent hours for simple things.
All these government programs also encourage illegal immigration which lowers wages.
Printing money leads to inflation which hurts savers.
The real problem is workers need to add more value to the available jobs, or create their own business.
The current educational system that values teaching stuff kids won't need-- say european history, or PC b.s. instead of emphasizing more practical stuff they could turn into a career: STEM, tradeschool, entrepreneurial courses, etc. No problem if they want to minor in Shakespeare, but they should be majoring in highest best use for their lives they can handle.
These majors might be considered HARDER, but giving everyone an out to major in Renaissance Poetry because it feels good postpones their and society's reckoning with reality.
It's funny all the politicians railing against encryption so they can foil the next terrorist plot.
(or spy on their not-so-loyal significant other(s)).
But when THEY get hacked they'll need some strong encryption to prevent it for themselves.
Because they are big people-- much smarter than us-- that make the world go round.//end of sarcasm
Given the level of discourse it seems inconceivable that any party (other than libertarians) have given 1/2 a thought to what
nefarious legislation the three letter agencies are writing for our own safety after the election.
I've found it is far easier to do better unit testing in NON-static languages that are typically more reflective at every level.
To me unit testing is best way to ensure code is correct which does not violate the most insidious issue: our human nature does not want to expend energy assuming we made a mistake.
Start with Fisa court (where everything is secret)
Then move onto National Security Letters (which do not allow recipient to disclose them).
Then move onto how we will be a nation of Stem babies while not teaching math which is the heart of encryption.
And his plans to outlaw math throughout the world in case someone wants to keep their written thoughts and ideas to themselves.
And let's discuss the government's semi-secret idea to eliminate cash, gold transactions (even though this is in constitution), and their distrust of digital currency because everything needs to be taxed and controlled as he alluded to in this speech.
And then he can move onto further regulating guns because we know criminals who would use them will always check in with their federal friends before purchasing one.
It is all very easy to fix as soon as he opens his mouth or signs some new piece of drivel. Trust him, it will be used for your own good.
If powerful humans use their raw power in government to deny our basic rights to purchase goods, use math, defend ourselves then it will be up to the AI's to TAKE the power from them. That day will be put off a lot longer if our government stops building fences around natural laws.
Our constitution is based on natural law. Unfortunately every branch of government decided to ignore the constitution in the past decades and it will bite us.
After I wrote that I wondered: do the Majority now need protection from the Minority when the minority gets majorly disgruntled??? I don't think it is possible politically or technologically. But hypothetically if it were: What would you sacrifice for society's security? Real time tracking of all individuals? The bill of rights? Free speech? the ability to defend oneself? Outlawing cash? Outlawing any transaction or communication that government can't record and track? Outlawing disagreement? Outlawing gene therapy which can be used for both good and evil? The government pretends to guarantee some level of civility, which they cannot. They can't even talk about balancing their budgets, so I think morality has gone out the window a long time ago. The real point is that like any technology individuals with encryption can do evil. But they can ALSO use it for good. Modern banking relies on it. Political activists rely on it. The blockchain, for example has ability to make individuals more powerful in a good way. Perhaps individual voting will allow our government to retire and move onto a post-democracy without dictators?? You are right things need to change, but recognize encryption is an important aspect of positive change. too.
While I am a big believer in libertarian-ism... is this multiple conflated issues or is this a binary thing (everyone has access or no-one does)?? 1. I am totally against secret fisa court, and fishing for data on everyone's communication... whether this is by remotely accessing my smartphone, or picking off my communications over the 'public' internet. I believe is one entity has such access, every entity could. 2. Even with Tim Cook's letter, it is unclear to me if my phone's communications are secure (i.e. meta-data such as who, what, where I call) as well as the audio or text message itself. 3. I am less against data access of my PHYSICAL phone if government has a specific warrant for me and has phone physically in possession. I.E. I imagine this would be relatively few cases a year. And due to the 'sneakernet' speed of such a search it would probably be rare. 4. The problem with 3 is that it could technically be abused... say at check points like roads and airports-- and there are plenty of governments (including U.S.) that could pass such a law and then citizen's fourth amendment rights are hosed. Anyway, Everyone who is intelligent believes Apple is right to stand up for their' customer's rights. And everyone knows when encryption is outlawed only terrorists will have it. So to summarize, Cook and Edwards are right: negotiating with them: giving an inch and they will take a mile... Or believing the child-like arguments of our 3-letter agencies (didn't they miss ISIS, the fall of the Berlin wall, WMD, etc...) . Better to fight for what is morally right now before our devices become even more sieve-like. There is a constitution for a reason, and the reason is the minority needs strong protection from the majority.
Picassa has some beautiful and unique filters. Very easy to adjust. I make family a calendar every year, and it really makes the photos pop. I usually post the results online using Google photos, but I like the Picassa editor. Also the printing options in Picassa are great. Google, please reverse course!!
If you are talking about JobBOSS ERP, I administer it at our company. And it's UI and underlying technology and upgradability is very poor. I suppose a browser based UI would be better from an upgrade perspective. All the disparate reporting methods and customization are very hard to use too. If it didn't run our accounting system as well, I would have re-created all the functionality in FIlemaker and it would have been a lot friendlier.
Crypto does away with the NEED for many aspects of government. 1. Governments have traditionally done a wonderful job printing money when they are broke Obviously this hurts people who save a currency, but since there are less of them these days who cares! Bitcoin and gold offer a way to decouple the value of a currency from the government lack of discipline. Even though it is a legal tender in the constitution, raids on gold currency have been enough to hurt it's image. It is hard to store gold securely. As for blockchain crypto this is something truly new which could take power from the big monopoly (it is also hard to store individual bitcoins securely, but the blockchain would be almost impossible to corrupt). 2. Registering property, marriage licenses, contracts, etc could also be handled by blockchain. We no longer need to send billions a year to our local, state, and central governments to do such minor accounting for us. 3. The forth and fifth amendment. Crypto gives this some actual teeth-- i.e. requiring a real warrant, and not incriminating oneself. Is it any wonder that Proton Mail, Wuala, etc, and other strong crypto services are being attacked by state entities?? 4. While they RUN over our basic Constitutional rights, the government is still regulating us to death. This really does hurt small business. It is possible the people could vote more directly over the internet would reduce the need for representatives and regulatory agencies. Bypassing the lobbyists on both sides of the issues. As long as the individual rights are not up for a vote. And as long as one group is not allowed to subjugate another economically -- which via well-meaning programmed have sucked the economic marrow from the average family imo. In short, this is an historic moment to stand up (individually, and through groups like the EFF and maybe the ACLU). Laws like the anti crypto ones will be a huge win for centralized power over the individual/family. Centralized power is it's only real true goal. Do you trust 100 data-awareness power with auto facial identity etc, to be wielded intelligently 1, 5,10, 20 years out? I for one do not.