so they have no problem with gays being stoned to death apparently.
Do you believe that if those companies had real power to affect change in those countries that they would not? The middle east is an entirely different culture with an entirely different set of values. Stop things where they can be stopped.
"The have been in the minority in the Federal Government for nearly ten years now."
Yet ironically they don't seem to be a minority of the population...just a majority of population with systematically reduced voice in their own governance.
India seems like it would be perfect for a solar revolution.
Almost the entire nation has enough sunlight to produce between 5.0-6.0 kWh/m^2 and enough of a population to make a grass roots effort actually worth something.
...and in the 50's nuclear power was going to provide so much energy that it would be "too cheap to meter"...
Two things man does exceptionally well.. over estimate himself and under estimate nature.
Is that what you took away from my post.. Sorry but you're wrong, I'm speaking on a much more macro level of human behavior. I could just as easily say that YOU are under the impression that people **on the whole** can be squeezed indefinitely with no consequence. Congratulations on running an efficient company, hopefully, there aren't thousands upon thousands of desperate people living around you who need to survive.
The whole "adapt or starve" mantra corporate apologists like to trot out for these kinds of stories seem to forget that "adapt or starve" is called "desperation" as a synonym. People NEED A PATH to survive, and if they don't have one then you're shiny efficient business is going to look like a shiny pile of resources to people who just don't care anymore... and people like YOU put them there, so I doubt all your hard work and dedication will mean a thing to them.
Eventually it's going to reach a tipping point where you choke enough people into poverty that eventually they're just going to say
"fuck it, I have to survive somehow"....and start just taking all those pretty coins that robotics have allowed you to save...
This is just a basic fact of life, you can't make people poor and expect them to just sit there and take it.
It's almost as if cities acted like petri dishes.. so weird..
When the costs associated with tearing down the old and putting up something new is comparable to just buying up new land and building on that.. then urban decay will stop.
Since that isn't something that business would do on it's own as it isn't as profitable, it's up to government to regulate it.
Don't you worry folks... we got your coal jobs right here!!! that thar sciency mumbo jumbo is fer them Hollywood E-leetists... you won't catch me usin' no soLAR sells.... commie contraptions iffn' ya ask me!!!!
It's not the fact that they did it "with a vagina"... It's that they did it in an environment where simply having a vagina sets up barriers to your success.
Example: Women gaining the right to vote wasn't considered an accomplishment *because* they have a vagina, but in spite of that fact.
At what point does social responsibility set in. OK fine you've made your wicked smart decisions and essentially turned yourself into a king. Now what.. just keep making yourself MORE kingly?.. Eventually with power comes the responsibility of acknowledging that YOU aren't the one doing the physical labor. OK so you have robots now that are taking the place of the pesky poor people with that annoying need to eat.
You see where this is going right? Anyone with a "I got mine.. fuck the poor" attitude is setting themselves up to be at the receiving end of a bloody revolution. You can't just squeeze people to the point of desperation and tell them to go twist without consequences.
I'm not "playing a card" mr anonymous poster. I'm telling you what happens when you apply X to human nature, but you can go on ignoring the issue and trying to be smug. It won't change anything.
What happens when you have a significant segment of your population to which you are shrugging off with an "adapt or starve" attitude? The realities of the situation may be pretty stark and accurate, but it's the indifference of those who don't have to worry about it which will stir the pot of discord and sow the seeds of violence.
You'll just end up ADDING credibility to false stories when you say it's "disputed". Disputed can be used for things like "dark matter" where there is some evidence one can point to, but nothing concrete can be derived from it.
Fake news is usually based on pure conjecture and hyperbole, in a very fuzzy math / connect the dots kind of thinking. People who believe fake news WANT to believe it and will use ANY wiggle room as validation.
At least they will have a basic understanding of what code does, which is problem solving. That alone could save millions in technical support in their daily lives in the future.
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...I love how people think that the science is about politics, but being anti-science isn't...
So you knew, what, 1 or 2 Trump voters then?
so they have no problem with gays being stoned to death apparently.
Do you believe that if those companies had real power to affect change in those countries that they would not? The middle east is an entirely different culture with an entirely different set of values. Stop things where they can be stopped.
Apparently you seem to be the one without the knowledge of how a representative democracy is SUPPOSED to work.
"The have been in the minority in the Federal Government for nearly ten years now."
Yet ironically they don't seem to be a minority of the population...just a majority of population with systematically reduced voice in their own governance.
When security becomes a paradigm.. thus rises the god of fortresses (the perfection of security), which in turn becomes a prison for all of us.
"...How much you got!?"
(I think they call this a shake down)
India seems like it would be perfect for a solar revolution. Almost the entire nation has enough sunlight to produce between 5.0-6.0 kWh/m^2 and enough of a population to make a grass roots effort actually worth something.
...and in the 50's nuclear power was going to provide so much energy that it would be "too cheap to meter"... Two things man does exceptionally well.. over estimate himself and under estimate nature.
The Corporate Apologist vs. The Self Entitled Millenial !!!!!
FIGHT!
I have to admit... the "why are we here?" made me laugh.
I think that's where the whole "trials" thing comes in....
Is that what you took away from my post.. Sorry but you're wrong, I'm speaking on a much more macro level of human behavior. I could just as easily say that YOU are under the impression that people **on the whole** can be squeezed indefinitely with no consequence. Congratulations on running an efficient company, hopefully, there aren't thousands upon thousands of desperate people living around you who need to survive.
The whole "adapt or starve" mantra corporate apologists like to trot out for these kinds of stories seem to forget that "adapt or starve" is called "desperation" as a synonym. People NEED A PATH to survive, and if they don't have one then you're shiny efficient business is going to look like a shiny pile of resources to people who just don't care anymore... and people like YOU put them there, so I doubt all your hard work and dedication will mean a thing to them.
Eventually it's going to reach a tipping point where you choke enough people into poverty that eventually they're just going to say "fuck it, I have to survive somehow" ....and start just taking all those pretty coins that robotics have allowed you to save...
This is just a basic fact of life, you can't make people poor and expect them to just sit there and take it.
"Oh, so $70,000 is meaningless to you? I think savings is important wherever you can find it."
I'm just going to say "Mar a Lago" and "go fuck yourself"... and leave it at that.
It's almost as if cities acted like petri dishes.. so weird..
When the costs associated with tearing down the old and putting up something new is comparable to just buying up new land and building on that.. then urban decay will stop.
Since that isn't something that business would do on it's own as it isn't as profitable, it's up to government to regulate it.
Don't you worry folks... we got your coal jobs right here!!! that thar sciency mumbo jumbo is fer them Hollywood E-leetists... you won't catch me usin' no soLAR sells.... commie contraptions iffn' ya ask me!!!!
When have you scheduled your gender reassignment surgery? If what you say is true, that would be the solution to your "handicap"
"So frankly, women have had an easy ride through history" OH PLEASE go tell ANY woman this...
It's not the fact that they did it "with a vagina"... It's that they did it in an environment where simply having a vagina sets up barriers to your success.
Example: Women gaining the right to vote wasn't considered an accomplishment *because* they have a vagina, but in spite of that fact.
You see where this is going right? Anyone with a "I got mine.. fuck the poor" attitude is setting themselves up to be at the receiving end of a bloody revolution. You can't just squeeze people to the point of desperation and tell them to go twist without consequences.
I'm not "playing a card" mr anonymous poster. I'm telling you what happens when you apply X to human nature, but you can go on ignoring the issue and trying to be smug. It won't change anything.
What happens when you have a significant segment of your population to which you are shrugging off with an "adapt or starve" attitude? The realities of the situation may be pretty stark and accurate, but it's the indifference of those who don't have to worry about it which will stir the pot of discord and sow the seeds of violence.
You'll just end up ADDING credibility to false stories when you say it's "disputed". Disputed can be used for things like "dark matter" where there is some evidence one can point to, but nothing concrete can be derived from it.
Fake news is usually based on pure conjecture and hyperbole, in a very fuzzy math / connect the dots kind of thinking. People who believe fake news WANT to believe it and will use ANY wiggle room as validation.
At least they will have a basic understanding of what code does, which is problem solving. That alone could save millions in technical support in their daily lives in the future.