Having exchanged Japan and a 1 hour commute on a crowded train to my old MNC's office for a rural location and a 20 minute drive to my current MNC's office I can say that life in Japan is not mere existence at all. A person might miss having a plot of their own, but equally they might miss the huge range of facilities, both public and private within walking distance or at worst a short journey away that compensate for not having half an acre of your own to run around in. People have gripes wherever they live. Just because you don't want something doesn't make your blanket statement true for everyone.
I think though that your website is not "the wisdom of crowds", but rather "the writings of an domain expert". (for all that it's just out there on the internet). You didn't submit your c++ tips to wikipedia and allow people to change it as they see fit. you don't have user comments on the pages. etc.
I hate to sound cynical, but even if this were a cure, HIV will find another way or be supplanted by another disease more powerful.
More "fit", not more "powerful". there is nothing that mandates that killing (or even being bad for) your host is an essential characteristic of the most fit virus occupying HIV's niche.
yeah, but have you ever interacted with a human baby? They don't do a hell of a lot, let me tell you. Take away the digestive system, and what would you expect of "human level" AI? Nobody is going to talk to a PC for 2 years with only "goo goo" as the response.
Hey, who's a pretty girl? goo goo. That's right, you are a pretty girl. goo goo. what's my name? goo goo. That's right, I'm your dada. Can you say dada? goo goo. Hey, hon she said "dada"!
Psst... it's all made up. It will never make sense. It was written by people who have visions and hear voices for heavens sake. The rest were pushing assorted political agendas.
I don't see any connection between being persistent, and learning from your mistakes. The business failing guy could well be getting better each time around. Just because he is determined to keep trying doesn't say anything directly about his ability to learn from mistakes.
But it's still the case that on the topmost issue, the main choice, he "failed to learn from his mistakes" by deliberately choosing to do again and again something at which he failed again and again. Until one day, he didn't.
Homer: "You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'."
The Simpsons is satire however. I think your post is not.
You seem to be big on faith. Can you tell me why you think it's such a wonderful thing (other than purely selfish reasons, "it makes me feel closer to god", etc)? For my part, I view it as an abrogation of personal responsibility.
in other words you don't actually believe in god or gods, but for some social reasons you feel better not actually saying that, or take some sort of pride in not saying that so as to appear tolerant or just like to play some kind of word game?
Science is related to everything. It's not just a subject in school or a career choice. It's the process by which we understand reality. If any gods are unrelated to it, they are unrelated to reality (and those of us in the reality based community).
In Ireland, they give (or at least used to at one point) an interest rate, not directly related to the deposit rate, on overpaid taxes. So in certain economic conditions you had certain businesspeople grossly overpaying their tax to get the rate for the period before the tax refund + interest was given.
No, it just means that when you die from being Tazered in the US, the coroner is less likely to confirm it. (unlike NetCraft, who can always be relied upon in these matters).
which they get buy giving away both a fully functional browser AND the right for anyone to use the source code. Pure capitalist exploitation if you ask me.
AC is entirely correct. GP is misinformed. You need a 3G phone to roam in Japan (despite what your equally misinformed local operator may tell you before traveling here).
I think it is normal enough, and assuming it was done reasonably shouldn't be taken personally. You can't have your direct competitor's employee walking around your R&D (or any other) department while they work out their notice with you. Not that people in general are going to steal anything, or even use company confidential knowledge, but if they did it would be questioned why you let it happen.
Maybe Google's inexperience will allow them to design a Resource API that doesn't leak memory when you create a variable on the stack. (on the stack! for heavens sake!). It's not for no reason that people complain about Symbian programming.
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Having exchanged Japan and a 1 hour commute on a crowded train to my old MNC's office for a rural location and a 20 minute drive to my current MNC's office I can say that life in Japan is not mere existence at all. A person might miss having a plot of their own, but equally they might miss the huge range of facilities, both public and private within walking distance or at worst a short journey away that compensate for not having half an acre of your own to run around in. People have gripes wherever they live. Just because you don't want something doesn't make your blanket statement true for everyone.
I think though that your website is not "the wisdom of crowds", but rather "the writings of an domain expert". (for all that it's just out there on the internet). You didn't submit your c++ tips to wikipedia and allow people to change it as they see fit. you don't have user comments on the pages. etc.
more doors = less seats
More "fit", not more "powerful". there is nothing that mandates that killing (or even being bad for) your host is an essential characteristic of the most fit virus occupying HIV's niche.
yeah, but have you ever interacted with a human baby? They don't do a hell of a lot, let me tell you. Take away the digestive system, and what would you expect of "human level" AI? Nobody is going to talk to a PC for 2 years with only "goo goo" as the response.
Hey, who's a pretty girl?
goo goo.
That's right, you are a pretty girl.
goo goo.
what's my name?
goo goo.
That's right, I'm your dada. Can you say dada?
goo goo.
Hey, hon she said "dada"!
Yeah, but managers prefer headcount than subordinates earning more than them.
Psst... it's all made up. It will never make sense.
It was written by people who have visions and hear voices for heavens sake. The rest were pushing assorted political agendas.
The Simpsons is satire however. I think your post is not.
they don't "believe" anything though, which is why it's not applicable.
You seem to be big on faith. Can you tell me why you think it's such a wonderful thing (other than purely selfish reasons, "it makes me feel closer to god", etc)? For my part, I view it as an abrogation of personal responsibility.
Epistemology is just word games, same as most modern gods.
in other words you don't actually believe in god or gods, but for some social reasons you feel better not actually saying that, or take some sort of pride in not saying that so as to appear tolerant or just like to play some kind of word game?
Science is related to everything. It's not just a subject in school or a career choice. It's the process by which we understand reality. If any gods are unrelated to it, they are unrelated to reality (and those of us in the reality based community).
But then people should stop pretending that it has anything to do with reality.
Evidence is how we determine what's what in the real world.
There is no why. There just "is".
Well, HTML5 isn't even widely used either.
In Ireland, they give (or at least used to at one point) an interest rate, not directly related to the deposit rate, on overpaid taxes. So in certain economic conditions you had certain businesspeople grossly overpaying their tax to get the rate for the period before the tax refund + interest was given.
It's wrong because it requires a totalitarian state to implement.
No, it just means that when you die from being Tazered in the US, the coroner is less likely to confirm it. (unlike NetCraft, who can always be relied upon in these matters).
which they get buy giving away both a fully functional browser AND the right for anyone to use the source code. Pure capitalist exploitation if you ask me.
AC is entirely correct. GP is misinformed. You need a 3G phone to roam in Japan (despite what your equally misinformed local operator may tell you before traveling here).
I don't get this attitude.
They are already giving you all their worthwhile assets.
Now you want their cash flow too?
> Hell, the people who created Adblock are the reason I use Firefox... Give them some of the damn cash!
No, Firefox is the reason you can use AdBlock.
I think it is normal enough, and assuming it was done reasonably shouldn't be taken personally.
You can't have your direct competitor's employee walking around your R&D (or any other) department while they work out their notice with you. Not that people in general are going to steal anything, or even use company confidential knowledge, but if they did it would be questioned why you let it happen.
You could say: "across town"
Maybe Google's inexperience will allow them to design a Resource API that doesn't leak memory when you create a variable on the stack. (on the stack! for heavens sake!). It's not for no reason that people complain about Symbian programming.