Business can't plan or talk to customers or have any strategy whatsoever without at least some estimate...that's just the real world. If devs don't give estimates, managers have to make estimates. If managers don't make estimates, business makes estimates. You want devs to do the estimating.
I just don't want the boss to be disrespectful to me when the estimate is not accurate. Get us some estimation training or something. Don't give me a lecture. I'm too old for lectures.
It also comes in the wake of last year's Fappening
Can we get a definition of that for old farts with a UNIX beard like me? I know there was a massive hack and sale of celebrity nude photos for Bitcoin or something. Is that what this refers to? What's a Fappening?
Yeah, I'm gonna Google it, but the editors could add a parenthetical explanation, or a link to Wikipedia, or something. I remember when Slashdot used to use built in links to everything2 - I wish they had transitioned over to Wikipedia so the clueless like me could be more easily informed.
Awesome links. One thing I saw on that NPR article that I didn't know was that Peter, Paul, and Mary's version of Blowin in the Wind became the fastest-selling single in Warner Brothers' history.
He is British. To him allowing people to suffer from poor health when society can afford to treat them is aggressive libertarianism. Universal healthcare is actually the less aggressive, middle of the road option in Europe.
I see on Wikipedia that he supports funding universal healthcare by aggressive government action, though, as well as government aggression towards activities that are perceived to promote climate change. It's a shame he's not more rigorously consistent about this.
Yet I want you to give me a copy of the key and trust that it wont fall into the wrong hands or be used illegally against me. See how stupid that sounds Obama?
No, this will never be seen by governing officials. They want you to believe government will never do anything wrong, at least as long as you pick the right people in office. If anything wrong happens, it's because you didn't do the right thing in the last election.
It's basically a religious faith with no evidence.
Laws exist because the elected legislature passed the required laws to criminalise certain actions pertaining to certain drugs. To believe that this would be fixed by people finding someone not guilty of breaking those laws is simplistic at best.
To believe that the problem is just that I'm simplistic is also pretty simplistic, don't you think?:)
The laws need to be repealed
Not necessarily. I think salutary neglect is a great option.
is the public supposed to read the transcripts of every criminal trial?
No, but if more of the public would refuse to find people guilty on drug charges, it would certainly help. I don't need to read a transcript to know that I wouldn't convict Ulbricht, or anyone else, of the charges brought against him.
Using a code to crawl for uses of "comprised of" throughout all of Wiki's articles
Wikipedia is not "Wiki." Wikipedia is a wiki. There are many wikis in the world, and they are not all Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the publication, and wiki is the medium. "All of Wiki's articles" is like saying "All of Newspaper's articles."
Maybe I can get away with this offtopic pedantic comment since this whole article is about a guy spending years trying to fix small errors.:)
If a large percentage of users all
started using ad blocking software then places like google, slashdot, and facebook would either have
to start charging or even worse start doing secret product placement.
Or be donor supported like PBS. I love donor supported websites.
Indeed. I grew up listening to a stack of Gospel music cassettes my Dad copied from friends around the country on his travels. I've downloaded some of the exact same albums on bittorrent.
We can disagree over the rights of herd immunity, but those who maintain that refusal to vaccinate hurts only the one who refuses, as the OP argued, are just plain ignorant of the facts.
Some of us still see a distinction between hurting someone by taking direct action against them, and hurting someone by not taking an action that would benefit them. It's an impasse and I doubt either side is going to persuade the other, no matter how many times it repeats on slashdot, and no matter how many people do or do not understand herd immunity.
Long and short - employers should be able to discriminate against people who voluntarily refuse vaccinations.
That's a completely libertarian position as well. Taken to a logical conclusion, employers may discriminate against employees and even customers on the basis of vaccination, employees and customers may discriminate against businesses on the basis of vaccination policy. I think businesses choosing to have a vaccination policy may be a great innovation that the free market can bring to bear on this issue.
And every time we come to an impasse because some believe they have the right to obtain the benefits of herd immunity at the expense of the freedom of others, and those who disagree. We will pretty much always disagree on this. It's a perpetual impasse.
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in this case, how could anyone argue the short film doesn't violate the rights of the franchise creator
Because I don't believe that content creators should have rights that violate anybody else's rights to do whatever they want with the content.
They will hang you, literally or figuratively. Build a good life in Russia, and keep speaking out.
Business can't plan or talk to customers or have any strategy whatsoever without at least some estimate...that's just the real world. If devs don't give estimates, managers have to make estimates. If managers don't make estimates, business makes estimates. You want devs to do the estimating.
I just don't want the boss to be disrespectful to me when the estimate is not accurate. Get us some estimation training or something. Don't give me a lecture. I'm too old for lectures.
Reddit shouldn't be doing this because it tends to violate an innate human right and because it will destroy Reddit
That's Reddit's choice to make, though, right? Just use some other forum.
It also comes in the wake of last year's Fappening
Can we get a definition of that for old farts with a UNIX beard like me? I know there was a massive hack and sale of celebrity nude photos for Bitcoin or something. Is that what this refers to? What's a Fappening?
Yeah, I'm gonna Google it, but the editors could add a parenthetical explanation, or a link to Wikipedia, or something. I remember when Slashdot used to use built in links to everything2 - I wish they had transitioned over to Wikipedia so the clueless like me could be more easily informed.
We love this one, too, although it's got some pro-communist roots we don't personally agree with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJS-M4ov5EY
Awesome links. One thing I saw on that NPR article that I didn't know was that Peter, Paul, and Mary's version of Blowin in the Wind became the fastest-selling single in Warner Brothers' history.
Yes, that's another one we play for them, with a wonderful message. Thanks for posting it.
There's a reason I play this song to my kids a lot:
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
Very good point. I heartily agree.
He is British. To him allowing people to suffer from poor health when society can afford to treat them is aggressive libertarianism. Universal healthcare is actually the less aggressive, middle of the road option in Europe.
Great, by the same logic, we can outlaw abortion.
I think Hawking meant humanity's willingness to use violence and/or deadly force to get what one wants instead of reason and persuasion.
And yet I would suppose he supports the use of force against me if I'm not persuaded that paying my taxes is justified.
I see on Wikipedia that he supports funding universal healthcare by aggressive government action, though, as well as government aggression towards activities that are perceived to promote climate change. It's a shame he's not more rigorously consistent about this.
Yet I want you to give me a copy of the key and trust that it wont fall into the wrong hands or be used illegally against me. See how stupid that sounds Obama?
No, this will never be seen by governing officials. They want you to believe government will never do anything wrong, at least as long as you pick the right people in office. If anything wrong happens, it's because you didn't do the right thing in the last election.
It's basically a religious faith with no evidence.
Laws exist because the elected legislature passed the required laws to criminalise certain actions pertaining to certain drugs. To believe that this would be fixed by people finding someone not guilty of breaking those laws is simplistic at best.
To believe that the problem is just that I'm simplistic is also pretty simplistic, don't you think? :)
The laws need to be repealed
Not necessarily. I think salutary neglect is a great option.
He tried to have people killed. They need to lock him up for life.
If they want to lock him up for that, they need to have a trial for it.
Take a look at your average jury, do you really think it would be used most for the right or wrong reasons?
The point is that it's better to let ten guilty people go free than for one innocent to be convicted.
is the public supposed to read the transcripts of every criminal trial?
No, but if more of the public would refuse to find people guilty on drug charges, it would certainly help. I don't need to read a transcript to know that I wouldn't convict Ulbricht, or anyone else, of the charges brought against him.
Copyright terms should be max(author, spouse).
What about for polygamist authors, you insensitive clod?
Using a code to crawl for uses of "comprised of" throughout all of Wiki's articles
Wikipedia is not "Wiki." Wikipedia is a wiki. There are many wikis in the world, and they are not all Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the publication, and wiki is the medium. "All of Wiki's articles" is like saying "All of Newspaper's articles."
Maybe I can get away with this offtopic pedantic comment since this whole article is about a guy spending years trying to fix small errors. :)
If a large percentage of users all started using ad blocking software then places like google, slashdot, and facebook would either have to start charging or even worse start doing secret product placement.
Or be donor supported like PBS. I love donor supported websites.
Indeed. I grew up listening to a stack of Gospel music cassettes my Dad copied from friends around the country on his travels. I've downloaded some of the exact same albums on bittorrent.
We can disagree over the rights of herd immunity, but those who maintain that refusal to vaccinate hurts only the one who refuses, as the OP argued, are just plain ignorant of the facts.
Some of us still see a distinction between hurting someone by taking direct action against them, and hurting someone by not taking an action that would benefit them. It's an impasse and I doubt either side is going to persuade the other, no matter how many times it repeats on slashdot, and no matter how many people do or do not understand herd immunity.
Long and short - employers should be able to discriminate against people who voluntarily refuse vaccinations.
That's a completely libertarian position as well. Taken to a logical conclusion, employers may discriminate against employees and even customers on the basis of vaccination, employees and customers may discriminate against businesses on the basis of vaccination policy. I think businesses choosing to have a vaccination policy may be a great innovation that the free market can bring to bear on this issue.
And every time we come to an impasse because some believe they have the right to obtain the benefits of herd immunity at the expense of the freedom of others, and those who disagree. We will pretty much always disagree on this. It's a perpetual impasse.