Why would aliens be unaware of the idea of genetic and cultural differences? If an ET probe crashed on Earth and there was a plaque showing a couple of the typical Grey aliens with specific features,I wouldn't assume they were all identical. I'd go "okay that's generally morphology", I wouldn't go "oh this one's eyes are a bit narrower here so it can't be a Grey."
If Wikipedia folks want to be anal retentive, they can create a composite human form from their picture database.
Oh they don't say that explicitly, as people would immediately call it out. They go weasel mode with "representation" and saying that there isn't enough of it. Of course, rational arguments of "not enough" requires indicating a base level for what IS enough, which they never ever say because they're not trying tke make a rational argument here. They're actually relying on ambiguity to rile up the emotional people while holding the rationals ones at bay.
Look at it this way: In terms of representing the recent graduation rates in CS, women employees are exactly represented, and black/hispanic employees are actually overrepresented. When the activists say that in this situation there is still not enough representation, there is only one conclusion to draw. They're talking about representation of the ratios found in the general population.
Though I wonder whether this is another "dumb Trump idea" or another "4D chess move" to put a Clinton policy position on the firing line to test the public & press response? If people hate it he can say "it was Clinton's idea don't blame me" and if the press attacks him over it he can say "look how the media treats me differently"
Yes, the "conservatives" are hypocritically denying Google what they would have given any other company had the politics been different, and the "progressives" are hypocritically denying Damore what they would have given any other fired employee had the politics been different.
Looks like liberals are the only ones who are earnestly supporting Damore here. I think it's sad you won't count yourself among us.
Well shit it looks like people at the NLRB didn't read the actual memo either. Damore had written specifically against forming stereotypes based on differences in population distributions because of their overlaps.
Truth is harmful to lies. Truth tellers are harmful to liars. Liars say that the people they've told lies to are suffering on account of the speech that truth tellers have spoken.
No, this is the Hundred Flowers Campaign in a corporate setting. Google sought feedback from participants of its interpretation of what diversity training should be, but didn't like the critical feedback they got, and so retaliated.
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement, was a period in 1956 in the People's Republic of China during which the Communist Party of China encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime. Differing views and solutions to national policy were encouraged based on the famous expression by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong: "The policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science."...
After this brief period of liberalization, Mao used this to oppress those who challenged the communist regime by using force. The crackdown continued through 1957 as an Anti-Rightist Campaign against those who were critical of the regime and its ideology. Those targeted were publicly criticized and condemned to prison labor camps.
"Israel was later named as the source of the intelligence in US media reports."
I bet it was Fox News because they love Russia.
Your article also presents evidence that H.R. McMaster is one of those Russian moles you memtioned:
At the time, US National Security Adviser H R McMaster said the President âoewasnâ(TM)t even aware where this information came fromâ and âoewasnâ(TM)t briefed on the sources and methodsâ.
âoeAt no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed,â he said. âoeThe President did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known... I was in the room. It didnâ(TM)t happen.â
There are some guys in the intelligence community we absolutely must trust, but this guy isn't one of them.
Absolutely correct. The PDF where intelligence community officials say they have a high degree of confidence and backed it up with diagrams of computer networks, we all knew the case was bulletproof. And when IT pros read that document and saw those diagrams they literally said "it's Russia via Kaspersky 100%, also Tuck Frumpf".
There is no reason to doubt our esteemed intelligence community. When they implore us to trust them because the evidence is too dangerous to show to the public, it is every patriotic citizen's duty to trust them. Spies are lurking in every corner, even on our beloved Slashdot, so we must remain vigilant against efforts to undermine faith in government. Faith keeps us strong, strength crushes enemies. Have faith.
You can report it the same way the news media reports Trump stories:
"Industry experts are reacting to reports of alleged [...] from anonymous sources who claim to be close to the individuals at the event who also wish to remain anonymous."
Good enough for Pulitzer Prize winning news outlets, good enough for Slashdot.
If the algorithm cannot follow broadly defined principles to filter out propaganda to include Russia propaganda, and needs intervention to specifically single out such a narrow domain for human tweaking, then you are broadcasting to the world not only that you're willing to depart from broad principles, but that the algorithm is lackluster as well.
I can kind of predict what the excuse will be -- that this is an emergency situation, time is of the essence, and circumstances force us to depart from building a broadly principled anti-propaganda system in order to intervene specifically against Russia.
Of course, US is assailed every day by propaganda efforts from many adversaries, and the lack of similar publicly announced targeted efforts against Xinhua or PressTV for example, makes one wonder if they are volunteering as the retaliatory arm of the nation or of a particular defeated political party.
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Why would aliens be unaware of the idea of genetic and cultural differences? If an ET probe crashed on Earth and there was a plaque showing a couple of the typical Grey aliens with specific features ,I wouldn't assume they were all identical. I'd go "okay that's generally morphology", I wouldn't go "oh this one's eyes are a bit narrower here so it can't be a Grey."
If Wikipedia folks want to be anal retentive, they can create a composite human form from their picture database.
Oh they don't say that explicitly, as people would immediately call it out. They go weasel mode with "representation" and saying that there isn't enough of it. Of course, rational arguments of "not enough" requires indicating a base level for what IS enough, which they never ever say because they're not trying tke make a rational argument here. They're actually relying on ambiguity to rile up the emotional people while holding the rationals ones at bay.
Look at it this way: In terms of representing the recent graduation rates in CS, women employees are exactly represented, and black/hispanic employees are actually overrepresented. When the activists say that in this situation there is still not enough representation, there is only one conclusion to draw. They're talking about representation of the ratios found in the general population.
downvoting people who want to investigate the alien hacking attempts to influence our elec- I mean society. nice try klaatu
Though I wonder whether this is another "dumb Trump idea" or another "4D chess move" to put a Clinton policy position on the firing line to test the public & press response? If people hate it he can say "it was Clinton's idea don't blame me" and if the press attacks him over it he can say "look how the media treats me differently"
is another woman's badge of honor
Yes, the "conservatives" are hypocritically denying Google what they would have given any other company had the politics been different, and the "progressives" are hypocritically denying Damore what they would have given any other fired employee had the politics been different. Looks like liberals are the only ones who are earnestly supporting Damore here. I think it's sad you won't count yourself among us.
"Our aim is to take strategic positions with a limited cash risk, in order to best create value with the assets and the Atari brand."
There comes a moment of saturation when stringing together buzzwords will only create parody. That moment is now.
Well shit it looks like people at the NLRB didn't read the actual memo either. Damore had written specifically against forming stereotypes based on differences in population distributions because of their overlaps.
Truth is harmful to lies. Truth tellers are harmful to liars. Liars say that the people they've told lies to are suffering on account of the speech that truth tellers have spoken.
The 1st Amendment exists inside the realm of free speech, not the other way around.
No, this is the Hundred Flowers Campaign in a corporate setting. Google sought feedback from participants of its interpretation of what diversity training should be, but didn't like the critical feedback they got, and so retaliated. The Hundred Flowers Campaign , also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement, was a period in 1956 in the People's Republic of China during which the Communist Party of China encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime. Differing views and solutions to national policy were encouraged based on the famous expression by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong: "The policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science." ...
After this brief period of liberalization, Mao used this to oppress those who challenged the communist regime by using force. The crackdown continued through 1957 as an Anti-Rightist Campaign against those who were critical of the regime and its ideology. Those targeted were publicly criticized and condemned to prison labor camps.
So they want people from different fields. I imagine they still want the best of different fields.
Have they also pushed back against claims arising from video of an employee suggesting that there is politically motivated shadow banning?
Uh.. this part implies that current laptops are more expensive. What did he mean by this?
We can only draw one conclusion: Kaspersky illegally ignored the "Top secret NSA virus do not upload for analysis" metatag embedded in those files.
Dude they released a PDF with drawings of computer networks in it. What more evidence do you need.
"Israel was later named as the source of the intelligence in US media reports."
I bet it was Fox News because they love Russia. Your article also presents evidence that H.R. McMaster is one of those Russian moles you memtioned:
At the time, US National Security Adviser H R McMaster said the President âoewasnâ(TM)t even aware where this information came fromâ and âoewasnâ(TM)t briefed on the sources and methodsâ. âoeAt no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed,â he said. âoeThe President did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known... I was in the room. It didnâ(TM)t happen.â
There are some guys in the intelligence community we absolutely must trust, but this guy isn't one of them.
If you don't trust officials who were hired by people apppinted by presidents Bush and Obama, then you hate this country.
Absolutely correct. The PDF where intelligence community officials say they have a high degree of confidence and backed it up with diagrams of computer networks, we all knew the case was bulletproof. And when IT pros read that document and saw those diagrams they literally said "it's Russia via Kaspersky 100%, also Tuck Frumpf".
There is no reason to doubt our esteemed intelligence community. When they implore us to trust them because the evidence is too dangerous to show to the public, it is every patriotic citizen's duty to trust them. Spies are lurking in every corner, even on our beloved Slashdot, so we must remain vigilant against efforts to undermine faith in government. Faith keeps us strong, strength crushes enemies. Have faith.
The Damore memo itself is so full of caveats that anyone who still frames it as some extremist document, nearly half a year out, must be a lazy mofo.
So the guy goes witch-hunting and gets told it isn't constructive anymore, and he frames it as shutting down diversity discussions...
You can report it the same way the news media reports Trump stories:
"Industry experts are reacting to reports of alleged [...] from anonymous sources who claim to be close to the individuals at the event who also wish to remain anonymous."
Good enough for Pulitzer Prize winning news outlets, good enough for Slashdot.
Well golly gee what a surprise!
If the algorithm cannot follow broadly defined principles to filter out propaganda to include Russia propaganda, and needs intervention to specifically single out such a narrow domain for human tweaking, then you are broadcasting to the world not only that you're willing to depart from broad principles, but that the algorithm is lackluster as well.
I can kind of predict what the excuse will be -- that this is an emergency situation, time is of the essence, and circumstances force us to depart from building a broadly principled anti-propaganda system in order to intervene specifically against Russia.
Of course, US is assailed every day by propaganda efforts from many adversaries, and the lack of similar publicly announced targeted efforts against Xinhua or PressTV for example, makes one wonder if they are volunteering as the retaliatory arm of the nation or of a particular defeated political party.