...to cut off an already isolated, despotic regime with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, with a leader that craves international attention. Sooner or later, you're gonna have to sit down and talk with them. The alternative may be a nuclear warhead going off somewhere in south-east Asia, probably densely populated.
Keeping an idea out of the UK is going to be difficult. Scarfolk Council have some proposals to take the legislation further: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/...
...aren't the local police. They're a military organisation that carries out police-like duties. You'll often see them in the streets of Barcelona but it's generally not a good idea to ask them the time or for directions. On the other hand, you can have a friendly chat, especially in Catalan, with the local Guàrdia Urbana if you want to. They're the local police and they're standing in support of the referendum.
Before this thread disappears down Godwin's hole of off-topic internet comments, perhaps it's worth remembering the point of free speech is to make the world a better place. As Karl Popper, father of the modern scientific method, put it, we have to be intolerant of intolerance in order for tolerance to prevail. If you believe that the colour of a person's skin, their accent, their country of origin, their religion, class, or cultural background makes them subject to intolerance, your ideological stance is right there, shoulder to shoulder, with the alt-right thugs. Incitement to intolerance from any political position shouldn't be tolerated. Germany learned this the hard way and now has some very sensible anti-intolerance laws.
Seriously? That's what we're doing here? Defending Nestle? How many corporations, organisations, or individuals can you name that do more harm than Nestle?
And how much influence do foreign owned corporations exert in the US election cycle through their unlimited and unaccountable spending on party political advertising and campaigning. Then there's the issue of such corporations' influence over law-making through lobbying. Fake news and hacking political parties email accounts are the least of the US's worries in this respect.
...silicon valley wearable that makes you look like a dork and none of your friends want to hang out with you anymore because, you know, constant surveillance.
Re: the current POTUS, he's the product of a culture that believes their political system is based on a well-informed, rational electorate but actually mostly consists of poorly-informed, irrational consumers. The USA also elected a really dumb, B-movie actor, remember? Trump, Bush, and Reagan are not anomalies -
They're business as usual.
Yes, this needs to be said more often. Elon, being a billionaire doesn't automatically make you an expert in political science. Stick to what you know or shut the fuck up, Elon.
Silicon Valley startups probably know less about learning and education than you do. All they care about is market share and growth in the next quarter. It doesn't matter if the kids are doing OK or not because we won't find out until it's way too late. It usually takes changes in education systems 10 - 15 years to show up in graduation results. By then, the startup or megacorp has already got what it wanted and moved on. Education is particularly susceptible to short-term cons like this.
Low wages and precarious employment are a very pressing issue indeed.
However, the main issue with environmental concerns is that although they're caused by consumerism, e.g. millions of tonnes of toxic plastics from food packaging dumped into the ocean, the solutions aren't more consumerism. Ordinary people can't shop their way out of environmental pollution. The only way to reduce pollution in the face of consumerism is through government regulation, i.e. preventing corporations from "externalising" costs, i.e. not taking responsibility for the pollution they cause.
Governments can't require that other countries abide by their own environmental laws but they can refuse entry or place substantial import tariffs on goods that have a heavy environmental impact.
It'd work if the corporations responsible for the environmental damage weren't in control of our governments and environmental agencies (AKA regulatory capture).
Using Lubuntu on an old MacBook Pro. Works great for 95% of what I do. The creative arts stuff though... still have to dual boot into Windows to get a decent driver for my Wacom graphics tablet and run Adobe for reasonably productive graphics software. Yes, there are Linux alternatives but they don't work anywhere near as well for what I do. I'd love to go all Linux because I like it and it's a pain to switch OS', especially when Windows takes so damn long to boot.
...of for-profit education. They make promises they can't keep, use unethical recruitment practices to get students, and generally spend most of their time and resources on bringing in the money rather than keeping their promises to enrolled students. A general rule of thumb is that you can at least triple the number of guided instruction hours (i.e. being taught by a qualified teacher) necessary to achieve the learning objectives (i.e. knowledge and skills) that students believe they'll have on graduation. I used to teach in for-profit education. Glad I don't anymore.
...arms dealers urge their customers to be nicer to their neighbours, credit card companies urge shoppers to only buy what they can afford, and drug cartels recommend not letting recreational drug use become habitual.
...at it's finest. Privacy is a complex political issue. There isn't an app or techy hardware for that.
The other thing is that, even if there was a tech solution, what Purism are essentially proposing is to take on the Samsung-Apple duopoly and take market share away from them. If the succeed to any degree, it'll only take one frivolous law suit from either of these behemoths to bankrupt Purism. Good luck with that.
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...how is this ride-sharing?
...to cut off an already isolated, despotic regime with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, with a leader that craves international attention. Sooner or later, you're gonna have to sit down and talk with them. The alternative may be a nuclear warhead going off somewhere in south-east Asia, probably densely populated.
Keeping an idea out of the UK is going to be difficult. Scarfolk Council have some proposals to take the legislation further: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/...
So that judge thinks it's OK for publishers to claim copyright on public property that they didn't pay for?
...Apple fans. What Apple Inc. really thinks of you.
...aren't the local police. They're a military organisation that carries out police-like duties. You'll often see them in the streets of Barcelona but it's generally not a good idea to ask them the time or for directions. On the other hand, you can have a friendly chat, especially in Catalan, with the local Guàrdia Urbana if you want to. They're the local police and they're standing in support of the referendum.
Before this thread disappears down Godwin's hole of off-topic internet comments, perhaps it's worth remembering the point of free speech is to make the world a better place. As Karl Popper, father of the modern scientific method, put it, we have to be intolerant of intolerance in order for tolerance to prevail. If you believe that the colour of a person's skin, their accent, their country of origin, their religion, class, or cultural background makes them subject to intolerance, your ideological stance is right there, shoulder to shoulder, with the alt-right thugs. Incitement to intolerance from any political position shouldn't be tolerated. Germany learned this the hard way and now has some very sensible anti-intolerance laws.
Sounds like a hi-tech version of The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) to me.
Seriously? That's what we're doing here? Defending Nestle? How many corporations, organisations, or individuals can you name that do more harm than Nestle?
=))) Wish I had mod points.
And how much influence do foreign owned corporations exert in the US election cycle through their unlimited and unaccountable spending on party political advertising and campaigning. Then there's the issue of such corporations' influence over law-making through lobbying. Fake news and hacking political parties email accounts are the least of the US's worries in this respect.
...silicon valley wearable that makes you look like a dork and none of your friends want to hang out with you anymore because, you know, constant surveillance.
:) Wish I had mod points
As the old saying goes, "There's no accounting for taste." Crap movies often do really well at the box office, but then that's just my opinion.
Are they suggesting that the US resurrect The House Un-American Activities Committee?
Florida's a blue state?
Re: the current POTUS, he's the product of a culture that believes their political system is based on a well-informed, rational electorate but actually mostly consists of poorly-informed, irrational consumers. The USA also elected a really dumb, B-movie actor, remember? Trump, Bush, and Reagan are not anomalies - They're business as usual.
VeryFluffyBunny ( 5037285 ), STFU yourself!
How well-informed and rational of you.
Elon, shut the fuck up.
Yes, this needs to be said more often. Elon, being a billionaire doesn't automatically make you an expert in political science. Stick to what you know or shut the fuck up, Elon.
Silicon Valley startups probably know less about learning and education than you do. All they care about is market share and growth in the next quarter. It doesn't matter if the kids are doing OK or not because we won't find out until it's way too late. It usually takes changes in education systems 10 - 15 years to show up in graduation results. By then, the startup or megacorp has already got what it wanted and moved on. Education is particularly susceptible to short-term cons like this.
Low wages and precarious employment are a very pressing issue indeed.
However, the main issue with environmental concerns is that although they're caused by consumerism, e.g. millions of tonnes of toxic plastics from food packaging dumped into the ocean, the solutions aren't more consumerism. Ordinary people can't shop their way out of environmental pollution. The only way to reduce pollution in the face of consumerism is through government regulation, i.e. preventing corporations from "externalising" costs, i.e. not taking responsibility for the pollution they cause.
Governments can't require that other countries abide by their own environmental laws but they can refuse entry or place substantial import tariffs on goods that have a heavy environmental impact.
It'd work if the corporations responsible for the environmental damage weren't in control of our governments and environmental agencies (AKA regulatory capture).
Using Lubuntu on an old MacBook Pro. Works great for 95% of what I do. The creative arts stuff though... still have to dual boot into Windows to get a decent driver for my Wacom graphics tablet and run Adobe for reasonably productive graphics software. Yes, there are Linux alternatives but they don't work anywhere near as well for what I do. I'd love to go all Linux because I like it and it's a pain to switch OS', especially when Windows takes so damn long to boot.
...of for-profit education. They make promises they can't keep, use unethical recruitment practices to get students, and generally spend most of their time and resources on bringing in the money rather than keeping their promises to enrolled students. A general rule of thumb is that you can at least triple the number of guided instruction hours (i.e. being taught by a qualified teacher) necessary to achieve the learning objectives (i.e. knowledge and skills) that students believe they'll have on graduation. I used to teach in for-profit education. Glad I don't anymore.
...arms dealers urge their customers to be nicer to their neighbours, credit card companies urge shoppers to only buy what they can afford, and drug cartels recommend not letting recreational drug use become habitual.
...at it's finest. Privacy is a complex political issue. There isn't an app or techy hardware for that.
The other thing is that, even if there was a tech solution, what Purism are essentially proposing is to take on the Samsung-Apple duopoly and take market share away from them. If the succeed to any degree, it'll only take one frivolous law suit from either of these behemoths to bankrupt Purism. Good luck with that.
Re: "a virtual currency investor who lost control of his phone number" -- There's 0.0595430107527 born every minute (2,658 per month).