I just think they are missing the key part. Its not praising your kids for being smart that is the issue - its hanging a lot of expectations on that. 'You are smart, I expect you to follow this standard path'
So it seems that its the expectations that are the problem, not the praise. It is possible to tell your kids they are smart (if they are - otherwise its clearly raising expectations) without it coming with stupid expectations.
In fact it sounds like the problem is the pushy parents, and I can't say I'm surprised about that.
I'm not defending the parent or luddite-ism, but surely you must realise that what you are talking about is a serious edge case? Most people do not have any professional need to be on call (even when they are at work, never mind at home).
Way back in the old days if someone went on holiday they were gone for two weeks. If some issue came up, it just had to wait until they were back because there was simply no option. Nowadays some colleague will be sending a text within 5 minutes ("we can't find the staples", "do you remember where I put the documents for client x", "how do you change the sugar in the Mr Coffee machine"). That does not seem like a net gain to me.
Here in Glasgow, Scotland Uber is regulated in exactly the same way as taxis and drivers have to be licensed in exactly the same way as taxi drivers. By a strange coincidence, Uber is exactly the same price as a taxi.
You seem a little quick to infer a link between not paying for Netflix and illegal streaming. Perhaps you read my statement as 'people who steal netflix', but all I meant was people who don't use Netflix, hence don't pay for it. In the same way that 'cord cutters' don't steal cable, they just don't have it.
I guess maybe its just that leaving cable seems so ordinary now that I don't see why it deserves a moniker. Giving it a label makes it seem unusual. Like buggy whip cutters:)
As has already been suggested - the issue is that under EU legislation its illegal to store that data outside the EU. So this isn't something that can use a hacking defence, this is something the hacking has simply brought to light.
It certainly fits into the narrative I'd want to sell if I was a cable company. Cord cutters almost implies some sort of deviant behaviour where people are moving outside the bounds of normal, polite society. Don't be a 'cord cutter' - they are anarchists and communists.
(I know that's a bit hyperbolic, but it just seems strange to me that there is a label that defines people who don't pay for something - at best its just feels old fashioned. If I only shop online am I also a 'store smasher'? What's the label for people who don't pay for Netflix, etc? Stream poo-pooer?)
I completely agree. Ever since I first got on the Internet all those years ago I have never treated email as something I have to respond to straight away - in fact, as you say, I have found it better to always wait before replying (an hour, a day, whatever seems appropriate to me and the message). People then realise that once they've sent you a message there is no point in hanging around waiting for an instant reply and they get on with their lives.
Probably because it doesn't mean what you think it means. If you owned shares in Google you still own shares in Google - except its now called Alphabet. That is all.
Perhaps the stock market it at record highs _because_ interest is approaching negative rates? If you can't put your savings in the bank that money has to be invested somewhere. More investors chasing the same shares = higher share prices.
Obviously nobody is obliged to like something, but I think you are giving Bladerunner a bum rap and if you are a fan of classic SF you really are the target audience (or at least more likely to get it). The difference is that where classic SF was about how technology impacts the world, Bladerunner is about how people deal with their lives when technology makes it unclear what is actually real.
Phillip K Dick isn't for everyone, since his stories do tend to be people focused rather than technology focused - about people's small lives as reality falls apart for whatever reason. The future tends to be a minor backdrop rather than a focus. I personally think Bladerunner is the best attempt at capturing the felling of PKD whilst also making it more palatable to a mainstream audience (but you do have to concentrate a bit or it could come across as a cheesy scifi cop movie).
Anyway, tldr; - if you don't remember Bladerunner I'd give it another go, it might surprise you if you can get past the 'triteness' (to be honest, its the use of trite that made me write this as I just don't get that at all).
On the other hand, maybe it only works on more levels if you've read the book:)
I didn't know Justin was involved with Reaper, even though I use it for my very rare musical doodlings. Even though its not actually free you can 'evaluate' it indefinitely (I'm not a musician at all, just occasionally like to fiddle around with a keyboard/daw).
Lets face it Nullsoft were pretty instrumental in the birth of Internet Radio with Winamp and shoutcast so its great to see he's still around.
Not if its 'whiskey'. This only really applies to 'whisky'. Anyway, whenever I meet a whisk(e)y snob I mix in some coke (or Irn Bru which seems to annoy them more)
They're worthless. A liability in fact. Luckily for you though I'm destroying some of my own later. If you chip in, say, 30 bucks for gas and expenses, I'll take your as well.
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Hey, we do like you guys. You just have to learn to keep the volume down and stop kicking your balls over the fence.
Hey, some other coward said the exact same thing above. You guys should get together for a bit of smoochy smoochy
I just think they are missing the key part. Its not praising your kids for being smart that is the issue - its hanging a lot of expectations on that. 'You are smart, I expect you to follow this standard path'
If I had mod points I'd mod you up.
I don't think that being told you are smart is the issue. Its the expectations that can come with it.
So it seems that its the expectations that are the problem, not the praise. It is possible to tell your kids they are smart (if they are - otherwise its clearly raising expectations) without it coming with stupid expectations.
In fact it sounds like the problem is the pushy parents, and I can't say I'm surprised about that.
I'm not defending the parent or luddite-ism, but surely you must realise that what you are talking about is a serious edge case? Most people do not have any professional need to be on call (even when they are at work, never mind at home).
Way back in the old days if someone went on holiday they were gone for two weeks. If some issue came up, it just had to wait until they were back because there was simply no option. Nowadays some colleague will be sending a text within 5 minutes ("we can't find the staples", "do you remember where I put the documents for client x", "how do you change the sugar in the Mr Coffee machine"). That does not seem like a net gain to me.
Here in Glasgow, Scotland Uber is regulated in exactly the same way as taxis and drivers have to be licensed in exactly the same way as taxi drivers. By a strange coincidence, Uber is exactly the same price as a taxi.
You seem a little quick to infer a link between not paying for Netflix and illegal streaming. Perhaps you read my statement as 'people who steal netflix', but all I meant was people who don't use Netflix, hence don't pay for it. In the same way that 'cord cutters' don't steal cable, they just don't have it.
I guess maybe its just that leaving cable seems so ordinary now that I don't see why it deserves a moniker. Giving it a label makes it seem unusual. Like buggy whip cutters :)
As has already been suggested - the issue is that under EU legislation its illegal to store that data outside the EU. So this isn't something that can use a hacking defence, this is something the hacking has simply brought to light.
It certainly fits into the narrative I'd want to sell if I was a cable company. Cord cutters almost implies some sort of deviant behaviour where people are moving outside the bounds of normal, polite society. Don't be a 'cord cutter' - they are anarchists and communists.
(I know that's a bit hyperbolic, but it just seems strange to me that there is a label that defines people who don't pay for something - at best its just feels old fashioned. If I only shop online am I also a 'store smasher'? What's the label for people who don't pay for Netflix, etc? Stream poo-pooer?)
I prefer to call it the 'golden shower economy'. They get the hookers and blow, we get the golden showers.
The funny thing is you live in a country where you can't even escape taxes by leaving the country.
I completely agree. Ever since I first got on the Internet all those years ago I have never treated email as something I have to respond to straight away - in fact, as you say, I have found it better to always wait before replying (an hour, a day, whatever seems appropriate to me and the message). People then realise that once they've sent you a message there is no point in hanging around waiting for an instant reply and they get on with their lives.
Personally I think of it as golden shower economics, where we are all supposed to be grateful that some of the splashes fall on us.
Probably because it doesn't mean what you think it means. If you owned shares in Google you still own shares in Google - except its now called Alphabet. That is all.
Perhaps the stock market it at record highs _because_ interest is approaching negative rates? If you can't put your savings in the bank that money has to be invested somewhere. More investors chasing the same shares = higher share prices.
Obviously nobody is obliged to like something, but I think you are giving Bladerunner a bum rap and if you are a fan of classic SF you really are the target audience (or at least more likely to get it). The difference is that where classic SF was about how technology impacts the world, Bladerunner is about how people deal with their lives when technology makes it unclear what is actually real.
Phillip K Dick isn't for everyone, since his stories do tend to be people focused rather than technology focused - about people's small lives as reality falls apart for whatever reason. The future tends to be a minor backdrop rather than a focus. I personally think Bladerunner is the best attempt at capturing the felling of PKD whilst also making it more palatable to a mainstream audience (but you do have to concentrate a bit or it could come across as a cheesy scifi cop movie).
Anyway, tldr; - if you don't remember Bladerunner I'd give it another go, it might surprise you if you can get past the 'triteness' (to be honest, its the use of trite that made me write this as I just don't get that at all).
On the other hand, maybe it only works on more levels if you've read the book :)
Yes, but its down to each game to make use of them. Most don't.
I didn't know Justin was involved with Reaper, even though I use it for my very rare musical doodlings. Even though its not actually free you can 'evaluate' it indefinitely (I'm not a musician at all, just occasionally like to fiddle around with a keyboard/daw).
Lets face it Nullsoft were pretty instrumental in the birth of Internet Radio with Winamp and shoutcast so its great to see he's still around.
Not if its 'whiskey'. This only really applies to 'whisky'. Anyway, whenever I meet a whisk(e)y snob I mix in some coke (or Irn Bru which seems to annoy them more)
Gulags, don't forget the gulags..
They're worthless. A liability in fact. Luckily for you though I'm destroying some of my own later. If you chip in, say, 30 bucks for gas and expenses, I'll take your as well.
Thanks for helping to make my point
Not true. It can be either. I have been given both in the past.