I worked with a man whose identity was stolen, and the financial stuff was the least of it. The person using his name was arrested, and had warrants issued under the stolen identity. My coworker was dealing with it 10 years later, and had to regularly explain why he should not, in fact, be arrested. Clusterfuck for sure.
I have a 1932 Singer sewing machine that runs like a champ. It doesn't do much, just sew in a straight line, but it was super important tech in its day. I also have an older Singer treadle sewing machine, and short of rust or a sledgehammer there is almost nothing to go wrong with it. Those beasts were built to last.
I drive a lot less than I did 10 years ago, even 4 or 5 years ago. I'm middle-aged, but the reason is related to the internet: I am a freelance designer and can work from anywhere.
I agree that meetings are a time-suck (for everyone but salespeople, who seem to thrive on that bullshit).
But, I also think that humans in physical proximity should have precedence over humans not in proximity. That's in business meetings, at the dinner table, while driving, while walking, or just about any other time.
OK, now get off my lawn, there are clouds that need to be yelled at.
All this time, I've been spraying vinegar to clean the kitchen floor. Silly me. I'm not doing anything to stop the... um what was it again... oh yeah! chem trails. At least the floor is clean.
I do get my information from the web, but it's nice to have something for time spent on the shitter. Short articles and nice pictures are good for that.
Yes, my father could be a jerk, and worse. But, he wasn't a jerk for the sake of being mean, he had a goal for our family. He went from penniless immigrant to American retiree with four college-educated children in about 35 years.
The job of a parent is to prepare their children for self-sufficiency, not protect every widdle feewing. The world is not fair, and I'm better off by far, than my childhood friends who were never pushed to excel, never subject to the stresses of high expectations.
The moral of the story is that you can't let petty little assholes get in your way. The goal of a happy and fulfilled life is more important than who was mean to you in school. The point is that bullying didn't derail me, because I had the advantage of my parents' perspective on life and education.
It's unfortunate that jargon is mixed with / confused with plain language.
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is a technical term in this context, and not to be confused with plain old higher order thinking skills (like symbolic logic, algorithmic processes, the scientific method). Maybe the first one has a lot of baggage, but it's too bad that everyone can't get behind the teaching of how to think clearly about complex topics, which is how I would use the term higher order thinking skills. The ability to reason through an argument is far more useful in life than memorizing which authority to follow in all circumstances. Memorizing facts without context, or failing to teach how to figure things out or recognize false logic, are as poor teaching methods as giving everyone a good grade because everyone "tried hard".
Critical thinking (not their jargon, just plain old brain-engaged thinking) is important, more important than memorizing lists. Both sides may try to indoctrinate children to unthinking drones of their respective ideologies, but I don't have to think it's great for the future of our society.
Small businesses need people who are flexible, and who are ready and willing to learn. A business with the need for his skills might not be tech-focused, and might not be looking for someone with a CS degree. Having a degree in Philosophy has never hurt me, and it makes for a great interview question. In some respects, I have (and he has) a degree in "figuring things out".
Because small business need greater flexibility in their employees, and all the independent learning he's done would demonstrate that flexibility. There are down sides to working for small companies, but not everyone is cut out for corporate culture.
If he can combine his skills with another interest, he'll be valuable to a small company in that area.
I think you've hit the nail on the head. It seems that "increasing shareholder value" has eclipsed every other goal in modern business, including quality and long-term thinking.
I wonder whether this really is a matter of a reasonably intelligent person, taking a test, and caring about getting the correct answer.
I think perhaps it's matter of a person who feels they are "very important" and that having to "know things" is beneath them, because they are a "leader" whose "vision" and "leadership" is more important than mere knowledge. They hire easily replaced people for the puny details of "knowing things", because "having a big brain" is less important than "the ability to lead".
I use the scare quotes because, I have met people like this, and I find their position to be pure bull****.
Good news for the new-age-y psychic fair nutjobs who want to "heal" me with their "quantum metaphysics". Now they'll have an article to link to that will "prove" their baloney. Oy!
Indeed.
But it turns around, for some of us. The empanadas I was teased about in elementary school are now (20+ years later) coveted by my friends. It's a good thing my mother taught me to ignore the jerks... and how to make empanadas!
There are a whole bunch of us, non-Europeans, non-suckers, who want to avoid GM food for reasons that have nothing to do with protectionism or marketing. We just don't want to ingest into our bodies those things that we don't feel comfortable with.
I'm not saying that they shouldn't be marketed, but I'm ready to demand that they be appropriately labeled. That way I can merrily pay more for stuff that is not GM. I'll just FEEL better that way.
I have no experience with DirecWay, but I have a couple of years with Starband, which is their direct competitor. The price is steep, but when you are in a rural area, satellite is your only broadband option.
I compared the options before I got set up, and went with Starband because the DirecWay option had a download limit of 500Mb/month (I think, at the time).
If you can afford the setup fee, then I say go for it! It beats dial-up every single time, even if it is slower than Cable or DSL.
I'd have to say that the only performance problem I've had with them is that when it rains REALLY hard, or when there's snow on the dish. For the snow, just scrape it off, and you're fine.
(I'm not affiliated with either company in any way, etc. and so forth...)
There is no such thing as an un-biased news source. It's a nice ideal, but in practice, they're ALL BIASED.
Every last one of 'em!
Trick is to recognize the bias and THINK about what is being said. Don't just swallow whatever crap you are being fed, by ANY media outlet. Think for yourself, and don't just read/watch/listed to the news outlets that make you feel better about your own opinion. Open your eyes, and use your very own brain to filter the obvious garbage out of the (admittedly garbage-laden) stream of news.
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>What bugged me was that some people asked me
>where I saw this before to get my idea.
Wow, so you must work with some uncreative people, if they think that anything cool has to have been ripped off. I hope they don't have the same attitude to the actual WORK that you do.
Slashdot Mirror
Yep, I use RSS, every day. At this point, it's Feedly, because it syncs across desktop/tablet/phone, on separate systems.
I worked with a man whose identity was stolen, and the financial stuff was the least of it. The person using his name was arrested, and had warrants issued under the stolen identity. My coworker was dealing with it 10 years later, and had to regularly explain why he should not, in fact, be arrested. Clusterfuck for sure.
Except "enhance the reflection on the screw head and run facial recognition on it!" That always works on teevee.
But when I make mine it will be crochet. :-p
That 2/10 programmer might actually be good in a support/assistant position, if ego doesn't get in the way.
I have a 1932 Singer sewing machine that runs like a champ. It doesn't do much, just sew in a straight line, but it was super important tech in its day. I also have an older Singer treadle sewing machine, and short of rust or a sledgehammer there is almost nothing to go wrong with it. Those beasts were built to last.
I drive a lot less than I did 10 years ago, even 4 or 5 years ago. I'm middle-aged, but the reason is related to the internet: I am a freelance designer and can work from anywhere.
I agree that meetings are a time-suck (for everyone but salespeople, who seem to thrive on that bullshit).
But, I also think that humans in physical proximity should have precedence over humans not in proximity. That's in business meetings, at the dinner table, while driving, while walking, or just about any other time.
OK, now get off my lawn, there are clouds that need to be yelled at.
All this time, I've been spraying vinegar to clean the kitchen floor. Silly me. I'm not doing anything to stop the... um what was it again... oh yeah! chem trails. At least the floor is clean.
Wired and Smithsonian
I do get my information from the web, but it's nice to have something for time spent on the shitter. Short articles and nice pictures are good for that.
Yes, my father could be a jerk, and worse. But, he wasn't a jerk for the sake of being mean, he had a goal for our family. He went from penniless immigrant to American retiree with four college-educated children in about 35 years.
The job of a parent is to prepare their children for self-sufficiency, not protect every widdle feewing. The world is not fair, and I'm better off by far, than my childhood friends who were never pushed to excel, never subject to the stresses of high expectations.
The moral of the story is that you can't let petty little assholes get in your way. The goal of a happy and fulfilled life is more important than who was mean to you in school. The point is that bullying didn't derail me, because I had the advantage of my parents' perspective on life and education.
"Don't let the bastards get you down."
Sad, true.
As a shy person I might have gone this route, but no amount of bullying would have been worse than my parents' reactions to a low grade.
As my father once said "what the hell is this B doing on your report card?!"
It's unfortunate that jargon is mixed with / confused with plain language.
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is a technical term in this context, and not to be confused with plain old higher order thinking skills (like symbolic logic, algorithmic processes, the scientific method). Maybe the first one has a lot of baggage, but it's too bad that everyone can't get behind the teaching of how to think clearly about complex topics, which is how I would use the term higher order thinking skills. The ability to reason through an argument is far more useful in life than memorizing which authority to follow in all circumstances. Memorizing facts without context, or failing to teach how to figure things out or recognize false logic, are as poor teaching methods as giving everyone a good grade because everyone "tried hard".
Critical thinking (not their jargon, just plain old brain-engaged thinking) is important, more important than memorizing lists. Both sides may try to indoctrinate children to unthinking drones of their respective ideologies, but I don't have to think it's great for the future of our society.
Small businesses need people who are flexible, and who are ready and willing to learn. A business with the need for his skills might not be tech-focused, and might not be looking for someone with a CS degree. Having a degree in Philosophy has never hurt me, and it makes for a great interview question. In some respects, I have (and he has) a degree in "figuring things out".
Because small business need greater flexibility in their employees, and all the independent learning he's done would demonstrate that flexibility. There are down sides to working for small companies, but not everyone is cut out for corporate culture.
If he can combine his skills with another interest, he'll be valuable to a small company in that area.
"And do it for less money."
I think you've hit the nail on the head. It seems that "increasing shareholder value" has eclipsed every other goal in modern business, including quality and long-term thinking.
I wonder whether this really is a matter of a reasonably intelligent person, taking a test, and caring about getting the correct answer.
I think perhaps it's matter of a person who feels they are "very important" and that having to "know things" is beneath them, because they are a "leader" whose "vision" and "leadership" is more important than mere knowledge. They hire easily replaced people for the puny details of "knowing things", because "having a big brain" is less important than "the ability to lead".
I use the scare quotes because, I have met people like this, and I find their position to be pure bull****.
Good news for the new-age-y psychic fair nutjobs who want to "heal" me with their "quantum metaphysics". Now they'll have an article to link to that will "prove" their baloney. Oy!
Indeed. But it turns around, for some of us. The empanadas I was teased about in elementary school are now (20+ years later) coveted by my friends. It's a good thing my mother taught me to ignore the jerks... and how to make empanadas!
Shocked! I'm shocked, I tell you!
There are a whole bunch of us, non-Europeans, non-suckers, who want to avoid GM food for reasons that have nothing to do with protectionism or marketing. We just don't want to ingest into our bodies those things that we don't feel comfortable with.
I'm not saying that they shouldn't be marketed, but I'm ready to demand that they be appropriately labeled. That way I can merrily pay more for stuff that is not GM. I'll just FEEL better that way.
Sure, yeah, great, GM plants that are helpful. I just don't want to EAT any of them.
I have no experience with DirecWay, but I have a couple of years with Starband, which is their direct competitor. The price is steep, but when you are in a rural area, satellite is your only broadband option.
I compared the options before I got set up, and went with Starband because the DirecWay option had a download limit of 500Mb/month (I think, at the time).
If you can afford the setup fee, then I say go for it! It beats dial-up every single time, even if it is slower than Cable or DSL.
I'd have to say that the only performance problem I've had with them is that when it rains REALLY hard, or when there's snow on the dish. For the snow, just scrape it off, and you're fine.
(I'm not affiliated with either company in any way, etc. and so forth...)
Good luck...
There is no such thing as an un-biased news source. It's a nice ideal, but in practice, they're ALL BIASED.
Every last one of 'em!
Trick is to recognize the bias and THINK about what is being said. Don't just swallow whatever crap you are being fed, by ANY media outlet. Think for yourself, and don't just read/watch/listed to the news outlets that make you feel better about your own opinion. Open your eyes, and use your very own brain to filter the obvious garbage out of the (admittedly garbage-laden) stream of news.
>What bugged me was that some people asked me
Wow, so you must work with some uncreative people, if they think that anything cool has to have been ripped off. I hope they don't have the same attitude to the actual WORK that you do.>where I saw this before to get my idea.
Funny? Yeah, a little.
But mostly it's FREAKING FRIGHTENING! And mostly I'm frightened it's inevitable.p>