Free (tax funded) subway service could potentially cut a lot of cost from the MTA.
Fire (or reassign to something actually productive) all the workers engaged in watching for fare jumpers, chasing fare jumpers, maintaining fare gates, maintaining the Metrocard computers and networks, etc.
I say potentially, because of course that will not happen. NYC government is notoriously corrupt to the bone. The MTA is a cash cow for highly placed embezzlers, a patronage engine for local politicians, a make-work jobs program, and a public transport system... in that order of priority.
Nooooooooooo! Jeff Bezos absolutely NEEDS a bigger super-yacht. It's all about PRIORITIES here people! Look at you mooches, demanding public support for "public transport". What are you, a bunch of deplorables?
Yup. There are hardly any real startups in Surveillance Valley. 99% of so called "startups" are just business units of the venture capital cabal that owns the Valley.
C'mon - we already have a panopticon of license plate readers in place all over the country, courtesy of our neostalinist police state. Why not put the panopticon to work forcing motorists to pay their fair share?
After all, isn't that what private car advocates always demand of us public transport riders? And we don't even befoul the City with tailpipe fumes and traffic like they do!
I'm curious then why I get at least one recruiter per month - for years and years - soliciting me to work as a contractor for Big Brother Google.
Usually those solicitations advertise openness to H1-B unwelcome-guest workers. Though I've never actually followed up on one, so I can't say to what extent they discriminate against American citizens.
I'm gonna say it's the gorgeous 1920s-era beaux arts apartment buildings and the walking distance proximity to the financial district that people want.
"The courts exist in part to figure out whether the Congress exceeded the powers that the Constitution grants to the Congress."
Be sure to check out Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court case where the power of judicial review was invented. Note that no mention of such a power appears in the Constitution.
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That's why the FOSS model is failing. All those Free Software developers whose work makes your business possible are starving or reduced to wageslavery, while corporate freeloaders suck up all the value.
Have you noticed how the rate of new real (not corporate freemium crippleware) FOSS projects has been dropping lately? Have you noticed how the rate of abandoned projects (probably lurking in your dependency tree!) has absolutely skyrocketed?
Imagine if our bosses were... experienced programmers. Instead of the business major private school ass lickers to whom our profession is normally subordinated.
2. Consider hiring competent programmers who don't have specific Ada experience. It's just another fucking language. After you've learned ten languages, number eleven is not a big deal.
Either is these two will work. For even greater effectiveness, combine them.
I dunno - Ada looks like quite a nice language. But never had an occasion to work with it. Probably because it's neither evil nor shitty, so Surveillance Valley won't touch it.
Zuck is probably worried that they will follow the Soviet American playbook. As soon as his plane lands they'll kidnap him and drag him off to EuroGitmo for some enhanced interrogation.
You're right - who needs jury trials, anyways? That whole Sixth Amendment thing was a huge mistake. We can always trust cops to tell the whole truth, and we can totally trust prosecutors never to abuse their power. Everyone knows rubber stamp kangaroo courts and a really massive gulag 95% full of people who "confessed" are the hallmarks of legitimate government.
In short, who needs Freedom - free-dumb-shmee-dumb - when we could save a couple bucks AND fill up the gulag even faster!?
There's enough blame to go around. Surely the trigger happy cop, who shot an unarmed civilian in his own home without provocation, is at least as much at fault a dumb punk kid who made a prank call.
I sure don't want a dangerous nut like that "protecting" my city. Police must be held to a higher standard than civilians. When cops literally get away with murder, no one is safe.
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You've obviously never ridden the Subway in midtown at rush hour.
Hint: the fanciest limo gets just as stuck in traffic as everyone else. The Subway, on the other hand, does NOT get stuck in traffic.
Free (tax funded) subway service could potentially cut a lot of cost from the MTA.
Fire (or reassign to something actually productive) all the workers engaged in watching for fare jumpers, chasing fare jumpers, maintaining fare gates, maintaining the Metrocard computers and networks, etc.
I say potentially, because of course that will not happen. NYC government is notoriously corrupt to the bone. The MTA is a cash cow for highly placed embezzlers, a patronage engine for local politicians, a make-work jobs program, and a public transport system... in that order of priority.
Nooooooooooo! Jeff Bezos absolutely NEEDS a bigger super-yacht. It's all about PRIORITIES here people! Look at you mooches, demanding public support for "public transport". What are you, a bunch of deplorables?
Yup. There are hardly any real startups in Surveillance Valley. 99% of so called "startups" are just business units of the venture capital cabal that owns the Valley.
C'mon - we already have a panopticon of license plate readers in place all over the country, courtesy of our neostalinist police state. Why not put the panopticon to work forcing motorists to pay their fair share?
After all, isn't that what private car advocates always demand of us public transport riders? And we don't even befoul the City with tailpipe fumes and traffic like they do!
I'm curious then why I get at least one recruiter per month - for years and years - soliciting me to work as a contractor for Big Brother Google.
Usually those solicitations advertise openness to H1-B unwelcome-guest workers. Though I've never actually followed up on one, so I can't say to what extent they discriminate against American citizens.
"Interesting that although almost half the general population was Hispanic, 0 of them were in tech, despite often being third generation."
There is a term for this phenomenon: "California Apartheid".
I'm gonna say it's the gorgeous 1920s-era beaux arts apartment buildings and the walking distance proximity to the financial district that people want.
"Tech salaries are up 32% after adjusting for inflation."
Obvious fake news. Everyone knows Silicon Valley tech worker nominal wages have been stagnant for 10+ years, while cost of living more than doubled.
"The courts exist in part to figure out whether the Congress exceeded the powers that the Constitution grants to the Congress."
Be sure to check out Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court case where the power of judicial review was invented. Note that no mention of such a power appears in the Constitution.
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For most of these products, we contribute nothing back
That's why the FOSS model is failing. All those Free Software developers whose work makes your business possible are starving or reduced to wageslavery, while corporate freeloaders suck up all the value.
Have you noticed how the rate of new real (not corporate freemium crippleware) FOSS projects has been dropping lately? Have you noticed how the rate of abandoned projects (probably lurking in your dependency tree!) has absolutely skyrocketed?
"the US patriot act making it official that NO ONE has any rights on their data"
FTFY
"guilds always form amongst the professional class."
That's why the money men have been trying so hard to proletarianize software development.
"It's got nothing to do with "bias" and everything to do with facts."
I know as a SCIENTIFIC FACT that the people I dislike are subhuman evil monsters! - "Progressive" Democrat partisans, 2018
Where have we heard this before? Hmmmm.....
I know as a SCIENTIFIC FACT that the people I dislike are subhuman evil monsters! - Adolph Hitler, 1935
The preferred term is "Googledouche".
"predict exactly what they will do"
Lower wages and import more H1-Bs. That will fix it!
Imagine if our bosses were... experienced programmers. Instead of the business major private school ass lickers to whom our profession is normally subordinated.
Says the guy who removed the safety guard from his circular saw and now has only nine fingers.
No it's not. Two easy steps:
1. Raise the pay you're offering
2. Consider hiring competent programmers who don't have specific Ada experience. It's just another fucking language. After you've learned ten languages, number eleven is not a big deal.
Either is these two will work. For even greater effectiveness, combine them.
I dunno - Ada looks like quite a nice language. But never had an occasion to work with it. Probably because it's neither evil nor shitty, so Surveillance Valley won't touch it.
Zuck is probably worried that they will follow the Soviet American playbook. As soon as his plane lands they'll kidnap him and drag him off to EuroGitmo for some enhanced interrogation.
What if George Soros paid for this fake news article about George Soros paying for fake news articles??!
You're right - who needs jury trials, anyways? That whole Sixth Amendment thing was a huge mistake. We can always trust cops to tell the whole truth, and we can totally trust prosecutors never to abuse their power. Everyone knows rubber stamp kangaroo courts and a really massive gulag 95% full of people who "confessed" are the hallmarks of legitimate government.
In short, who needs Freedom - free-dumb-shmee-dumb - when we could save a couple bucks AND fill up the gulag even faster!?
"who's going to arrest the cops?"
The National Guard, if necessary.
There's enough blame to go around. Surely the trigger happy cop, who shot an unarmed civilian in his own home without provocation, is at least as much at fault a dumb punk kid who made a prank call.
I sure don't want a dangerous nut like that "protecting" my city. Police must be held to a higher standard than civilians. When cops literally get away with murder, no one is safe.