>> It won't be "Chinese food" if that's what you're thinking, it'll be actual Chinese food.
Yeesh, that's why it's a joke. "Chinese space station" means the work of an entire unified nation, while "Chinese food" both fails to describe the various cuisines available in China AND refers to the Westernized versions which assuredly WON'T be there.
All Google needs now is a good sexual harassment story and some enterprising young graphic artist will add the Hooters "owl eyes" to the new Google logo.
>> Editors, define your acronyms the first time they're used, especially if they're not common.
I'm assuming SlashDot's using unpaid high school interns as editors these days, since anyone who's made it through a college-level writing course would know better. Your local town paper wouldn't hire you to write dog-catching interviews if you submitted this crap as an "article."
>> the Action scenario is actually a bit cheaper than the Inaction scenario
Did you write that with a straight face? In any "strawman" study like this (with only two possible courses), the "take my specific action" will ALWAYS be shown to be the smarter/cheaper/faster/better option.
(Now, back to TFA article - I want to see what this one's about.)
>> I can't really think of any other of the founding fathers as being weird, tho.
That's the strange thing about modern times. Guys who risked their lives, their families and everything they had on an idea are now considered stodgy and mainstream, whereas some random dude with tattoos, dreads and an iPhone working a zero-risk job at Taco John's is considered to be a "free thinker."
I just bought my first Windows 10 box - a laptop for my mom. It's the first Windows 8+ cut that allowed me to use the "Start" menu like it should to be used: the place where you find your apps. After disabling all the "no privacy" stuff and some kind of bastard child from Clippy and Siri ("Contana" was it?) it was actually pretty solid. I could see this replacing Windows 8 outright...but I'm still not going to upgrade the Windows 8 tablet I have. (Maybe my wife's laptop.)
>> 1776 was a bunch of rich people convincing the poor to fight for them
That wasn't the question. It was whether "free-thinkers and weirdos ever caused an actual revolution?" Whatever class theory you hold, you can't deny there was something strange about our founding fathers - a little too obsessed with freemasonry or whatever, but they definitely all had a screw loose to think they could take on the greatest empire the world had ever known (the British) for the greatest prize ever known (half the world) and completely redefine government as we know it at the same time. And yet these "free-thinkers" (hello democracy) and "weirdos" (Greece was awesome, amiright?) pulled it off, and the world is better for their success.
>> Oh, rly?? They rid the government of corruption and incompetence, did they?
Most of it, yes. They replaced a remote bureaucracy that sucked out more than it provided with a local government with less overhead. Furthermore, the local government was highly competent to the point where they colonized the rest of the continent, fought off several aggressors (including the British again in 1812) and were regarded as an international force to be reckoned within "just" 120 years.
>> Has free-thinkers and weirdos ever caused an actual revolution? Changed the course of government that they were able to rid it of corruption and incompetence?
I'll bet a lot of people love the fact that all this "free speech" will be taking place hundreds of miles out in the desert, where it's completely disconnected from most of the electorate. Kind of a self-imposed "free speech zone" like the kind we'll enjoy seeing miles from the upcoming (D) and (R) national conventions.
Pollute like the earth was going out of style? Meh. Murder your own people? Meh. Play thought police at a level that would make Big Brother jealous. Meh. Invade a neighboring country? Meh. But steal a database or two? Now THAT really pisses me off.
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>> laser-cutting steadfasts of plywood and acrylic
Don't worry - my sharks don't use plywood anyway.
>> Percentage of uterus-possessing humans in random field annoys SJWs
I didn't realize it was Friday. Please, go on.
>> having devices which record everything you see and hear
Those are called cell phones. And Windows 10 machines (soon to be backported to Windows 7/8).
>> being able to replay it all at any point
I think we know who already has those.
>> Why Do So Many Tech Workers Dislike Their Jobs?
Because of crappy posts like this cluttering up what used to be our happy place.
>> Eating ravioli in the dark is hard.
Isn't this what grad students were invented for?
>> It won't be "Chinese food" if that's what you're thinking, it'll be actual Chinese food.
Yeesh, that's why it's a joke. "Chinese space station" means the work of an entire unified nation, while "Chinese food" both fails to describe the various cuisines available in China AND refers to the Westernized versions which assuredly WON'T be there.
>> I bet you'd be real fun at parties if you were ever actually invited to any.
That's kind of his point, actually. E.g,. "short-sighted Americans worry about parties while the Chinese send their children to the stars."
The rest of us just want to say, "GTF off our 'news for nerds' board if this stuff bores you."
>> a larger Chinese space station, slated to be completed by 2022
At least you know what kind of food they'll serve when you get there.
>> Maybe they hired someone an paid $100,000 to do it, and he went and selected a different font in 30 seconds of work
Remember when Gap did that? I'll bet they paid more that $100K for their turd, making Google's font change a bargain!.
http://adage.com/article/behin...
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazi...
All Google needs now is a good sexual harassment story and some enterprising young graphic artist will add the Hooters "owl eyes" to the new Google logo.
>> the field of economics frequently uses math in an unhealthy way
Yikes, if you think that's bad, you'd better not look at the "social" sciences then.
And deer. And snow too. Also road construction.
>> Kazakhstan's Aidyn Aimbetov
What would Borat do?
So...did Microsoft take the guy who turned on "Do Not Track" in IE out back and shoot him?
>> Editors, define your acronyms the first time they're used, especially if they're not common.
I'm assuming SlashDot's using unpaid high school interns as editors these days, since anyone who's made it through a college-level writing course would know better. Your local town paper wouldn't hire you to write dog-catching interviews if you submitted this crap as an "article."
>> It does tend to bring any claims that we can't afford to do anything about global warming into serious question
And...there's the straw man. We're NOT "doing nothing" today, so to call that the "status quo" puts the integrity of the rest of the report in doubt.
>> the Action scenario is actually a bit cheaper than the Inaction scenario
Did you write that with a straight face? In any "strawman" study like this (with only two possible courses), the "take my specific action" will ALWAYS be shown to be the smarter/cheaper/faster/better option.
(Now, back to TFA article - I want to see what this one's about.)
>> I can't really think of any other of the founding fathers as being weird, tho.
That's the strange thing about modern times. Guys who risked their lives, their families and everything they had on an idea are now considered stodgy and mainstream, whereas some random dude with tattoos, dreads and an iPhone working a zero-risk job at Taco John's is considered to be a "free thinker."
Read up 'em - you might be surprised.
I just bought my first Windows 10 box - a laptop for my mom. It's the first Windows 8+ cut that allowed me to use the "Start" menu like it should to be used: the place where you find your apps. After disabling all the "no privacy" stuff and some kind of bastard child from Clippy and Siri ("Contana" was it?) it was actually pretty solid. I could see this replacing Windows 8 outright...but I'm still not going to upgrade the Windows 8 tablet I have. (Maybe my wife's laptop.)
>> 1776 was a bunch of rich people convincing the poor to fight for them
That wasn't the question. It was whether "free-thinkers and weirdos ever caused an actual revolution?" Whatever class theory you hold, you can't deny there was something strange about our founding fathers - a little too obsessed with freemasonry or whatever, but they definitely all had a screw loose to think they could take on the greatest empire the world had ever known (the British) for the greatest prize ever known (half the world) and completely redefine government as we know it at the same time. And yet these "free-thinkers" (hello democracy) and "weirdos" (Greece was awesome, amiright?) pulled it off, and the world is better for their success.
>> Oh, rly?? They rid the government of corruption and incompetence, did they?
Most of it, yes. They replaced a remote bureaucracy that sucked out more than it provided with a local government with less overhead. Furthermore, the local government was highly competent to the point where they colonized the rest of the continent, fought off several aggressors (including the British again in 1812) and were regarded as an international force to be reckoned within "just" 120 years.
>> Has free-thinkers and weirdos ever caused an actual revolution? Changed the course of government that they were able to rid it of corruption and incompetence?
In 1776, yes.
I'll bet a lot of people love the fact that all this "free speech" will be taking place hundreds of miles out in the desert, where it's completely disconnected from most of the electorate. Kind of a self-imposed "free speech zone" like the kind we'll enjoy seeing miles from the upcoming (D) and (R) national conventions.
Pollute like the earth was going out of style? Meh. Murder your own people? Meh. Play thought police at a level that would make Big Brother jealous. Meh. Invade a neighboring country? Meh. But steal a database or two? Now THAT really pisses me off.
>> Peak at the future
Sounds kinky. Mind if I take a peek?