"The environment getting much worse -- mass deforestation, global warming, declining fresh water supplies, much of it abetted by ever-spiraling population growth?"
You believe everything the enviro-doomers say, do you? Snap out of it, you're scaring the children.
Yeah, the AC moron you replied to just wants to invert reality to suit it's political goals. It's done all the time, and "news" continually falls for it because it's dramatic.
The last time I "built" (actually just spec'd the components) a "custom" machine was well over 10 years ago, about when nVidia SLI came out. It seemed much easier then or maybe I'm just older and stupeder now.
"It's not an echo chamber, it's science. If someone can demonstrate AGW is not happening, they will find fame and fortune in these exact same institutions. They will be lauded and given wealth and opportunity beyond measure."
"I know this will get me modded down on/. But that is why I've come to seriously doubt the idea of anthropocentric global warming over the last several years, and why I have come to believe that the issue is more about religious zealotry and social agendas than actual science."
Bingo! Of course, your comment in fact did get modded up, so this upmod too, is further evidence of catastrophic climate change.
"It is almost impossible for an excellent person to continue excelling in a mediocre environment. It's much more likely they will become mediocre themselves."
I agree with that assertion, for the most part. Some of the problem we have today is that mediocre people have convinced themselves (or others have convinced them) that they are "excellent" (the "high self esteem"/"entitled"/"trophies for all!" generations, perhaps), and this type of person eventually somehow percolates up to a position of authority.
What's that old saying? An 'A' person tends to hire other 'A' people. 'B' people tend to hire 'C' people, 'C' people tend to...
A lot of large scale engineering work (at least whatever work is still going on, and it's not much) is being offshored. Big iron, advanced 3D design "hub-and-spoke" software and reliable internet in "developing" countries permit this.
Does this mean that EVEN MORE CO2 than we believed has been released into the environment and yet there has been no warming for 18 years 9 months? This is unprecedented, worse than we thought and an Inconvenient Truth.
Gotta agree with your observation, but in a different field. I work in process plant design, and CAD and ever-"improving" 3D software means that less qualified people get hired as "designers" because they can operate the software. It's a bit scary, but it's not my engineering stamp that goes on the construction drawings.
"The number of people I come across that think they're god's gift to man, while being grossly incompetent, is depressing."
Isn't this narcissistic notion much more common now mainly because of the internet and ubiquitous computer use? You can look up literally anything and bestow upon yourself a (very often undeserved) smug sense of expertise and knowledge.
I seem to recall that in the province of Quebec, companies are not allowed to use the word "engineer" in their name. One large corporation I once worked for changed from "ABC Engineering and Construction" to "ABC Process and Construction".
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"The environment getting much worse -- mass deforestation, global warming, declining fresh water supplies, much of it abetted by ever-spiraling population growth?"
You believe everything the enviro-doomers say, do you? Snap out of it, you're scaring the children.
Yeah, the AC moron you replied to just wants to invert reality to suit it's political goals. It's done all the time, and "news" continually falls for it because it's dramatic.
The last time I "built" (actually just spec'd the components) a "custom" machine was well over 10 years ago, about when nVidia SLI came out. It seemed much easier then or maybe I'm just older and stupeder now.
Have you considered using the word 'heretic' instead of 'denier'?
If things go well for the Parisites next month I'm sure it'll be considered.
The Klimate Kultists have a handy-dandy lookup table to respond to any questioning of their religion (but of course, they Fucking Love Science!).
"It's not an echo chamber, it's science. If someone can demonstrate AGW is not happening, they will find fame and fortune in these exact same institutions. They will be lauded and given wealth and opportunity beyond measure."
Pull the other one.
"I know this will get me modded down on /. But that is why I've come to seriously doubt the idea of anthropocentric global warming over the last several years, and why I have come to believe that the issue is more about religious zealotry and social agendas than actual science."
Bingo! Of course, your comment in fact did get modded up, so this upmod too, is further evidence of catastrophic climate change.
Good luck converting the True Believers, those who wield CAGW as a political weapon and those who are making money off it.
Therefore, end capitalism!
"Simplified tuition aid was mostly a handout to universities not students."
And caused hugely inflated university administrations. And idiots screaming for "safe spaces" due to "micro-aggressions".
Are you implying that the US has "swung right" under eight years of Obama?
"Those are the fields you should shoot for."
"But math is hard."
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"It is almost impossible for an excellent person to continue excelling in a mediocre environment. It's much more likely they will become mediocre themselves."
I agree with that assertion, for the most part. Some of the problem we have today is that mediocre people have convinced themselves (or others have convinced them) that they are "excellent" (the "high self esteem"/"entitled"/"trophies for all!" generations, perhaps), and this type of person eventually somehow percolates up to a position of authority.
What's that old saying? An 'A' person tends to hire other 'A' people. 'B' people tend to hire 'C' people, 'C' people tend to...
A lot of large scale engineering work (at least whatever work is still going on, and it's not much) is being offshored. Big iron, advanced 3D design "hub-and-spoke" software and reliable internet in "developing" countries permit this.
Does this mean that EVEN MORE CO2 than we believed has been released into the environment and yet there has been no warming for 18 years 9 months? This is unprecedented, worse than we thought and an Inconvenient Truth.
"the US will spends billions to build it"
Really? The US is paying for a pipeline that a Canadian company is installing? How does that work?
Gotta agree with your observation, but in a different field. I work in process plant design, and CAD and ever-"improving" 3D software means that less qualified people get hired as "designers" because they can operate the software. It's a bit scary, but it's not my engineering stamp that goes on the construction drawings.
"The number of people I come across that think they're god's gift to man, while being grossly incompetent, is depressing."
Isn't this narcissistic notion much more common now mainly because of the internet and ubiquitous computer use? You can look up literally anything and bestow upon yourself a (very often undeserved) smug sense of expertise and knowledge.
I seem to recall that in the province of Quebec, companies are not allowed to use the word "engineer" in their name. One large corporation I once worked for changed from "ABC Engineering and Construction" to "ABC Process and Construction".
Great post, for some reason it didn't get modded up.
"...has to at the very least make believe that it is serving regular people..."
Does this partially explain the obsession with celebrities and the general abdication of duty of the mainstream "news" media?
"If you don't want to pay taxes then go somewhere"
The question is always: how much is enough?
Kafkatrapping.
Microaggressions!