I know it's popular to say problems can't/won't be solved, but I really think that's just because it feels nice to think our lives aren't so easily controlled. Sure, it might take a little effort but it's not that hard. We have self driving cars, it wouldn't be hard to make planes with computers that loon balls can't crash. We just haven't bothered yet.
when you're a large mega corp with lawyers on retainer and your ex-employee was making $12/hr (if they're lucky) and living out of their RV. See, once you start eroding workers rights it's all downhill from there.
Dumping on people does not make them better. Study after study has shown how fragile children's psychs are and how important positive reinforcement is. But hey, it's a lot more fun to be a dick and crush everyone you see. And if you think of human beings as a resource to be used and without any intrinsic value whatsoever you're way works too. You just have to be willing to grind your populace into dirt for the sake of profit and to buy one more Car Elevator and one more Private Jet. Yeah, I know I'm trolling, but damn if I'm not sick of this culture of disposable human beings.
the companies that are hiring electrical engineers either aren't doing it in America or they're importing their labor. EE is a dead end in America because of this. There's also practically no entry level jobs because there's no factories to cut your teeth in. It's kinda hard to compete when other countries can dump their toxic sludge into drinking water. It's not laziness, it's survival instinct. That skill is all but worthless in a country with zero protection for it's native industry and workers.
If I'm smart enough to go into STEM I'm also smart enough to know any career so overwhelmed with outsourcing onshoring and visa abuse is a dead end. This isn't rocket science. Rocket Science doesn't pay enough to make ends meet...
it's incredibly expensive to deploy that last mile. You need to run cable through and over dozens of people's land. It's cost prohibitive. Yes, there's money to be made, but anyone who has the money to enter the market also has the money to invest in much less risky and more profitable ventures. That's where the monopoly came from in the first place. The gov't steps in to make sure the lines are run (and largely pays for them either directly or indirectly in the form of tax breaks and free services) then hands it all over to a private company in the name of "the incredible efficiency of the free market"... We did it with the railways too. Damn, but we never learn do we?
I don't see a lot of this, or any of it really, having the slightest impact on actual politics. Then again I'm in America, and the only thing that impacts our politics since "Citizen United" is corporate money, so this might be a bigger issue in Europe.
and appropriate social behavior. You don't have a right to be a douche nozzle anywhere you want. Whoops, just did it myself there, didn't I? See how easy it is? Then again, it's about your forum and understanding your audience. On/. the phase douche nozzle is highly appropriate. On the forum of a popular open source project, or even my favorite retro gaming podcast's site? Not so much.
The trouble is, there are a _lot_ of folks who never learned tact, and blurt out whatever the hell enters their mind when ever it does; often just to get attention of any kind (good or bad).
So yeah, the world doesn't need to rush to meet their expectations, but a certain amount of civility at certain times/places is definitely called for.
with the far right in power at the moment and no credible left wing in America it's pretty much a waste of time/effort to go after a big corp. The right is openly against anti-trust regulation (among other forms of regulation), and if all else fails they'll just cut the agency's funding until enforcement stops. It's a side effect of our screwed up political system. Gerrymandering plus our Senate makes it cheap and easy to put a little pressure in the right place and completely control our politics. That wasn't by accident either. It was designed that way because wealthy land owners were afraid of the plebes voting themselves land & food.
I enjoy a good libtard troll as much as the next/.er, but you need to try harder. Don't just come out say "Republican's bad!". You've got to go about it indirectly. Try this next time:
This looks great, but the insurance companies have been blocking advanced treatments like this for years because they don't want to pay for it. Maybe we'll see it in Europe or the UK with the NHS, but here in the States nobody will want to pay for it.
You could train you know? Oh, and give raises that not only keep pace with inflation but also actually result in a higher standard of living. Every company I know with hiring problems (there are many) is either paying less or they're a dead end. You might get good pay when you start but then the only promotions come with tiny raises and huge increases of responsibility...
If you're lucky, talented and well educated there's money in just about _anything_.
At any rate I'm sure there's money in programming, because we wouldn't have so many businessman pushing people into it otherwise. If you see an education push into a field you can pretty much bet the reason is that somebody is tired of having to pay decent wages. The rich get supply and demand. I wish the working class did...
because the corps won't allow it. It's bad for business, and the guys at the top are global anyway. They're all buddy buddy except for a few small fry too tiny to start anything real.
I don't worry about my kid going on a killing spree and being taken down by the national guard. I _do_ worry about her getting knocked up. That's the difference.
Maybe once, twice a year? Now, if you were doing it for a living how often would you do it? How careful would you be doing something dangerous when you only do it once or twice a year? How careful would you be if you did it for a living? How about when you're running behind on your third job of they day and you're worried about making rent this month?
See, everything changes when you do something for a living. You do it a lot more, you do it a lot quicker, and you start thinking about cutting corners, taking risks, and hoping for the best. Even if you don't, you're employees do. Especially when you start pressuring them to do more when profits dip...
at least the Democrats give the issues that matters to me (Worker's rights and declining middle class) lip service. The Republicans are pretty open about their contempt for anyone who's on the losing end of the modern economy (e.g. 90%+ of the populace).
on the one hand Uber screws their drivers marginally less than real taxi cab companies; OTOH there's evidence they're gonna start acting just as bad, and I really don't like how they're getting away with calling what are very, very obviously employees "Independent Contractors". I hired a contractor to fix my fence. The fence has a 10 year warrantee and will likely stand for 20 before it has to be replaced again. Uber needs drivers every day or they go out of business. If Uber can call their drivers "contractors" what's to prevent everyone using that loophole to ignore minimum wage law?
Steam's DRM is optional to the publisher. Several older and indie games don't use it and work just fine without being online. In fact for several games you have to copy the install files out of steams directory to install mods, and the publisher will tell you this.
Until April fools. Seriously, is this a joke? Maybe if they have a juicy gov't contract that'll buy these up. Other than that every company is just going to buy a Windows tablet for a $1000 and put their own security software (which is already certified and tested up the wazoo) on it.
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I know it's popular to say problems can't/won't be solved, but I really think that's just because it feels nice to think our lives aren't so easily controlled. Sure, it might take a little effort but it's not that hard. We have self driving cars, it wouldn't be hard to make planes with computers that loon balls can't crash. We just haven't bothered yet.
they know, and they don't want you to for just that reason.
when you're a large mega corp with lawyers on retainer and your ex-employee was making $12/hr (if they're lucky) and living out of their RV. See, once you start eroding workers rights it's all downhill from there.
Dumping on people does not make them better. Study after study has shown how fragile children's psychs are and how important positive reinforcement is. But hey, it's a lot more fun to be a dick and crush everyone you see. And if you think of human beings as a resource to be used and without any intrinsic value whatsoever you're way works too. You just have to be willing to grind your populace into dirt for the sake of profit and to buy one more Car Elevator and one more Private Jet. Yeah, I know I'm trolling, but damn if I'm not sick of this culture of disposable human beings.
the companies that are hiring electrical engineers either aren't doing it in America or they're importing their labor. EE is a dead end in America because of this. There's also practically no entry level jobs because there's no factories to cut your teeth in. It's kinda hard to compete when other countries can dump their toxic sludge into drinking water. It's not laziness, it's survival instinct. That skill is all but worthless in a country with zero protection for it's native industry and workers.
If I'm smart enough to go into STEM I'm also smart enough to know any career so overwhelmed with outsourcing onshoring and visa abuse is a dead end. This isn't rocket science. Rocket Science doesn't pay enough to make ends meet...
it's incredibly expensive to deploy that last mile. You need to run cable through and over dozens of people's land. It's cost prohibitive. Yes, there's money to be made, but anyone who has the money to enter the market also has the money to invest in much less risky and more profitable ventures. That's where the monopoly came from in the first place. The gov't steps in to make sure the lines are run (and largely pays for them either directly or indirectly in the form of tax breaks and free services) then hands it all over to a private company in the name of "the incredible efficiency of the free market"... We did it with the railways too. Damn, but we never learn do we?
should involve these guys.
I don't see a lot of this, or any of it really, having the slightest impact on actual politics. Then again I'm in America, and the only thing that impacts our politics since "Citizen United" is corporate money, so this might be a bigger issue in Europe.
and appropriate social behavior. You don't have a right to be a douche nozzle anywhere you want. Whoops, just did it myself there, didn't I? See how easy it is? Then again, it's about your forum and understanding your audience. On /. the phase douche nozzle is highly appropriate. On the forum of a popular open source project, or even my favorite retro gaming podcast's site? Not so much.
The trouble is, there are a _lot_ of folks who never learned tact, and blurt out whatever the hell enters their mind when ever it does; often just to get attention of any kind (good or bad).
So yeah, the world doesn't need to rush to meet their expectations, but a certain amount of civility at certain times/places is definitely called for.
with the far right in power at the moment and no credible left wing in America it's pretty much a waste of time/effort to go after a big corp. The right is openly against anti-trust regulation (among other forms of regulation), and if all else fails they'll just cut the agency's funding until enforcement stops. It's a side effect of our screwed up political system. Gerrymandering plus our Senate makes it cheap and easy to put a little pressure in the right place and completely control our politics. That wasn't by accident either. It was designed that way because wealthy land owners were afraid of the plebes voting themselves land & food.
Challenging game play and good level design?
I enjoy a good libtard troll as much as the next /.er, but you need to try harder. Don't just come out say "Republican's bad!". You've got to go about it indirectly. Try this next time:
This looks great, but the insurance companies have been blocking advanced treatments like this for years because they don't want to pay for it. Maybe we'll see it in Europe or the UK with the NHS, but here in the States nobody will want to pay for it.
You could train you know? Oh, and give raises that not only keep pace with inflation but also actually result in a higher standard of living. Every company I know with hiring problems (there are many) is either paying less or they're a dead end. You might get good pay when you start but then the only promotions come with tiny raises and huge increases of responsibility...
I know lots of "contractors" who have been doing the same job for 5+ years and work for major companies.
If you're lucky, talented and well educated there's money in just about _anything_.
At any rate I'm sure there's money in programming, because we wouldn't have so many businessman pushing people into it otherwise. If you see an education push into a field you can pretty much bet the reason is that somebody is tired of having to pay decent wages. The rich get supply and demand. I wish the working class did...
because the corps won't allow it. It's bad for business, and the guys at the top are global anyway. They're all buddy buddy except for a few small fry too tiny to start anything real.
can someone translate this into a /. car analogy for me?
I don't worry about my kid going on a killing spree and being taken down by the national guard. I _do_ worry about her getting knocked up. That's the difference.
Maybe once, twice a year? Now, if you were doing it for a living how often would you do it? How careful would you be doing something dangerous when you only do it once or twice a year? How careful would you be if you did it for a living? How about when you're running behind on your third job of they day and you're worried about making rent this month?
See, everything changes when you do something for a living. You do it a lot more, you do it a lot quicker, and you start thinking about cutting corners, taking risks, and hoping for the best. Even if you don't, you're employees do. Especially when you start pressuring them to do more when profits dip...
at least the Democrats give the issues that matters to me (Worker's rights and declining middle class) lip service. The Republicans are pretty open about their contempt for anyone who's on the losing end of the modern economy (e.g. 90%+ of the populace).
on the one hand Uber screws their drivers marginally less than real taxi cab companies; OTOH there's evidence they're gonna start acting just as bad, and I really don't like how they're getting away with calling what are very, very obviously employees "Independent Contractors". I hired a contractor to fix my fence. The fence has a 10 year warrantee and will likely stand for 20 before it has to be replaced again. Uber needs drivers every day or they go out of business. If Uber can call their drivers "contractors" what's to prevent everyone using that loophole to ignore minimum wage law?
Steam's DRM is optional to the publisher. Several older and indie games don't use it and work just fine without being online. In fact for several games you have to copy the install files out of steams directory to install mods, and the publisher will tell you this.
I've got a spare 2 hours to kill anyway. btw, Have you ever rented a car? The US tax code is simpler than the contract you sign...
Until April fools. Seriously, is this a joke? Maybe if they have a juicy gov't contract that'll buy these up. Other than that every company is just going to buy a Windows tablet for a $1000 and put their own security software (which is already certified and tested up the wazoo) on it.