Schumer didn't fold on the tax bill. That was done in a way that doesn't allow a filibuster, and when the Republicans vote strict party line, that's Schumer's only recourse. What Schumer allowed recently is a continuing resolution that runs out before Trump's DACA deadline, and got funding for CHIP. The CR disputes won't be over until the Republicans can do the basic governing job of passing a damn budget. Schumer would have no power here if the Republicans could do their job.
Calling you a moron is not an ad hominem. Calling you a moron because your premises and reasoning are extremely dubious isn't an ad hominem. If someone were to say, about your future posts, "Oh, that's just ScentCone, his posts are wrong because he's a moron", that would be an ad hominem. Sheesh.
The NSA has two roles. One is to find out what other countries and people in other countries are doing and thinking. This role does require secrecy.
Another role is to assist in information security for the US, and that works best by being transparent and honest, so people know as much as possible where the recommendations are coming from and why. (And, no, they can't be completely transparent. One NSA recommendation to DES was found out publicly later to make it more resistant to methods the NSA had, but not civilian experts in the field. There was no way to explain why without losing an advantage.)
Sure. Coke doesn't dominate the soft drink industry. McDonald's, while a large part of the soft drink market, isn't dominant either. Burger King is of comparable importance and has a contract with Pepsi. There's a large market out there, including some vending machines in our building. So, nobody cares. Another company could enter the soft drink field and compete in various ways.
However, if Coke was the dominant supplier, we'd want other companies to have the ability to supplant its position. Permanent monopoly positions are almost always bad. So, Joe tries to enter the market with Joe's Soft Drinks. If Joe can't offer competitive prices, that's too bad for Joe. If Joe can offer quality products at competitive prices, we want Joe to be able to compete in the market. If McDonald's is buying Coke products because they like Coke's offerings and the price is good, then Joe can attempt to offer better soft drinks at lower prices, and undercut the market. If McDonald's has an exclusivity agreement, then Joe can't.
So, it's all about whether Joe gets a fair shake in the market or not.
It's hard to find convincing evidence for something that's considered impossible. Without some sort of idea as to how continents can drift, Wegener's work was interesting but not conclusive.
There's studying people's religious beliefs and their causes and consequences, and there's trying to figure out what one's own religion really means. The latter is usually called "theology", and it is not in general based on empirical observations. It's been around for a long, long time.
It's far from perfect, but a single peer-reviewed paper isn't the foundation for a piece of science. Only when confirmation of some sort comes in will people feel comfortable about it.
I see that the personal insults start because you apparently don't understand what I'm saying, which is bog-standard computer science.
I am not going to change my behavior to adhere to whatever twisted reality you've got. I will reply to you as I see fit, to try to point out things to others.
The Soviet Union was first to launch a satellite and first to put a person in orbit (the first two Mercury launches were sub-orbital).
The Internet.
You got that right.
iPhones.
Not a technical innovation, and other countries have also done very well at design.
Commercial space travel.
The division between government and commercial is blurred in some countries with good space exploration records. However, Space-X is doing some good innovating.
Quantum mechanics.
How is this supposed to be predominantly US? The big names in starting it are European. US scientists have done a lot of good work, but so have scientists of many countries.
Nuclear bombs.
The general idea of the Hiroshima bomb was known in advance. The reason the US had them first was because the US was able to put tons of resources into development. The Nagasaki bomb could be considered innovation by a group of scientists from the US and Europe (lots of Europeans).
Tang.
Um huh? That level of innovation comes from all over.
Google
Running on the CERN-invented web. The US has shown a lot of innovation here.
Trump also wants to bar people from certain countries, which doesn't contribute to getting the best and the brightest.
Scientific conferences are held where scientists from many countries can get together. The US started getting hostile to people coming in, even for a short time, after 9/11. Trump made it considerably worse.
A Ph.D. means that someone is capable of learning lots of things by themselves, figuring things out, and working on a multi-year project with crap pay. Now, you can argue about the value of the things learned, and certainly some Ph.D.s don't do well in the real world, but I don't know of Ph.D. programs that don't require hard work, intelligence, and creativity.
Ever hear of public health statistics? The US is mediocre at best. The best US medical care is really, really good, and if everyone had access to good medical care we'd have much better public health stats.
Some of those things are potentially annoying in certain contexts. Some are inconsiderate. Some of them I'd classify as "being a dick". (You have to be more than just inconsiderate for me to consider you a dick.)
Knowing what people are likely to be annoyed by is useful. If you inadvertently say annoying things people aren't going to want to spend time with you. (If you deliberately do, well, it's also helpful to know what people will find annoying.)
Rowling's post-Potter stuff is uneven. Casual Vacancy was well-written, but the only sympathetic character was the foul-mouthed semi-literate slut from the wrong part of town, and she was obviously being stomped into the ground. She wrote at least one detective novel that was quite good except for one glaring logical hole.
even just noticing an individual clad in dark clothing in low-light conditions
Public Service Announcement: you feel well illuminated by the approaching headlights, but in fact you're not. So far, I've noticed all the ones I really had to notice, although I had a close call as a pedestrian once.
PSA 2: Safety vests can be ordered from Amazon for about twelve dollars. I really like being visible at night.
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Schumer didn't fold on the tax bill. That was done in a way that doesn't allow a filibuster, and when the Republicans vote strict party line, that's Schumer's only recourse. What Schumer allowed recently is a continuing resolution that runs out before Trump's DACA deadline, and got funding for CHIP. The CR disputes won't be over until the Republicans can do the basic governing job of passing a damn budget. Schumer would have no power here if the Republicans could do their job.
Calling you a moron is not an ad hominem. Calling you a moron because your premises and reasoning are extremely dubious isn't an ad hominem. If someone were to say, about your future posts, "Oh, that's just ScentCone, his posts are wrong because he's a moron", that would be an ad hominem. Sheesh.
The NSA has two roles. One is to find out what other countries and people in other countries are doing and thinking. This role does require secrecy.
Another role is to assist in information security for the US, and that works best by being transparent and honest, so people know as much as possible where the recommendations are coming from and why. (And, no, they can't be completely transparent. One NSA recommendation to DES was found out publicly later to make it more resistant to methods the NSA had, but not civilian experts in the field. There was no way to explain why without losing an advantage.)
Sure. Coke doesn't dominate the soft drink industry. McDonald's, while a large part of the soft drink market, isn't dominant either. Burger King is of comparable importance and has a contract with Pepsi. There's a large market out there, including some vending machines in our building. So, nobody cares. Another company could enter the soft drink field and compete in various ways.
However, if Coke was the dominant supplier, we'd want other companies to have the ability to supplant its position. Permanent monopoly positions are almost always bad. So, Joe tries to enter the market with Joe's Soft Drinks. If Joe can't offer competitive prices, that's too bad for Joe. If Joe can offer quality products at competitive prices, we want Joe to be able to compete in the market. If McDonald's is buying Coke products because they like Coke's offerings and the price is good, then Joe can attempt to offer better soft drinks at lower prices, and undercut the market. If McDonald's has an exclusivity agreement, then Joe can't.
So, it's all about whether Joe gets a fair shake in the market or not.
It's hard to find convincing evidence for something that's considered impossible. Without some sort of idea as to how continents can drift, Wegener's work was interesting but not conclusive.
There's studying people's religious beliefs and their causes and consequences, and there's trying to figure out what one's own religion really means. The latter is usually called "theology", and it is not in general based on empirical observations. It's been around for a long, long time.
The MSM has been publishing fluff for a long time. It's been getting things wrong for a long time. It hasn't changed as much as some people think.
There will be another CR to keep the government going before Trump's DACA deadline. This is tactics, not caving.
I don't really know what you mean by the Deep State, but the Republicans sure don't want fair elections.
The economy has been improving for a long time. Trump and the other Republicans haven't had time to screw it up yet.
It's far from perfect, but a single peer-reviewed paper isn't the foundation for a piece of science. Only when confirmation of some sort comes in will people feel comfortable about it.
Sure. There's other heat sinks. When they've got all the excess heat they can handle, they stop working as heat sinks.
I see that the personal insults start because you apparently don't understand what I'm saying, which is bog-standard computer science.
I am not going to change my behavior to adhere to whatever twisted reality you've got. I will reply to you as I see fit, to try to point out things to others.
The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin.
The Soviet Union was first to launch a satellite and first to put a person in orbit (the first two Mercury launches were sub-orbital).
You got that right.
Not a technical innovation, and other countries have also done very well at design.
The division between government and commercial is blurred in some countries with good space exploration records. However, Space-X is doing some good innovating.
How is this supposed to be predominantly US? The big names in starting it are European. US scientists have done a lot of good work, but so have scientists of many countries.
The general idea of the Hiroshima bomb was known in advance. The reason the US had them first was because the US was able to put tons of resources into development. The Nagasaki bomb could be considered innovation by a group of scientists from the US and Europe (lots of Europeans).
Um huh? That level of innovation comes from all over.
Running on the CERN-invented web. The US has shown a lot of innovation here.
Don't forget physicists going to Wall Street to figure out ways to make slightly more money for their employers.
Trump also wants to bar people from certain countries, which doesn't contribute to getting the best and the brightest.
Scientific conferences are held where scientists from many countries can get together. The US started getting hostile to people coming in, even for a short time, after 9/11. Trump made it considerably worse.
A Ph.D. means that someone is capable of learning lots of things by themselves, figuring things out, and working on a multi-year project with crap pay. Now, you can argue about the value of the things learned, and certainly some Ph.D.s don't do well in the real world, but I don't know of Ph.D. programs that don't require hard work, intelligence, and creativity.
Ever hear of public health statistics? The US is mediocre at best. The best US medical care is really, really good, and if everyone had access to good medical care we'd have much better public health stats.
You are wise not to attribute that to any one style of politics.
Some of those things are potentially annoying in certain contexts. Some are inconsiderate. Some of them I'd classify as "being a dick". (You have to be more than just inconsiderate for me to consider you a dick.)
Knowing what people are likely to be annoyed by is useful. If you inadvertently say annoying things people aren't going to want to spend time with you. (If you deliberately do, well, it's also helpful to know what people will find annoying.)
My wife, my son, and I all started with software development jobs. Starting at the bottom is likely not worth it.
Rowling's post-Potter stuff is uneven. Casual Vacancy was well-written, but the only sympathetic character was the foul-mouthed semi-literate slut from the wrong part of town, and she was obviously being stomped into the ground. She wrote at least one detective novel that was quite good except for one glaring logical hole.
I thought Rocannon's World was one of her lesser novels, so I'd think you're in for even better.
I've been told that it's perfectly possible to sleep while hitting a button every ten minutes and not waking up.
It habituates drivers, so the distance the driver is used to is adequate.
Public Service Announcement: you feel well illuminated by the approaching headlights, but in fact you're not. So far, I've noticed all the ones I really had to notice, although I had a close call as a pedestrian once.
PSA 2: Safety vests can be ordered from Amazon for about twelve dollars. I really like being visible at night.
Then provide adequate public transportation systems. Not all people drive because they freely chose to do so.