ProTip: If it doesn't make you money or improve your life in some tangible way, it has little value.
So you know how to code. No degree required for that. Skill, experience, and maybe a few certificates and that is about it. You are making my point for me. Thank you.
So you think I care about your degree? I think most are equally worthless, including the engineering degree I'm finishing up right now. Turns out all you need to learn engineering is a pile of books, self motivation, a semi-decent internet connection, and a lot of engineering paper. More or less the school has taught me nothing, while at the same time were quite glad to cash the checks that got sent to them. Luckily for me degree number 3 has cost me the same amount as the first 2. That would be zero (Scholarships are wonderful.) else I would be pissed about wasting my money on it. The only reason I am doing this is because you can't get an engineering license without an engineering degree.
"Someone from the School of Journalism called and wants a source citation."
"The Russians were in collusion with Thermodynamics to steal the election from Hillary" said a source that didn't want to be named, that works in a prominent Engineering department, that is made up only of white men, with known ties to the Koch brothers and David Duke.
Not all degrees are created equal. How many of that 3% drop are actual degrees (STEM) and how many are liberal arts/studies (not a real degree)?
From where I'm sitting in the engineering department at USF, there are no shortages of foreign students. Of course the USF engineering department has not been infected with SJW/PC culture. They try, but the usual response by staff is "go away".
Very specifically in the syllabus of every class I've taken since the Mizzo nonsense there is a section on bringing that kind of disruption to class and how it will result in your immediate expulsion from said class.
You are not very bright, or at least too impatient to make it all the way to the bottom of my comment. If you had read the whole thing you would have realized I wasn't actually talking about the Tesla employee.
What is ironic is you have two different definitions for racism.
The first is a person behaving like an asshat based on race. I'm surprised you let that stand since I was applying the basic standard of racism to a black man, which we all "know" can never be a racist.
The second definition of racism you have, which is the more traditional leftist one, is a white person calling out a black person for being a racist.
What also is great when it turns out to be a frivolous lawsuit he has to pay Tesla's legal bills. Isn't America wonderful?
Some of the items he is complaining about:
Having to show up to work on time.
Having to be productive at work.
Not being able to blame his poor work performance on "racist crackers"
Being openly hostile towards his co-workers and then not getting invited out for beer after going on daily rants about how racists everyone is around here
The fact that they actually expect him to come to work during Black History Month instead of attending "whitey is a racists workshops"
Oh wait I'm confusing this guy with guys that I had to serve with while I was in the Air Force.
Hey maybe he has a point or more likely he was told that his performance sucked and if he didn't shape up he would be let go during next year's round of low performer culling.
Tell that to the socialist governments of Europe, Canada, and the US that have idiot breeding programs (welfare/social programs) with multi-trillion dollar annual budgets.
A first good step would be to make welfare go hand in hand with sterilization or some sort of long lived birth control.
Also it would mean cutting off mass immigration since the 1st world has pretty much already decided to reduce it's numbers voluntarily.
It isn't the poor people, at least not in the 1st world, they are all sitting at home on welfare. Currently they are enjoying better lifestyle than 3/4 of the rest of the planet while breeding like rabbits.
Generally I can clear a 400-800pg book in a day. It really depends on what is available and how much free time I have. When various authors are not being very productive my number of read books drops. When the schedule is busy I'm reduced to letting the kindle read the books too me (it is much slower than if I read them myself)
What do I read. Lots of fiction. Some non-fiction. Technical and engineering books. Political web articles online. How-to's.
Lately Youtube videos and audio books eat up a lot of my time since I can listen to them during my daily biking commute 70 minutes round trip.
I've been doing the same for the last couple of decades. I'd leave my machines running all night for heat. Before it was ripping CD's which used to take forever.
After that it was SETI
These days it's running computers for BOINC which now comes along with gridcoins.
Yes I am still paying for the electricity, but it is doing something useful for me in addition to heat.
The easiest way to debunk any point of view or alarmism about some natural disaster that is going to kill us all without a single fact or even a shred of understanding is to simply look at their solutions.
Does it require you to give up your rights, expand government control, and take an even larger portion of your paycheck?
I've been trying to use old phones for various things, but run into problems with some of them. As in they won't power up without a battery installed, which eventually gets overcharged and blows up like a balloon. Anyway around that?
Look at your car windshield if you want to see where a big chunk of them are going. I've lived in areas where it sounded like rain at night, there were so many bugs being smashed as I drove down the road.
I always find it funny that people think it is even possible to pinpoint a date and time when anything is going to be ready. I barely can predict when dinner is going to be done. I can't imagine trying to predict something as complicated as a brand new electric car or a rocket launch down to the year, much less a day within that year.
Cell phones where $4000 to buy in the 1980's and the service and $.45 a minute local $.70 a minute long distance.
Pretty much only the wealthy could afford them. Now these days $15 will get you a basic smart phone and unlimited talk, txt, and data globally runs about $40 a month.
What a stupid thing to say. What we need is a car company that can actually deliver what it promises and while doing so remain economically profitable and not need billion dollar handouts every 5-10 years like GM. When the price comes down, as it has been doing so with each new model of Tesla released, the general public will be able to afford them
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So you know how to code. No degree required for that. Skill, experience, and maybe a few certificates and that is about it. You are making my point for me. Thank you.
So you think I care about your degree? I think most are equally worthless, including the engineering degree I'm finishing up right now. Turns out all you need to learn engineering is a pile of books, self motivation, a semi-decent internet connection, and a lot of engineering paper. More or less the school has taught me nothing, while at the same time were quite glad to cash the checks that got sent to them. Luckily for me degree number 3 has cost me the same amount as the first 2. That would be zero (Scholarships are wonderful.) else I would be pissed about wasting my money on it. The only reason I am doing this is because you can't get an engineering license without an engineering degree.
Good for you.
"The Russians were in collusion with Thermodynamics to steal the election from Hillary" said a source that didn't want to be named, that works in a prominent Engineering department, that is made up only of white men, with known ties to the Koch brothers and David Duke.
Thermodynamics called and said Rei's statement is correct.
You were the one using stereotypes and prejudging.......what did you call that? Racism?
I wouldn't call you a racist but you do seem very stupid.
You got a studies degree didn't you? How is working at Starbucks working out for you? Able to make those monthly payments?
From where I'm sitting in the engineering department at USF, there are no shortages of foreign students. Of course the USF engineering department has not been infected with SJW/PC culture. They try, but the usual response by staff is "go away".
Very specifically in the syllabus of every class I've taken since the Mizzo nonsense there is a section on bringing that kind of disruption to class and how it will result in your immediate expulsion from said class.
Do you even know to brush your teeth? That could explain how you are still alive.
You are not very bright, or at least too impatient to make it all the way to the bottom of my comment. If you had read the whole thing you would have realized I wasn't actually talking about the Tesla employee.
The first is a person behaving like an asshat based on race. I'm surprised you let that stand since I was applying the basic standard of racism to a black man, which we all "know" can never be a racist.
The second definition of racism you have, which is the more traditional leftist one, is a white person calling out a black person for being a racist.
You've been watching old Corey Haim movies "Prayer of the Roller Boys"
Some of the items he is complaining about:
Having to show up to work on time.
Having to be productive at work.
Not being able to blame his poor work performance on "racist crackers"
Being openly hostile towards his co-workers and then not getting invited out for beer after going on daily rants about how racists everyone is around here
The fact that they actually expect him to come to work during Black History Month instead of attending "whitey is a racists workshops"
Oh wait I'm confusing this guy with guys that I had to serve with while I was in the Air Force.
Hey maybe he has a point or more likely he was told that his performance sucked and if he didn't shape up he would be let go during next year's round of low performer culling.
A first good step would be to make welfare go hand in hand with sterilization or some sort of long lived birth control.
Also it would mean cutting off mass immigration since the 1st world has pretty much already decided to reduce it's numbers voluntarily.
A better solution would be to mandate birth control for those that can't afford it.
It isn't the poor people, at least not in the 1st world, they are all sitting at home on welfare. Currently they are enjoying better lifestyle than 3/4 of the rest of the planet while breeding like rabbits.
When I'm working or in school 1-5
Generally I can clear a 400-800pg book in a day. It really depends on what is available and how much free time I have. When various authors are not being very productive my number of read books drops. When the schedule is busy I'm reduced to letting the kindle read the books too me (it is much slower than if I read them myself)
What do I read. Lots of fiction. Some non-fiction. Technical and engineering books. Political web articles online. How-to's.
Lately Youtube videos and audio books eat up a lot of my time since I can listen to them during my daily biking commute 70 minutes round trip.
After that it was SETI
These days it's running computers for BOINC which now comes along with gridcoins.
Yes I am still paying for the electricity, but it is doing something useful for me in addition to heat.
Does it require you to give up your rights, expand government control, and take an even larger portion of your paycheck?
Then it is false.
I've been trying to use old phones for various things, but run into problems with some of them. As in they won't power up without a battery installed, which eventually gets overcharged and blows up like a balloon. Anyway around that?
Look at your car windshield if you want to see where a big chunk of them are going. I've lived in areas where it sounded like rain at night, there were so many bugs being smashed as I drove down the road.
I always find it funny that people think it is even possible to pinpoint a date and time when anything is going to be ready. I barely can predict when dinner is going to be done. I can't imagine trying to predict something as complicated as a brand new electric car or a rocket launch down to the year, much less a day within that year.
What ever they say, the exact opposite is more likely to be true.
Absolutely nothing has changed with GM. Same old cars, same old company. They'll need another bailout as soon as the economy takes another dive.
Pretty much only the wealthy could afford them. Now these days $15 will get you a basic smart phone and unlimited talk, txt, and data globally runs about $40 a month.
Electric cars will do the same thing.
What a stupid thing to say. What we need is a car company that can actually deliver what it promises and while doing so remain economically profitable and not need billion dollar handouts every 5-10 years like GM. When the price comes down, as it has been doing so with each new model of Tesla released, the general public will be able to afford them