The real problem is that feminists and their supporting politicians have turned sex into a loaded subject, so when science associates it with some study, the water gets churned up to a point where no one can really tell who's telling the truth and who's pushing propaganda.
Of course, when it's time to place blame, we can't possibly hold those women accountable for their behavior because it would violate the leftist men oppress/women are oppressed narrative, right?
The government (and their private sector lobbyists) has made it quite clear that they don't give a shit about anyone's rights or privacy. Parents have a right to be concerned. These days there is a 'permanent record', and with ever growing numbers of data points being added, the probability of having your career torpedoed for out-of-context events that happened decades ago is growing radically.
"Social engineering" is definitely a part of the utopian sort of thinking that comes with the hard left. Their overriding goal is to reshape society to their parameters. They think they know what's best for everyone else. Stop and think about the implications of that on individual rights, liberties, and self sufficiency (no, I am not advocating anarchy, so spare me the false dilemmas). of course, the neocons have their own brand, pretending to be conservative, but are just as motivated to strengthen centralized control for their slightly different but-not-really reasons.
Oh, it's an extension of that "22 year old, working 22 hours a day for 22k a year" mantra. Why would anyone half decent at what they do want to work for employers like that?
I haven't read the book, but this summary sounds a lot like the new left's cultural marxism, with the latter half referencing political correctness as justification. Whether it is or not, most people don't like being 'gamed' in this way, and when they find out, the backlash can be far worse than the desired outcome and/or the original status quo.
I think what's really going on is that the left is trying to tie the second amendment to slavery so they can do what they do with everything else they want to stamp out: call it a 'civil rights issue'.
Smart people know that filters just shield people's feelings from hard reality, and that creates more problems down the road. It's better to let 'em have it all up front. The problem is today's society seems content to breed passive aggressive pantywaists who can't handle criticism without taking it personally.
Seems like it is. openssl is used by default in most applications that need ssl, whether it's in linux or *bsd. gnutls and polarssl are also used sometimes..
wrong; 1. mouse/desktop sampling rates are nearly impossible to get over 60hz without tons of shitty hacking, and it still results in inferior response compared with previous editions. Microsoft supposedly patched this, but it's still not working right. 2. legacy graphics programs are rendered to the dwm, which butchers their output. At least with win 7, aero can be switched off, and doesn't appear to have this problem. The dwm is also the main factor in the mouse sample rate issues. 3. metro can be sorta hacked away with classicshell, but really, it's a nuisance that still rears its ugly head more often than I'd like. It belongs on tablets, not desktops. 4. the desktop file explorer continues its march into uselessness. 5. The fact the system 'requires' NX support is bullshit. by all means, have it as a recommended option, but requiring it breaks applications that have self modifying code. 6. The useless outlook.com integration. Why should I have to jump through hoops to create a local account? I don't WANT to store my data on some shitty remote server.
It's not just IT, it's also the users. They know office, not openoffice. They know windows, not Gnome. At the end of the day, the users are the ones making the company money. Guess which god IT must serve..
Because it would be astronomically expensive to vet the logic of today's applications? Unless the market is willing to pay millions of dollars for an OS license, it's not happening. For critical infrastructure, it's better to pay a few programmers to write specialized code that does not include needless complexity than it is to pay microsoft to vet their entire software ecosystem... Better yet, see if there's a way to eliminate the need for a computer altogether. Today's cars are an example of needless featuritis and complexity that have proven inferior in usability, servicing, and reliability compared with simpler designs.
Try flying economy from the USA to china. If you expect your employee to be functional the moment they leave the airport on the other side, you'll fly them business at least.
So you have no problem with a bunch of criminal thugs running protection rackets deciding they need to beat innocent people over the head for choices made by their parents half a generation ago? That's basically what's going on.
Today's federal government is like a 16yo spoiled brat maxing out her parents credit cards and then beating her grandparents over the head for refusing to give her more christmas money to pay the debt. They need to work within a sane budget like everyone else.
How about getting rid of the loans so that market forces force the colleges to drop their tuition rates? It should not cost $100,000 to go to college, but with the government 'guaranteeing' the loans, the schools just keep upping the rates every year.
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..except that there are a lot of feminist politicians and 'scientists' running around who would actually agree.
The real problem is that feminists and their supporting politicians have turned sex into a loaded subject, so when science associates it with some study, the water gets churned up to a point where no one can really tell who's telling the truth and who's pushing propaganda.
Of course, when it's time to place blame, we can't possibly hold those women accountable for their behavior because it would violate the leftist men oppress/women are oppressed narrative, right?
Quit white knighting.
"Hallowed are the children of the ori"
"Hallowed are we, hallowed are the ori"
The government (and their private sector lobbyists) has made it quite clear that they don't give a shit about anyone's rights or privacy. Parents have a right to be concerned. These days there is a 'permanent record', and with ever growing numbers of data points being added, the probability of having your career torpedoed for out-of-context events that happened decades ago is growing radically.
"Social engineering" is definitely a part of the utopian sort of thinking that comes with the hard left. Their overriding goal is to reshape society to their parameters. They think they know what's best for everyone else. Stop and think about the implications of that on individual rights, liberties, and self sufficiency (no, I am not advocating anarchy, so spare me the false dilemmas). of course, the neocons have their own brand, pretending to be conservative, but are just as motivated to strengthen centralized control for their slightly different but-not-really reasons.
Oh, it's an extension of that "22 year old, working 22 hours a day for 22k a year" mantra. Why would anyone half decent at what they do want to work for employers like that?
I haven't read the book, but this summary sounds a lot like the new left's cultural marxism, with the latter half referencing political correctness as justification. Whether it is or not, most people don't like being 'gamed' in this way, and when they find out, the backlash can be far worse than the desired outcome and/or the original status quo.
we bleed hearts..
All that will do is expand the scopes of the definitions of 'disease' to include ever growing cross sections of society.
I think what's really going on is that the left is trying to tie the second amendment to slavery so they can do what they do with everything else they want to stamp out: call it a 'civil rights issue'.
Then move to japan or the UK.. I just cannot buy into the socialist view that homogenizing the world's societies brings about utopia..
Actually, the majority of the users on this site are US-center left, with a smattering of far left western europeans..
Smart people know that filters just shield people's feelings from hard reality, and that creates more problems down the road. It's better to let 'em have it all up front. The problem is today's society seems content to breed passive aggressive pantywaists who can't handle criticism without taking it personally.
These days, ALL consumer software is in eternal beta.
Seems like it is. openssl is used by default in most applications that need ssl, whether it's in linux or *bsd. gnutls and polarssl are also used sometimes..
wrong;
1. mouse/desktop sampling rates are nearly impossible to get over 60hz without tons of shitty hacking, and it still results in inferior response compared with previous editions. Microsoft supposedly patched this, but it's still not working right.
2. legacy graphics programs are rendered to the dwm, which butchers their output. At least with win 7, aero can be switched off, and doesn't appear to have this problem. The dwm is also the main factor in the mouse sample rate issues.
3. metro can be sorta hacked away with classicshell, but really, it's a nuisance that still rears its ugly head more often than I'd like. It belongs on tablets, not desktops.
4. the desktop file explorer continues its march into uselessness.
5. The fact the system 'requires' NX support is bullshit. by all means, have it as a recommended option, but requiring it breaks applications that have self modifying code.
6. The useless outlook.com integration. Why should I have to jump through hoops to create a local account? I don't WANT to store my data on some shitty remote server.
It's not just IT, it's also the users. They know office, not openoffice. They know windows, not Gnome. At the end of the day, the users are the ones making the company money. Guess which god IT must serve..
Because it would be astronomically expensive to vet the logic of today's applications? Unless the market is willing to pay millions of dollars for an OS license, it's not happening. For critical infrastructure, it's better to pay a few programmers to write specialized code that does not include needless complexity than it is to pay microsoft to vet their entire software ecosystem... Better yet, see if there's a way to eliminate the need for a computer altogether. Today's cars are an example of needless featuritis and complexity that have proven inferior in usability, servicing, and reliability compared with simpler designs.
Try flying economy from the USA to china. If you expect your employee to be functional the moment they leave the airport on the other side, you'll fly them business at least.
as opposed to the socialist shitholes that just blatantly take 75% of your income?
So you have no problem with a bunch of criminal thugs running protection rackets deciding they need to beat innocent people over the head for choices made by their parents half a generation ago? That's basically what's going on.
Today's federal government is like a 16yo spoiled brat maxing out her parents credit cards and then beating her grandparents over the head for refusing to give her more christmas money to pay the debt. They need to work within a sane budget like everyone else.
How about getting rid of the loans so that market forces force the colleges to drop their tuition rates? It should not cost $100,000 to go to college, but with the government 'guaranteeing' the loans, the schools just keep upping the rates every year.
As opposed to the powerful growing the government and using it weaken and then control the slaves?
The democrats wrote the bill yet they're not responsible? How about getting off your high horse and realizing that both parties are to blame?