That doesn't mean we should build that police state this author obviously wants by eliminating anonymity. It is needed, especially when what needs to be said falls outside the social 'acceptability' arena.
Adopt a pseudonym and you are not putting much of yourself on the line. Put your name to something and your words are freighted with responsibility."
not about responsibliity. more like fear of retribution.. whether that retribution is righteous or not is based on subjective view points. I have a problem with this article because it suggests that anonymity is inherently a bad thing. It's not. Anonymity allows people to take positions that need taking, social 'conventions' be damned.
The psychologists call it 'deindividuation.' It's what happens when social norms are withdrawn because identities are concealed.
Ironic, considering that the author is basically saying that anonymity shields individuals from whatever collective groupthink is in play. I'd call it 'REindividualization.'
1. decriminalized ones can be, or damn close to it. they're expensive because they're illegal. 2. sure you can. it's just that a lot of employers like enforcing psychological control mechanisms on employees, so they take advantage of the laws to squeeze more profit out of them. you could argue safety reasons for some jobs, but the majority do not. if the employee isn't doing his job because of drugs or anything else, warn, then fire him. no need for the police state. 3. because they're expensive. if they were cheap the crime goes away.
enying what drugs do to a person, and what they will do to loads of people if this legalization happens, is beyond moronic.
..and here comes the emotional special pleading. I deny nothing. I just don't need the state to tell me what to put in my body.
No they don't.. if that was the case, we'd already have this situation, and if we do have it, then legalizing won't change anything other than ease the burden on law enforcement (and keep them from getting any more arrogant than they already are). I'm not interested in watching documentaries that are clearly cherry picking facts to push an emotional appeal. The fact is that drugs don't migrate to your body without your consent.
You want to preach about history? What about prohibition and the wonders that produced? All the gang crime and other related idiocy that spawned when the law enforcement agencies started running around with their new enhanced hard-ons? Just great..
I'm not. This arrogance is what causes contempt for tax in the first place, even for things that are needed. I also find your desire to financially self-flagellate disturbing.
you say 'how businesses run' as though it some kind of axiomatic thing that cannot or should not change.
'how businesses run' is largely based on a world full of emotionally driven yet insecure people with entitlement attitudes about respect. Herein lies the problem. the MBAs expect the engineers to produce a thing solely based on their(compared to the engineers anyway) limited technical understanding that results in adequate time and resource; a thing that has to comply with the apparent (to marketing teams living in their own fantasy worlds) wishes of consumers that cheapen the product to the point of worthlessness...and MBAs wonder why engineers have what they arrogantly call 'negativity.' The problem is that it's not about positive/negative dichotomies.. It's about the conflict between managements' and engineers' understanding of what is and what is possible. good engineers are trained/taught/inclined to see things objectively. that's how they can do their jobs well. in contrast, most MBAs' technical objectivity was taught in childhood by hollywood.
In technical markets, it is critical that management have some clue about the technical realities that define the limits and possibilities of the products they sell. That means some of them need to come from technical backgrounds. yes, that means that arrogant harvard business grads need to deal with nerdish peers telling them when they're wrong instead of wishing them away to the lower echelons of middle management.
ok, which language will we be speaking 1000 years from now? I'd like it to be a descendent of english, not chinese. lying down and submitting is not the answer every time.. sometimes, you have to stand up for yourself.. this si something western culture has forgotten in it's headlong rush into 'multiculturalism.' it's a fools game.
the problem is that server hardware pricing has it's prices lowered by the commodity consumer x86 market. if that evaporates, that new core i12 will cost $10000. I dread this day when cpu time/ram/storage are all 'services' one has to rent like utilities, with a complete lack of privacy and control.
Of course, it is no surprise that those who advocate that the rest of us under prioritize our mother tongues/cultures are the ones who enjoy language/culture-x fanbois, are savants, or are uber socialists. we don't want to waste time learning redundant skills. life is difficult enough as it is. people who are used to communicating at the adult level don't want/can't afford to revert back to communicating at the 3rd grade level every time there's a new group of FOBs showing up. This holds especially true the further one is along in his profession. the chinese and french pass laws to protect their cultures for a reason. the US should be doing the same. People coming here should learn MY language. It's just courtesy. After all, I have to learn french if i want to do business in france (or quebec).
I'm sure to be moderated down for not jumping on the socialist bandwagon around here, but I don't care. The truth speaks for itself. Cultures that survive are ones that defend themselves.
no.. read what I said. the devices not being open does not benefit or hurt the average user. their experience doesn't change unless they choose to go outside apple's garden and hit the wall.
sigh.. quit apologizing for them.. their desire to not cater to the geek crowd has nothing to do with it. they could release the exact products they do now minus the draconian lockdown and since most people never touch the innards, nothing would change for them. this lockdown isn't for the consumer, it's for apple.
equality cuts both ways.. we are not equal. we're not clones. we are different. ignoring differences and glossing over them with propaganda is no better than what the chinese are doing. if anything, they're a lot closer to 'equality' than we are: they're all poor...almost.
enriching our personal lives is the best way to enrich society as a whole. the needs of the self and the needs of society are not always diametrically opposed.
1. nuclear power is the only hope we have of fulfilling the planet's energy needs. getting everything from solar, wind, and hydro is a silly left wing tree hugger fantasy. in fact, nuclear power is only the first step. step two involves getting a stable mining operation in space. that's a 200 year process right there.
2. from what I've read, immigration problems, 'cultural fragmentation', and being tough on international relations are NOT leftwing strong suits. they're the ones appeasing middle eastern 'peaceful invasion' under the guise of 'multi culturalism' and 'community cohesion.' granted, the right rarely lives up to its blustering, but expecting left wingers to take strong anti-immigration stances is insanity. it goes against their entire ideology.
3. people still vote left despite its failures too. what does that tell you about the problem? maybe people are just stupid.
or it could be he's reacting to a misandric streak in today's society that tends to heap undeserved platitudes on females solely for being female. beauty != intellect, sorry. if these girls were truly 'geek smart', they'd've gotten their scholarships from academics and/or applied science and engineering societies...not overwrought beauty contests.
what if he was fired wrongfully? today's situation prevents any sort of justice from happening. if he was canned for politics then I have no sympathy for his employer whatsoever.
Not a fair comparison.. An axe is quite simple to verify because it has no hidden function. it's not a black box. (unless it's been bugged). computer equipment is the ultimate trojan horse because they are so difficult to completely audit.
thick skinned admins don't tolerate cheaters either.. but they do tolerate the culture of the game they're running. in the communities I gamed in, pretty much all the players were thick skinned too. this allowed trash talk and good humor as well as the culling of emo whiners.
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That doesn't mean we should build that police state this author obviously wants by eliminating anonymity. It is needed, especially when what needs to be said falls outside the social 'acceptability' arena.
Adopt a pseudonym and you are not putting much of yourself on the line. Put your name to something and your words are freighted with responsibility."
not about responsibliity. more like fear of retribution.. whether that retribution is righteous or not is based on subjective view points. I have a problem with this article because it suggests that anonymity is inherently a bad thing. It's not. Anonymity allows people to take positions that need taking, social 'conventions' be damned.
The psychologists call it 'deindividuation.' It's what happens when social norms are withdrawn because identities are concealed.
Ironic, considering that the author is basically saying that anonymity shields individuals from whatever collective groupthink is in play. I'd call it 'REindividualization.'
I agree with your comment, but your sig worries me.. obedience to what? faith in what? this seems to contradict it self..and obliquely, your post.
1. decriminalized ones can be, or damn close to it. they're expensive because they're illegal.
2. sure you can. it's just that a lot of employers like enforcing psychological control mechanisms on employees, so they take advantage of the laws to squeeze more profit out of them. you could argue safety reasons for some jobs, but the majority do not. if the employee isn't doing his job because of drugs or anything else, warn, then fire him. no need for the police state.
3. because they're expensive. if they were cheap the crime goes away.
enying what drugs do to a person, and what they will do to loads of people if this legalization happens, is beyond moronic.
..and here comes the emotional special pleading. I deny nothing. I just don't need the state to tell me what to put in my body.
No they don't.. if that was the case, we'd already have this situation, and if we do have it, then legalizing won't change anything other than ease the burden on law enforcement (and keep them from getting any more arrogant than they already are). I'm not interested in watching documentaries that are clearly cherry picking facts to push an emotional appeal. The fact is that drugs don't migrate to your body without your consent.
You want to preach about history? What about prohibition and the wonders that produced? All the gang crime and other related idiocy that spawned when the law enforcement agencies started running around with their new enhanced hard-ons? Just great..
I'm not. This arrogance is what causes contempt for tax in the first place, even for things that are needed. I also find your desire to financially self-flagellate disturbing.
that would be insubordination at many companies..
sorry I meant *inadequate time and resource"
you say 'how businesses run' as though it some kind of axiomatic thing that cannot or should not change.
'how businesses run' is largely based on a world full of emotionally driven yet insecure people with entitlement attitudes about respect. Herein lies the problem. the MBAs expect the engineers to produce a thing solely based on their(compared to the engineers anyway) limited technical understanding that results in adequate time and resource; a thing that has to comply with the apparent (to marketing teams living in their own fantasy worlds) wishes of consumers that cheapen the product to the point of worthlessness...and MBAs wonder why engineers have what they arrogantly call 'negativity.' The problem is that it's not about positive/negative dichotomies.. It's about the conflict between managements' and engineers' understanding of what is and what is possible. good engineers are trained/taught/inclined to see things objectively. that's how they can do their jobs well. in contrast, most MBAs' technical objectivity was taught in childhood by hollywood.
In technical markets, it is critical that management have some clue about the technical realities that define the limits and possibilities of the products they sell. That means some of them need to come from technical backgrounds. yes, that means that arrogant harvard business grads need to deal with nerdish peers telling them when they're wrong instead of wishing them away to the lower echelons of middle management.
if the drugs were legal to begin with, they wouldn't cost much. thus, the number of thefts related to drugs would drop below the noise floor.
ok, which language will we be speaking 1000 years from now? I'd like it to be a descendent of english, not chinese. lying down and submitting is not the answer every time.. sometimes, you have to stand up for yourself.. this si something western culture has forgotten in it's headlong rush into 'multiculturalism.' it's a fools game.
the problem is that server hardware pricing has it's prices lowered by the commodity consumer x86 market. if that evaporates, that new core i12 will cost $10000. I dread this day when cpu time/ram/storage are all 'services' one has to rent like utilities, with a complete lack of privacy and control.
Of course, it is no surprise that those who advocate that the rest of us under prioritize our mother tongues/cultures are the ones who enjoy language/culture-x fanbois, are savants, or are uber socialists. we don't want to waste time learning redundant skills. life is difficult enough as it is. people who are used to communicating at the adult level don't want/can't afford to revert back to communicating at the 3rd grade level every time there's a new group of FOBs showing up. This holds especially true the further one is along in his profession. the chinese and french pass laws to protect their cultures for a reason. the US should be doing the same. People coming here should learn MY language. It's just courtesy. After all, I have to learn french if i want to do business in france (or quebec).
I'm sure to be moderated down for not jumping on the socialist bandwagon around here, but I don't care. The truth speaks for itself. Cultures that survive are ones that defend themselves.
..to finish what I was saying, the point is that the locked garden serves no one's interest other than apple's.
no.. read what I said. the devices not being open does not benefit or hurt the average user. their experience doesn't change unless they choose to go outside apple's garden and hit the wall.
sigh.. quit apologizing for them.. their desire to not cater to the geek crowd has nothing to do with it. they could release the exact products they do now minus the draconian lockdown and since most people never touch the innards, nothing would change for them. this lockdown isn't for the consumer, it's for apple.
equality cuts both ways.. we are not equal. we're not clones. we are different. ignoring differences and glossing over them with propaganda is no better than what the chinese are doing. if anything, they're a lot closer to 'equality' than we are: they're all poor...almost.
enriching our personal lives is the best way to enrich society as a whole. the needs of the self and the needs of society are not always diametrically opposed.
1. nuclear power is the only hope we have of fulfilling the planet's energy needs. getting everything from solar, wind, and hydro is a silly left wing tree hugger fantasy. in fact, nuclear power is only the first step. step two involves getting a stable mining operation in space. that's a 200 year process right there.
2. from what I've read, immigration problems, 'cultural fragmentation', and being tough on international relations are NOT leftwing strong suits. they're the ones appeasing middle eastern 'peaceful invasion' under the guise of 'multi culturalism' and 'community cohesion.' granted, the right rarely lives up to its blustering, but expecting left wingers to take strong anti-immigration stances is insanity. it goes against their entire ideology.
3. people still vote left despite its failures too. what does that tell you about the problem? maybe people are just stupid.
or it could be he's reacting to a misandric streak in today's society that tends to heap undeserved platitudes on females solely for being female. beauty != intellect, sorry. if these girls were truly 'geek smart', they'd've gotten their scholarships from academics and/or applied science and engineering societies...not overwrought beauty contests.
politics as in corporate politics...
what if he was fired wrongfully? today's situation prevents any sort of justice from happening. if he was canned for politics then I have no sympathy for his employer whatsoever.
Not a fair comparison.. An axe is quite simple to verify because it has no hidden function. it's not a black box. (unless it's been bugged). computer equipment is the ultimate trojan horse because they are so difficult to completely audit.
I see it as one crime syndicate making a hit on another. The feds are no more principled...
thick skinned admins don't tolerate cheaters either.. but they do tolerate the culture of the game they're running. in the communities I gamed in, pretty much all the players were thick skinned too. this allowed trash talk and good humor as well as the culling of emo whiners.
Considering your UID, you 'lived' on the internet during the time when everyone ran their own servers.. how can you say stuff like this?