Because it prevents some A-group individuals from earning their selections on merit in order to select some members from B-group just because they're B-group, whether they've truly earned their selections or not. This demonizes A-group in the eyes of B-group and infantilizes B-group in the eyes of A-group, keeping the prejudice between them inflamed. This is hypocritical since the stated goal is to eliminate this prejudice. The best way to do this is to judge on relevant attributes, ie merit. Equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome, especially in diverse populations.
You got it backwards. It's the people who (consciously or not) realize they don't measure up, so they muddy the waters with appeals of oppression in order to cover it up and/or get a leg up on their betters. If you're holding back better employees in order to favor other less represented groups on the basis of supposedly irrelevant attributes (like race, sex etc), you're doing your organization a disservice. You're likely leaking talent out to your competitors and creating resentment among the ones who choose to remain.
These days, they're state wide conglomerates that have swallowed up individual brand dealerships. Now, I have a choice of Executive Honda, Executive Hyundai, Executive Dodge, or Executive volkswagen. Yay!
Dealers are a pain in the ass and they're always looking to manipulate.. What sucks is I have to pay them for the privilege of such manipulation in order to get a car, when all I need from them is warranty service (which should be doable at any sane garage if they didn't DRM the hell out of the onboard computers).
Yet, they wonder why the used market is flourishing..
USB-A, along with HDMI/DVI are ubiquitous. professionals find them everywhere they go. They are handed flash drives, projector cables, and others at inopportune moments. you're gonna carry around dongles for all those devices out there? That's stupid when your $2000+ laptop should have ports for that. The whole point is to have it in the chassis so you don't need to track and lug a bag of dongles around. A professional wouldn't waste his time on such nonsense, nor would he tolerate it.
Apple chose aesthetics over functionality, which, for these particular ports at this point in time, was stupid. It is not the same as the floppy drive routine in '99, where storage density was already a serious problem anyway.
Professionals don't just blindly 'solve problems'.. They preempt them by having expectations of the tools they use. Having diverse IO is one of the hallmarks of a professional laptop lineup. This dongleitis reminds me of the days of 9-25 pin serial adapters, large, heavy cables, stacks of PCMCIA cards, and side-carriage disk drives. They were needed then because it wasn't possible (within sane budgets) to include those on the mainboards. Now it is, so wtf?
One of the main points of a 'pro' model is that it has versatile connectivity built in so that it is ready to interface with whatever the user ends up dealing with. Thin-n-sexy should not be as high a priority. That's what the macbook air is for.
There's nothing wrong with expressing opinion. It's not necessarily 'whining' either.
No. Sounds like people are responding the way they always do to oppressive surveillance: censor their words and funnel their beliefs into less traceable action instead.
Pia Dietze has a major in psychology and focused on what? Yup. 'Class relations' etc.. To be fair, this looks like her phd thesis, at least based on this.. (scroll down or txt search for dietze) https://psych.nyu.edu/programs... (note the reference to eric knowles in her bio)
Sounds less like a problem with technology and more a problem with cultural attitudes of those who had it engineered. The 80s/90s had the last bits of pro-empowerment (real empowerment, not socjus 'empowerment' as it's typically defined today). The whole idea that computers are there to be useful, powerful tools controlled by the user got turned on its head. Now it's all about corralling the user into online 'portals' and charging monthly fees. This way, 'unauthorized' actions can't be taken on 'unauthorized' data, and slowly people are getting used to the idea that the internet is (and should be) just cable TV 2.0. Capabilities are similarly curtailed. One powerful software is being replaced by fisher price equivalents meant for braindead idiots who will never produce much of anything with it anyway. It's a foolish race to the bottom as well as a power-grab from the top.
For most people, the cloud offers convenience at the expense of a bunch of negatives that aren't immediately apparent to them, mostly relating to data security, data charges, and stability of software usability (ie unexpected workflow killing changes).
The reality is that their personal data needs are meager enough not to warrant datacenter storage and processing. It's just that those who want to charge monthly fees for every little thing are trying to squeeze the market in that direction.
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Don't quit social media, if you do you will be one of very few who do.
oh god, not that! What's a lemming to do?
As far as politics go, the big social sites have already chosen sides just like mainstream media. Have fun with your banned accounts.
Because it prevents some A-group individuals from earning their selections on merit in order to select some members from B-group just because they're B-group, whether they've truly earned their selections or not. This demonizes A-group in the eyes of B-group and infantilizes B-group in the eyes of A-group, keeping the prejudice between them inflamed. This is hypocritical since the stated goal is to eliminate this prejudice. The best way to do this is to judge on relevant attributes, ie merit. Equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome, especially in diverse populations.
You got it backwards. It's the people who (consciously or not) realize they don't measure up, so they muddy the waters with appeals of oppression in order to cover it up and/or get a leg up on their betters. If you're holding back better employees in order to favor other less represented groups on the basis of supposedly irrelevant attributes (like race, sex etc), you're doing your organization a disservice. You're likely leaking talent out to your competitors and creating resentment among the ones who choose to remain.
Granted, but why 'strive' for such double standards? Answer that, and you've got the real motivations for this brand of 'social justice.'
It was rated ET-10: CONDEMNED by special snowflakes who never grew out of their childlike understanding of fairness.
You can thank the sleazy politicians for that..
These days, they're state wide conglomerates that have swallowed up individual brand dealerships. Now, I have a choice of Executive Honda, Executive Hyundai, Executive Dodge, or Executive volkswagen. Yay!
Dealers are a pain in the ass and they're always looking to manipulate.. What sucks is I have to pay them for the privilege of such manipulation in order to get a car, when all I need from them is warranty service (which should be doable at any sane garage if they didn't DRM the hell out of the onboard computers).
Yet, they wonder why the used market is flourishing..
Duh.. It doesn't mean we shouldn't criticize them for their obvious bias and for censorship.
No it's not. It's a private business.
That's true. However, it doesn't mean their policies are good for the userbase.
moved on to what? 'selfies', social media, the 'cloud', and incomprehensible UIs?
I'd rather discuss mpeg codecs.. much more interesting.
Yes, because cheating is a-ok as long as it enables your preferred outcome, right?
USB-A, along with HDMI/DVI are ubiquitous. professionals find them everywhere they go. They are handed flash drives, projector cables, and others at inopportune moments. you're gonna carry around dongles for all those devices out there? That's stupid when your $2000+ laptop should have ports for that. The whole point is to have it in the chassis so you don't need to track and lug a bag of dongles around. A professional wouldn't waste his time on such nonsense, nor would he tolerate it.
Apple chose aesthetics over functionality, which, for these particular ports at this point in time, was stupid. It is not the same as the floppy drive routine in '99, where storage density was already a serious problem anyway.
Professionals don't just blindly 'solve problems'.. They preempt them by having expectations of the tools they use. Having diverse IO is one of the hallmarks of a professional laptop lineup. This dongleitis reminds me of the days of 9-25 pin serial adapters, large, heavy cables, stacks of PCMCIA cards, and side-carriage disk drives. They were needed then because it wasn't possible (within sane budgets) to include those on the mainboards. Now it is, so wtf?
um.. if it doesnt fit one way, flip it 180 and try again.. done. usb-c and other modern ports are even smaller..
strawman, ad hominem etc..
One of the main points of a 'pro' model is that it has versatile connectivity built in so that it is ready to interface with whatever the user ends up dealing with. Thin-n-sexy should not be as high a priority. That's what the macbook air is for.
There's nothing wrong with expressing opinion. It's not necessarily 'whining' either.
No. Sounds like people are responding the way they always do to oppressive surveillance: censor their words and funnel their beliefs into less traceable action instead.
Why are these hosts even on the public network in the first place?
Where did you get this list of side effects?
You sure? Are you sure you're not also biased, then? Should we just give up and embrace whatever personality/cargo/political cult gets us off?
A few quick searches to see if I was even close in my assumption.
The author of the businessweek text has a degree in zoology and 'science journalism'. ..and her twitter suggests a distinct political bias all of its own
http://www.businessinsider.com...
https://twitter.com/linzasaur
Pia Dietze has a major in psychology and focused on what? Yup. 'Class relations' etc.. To be fair, this looks like her phd thesis, at least based on this.. (scroll down or txt search for dietze)
https://psych.nyu.edu/programs... (note the reference to eric knowles in her bio)
https://psych.nyu.edu/knowles/
I think that pretty much sums him up in terms of his bias.
My bias was on the right track. More progressives looking to play with numbers to justfy whining about rich people
No, but the intent of the article and this 'research' is clear: to imply that being rich somehow implies less humanity.
Sounds less like a problem with technology and more a problem with cultural attitudes of those who had it engineered. The 80s/90s had the last bits of pro-empowerment (real empowerment, not socjus 'empowerment' as it's typically defined today). The whole idea that computers are there to be useful, powerful tools controlled by the user got turned on its head. Now it's all about corralling the user into online 'portals' and charging monthly fees. This way, 'unauthorized' actions can't be taken on 'unauthorized' data, and slowly people are getting used to the idea that the internet is (and should be) just cable TV 2.0. Capabilities are similarly curtailed. One powerful software is being replaced by fisher price equivalents meant for braindead idiots who will never produce much of anything with it anyway. It's a foolish race to the bottom as well as a power-grab from the top.
Is this a joke? After the private consolidation is complete, the next phase is transfer to the biggest monopoly of all: the state.
Yeah I know. god forbid anyone have any fun in life. It should all be about work work work work work.
For most people, the cloud offers convenience at the expense of a bunch of negatives that aren't immediately apparent to them, mostly relating to data security, data charges, and stability of software usability (ie unexpected workflow killing changes).
The reality is that their personal data needs are meager enough not to warrant datacenter storage and processing. It's just that those who want to charge monthly fees for every little thing are trying to squeeze the market in that direction.
Talk about rich irony deposits..
Apple and the banks deserve each other.. Those three adjectives apply to both.