For a background on how bad it's gotten (and by extension how bad it can get), this is about the best, most engaging history of the last time I've come across.
Given that the orange Commander-in-Chief gets his 'news' from Fox, I think we can expect to see a sharp rise in emergency actions like this based on shows like 24. We are, as a nation, fairly itching for waterboarding, call tracing, bad-guy-blowing-up men of *action*. Disagree? Whatcha got to hide, snowflake?
Watching HRC search for external reasons for her defeat is like watching GWB search for WMDs: after a while, it's not all that fucking funny.
Hillary (a regular slashdot reader, I'm sure), you lost because:
A candidate (Sanders) came along and reminded people what a Democrat used to look like (i.e., not so much like you).
You're not very entertaining.
You fell into the Republicans trap of fighting at the margins (LGBTQ, for example) that particularly piss off (and energize) the Republican base.
By calling those who disagreed with you "deplorables, basket of", you demonstrated a willingness to govern half of the country. What, Romney's 47% wasn't enough of a heads-up?
Note the use of the word you in the points above. Trump is the president now (which I consider a bad thing), and that is your fault. The buck, for you, evidently stops elsewhere.
Looks like a fun project, but... the three platforms they mention have somewhat different UX guidelines; it's a lot 'deeper' problem to translate a gui into something idiomatically appropriate for the mentioned platforms. Not to say this isn't a good, interesting start on that very thing.
OK, my earlier post I failed to notice the battery-powered requirement... so... Do you have an android phone (I'm guessing iOS would work too)? Why not use that? What are you trying to get done, anyhow?
Best. Rant. EVAR.
Sadly, it was all done with text, which I heard in a TED talk is totally over as a communication medium. It's all waggling our butts now, like bees.
Moving to make basic income livable has consequences, though, in composition with a million others' doing the same. What will, say, Harlingen TX become when it's a "basic" zone. What will that sort of population shift/concentration do? Enclaves of idleness; vice bred of boredom (I feel so Victorian just typing that). Isn't social mobility low enough in the US already?
This is what doesn't seem to enter into the discussions about basic income and national minimum wage laws. Perhaps I'm just reading the stoopid versions in the popular press, but it seems clear that proposals like a national (US) $15 minimum wage simply can't fly with cost of living disparities like this, without significant tailoring. A 'basic' income of $17K doesn't take you very far in Si Valley (or my adopted homeland of Portland, for that matter). At the very least, you'd need some kind of market basket tables similar to this, and even then note the terrific disparity between the two neighboring counties, with the obvious gaming of that system that the differences might promote.
Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.
Oddly enough, the grandpost is (wholly inadvertently) insightful. Marx nails this one as a natural consequence of alienation. It's a tremendously important concept, and a great, still-fresh lens for looking at this moment in a historical way. Splendid bandwagon, really; give it a read.
You beat me to it! Taxation is one work-around. I wonder, though... McCulloch v. Maryland (the power to tax is the power to destroy) may not specifically apply, but I wonder if a similar approach in a state-municipal battle might not yield similar results. Taxation to level the playing field is one thing, taxation to circumvent state law might be something else.
Finally; now, at last, Volkswagen will be thrown in jail like it deserves. In an orange, VW shaped jumpsuit, I assume. Oh, and the fines; that will surely punish those... um, mutual funds, maybe? Finally, justice, just like we all hoped. Now let's all take a deep breath (or, [cough], maybe not just yet).
Y'know what really pisses me off? The requirement that I gotta pass a bunch of tests like the 'man' says in order to pursue my career as a $%$@$ brain surgeon. And don't start me on the insurance costs... #$$@# the man! What am I supposed to do about my livelihood, which has been lost owing to these restrictive laws and regulations?? You're taking away my way of making a living!! [sniffle] Just to clarify: fuck Uber.
This seems like a good exercise in critical thinking, but it's a bit late... shouldn't this be taught as a part of, say, language arts, sciences, etc. in the earlier grades? Even math should be poking at fallacious "divide by zero yields anything" proofs.
Still, better late...
Used to be, though, that the incivility would sort-of peak in Fall as a load of new students got accounts, then slowly get beaten into politeness by May:-)
Now there are fools coming in all the time.
Slashdot Mirror
For a background on how bad it's gotten (and by extension how bad it can get), this is about the best, most engaging history of the last time I've come across.
Given that the orange Commander-in-Chief gets his 'news' from Fox, I think we can expect to see a sharp rise in emergency actions like this based on shows like 24. We are, as a nation, fairly itching for waterboarding, call tracing, bad-guy-blowing-up men of *action*. Disagree? Whatcha got to hide, snowflake?
Hillary (a regular slashdot reader, I'm sure), you lost because:
Note the use of the word you in the points above. Trump is the president now (which I consider a bad thing), and that is your fault. The buck, for you, evidently stops elsewhere.
Looks like a fun project, but ... the three platforms they mention have somewhat different UX guidelines; it's a lot 'deeper' problem to translate a gui into something idiomatically appropriate for the mentioned platforms.
Not to say this isn't a good, interesting start on that very thing.
OK, my earlier post I failed to notice the battery-powered requirement ... so ... Do you have an android phone (I'm guessing iOS would work too)? Why not use that? What are you trying to get done, anyhow?
There's a nice section on barebones computers there
Perhaps a more optimistic name might be Prometheus? Or ... what was the ship name in Bradbury's "Golden Apples of the Sun"?
Best. Rant. EVAR. Sadly, it was all done with text, which I heard in a TED talk is totally over as a communication medium. It's all waggling our butts now, like bees.
Sorry, not true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Nothing, I suppose, compared to the Slashdotting to come ...
Moving to make basic income livable has consequences, though, in composition with a million others' doing the same. What will, say, Harlingen TX become when it's a "basic" zone. What will that sort of population shift/concentration do? Enclaves of idleness; vice bred of boredom (I feel so Victorian just typing that). Isn't social mobility low enough in the US already?
This is what doesn't seem to enter into the discussions about basic income and national minimum wage laws. Perhaps I'm just reading the stoopid versions in the popular press, but it seems clear that proposals like a national (US) $15 minimum wage simply can't fly with cost of living disparities like this, without significant tailoring. A 'basic' income of $17K doesn't take you very far in Si Valley (or my adopted homeland of Portland, for that matter). At the very least, you'd need some kind of market basket tables similar to this, and even then note the terrific disparity between the two neighboring counties, with the obvious gaming of that system that the differences might promote.
Heart: broken. Wallet: just fine, thanks.
Step 1: Boil up these here seeds to make a mash.
Step 2: Let the mash sour. etc.
And even there, pure capitalism allows you to choose: white or wheat ...
Oddly enough, the grandpost is (wholly inadvertently) insightful. Marx nails this one as a natural consequence of alienation. It's a tremendously important concept, and a great, still-fresh lens for looking at this moment in a historical way. Splendid bandwagon, really; give it a read.
You beat me to it! Taxation is one work-around. I wonder, though ... McCulloch v. Maryland (the power to tax is the power to destroy) may not specifically apply, but I wonder if a similar approach in a state-municipal battle might not yield similar results. Taxation to level the playing field is one thing, taxation to circumvent state law might be something else.
Finally; now, at last, Volkswagen will be thrown in jail like it deserves. In an orange, VW shaped jumpsuit, I assume. Oh, and the fines; that will surely punish those ... um, mutual funds, maybe? Finally, justice, just like we all hoped. Now let's all take a deep breath (or, [cough], maybe not just yet).
Because if 'sploits are criminal, only criminals will have 'sploits? Discuss.
Y'know what really pisses me off? The requirement that I gotta pass a bunch of tests like the 'man' says in order to pursue my career as a $%$@$ brain surgeon. And don't start me on the insurance costs... #$$@# the man! What am I supposed to do about my livelihood, which has been lost owing to these restrictive laws and regulations?? You're taking away my way of making a living!!
[sniffle]
Just to clarify: fuck Uber.
This seems like a good exercise in critical thinking, but it's a bit late ... shouldn't this be taught as a part of, say, language arts, sciences, etc. in the earlier grades? Even math should be poking at fallacious "divide by zero yields anything" proofs.
Still, better late ...
Used to be, though, that the incivility would sort-of peak in Fall as a load of new students got accounts, then slowly get beaten into politeness by May :-)
Now there are fools coming in all the time.
Hail the orange one! for he is the light of our day! If you say otherwise it's HAIR-ESY! (FTFY)