That is waaaay too much for unskilled workers. Pushing boxes around is on the same level as flipping burgers. No wonder things are getting so expensive. We're paying far too much for unskilled labor.
If you've not tried to make something better of your life with education and life skills...then well, you get what you deserve.
What's next, I have to pay someone $40/hr to mow my fucking lawn?
Sure, not everyone started off on the same footing, boo hoo...life is unfair.
BULLETIN: Live has always been unfair. I'm not 6'11", I can't play basketball and make millions of dollars.
Everyone is dealt some cards to start with, some start from the back, but if they work and learn to value an education..they can succeed, and many do.
But just because life is tough...you don't pull the playing field down to the lowest common denominator so that everyone can be "equal".
While I do like to give to charity and I try to help out my friends and family as best I can, I am NOT my brothers keeper. It is not upon me to make sure they can make a living or whatever, especially if they are stupid, and/or lazy.
I won't stand in anyone's way, but I certainly don't feel I need to go out of my way to help.
No...someone who picks up fucking garbage on the side of the road != someone who designs CPUs.
The world does now and always has needed its ditch diggers. If you fsck up your life so bad that that's all you can do? Well, you made your bed, now,sleep in it.
You know....I've just never really "gotten" this movie. Perhaps I need to watch it again, I hear there are different versions of it out now, that maybe give you more insight to the story.
But of the times I've seen it way in the past, it just never really hit me as that good of a movie.
I know I was disappointed as a kid when it came out originally in theaters, I was expecting something like Star Wars and it wasn't that.
I saw it a few years after that and to me, really...it was just kinda boring. It seemed just dreary and I wasn't even that impressed with the SPFX.
Then again, since then, I've become a Phillip K. Dick fan and I like other adaptations of his stuff, so maybe I need to go back and try to watch this again with new eyes.
Can someone recommend the definitive version to watch out of what I believe are 3x of them out there? Which one and why?
Ok, I'd heard about BETA but never had seen it before.
So, is this beta or just something worse till beta comes?
JFC....why does someone have to change something JUST For the sake of change. What was wrong with they way/. has looked for the past years?
It is now a PITA to go see what comments are threaded onto my comments...whereas it was quite easy to see and tell when new ones came onto your part of the thread in response to you.
I just discovered the Soylent News thing....maybe that will indeed be the new slashdot.
This is very disappointing. Not everyone views everything through the small fucking screen of a cell phone.
I myself STILL like a lot of my information, especially reference stuff in dead tree format.
I read a lot on the web, but I prefer, even if I have to print it out...to have dead tree copies where I can highlight, make notes, doodle...etc.
I found that way back in my school days, that in my notebooks taking notes or even marking things in books....with doodles, or this or that, when I had to take a test, I could often close my eyes, and picture in my head turning to the pages with the information, I could "see" my pictures and writings, and that helped me to find and recall information.
I can't well do that on a computer screen. Well, at least the last time I used a marker, it quickly got messy and when I changed pages, well, the marks didn't make sense on the screen anymore.
:)
Sure, it is easier to keep information more up to date on we webpage for documentation, but its not guarantee, and then with some sites, links into links into links into links....you drill down so much that you can't hardly find your way back to where you want to be when you started, and it wastes time which with a book, I could check the index, get other info and come back to the page I dog eared pretty quickly.
I like it for pleasure reading too. I can do some ebooks and have and it is convenient. I like a dead tree book, but it isn't as big a deal to me as it is for things I need to recall and reference on a regular basis.
You know, I used to warn people against the Govt being so involved with our healthcare. I likened it to putting the DMV in charge of you if you got the flu. The long wait times, the surly and non-helpful govt employees there staring more at the clock than worried about you getting new plates.
But hell, I will at least admit the DMV does tend to get its mailings out on time and in proper fashion.
I know its a pipe dream, but I wish we could move the govt (especially the Feds) back more to their constitutionally mandated responsibilities. At the very least, my dealing with them could and should pretty much only be once a year.
1. Tell me how much tax to pay (simplify this).
2. Leave me the fuck alone.
I'd be 101% supportive of my federal overlords if they could just get to this point in their interactions with me. I'll be fine on my own to haggle and negotiate for my jobs, and my bill rates. I'l be happy to manage my own health care, and know what is important to save for (retirement, routine health needs, medical insurance for catastrophic needs, etc).
I seriously don't need you to play nanny state with me, I don't need you to suck up so much of my money and waste it.
It isn't just TVs, Microsoft's xBox Kinect, Amazon Echo, GM's Onstar, Chevrolet's MyLink and PDRs, Google's Waze, and Hello's Sense
Hmm...well, good for me, I don't have or use any of these potential privacy leeches.
But for that matter, I don't do FB or twitter either, I just haven't seen the need for these things and I can't tell that it has negatively impacted my life to this point. I'm not a luddite by any stretch of the imagination, but I just don't see the privacy / convenience equation to be worth it to me to use these tools.
If I do get a newer Corvette, I will be disabling the ONStar since it now seems it is not an option but always installed. I'll first be figuring how to disable and destroy it. I don't need that for my automobile enjoyment. I especially don't need anything monitoring my speeds.
Am I now going to have to memorize a bunch of different PIN numbers for each of my credit cards?
I've got enough to remember with passwords to websites and applications, and now more numbers to remember?
I can now start to picture everyone having sticky notes on the backs of each car with the PIN number, which pretty much renders them useless, since when stolen, the thieves will have the PINs right there with the card.
Yup, I will *not* be handing my phone to a cop. Period.
Hell, I keep my phone locked and with MORE than the default 4-digit code for just this reason, I also have my phone set to not display texts or other info on the locked home screen. Opening this and giving to them is pretty much going to be considered "consent to search". I don't care that I have nothing to hide, it is none of their fucking business.
Much like when pulled over (rarely happens), and if asked to get out of the car, I roll window up, step out and lock the car behind me. I'm not an ass to them at all, in fact I am very polite, answer as needed, and cooperate, but I do try to exercise my rights.
And...as for the opening story, it was complaining about the "patchwork" of states issuing licenses. So what? People are forgetting, that you are a citizen of your state first, and then a citizen of the US. Besides the fact that a drivers license is a license to drive first, and not issuesdas an ID (you can get one of those for that purpose), there should be no national license, or national ID. The feds have no constitutional basis for issuing or regulating such IMHO. That would be yet another stretch for them overreaching "interstate commerce".
I really, really wish...if we could as a country, is have the government basically tell me how much tax to pay (simplify this)...and then, leave me the fuck alone. Especially the Feds.
For my local/state govt, well, they are more answerable to me, and I will be more willing and answerable to them too....within limited bounds.
That's the way the country was set up, but we've wandered so far off the path over the years.
This type of thing sounds VERY similar to the folks that still posit that marijuana still has no health benefits.
FACT: Alcohol is a poison to the human body. One can fatally overdose from consumption, and it has killed millions in human history.
FACT: The cannabis plant, consumed in any form, is not harmful to the human body. In thousands of years, not a single fatality has been directly associated with its use. Its physically impossible to overdose from consuming it.
Similar? No, more like BIG FUCKING DIFFERENCE.
Well, I think you're conflating toxicity to mortality.
Pot may not kill you, but I do believe there are studies showing that prolonged, continuous usage (i.e. abuse) can lead to some memory problems and possibly neuron damage in the brain?
So, I stand by what I said, most all medicines ARE somewhat poisonous, just depends on how much you do and how toxic they are in those amounts.
This type of thing sounds VERY similar to the folks that still posit that marijuana still has no health benefits.
Folks, face it...pretty much ALL medicine or things with medicinal qualities are in some way poisonous to the system, depending on how you frame things.
It seems the teetotalers and anti-any drug other than pure O2 from God's own air system, will say about anything to defend their position that anything that can intoxicate is BAD, and cannot possibly have a single good or beneficial 'side effect'.
That's because getting women drunk is what gets you laid. It's not like men usually need to lower their inhibitions to sex.
Yep, that's why I love the Mardi Gras season here in New Orleans SOOO much.
It is like the worlds largest cocktail party...the women all already have a drink in their hands, and hell, if you're in the Quarter, you likely will get to see what their carrying under their sweaters if you offer them some nice long beads.
However, I'd posit, that there really isn't anything that can match the large movement of air, like a large speaker (horn loaded is my pref) for good sound.
The best pair of headphones just can't beat this IMHO.
Other than that , I really like the points you made!!
Well, if you can afford it, maybe convert that gas tank to a lead acid battery. If for no other reason, you don't want to get a fine for outputting too much smog.
Not a problem.
Old cars are grandfathered in for pollution levels.
That and I live in a state where they don't do any "sniff" tests on inspections. Hell, not all states even require inspections at all.
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That is waaaay too much for unskilled workers. Pushing boxes around is on the same level as flipping burgers. No wonder things are getting so expensive. We're paying far too much for unskilled labor.
If you've not tried to make something better of your life with education and life skills...then well, you get what you deserve.
What's next, I have to pay someone $40/hr to mow my fucking lawn?
BULLETIN: Live has always been unfair. I'm not 6'11", I can't play basketball and make millions of dollars.
Everyone is dealt some cards to start with, some start from the back, but if they work and learn to value an education..they can succeed, and many do.
But just because life is tough...you don't pull the playing field down to the lowest common denominator so that everyone can be "equal".
While I do like to give to charity and I try to help out my friends and family as best I can, I am NOT my brothers keeper. It is not upon me to make sure they can make a living or whatever, especially if they are stupid, and/or lazy.
I won't stand in anyone's way, but I certainly don't feel I need to go out of my way to help.
No...someone who picks up fucking garbage on the side of the road != someone who designs CPUs.
The world does now and always has needed its ditch diggers. If you fsck up your life so bad that that's all you can do? Well, you made your bed, now,sleep in it.
But of the times I've seen it way in the past, it just never really hit me as that good of a movie.
I know I was disappointed as a kid when it came out originally in theaters, I was expecting something like Star Wars and it wasn't that.
I saw it a few years after that and to me, really...it was just kinda boring. It seemed just dreary and I wasn't even that impressed with the SPFX.
Then again, since then, I've become a Phillip K. Dick fan and I like other adaptations of his stuff, so maybe I need to go back and try to watch this again with new eyes.
Can someone recommend the definitive version to watch out of what I believe are 3x of them out there? Which one and why?
So, is this beta or just something worse till beta comes?
JFC....why does someone have to change something JUST For the sake of change. What was wrong with they way /. has looked for the past years?
It is now a PITA to go see what comments are threaded onto my comments...whereas it was quite easy to see and tell when new ones came onto your part of the thread in response to you.
I just discovered the Soylent News thing....maybe that will indeed be the new slashdot.
This is very disappointing. Not everyone views everything through the small fucking screen of a cell phone.
I couldn't figure how to post to the thread with no previous comments (where was the reply button?)
I'm looking at my comments in my section, but can't figure now how to find my comments to see the ratings, etc?
What the hell did they do to the interface? It looks like it is now only for cell phones? Sheesh....
This sucks.
Gotta see if I can find a way to revert to old look, if they left that in...
How so?
It is still a network of networks of computers, all hooked in as peers.
It is using pretty much the same basic protocols as before.
Sure, content and HTML and such have changed a bit over the years, but it is at heart still the same internet as it was before.
Just because people try to do commerce over it, doesn't mean that is what it was invented to be used for and shouldn't cater to it.
If you want something different...then start it.
It is and should always be at heart...a network of networks where everyone that hooks to it, is a peer.
They can't do anything without finding a new way to tack a fucking fee on things.
Even so..when did it become the Fed govt.'s responsibility to protect the stupid from themselves?
I read a lot on the web, but I prefer, even if I have to print it out...to have dead tree copies where I can highlight, make notes, doodle...etc.
I found that way back in my school days, that in my notebooks taking notes or even marking things in books....with doodles, or this or that, when I had to take a test, I could often close my eyes, and picture in my head turning to the pages with the information, I could "see" my pictures and writings, and that helped me to find and recall information.
I can't well do that on a computer screen. Well, at least the last time I used a marker, it quickly got messy and when I changed pages, well, the marks didn't make sense on the screen anymore.
Sure, it is easier to keep information more up to date on we webpage for documentation, but its not guarantee, and then with some sites, links into links into links into links....you drill down so much that you can't hardly find your way back to where you want to be when you started, and it wastes time which with a book, I could check the index, get other info and come back to the page I dog eared pretty quickly.
I like it for pleasure reading too. I can do some ebooks and have and it is convenient. I like a dead tree book, but it isn't as big a deal to me as it is for things I need to recall and reference on a regular basis.
I guess that explains the piles on my desks.
You know, I used to warn people against the Govt being so involved with our healthcare. I likened it to putting the DMV in charge of you if you got the flu. The long wait times, the surly and non-helpful govt employees there staring more at the clock than worried about you getting new plates.
But hell, I will at least admit the DMV does tend to get its mailings out on time and in proper fashion.
I know its a pipe dream, but I wish we could move the govt (especially the Feds) back more to their constitutionally mandated responsibilities. At the very least, my dealing with them could and should pretty much only be once a year.
1. Tell me how much tax to pay (simplify this).
2. Leave me the fuck alone.
I'd be 101% supportive of my federal overlords if they could just get to this point in their interactions with me. I'll be fine on my own to haggle and negotiate for my jobs, and my bill rates. I'l be happy to manage my own health care, and know what is important to save for (retirement, routine health needs, medical insurance for catastrophic needs, etc).
I seriously don't need you to play nanny state with me, I don't need you to suck up so much of my money and waste it.
I don't need you spying on me.
It isn't like obama is any better than bush on this and many other aspects of life these days, in fact, it seems to just be getting worse.
Hmm...well, good for me, I don't have or use any of these potential privacy leeches.
But for that matter, I don't do FB or twitter either, I just haven't seen the need for these things and I can't tell that it has negatively impacted my life to this point. I'm not a luddite by any stretch of the imagination, but I just don't see the privacy / convenience equation to be worth it to me to use these tools.
If I do get a newer Corvette, I will be disabling the ONStar since it now seems it is not an option but always installed. I'll first be figuring how to disable and destroy it. I don't need that for my automobile enjoyment. I especially don't need anything monitoring my speeds.
We're losing our freedoms and rights here pretty badly, but nothing quite yet as bad as this sound like in CA.
As if I didn't already have enough reasons to *NOT* have something stuck up my ass!!
Am I now going to have to memorize a bunch of different PIN numbers for each of my credit cards?
I've got enough to remember with passwords to websites and applications, and now more numbers to remember?
I can now start to picture everyone having sticky notes on the backs of each car with the PIN number, which pretty much renders them useless, since when stolen, the thieves will have the PINs right there with the card.
Because you dared speak ill of the "Chosen One".
Please report to Room 101 for re-education.
Doesn't bother me...
Hell, I keep my phone locked and with MORE than the default 4-digit code for just this reason, I also have my phone set to not display texts or other info on the locked home screen. Opening this and giving to them is pretty much going to be considered "consent to search". I don't care that I have nothing to hide, it is none of their fucking business.
Much like when pulled over (rarely happens), and if asked to get out of the car, I roll window up, step out and lock the car behind me. I'm not an ass to them at all, in fact I am very polite, answer as needed, and cooperate, but I do try to exercise my rights.
And...as for the opening story, it was complaining about the "patchwork" of states issuing licenses. So what? People are forgetting, that you are a citizen of your state first, and then a citizen of the US. Besides the fact that a drivers license is a license to drive first, and not issuesdas an ID (you can get one of those for that purpose), there should be no national license, or national ID. The feds have no constitutional basis for issuing or regulating such IMHO. That would be yet another stretch for them overreaching "interstate commerce".
I really, really wish...if we could as a country, is have the government basically tell me how much tax to pay (simplify this)...and then, leave me the fuck alone. Especially the Feds.
For my local/state govt, well, they are more answerable to me, and I will be more willing and answerable to them too....within limited bounds.
That's the way the country was set up, but we've wandered so far off the path over the years.
*sigh*
Well, I think you're conflating toxicity to mortality.
Pot may not kill you, but I do believe there are studies showing that prolonged, continuous usage (i.e. abuse) can lead to some memory problems and possibly neuron damage in the brain?
So, I stand by what I said, most all medicines ARE somewhat poisonous, just depends on how much you do and how toxic they are in those amounts.
Yup, I feel sorry for people that don't ever drink.
When they wake up in the morning, that is the best they will feel all day!!
Folks, face it...pretty much ALL medicine or things with medicinal qualities are in some way poisonous to the system, depending on how you frame things.
It seems the teetotalers and anti-any drug other than pure O2 from God's own air system, will say about anything to defend their position that anything that can intoxicate is BAD, and cannot possibly have a single good or beneficial 'side effect'.
Yep, that's why I love the Mardi Gras season here in New Orleans SOOO much.
It is like the worlds largest cocktail party...the women all already have a drink in their hands, and hell, if you're in the Quarter, you likely will get to see what their carrying under their sweaters if you offer them some nice long beads.
It is the perfect time of the year to get laid!!!
Alcohol == Conversation Lubrication!!!
However, I'd posit, that there really isn't anything that can match the large movement of air, like a large speaker (horn loaded is my pref) for good sound.
The best pair of headphones just can't beat this IMHO.
Other than that , I really like the points you made!!
Not a problem.
Old cars are grandfathered in for pollution levels.
That and I live in a state where they don't do any "sniff" tests on inspections. Hell, not all states even require inspections at all.