Decades ago the tax system was also quite different. There was a 90% tax rate, for example. Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]">historically the minimum wage was higher when one takes into account the purchasing power.
I'd say it was peaked in the early 60's...and Kennedy slashed taxes....remember Camelot as it was described?
I'm not saying it was perfect....no, blacks should not have been segregated and all, BUT...the black communities in themselves, seemed to be much more at peace and harmony within their own....you didn't see the widespread hard drug use, the unwed pregnancies, nor the gang behavior.
They pretty much also had "normal" sounding names...something that is now used to discriminate against them presently. That wasn't the case back then, other things were, but not a name on an application alone, like it can be today.
I don't know that throwing money at it will help, as that the problem is for many of these kids, their parents don't give a shit about getting them educated, or the culture in those neighborhoods, is that if you're trying to gain an education, you're trying to "be white", and that is found upon, etc. Socially, the culture they cultivate is almost in many cases, anti-education.
Money won't solve that, it has to somehow be a group mind think change.
Well, in general the US was MUCH more happy in general decades ago before all the "diversity" BS being pushed on everyone.
Say what you want, but those "horrible" white guys got the US to where it is in terms of wealth and power in the world....and well, ever since we've been putting them down and trying to diverse EVERYTHING...well, the US is declining in power, wealth and happiness in general.
You don't have to be Einstein to put things together.
If you do that, you will automatically be branded a racist for daring such heritical talk.
Doing anything in the US these days, based solely on merit of ones abilities, especially with regards to upper education...is racist and/or sexist in nature.
Many of those private schools are only interested in providing thought silos so that kids cannot ever get honest opposing views.
Kind of like how the public schools and colleges have been doing for decades now with the progressive views and agendas....?
Hell, you try to espouse anything remotely conservative in one of the public school "thought silos", and you get shouted down and silenced. At colleges, the situation is even more harsh where you risk violent protests and physical violence at worst, or possibly expulsion and bad grades at the least.
"Partner" is a generic way to refer to someone's primary romantic relation in a gender and relationship neutral manner. In this case, maybe the woman was his wife, maybe she wasn't. When talking to a group of people, saying "feel free to bring you partner to the party," is way less awkward than saying "girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, or domestic partner".
Wow...interesting.
I have never in my life heard the term "partner" for a normal straight couple....
One father who live-streamed his partner's labour on Facebook last May,
Ok, usually they use "partner" when referencing gay guys these days...so, are we really worrying so much about a private video going public, when we have here, apparently...new of the first man on earth GIVING BIRTH?!?!
I've never heard of a normal heterosexual couple being referred to as "partners" before...girlfriend, wife, sister (in KY)....but never partner, I thought that was the pure domain of the homosexual set...?
On the other hand, a lot more poor countries in the world, which would happen with de-globalization, means increased immigration, legal and illegal, to rich countries.
Well, if we started guarding and enforcing borders like they did in the past...you can keep them out for the most part. I'm talking only about the illegal immigrants.
Legal immigrants are welcome, but the process must be followed and any country should be able to regulate amounts and types of immigration (skill level, etc).
That suggests such a small pool of people that it is a viable probability. I've worked in several different companies, all in the same field, for over 20 years and nobody at any one of them knew anybody from anywhere else. The idea that networking is of paramount importance isn't viable.
Your mileage may vary.
Of course you can get a job without contacts.
But networking makes it easier.
As I'd mentioned elsewhere....you work with people you get along with and respect. They or you move on to other jobs. I mean, these days, staying at ONE place isn't usually going to advance you $$ the way changing jobs every 3-4 years.....
Anyway, as people you know disperse...you stay in touch. Then say YOU need a job. Well, it sure is much easier to start by reaching out to friends you know to get your foot in the door.
Ask yourself, who's going to get first and likely best shot at a new position? Someone who comes in recommended, maybe even a personal introduction before an interview even comes up....and is vouched for by someone already there and trusted....or, someone who's only contact with the company is a faceless resume in a file folder in some HR desk?
I do it for folks I know...they do it for me.
Sure you can cold call, cold interview....but it sure is easier doing it through a network of people you've worked with over the years and getting that foot in the door and getting your name to the top of the list is often the difference in getting a job or not.
It can also work the OPPOSITE way...if you are someone that I've known of, that isn't competent, or who is difficult to work with...guess who the manager or hiring person is told NOT to hire, put at the bottom of the pile or in the circular file bin? Hmm?
Yeah, it pays to build networks, and it is also as important to not burn bridges or be an unsociable asshole.
But I find I work at a place. People like me and how I work.
They then go on to other places, I stay in touch. If I need a job, I reach out to them and they put me in touch with people at their place they are at now and I get my foot in the door ahead of some people that simply only have a faceless resume in a file somewhere.
I do the same whenever a former worker I like is needing a job...I put them in ahead of the crowd, sometimes a job is "found" for them if they are good enough.
But I did read, that it *IS* very much worth your while to put accurate CC on your videos, as that it supposedly highly figures into your Google rankings.
I found that after I transcribed my videos, my rankings did shoot up higher on plain old Google searches and I think also on YouTube suggestions, etc.....so, looks to be worthwhile to do if you want max hits.
Fingerprint data never leaves the TouchID Chip built into the Home Button. And I don't think it even keeps an image of the fingerprint(s), per se; just some sort of ID-hashing code.
I'm on Verizon, and at Xmas I found I was about to run over my data, so I bumped it from 6-8GB...which was at $70/mo.
I fired up the Verizon app on my iPhone and checked and switching from that to unlimited, actually saved me $5 a month...dropped me down to $65/mo for data.
The iPhone thumb has a 48 hour timeout where if you haven't typed in your password in 48 hours the thumb doesn't work. Police in the USA can hold you for 24 hours so odds are the police won't be able to unlock your phone and will be locked out by password by the time they get around to you.
The police can force you to physically touch your thumb or other biometric to the phone to open it. They could easily do this within your 48 hours time limit.....
So far to point, they still cannot pry into your mind to get your code(s)....
That and I just would rather NOT share my fingerprints anymore than I have to, especially with a company....who knows what database that will end up on.
I would say...for your first job, do what you gotta do to get in.
From there....meet people and NETWORK yourself. Meet people in your business, be sociable with them and be someone they like and would like to work with.
I have found that going forward in a career, most often isn't what you know, but WHO you know.
Your professional network is your most valuable tool to use to switch jobs and move up the ladder.
I don't do social media, and I've not had problems so far keeping employed either with W2 or 1099 contracting.
It pays to develop your social skills, because quite often it may mean YOU get the job over someone else that might be technically a bit more qualified. But if you are personable and know people, you will get the edge and the nod 9/10 times.
Well, there you have it...Canada. Different story completely I'm guessing. You don't have the same type of city layouts we do, nor the wide swaths of inhabited land we do here in the US.
Perhaps if you lived in an area that has infrastructure that is non-third world quality
Well, we have a pretty good infrastructure (ok, it is in need of a bit of repair), but it is set up differently than yours is apparently. We have a perfectly fine infrastructure set up for CARS, and lots of them.
Public transport isn't really that practical in the US they way our cities and suburbs are laid out, and it isn't like we're going to scrap the whole thing and start over, you know?
So, yes, for the most part, if you are in the broader USA, and you have any means at all, you own at LEAST one car for private transportation. For most cities in the US, it is only the poor people and smelly bums that take private transportation buses around.
Kind of silly statement when IPhone is made in China. If your specifications and QC are in place Chinese can make quality products.
Well, sure, they can, but if they're not having their feet held to the fire, usually by a US or other major western nation....quality isn't really a major motivator in run of the mill chinese products.
Most of the shit you buy from over there that aren't western products, are pretty much that....shit.
At least in my experience to date.
How about some nice chinese firewall and pet food for ya?
Personally, I'm attracted more to less obese women, but I don't pretend that it's some product of millions of years of evolution so I can feel superior about it.
Hey, good for you....someone has to like the chubby ones, but not for me....
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I'm guessing if you "telecommute" or work from home in India....you are immune to this new rule and you will continue to be allowed to do so....
Wouldn't a bomb blowing up in the luggage hold do just as much damage?
Its bad enough the Feds are doing it, but at least there is still some semblance of court orders, etc.
I don't want companies listening to me all day long and processing it through their AI computer systems.
I'd say it was peaked in the early 60's...and Kennedy slashed taxes....remember Camelot as it was described?
I'm not saying it was perfect....no, blacks should not have been segregated and all, BUT...the black communities in themselves, seemed to be much more at peace and harmony within their own....you didn't see the widespread hard drug use, the unwed pregnancies, nor the gang behavior.
They pretty much also had "normal" sounding names...something that is now used to discriminate against them presently. That wasn't the case back then, other things were, but not a name on an application alone, like it can be today.
Money won't solve that, it has to somehow be a group mind think change.
Say what you want, but those "horrible" white guys got the US to where it is in terms of wealth and power in the world....and well, ever since we've been putting them down and trying to diverse EVERYTHING...well, the US is declining in power, wealth and happiness in general.
You don't have to be Einstein to put things together.
If you do that, you will automatically be branded a racist for daring such heritical talk.
Doing anything in the US these days, based solely on merit of ones abilities, especially with regards to upper education...is racist and/or sexist in nature.
Kind of like how the public schools and colleges have been doing for decades now with the progressive views and agendas....?
Hell, you try to espouse anything remotely conservative in one of the public school "thought silos", and you get shouted down and silenced. At colleges, the situation is even more harsh where you risk violent protests and physical violence at worst, or possibly expulsion and bad grades at the least.
Wow...interesting.
I have never in my life heard the term "partner" for a normal straight couple....
Ok, usually they use "partner" when referencing gay guys these days...so, are we really worrying so much about a private video going public, when we have here, apparently...new of the first man on earth GIVING BIRTH?!?!
I've never heard of a normal heterosexual couple being referred to as "partners" before...girlfriend, wife, sister (in KY)....but never partner, I thought that was the pure domain of the homosexual set...?
Well, if we started guarding and enforcing borders like they did in the past...you can keep them out for the most part. I'm talking only about the illegal immigrants.
Legal immigrants are welcome, but the process must be followed and any country should be able to regulate amounts and types of immigration (skill level, etc).
Your mileage may vary.
Of course you can get a job without contacts.
But networking makes it easier.
As I'd mentioned elsewhere....you work with people you get along with and respect. They or you move on to other jobs. I mean, these days, staying at ONE place isn't usually going to advance you $$ the way changing jobs every 3-4 years.....
Anyway, as people you know disperse...you stay in touch. Then say YOU need a job. Well, it sure is much easier to start by reaching out to friends you know to get your foot in the door.
Ask yourself, who's going to get first and likely best shot at a new position? Someone who comes in recommended, maybe even a personal introduction before an interview even comes up....and is vouched for by someone already there and trusted....or, someone who's only contact with the company is a faceless resume in a file folder in some HR desk?
I do it for folks I know...they do it for me.
Sure you can cold call, cold interview....but it sure is easier doing it through a network of people you've worked with over the years and getting that foot in the door and getting your name to the top of the list is often the difference in getting a job or not.
It can also work the OPPOSITE way...if you are someone that I've known of, that isn't competent, or who is difficult to work with...guess who the manager or hiring person is told NOT to hire, put at the bottom of the pile or in the circular file bin? Hmm?
Yeah, it pays to build networks, and it is also as important to not burn bridges or be an unsociable asshole.
But I find I work at a place. People like me and how I work.
They then go on to other places, I stay in touch. If I need a job, I reach out to them and they put me in touch with people at their place they are at now and I get my foot in the door ahead of some people that simply only have a faceless resume in a file somewhere.
I do the same whenever a former worker I like is needing a job...I put them in ahead of the crowd, sometimes a job is "found" for them if they are good enough.
But I did read, that it *IS* very much worth your while to put accurate CC on your videos, as that it supposedly highly figures into your Google rankings.
I found that after I transcribed my videos, my rankings did shoot up higher on plain old Google searches and I think also on YouTube suggestions, etc.....so, looks to be worthwhile to do if you want max hits.
And you trust them to keep to this...?
I'm on Verizon, and at Xmas I found I was about to run over my data, so I bumped it from 6-8GB...which was at $70/mo.
I fired up the Verizon app on my iPhone and checked and switching from that to unlimited, actually saved me $5 a month...dropped me down to $65/mo for data.
The police can force you to physically touch your thumb or other biometric to the phone to open it. They could easily do this within your 48 hours time limit.....
So far to point, they still cannot pry into your mind to get your code(s)....
That and I just would rather NOT share my fingerprints anymore than I have to, especially with a company....who knows what database that will end up on.
From there....meet people and NETWORK yourself. Meet people in your business, be sociable with them and be someone they like and would like to work with.
I have found that going forward in a career, most often isn't what you know, but WHO you know.
Your professional network is your most valuable tool to use to switch jobs and move up the ladder.
I don't do social media, and I've not had problems so far keeping employed either with W2 or 1099 contracting.
It pays to develop your social skills, because quite often it may mean YOU get the job over someone else that might be technically a bit more qualified. But if you are personable and know people, you will get the edge and the nod 9/10 times.
Unless they allow the disablement of the biometric shit, and allow good old fashioned passwords....I'm not buying it.
Well, there you have it...Canada. Different story completely I'm guessing. You don't have the same type of city layouts we do, nor the wide swaths of inhabited land we do here in the US.
Well, we have a pretty good infrastructure (ok, it is in need of a bit of repair), but it is set up differently than yours is apparently. We have a perfectly fine infrastructure set up for CARS, and lots of them.
Public transport isn't really that practical in the US they way our cities and suburbs are laid out, and it isn't like we're going to scrap the whole thing and start over, you know?
So, yes, for the most part, if you are in the broader USA, and you have any means at all, you own at LEAST one car for private transportation. For most cities in the US, it is only the poor people and smelly bums that take private transportation buses around.
Well, sure, they can, but if they're not having their feet held to the fire, usually by a US or other major western nation....quality isn't really a major motivator in run of the mill chinese products.
Most of the shit you buy from over there that aren't western products, are pretty much that....shit.
At least in my experience to date.
How about some nice chinese firewall and pet food for ya?
Yeah, but thing is....it is still a BUS.
Doesn't matter what you do to the engine or externals of it...who wants to ride a public transportation bus around sitting next to some smelly bums?!?
Yeah, but who wants to buy and el-cheapo chinese smartphone, that will likely blow up and crash on your within a week or purchase?
Hey, good for you....someone has to like the chubby ones, but not for me....
And these are the people we're outsourcing our IT work too....or desperately needing to import the H1B visas for...?