FYI I'm under no illusions about the fact that moneyed interests have effectively been running the show for the longest time, and would be the first to agree that the political status quo in the western world is abysmal.
I don't even think large scale protest in the UK is all that unlikely if things carry on as they are (not that it would achieve much).
I just don't believe that last month's crime spree was it, and I do think a lot of international commentators have been very, very keen to turn it into something it wasn't.
If you have enough pie for 8, you won't starve if the government takes half of it, or even 75%
If I only have enough pie for 2 then we're getting close to the mark at the same tax rate.
My preferred solution (and I suspect yours too) would be to make significant cuts to the scope of government such that it didn't need so damned much pie in the first place. But absent that pipe-dream ever coming true the person with 8 pieces of pie will necessarily find themselves taxed at a higher rate, regardless of perceptions of fairness.
Yeah, I don't believe you. Not for a second. Mostly because I'm British and was in London at the time.
You've been misinformed if you thought there was anything political going on, or if you thought the numbers involved were in any way significant. People were given prison sentences for commiting crimes of acquisition, or conspiracy to do the same.
I'm not even going to comment on the veracity of your claims on the Libyan thing.
"But why should the family making the $1M a year have to pay more (as a percentage) than the family making $22.5K? That doesn't seem vary fair."
Because they can afford to. The gubmit needs money, and these folks can afford to give up a higher percentage without suffering.
Is it fair? Hard to tell. Someone earning a million is not doing so in a vacuum, and needs the infrastructure of society and other people around to get into that position (in most cases). OTOH you're right, it doesn't seem 'fair' at a gut reaction level.
It's a tough area to resolve.
But I know for a fact that I'd rather be left with $500K than $20,250, even if I'm paying 50% tax compared to the other guy's 10%, or even if the other guy paid none at all.
The richest 10% in terms of annual personal income starts at around $80k per annum.
That's decent earning, but it's hardly "the rich". I'd be far more interested in what the top 1% pay, and if it's proportional to their income when compared to the lower percentiles.
You know that nobody is forced to take GCSE's in the UK, right?
And that most schools will have a core - English, Mathematics, Science, a language, either history or geography or both - and then other electives on top of that?
The number of GCSE's people do in the UK varies with ability too, from 4 or 5 to some exceptional kids doing up to 15. Programming will not be forced down anyone's throat.
OTOH I would have jumped at the chance to do that instead of Latin.
The problem with prohibition was that nobody was following that law, for the most part not even the law enforcement being expected to enforce the law.
And you know what they call laws that nobody follows?
Unjust, useless and counter productive.
There's little reason to believe that the other serious problems with drug abuse are going to go away just because the government bows to pressure and legalizes it. I mean, that hasn't happened with alcohol, so I'm not sure why one would expect it to happen with drugs.
Drug related health problems and addiction may well rise with legalisation.
However that pales in comparison with the wholescale murder we're witnessing, let alone the rest of the costs to society.
At GCSE level that's not really relevant. Some simple C, java or other programming skills along with an intro to computer architecture and an intro to algorithms will be enough.
Yeah, you really have no idea what you're talking about do you?
The DMCA and similar laws make it illegal to circumvent copy protection measures, not format shifting. I doubt many arcade games from last century even had copy protection.
Of course it's fixed, it's fixed by design. The rate of bitcoin creation was decided when the scheme kicked off, and is pretty much immutable.
The only thing that changes is that the more people mine it, the harder it gets, giving out less per miner, but keeping the overall creation rate and eventual total exactly the same.
This is not meant to be (too) snarky but have you actually, really been living under a rock? Or are we looking at a sort of prominence effect - that it only counts if an economist says it?
'cos some folks spotted this one a while ago.
Bitcoin's biggest proponents are always, always hoarders. The few that don't hoard are speculators. There's no real economy and for the reasons pointed out, little chance of there being one.
No, I'm not a Nurse, never have been, never will be.
If you want to call internship followed by employment 'networking' then that's up to you, I would disagree. At that point it's a merit based hire. You don't invite the interns back if they can't do the job.
I very much doubt you have access to figures on how graduates find jobs either. Personally it wouldn't surprise me if the US, a country of people who pride themselves far more on communication and networking, had a far higher figure than the UK.
Computer Science is a big red sign telling everyone "vocational studies, not a real academic subject".
*cough* bullshit *cough*
Computer Science where I studied (Southampton) included mathematics, formal proofs, compiler engineering, neural networks, AI, optimisation theory, computer vision and a whole bunch of other academic studies. And there absolutely are Ph.D's in it.
CS is a rigorous academic subject in a lot of places. Your wires are crossed somewhere.
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FYI I'm under no illusions about the fact that moneyed interests have effectively been running the show for the longest time, and would be the first to agree that the political status quo in the western world is abysmal.
I don't even think large scale protest in the UK is all that unlikely if things carry on as they are (not that it would achieve much).
I just don't believe that last month's crime spree was it, and I do think a lot of international commentators have been very, very keen to turn it into something it wasn't.
Over the top likely to be reduced on appeal.
However incitement/conspiracy is a crime on both sides of the atlantic IIRC.
My news wasn't just from the BBC, pray tell what rock-solid new org you got yours from? Alex Jones?
You miss the point.
If you have enough pie for 8, you won't starve if the government takes half of it, or even 75%
If I only have enough pie for 2 then we're getting close to the mark at the same tax rate.
My preferred solution (and I suspect yours too) would be to make significant cuts to the scope of government such that it didn't need so damned much pie in the first place. But absent that pipe-dream ever coming true the person with 8 pieces of pie will necessarily find themselves taxed at a higher rate, regardless of perceptions of fairness.
Yeah, I don't believe you. Not for a second. Mostly because I'm British and was in London at the time.
You've been misinformed if you thought there was anything political going on, or if you thought the numbers involved were in any way significant. People were given prison sentences for commiting crimes of acquisition, or conspiracy to do the same.
I'm not even going to comment on the veracity of your claims on the Libyan thing.
Please never again compare the arab revolts and the UK 'riots' in such a way, it just shows your ignorance.
There's a difference between political demonstration and looting a new pair of Nike's.
Because they can afford to. The gubmit needs money, and these folks can afford to give up a higher percentage without suffering.
Is it fair? Hard to tell. Someone earning a million is not doing so in a vacuum, and needs the infrastructure of society and other people around to get into that position (in most cases). OTOH you're right, it doesn't seem 'fair' at a gut reaction level.
It's a tough area to resolve.
But I know for a fact that I'd rather be left with $500K than $20,250, even if I'm paying 50% tax compared to the other guy's 10%, or even if the other guy paid none at all.
The richest 10% in terms of annual personal income starts at around $80k per annum.
That's decent earning, but it's hardly "the rich". I'd be far more interested in what the top 1% pay, and if it's proportional to their income when compared to the lower percentiles.
You might want to explain that to the edelweiss-piraten movement, who resisted the Hitler Youth.
Really trying not to godwin this, it's just an example of the use of the term pirate in German, and pre-dating software piracy by a long way.
Wow!
That's a whole lot of prejudice and just plain wrongness packed into just two, badly punctuated sentences.
Where are you people getting the idea this is mandaatory?
People take all different GCSE qualifications. This will be for kids that want to do it, or whose school have chosen it as a core subject.
You know that nobody is forced to take GCSE's in the UK, right?
And that most schools will have a core - English, Mathematics, Science, a language, either history or geography or both - and then other electives on top of that?
The number of GCSE's people do in the UK varies with ability too, from 4 or 5 to some exceptional kids doing up to 15. Programming will not be forced down anyone's throat.
OTOH I would have jumped at the chance to do that instead of Latin.
And you know what they call laws that nobody follows?
Unjust, useless and counter productive.
Drug related health problems and addiction may well rise with legalisation.
However that pales in comparison with the wholescale murder we're witnessing, let alone the rest of the costs to society.
Basic vs Fortran was in the 80s, I know it takes some thinking to realise how old you are, but the 80s ended over two decades ago.
Seriously?
At GCSE level that's not really relevant. Some simple C, java or other programming skills along with an intro to computer architecture and an intro to algorithms will be enough.
Tissue.
Only Americans (maybe Canadians too?) call it a Kleenex in my experience.
You realise that was to stop people overwriting games, not to stop them being copied?
Yeah, you really have no idea what you're talking about do you?
The DMCA and similar laws make it illegal to circumvent copy protection measures, not format shifting. I doubt many arcade games from last century even had copy protection.
Only if they work for the right people. Otherwise they'll be arrested and thrown in jail.
Apple actually did some work. Bitcoin is pure speculation. These are different things.
Awesome work!
I hope all those that put money into the system to pay you are just as happy...
Of course it's fixed, it's fixed by design. The rate of bitcoin creation was decided when the scheme kicked off, and is pretty much immutable.
The only thing that changes is that the more people mine it, the harder it gets, giving out less per miner, but keeping the overall creation rate and eventual total exactly the same.
This is not meant to be (too) snarky but have you actually, really been living under a rock? Or are we looking at a sort of prominence effect - that it only counts if an economist says it?
'cos some folks spotted this one a while ago.
Bitcoin's biggest proponents are always, always hoarders. The few that don't hoard are speculators. There's no real economy and for the reasons pointed out, little chance of there being one.
No, I'm not a Nurse, never have been, never will be.
If you want to call internship followed by employment 'networking' then that's up to you, I would disagree. At that point it's a merit based hire. You don't invite the interns back if they can't do the job.
I very much doubt you have access to figures on how graduates find jobs either. Personally it wouldn't surprise me if the US, a country of people who pride themselves far more on communication and networking, had a far higher figure than the UK.
Interesting. They must not have liked you very much. They tend to give lower offers to people they actually want.
IC have a worldwide rep. Didn't do my degree there, personally, and I'd think twice before holding forth in such ignorance as yourself.
*cough* bullshit *cough*
Computer Science where I studied (Southampton) included mathematics, formal proofs, compiler engineering, neural networks, AI, optimisation theory, computer vision and a whole bunch of other academic studies. And there absolutely are Ph.D's in it.
CS is a rigorous academic subject in a lot of places. Your wires are crossed somewhere.