"The only reason a high tech company has to open an office in Silicon Valley is to snipe employees from competitors"
You've clearly never had to hire people. When you're deciding where to open your business, you typically go where it's most cost effective, or you open multiple offices. Having locations where there's an abundance of talent is part of the deal. It has zip to do with "snipe" from competitors. I personally deal with hiring at ~25 locations...some are easy, and some are just about impossible...even with a ton of incentives.
There's a reason they're called "crazy cat (dog) ladies". Frequently, they're also hoarders, suffering depression. I'm not a doctor, but have to deal with a couple in my family.
If you had watched the video you'd know that the thief was sprayed with glitter and repeated squirts of fart gas, causing them to ditch the package. They had no idea there were any phones inside because they never kept the box long enough to open it. Why do people find this crap insightful?
You make it sound as though some of those several hundred aren't justifiable shootings. If you can't do that, we won't be able to come to any agreeable position.
No, you didn't have to. You were likely asked and agreed to do so. Some of use Global Entry, and voluntarily do so to skip the long lines. But no American is required to.
You folks really need to stop reading the tabloids, and follow up on the cases where officers have been jailed for such behavior. There is no such "impunity"
Not sure where you got your data (did actually have some?), but from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..., there's a table that disagrees with you. The first number is for civilians, the second is for veterans.
Annual number of suicides per 100,000 population Women 5.2 28.7 Men 20.9 32.1
In googling to see what kind of suicide training 911 operators get, I got results showing many 911 operators suffer from PTSD, and may be in need of help themselves. Who should they call?
Anecdote from the VA suburbs of DC... In an office where I previously worked, you needed to dial 9 to get an external line, and if you were making a long distance call you would next hit 1. Needless to say, we had numerous instances of people accidentally dialing 911, and when realizing they'd done so, hanging up. The 911 folks couldn't call them back directly, so we had fire trucks show up several times.
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"The only reason a high tech company has to open an office in Silicon Valley is to snipe employees from competitors"
You've clearly never had to hire people. When you're deciding where to open your business, you typically go where it's most cost effective, or you open multiple offices. Having locations where there's an abundance of talent is part of the deal. It has zip to do with "snipe" from competitors. I personally deal with hiring at ~25 locations...some are easy, and some are just about impossible...even with a ton of incentives.
There are a lot of jobs out there that pay for moving expenses, especially in tech. My kid, fresh out of college with a BS in management, got $5k
I think you're way underestimating the cost of having seven dogs. She'd easily have the extra $2k/month w/o them.
https://www.akc.org/expert-adv...
It's a sign of being a hoarder...likely suffering from depression.
There's a reason they're called "crazy cat (dog) ladies". Frequently, they're also hoarders, suffering depression. I'm not a doctor, but have to deal with a couple in my family.
You make it sound as if the rent doubled overnight. That's not how it works.
Also, the cities rarely have schools that are as good as the suburbs. It's certainly that way in Detroit, and Washington DC.
"The fossil fuellers and car manufacturers are actively conspiring..."
Do you have evidence of this or is it conjecture?
If you had watched the video you'd know that the thief was sprayed with glitter and repeated squirts of fart gas, causing them to ditch the package. They had no idea there were any phones inside because they never kept the box long enough to open it. Why do people find this crap insightful?
You're hilarious. Go to anyone of those countries and tell them what you said, and you'll likely get your ass kicked.
If Chinese ACs didn't try to divert attention from the real problem we could focus on the issue at hand.
Yup...it clearly takes four years to teach students how to learn. They certainly didn't spend the prior twelve years doing any such thing.
You make it sound as though some of those several hundred aren't justifiable shootings. If you can't do that, we won't be able to come to any agreeable position.
UK police don't typically worry if the person they just pulled over is packing a weapon. It's an entirely different confrontation.
"Arrest is detaining you until the situation is clear"
Maybe it's different in the UK, but arrest != detain in the US...
https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc...
That's known as the "ledow shuffle".
No, you didn't have to. You were likely asked and agreed to do so. Some of use Global Entry, and voluntarily do so to skip the long lines. But no American is required to.
You folks really need to stop reading the tabloids, and follow up on the cases where officers have been jailed for such behavior. There is no such "impunity"
" and the Met says anyone declining to be scanned "will not be viewed as suspicious"
So, anyone in a burka will be given a cavity search?
"SMS Text messages are what people use to communicate these days"
Yes, most millennial and tech savvy Boomers do, but a very large portion of the population does not. 911 is still the default for most people.
Not sure where you got your data (did actually have some?), but from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..., there's a table that disagrees with you. The first number is for civilians, the second is for veterans.
Annual number of suicides per 100,000 population
Women 5.2 28.7
Men 20.9 32.1
Your recommendation is NOT a panacea for suicide prevention. So sure, let's not help those who are going through an immediate crisis?
I'm all in favor of better health care for the mentally ill, but it doesn't have to be one or the other.
In googling to see what kind of suicide training 911 operators get, I got results showing many 911 operators suffer from PTSD, and may be in need of help themselves. Who should they call?
Anecdote from the VA suburbs of DC...
In an office where I previously worked, you needed to dial 9 to get an external line, and if you were making a long distance call you would next hit 1. Needless to say, we had numerous instances of people accidentally dialing 911, and when realizing they'd done so, hanging up. The 911 folks couldn't call them back directly, so we had fire trucks show up several times.
"Since you can't control what they do, the only way you can "get them in check" is to ..."
There's more than one way. Economic pressure typically works the best if/when diplomacy doesn't.