My dad does NOT have a cell phone with anything other than phone capability. Yes, he's old. But that's like saying "No access for wheelchairs, if you wanna fly, you gotta walk"
Years ago, I worked as the sole IT guy for a small company business , involved in the Hard drive industry. The bosses son was a manager in the company, terrible hothead and an idiot to boot, but really tall, strong and had a black belt. He once threw a hammer through a wall because he was mad, just missing hitting another employee with it. He also cried to his father about the employees not liking him. Literally, cried behind closed doors. The secretary heard and couldn't stop laughing.
Anyway...myself and the engineering designers used to play Quake at lunch,the only reason we were allowed to was because after he found out, he had to play as well. He was one of those guys who would fume if he lost, but gloat whenever he won. He also had the fastest computer at the time. One day, tired of his march of triumph and having him point his finger at me shouting "you suck, I won, frag!" over and over, I went into his office and slowed his graphics card down. Since quake was the only thing we used that even remotely taxed the graphics system, he only noticed it when playing the game. Which resulted in his session being "stutter stutter stutter frag". Over and over and over. He immediately started screaming, which we could all hear through every office, shouting "wait, wait , this isn't fair!". Finally, he comes storming into my office and screams at me "I know you did this, I know it was you! You broke my computer!!!" Fearing for my life, I bluffed "Wait, you mean I secretly went into your office, broke your computer but left it still partially functional, just so you could lose at Quake and I'd have to fix it later? I risked my job just so you could lose the game? Do you really think I'm that unprofessional?" Of course I was! I guess I snowed him, because I ended up going back to his office later that day and spent THREE HOURS OF OVERTIME making one simple change. The quake games ended shortly thereafter, because every time someone lost they'd begin shouting "Wait, wait this isn't fair!" and he got pissed off.
"What Netflix wants to do is to unleash film," he said. "It's fundamentally about growing the movie business." How magnanimous. And here I believed they just wanted to make a lot of money. So I'll be waiting for my free netflix account, since all they want is to "grow the movie business". Good lord: You sell entertainment. Don't pretend like you're healing lepers.
I work for a public organization, where they would absolutely salivate over hiring any underrepresented group. In our last round of basic technician hiring, 150 or so people who applied for two positions.This was a job posted well ahead of time, to most of the government jobs websites. Only two women applied. Of them, one failed the first written exam, and the second failed her hands on test because she didn't want to lift a PC ( job description included lifting 50 pounds occasionally). The management was tearing out their hair trying to figure out why this was happening.
China will automate until people start having issues there finding work. At that point, the social contract for "allow us leaders to be dictators in exchange for you having a rapidly increasing income" will break, and you'll begin to hear chants for throwing the robots out.
Are you kidding? The ENTIRE Chinese Internet is monitored- The Great Firewall. And if you don't understand why backdoors are ripe for being exploited....I'm at a loss for words.
If you really believe your own government isn't doing this, you're fairly naive. "oh, we're good, and all you bad fellows out there, don't trust you!".
I thought batteries for electric cars performed badly in cold weather. Wouldn't Norway be a place where you wouldn't want to use electric only vehicles?
It really started following the North Hollywood shootout which happened almost exactly 20 years ago. A prime portion of that was the underarmed cops having to borrow rifles from a nearby gun store, as shots with pistols and shotguns did nothing to the two criminals involved. Reading up on that incident makes it easier to understand why they decided to militarize. Not saying I agree, just makes it less "They wanna kill us all now!"
The only real way to make this work in California is to convince the governor that offshoring isn't Green. Have the local workers all bicycle to work, and they're guaranteed a job.
Some cultures love to brag about how much the stuff they buy costs. At my old job we had an ethic of being cheapass idiots, and would generally brag about how we managed to score a deal. two or three different cultures represented. Two women were soon hired, and they immediately started bragging about how much they paid for various things ( car, house,etc. ). The both came from the same culture. It was obvious that to them it was a matter of pride to pay full price/no deal on things. To us it was a matter of stupidity.
That's the problem here, nobody builds--too many legal impediments and NIMBY folk. Hell, In Los Angeles, an AIDS advocacy group is the primary sponsor on a building measure, simply because the guy in charge doesn't want to ruin his office view. If you can explain to me how slow growth helps aids patients, I'll eat a horse.
I don't buy that. Teachers, depending where they are, are well paid. Hell, they're running ads on the radio here ( in Los Angeles) talking about hiring teachers in Clark County ( Las Vegas), with a guarantee of a raise if you make less than 78K a year, and 28% of your income as retirement contribution. Burnout is another issue, but not directly related to salary.
The problem, as I see it, is when people who I consider reasonable suddenly begin pondering how to break the law, or subvert it, then there is a bigger issue than just "You're breaking the law". you've made law abiding citizens into criminals.
Of the FOUR class action suits I've "subscribed" to in the past, I've received exactly ZERO dollars. Because, frankly, once the lawyers have your name and can make their money, there is no real motivation for them to actually obtain anything for you. I refuse this sort of thing now on principal.
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I've always considered tall people getting screwed on planes to be the one minor equalizer. In all other aspects in society, height is a benefit.
Taller people, on average, earn more.
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I once took a train from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Three Days.
Thanks, I hadn't thought ticket/boarding pass. You're right, I haven't had a paper ticket in forever.
I'm pretty sure your phone won't die "unexpectedly"
bwahahahahahahaha!. I'm sorry, that's the funniest thing I've read all day.
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My dad does NOT have a cell phone with anything other than phone capability.
Yes, he's old. But that's like saying "No access for wheelchairs, if you wanna fly, you gotta walk"
Years ago, I worked as the sole IT guy for a small company business , involved in the Hard drive industry.
The bosses son was a manager in the company, terrible hothead and an idiot to boot, but really tall, strong and had a black belt.
He once threw a hammer through a wall because he was mad, just missing hitting another employee with it. He also cried to his father about the employees not liking him. Literally, cried behind closed doors. The secretary heard and couldn't stop laughing.
Anyway...myself and the engineering designers used to play Quake at lunch,the only reason we were allowed to was because after he found out, he had to play as well.
He was one of those guys who would fume if he lost, but gloat whenever he won. He also had the fastest computer at the time.
One day, tired of his march of triumph and having him point his finger at me shouting "you suck, I won, frag!" over and over, I went into his office and slowed his graphics card down. Since quake was the only thing we used that even remotely taxed the graphics system, he only noticed it when playing the game. Which resulted in his session being "stutter stutter stutter frag". Over and over and over.
He immediately started screaming, which we could all hear through every office, shouting "wait, wait , this isn't fair!". Finally, he comes storming into my office and screams at me "I know you did this, I know it was you! You broke my computer!!!"
Fearing for my life, I bluffed "Wait, you mean I secretly went into your office, broke your computer but left it still partially functional, just so you could lose at Quake and I'd have to fix it later? I risked my job just so you could lose the game? Do you really think I'm that unprofessional?" Of course I was!
I guess I snowed him, because I ended up going back to his office later that day and spent THREE HOURS OF OVERTIME making one simple change.
The quake games ended shortly thereafter, because every time someone lost they'd begin shouting "Wait, wait this isn't fair!" and he got pissed off.
"What Netflix wants to do is to unleash film," he said. "It's fundamentally about growing the movie business."
How magnanimous. And here I believed they just wanted to make a lot of money.
So I'll be waiting for my free netflix account, since all they want is to "grow the movie business".
Good lord: You sell entertainment. Don't pretend like you're healing lepers.
I work for a public organization, where they would absolutely salivate over hiring any underrepresented group.
In our last round of basic technician hiring, 150 or so people who applied for two positions.This was a job posted well ahead of time, to most of the government jobs websites.
Only two women applied. Of them, one failed the first written exam, and the second failed her hands on test because she didn't want to lift a PC ( job description included lifting 50 pounds occasionally).
The management was tearing out their hair trying to figure out why this was happening.
China will automate until people start having issues there finding work.
At that point, the social contract for "allow us leaders to be dictators in exchange for you having a rapidly increasing income" will break, and you'll begin to hear chants for throwing the robots out.
Also, said everyone with ad free cable in the early days. hint: They didn't.
On a daily basis, I'm forced to modify system security functions under non admin accounts using admin credentials.
Are you kidding? The ENTIRE Chinese Internet is monitored- The Great Firewall.
And if you don't understand why backdoors are ripe for being exploited....I'm at a loss for words.
1812: that was the British.
If you really believe your own government isn't doing this, you're fairly naive. "oh, we're good, and all you bad fellows out there, don't trust you!".
I thought batteries for electric cars performed badly in cold weather. Wouldn't Norway be a place where you wouldn't want to use electric only vehicles?
It really started following the North Hollywood shootout which happened almost exactly 20 years ago.
A prime portion of that was the underarmed cops having to borrow rifles from a nearby gun store, as shots with pistols and shotguns did nothing to the two criminals involved. Reading up on that incident makes it easier to understand why they decided to militarize. Not saying I agree, just makes it less "They wanna kill us all now!"
The only real way to make this work in California is to convince the governor that offshoring isn't Green.
Have the local workers all bicycle to work, and they're guaranteed a job.
Some cultures love to brag about how much the stuff they buy costs.
At my old job we had an ethic of being cheapass idiots, and would generally brag about how we managed to score a deal. two or three different cultures represented.
Two women were soon hired, and they immediately started bragging about how much they paid for various things ( car, house,etc. ). The both came from the same culture. It was obvious that to them it was a matter of pride to pay full price/no deal on things. To us it was a matter of stupidity.
That's the problem here, nobody builds--too many legal impediments and NIMBY folk.
Hell, In Los Angeles, an AIDS advocacy group is the primary sponsor on a building measure, simply because the guy in charge doesn't want to ruin his office view.
If you can explain to me how slow growth helps aids patients, I'll eat a horse.
I don't buy that. Teachers, depending where they are, are well paid. Hell, they're running ads on the radio here ( in Los Angeles) talking about hiring teachers in Clark County ( Las Vegas), with a guarantee of a raise if you make less than 78K a year, and 28% of your income as retirement contribution.
Burnout is another issue, but not directly related to salary.
In your group, yes. And in the group in another location, they're laughing at you. Because everyone is bellowing in an echo chamber.
Heavily? Compared to the rest of California, perhaps.
The problem, as I see it, is when people who I consider reasonable suddenly begin pondering how to break the law, or subvert it, then there is a bigger issue than just "You're breaking the law". you've made law abiding citizens into criminals.
Of the FOUR class action suits I've "subscribed" to in the past, I've received exactly ZERO dollars.
Because, frankly, once the lawyers have your name and can make their money, there is no real motivation for them to actually obtain anything for you.
I refuse this sort of thing now on principal.