Apparent or not, it counters the AC's original point. AC was suggesting that bringing up Jewish heritage was just semi-solipsism (or not-so-semi narcissism) on the part of the author of the article. And I was countering that it was actually a relevant perspective because Aaron, the subject of the article, shared in that heritage.
Real quantum programmers don't need quantum crutches to check their work. They do it all by existing simultaneously in all quantum states. Next thing these whiners will ask for is an IDE... pathetic.
If it suits their business needs, then yes, it could happen. There is a million reasons to stay in California and a million reasons to leave. If the do leave, they can claim any one of the other reasons for leaving.
Minors most certainly can enter into a contract. That contract is legally binding against the company but the minor has the ability to walk away from the contract with no penalty.
This is a more precise way of stating what I meant to say. Thanks for the heads up. This does, however, re-enforce the second part of my statement: minors cannot give legally binding consent to anything.
By the virtue of having jurisdiction over the land on which the server farms are located and the land on which most of these companies have their HQ's.
I, for one, would welcome those companies moving all their remaining business here. They make most of their money on the stock market, anyway. About time they spent most of their money in New York, too. It's a win-win for California. This way California politicians won't have to worry about how to enforce the law. They can blame the lack of enforcement on the fact that Cali is no longer solvent.
Why do you even think that programming has to involve text? Aren't you effectively stuck in the functional programming paradigm? It was an anachronism of the early stage of computing when programming was used primarily for computations. If you start thinking of computers and of programming as controlling devices, you would realize that the clear view of what you control is more important than knowledge of stock algorithms implemented over and over again in text. Human thought progresses through creating new abstractions which better handle old problems. Better ways to solve old problems and new problems is not only inevitable, it is a good thing.
BUT! Isn't California very quickly approaching the state where no company doing development there can credibly claim to be anything but an arm of the government? Since Yahoo forbade telecommuting a few months ago, it's hard to believe that they wouldn't fall to the leftist state's political pressure to monitor all user activity in secret. And how much can one really trust any transparency report issued internally? Corruption does not result from people acting contrary to their principles. It results from people allowing their human nature to take over when their principles conflict with one another.
He wasn't saying that Putin was Marxist. He posited "Marxism is actually Fascism with the ruling racial class carefully concealed from public view through tight control of the media."
Well, setting aside his obvious antisemitism and quotes taken out of context to support his psychosis (I don't care why... maybe he really believes it, maybe he is trying to give a bad name to a group to which he trying to cling to, but who cares really?), he did posit that statement in a discussion about what is and what is not fascism. The discussion itself did not talk about Putin -- only about ideology as such. The only reason to bring a quote or misquote from Putin into such a discussion would be to argue from authority. Ie, Putin would presumable know what a true marxist is. But Putin is not a marxist (as I tried to point out he is much more of a fascist).
He then connected the First Soviet government
Not connected -- posited to borrow your word. I don't think Putin said something like that. He is too well-aware of actual Russian history to say anything even close to that.
I am saying that it is more important to allow talented students to develop early on to the best of their ability. If they "learn on their own" or any other euphemism for not being given the best schooling, their time during the years when they are most able to learn (the childhood) is wasted. And wasting the best of humanity is not only destructive, it's down right immoral.
This type of arrangement has existed for a long time in the NYC. It has a few schools for the very talented which produce exceptional students and the average schools. And the schools which pretty much can't function without metal detectors at the doors. As good as the students in those public schools are, the private schools still produce better educated students.
That's why the examples of right wing we have to point to are Monarchy and Fascism/Nazism.
That's a profound misunderstanding of fascism. Mussolini started his career in the socialist party and at the moment of his death was the leader of Italy's socialist party. Fascism advocated universal employment, free health care and free education. It was far, far further left socially than anything proposed even by the Democrats in the US. It's idiotic to compare fascism to any monarchy. Militarism is a staple of every leftist movement. Their idea of negotiation is the right surrendering and becoming leftist. The last truly right wing republican in the US was Eisenhower who opposed US dependence of foreign oil precisely because it would lead to over-militarization. The first Republican President to "compromise" was Nixon. If you think corporotization leads to over-militarism, then you'd have to explain why China became less millitant as it became less Communist and more corporate. Trade stops wars. The rest is details.
Putin is not Marxist. He is fascist in Mussolini's sense of the word. In fact, he couldn't model modern Russia on Mussolini's vision more than he already has even if he tried.
If you follow the right wing american view that any planned economic activity is socialism, then yes, it's socialism.
It's not right wing american. It's normal american. In order to be in the right wing in the US, you have to believe in over militarism and strong role of church in the affairs of the state.
As to racial superiority, the fascists were no more racially superior than 'free' societies.
The state was central to everything in fascism. This was not only for the purposes of subjugating private economic activity, but also for the purpose of deciding which states would be masters and which should be subservient. Hitler just took it further and rather than the state as an administrative entity, he decided to emphasize nationality as an ethnic-centric concept. But you can't accuse Italian fascism of being internationalist. They certainly did view the world as divided between nations which must rule and nations which must serve.
I'd say Italian fascism was emphesized nationality (as in citizenship) rather than ethnicity, but it certainly was not an internationalist movement. It definitely did subscribe to the idea of master nations which must subjugate all others nations for its interests.
i would say italy was very reluctant in accepting it rather than saying that they rejected it. Italy's first act of aggression was against an African country.
The question is not if you can outperform in average education levels. The question is whether those who benefit the most from education get the best education. All countries have average students who forget everything they ever learned in school. But it is those who remember what they learned and who go on to advance the world that benefit the most from the education. The extensive schooling exists to give them a chance to progress. It's not about the money. Private schools admit quite a few talented students who go there for free. In fact, the rich who pay for private schools pay for the clout of rubbing shoulders with the talented poor (I am oversimplifying the dynamics of it, but not by much).
The main issue is how to secure it. It's only feasible if it's medium distance to very long distance. Which means it has to connect densely populated areas while going through sparsely populated areas. The level of security that it would require would be much higher than train tracks because the high air pressure requirement makes it less stable. Securing highly pressurized tubes over hundreds of miles of sparsely populated area might make the whole project less feasible.
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Apparent or not, it counters the AC's original point. AC was suggesting that bringing up Jewish heritage was just semi-solipsism (or not-so-semi narcissism) on the part of the author of the article. And I was countering that it was actually a relevant perspective because Aaron, the subject of the article, shared in that heritage.
I think he was reflecting on Aaron's not getting the full benefit of his Jewish heritage.
Real quantum programmers don't need quantum crutches to check their work. They do it all by existing simultaneously in all quantum states. Next thing these whiners will ask for is an IDE... pathetic.
If it suits their business needs, then yes, it could happen. There is a million reasons to stay in California and a million reasons to leave. If the do leave, they can claim any one of the other reasons for leaving.
Minors most certainly can enter into a contract. That contract is legally binding against the company but the minor has the ability to walk away from the contract with no penalty.
This is a more precise way of stating what I meant to say. Thanks for the heads up. This does, however, re-enforce the second part of my statement: minors cannot give legally binding consent to anything.
If people post stuff on an online social media site, aren't they giving permission to publish it online?
Minor cannot legally enter into a contract. By the virtue of this, they cannot give legally binding consent to anything.
By the virtue of having jurisdiction over the land on which the server farms are located and the land on which most of these companies have their HQ's.
I, for one, would welcome those companies moving all their remaining business here. They make most of their money on the stock market, anyway. About time they spent most of their money in New York, too. It's a win-win for California. This way California politicians won't have to worry about how to enforce the law. They can blame the lack of enforcement on the fact that Cali is no longer solvent.
Why do you even think that programming has to involve text? Aren't you effectively stuck in the functional programming paradigm? It was an anachronism of the early stage of computing when programming was used primarily for computations. If you start thinking of computers and of programming as controlling devices, you would realize that the clear view of what you control is more important than knowledge of stock algorithms implemented over and over again in text. Human thought progresses through creating new abstractions which better handle old problems. Better ways to solve old problems and new problems is not only inevitable, it is a good thing.
BUT! Isn't California very quickly approaching the state where no company doing development there can credibly claim to be anything but an arm of the government? Since Yahoo forbade telecommuting a few months ago, it's hard to believe that they wouldn't fall to the leftist state's political pressure to monitor all user activity in secret. And how much can one really trust any transparency report issued internally? Corruption does not result from people acting contrary to their principles. It results from people allowing their human nature to take over when their principles conflict with one another.
why not osama bin laden? if we gonna start honoring criminals, go big.
He wasn't saying that Putin was Marxist. He posited "Marxism is actually Fascism with the ruling racial class carefully concealed from public view through tight control of the media."
Well, setting aside his obvious antisemitism and quotes taken out of context to support his psychosis (I don't care why... maybe he really believes it, maybe he is trying to give a bad name to a group to which he trying to cling to, but who cares really?), he did posit that statement in a discussion about what is and what is not fascism. The discussion itself did not talk about Putin -- only about ideology as such. The only reason to bring a quote or misquote from Putin into such a discussion would be to argue from authority. Ie, Putin would presumable know what a true marxist is. But Putin is not a marxist (as I tried to point out he is much more of a fascist).
He then connected the First Soviet government
Not connected -- posited to borrow your word. I don't think Putin said something like that. He is too well-aware of actual Russian history to say anything even close to that.
I am well-aware of it. I did mention that they produce exceptional students.
I am saying that it is more important to allow talented students to develop early on to the best of their ability. If they "learn on their own" or any other euphemism for not being given the best schooling, their time during the years when they are most able to learn (the childhood) is wasted. And wasting the best of humanity is not only destructive, it's down right immoral.
This type of arrangement has existed for a long time in the NYC. It has a few schools for the very talented which produce exceptional students and the average schools. And the schools which pretty much can't function without metal detectors at the doors. As good as the students in those public schools are, the private schools still produce better educated students.
That's why the examples of right wing we have to point to are Monarchy and Fascism/Nazism.
That's a profound misunderstanding of fascism. Mussolini started his career in the socialist party and at the moment of his death was the leader of Italy's socialist party. Fascism advocated universal employment, free health care and free education. It was far, far further left socially than anything proposed even by the Democrats in the US. It's idiotic to compare fascism to any monarchy. Militarism is a staple of every leftist movement. Their idea of negotiation is the right surrendering and becoming leftist. The last truly right wing republican in the US was Eisenhower who opposed US dependence of foreign oil precisely because it would lead to over-militarization. The first Republican President to "compromise" was Nixon. If you think corporotization leads to over-militarism, then you'd have to explain why China became less millitant as it became less Communist and more corporate. Trade stops wars. The rest is details.
Putin is not Marxist. He is fascist in Mussolini's sense of the word. In fact, he couldn't model modern Russia on Mussolini's vision more than he already has even if he tried.
If you follow the right wing american view that any planned economic activity is socialism, then yes, it's socialism.
It's not right wing american. It's normal american. In order to be in the right wing in the US, you have to believe in over militarism and strong role of church in the affairs of the state.
As to racial superiority, the fascists were no more racially superior than 'free' societies.
The state was central to everything in fascism. This was not only for the purposes of subjugating private economic activity, but also for the purpose of deciding which states would be masters and which should be subservient. Hitler just took it further and rather than the state as an administrative entity, he decided to emphasize nationality as an ethnic-centric concept. But you can't accuse Italian fascism of being internationalist. They certainly did view the world as divided between nations which must rule and nations which must serve.
I'd say Italian fascism was emphesized nationality (as in citizenship) rather than ethnicity, but it certainly was not an internationalist movement. It definitely did subscribe to the idea of master nations which must subjugate all others nations for its interests.
i would say italy was very reluctant in accepting it rather than saying that they rejected it. Italy's first act of aggression was against an African country.
The question is not if you can outperform in average education levels. The question is whether those who benefit the most from education get the best education. All countries have average students who forget everything they ever learned in school. But it is those who remember what they learned and who go on to advance the world that benefit the most from the education. The extensive schooling exists to give them a chance to progress. It's not about the money. Private schools admit quite a few talented students who go there for free. In fact, the rich who pay for private schools pay for the clout of rubbing shoulders with the talented poor (I am oversimplifying the dynamics of it, but not by much).
So they think Obama is a racist?
Christopher Hitchens wrote for Slate. But, of course, he is dead now. And so is any sense of perspective at Slate.
sure there is. marxist = socialism + internationalism. fascism = socialism + racial superiority complex.
The main issue is how to secure it. It's only feasible if it's medium distance to very long distance. Which means it has to connect densely populated areas while going through sparsely populated areas. The level of security that it would require would be much higher than train tracks because the high air pressure requirement makes it less stable. Securing highly pressurized tubes over hundreds of miles of sparsely populated area might make the whole project less feasible.