Udacity is not really a great example due to two factors: 1) it is free (there's likely more motivation to stick with it if you have put money on a course) & 2) there's no actual leveling restrictions (so you could take an upper level course even if you lack the know-how to really handle it).
(Side note: Like you, I'm "dropping" that same course for the time being. Much as I enjoy tinkering with CUDA, I don't have the time in coming weeks. Further side note: Having studied parallel processing over a decade ago, I'm still not certain I agree with their approach to teaching it through the first two Units. Perhaps subsequent Units will improve that.)
On one hand, I'd prefer to see authentication in the hands of someone I consider more reliable (like Google) than someone programmer of questionable ability at (Insert Random Dying Newspaper here).
On the other hand, a hearty "HA HA!" does feel appropriate here. They do get what they are asking for by being so deeply tied to a third party.
Last time I looked, Apple's iOS had about 20% of the market for mobile phones. Since only Apple make phones running iOS, I suppose they have 20% of the market by manufacturer as well. If this is more than any other single manufacturer fair enough, but they're hardly unassailable.
Mobile application sales (and transactions) are a much more interesting measure of success, and Apple's doing quite fine in that department.
Forcing elected officials to be at his (Grover's) behest as opposed to said congressman's constituents is problem #1 with Mr. Norquist. Do you have a reasonable response to that?
The Postal Service must send carriers to on routes for every single mailbox in case there is mail to be picked up. Neither FedEx nor UPS want this job.
It amazes me that folks do not understand this point. UPS and FedEx would never take on First Class postal responsibilities. It's extremely inefficient.
At the same time, the USPS is generally hobbled by Congressional requirements that they do this or that and overfund their retirement obligations and all sorts of other things.
This. Pundits love to ignore the fact that the same Congressional tools that whine about USPS' inefficiency are typically the ones preventing USPS from enacting changes that would help its bottom line and potentially save it from needing massive loans.
Although his suggestion of a, "pay this default price and everyone sees it," implies that he's willing to play the money game if FB could get their act together. So expense isn't really his issue in the first place, just the actual model.
The "why not" is simple: Because they aren't posting this information as advertising. They are trying to keep their users informed (you know, users who actively sought out such information by "Like"ing the Mavs FB page in the first place) and FB is trying to force them to pay for reaching all of those folks that wanted the information. If they don't pay, only a small percentage will see the post by default (while the rest will just have to navigate to the FB page in question) despite the fact that all of the users wanted to see it.
That's not just an anecdotal observation on my part either. I no longer see bike racks installed for parking bikes near schools or stores anymore, they used to be common.
Stranger danger? Parents don't encourage kids to get out? Kids would rather text/game/surf than go outside?
Sad to say it, but society is encouraging kids to stay inside, shutout from the world, and avoiding independence.
No shit. If life's so hard maintaining service for these phones, why don't they drop them? Don't give me any, "It's what our customer's want," bullshit because the customers want data without ridiculous caps and outrageous fees but I don't see any progress towards that (no, the latest shared data plans do not meet that end).
don't listen to the idiots at anandtech who keep dreaming that you need the latest and greatest to do simple things and you will have money. these were the same idiots who were telling people 10 years ago that you needed a $300 graphics card just to run the Windows GUI "fast"
You'll have to point me to this article on Anandtech that states everyone must go out and purchase the latest and greatest. Until you do so, I'm just going to presume the only idiot here is you for trashing a site that specializes in reviewing new equipment!
Unless you are talking about small quantities, I'd wager most gold "owners" have a piece of paper representing what they own rather than the actual physical bullion.
That or a set of stupid coins whose value is highly subjective.
It doesn't matter if the immigrants denied citizenship think it's fair or not.
It also doesn't matter if the citizens whine about it being fair or not. Laws are broken all the time regardless of vigilance in attempting to enforce them. When you add to the fact that there are LEGAL citizens that are aiding the law breakers, it's obvious that there will always be people that take the quick path and whatever punishment comes with being caught over the laborious task of playing by the rules.
You keep arguing as if law is the end of the discussion, as if it somehow clarifies all issues on this matter. That's like saying anti-trust regulations automatically prevent any illegal business activity from occurring from time of implementation and onward. It doesn't work that way. Yes, most will obey the rules, but there will always be those who aim to maximize whatever benefit they can from breaking the rules knowing that they are willing to suffer the consequences later on.
The system *IS* set up to make it difficult for people with no support system or skills to move here. It's that way by design. Why would it or should it be any other way?
Not saying it shouldn't be that way, merely saying that there are people who will take the fast track and any punishment that comes with getting caught over waiting 5-10 years for the process to make them legal.
If they can't be bothered to start out the process correctly, will they just continue breaking laws the entire time they're here?
Possibly, although in many cases it would behoove them to obey the law carefully to avoid attracting unwanted attention.
But then again, that brings me back to the point you omitted from my original comment: The layers of annoyance lead to people choosing to break the rules until they get caught (and this applies to many facets of life/business/gov't, not just immigration). If folks believe there is benefit to breaking the rules now and facing the consequences later, they'll go ahead and break them.
I think for the most part, the main thing we care about for our immigrants...is to just sign the fucking guest book on they way in....you know?
If only "just signing the guestbook" was as simple as it sounds. Go look up the actual process and you'll find out really quick why some people avoid the legal route: It's loaded with bureaucratic red tape & bullshit and, in the cases of some key foreign nations that supply many of our legals and illegals, chocked full of corruption right down to the bottom level of officials.
I appreciate those who go through all of that to do it the legal way, but the reality of illegals is similar to the whining about free markets: Gov't regulation is making it hard for many to play fairly, so many just break the rules and pay for it when they get caught.
Ideally you'd take my "(like Supreme Court Justices)" to be an example, not the only group I'm going after, but fair enough for elaborating on the overall point.
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Udacity is not really a great example due to two factors: 1) it is free (there's likely more motivation to stick with it if you have put money on a course) & 2) there's no actual leveling restrictions (so you could take an upper level course even if you lack the know-how to really handle it).
(Side note: Like you, I'm "dropping" that same course for the time being. Much as I enjoy tinkering with CUDA, I don't have the time in coming weeks. Further side note: Having studied parallel processing over a decade ago, I'm still not certain I agree with their approach to teaching it through the first two Units. Perhaps subsequent Units will improve that.)
If you dropped theory from the curriculum, I'd agree with that statement.
Give me Brawndo instead.
Fox News was the station in question, and it is cable as well.
To be fair, I don't see many televisions in offices, restaurants, and/or lounges that are default set to Comedy Central all day long.
(Of course, for all I know, maybe that's controlled in ratings measurements. Beats me.)
On one hand, I'd prefer to see authentication in the hands of someone I consider more reliable (like Google) than someone programmer of questionable ability at (Insert Random Dying Newspaper here).
On the other hand, a hearty "HA HA!" does feel appropriate here. They do get what they are asking for by being so deeply tied to a third party.
Last time I looked, Apple's iOS had about 20% of the market for mobile phones. Since only Apple make phones running iOS, I suppose they have 20% of the market by manufacturer as well. If this is more than any other single manufacturer fair enough, but they're hardly unassailable.
Mobile application sales (and transactions) are a much more interesting measure of success, and Apple's doing quite fine in that department.
They get affordable when they go -50% or lower.
So, except in the case of new releases, about every two weeks.
So where is the problem with Norquist, exactly?
Forcing elected officials to be at his (Grover's) behest as opposed to said congressman's constituents is problem #1 with Mr. Norquist. Do you have a reasonable response to that?
The Postal Service must send carriers to on routes for every single mailbox in case there is mail to be picked up. Neither FedEx nor UPS want this job.
It amazes me that folks do not understand this point. UPS and FedEx would never take on First Class postal responsibilities. It's extremely inefficient.
At the same time, the USPS is generally hobbled by Congressional requirements that they do this or that and overfund their retirement obligations and all sorts of other things.
This. Pundits love to ignore the fact that the same Congressional tools that whine about USPS' inefficiency are typically the ones preventing USPS from enacting changes that would help its bottom line and potentially save it from needing massive loans.
Although his suggestion of a, "pay this default price and everyone sees it," implies that he's willing to play the money game if FB could get their act together. So expense isn't really his issue in the first place, just the actual model.
The "why not" is simple: Because they aren't posting this information as advertising. They are trying to keep their users informed (you know, users who actively sought out such information by "Like"ing the Mavs FB page in the first place) and FB is trying to force them to pay for reaching all of those folks that wanted the information. If they don't pay, only a small percentage will see the post by default (while the rest will just have to navigate to the FB page in question) despite the fact that all of the users wanted to see it.
That's not just an anecdotal observation on my part either. I no longer see bike racks installed for parking bikes near schools or stores anymore, they used to be common.
Stranger danger? Parents don't encourage kids to get out? Kids would rather text/game/surf than go outside?
Sad to say it, but society is encouraging kids to stay inside, shutout from the world, and avoiding independence.
"We could possibly see drivers going 95 up to 100 miles per hour."
Hate to break it to Sandra, but that's the usual speed in many parts of Texas.
To be fair, it is properly spelled "Possum Kingdom Lake."
No shit. If life's so hard maintaining service for these phones, why don't they drop them? Don't give me any, "It's what our customer's want," bullshit because the customers want data without ridiculous caps and outrageous fees but I don't see any progress towards that (no, the latest shared data plans do not meet that end).
don't listen to the idiots at anandtech who keep dreaming that you need the latest and greatest to do simple things and you will have money. these were the same idiots who were telling people 10 years ago that you needed a $300 graphics card just to run the Windows GUI "fast"
You'll have to point me to this article on Anandtech that states everyone must go out and purchase the latest and greatest. Until you do so, I'm just going to presume the only idiot here is you for trashing a site that specializes in reviewing new equipment!
Those 'owners' don't own gold, they own paper.
Exactly my point. It represents as little value as any other piece of paper with a written value on it. Hope they realize that.
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Unless you are talking about small quantities, I'd wager most gold "owners" have a piece of paper representing what they own rather than the actual physical bullion.
That or a set of stupid coins whose value is highly subjective.
It doesn't matter if the immigrants denied citizenship think it's fair or not.
It also doesn't matter if the citizens whine about it being fair or not. Laws are broken all the time regardless of vigilance in attempting to enforce them. When you add to the fact that there are LEGAL citizens that are aiding the law breakers, it's obvious that there will always be people that take the quick path and whatever punishment comes with being caught over the laborious task of playing by the rules.
You keep arguing as if law is the end of the discussion, as if it somehow clarifies all issues on this matter. That's like saying anti-trust regulations automatically prevent any illegal business activity from occurring from time of implementation and onward. It doesn't work that way. Yes, most will obey the rules, but there will always be those who aim to maximize whatever benefit they can from breaking the rules knowing that they are willing to suffer the consequences later on.
The system *IS* set up to make it difficult for people with no support system or skills to move here. It's that way by design. Why would it or should it be any other way?
Not saying it shouldn't be that way, merely saying that there are people who will take the fast track and any punishment that comes with getting caught over waiting 5-10 years for the process to make them legal.
If they can't be bothered to start out the process correctly, will they just continue breaking laws the entire time they're here?
Possibly, although in many cases it would behoove them to obey the law carefully to avoid attracting unwanted attention.
But then again, that brings me back to the point you omitted from my original comment: The layers of annoyance lead to people choosing to break the rules until they get caught (and this applies to many facets of life/business/gov't, not just immigration). If folks believe there is benefit to breaking the rules now and facing the consequences later, they'll go ahead and break them.
I think for the most part, the main thing we care about for our immigrants...is to just sign the fucking guest book on they way in....you know?
If only "just signing the guestbook" was as simple as it sounds. Go look up the actual process and you'll find out really quick why some people avoid the legal route: It's loaded with bureaucratic red tape & bullshit and, in the cases of some key foreign nations that supply many of our legals and illegals, chocked full of corruption right down to the bottom level of officials.
I appreciate those who go through all of that to do it the legal way, but the reality of illegals is similar to the whining about free markets: Gov't regulation is making it hard for many to play fairly, so many just break the rules and pay for it when they get caught.
Ideally you'd take my "(like Supreme Court Justices)" to be an example, not the only group I'm going after, but fair enough for elaborating on the overall point.