Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -C. S. Lewis
Yeah, I'd rather have sleazeballs in office than someone ideological do-gooder whom thinks they know what's better for me, and proceeds to act on it to the detriment of my actual wellbeing.
I know you don't get it. Most people don't. And no, you're not a smart as you think you are.
The fact is the GOP Establishment (Washington DC) is in alignment with Democrats with mutual (but differing in other areas) interests. In effect, it's Trump vs. the World at the political and geo-political level. So here comes Trump, trolled the entire process, and WON election. Shell-shocked the fuck of the entire political echo chamber. I mean, how could "the pussy grabber" win?? Easy. Real real easy! He wasn't a conservative. This wasn't an election about values. It was an election about justice. It was rural vs urban. And, it's being played out all over the world. It's how the Brexit happened. It's how the world is pivoting away from Globalism due to the stratification of wealth it has caused, eviscerating the middle-class in the process.
Ok, so again your asking "why Mueller?". Notice all the others that smell opportunity after a Trump victory? Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos (maybe), Kid Rock, Dwayne Johnson - AKA The Rock...all of them are OUTSIDERS. Even to a lesser extent, Bernie Sanders was an outsider to the DNC. In fact, the Deep State FBI is going after his wife. Never mind the fact the Clintons have entire cemeteries while Jane had few skeletons in the closet. The DC establishment has a few fires to put out, and they will punish and stamp out anyone who's not them. They will not let that insolence to their way of life stand!
She's protecting herself from going to jail. By accusing someone else for the very actions she's been involved in (collusion with Russia), it make it all more difficult for the shift in blame to be shifted back to her; specifically if it's over the same thing. She's smart to be pro-active in deflecting her criminal activity.
Trump didn't collude with Russia. If he did, there would already be articles of impeachment and Pence would be the acting POTUS. Period. The GOP establishment wants nothing to do with the fallout! As for CNN and the rest of the mainstream media. Everything they've reported has either been exaggerated from supposition or outright fabricated. Essentially everything brought out against Trump in this regard is a big giant nothing burger.
As for Robert Mueller himself has close ties to Comey. While is in of itself isn't a problem per se, it's highly biased. For a high profile investigation, Mueller shouldn't even be leading this. It's more or less a conflict of interest.
There's enough dirt to go around (Arkancide has been strong this month) to implicate everybody high in office. Really, it' just a matter of who has the spotlight, and where it's to be shined on for public media consumption.
Oh please. Robert Mueller investigation into Trump is staffed with people whom have had direct campaigning with the Clintons. His scope into the investigation is unlimited. The point isn't to nail Trump on anything with Russia; no, that's bonus points. Rather, this entire *legalized* fishing expedition into trump is to gather anything that could be used against him and the GOP for the 2020 election cycle. In addition, to slog the Trump administration down so effectively he's a lame duck president that can't push anything through the door policy-wise.
It's a cold civil war. You know it. I know it. We all know it. Anything goes. No matter who ends up winning, we all lose. If Trump doesn't end up as the next Julius Caesar, totalitarianism will just take another form via the "Deep State".
America is done! The only question is what happens next?
It is protectionism, and I can with all intellectual honestly DEFEND it! Think about it, the H1B program (in it's current abused form) is a program of indentured servants that exports wealth and opportunity away from most Americans and into the hands of the 1% and relatives overseas in the form of remittance. Did you know that as of 2014, the US was the larges source of outgoing remittance @ 56 BILLION for the year?! In contrast, India was the world largest receiver of remittance at $72 BILLION as of 2015. So net outflow from US to India is just under 11 BILLION for 2015.
11 billion. Think about it. Rather than have our government print money to cut a check to those unemployed or unemployable, I'd much rather pay of that debt via inflation through protectionism; because at least a substantial amount of those Americans can finally get back into the work force. Meaning, someone that's unemployed is worse for the nation than someone that is employed, but drives the cost up. I know it sound paradoxical, but we need to increase the velocity of wealth via trickle-up or trickle-down; because, right now we have a trickle-out. We're hemorrhaging wealth overseas and into the top 1%. As of now, the lower and middle class are getting fucked from both sides!
Assuming it was possible, I've always wondered if that big tail would carry enough mass/momentum to swing and knock their prey off balance; maybe enough to brake their legs (not the T-Rex's).
Buses: At average passenger loads, buses achieve 3262 BTU per passenger-mile, or 38.3 pmpg. Per BTS data, buses average 6.1 diesel mpg, or 5.5 gas mpg. With a full load of roughly 60 passengers, a max pmpg of 330 is possible. The huge difference in average and max pmpg implies that buses are usually almost empty – perhaps smaller mini-buses should be used by more fleets.
H1Bs puts a deflationary pressure on the market, while the savings go toward the 1% with the H1B holders wiring money back over seas. This does NOTHING to help the lower and middle class Americans on US soil. The H1B program ought to be scrapped in its entirety unless serious reform is made to the program to prevent the exploitation currently going on with it.
Artificial scarcity that you can control, is the new hotness. Apple has become a fashion company. In many ways, it already was one. It really became prominent with the Apple Watch and all the band accessories. That's what Apple needs to do with the iPhone. Mass-produce the specs, but limit the case edition to different material. Software (iOS) doesn't give a shit about esthetics and materials. However, it does care about a unified hardware platform. If Apple isn't careful, they could really fuck themselves by creating too many hardware permutations of iPhone.
You must be running that on a laptop; because the 1080 for that platform is specced out to consume 110 watts whereas the desktop card will pull 180. I have a 1070 in my desktop, and it pulls maximum draw for what it's specced under load; 150 watts.
All water under the bridge now. But, I'm actually very thankful for this job, and its outcome. It served a very valuable life lesson, and served me well. You can't really buy that. Major ROI of my time there:)
Respect goes both ways. While I could have negotiated, why? No, seriously, why?! They obviously didn't have enough respect for me to put me back on the original job I was hired to do. Why would I want to fight for it? That tells me it could happen again. No. I'm passive aggressive for sure. But, what matters to me is not the actions people take, rather, the actions people don't take.
Me quitting that job was mutual. They quit on me, so I quit on them. Business as usual.
Yes, it was a union shop last I worked. That was the other final nail in the coffin for me at that place; my union dues took a giant bite out of miniscule paycheck. As long as it's voluntary, I'm ok with Unions; and for people that make it a career to work there, being part of the Union is probably a good thing. But I was young and got suckered into signing the dotted line. I take full responsibility for not knowing what the fuck I was signing; lesson learned. But, at least they could have advised us a little more clearly on which scenario would best fit someone in my situation that only wished to work part-time and for a limited period. There's no way in hell I would have gotten a benefit from paying those dues, and I think they knew that!
Forgive me in advance, as I've told this story before: Back in the mid 90's, I used to work part-time at Kroger (grocery store) as sacker. That job paid minimum wage, but, we got tips for sacking the groceries, carting them off to the parking lot, and unloading them into the back of the vehicle. I don't see that going on anymore, an in many cases, the person working the till does the bagging (customer still puts the bags into his/her own cart). But I digress...
One day, the janitor was out for a week. I was called out to fill the position in his absence. In fact, just to show how hard of a worker I was, I took extra effort to clean the restrooms and mops the floors more thoroughly. Never did see that guy come back to work. However, I was rewarded via holding the janitor position for the remainder of my employment (which I quit after six months). Why would I stick around?? I worked harder, and made LESS money as it was still minimum wage WITHOUT tips. Yeah, I said to myself "fuck this shit, I'm out of here!".
So what's the point in telling this story?? That no good deed goes unpunished. If you work in IT, don't be "that guy". Being the eager beaver will get you known as the tech guy who's prompt. That's a bonus, but it will hold you back from further advancement. Trust me, I know how that movie played out too.
Oh, what's it like to be young, ignorant, and down right foolish. I wish I could go back in time and slap myself several times, HARD!
FYI, in case you haven't been paying attention to what's going on in China, the authorities are slowing clamping down on Internet access to the point of going full-tilt whitelisting of publics IPs (both individuals and in blocks). I shit you not. Also, it makes sense for logistical reasons that iCloud storage and iOS device backups occur locally and not flung across trans-pacific fiber. Oh, and ease of access to data. Why not right? it's in their backyard now.
Not true. If Apple (or any other company) were forced to build a government backdoor, most likely it would be the government that holds the keys, so Apple would never be involved in any of the government accesses.
It's quite possible they could do that, but then every other nation-state on Earth would be demanding the same type of access. So in effect, when you choose what region you live in (or traveling too) in iOS, it encrypts with that nations certificate that would allow said nation to access the content on the iPhone upon request. It might be one of the many reasons Apple is building a datacenter in China in fact.
Cities are targeted by nuclear weaponry. As I understand it, back in the old days, cities were targeted with non-programmable "hard card" logic boards. To retarget an ICBM of that vintage, you simple swapped out the card. Best to have diversification in a nation;). You want both rural and urban as a hedge. The cities would fall, but at least there's something left salvageable in the aftermath.
Apple does that already. It was an engineering solution to a legal problem. Now matter what the government can demand, Apple can't crack an iPhone. As such, can't fulfill the request, nor can they be held liable (because it's physically not possible). About the only thing they can do is reset an iCloud.com account password.
Really, if Apple had a backdoor, or was forced to make one for the Gov, I guarantee that Apple would be forced to build an entire building that holds nothing but staff to respond to these requests 24/7. Now, why in the fuck would they want to pay for the salary of those people!!?
I'm not so sure the problem is as pronounced today as it was back then. When small towns dried up, and depending on how quickly, the ROI might not have paid off. Meaning Walmart had losses too.
Today, Walmart is probably more thorough in their financial risk assessments. Though still you're right, in the grand scheme of things, they've been very profitable in major cities and around the suburbs.
It's called the "Wal-Mart effect", and it was coined back in 1990. In addition, Walmart has been responsible for sucking the wind out of small towns and communities to the point of leaving them as ghost towns.
So, are you admitting that Communism is a failure?! I mean, even today Russia is a kleptocracy, just with less pomp and zeal behind it. Right-O! All the liberals among you, take note!
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -C. S. Lewis
Yeah, I'd rather have sleazeballs in office than someone ideological do-gooder whom thinks they know what's better for me, and proceeds to act on it to the detriment of my actual wellbeing.
I know you don't get it. Most people don't. And no, you're not a smart as you think you are.
The fact is the GOP Establishment (Washington DC) is in alignment with Democrats with mutual (but differing in other areas) interests. In effect, it's Trump vs. the World at the political and geo-political level. So here comes Trump, trolled the entire process, and WON election. Shell-shocked the fuck of the entire political echo chamber. I mean, how could "the pussy grabber" win?? Easy. Real real easy! He wasn't a conservative. This wasn't an election about values. It was an election about justice. It was rural vs urban. And, it's being played out all over the world. It's how the Brexit happened. It's how the world is pivoting away from Globalism due to the stratification of wealth it has caused, eviscerating the middle-class in the process.
Ok, so again your asking "why Mueller?". Notice all the others that smell opportunity after a Trump victory? Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos (maybe), Kid Rock, Dwayne Johnson - AKA The Rock...all of them are OUTSIDERS. Even to a lesser extent, Bernie Sanders was an outsider to the DNC. In fact, the Deep State FBI is going after his wife. Never mind the fact the Clintons have entire cemeteries while Jane had few skeletons in the closet. The DC establishment has a few fires to put out, and they will punish and stamp out anyone who's not them. They will not let that insolence to their way of life stand!
She's protecting herself from going to jail. By accusing someone else for the very actions she's been involved in (collusion with Russia), it make it all more difficult for the shift in blame to be shifted back to her; specifically if it's over the same thing. She's smart to be pro-active in deflecting her criminal activity.
Trump didn't collude with Russia. If he did, there would already be articles of impeachment and Pence would be the acting POTUS. Period. The GOP establishment wants nothing to do with the fallout! As for CNN and the rest of the mainstream media. Everything they've reported has either been exaggerated from supposition or outright fabricated. Essentially everything brought out against Trump in this regard is a big giant nothing burger.
As for the accusations, they're true. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/...
As for Robert Mueller himself has close ties to Comey. While is in of itself isn't a problem per se, it's highly biased. For a high profile investigation, Mueller shouldn't even be leading this. It's more or less a conflict of interest.
There's enough dirt to go around (Arkancide has been strong this month) to implicate everybody high in office. Really, it' just a matter of who has the spotlight, and where it's to be shined on for public media consumption.
Oh please. Robert Mueller investigation into Trump is staffed with people whom have had direct campaigning with the Clintons. His scope into the investigation is unlimited. The point isn't to nail Trump on anything with Russia; no, that's bonus points. Rather, this entire *legalized* fishing expedition into trump is to gather anything that could be used against him and the GOP for the 2020 election cycle. In addition, to slog the Trump administration down so effectively he's a lame duck president that can't push anything through the door policy-wise.
It's a cold civil war. You know it. I know it. We all know it. Anything goes. No matter who ends up winning, we all lose. If Trump doesn't end up as the next Julius Caesar, totalitarianism will just take another form via the "Deep State".
America is done! The only question is what happens next?
It is protectionism, and I can with all intellectual honestly DEFEND it! Think about it, the H1B program (in it's current abused form) is a program of indentured servants that exports wealth and opportunity away from most Americans and into the hands of the 1% and relatives overseas in the form of remittance. Did you know that as of 2014, the US was the larges source of outgoing remittance @ 56 BILLION for the year?! In contrast, India was the world largest receiver of remittance at $72 BILLION as of 2015. So net outflow from US to India is just under 11 BILLION for 2015.
11 billion. Think about it. Rather than have our government print money to cut a check to those unemployed or unemployable, I'd much rather pay of that debt via inflation through protectionism; because at least a substantial amount of those Americans can finally get back into the work force. Meaning, someone that's unemployed is worse for the nation than someone that is employed, but drives the cost up. I know it sound paradoxical, but we need to increase the velocity of wealth via trickle-up or trickle-down; because, right now we have a trickle-out. We're hemorrhaging wealth overseas and into the top 1%. As of now, the lower and middle class are getting fucked from both sides!
Assuming it was possible, I've always wondered if that big tail would carry enough mass/momentum to swing and knock their prey off balance; maybe enough to brake their legs (not the T-Rex's).
In pounds-per-square-inch, sure, buses cause more damage to roads. However, in terms of MPG per person, a bus yields far better efficiencies.
https://truecostblog.com/2010/...
Buses: At average passenger loads, buses achieve 3262 BTU per passenger-mile, or 38.3 pmpg. Per BTS data, buses average 6.1 diesel mpg, or 5.5 gas mpg. With a full load of roughly 60 passengers, a max pmpg of 330 is possible. The huge difference in average and max pmpg implies that buses are usually almost empty – perhaps smaller mini-buses should be used by more fleets.
H1Bs puts a deflationary pressure on the market, while the savings go toward the 1% with the H1B holders wiring money back over seas. This does NOTHING to help the lower and middle class Americans on US soil. The H1B program ought to be scrapped in its entirety unless serious reform is made to the program to prevent the exploitation currently going on with it.
Artificial scarcity that you can control, is the new hotness. Apple has become a fashion company. In many ways, it already was one. It really became prominent with the Apple Watch and all the band accessories. That's what Apple needs to do with the iPhone. Mass-produce the specs, but limit the case edition to different material. Software (iOS) doesn't give a shit about esthetics and materials. However, it does care about a unified hardware platform. If Apple isn't careful, they could really fuck themselves by creating too many hardware permutations of iPhone.
You must be running that on a laptop; because the 1080 for that platform is specced out to consume 110 watts whereas the desktop card will pull 180. I have a 1070 in my desktop, and it pulls maximum draw for what it's specced under load; 150 watts.
All water under the bridge now. But, I'm actually very thankful for this job, and its outcome. It served a very valuable life lesson, and served me well. You can't really buy that. Major ROI of my time there :)
Respect goes both ways. While I could have negotiated, why? No, seriously, why?! They obviously didn't have enough respect for me to put me back on the original job I was hired to do. Why would I want to fight for it? That tells me it could happen again. No. I'm passive aggressive for sure. But, what matters to me is not the actions people take, rather, the actions people don't take.
Me quitting that job was mutual. They quit on me, so I quit on them. Business as usual.
Yes, it was a union shop last I worked. That was the other final nail in the coffin for me at that place; my union dues took a giant bite out of miniscule paycheck. As long as it's voluntary, I'm ok with Unions; and for people that make it a career to work there, being part of the Union is probably a good thing. But I was young and got suckered into signing the dotted line. I take full responsibility for not knowing what the fuck I was signing; lesson learned. But, at least they could have advised us a little more clearly on which scenario would best fit someone in my situation that only wished to work part-time and for a limited period. There's no way in hell I would have gotten a benefit from paying those dues, and I think they knew that!
FYI, it was part-time work out of high school while I was waiting for community college.
Forgive me in advance, as I've told this story before: Back in the mid 90's, I used to work part-time at Kroger (grocery store) as sacker. That job paid minimum wage, but, we got tips for sacking the groceries, carting them off to the parking lot, and unloading them into the back of the vehicle. I don't see that going on anymore, an in many cases, the person working the till does the bagging (customer still puts the bags into his/her own cart). But I digress...
One day, the janitor was out for a week. I was called out to fill the position in his absence. In fact, just to show how hard of a worker I was, I took extra effort to clean the restrooms and mops the floors more thoroughly. Never did see that guy come back to work. However, I was rewarded via holding the janitor position for the remainder of my employment (which I quit after six months). Why would I stick around?? I worked harder, and made LESS money as it was still minimum wage WITHOUT tips. Yeah, I said to myself "fuck this shit, I'm out of here!".
So what's the point in telling this story?? That no good deed goes unpunished. If you work in IT, don't be "that guy". Being the eager beaver will get you known as the tech guy who's prompt. That's a bonus, but it will hold you back from further advancement. Trust me, I know how that movie played out too.
Oh, what's it like to be young, ignorant, and down right foolish. I wish I could go back in time and slap myself several times, HARD!
I remember when it used to be called the MIS (Management of Information Systems) department.
FYI, in case you haven't been paying attention to what's going on in China, the authorities are slowing clamping down on Internet access to the point of going full-tilt whitelisting of publics IPs (both individuals and in blocks). I shit you not. Also, it makes sense for logistical reasons that iCloud storage and iOS device backups occur locally and not flung across trans-pacific fiber. Oh, and ease of access to data. Why not right? it's in their backyard now.
It's quite possible they could do that, but then every other nation-state on Earth would be demanding the same type of access. So in effect, when you choose what region you live in (or traveling too) in iOS, it encrypts with that nations certificate that would allow said nation to access the content on the iPhone upon request. It might be one of the many reasons Apple is building a datacenter in China in fact.
Cities are targeted by nuclear weaponry. As I understand it, back in the old days, cities were targeted with non-programmable "hard card" logic boards. To retarget an ICBM of that vintage, you simple swapped out the card. Best to have diversification in a nation ;). You want both rural and urban as a hedge. The cities would fall, but at least there's something left salvageable in the aftermath.
Apple does that already. It was an engineering solution to a legal problem. Now matter what the government can demand, Apple can't crack an iPhone. As such, can't fulfill the request, nor can they be held liable (because it's physically not possible). About the only thing they can do is reset an iCloud.com account password.
Really, if Apple had a backdoor, or was forced to make one for the Gov, I guarantee that Apple would be forced to build an entire building that holds nothing but staff to respond to these requests 24/7. Now, why in the fuck would they want to pay for the salary of those people!!?
I'm not so sure the problem is as pronounced today as it was back then. When small towns dried up, and depending on how quickly, the ROI might not have paid off. Meaning Walmart had losses too.
Today, Walmart is probably more thorough in their financial risk assessments. Though still you're right, in the grand scheme of things, they've been very profitable in major cities and around the suburbs.
It's called the "Wal-Mart effect", and it was coined back in 1990. In addition, Walmart has been responsible for sucking the wind out of small towns and communities to the point of leaving them as ghost towns.
So, are you admitting that Communism is a failure?! I mean, even today Russia is a kleptocracy, just with less pomp and zeal behind it. Right-O! All the liberals among you, take note!