Choice is a good thing, but using the choice argument is less strong for anti-vaxxers. Circumcision is an incredibly invasive intervention, which may prevent some things where less invasive interventions may be as effective or significantly more effective (i.e., regular condom use). Vaccination is quite literally the best defense we have against some of the most infectious awful diseases that the world has ever seen, rarely have serious side effects, and aside from a needle being a bit scary, is pretty non-invasive.
Science has made the case for universal vaccination (some exceptions apply), but I don't think an honest case (at this point) could be made for universal circumcision.
$56M doesn't really apply here, even if we were talking about a transcontinental hyper loop. I don't know if you've ever driven across the country, but there is a whole lot of empty space. Building stuff there is significantly cheaper than where stuff already exists.
We perform a field experiment to measure racial discrimination in the labor market. We respond with fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perception of race, each resume is assigned either a very African American sounding name or a very White sounding name. The results show significant discrimination against African-American names: White names receive 50 percent more callbacks for interviews. We also find that race affects the benefits of a better resume. For White names, a higher quality resume elicits 30 percent more callbacks whereas for African Americans, it elicits a far smaller increase. Applicants living in better neighborhoods receive more callbacks but, interestingly, this effect does not differ by race. The amount of discrimination is uniform across occupations and industries. Federal contractors and employers who list Equal Opportunity Employer' in their ad discriminate as much as other employers. We find little evidence that our results are driven by employers inferring something other than race, such as social class, from the names. These results suggest that racial discrimination is still a prominent feature of the labor market.
Because thats when most of the (professional American) football games are on?
But seriously, it makes sense in a secular way. Most people in non-customer service type jobs work Monday through Friday, normally. Those days are out, leaving us with Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is acceptable, but I think a stronger argument could be made for Sunday. Since most people would start their work week on Monday, at an absolute bare minimum, they should have the one day off before to rest up before starting the new week.
That said, I think there is a strong case for seriously disincentivizing employers requiring their employees to work 7 days a week, but that might not be practical for businesses that are open 7 days a week. In those cases, I think the day of week could be arbitrary chosen for/by each employee.
Foxconn is not Apple's sole assembly partner. If Foxconn was no longer price competitive, they would move more production to Quanta, Pegatron, and other partners. It's not like they're the only game in town.
I had Google Wallet on my last phone (Evo 4G LTE) and used it a couple times when I got my phone. I stopped using it because it wasn't any more convenient than grabbing a credit card out of my wallet. I had to unlock my phone, find the Wallet app, type in a PIN code, and then tap my phone to the reader. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't, sometimes it'd crash.
I've heard rumors that the experience has gotten better, but I no longer have a phone that I can try it out with.
It depends on how you use your iPad 2. I probably wouldn't recommend it. It's pretty sluggish and non-responsive. I mostly use it as a second screen for fantasy football, so... I guess it's not that bad. But if you're using it to browse the net or play games, you will be disappointed. I'll add the disclaimer that I only upgraded to 8.1 today (from 8.0), so things may have improved.
This works just fine on my iPhone. When I'm playing a game, notifications will pop up for important emails. Or if I just want to check for any emails, I can always switch to email from the game and switch back. Were you expecting to have both open and visible on a phone screen?
Make friends. Split the cost of the book between two (or more) people. Or borrow it from someone who already took the class. Buy them a beer.
Amazon, eBay, or other online sellers are ALWAYS much cheaper than the bookstore. With the small caveat that if you're required to buy some online access code, you're fucked.
International editions are often much cheaper, and the covers in a foreign language are a good conversation starter.
Don't buy the book right away because sometimes the Prof doesn't even mention it in the class. It helps if you know someone who has already taken the class.
Sometimes there are better (free) resources available online (and this depends on how closely the prof follows the book).
Obviously, not all those apply if you want to keep the book. But, for the love of the FSM, don't shop at the campus bookstore unless you have no other option.
People who don't like his discriminatory views are discriminating against him, depriving him of his rights. Ironic.
Which of his rights have been violated? He is, and always was, free to donate to any anti-gay cause he wanted, or any other cause for that matter.
Or are you saying that he has a right to our business and the continued contributions of volunteers? Is the fact that I don't use Firefox a violation of his rights?
It's not always a pain. If the OEM has a good relationship with the supplier, the OEM will usually take the recommendation from the supplier's validation engineer on what testing needs to be redone--depending on the change, it can be a full DV/PV, a limited subset of testing, or no testing at all. What I've learned in the auto industry is the supplier needs to be upfront about any changes... otherwise they risk RAINING FIRE AND VENGEANCE FROM AN ANGRY GOD. With this ignition-switch issue, expect in the forecast black skies and fire.
Yes, it should. Higher loss in the event of fraud, and a $1.59 purchase usually isn't even going to get checked against card balances, to keep the network traffic down.
I can search billions of webpages in milliseconds. I can stream HD video. Advertisers can bid on showing me ads in realtime on the web. I'm not convinced that they can't check that $1.59 purchase against my account balance, every time I swipe my card.
Quite a lot of stress, actually. The camera needs to survive the heat and cold, direct sunlight (depending on mounting), road vibration, rain, salt mist, car washes, and more. Electronics that need to survive outside are going to be more expensive than your standard consumer stuff, that gets... relatively well taken care of. AND, I'll bet you expect the lifetime of your vehicle to be much longer than your cell phone.
Which is an obvious joke...seen a cheap cell phone in the last 10 years? Basic camera lenses and lcd screens are commodity items, and vehicles are already wired to the general vicinity for backup lights that come on when you go into reverse. So you can lop a zero off of the NHTSB's price tag.
Because your cell phone has to deal with the same environmental stresses that your vehicle does? I seriously doubt that any consumer-grade cell phone could make it through any OEM's EMC or environmental validation spec.
PS: I guess this isn't too expensive. By 2018 screens will be standard instead of analog instruments (they're cheaper!) and cameras will cost $0.10.
Unlikely. I work for a supplier that designs and manufactures backup cameras. The cost for the camera will go down, but not that far, and not that fast. Automotive electronics are going to be more expensive than your standard consumer gear because of the beating your vehicle takes... it has to survive the vibration on the road, the hot summer, the cold winter, it needs to be water tight and needs to work for the lifetime of the vehicle. Additionally, the integration into each vehicle is not insignificant. Each vehicle has a different network infrastructure and different geometry (which is important for doing things like dynamic guidelines and lens distortion correction). Ten cents is not within two orders of magnitude of whats on the market today.. but I guess, if someone can figure out how to do it in the auto industry, props to them.
That, and Midtown. Detroit Institute of Arts (and the other museums), Wayne State, close to Ford Field, Comerica Park, and the new stadium for the Wings.
It's not intentional of course, but Blackberry's failure will do more for productivity in Washington DC and to bring the people living in the Beltway bubble back down to earth than all the NGOs, PACs, and citizen action groups combined.
What exactly does "separate" mean? Modern cars have multiple CAN and LIN (and FlexRay and Ethernet) networks, but they are bridged by modules that gateway specific messages/signals from one network to the other. Your entertainment system probably reacts to the state of your vehicle (are some functions not available when in drive? Going above some speed? Doors open?). Separate very likely does not mean "air gapped" like you'd mean in a high security computer network.
That said, I'm not totally convinced by any of the hacks I've seen that there is reason for panic. The one I saw where they were able to control remotely required physical access to an ECU to reflash firmware. Give me physical access to any of your electronics, and I'll make it bend to my will.
LabView for the Macintosh shipped in 1986, and not only still exists but has a very solid niche in some circles. LabView is such a pure visual IDE that there are not visible lines of code as such; it is all wiring diagrams.
My day job is writing LabVIEW for measurement and automation tasks... I'd chime in that LabVIEW does have text code now in the form of formula nodes and MathScript nodes (which uses Matlab). These are really useful for more complicated math expressions... the wiring gets pretty nasty as your math gets more complex.
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Choice is a good thing, but using the choice argument is less strong for anti-vaxxers. Circumcision is an incredibly invasive intervention, which may prevent some things where less invasive interventions may be as effective or significantly more effective (i.e., regular condom use). Vaccination is quite literally the best defense we have against some of the most infectious awful diseases that the world has ever seen, rarely have serious side effects, and aside from a needle being a bit scary, is pretty non-invasive.
Science has made the case for universal vaccination (some exceptions apply), but I don't think an honest case (at this point) could be made for universal circumcision.
... and have taken steps to address problems.
$56M doesn't really apply here, even if we were talking about a transcontinental hyper loop. I don't know if you've ever driven across the country, but there is a whole lot of empty space. Building stuff there is significantly cheaper than where stuff already exists.
My bad. This is the one I wanted to link, but it was equally easy to find: Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students
Because thats when most of the (professional American) football games are on?
But seriously, it makes sense in a secular way. Most people in non-customer service type jobs work Monday through Friday, normally. Those days are out, leaving us with Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is acceptable, but I think a stronger argument could be made for Sunday. Since most people would start their work week on Monday, at an absolute bare minimum, they should have the one day off before to rest up before starting the new week.
That said, I think there is a strong case for seriously disincentivizing employers requiring their employees to work 7 days a week, but that might not be practical for businesses that are open 7 days a week. In those cases, I think the day of week could be arbitrary chosen for/by each employee.
That world you're living it, it sure seems nice.
Foxconn is not Apple's sole assembly partner. If Foxconn was no longer price competitive, they would move more production to Quanta, Pegatron, and other partners. It's not like they're the only game in town.
I had Google Wallet on my last phone (Evo 4G LTE) and used it a couple times when I got my phone. I stopped using it because it wasn't any more convenient than grabbing a credit card out of my wallet. I had to unlock my phone, find the Wallet app, type in a PIN code, and then tap my phone to the reader. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't, sometimes it'd crash.
I've heard rumors that the experience has gotten better, but I no longer have a phone that I can try it out with.
It depends on how you use your iPad 2. I probably wouldn't recommend it. It's pretty sluggish and non-responsive. I mostly use it as a second screen for fantasy football, so... I guess it's not that bad. But if you're using it to browse the net or play games, you will be disappointed. I'll add the disclaimer that I only upgraded to 8.1 today (from 8.0), so things may have improved.
I mean, not as nice as Linux package management.. but it works.
This works just fine on my iPhone. When I'm playing a game, notifications will pop up for important emails. Or if I just want to check for any emails, I can always switch to email from the game and switch back. Were you expecting to have both open and visible on a phone screen?
If you have a household of 12, you probably have bigger problems than laundry cycle times.
This. Entirely.
Another few ideas from when I was in school:
Obviously, not all those apply if you want to keep the book. But, for the love of the FSM, don't shop at the campus bookstore unless you have no other option.
Which of his rights have been violated? He is, and always was, free to donate to any anti-gay cause he wanted, or any other cause for that matter.
Or are you saying that he has a right to our business and the continued contributions of volunteers? Is the fact that I don't use Firefox a violation of his rights?
It's not always a pain. If the OEM has a good relationship with the supplier, the OEM will usually take the recommendation from the supplier's validation engineer on what testing needs to be redone--depending on the change, it can be a full DV/PV, a limited subset of testing, or no testing at all. What I've learned in the auto industry is the supplier needs to be upfront about any changes... otherwise they risk RAINING FIRE AND VENGEANCE FROM AN ANGRY GOD. With this ignition-switch issue, expect in the forecast black skies and fire.
I can search billions of webpages in milliseconds. I can stream HD video. Advertisers can bid on showing me ads in realtime on the web. I'm not convinced that they can't check that $1.59 purchase against my account balance, every time I swipe my card.
Quite a lot of stress, actually. The camera needs to survive the heat and cold, direct sunlight (depending on mounting), road vibration, rain, salt mist, car washes, and more. Electronics that need to survive outside are going to be more expensive than your standard consumer stuff, that gets... relatively well taken care of. AND, I'll bet you expect the lifetime of your vehicle to be much longer than your cell phone.
Because your cell phone has to deal with the same environmental stresses that your vehicle does? I seriously doubt that any consumer-grade cell phone could make it through any OEM's EMC or environmental validation spec.
Unlikely. I work for a supplier that designs and manufactures backup cameras. The cost for the camera will go down, but not that far, and not that fast. Automotive electronics are going to be more expensive than your standard consumer gear because of the beating your vehicle takes... it has to survive the vibration on the road, the hot summer, the cold winter, it needs to be water tight and needs to work for the lifetime of the vehicle. Additionally, the integration into each vehicle is not insignificant. Each vehicle has a different network infrastructure and different geometry (which is important for doing things like dynamic guidelines and lens distortion correction). Ten cents is not within two orders of magnitude of whats on the market today.. but I guess, if someone can figure out how to do it in the auto industry, props to them.
That, and Midtown. Detroit Institute of Arts (and the other museums), Wayne State, close to Ford Field, Comerica Park, and the new stadium for the Wings.
I like to dream, too.
What exactly does "separate" mean? Modern cars have multiple CAN and LIN (and FlexRay and Ethernet) networks, but they are bridged by modules that gateway specific messages/signals from one network to the other. Your entertainment system probably reacts to the state of your vehicle (are some functions not available when in drive? Going above some speed? Doors open?). Separate very likely does not mean "air gapped" like you'd mean in a high security computer network.
That said, I'm not totally convinced by any of the hacks I've seen that there is reason for panic. The one I saw where they were able to control remotely required physical access to an ECU to reflash firmware. Give me physical access to any of your electronics, and I'll make it bend to my will.
Right. Go watch a sitcom from the early 90s (when I was a kid). Now when I see one of those I think... "WTF were people wearing?"
My day job is writing LabVIEW for measurement and automation tasks... I'd chime in that LabVIEW does have text code now in the form of formula nodes and MathScript nodes (which uses Matlab). These are really useful for more complicated math expressions... the wiring gets pretty nasty as your math gets more complex.