This. The legislature will couch this in terms of safety (can't someone think of the children?), but as a California resident my default bias on this kind of stuff is the real reason probably has something to do with raising revenue.
Clearly. What differentiates the SJWs from normal people is the assumption the accuser is always telling the truth, feelings are more important than facts, and sanctions should be imposed without all that time-consuming due process stuff.
In business, I have literally seen cases where a customer tells the supplier they are making too much money, and forces a price-reduction on them.
You could very easily re-word that to say "We think we can get your product cheaper from someone else, and if you don't drop the price we will do so." It only works if that's actually true, though. When you try to force suppliers who are offering competitive prices to take a cut you get a lot of resistance.
From a project management perspective Java is a pretty safe choice for a new project. On long projects people come and go - I can find replacement Java programmers in short order. As much as I love clojure, I would never do a large project with it at work because it's too difficult (and expensive) to find competent lispers.
What I don't understand is why the union-company relationship in the US seem to be so adversarial compared to other countries. Seems like either the corporation is on top and does whatever it pleases, or the union is on top demanding (and getting) ridiculous work rules and gold-plated benefits.
Yes, the cost is competitive, but that does not mean the quality is as good as it used to be but rather just good enough.
The problem with this like of thinking is it doesn't mean the quality is worse, either. I'm old enough to remember when US blue collar types would pooh pooh Japanese products for their low quality.
Once the jobs are in China (or India or wherever) the expertise will follow. Eventually they will be able to compete on quality.
That was my thought - who is going to buy this? Commercial airlines aren't going to want this kind of equipment within a hundred miles of their flights. And it seems underpowered for military applications.
No it won't. Americans are more pro-gun than they've ever been. Anyway it's a bad analogy - we're on the side of more freedom, whereas the prohibitionists were on the side of less.
And it's not like gun control people are actually compromising on anything. Gun grabbers just view any new gun control as the first step on the road to an eventual ban of all guns. Realizing that, we're going to stop you here and not after you've been allowed to whittle away our civil rights.
The idea the 2nd amendment isn't an individual right was dreamed up by leftist lawyers in the 1970s. No court with justices who are actually interested in following the constitution is ever going to overturn Heller. I guess if you pack it with Sotomayor types you could get it overturned. We'll pack it the other way if you do.
When pressed on this, Josh Earnest CLEARLY indicated that selling as few as ONE firearm, if conducted in some yet to be specified conditions, could make you a dealer in the eyes of the law.
If they actually do that it will be tied up in court long after Obama is out of office. I still think it's all posturing for the Democratic base - at this point in his term, with the opposition party controlling both houses of Congress, these kinds of empty gestures are about as much as he can accomplish.
Actually, for 2A advocates like myself this isn't a bad thing. It doesn't actually do anything, and as such it just adds to the pile of failed gun control measures we can point to the next time the subject comes up.
If Obama did actually manage to have an effect in this kind of legislation-by-fiat move, well, the next president can just roll it back the same way.
If true, it means someone with mental illness conditions will be much more reluctant than before to seek for health care provided his/her file can be transfer to the FBI.
This. People will no longer seek treatment for things like depression and PTSD.
Days later a long time Wikipedia luminary inserted the exact same information without any objection.
I've heard this complaint from dozens of sources: "I made an edit that got rejected. Then some short time later an established editor added the same information."
After Lindbergh flew the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of Saint Louis in 1927, he didn't then turn around and fly back. Instead he sent the Spirit of Saint Louis back to the US by sea.
His ass probably hurt too much to fly back.
On a more serious note, flying non-stop across the Atlantic was a stunt. Doing it once had very little value; doing it twice none at all. But the modern launch market is very different - if SpaceX can re-launch the first stage without rebuilding it that's tens of millions right to the bottom line.
Landing back at the Cape requires more fuel, too. One of the reasons this happened on an Orbcomm launch is the payload was relatively light, leaving more fuel to turn around. After separation the first stage is going 3000 m/sec in the wrong direction.
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This. The legislature will couch this in terms of safety (can't someone think of the children?), but as a California resident my default bias on this kind of stuff is the real reason probably has something to do with raising revenue.
Clearly. What differentiates the SJWs from normal people is the assumption the accuser is always telling the truth, feelings are more important than facts, and sanctions should be imposed without all that time-consuming due process stuff.
You could very easily re-word that to say "We think we can get your product cheaper from someone else, and if you don't drop the price we will do so." It only works if that's actually true, though. When you try to force suppliers who are offering competitive prices to take a cut you get a lot of resistance.
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe "dismissed without prejudice" means they can re-file later. Presumably after being able to document harm.
Yeah, this is the kind of stupid crap you hear from union supporters. I can't stand people who take credit for things they didn't do.
From a project management perspective Java is a pretty safe choice for a new project. On long projects people come and go - I can find replacement Java programmers in short order. As much as I love clojure, I would never do a large project with it at work because it's too difficult (and expensive) to find competent lispers.
That's a good point. You'd think they'd be more likely to try organizing Amazon or Disney.
Did they come from unions, or did they come from legislation?
You don't need a union if your employer is actually breaking the law. You need a lawyer.
What I don't understand is why the union-company relationship in the US seem to be so adversarial compared to other countries. Seems like either the corporation is on top and does whatever it pleases, or the union is on top demanding (and getting) ridiculous work rules and gold-plated benefits.
The problem with this like of thinking is it doesn't mean the quality is worse, either. I'm old enough to remember when US blue collar types would pooh pooh Japanese products for their low quality.
Once the jobs are in China (or India or wherever) the expertise will follow. Eventually they will be able to compete on quality.
That was my thought - who is going to buy this? Commercial airlines aren't going to want this kind of equipment within a hundred miles of their flights. And it seems underpowered for military applications.
You mean they realized if they didn't stop everyone would switch over to Galileo or Glonass.
My point was it hasn't been argued over for a long time. The arguing over started in the '70s, and even then it was considered a fringe view.
No it won't. Americans are more pro-gun than they've ever been. Anyway it's a bad analogy - we're on the side of more freedom, whereas the prohibitionists were on the side of less.
And it's not like gun control people are actually compromising on anything. Gun grabbers just view any new gun control as the first step on the road to an eventual ban of all guns. Realizing that, we're going to stop you here and not after you've been allowed to whittle away our civil rights.
The idea the 2nd amendment isn't an individual right was dreamed up by leftist lawyers in the 1970s. No court with justices who are actually interested in following the constitution is ever going to overturn Heller. I guess if you pack it with Sotomayor types you could get it overturned. We'll pack it the other way if you do.
If they actually do that it will be tied up in court long after Obama is out of office. I still think it's all posturing for the Democratic base - at this point in his term, with the opposition party controlling both houses of Congress, these kinds of empty gestures are about as much as he can accomplish.
Actually, for 2A advocates like myself this isn't a bad thing. It doesn't actually do anything, and as such it just adds to the pile of failed gun control measures we can point to the next time the subject comes up.
If Obama did actually manage to have an effect in this kind of legislation-by-fiat move, well, the next president can just roll it back the same way.
This. People will no longer seek treatment for things like depression and PTSD.
The hell it ain't. Doing nothing is, in fact, the best option.
It looks like most of the list is just an effort by people to make Swift look like whatever language they're using currently.
I've heard this complaint from dozens of sources: "I made an edit that got rejected. Then some short time later an established editor added the same information."
His ass probably hurt too much to fly back.
On a more serious note, flying non-stop across the Atlantic was a stunt. Doing it once had very little value; doing it twice none at all. But the modern launch market is very different - if SpaceX can re-launch the first stage without rebuilding it that's tens of millions right to the bottom line.
Landing back at the Cape requires more fuel, too. One of the reasons this happened on an Orbcomm launch is the payload was relatively light, leaving more fuel to turn around. After separation the first stage is going 3000 m/sec in the wrong direction.