The situation you've outlined was probably the case a decade or so ago. I don't think it's the case any more, though. My company uses some kind of resume scanning software, so from HR we only get candidates with a perfect match. The only candidates who match are providing resumes that are just a wall of acronyms, and on paper they have more experience than any ten real people.
Part of the problem here is the contracting companies know the game and independent job seekers don't. When I was younger I didn't put skills I don't have on my resume - partly out of pride, partly because I figured companies won't hire people who lie about their skills. But today you're probably better off figuring out if you're a match for the first few bullet points and then just adding the other stuff. That's what your competitors are doing, and sometimes they don't have any of the skills on the list at all.
I can't get worked up over this story. People are signing agreements which has the company giving them something (probably money) in exchange for their time at a later date. It may be unusual, but it's not nefarious. If you work at a place like and it doesn't seem like a good deal then don't sign and forgo the severance package. Companies are not obligated to provide severance packages.
Your terminal strips go into the same container as thousands of other orders. Shipping for something that small and light is going to be almost free until it gets routed from the regional postal distribution center.
This is why it's difficult to take anti-gun people seriously. They have no idea what they're talking about.
I do not need yet another thing that will stop working if I forget to change the battery. Those things are slow and unreliable, and "slow and unreliable" is particularly unacceptable since if I actually need a gun I really, really need it.
There are laws like that already on the books in many states. And there's no constitutional problem, either - the criminal justice system is the process through which rights you would otherwise have are taken away. If allowing a toddler access to a gun is a crime, they can take your gun.
The Chamber of Commerce types are showering Jeb with money, but among Republicans there doesn't seem to be much interest. You're much more likely to see Fiorina or Rubio.
It only works on exposed skin. Won't take people long to start covering up.
Besides, one problem with that one is it doesn't leave any marks, and it's really painful. Even the manufacturer is worried it'll be used as a punishment device.
Let's say statistically there's a 50% chance that team A will win, and the betting odds were at 2 to 1, if 80% of the people were all betting on team A, the bookie is going to lose his shirt if team A wins.
njnna is right - the bookie doesn't lose his shirt under any circumstances. When you bet on sports you're not really betting against the bookie; you're betting against the other bettors. The bookie is making money because the winners are getting paid less than they would if the bets were mathematically fair. Let's say you had a friendly bet with a buddy over a game. Between you you've decided one team is twice as likely to win. So you bet two dollars, your buddy bets one dollar, and the winner takes all three dollars. Assuming you've judged the odds of the sports outcome properly, this is a mathematically fair bet - if you made it a million times you wouldn't win or lose money (compared to the amount you've bet, anyway).
Now change the scenario and say a third party is acting as a bookie. The bookie offers you 3:8 odds (instead of 1:2) and he offers your buddy 7:4 odds (instead of 2:1). You still bet two dollars, and your buddy still bets one dollar. This time, though, the winner gets $2.75, and the bookie pockets a quarter. Notice he pockets the quarter no matter which team wins. This bet isn't fair, mathematically speaking. If you and your buddy make it a million times you'll both be broke and the bookie will have all your money. This is why you can find bookies everywhere you go, regardless of legality:)
Sure, in tech circles the TPP is criticized for technical reasons. Here on slashdot, however, the main argument boils down to "Obama supports TPP, and Obama is evil, so TPP is evil".
Actually, Nobody made that argument. You've made this up from whole cloth.
2. You get on the news and the President mentions what you did
This is a big, big part of it. These guys are small men in the making who've realized they'll never be the kind of people who make the papers for something good. And they desperately want to force everyone to hear their primal scream. Just like suicide clusters, the more it happens the more unbalanced people think about it and start to think it might be a good idea. It's a price we pay for a free press. I'd bet any amount of money if these things just weren't reported they wouldn't happen nearly as often.
With JDAMs you can get pretty damn close to 100% perfection. The most likely scenario here is the USAF hit what they were trying to hit. From the Telegraph link in the summary:
Witnesses said that for more than an hour, beginning at 2:08am, the hospital was hit by a series of aerial bombing raids every 15 minutes. The main central hospital building, housing the intensive care unit, emergency rooms, and physiotherapy ward, was repeatedly hit very precisely.
So we're not just talking about a single bomb that failed and flew off course.
I suspect, based on the first article, US troops were taking fire from that area and called for air support, and due to time constraints nobody who knew it was a hospital was in the loop. Technically if the Taliban were firing from or from near the hospital it's a legitimate target and any civilian deaths go to the Taliban. Technically.
This has become a regular event in America. We can lay a lot of responsibility for this at the feet of the terrorist NRA and the corrupt legislators they pay off...
Or not. It's not the NRA's fault this guy decided to go out in a blaze of glory.
That would be me. What's the point of buying a self driving car if I have to hover over the steering wheel in case it gets confused? If I can't read or sleep or surf the web I may as well drive.
There are 35,000 McDonalds restaurants. Even assuming you made a machine that couldn't be used at any other chain, that's not what I would call low volume.
Anyway the low-hanging fruit for fast food restaurants is the register. Self-serve kiosks are cheap - McDonalds already uses them in countries with high labor costs and ubiquitous electronic payment systems. I doubt we'll see burger machines while they're still paying people to take your order.
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The situation you've outlined was probably the case a decade or so ago. I don't think it's the case any more, though. My company uses some kind of resume scanning software, so from HR we only get candidates with a perfect match. The only candidates who match are providing resumes that are just a wall of acronyms, and on paper they have more experience than any ten real people.
Part of the problem here is the contracting companies know the game and independent job seekers don't. When I was younger I didn't put skills I don't have on my resume - partly out of pride, partly because I figured companies won't hire people who lie about their skills. But today you're probably better off figuring out if you're a match for the first few bullet points and then just adding the other stuff. That's what your competitors are doing, and sometimes they don't have any of the skills on the list at all.
There's no need for lawyers. All they have to do is refuse to sign.
I think you're probably right.
I can't get worked up over this story. People are signing agreements which has the company giving them something (probably money) in exchange for their time at a later date. It may be unusual, but it's not nefarious. If you work at a place like and it doesn't seem like a good deal then don't sign and forgo the severance package. Companies are not obligated to provide severance packages.
Your terminal strips go into the same container as thousands of other orders. Shipping for something that small and light is going to be almost free until it gets routed from the regional postal distribution center.
Do the numbers really work for this? If they do, why isn't the power company buying up Tesla's production for the foreseeable future?
This is why it's difficult to take anti-gun people seriously. They have no idea what they're talking about.
I do not need yet another thing that will stop working if I forget to change the battery. Those things are slow and unreliable, and "slow and unreliable" is particularly unacceptable since if I actually need a gun I really, really need it.
There are laws like that already on the books in many states. And there's no constitutional problem, either - the criminal justice system is the process through which rights you would otherwise have are taken away. If allowing a toddler access to a gun is a crime, they can take your gun.
I think watching two people agree on how much they like money and government favors would be kind of boring.
The Chamber of Commerce types are showering Jeb with money, but among Republicans there doesn't seem to be much interest. You're much more likely to see Fiorina or Rubio.
It only works on exposed skin. Won't take people long to start covering up.
Besides, one problem with that one is it doesn't leave any marks, and it's really painful. Even the manufacturer is worried it'll be used as a punishment device.
njnna is right - the bookie doesn't lose his shirt under any circumstances. When you bet on sports you're not really betting against the bookie; you're betting against the other bettors. The bookie is making money because the winners are getting paid less than they would if the bets were mathematically fair. Let's say you had a friendly bet with a buddy over a game. Between you you've decided one team is twice as likely to win. So you bet two dollars, your buddy bets one dollar, and the winner takes all three dollars. Assuming you've judged the odds of the sports outcome properly, this is a mathematically fair bet - if you made it a million times you wouldn't win or lose money (compared to the amount you've bet, anyway).
Now change the scenario and say a third party is acting as a bookie. The bookie offers you 3:8 odds (instead of 1:2) and he offers your buddy 7:4 odds (instead of 2:1). You still bet two dollars, and your buddy still bets one dollar. This time, though, the winner gets $2.75, and the bookie pockets a quarter. Notice he pockets the quarter no matter which team wins. This bet isn't fair, mathematically speaking. If you and your buddy make it a million times you'll both be broke and the bookie will have all your money. This is why you can find bookies everywhere you go, regardless of legality :)
Actually, Nobody made that argument. You've made this up from whole cloth.
This is a big, big part of it. These guys are small men in the making who've realized they'll never be the kind of people who make the papers for something good. And they desperately want to force everyone to hear their primal scream. Just like suicide clusters, the more it happens the more unbalanced people think about it and start to think it might be a good idea. It's a price we pay for a free press. I'd bet any amount of money if these things just weren't reported they wouldn't happen nearly as often.
With JDAMs you can get pretty damn close to 100% perfection. The most likely scenario here is the USAF hit what they were trying to hit. From the Telegraph link in the summary:
So we're not just talking about a single bomb that failed and flew off course.
I suspect, based on the first article, US troops were taking fire from that area and called for air support, and due to time constraints nobody who knew it was a hospital was in the loop. Technically if the Taliban were firing from or from near the hospital it's a legitimate target and any civilian deaths go to the Taliban. Technically.
Heh heh. A girlfriend once asked why I rarely eat fruit. My response was "Fruit is nature's candy bar."
That's not the word I would have chosen. "Swindled" is a better way to put it.
Or not. It's not the NRA's fault this guy decided to go out in a blaze of glory.
Because whites are still the majority in the US. On a per capita basis the opposite is true.
There are things you bear in the name of freedom. This is one of them.
That would be me. What's the point of buying a self driving car if I have to hover over the steering wheel in case it gets confused? If I can't read or sleep or surf the web I may as well drive.
Who would want a car that refused to drive faster than 22 mph?
There are 35,000 McDonalds restaurants. Even assuming you made a machine that couldn't be used at any other chain, that's not what I would call low volume.
Anyway the low-hanging fruit for fast food restaurants is the register. Self-serve kiosks are cheap - McDonalds already uses them in countries with high labor costs and ubiquitous electronic payment systems. I doubt we'll see burger machines while they're still paying people to take your order.
I think he says "conservatives" very clearly.
Do you think he's serious, or is it satire? Seems a bit over the top to be serious.
I find there are generally two kinds of self-styled "progressives":
1) Those who feel the need to create straw men.
2) Meh. Actually there's only one.