When I think Engineering and Math, I tend to think of Germany and Japan, two cultures that are known to have a strong work ethic and an aptitude for solving complex problems.
What if the hiring managers think the same thing? Hm, this candidate just doesn't look very mathy...
Not saying you're wrong, but just because a stereotype is true doesn't mean there can't be discrimination beyond the percentages justified by the stereotypes.
That's exactly what affirmative action is. It says blacks are not as good as whites, can't compete, and thus need a loving, guiding hand to help them up.
No, it is saying socio-economic factors make it less likely for African Americans to succeed, and this will not be changed for hundreds of years if society does not lend a hand.
Then why not base assistance on those socio-economic factors, instead of racist discrimination based on race?
I believe that neither Schadenfreude nor sarcastic gleeing over a major f@ck up at the NSA are appropriate in this case, because want it or not, admit it or not, but your country is under attack by a powerful, sophisticated adversary.
Autopilot in an airplane means that the plane can pilot itself while you go take a piss. Autopilot in a Tesla means that you will take a piss while the car drives itself.
But fundamentally, why, oh, why, is the browser being promoted to being a viewer of non-HTML documents?
For the best of reasons, convenience and user experience. OK, so in this particular case so Microsoft makes more money. But generally users want to view content as quickly and conveniently as possible, and displaying it within the browser while browsing makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't mind being able to view documents and spreadsheets in-browser either. If they do it right.
On that note, I hope there's a particularly nasty place in hell for whoever decided to make Firefox's default pdf viewer so it only loads part of the file at a time, even if you look through the whole thing, and pretend to search but only search part of the document while pretending it searched the whole thing. Point being, if it is not done right then just use a working viewer rather than a half-assed crappy one.
No one should be overreacting on this subject. On TFA, the researcher already stated that weight may not really be the cause (just a possibility and may need further research)
If there's a correlation it could be the other way around: perhaps people with those specific brain characteristics are prone to eating more.
Perhaps people with smaller brains eat just as much but burn less (the brain uses enormous amounts of energy).
And does the Constitution say the census must be conducted door-to-door salesmen style rather than by the plethora of other ways we have to know how many citizens live in which district?
National defense is a responsibility outlined in the constitution so it is a justifiable expense in line with our founding principles. Of all the things the Federal Government spends money on, this is the least of my concerns (and generally a very small part of the pie).
How about that standing army funded by income taxes? Does that fit with your knowledge of the Constitution?
Two members of the Global Warming Policy Foundation academic advisory board have each lost [roughly $1,320 (1,000 British Pound)] betting that 2015 would not be warmer than 2008.
I'd be willing to bet that some rich conservative financed their bet, so that they didn't lose any money.
In future retrospect, blood transfusions carry various risks, and doing massive numbers of blood transfusions is probably going to kill him faster than old age.
No one was using the Russian hacker menace for anything when I posted that, but based on history I expected that any potential threat with that much media attention would be used for political gain. Check out our totally justified counterattack: russian-government-gets-hacked-back-attacks-possibly-launched-by-the-nsa
Oh noes, the scary Russians want to hack our computers and steal our data. For our own protection, we must give up all our freedoms and give our data to the NSA. The children who must be thought of, the terrorists, the druggies, and the pedophiles welcome scary Russian hackers into the fold.
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Please don't mention the age of the layout, it might give them ideas...
... how to work long hours for next to nothing.
She's right though -- it's impossible to express emotion via text ;-)
Have you seen what happens when the speaker has an accent?
Neither the voice-to-text program nor the human recipient can understand them?
When I think Engineering and Math, I tend to think of Germany and Japan, two cultures that are known to have a strong work ethic and an aptitude for solving complex problems.
What if the hiring managers think the same thing? Hm, this candidate just doesn't look very mathy...
Not saying you're wrong, but just because a stereotype is true doesn't mean there can't be discrimination beyond the percentages justified by the stereotypes.
That's exactly what affirmative action is. It says blacks are not as good as whites, can't compete, and thus need a loving, guiding hand to help them up.
No, it is saying socio-economic factors make it less likely for African Americans to succeed, and this will not be changed for hundreds of years if society does not lend a hand.
Then why not base assistance on those socio-economic factors, instead of racist discrimination based on race?
At least when it's on the computer, it can be sent to voice-to-text and then a spam filter :-)
the batteries only function decently at over 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
showcasing the difference between "won't catch fire" and "won't catch other things on fire".
I believe that neither Schadenfreude nor sarcastic gleeing over a major f@ck up at the NSA are appropriate in this case, because want it or not, admit it or not, but your country is under attack by a powerful, sophisticated adversary.
A foreign, or domestic adversary?
Any self respecting nerd has already looked up how H2O2, Cl2, H2O react days ago.
I believe you mean years ago, but maybe some nerds are more self-respecting than others.
Autopilot in an airplane means that the plane can pilot itself while you go take a piss. Autopilot in a Tesla means that you will take a piss while the car drives itself.
This is the longest timescale for 'someday' ever. Not going to happen in the lifetime of any descendent we can imagine.
Joke's on you, some of us plan to cure aging in the next several decades. Or at least give it a good try.
But fundamentally, why, oh, why, is the browser being promoted to being a viewer of non-HTML documents?
For the best of reasons, convenience and user experience. OK, so in this particular case so Microsoft makes more money. But generally users want to view content as quickly and conveniently as possible, and displaying it within the browser while browsing makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't mind being able to view documents and spreadsheets in-browser either. If they do it right.
On that note, I hope there's a particularly nasty place in hell for whoever decided to make Firefox's default pdf viewer so it only loads part of the file at a time, even if you look through the whole thing, and pretend to search but only search part of the document while pretending it searched the whole thing. Point being, if it is not done right then just use a working viewer rather than a half-assed crappy one.
It's hard for unwanted software to hit all 5 major categories, but apparently not impossible.
Types of unwanted software fall into five categories: ad injectors,
Windows 10, now with ads served directly from your operating system
browser settings hijackers,
Edge+Bing, of course.
system utilities,
a whole operating system, in fact
anti-virus,
Windows Defender
and major brands.
Microsoft is as major as it gets
No one should be overreacting on this subject. On TFA, the researcher already stated that weight may not really be the cause (just a possibility and may need further research)
If there's a correlation it could be the other way around: perhaps people with those specific brain characteristics are prone to eating more.
Perhaps people with smaller brains eat just as much but burn less (the brain uses enormous amounts of energy).
And does the Constitution say the census must be conducted door-to-door salesmen style rather than by the plethora of other ways we have to know how many citizens live in which district?
$1800 fine for not submitting a paper? I wonder how many people born on January 1st live at 123 Example St?
National defense is a responsibility outlined in the constitution so it is a justifiable expense in line with our founding principles. Of all the things the Federal Government spends money on, this is the least of my concerns (and generally a very small part of the pie).
How about that standing army funded by income taxes? Does that fit with your knowledge of the Constitution?
Is he really a prince?
"In one case, a target was conned into paying out $15.4 million," Interpol said in a statement.
He might as well be.
Two members of the Global Warming Policy Foundation academic advisory board have each lost [roughly $1,320 (1,000 British Pound)] betting that 2015 would not be warmer than 2008.
I'd be willing to bet that some rich conservative financed their bet, so that they didn't lose any money.
Admit it. You just want people you don't like to die, and you don't mind millions of bystanders dying too if that's what it takes.
In future retrospect, blood transfusions carry various risks, and doing massive numbers of blood transfusions is probably going to kill him faster than old age.
No one was using the Russian hacker menace for anything when I posted that, but based on history I expected that any potential threat with that much media attention would be used for political gain. Check out our totally justified counterattack: russian-government-gets-hacked-back-attacks-possibly-launched-by-the-nsa
Can it farm raspberries? And can it bake pies?
Oh noes, the scary Russians want to hack our computers and steal our data. For our own protection, we must give up all our freedoms and give our data to the NSA. The children who must be thought of, the terrorists, the druggies, and the pedophiles welcome scary Russian hackers into the fold.