Always seemed kind of insane to me that we want doctors and lawyers to work ridiculous hours in high stress jobs, when the consequences of them making mistakes are relatively severe.
Seems like if you have someone working 60 hours a week that's an indication that you actually need two people.
I think the theory for doctors and lawyers is that you have to be extremely dedicated and able to work well under stress, and so making you work long hours while you are training is a way of weeding out the ones who are just dilettantes.
Many countries have nationalised healthcare, where the costs of alcohol/tobacco related health issues are supposed to be paid for by the taxes on those products...
To which the US libertarians say "well you shouldn't have nationalised healthcare in the first place..."
It's classical utilitarian liberalism versus absolute individualistic freedom.
I am no fan of Tesla, but I think you are falling for the ""I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" fallacy.
Using current sales of electric cars as a guide to the future is meaningless. It looks like many European countries (at least) will have effectively banned ICE vehicles within 10 years.
...why you NEED a firearm, and why the 2A ought not to be infringed.
When seconds count, you might not even be able to contact the Police.
Similarly, every household should maintain a 24/7 working hospital and fire station, as wasting a few seconds calling 911 and waiting minutes for a so-called paramedic or fireman to turn up could be disastrous.
Stop trying to polarize the debate and take a calm, rational look at it. There is hard evidence of Russian interference in US democracy. There is also a solid argument to be made that Clinton was not a good candidate. Both those things can be true and have a significant impact.
But life is so much easier if you can just say Trump=Good, Clinton=Bad. (Or vice versa).
The fundamental logical flaw in the conspiracy theory that there is a "Deep State" secretly pushing leftism/liberalism/socialism/NWO (or whatever) is that if it was really that powerful it wouldn't let people like Trump or Bush or Reagan ever get near power. And if it isn't that powerful, it's just another way of saying that in a democracy not everyone is on the same side.
"When you were young"? Since milk delivery by horse hasn't happened since the 1940s I think you are making shit up or you are the only 80 year old on this site.
Yes, because everybody in the whole world moved from horses to electric milk carts at exactly the same time you did.
Libertarianism and Anarchism are two quite different things. Conflating them is just a way to make the reactionary ideas behind Libertarianism sound hip.
There is no ambiguity there.
Both sentences' meanings are perfectly clear. Their juxtaposition is amusing, but the question of whether an AI can appreciate jokes is a totally different issue.
Geez, what's with other languages having words/nouns "male" and "female" for things....with no rhyme or reason.
I've tried to figure that out for decades and it makes no fucking sense.
Now that today, somehow we have > 2 genders [rolls eyes], are those languages changing that, or making a telephone gender neutral?
But that's not a cause of ambiguity. "La table" is a table. Your computer just needs to learn the gender of a word. It's pointless, but not ambiguous. You don't use "la table" sometimes and "le table" at other times.
Any job that wants you to pay them is a scam. They are supposed to pay you. That's why it's a job.
It's not a job, it's a small business enabling opportunity facilitating entrepreneurs to leverage the gig economy in an agile and internet-centric cloud environment.
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So the message to take away from this is that an inept hack will get you more time in prison than stabbing your father with a prison knife (I don't actually get this bit - he was doing his hacking while he and his father were in prison for something else?)
The hour between finishing work at 8pm and getting to bed at 9pm so you can get up for work at 5am is plenty of time to drink the one bottle of beer a day you are allowed before being sacked as an alcoholic.
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What kind of parent buys their kid a toy every time they go to a toy-store?
What kind of parent doesn't buy their kid a toy every time they go to a toy-store?
Seriously, kids have zero interest in window shopping. That's an adult pastime. I would never take kids into a toy-store and not buy them something.
Always seemed kind of insane to me that we want doctors and lawyers to work ridiculous hours in high stress jobs, when the consequences of them making mistakes are relatively severe.
Seems like if you have someone working 60 hours a week that's an indication that you actually need two people.
I think the theory for doctors and lawyers is that you have to be extremely dedicated and able to work well under stress, and so making you work long hours while you are training is a way of weeding out the ones who are just dilettantes.
Utter tosh, but that seems to be how it works.
But if you teach critical thinking in schools, they'll realize that school is bullshit.
Then they can change the schools.
If you think all education/learning is bullshit, there is something wrong with you.
Like "Le Fucking Thing." - sounds classy, right?
Non!
It strips your privacy in exchange for a false sense of belonging.
Yes, we really should repeal all the laws making it compulsory to use social media 24/7.
Many countries have nationalised healthcare, where the costs of alcohol/tobacco related health issues are supposed to be paid for by the taxes on those products...
To which the US libertarians say "well you shouldn't have nationalised healthcare in the first place..."
It's classical utilitarian liberalism versus absolute individualistic freedom.
have people started using the expression Nurse Who yet?
I'm sure a number of childishly sexist right wing nutjobs have, yes.
the misery of aligning screws with threads four times
Jesus H Christ on a tricycle, that is pathetic.
Using current sales of electric cars as a guide to the future is meaningless. It looks like many European countries (at least) will have effectively banned ICE vehicles within 10 years.
...why you NEED a firearm, and why the 2A ought not to be infringed.
When seconds count, you might not even be able to contact the Police.
Similarly, every household should maintain a 24/7 working hospital and fire station, as wasting a few seconds calling 911 and waiting minutes for a so-called paramedic or fireman to turn up could be disastrous.
Stop trying to polarize the debate and take a calm, rational look at it. There is hard evidence of Russian interference in US democracy. There is also a solid argument to be made that Clinton was not a good candidate. Both those things can be true and have a significant impact.
But life is so much easier if you can just say Trump=Good, Clinton=Bad. (Or vice versa).
The fundamental logical flaw in the conspiracy theory that there is a "Deep State" secretly pushing leftism/liberalism/socialism/NWO (or whatever) is that if it was really that powerful it wouldn't let people like Trump or Bush or Reagan ever get near power. And if it isn't that powerful, it's just another way of saying that in a democracy not everyone is on the same side.
"When you were young"? Since milk delivery by horse hasn't happened since the 1940s I think you are making shit up or you are the only 80 year old on this site.
Yes, because everybody in the whole world moved from horses to electric milk carts at exactly the same time you did.
Smart rich people don't sink money into Ferraris.
If you're actually rich, then the difference in price of a few hundred thousand dollars between a Ferrari and a Fiat Panda is irrelevant.
the libertarian anarchistic philosophy
Libertarianism and Anarchism are two quite different things. Conflating them is just a way to make the reactionary ideas behind Libertarianism sound hip.
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana.
There is no ambiguity there. Both sentences' meanings are perfectly clear. Their juxtaposition is amusing, but the question of whether an AI can appreciate jokes is a totally different issue.
This also means that most puns and jokes based on word ambiguity do not work in Russian, which make it a bad language to tell jokes.
Duh, what about the legendary "in Soviet Russia Party jokes" which I have seen in countless variations over the years on slashdot?
They think English is hard...??
Geez, what's with other languages having words/nouns "male" and "female" for things....with no rhyme or reason.
I've tried to figure that out for decades and it makes no fucking sense.
Now that today, somehow we have > 2 genders [rolls eyes], are those languages changing that, or making a telephone gender neutral?
But that's not a cause of ambiguity. "La table" is a table. Your computer just needs to learn the gender of a word. It's pointless, but not ambiguous. You don't use "la table" sometimes and "le table" at other times.
What amazon really is doing is transferring its risk.
FTFY. "Mitigating" implies that the risk diminishes, which isn't happening here - it's just being moved to effect someone else's pocketbook.
No, Amazon is mitigating its own risk.
Any job that wants you to pay them is a scam. They are supposed to pay you. That's why it's a job.
It's not a job, it's a small business enabling opportunity facilitating entrepreneurs to leverage the gig economy in an agile and internet-centric cloud environment. .
So the message to take away from this is that an inept hack will get you more time in prison than stabbing your father with a prison knife (I don't actually get this bit - he was doing his hacking while he and his father were in prison for something else?)
I assumed it was a typo for "kitchen knife".
It seems like the people in the study had a better sense of self-esteem. I don't see any problem with that.
There is a difference between "self-esteem" and "inflated self-regard".
I thought that the UK was at the epicenter of the movement for real ale, which doesn't need any extraneous CO2.
Real ale drinkers are still the minority. The volume beers are things like Carling, i.e. cheap lager.
When it comes to beer quality is more important than quantity.
You're not from the UK are you?
ll enjoy my cold carbonated beer in the US.
Assuming your boss will give you time off...
The hour between finishing work at 8pm and getting to bed at 9pm so you can get up for work at 5am is plenty of time to drink the one bottle of beer a day you are allowed before being sacked as an alcoholic.