I have happier memories from trains than on cars. I remember that having a car in high school still didn't get me many girls:D
And my definition of "nice" is "walkable area with trains", not "huge house and not walkable."
Commutes in cities themselves are often short. The problem is commuting in from the sub-BURPS, if you want a 4 bedroom McHouse on a quarter-acre lot like all the people you hated from high school now have.
Google should unlock the bootloader once the devices reach EOL. Even if the original OS is no longer supported, the hardware is still good, and can run a supported Linux distribution.
If you're (say) enrolled in grad school part-time, use your university address. This provides automagic proof that you're in fact enrolled -- one less thing on their resume for them to need to check.
George Soros is a world hero (IMHO) -- he's one of the few rich people willing to put his money where his mouth is and use it to fight against authoritarianism and blind nationalism. As a child under the Nazis, he learned the consequences of both on his own skin, and he doesn't want anyone else to suffer as much as him or his family.
You mean, "get their ass shot off defending ARAMCO, EXXON, and Goldman Sucks." If you think that most of what the US military does involves defending the average American, you're shockingly naive. Yes, I get it. The US needs energy. It would have been cheaper and cleaner to convert the US to nuclear-generated electric infrastructure (like the French Messmer Plan), electrify the railroads, require electric cars, than to keep worrying about oil prices worldwide.
But what about the people who saw their military as their only route out of poverty at age 17 or 18? I know quite a few vets who are neither selfish or stupid and took that route.
Blame the US system, which doesn't offer some people many routes out of poverty OTHER THAN military service. In many states, public education is being gutted, the public university systems are turning expensive and mediocre. What's left?
Frankly, I'd support an alternative means of national service after high school that would act like the military in paying for education, etc, but not require the whole "propping up brutal dictators and supporting killers" aspect. But unfortunately, the US is what it is...
Anonymity in transactions and privacy are also important in modern society. Cash is a good thing -- it's a pure business transaction without third parties being able to stick their noses into it.
India doesn't have a history of dictatorship, but it does have a history of ethnic violence against Sikhs and Muslims.
We're discussing the present, not long-past history when our grandparents were kids. If you go back that far, the US was no picnic either -- in some parts of the US, not being white and speaking to a white woman incorrectly could get you "disappeared" or falsely convicted of rape and sent to the electric chair.
Frankly, best to bury it even if it gets worse. If it's publicized it will create a positive feedback loop, making it EVEN worse. And some of the possible knee-jerk responses (bag searches, more surveillance, closing down of public events, etc) fall into the "thanks but no thanks" category. Best to keep calm and carry on, not sow panic.
Sorry, but no. I don't want to glorify mass mayhem and terrorism. I really don't want people to "think for themselves" when their apparent thought process is: "If I shoot 20 people, I'll make the first slot on the 11:00 news."
Better to bury the news and not publish their names and faces in public -- no need to encourage copycat crimes.
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Yep, America sucks in this respect. Keep pointing it out -- US workers need it drummed into their heads that they're being exploited.
Those aren't cities -- those are sprawled suburbs of themselves that think they can call themselves "cities."
Many jobs still involve working with physical objects on site, or meeting with actual people, not just pushing bits or shuffling papers around.
I have happier memories from trains than on cars. I remember that having a car in high school still didn't get me many girls :D
And my definition of "nice" is "walkable area with trains", not "huge house and not walkable."
Try setting up a basic sciences lab with multi-million dollar equipment in your home. Try doing other people's plumbing or electrical work from home.
Commutes in cities themselves are often short. The problem is commuting in from the sub-BURPS, if you want a 4 bedroom McHouse on a quarter-acre lot like all the people you hated from high school now have.
Method of travel also matters -- you can read a book on a train or bus. You can't in a (not self-driving) car stuck in traffic.
Google should unlock the bootloader once the devices reach EOL. Even if the original OS is no longer supported, the hardware is still good, and can run a supported Linux distribution.
Yep -- the Clintons actually had the right idea there, though their mistake was using Windows 2003 Server....
Recruiters, being whom and what they are, are less likely to think about time lapses, more likely to see a .edu addy.
Or just host your own domain and use the IMAP service of your choice (or your own server) to store email. It's cheap nowadays.
If you're (say) enrolled in grad school part-time, use your university address. This provides automagic proof that you're in fact enrolled -- one less thing on their resume for them to need to check.
George Soros is a world hero (IMHO) -- he's one of the few rich people willing to put his money where his mouth is and use it to fight against authoritarianism and blind nationalism. As a child under the Nazis, he learned the consequences of both on his own skin, and he doesn't want anyone else to suffer as much as him or his family.
You mean, "get their ass shot off defending ARAMCO, EXXON, and Goldman Sucks." If you think that most of what the US military does involves defending the average American, you're shockingly naive. Yes, I get it. The US needs energy. It would have been cheaper and cleaner to convert the US to nuclear-generated electric infrastructure (like the French Messmer Plan), electrify the railroads, require electric cars, than to keep worrying about oil prices worldwide.
Soldiers that know they'll have good life options after an honorable discharge work harder and fight better.
Well said about dictators being kept in power.
But what about the people who saw their military as their only route out of poverty at age 17 or 18? I know quite a few vets who are neither selfish or stupid and took that route.
Blame the US system, which doesn't offer some people many routes out of poverty OTHER THAN military service. In many states, public education is being gutted, the public university systems are turning expensive and mediocre. What's left?
Frankly, I'd support an alternative means of national service after high school that would act like the military in paying for education, etc, but not require the whole "propping up brutal dictators and supporting killers" aspect. But unfortunately, the US is what it is...
Anonymity in transactions and privacy are also important in modern society. Cash is a good thing -- it's a pure business transaction without third parties being able to stick their noses into it.
India doesn't have a history of dictatorship, but it does have a history of ethnic violence against Sikhs and Muslims.
"Caliphate" to describe London or Paris (never been to Malmo) is a hell of a stretch... but you're obviously trolling.
No, I want to regulate ACTIONS by not encouraging people to act on murderous thoughts. Why glorify mass murder?
The researchers may have thought about this. The journos who skimmed the article abstract may not have.
Maybe the people who sleep more or less have sleep differences as s SYMPTOM of some process that causes artery disease.
We're discussing the present, not long-past history when our grandparents were kids. If you go back that far, the US was no picnic either -- in some parts of the US, not being white and speaking to a white woman incorrectly could get you "disappeared" or falsely convicted of rape and sent to the electric chair.
Frankly, best to bury it even if it gets worse. If it's publicized it will create a positive feedback loop, making it EVEN worse. And some of the possible knee-jerk responses (bag searches, more surveillance, closing down of public events, etc) fall into the "thanks but no thanks" category. Best to keep calm and carry on, not sow panic.
Let's compare THIS century between Europe and the US, not go back 75 years.
Sorry, but no. I don't want to glorify mass mayhem and terrorism. I really don't want people to "think for themselves" when their apparent thought process is: "If I shoot 20 people, I'll make the first slot on the 11:00 news."
Better to bury the news and not publish their names and faces in public -- no need to encourage copycat crimes.