If you go to the source paper you'll notice both authors are from law school. So, that being said, why are they writing about a medical issue and using questionable statistics?
Here is the abstract:
"Recently, many jurisdictions have implemented bans or imposed taxes upon plastic grocery bags on environmental grounds. San Francisco County was the first major US jurisdiction to enact such a regulation, implementing a ban in 2007. There is evidence, however, that reusable grocery bags, a common substitute for plastic bags, contain potentially harmful bacteria. We examine emergency room admissions related to these bacteria in the wake of the San Francisco ban. We find that ER visits spiked when the ban went into effect. Relative to other counties, ER admissions increase by at least one fourth, and deaths exhibit a similar increase. "
In my experience, it is the opposite. When people are paying me money, I do what they want and I put in my hours and then I'm done. I make enough money in my position that the last thing I want to do is sit in front of a computer when I finish work and prefer side projects in different fields.
Do you mind sharing what the app does? I'm curious if it is super niche, and thus was easy to build & easy to sell or very generic and shooting for the masses.
I found this in the article particularly interesting:
Yet there was always one major clue that mice might not really mimic humans in this regard: it is very hard to kill a mouse with a bacterial infection. Mice need a million times more bacteria in their blood than what would kill a person.
“Mice can eat garbage and food that is lying around and is rotten,” Dr. Davis said. “Humans can’t do that. We are too sensitive.”
Q: Your FAQ on "What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government (Politics)?" states "There must be a military force for defense against external enemies."
What would this "military force" look like in an ideal Objectivist world? Would there be a standing military? Who would serve in it? Only those who would choose to do so? Or would the government have the power to draft when the need for service people was greater than the number volunteering?...
A: Objectivism has no position on most of the questions you ask, and in many cases the same general answer applies: We'll see when we get there.
Yes, one sentence in 1100+ pages of Atlas Shrugged mentions defense as a valid function of government. I have read all of her books, have you? Where does she talk about how the military is suppose to function and be paid for? What exactly am I lying about?
I would like to point out that I'm not a fanatical Randhead. I think her stories are naive in they completely disregard how America was built off a variety of slave labor, and glazes over foreign policy (military needs) completely.
I read your link because it sounded like a bunch of crap to me. In the comments, there is this:
1. Ayn Rand died of heart failure, not lung cancer.
2. Ayn Rand did not get her name from her typewriter. The exact origin of her last name has not been unequivocally proven, but research now suggests that Rand is actually an abbreviation of her given last name.
3. Ayn Rand was financially capable of paying for her own medical expenses but made use of the Medicare and Social Security systems as this was in her rational self interest. She did not say "it was wrong for everyone else to do so." She addresses the issue here:
I normally don't respond to ACs but I'll bite. I'm guessing you're a comp. sci. teacher trying to justify your existence.
You don't have to use maintainability or code speed in your job? I met people who learned theory for the first time in the university, programmed for the first time in the university, and the majority are now in different fields. I started programming at the age of 13 and learned theory in high school, however I would say the majority of knowledge has been from 'apprenticeships' with high quality people in IT departments / software development companies. Now I code full time for a major corporation.
I learned more about programming and networking from my professional career, than I did in 4 years at the university & 4 years in high school.
Now I learn by reading, going to conferences, and working with talented people. I would not go back to a traditional school to learn more about programming.
Leave it to a politician to explain how the IT field is going to disappear. "As we move toward the cloud and technology gets easier to use", and who supports these technologies Mr. Mayor?
Make your own website, get a job working for a firm as an intern. I went to school for computer science and learned a hell of a lot more 'in the field'.
My problem with wikileaks is its heavy anti-american bias. It seems like he wants to embarrass the U.S. just for the sake of embarrassment, and not to make the world "a more just society".
Agreed. I work in the computer industry, web development area now, and the last few jobs I interviewed for requested a portfolio & code samples. I can't imagine any interview test that would not obviously stick out as real work.
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If you go to the source paper you'll notice both authors are from law school. So, that being said, why are they writing about a medical issue and using questionable statistics?
Here is the abstract:
"Recently, many jurisdictions have implemented bans or imposed taxes upon plastic grocery bags on environmental grounds. San Francisco County was the first major US jurisdiction to enact such a regulation, implementing a ban in 2007. There is evidence, however, that reusable grocery bags, a common substitute for plastic bags, contain potentially harmful bacteria. We examine emergency room admissions related to these bacteria in the wake of the San Francisco ban. We find that ER visits spiked when the ban went into effect. Relative to other counties, ER admissions increase by at least one fourth, and deaths exhibit a similar increase. "
Does fracking require fresh water? Why not use salt water / dirty water.
In my experience, it is the opposite. When people are paying me money, I do what they want and I put in my hours and then I'm done. I make enough money in my position that the last thing I want to do is sit in front of a computer when I finish work and prefer side projects in different fields.
Do you mind sharing what the app does? I'm curious if it is super niche, and thus was easy to build & easy to sell or very generic and shooting for the masses.
I found this in the article particularly interesting:
Yet there was always one major clue that mice might not really mimic humans in this regard: it is very hard to kill a mouse with a bacterial infection. Mice need a million times more bacteria in their blood than what would kill a person.
“Mice can eat garbage and food that is lying around and is rotten,” Dr. Davis said. “Humans can’t do that. We are too sensitive.”
She "glossed over" foreign policy and military needs. How is that a lie?
From Atlas Society:
Q: Your FAQ on "What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government (Politics)?" states "There must be a military force for defense against external enemies."
What would this "military force" look like in an ideal Objectivist world? Would there be a standing military? Who would serve in it? Only those who would choose to do so? Or would the government have the power to draft when the need for service people was greater than the number volunteering?...
A: Objectivism has no position on most of the questions you ask, and in many cases the same general answer applies: We'll see when we get there.
Yes, one sentence in 1100+ pages of Atlas Shrugged mentions defense as a valid function of government. I have read all of her books, have you? Where does she talk about how the military is suppose to function and be paid for? What exactly am I lying about?
I would like to point out that I'm not a fanatical Randhead. I think her stories are naive in they completely disregard how America was built off a variety of slave labor, and glazes over foreign policy (military needs) completely.
I read your link because it sounded like a bunch of crap to me. In the comments, there is this:
1. Ayn Rand died of heart failure, not lung cancer.
2. Ayn Rand did not get her name from her typewriter. The exact origin of her last name has not been unequivocally proven, but research now suggests that Rand is actually an abbreviation of her given last name.
3. Ayn Rand was financially capable of paying for her own medical expenses but made use of the Medicare and Social Security systems as this was in her rational self interest. She did not say "it was wrong for everyone else to do so." She addresses the issue here:
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government_grants_and_scholarships.html
The last statement is right now, jump on github and show off your talent. A portfolio is incredibly important in the web industry.
I normally don't respond to ACs but I'll bite. I'm guessing you're a comp. sci. teacher trying to justify your existence.
You don't have to use maintainability or code speed in your job? I met people who learned theory for the first time in the university, programmed for the first time in the university, and the majority are now in different fields. I started programming at the age of 13 and learned theory in high school, however I would say the majority of knowledge has been from 'apprenticeships' with high quality people in IT departments / software development companies. Now I code full time for a major corporation.
I learned more about programming and networking from my professional career, than I did in 4 years at the university & 4 years in high school.
Now I learn by reading, going to conferences, and working with talented people. I would not go back to a traditional school to learn more about programming.
Leave it to a politician to explain how the IT field is going to disappear. "As we move toward the cloud and technology gets easier to use", and who supports these technologies Mr. Mayor?
The first reference to it was in 1942 by Asimov.
Does he get a vote in the successor?
Make your own website, get a job working for a firm as an intern. I went to school for computer science and learned a hell of a lot more 'in the field'.
Calculating statistically what a group might do
I believe you are referring to psychohistory from 'The Foundation' by Isaac Asimov.
And did they just raid facebook's data, disregarding privacy settings, to develop this software?
Tagged medicine & science?
I saw this news 8 hours ago on the front page of yahoo. Can we stick to obscure news, or post widespread news in a timely manner?
Sorry for ranting, mod me a troll if you wish.
The first time they try to defend this patent, it will be thrown out of court. Seems like a waste of time & money.
Email attachments have been a security and privacy hole for a decade.
My problem with wikileaks is its heavy anti-american bias. It seems like he wants to embarrass the U.S. just for the sake of embarrassment, and not to make the world "a more just society".
Agreed. I work in the computer industry, web development area now, and the last few jobs I interviewed for requested a portfolio & code samples. I can't imagine any interview test that would not obviously stick out as real work.
Fair enough and you are correct. I just looked it up and the 2012 winner for fastest supercomputer was the Cray Titan at 17.59 PFLOPS.
source here
I believe this is the API the GP is looking for, which is for congress: govtrack.us