The whole debate about climate change is because of three specific groups:
Those who want to suppress the science because it might interfere with them making a profit, those who don't want to admit climate change because they believe having to change will interfere with their way of life, and those who think being ignorant and ignoring the facts is the way to go.
This was summed up quite nicely by Asimov:
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
is talking with the state of Pennsylvania among others about getting the land and electricity subsidies
I'm sure with Pennsylvania's current $600 million budget deficit the folks in Harrisburg will be more than willing to hand over tens of millions of dollars in subsidies with a payback timeframe of decades.
when did things change an EVERY job available became one where you were supposed to make a living from and have a career?
Uber advertised the median salary in New York for Uber drivers was $90K per year while in San Francisco the median was $74K per year. People then went to work for Uber based on those advertisements.
You're not implying that Uber lied when telling people they could have a full-time, good paying job driving people around like is done in every other cab company, are you?
Why should we not be surprised? This is the same company which claims it's a "ride sharing" company, not a taxi company, yet as far as I know, not a single one of their drivers is picking up people who want to go the same direction as the driver.
Instead, the people contact some random Uber driver to pick them up at a specific location then be driven to the location of their choice, all for a fee.
That certainly is an interesting definition of "ride sharing" especially in one of the more recent incidents where an Uber driver drove someone from Virginia to New York and back. I highly doubt the driver was already going that route.
That Uber should now be found guilty of duping people into believing they could make X dollars a year by driving for them (isn't that the way a cab driver works, they drive for a company?), or that Uber was deliberately fudging numbers on the costs involved to lease a vehicle from them shouldn't surprise anyone, especially when this company, despite all the money they're bilking from people, still can't turn a profit.
I looked on both of the links but had to read to figure that what I thought was some kind of nifty graphic announcing the new logo was in reality, the logo itself.
If one is trying to show off a new logo it might be better to not make it look like it's part of a web page.
It's been known for years Theranos is nothing but a scam. They have never allowed anyone to try and replicate their results, have never submitted their tests to government scrutiny, have never done anything to show their tests do what they claim they do.
It's a bit late for Arizona to be suing the company now, right when it's about to go bankrupt. At least go after Holmes for the fraud she's been perpetuating all this time because there's little left of the company.
This is similar to a bank accidentally adding $1,000 to your bank account, you go spend that money because it's in your account, then you get penalized for spending something which wasn't yours in the first place.
Anyone with at least two brain cells should have known something wasn't right when they pulled down a 53GB download for an update file. 53 MB, maybe, but not 53GB.
What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours. Now kindly keep your nose out of other people's business.
Funny, I keep saying the same thing about my money being taken from me to pay for the medical costs of smokers, alcoholics and drug users yet am told I have no choice. My money must be handed over or forcibly taken from my bank account if I don't.
Sticking noses in other people's business seems to be a thing when it's something you want.
So they're doing what Trump has done all along? Calling women he's assaulted ugly, whining how he's made to look bad when his own words and deeds are reported, calling someone else corrupt when he himself is a corrupt con artist?
You mean the DNC is doing the exact same thing the Republicans are doing? How shocking!
I've heard the vulgarity of our entertainment defended with the claim that it reflects society
Considering people use the word 'fuck' whenever they fell like it, as if it's supposed to make them sound edgy, or cool or an adult (it doesn't), considering the recent election and the one candidate who bragged about assaulting women, considering the overall daily actions of people towards others, yes, our entertainment does reflect society quite well.
You idiots do understand that he isn't even in office yet, and you are already bitching about the job he is doing? How retarded is that?
The same kind of retarded Republicans were doing before President Obama took office eight years ago. All we heard for weeks was him being a socialist and how he was going to drive this country into the ground (conveniently ignoring the driving into the ground Bush did to the country), how he would wreck the economy (again, ignoring how Bush destroyed the economy), how he would do this or that, all before he had taken office.
But please, tell us again how it's only those idiots who are bitching before someone takes office.
I love how vendors are using "security" as a bludgeon to beat people into boarding upgrade trains
And yet, how many stories do we see every week about the latest and greatest pieces of software riddled with holes and bleeding information? IoT devices anyone? It's almost as if these vendors have never heard of security.
Just because something is new and shiny doesn't automatically mean it's better.
Replying to the false narrative Russia keeps putting out:
I guess they would be defending Crimea and other Russia territory from attacks over the border.
There was nothing to defend since it isn't their territory. It's Ukrainian soil and Ukraine wasn't attacking Russia, let alone even threatening Russia.
and installed his choice of leader in the White House.
Agreed. Putin did a fantastic job on the gullible rednecks in the U.S. which shows how far this country has sunk.
while removing sanctions and doing deals to boost the Russian economy.
Also agreed. That is what Russia needs most right now because with oil prices still being low, Russia just mightrun out of money in the coming year. We know the sanctions have been have been having an effect so Putin had to do whatever he could to make sure Hillary Clinton didn't get in since she would have increased sanctions as well as possibly provide military support to Ukraine.
You conveniently leave out the key detail: Hillary Clinton was never involved in the deal. You further leave out that the Canadian government was also involved and had to sign off on the deal.
But I guess in your fantasy world Hillary was able to cajole all these people, including a foreign government, to make the deal because in a round-about manner her foundation received legal foreign donations from a country who was in negotiation to buy a uranium mine, a deal in which she was never involved with. Yeah, sounds completely plausible.
But there is a nice big money trail for Trump and his followers:
Paul Manafort: advisor to former pro-Russian Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych. Was on list of people who may have received millions in bribes by Yanukovych or his Russian sponsors.
Rex Tillerson: head of Exxon with known close personal, not just business, ties to Putin. Has received an award or two from Putin for no apparent reason other than doing business in Russia.
Trump himself. His business ties to Russia are well known. His refusal to condemn Russia's attack and invasion of Ukraine or Russia's deliberate bombing of hospitals in Syria raises numerous, serious, questions.
Other members of Trump's nominated cabinet, including at least one of the generals, has ties with Russia as well.
San Francisco, if it's government had any balls, would start booting all Uber self-driving cabs based on the risk to society.
Then, start fining the Uber cab company $10K per day it's in violation.
Uber's claim it's on principle is crap. They have admitted their cabs are a danger to society but they continue to run them anyway. When, not if, their cab plows into someone or causes an accident I hope the people use Ubers own words against them when they take them to court.
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The whole debate about climate change is because of three specific groups:
Those who want to suppress the science because it might interfere with them making a profit, those who don't want to admit climate change because they believe having to change will interfere with their way of life, and those who think being ignorant and ignoring the facts is the way to go.
This was summed up quite nicely by Asimov:
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
Uber is still losing money by the metric ton and has been for a very long time, though some banks apparently don't care and are willing to lend them billions more.
How long can this bubble last?
is talking with the state of Pennsylvania among others about getting the land and electricity subsidies
I'm sure with Pennsylvania's current $600 million budget deficit the folks in Harrisburg will be more than willing to hand over tens of millions of dollars in subsidies with a payback timeframe of decades.
Who wouldn't?
when did things change an EVERY job available became one where you were supposed to make a living from and have a career?
Uber advertised the median salary in New York for Uber drivers was $90K per year while in San Francisco the median was $74K per year. People then went to work for Uber based on those advertisements.
You're not implying that Uber lied when telling people they could have a full-time, good paying job driving people around like is done in every other cab company, are you?
Why should we not be surprised? This is the same company which claims it's a "ride sharing" company, not a taxi company, yet as far as I know, not a single one of their drivers is picking up people who want to go the same direction as the driver.
Instead, the people contact some random Uber driver to pick them up at a specific location then be driven to the location of their choice, all for a fee.
That certainly is an interesting definition of "ride sharing" especially in one of the more recent incidents where an Uber driver drove someone from Virginia to New York and back. I highly doubt the driver was already going that route.
That Uber should now be found guilty of duping people into believing they could make X dollars a year by driving for them (isn't that the way a cab driver works, they drive for a company?), or that Uber was deliberately fudging numbers on the costs involved to lease a vehicle from them shouldn't surprise anyone, especially when this company, despite all the money they're bilking from people, still can't turn a profit.
I looked on both of the links but had to read to figure that what I thought was some kind of nifty graphic announcing the new logo was in reality, the logo itself.
If one is trying to show off a new logo it might be better to not make it look like it's part of a web page.
I saw a segment on some TV show a few years ago
It was on Mike Rowes' Dirty Jobs show and the episode was called Casino Food Recycler.
However, that farmer is now moving out of Las Vegas.
One good thing about Trump, he's far more likely to decide big pharma needs to be beaten with a stick and forced to make new antibiotics
Trump is of the opinion that vaccines are involved with autism. I don't think he's going to be doing too much to "big pharma".
Which is odd since he is a known germaphobe. One would think he of all people would be interested in both vaccines and new antibiotics.
and this guy's life is ruined. Unconscionable.
Perhaps he shouldn't have been engaged in criminal activity and his life would be just fine.
What's unconscionable is people thinking criminal acts should be defended and one's personable responsibility should never enter into the equation.
It's been known for years Theranos is nothing but a scam. They have never allowed anyone to try and replicate their results, have never submitted their tests to government scrutiny, have never done anything to show their tests do what they claim they do.
It's a bit late for Arizona to be suing the company now, right when it's about to go bankrupt. At least go after Holmes for the fraud she's been perpetuating all this time because there's little left of the company.
If anything should happen to these banks the U.S. taxpayer will be there to bail them out and make sure the executives get their bonuses.
Just like the last time.
In russia's defense there isn't a whole hell they can do at this point,
Chernobyl is in Ukraine. Russia is the country which created this mess.
Did this iPhone have a jack to plug your headphone into?
This is similar to a bank accidentally adding $1,000 to your bank account, you go spend that money because it's in your account, then you get penalized for spending something which wasn't yours in the first place.
Anyone with at least two brain cells should have known something wasn't right when they pulled down a 53GB download for an update file. 53 MB, maybe, but not 53GB.
You can filter for items with Amazon Prime shipping.
One has to pay to see filtered results? Talk about gouging. I don't pay to see filtered results at any other online merchant I do business with.
What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours. Now kindly keep your nose out of other people's business.
Funny, I keep saying the same thing about my money being taken from me to pay for the medical costs of smokers, alcoholics and drug users yet am told I have no choice. My money must be handed over or forcibly taken from my bank account if I don't.
Sticking noses in other people's business seems to be a thing when it's something you want.
So they're doing what Trump has done all along? Calling women he's assaulted ugly, whining how he's made to look bad when his own words and deeds are reported, calling someone else corrupt when he himself is a corrupt con artist?
You mean the DNC is doing the exact same thing the Republicans are doing? How shocking!
I've heard the vulgarity of our entertainment defended with the claim that it reflects society
Considering people use the word 'fuck' whenever they fell like it, as if it's supposed to make them sound edgy, or cool or an adult (it doesn't), considering the recent election and the one candidate who bragged about assaulting women, considering the overall daily actions of people towards others, yes, our entertainment does reflect society quite well.
You idiots do understand that he isn't even in office yet, and you are already bitching about the job he is doing? How retarded is that?
The same kind of retarded Republicans were doing before President Obama took office eight years ago. All we heard for weeks was him being a socialist and how he was going to drive this country into the ground (conveniently ignoring the driving into the ground Bush did to the country), how he would wreck the economy (again, ignoring how Bush destroyed the economy), how he would do this or that, all before he had taken office.
But please, tell us again how it's only those idiots who are bitching before someone takes office.
I love how vendors are using "security" as a bludgeon to beat people into boarding upgrade trains
And yet, how many stories do we see every week about the latest and greatest pieces of software riddled with holes and bleeding information? IoT devices anyone? It's almost as if these vendors have never heard of security.
Just because something is new and shiny doesn't automatically mean it's better.
Replying to the false narrative Russia keeps putting out:
I guess they would be defending Crimea and other Russia territory from attacks over the border.
There was nothing to defend since it isn't their territory. It's Ukrainian soil and Ukraine wasn't attacking Russia, let alone even threatening Russia.
However, since the Russian invasion and occupation of Crimea there has been wholesale arrests of Crimean Tartars, the television, radio and other Tartar news sources have been shut down, and their businesses stolen.
Got Crimea back,
There was nothing to get back. It wasn't Russia's to begin with.
got involved in Syria and seems to have resolved it
By deliberately bombing hospitals and civilians, yes, that is one way.
and installed his choice of leader in the White House.
Agreed. Putin did a fantastic job on the gullible rednecks in the U.S. which shows how far this country has sunk.
while removing sanctions and doing deals to boost the Russian economy.
Also agreed. That is what Russia needs most right now because with oil prices still being low, Russia just might run out of money in the coming year. We know the sanctions have been have been having an effect so Putin had to do whatever he could to make sure Hillary Clinton didn't get in since she would have increased sanctions as well as possibly provide military support to Ukraine.
If Russia isn't invading and attacking Ukraine, as Putin has been saying for over two years now, why would Russian artillery be targeting Ukrainian artillery in Ukraine?
I guess when you've lost over 2,000 soldiers during your invasion, and the weekly shipments of cargo 200 keep crossing into your country, it becomes time to drop the facade of the charade and just admit the truth you've been denying.
You conveniently leave out the key detail: Hillary Clinton was never involved in the deal. You further leave out that the Canadian government was also involved and had to sign off on the deal.
You also leave out that in addition to the State Department there were eight other agencies involved with the deal, including the Director of National Intelligence.
But I guess in your fantasy world Hillary was able to cajole all these people, including a foreign government, to make the deal because in a round-about manner her foundation received legal foreign donations from a country who was in negotiation to buy a uranium mine, a deal in which she was never involved with. Yeah, sounds completely plausible.
With Hillary there was no money trail.
But there is a nice big money trail for Trump and his followers:
Paul Manafort: advisor to former pro-Russian Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych. Was on list of people who may have received millions in bribes by Yanukovych or his Russian sponsors.
Rex Tillerson: head of Exxon with known close personal, not just business, ties to Putin. Has received an award or two from Putin for no apparent reason other than doing business in Russia.
Trump himself. His business ties to Russia are well known. His refusal to condemn Russia's attack and invasion of Ukraine or Russia's deliberate bombing of hospitals in Syria raises numerous, serious, questions.
Other members of Trump's nominated cabinet, including at least one of the generals, has ties with Russia as well.
San Francisco, if it's government had any balls, would start booting all Uber self-driving cabs based on the risk to society.
Then, start fining the Uber cab company $10K per day it's in violation.
Uber's claim it's on principle is crap. They have admitted their cabs are a danger to society but they continue to run them anyway. When, not if, their cab plows into someone or causes an accident I hope the people use Ubers own words against them when they take them to court.
It's the principle of the thing.