When my daughter says she doesn't like her math class
When my son says he doesn't like math (and gets a C+), what should I do? I know, I'll start looking for some failing of society to blame it on. It's because he's 1/2 Filipino and society is racist. It's because he's short and society is size-ist. Or better yet, maybe the girls are harassing him. Maybe the curriculum is girl-focused? Maybe the teacher is favoring the girls?
And by the way, when my C+ son took a makeup class this summer, he was the only boy. Whuh???
Sorry, not having it. Real life wins here for me.
You should work on your reading comprehension instead of attacking random snips of comments out of context. The first part of the same sentence was this,
There is little to no scientific basis for the argument that being female genetically predisposes you to liking certain things more than others
Yeah, and let me repeat: I never said that. I don't think that. I don't know anyone that thinks that. I've never met anyone that thinks that. I've never seen anyone act on that. But by all means, keep repeating it if it makes you feel less guilty.
Sure is as long as your idea of diversity is a bunch of clones that differs only in the color of their skin.
what do any of those preferences/choices have to do with skin color or gender
What I care about are barriers to entry and discrimination. What I do not care about is percentages. If less than 50% of group X per capita has decided they don't want to be a lawyer, that's fine with me. I only care that *if* they want to be a lawyer, they have a fair chance. I don't believe we need to manipulate group X and groups A,B,C until we have equal numbers of every group in every walk of life.
Diversity is a good thing.
the once circulated idea that people of African descent are inherently less intelligent than people of other races
I don't think that. I've never met anyone that's thought that. I've never experienced that. No one in this thread wrote that. The maligned ex-Googler didn't write that. All I have to go on is people like you telling me that a lot of people used to think that.
You really ought to consider the intelligence of repeating such things. For example, did you know that Apple Computers absolutely does NOT chain their Chinese employees to their desks? You are probably hearing a lot of people saying that Apple Computers chains it's Chinese employees to their desks, but believe me, that's not true.
Now tell me, compared to 5 minutes ago, how likely are you to believe that Apple Computers chains it's Chinese employees to their desks? Whatever your answer, it's infinitely more than 5 minutes ago, because 5 minutes ago it wasn't even a thought. Psych 101.
Being a temp, asking for FT employment, and getting rejected is not being "f***** over". As a temp you either endear yourself to your employer and make your indispensable, or you don't. You didn't.
$81k is enough to get a small apartment in the Bay Area. If she chooses to commute for 6 hours so she can have a bigger home, good for her that's a fine decision. I bought a 1500 sqft house in San Jose giving me a 20 minute commute. My burden is a massive mortgage and property tax bill.
What are you even saying. That because people don't want to wear corrective eyewear, there's no application for smart eye tech?
Completely misses the point. Smart eye tech is about technology than can (discretely) project visuals and (discretely) record from the user's perspective, at any time. It's not about using prescription glasses as a place to attach a camera. Actually needing corrective eyewear is orthogonal.
So how many library SJW's supporting the firing of Damore for being a "trouble maker" think that Colon Krapernick is a victim?
I know you are looking for an angle here, but for me, it has nothing to do w/ the content of the memo... only that it caused an uproar and it wasn't related to his employment. P.S., it sounded like HE circulated it at work. If it's the case that he wrote it and circulated it outside of work and somehow someone discovered it and brought it into the workplace, I completely agree he should not have been fired.
Kapernick is in a situation that most men have been in at some point in their lives: he met a hot idealistic babe. Too bad he didn't have anyone in his life able to give him some guidance before he tanked his career over her.
And personally, I feel the same way about Kapernick. He wasn't paid because of his deep insights on modern cultural. He was paid to throw the ball. And no offense to him, I'm not paid for my deep thoughts on modern culture either and if I went around work spending the majority of my time on the topic I'd be let go too.
More personal opinion: Google was foolish to fire him. This is terrible PR, and sets a very bad precedent for stifling dissent. They should have just told him to shutup and get back to work.
Google did what any company would have done: get rid of a trouble maker. Political manifestos and analysis of gender bias were not in his job description. I fully support his right to speak out, but remember that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.
Ummm no I wasn't agreeing, I was trying to point out how ridiculous was the assertion. Apparently there was a whooshing sound as you read it though.
So you you think that either all user reviews are worthless, or they are all golden and we can't improve ratings in any way? I suppose since you are posting as AC you don't have an issue with backing up idiotic comments like that. I suppose you are trolling though. There can be no other explanation.
When you start manipulating the rating artificially the user ratings all become meaningless
Who said it's a USER rating? It's just a rating. Why is app performance "artificial"? It seems like a pretty real, concrete metric to me.
Manfred's virtual currency skyrockets up to more than 18,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 18 quintillion
Yes, and any game that doesn't have the most basic anti-cheat mechanisms in place to detect such a thing should be summarily abandoned by it's player base.
When someone tells you there are two sides to a debate they are normally trying to make one side look sensible by choosing a single other opponent who is extremely stupid by comparison.
Well, considering we know nothing other than that there's a contract dispute, why don't you pull out your crystal ball and tell us what's up?
So all products should be designed that if any, arbitrary aftermarket modification is made those products are still safe? Like installing a hairdryer inside of an oven to get an convection effect?
This can't be anything other than a troll. It's not possible anyone is that stupid.
Protip #2: Nothing involving money enters my phone. No banking apps, no credit card apps, no NFC payments, nothing. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my phone ever decides to disappear, fail or explode (not necessarily in that order).
Protip #4: No money enters my wallet. No cash. No credit cards. No blank checks. Nothing. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my wallet ever decides to disappear, get lost, or stolen.
Protip #5: No person ever enters my car. No friends. No family. Not even myself. Nobody. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my car ever breaks down.
That contractual relationship ended earlier this year, but the vendor will not acknowledge the change in contractual status and continues to essentially hold the Snopes.com web site hostage.
There's almost always 2 sides of the story, and Snopes isn't doing themselves any favors failing to acknowledge the other side's grievances. I'd sure want to understand the big picture here before donating.
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Okay, I guess this is a troll? We're supposed to comment how stupid he is for not using source control and backups now?
When my daughter says she doesn't like her math class
When my son says he doesn't like math (and gets a C+), what should I do? I know, I'll start looking for some failing of society to blame it on. It's because he's 1/2 Filipino and society is racist. It's because he's short and society is size-ist. Or better yet, maybe the girls are harassing him. Maybe the curriculum is girl-focused? Maybe the teacher is favoring the girls?
And by the way, when my C+ son took a makeup class this summer, he was the only boy. Whuh???
Sorry, not having it. Real life wins here for me.
You should work on your reading comprehension instead of attacking random snips of comments out of context. The first part of the same sentence was this,
There is little to no scientific basis for the argument that being female genetically predisposes you to liking certain things more than others
Yeah, and let me repeat: I never said that. I don't think that. I don't know anyone that thinks that. I've never met anyone that thinks that. I've never seen anyone act on that. But by all means, keep repeating it if it makes you feel less guilty.
Of course there is diversity.
Sure is as long as your idea of diversity is a bunch of clones that differs only in the color of their skin.
what do any of those preferences/choices have to do with skin color or gender
What I care about are barriers to entry and discrimination. What I do not care about is percentages. If less than 50% of group X per capita has decided they don't want to be a lawyer, that's fine with me. I only care that *if* they want to be a lawyer, they have a fair chance. I don't believe we need to manipulate group X and groups A,B,C until we have equal numbers of every group in every walk of life.
Diversity is a good thing.
the once circulated idea that people of African descent are inherently less intelligent than people of other races
I don't think that. I've never met anyone that's thought that. I've never experienced that. No one in this thread wrote that. The maligned ex-Googler didn't write that. All I have to go on is people like you telling me that a lot of people used to think that.
You really ought to consider the intelligence of repeating such things. For example, did you know that Apple Computers absolutely does NOT chain their Chinese employees to their desks? You are probably hearing a lot of people saying that Apple Computers chains it's Chinese employees to their desks, but believe me, that's not true.
Now tell me, compared to 5 minutes ago, how likely are you to believe that Apple Computers chains it's Chinese employees to their desks? Whatever your answer, it's infinitely more than 5 minutes ago, because 5 minutes ago it wasn't even a thought. Psych 101.
Being a temp, asking for FT employment, and getting rejected is not being "f***** over". As a temp you either endear yourself to your employer and make your indispensable, or you don't. You didn't.
Plus, the bit where she sits around and drinks coffee from 2.15 to 3.45. Fascinating indeed.
$81k is enough to get a small apartment in the Bay Area. If she chooses to commute for 6 hours so she can have a bigger home, good for her that's a fine decision. I bought a 1500 sqft house in San Jose giving me a 20 minute commute. My burden is a massive mortgage and property tax bill.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
On average, if your population is 50% women or 15% black, your company should reflect those proportions as close as possible.
Yes, assuming all humans make the same choices, have the same background, and interests, skills, likes, dislikes, plans for their future, and so on.
In other words, if there's no diversity.
There is no mass market application. None.
What are you even saying. That because people don't want to wear corrective eyewear, there's no application for smart eye tech?
Completely misses the point. Smart eye tech is about technology than can (discretely) project visuals and (discretely) record from the user's perspective, at any time. It's not about using prescription glasses as a place to attach a camera. Actually needing corrective eyewear is orthogonal.
They're fugly as hell.
That's by design. They are anti-Google Glass stealth so as to make it plain when what they are and when they are in use.
So how many library SJW's supporting the firing of Damore for being a "trouble maker" think that Colon Krapernick is a victim?
I know you are looking for an angle here, but for me, it has nothing to do w/ the content of the memo ... only that it caused an uproar and it wasn't related to his employment. P.S., it sounded like HE circulated it at work. If it's the case that he wrote it and circulated it outside of work and somehow someone discovered it and brought it into the workplace, I completely agree he should not have been fired.
Kapernick is in a situation that most men have been in at some point in their lives: he met a hot idealistic babe. Too bad he didn't have anyone in his life able to give him some guidance before he tanked his career over her.
And personally, I feel the same way about Kapernick. He wasn't paid because of his deep insights on modern cultural. He was paid to throw the ball. And no offense to him, I'm not paid for my deep thoughts on modern culture either and if I went around work spending the majority of my time on the topic I'd be let go too.
You might want to reconsider the morality of blindly excusing consequences.
You can't excuse a consequence. You may be able to excuse the action that would otherwise result in a consequence.
Regardless, I said exactly the opposite. I was promoting being held accountable for your actions, not excusing them.
More personal opinion: Google was foolish to fire him. This is terrible PR, and sets a very bad precedent for stifling dissent. They should have just told him to shutup and get back to work.
Google did what any company would have done: get rid of a trouble maker. Political manifestos and analysis of gender bias were not in his job description. I fully support his right to speak out, but remember that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.
Point is, we will know when someone runs real world tests across a full suite of applications and benchmarks.
And Threadripper Is Faster
And the performance of a processor is not simply clock speed X cores.
Ummm no I wasn't agreeing, I was trying to point out how ridiculous was the assertion. Apparently there was a whooshing sound as you read it though.
So you you think that either all user reviews are worthless, or they are all golden and we can't improve ratings in any way? I suppose since you are posting as AC you don't have an issue with backing up idiotic comments like that. I suppose you are trolling though. There can be no other explanation.
When you start manipulating the rating artificially the user ratings all become meaningless
Who said it's a USER rating? It's just a rating. Why is app performance "artificial"? It seems like a pretty real, concrete metric to me.
I want to know how long it takes to launch
173 milliseconds.
How much RAM it uses after 1 hour open.
4,511,154 bytes.
Now what?
You ought to make up your mind. Should be rely on user ratings, or throw our user ratings? Is it
Why not let the review system speak for itself?
or
the whole system is worthless to start with. It's like trying to patch a leak in the roof when the house is on fire.
And obviously, there can be nothing in between those two. Either every user review is worthless, or they are all perfect.
Manfred's virtual currency skyrockets up to more than 18,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 18 quintillion
Yes, and any game that doesn't have the most basic anti-cheat mechanisms in place to detect such a thing should be summarily abandoned by it's player base.
Sometimes there is just one side which is right
That's why I said MOST of the time.
When someone tells you there are two sides to a debate they are normally trying to make one side look sensible by choosing a single other opponent who is extremely stupid by comparison.
Well, considering we know nothing other than that there's a contract dispute, why don't you pull out your crystal ball and tell us what's up?
but under no circumstance is is acceptable that it causes a fire
And if you are dealing with lipo batteries that means encasing it with asbestos. Seems reasonable.
None of that should matter.
So all products should be designed that if any, arbitrary aftermarket modification is made those products are still safe? Like installing a hairdryer inside of an oven to get an convection effect?
This can't be anything other than a troll. It's not possible anyone is that stupid.
Protip #2: Nothing involving money enters my phone. No banking apps, no credit card apps, no NFC payments, nothing. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my phone ever decides to disappear, fail or explode (not necessarily in that order).
Protip #4: No money enters my wallet. No cash. No credit cards. No blank checks. Nothing. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my wallet ever decides to disappear, get lost, or stolen.
Protip #5: No person ever enters my car. No friends. No family. Not even myself. Nobody. Saves a whole lot of hassle if my car ever breaks down.
... and then aren't able to turn it off again, and then write an article about it? Sure, makes sense.
Clickbait anyone?
Push notifications are ruining my life. Yours too, I bet.
Nope, not mine. If you install a bunch of garbage apps what do you expect?
At least on Android (probably iOS too) you can silence notifications from any app. Why are we talking about this?
That contractual relationship ended earlier this year, but the vendor will not acknowledge the change in contractual status and continues to essentially hold the Snopes.com web site hostage.
There's almost always 2 sides of the story, and Snopes isn't doing themselves any favors failing to acknowledge the other side's grievances. I'd sure want to understand the big picture here before donating.