Open source works for software, surely we can open source cars and underwear and _____ and it will be awesome just like how Linux rules over Windows, right? I'm guessing that's what the tool who wrote TFA (which I didn't read) is thinking.
Cars are not like software. Start-up costs for Linux was zero. Start-up costs for an automotive factory is so stupendously large it's laughable to think you can crowdfund this. The design cost of the car you're driving is tiny, most of cost is labor, raw materials and capital equipment. Going open source will help you exactly zero here.
Once you correct for the things that DO matter (IQ of biological parents and family income) all of that correlation vanishes.
Sorry but you're about a decade behind in terms of progressive political correctness. What you said is so 2005. Modern social science has shown that IQ does not exist. If you insist that it exists or that some people are smarter than others, you're a racist.
Billions, with a B. Spent in one city, Los Angeles. We're not talking nationwide here. And guess how the test scores are in the lovely public schools of Los Angeles?
It seems to me there's an inverse correlation here. Yes to have effective schools you need money, you gotta pay teacher salaries and buy textbooks and so on. But after a certain point, more money poured into schools seems to degrade education rather than improve it. Public schools in DC and Los Angeles have some of the highest per-student budget in the country, and they also have some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates. And on a national level, U.S. is the top money spender per student in the world (or pretty close to it) but test scores are at the bottom of countries that aren't dirt-poor.
You must have never seen Asian people before. Do you live in Lithuania or something?
Child does not want to learn, plays video games only. Asian mom yells at him. Asian dad comes home and beats the snot out of him with a cane. Child does his homework to avoid pain. Child eventually learns something. Or not. But at least he graduates, gets a job, and does not depend on welfare for the rest of his life. Which is more than you can say for some other non-Asian people.
when the old words were perfectly suitable? Is it because every new generation has to feel it's special and somehow better than the previous generation?
Wishing 4 billion humans dropped dead indicates there's something seriously abnormal with your mental processes. Nearly every human on earth will think you're a dangerous whacko.
On the other hand, wishing 4 billion humans would stop breeding is much more palatable, while accomplishing the exact same environmental goal. A significant percentage of the population in rich countries now are voluntarily going childless anyways, you just have to convince the people in poor countries (which are responsible for almost all of the population growth) to do the same.
Shi Fu is what the Uma Thurman character affectionately called Pai Mei (the Kung Fu master) in Kill Bill. Shi Fu eventually taught her the Five-point-palm-heart-exploding technique.
It said most of the affected devices were in China, infected via a third-party Cydia site. Meaning, they jailbreak so they can install pirated apps for free instead of paying Apple in the official app store.
I'm assuming you're talking about desalination. That requires a lot of energy, and there's no way short of a revolution in fusion technology...
Maybe he was talking about desal, but what I wanna talk about is giant flying fan blades. Compact fusion generators in the sky, turning giant fan blades. They can blow rainclouds into areas that need rain and away from areas that have too much rain.
Farfetched? Only the compact fusion generator part. If we have those then the possibilities are endless.
But seriously. If I had to sell a product that was potentially harmful, the first thing I'd do as soon as stories about the harm it can do start to surface is to launch a flood of even more outlandish claims (like smart meters burning your house or killing your pets) to make the original, correct, claims look like yet another batch of crazy loonies having a field day.
It's basically misinformation 101.
You just described the history of government involvement in UFOs.
Yes, in a perfect world, companies would have perfect device security and it wouldn't matter from which direction an attack came.
But here in the real world, there is no such thing as perfect security, and every little bit helps. They aren't suggesting you block TOR and ignore your firewall and stop updating patches, just that among other security measures, this might help.
Anyway, what possible legitimate use could TOR have in a corporate environment outside of a media organization?
Exactly right. Every little bit helps.
If your company has no Chinese customers or suppliers or employees and does no business in China whatsoever, why not block China from your network? It's simple to do and costs nothing. Nobody is suggesting that you drop all your other security practices and rely just on blocking Chinese IPs.
I'm seeing two rectangular divs with F in them (Flashblock extension at work). Just out of curiosity, I went to slashdot on my iphone, and it plays an html5 version of the video. So it's not a case of slashdot workers being so incompetent that they're unable to use html5, it's more like they decided to keep playing flash video for desktop users (for backward compatibility for people with old browsers) while serving up html5 for mobile users.
Who's we? The SJW (social justice warriors) behind these stories are a miniscule percentage of the population. Mainstream media loves them but nobody else really cares much.
Slashdot is heavily left-leaning but even here you will see very little support for affirmative action in hiring more black and hispanic programmers. Most liberals still have some sanity, the SJWs are a tiny fringe element.
It didn't say "most represented". It said "most overrepresented".
If whites are 70% of the population and Asians 15%, but among computer programmers whites make up 60% and Asians are 30%, then Asians are overrepresented in that field. Comprende?
There once was a constitutional right to own slaves
Where? I don't remember seeing the word "slave" in the constitution anywhere, let alone an endorsement saying you could own one. Could you cite the relevant clause for me?
'm curious, what probability do you estimate that Trump will be the next US President?
As far as Trump actually becoming President, it depends greatly on what happens on the Dem side.
Trump winning GOP nomination is actually quite plausible, I'd put the odds at 60%.
Trump vs. a greatly weakened and scandal plagued Hillary has a good chance to win the Presidency. I would give it 70%. So in this scenario, 60% * 70% = 42% chance of a Trump White House.
If Hillary is arrested or forced out and it's Socialist Sanders vs. Trump, I'd put it at 50/50. That would make it 30% overall for Trump.
Vs. Biden is Trump's worst scenario. Biden is mainstream, has the full backing of Obama, and many establishment (i.e. big business) GOP supporters might prefer him over Trump. I'd say 25% of Trump beating Biden, and 15% overall for Trump.
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Open source works for software, surely we can open source cars and underwear and _____ and it will be awesome just like how Linux rules over Windows, right? I'm guessing that's what the tool who wrote TFA (which I didn't read) is thinking.
Cars are not like software. Start-up costs for Linux was zero. Start-up costs for an automotive factory is so stupendously large it's laughable to think you can crowdfund this. The design cost of the car you're driving is tiny, most of cost is labor, raw materials and capital equipment. Going open source will help you exactly zero here.
Once you correct for the things that DO matter (IQ of biological parents and family income) all of that correlation vanishes.
Sorry but you're about a decade behind in terms of progressive political correctness. What you said is so 2005. Modern social science has shown that IQ does not exist. If you insist that it exists or that some people are smarter than others, you're a racist.
You mean spending millions on Ipads
Billions, with a B. Spent in one city, Los Angeles. We're not talking nationwide here. And guess how the test scores are in the lovely public schools of Los Angeles?
It seems to me there's an inverse correlation here. Yes to have effective schools you need money, you gotta pay teacher salaries and buy textbooks and so on. But after a certain point, more money poured into schools seems to degrade education rather than improve it. Public schools in DC and Los Angeles have some of the highest per-student budget in the country, and they also have some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates. And on a national level, U.S. is the top money spender per student in the world (or pretty close to it) but test scores are at the bottom of countries that aren't dirt-poor.
You must have never seen Asian people before. Do you live in Lithuania or something?
Child does not want to learn, plays video games only. Asian mom yells at him. Asian dad comes home and beats the snot out of him with a cane. Child does his homework to avoid pain. Child eventually learns something. Or not. But at least he graduates, gets a job, and does not depend on welfare for the rest of his life. Which is more than you can say for some other non-Asian people.
Trump doesn't care that IBM or HP or Facebook are whining for more H1B. He will get rid of it.
and save the world
How is it wrong? Do you not watch football games? Basketball games? Boxing matches?
Why are cheerleaders okay for athletes but wrong for mathletes?
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when the old words were perfectly suitable? Is it because every new generation has to feel it's special and somehow better than the previous generation?
the choice of oekaki artists
Wishing 4 billion humans dropped dead indicates there's something seriously abnormal with your mental processes. Nearly every human on earth will think you're a dangerous whacko.
On the other hand, wishing 4 billion humans would stop breeding is much more palatable, while accomplishing the exact same environmental goal. A significant percentage of the population in rich countries now are voluntarily going childless anyways, you just have to convince the people in poor countries (which are responsible for almost all of the population growth) to do the same.
see how they pushed the E up slightly into a tilted angle? Now it looks like a sarcastic pacman smiley.
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Shi Fu is what the Uma Thurman character affectionately called Pai Mei (the Kung Fu master) in Kill Bill. Shi Fu eventually taught her the Five-point-palm-heart-exploding technique.
Correct question is "why do they jailbreak?".
It said most of the affected devices were in China, infected via a third-party Cydia site. Meaning, they jailbreak so they can install pirated apps for free instead of paying Apple in the official app store.
I'm assuming you're talking about desalination. That requires a lot of energy, and there's no way short of a revolution in fusion technology...
Maybe he was talking about desal, but what I wanna talk about is giant flying fan blades. Compact fusion generators in the sky, turning giant fan blades. They can blow rainclouds into areas that need rain and away from areas that have too much rain.
Farfetched? Only the compact fusion generator part. If we have those then the possibilities are endless.
But seriously. If I had to sell a product that was potentially harmful, the first thing I'd do as soon as stories about the harm it can do start to surface is to launch a flood of even more outlandish claims (like smart meters burning your house or killing your pets) to make the original, correct, claims look like yet another batch of crazy loonies having a field day.
It's basically misinformation 101.
You just described the history of government involvement in UFOs.
Yes, in a perfect world, companies would have perfect device security and it wouldn't matter from which direction an attack came.
But here in the real world, there is no such thing as perfect security, and every little bit helps. They aren't suggesting you block TOR and ignore your firewall and stop updating patches, just that among other security measures, this might help.
Anyway, what possible legitimate use could TOR have in a corporate environment outside of a media organization?
Exactly right. Every little bit helps.
If your company has no Chinese customers or suppliers or employees and does no business in China whatsoever, why not block China from your network? It's simple to do and costs nothing. Nobody is suggesting that you drop all your other security practices and rely just on blocking Chinese IPs.
I'm seeing two rectangular divs with F in them (Flashblock extension at work). Just out of curiosity, I went to slashdot on my iphone, and it plays an html5 version of the video. So it's not a case of slashdot workers being so incompetent that they're unable to use html5, it's more like they decided to keep playing flash video for desktop users (for backward compatibility for people with old browsers) while serving up html5 for mobile users.
People paid him to have their personal info deleted. He took their money but did not delete anything. Put him in prison for fraud.
Who's we? The SJW (social justice warriors) behind these stories are a miniscule percentage of the population. Mainstream media loves them but nobody else really cares much.
Slashdot is heavily left-leaning but even here you will see very little support for affirmative action in hiring more black and hispanic programmers. Most liberals still have some sanity, the SJWs are a tiny fringe element.
It didn't say "most represented". It said "most overrepresented".
If whites are 70% of the population and Asians 15%, but among computer programmers whites make up 60% and Asians are 30%, then Asians are overrepresented in that field. Comprende?
There once was a constitutional right to own slaves
Where? I don't remember seeing the word "slave" in the constitution anywhere, let alone an endorsement saying you could own one. Could you cite the relevant clause for me?
'm curious, what probability do you estimate that Trump will be the next US President?
As far as Trump actually becoming President, it depends greatly on what happens on the Dem side.
Trump winning GOP nomination is actually quite plausible, I'd put the odds at 60%.
Trump vs. a greatly weakened and scandal plagued Hillary has a good chance to win the Presidency. I would give it 70%. So in this scenario, 60% * 70% = 42% chance of a Trump White House.
If Hillary is arrested or forced out and it's Socialist Sanders vs. Trump, I'd put it at 50/50. That would make it 30% overall for Trump.
Vs. Biden is Trump's worst scenario. Biden is mainstream, has the full backing of Obama, and many establishment (i.e. big business) GOP supporters might prefer him over Trump. I'd say 25% of Trump beating Biden, and 15% overall for Trump.
Jeb is gonna want some kind of a cabinet position in the Trump administration, so he better start catching up on past episodes of The Apprentice.