When you're unemployed, you get desperate. And desperate people often will let their guard down in their desperation. You also quickly discover that there is a whole industry of trade schools, bootcamps, etc. happy to exploit that desperation with all kinds of bullshit promises.
I had the misfortune of being unemployed for a while not too long ago. And while I found few real jobs available (most job postings are complete BS, for those who don't know), I found no shortage of schools promising to GET me a job. They trade on success stories of people who went through their course and had great job offers thrown at them as soon as they graduated. Of course, most of those success stories are complete BS too, but when you're desperate you really WANT to believe that you've finally found your answer. I came very close to letting myself get taken advantage of more than a few times, in sheer desperation. And I'm normally a pretty hardcore skeptic in normal circumstances.
In short, if it were up to me I wouldn't just fine schools like this. I would send their administrators to prison for a long, long time. They've done one of the lowest of the low things a human can do--exploit the weakest and most vulnerable of their fellow men for a quick buck.
Except one side defines "Nazi" as anyone who disagrees with their extremist social and political decisions. And even if they were fighting only actual neo-Nazis, adopting every negative trait of a Nazi to fight a Nazi only makes you a hypocrite, not a freedom fighter.
And you had better remember that the precedent and laws you set today will be turned against you tomorrow. Punch a Nazi today and tomorrow *you* may be the Nazi that someone has decided that it's okay to punch.
And anyway, I don't want to live in a U.S. where the only freedom allowed is the freedom to agree.
Yep, Google's millennial hotshots are great at big ideas, flashy launches, PR, and bold plans. What they're not so great at is physical implementation and long-term maintenance (you know, the actual hard work that can't be done with an app).
And, BTW, I wonder how much the UK still spends each year pretending that they just want to deport him to answer some questions about a sexual assault that even the victims admit never happened. "ASSAAAAGE!" screams yet another Prime Minister too.
Electricity is what keeps the old rods in the nuclear power plants from exploding, it keeps my tap water clean, it provides life support at the hospitals, etc.
So my lack of cash would be the LEAST of my worries.
Well, if movies have taught me anything, all that's out there are mutant gangs and dune-buggies anyway. It would be ashamed to lose all that S&M gear and shoulderpads though.
Smugly preaching to the rest of us about our lack of good SJW virtues while simultaneously busting unions and living like a capitalist robber baron. He and Harvey Weinstein are my liberal heroes.
This is a tricky one. Do I believe the huckster with the reality distortion field that would put Steve Jobs to shame or the "news" channel where the reporters are all still pissed that Donald Trump ruined their awesome "SHE DID IT!" party back in November?
Muddying the waters with fake conspiracies achieves almost the same.
Yeah, but at least without some algorithm blocking all of them, I can decide for myself which sources are more reliable than others and which stories seem plausible. And, as an experienced and knowledgeable human, I can make these choices much better than any algorithm ever could.
I hope they will at least allow the option to turn this filtering off. I don't need Google or anyone else telling me what news I'm allowed or not allowed to see, thank you very much.
I wonder if this algorithm would have labelled Watergate a conspiracy theory, or a story of the CIA helping overthrow the Iranian government in 1953, or Iran Contra, or stories about the CIA forcing local law enforcement to look the other way for cocaine lords who were funding right-wing dictators in South America, or a story about Muslims training in secret to fly planes into the World Trade Center.
Conspiracy theories are always nutters until some turn out to be true (or at least have a basis in truth). And since no algorithm can possibly distinguish between the real ones and the bullshit ones, then any algorithm will inevitably stop some VERY important real stories from ever getting noticed.
No worries, mate. As soon as any given business becomes obsolete, the hipsters will rush to rediscover it, pay 10x the old price for its products, and make it fashionably cool again. It's the circle of life.
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There is nothing in the constitution that says you have a right to a particular job.
You might want to let Colin Kaepernick know that. He seems to think otherwise.
Feeling a little guilty are we?
Oh yeah, certifications. I forgot about that racket. Same deal:
"Employers LOVE our certification. Just get it and they'll be throwing job offers at you."
"Well, then I'm sure you'll be happy to provide me with a refund if I get your certification and somehow don't find a job, right?"
"Well....uh...no."
By the way, your signature makes you look silly now. Your prediction was way off the mark.
LOL. Keep watching, You'll be eating those words soon.
When you're unemployed, you get desperate. And desperate people often will let their guard down in their desperation. You also quickly discover that there is a whole industry of trade schools, bootcamps, etc. happy to exploit that desperation with all kinds of bullshit promises.
I had the misfortune of being unemployed for a while not too long ago. And while I found few real jobs available (most job postings are complete BS, for those who don't know), I found no shortage of schools promising to GET me a job. They trade on success stories of people who went through their course and had great job offers thrown at them as soon as they graduated. Of course, most of those success stories are complete BS too, but when you're desperate you really WANT to believe that you've finally found your answer. I came very close to letting myself get taken advantage of more than a few times, in sheer desperation. And I'm normally a pretty hardcore skeptic in normal circumstances.
In short, if it were up to me I wouldn't just fine schools like this. I would send their administrators to prison for a long, long time. They've done one of the lowest of the low things a human can do--exploit the weakest and most vulnerable of their fellow men for a quick buck.
And what are you going to say when the tide turns and everyone decides it's okay to punch Marxists?
Just remember that the precedent you set today can be turned against you tomorrow.
Except one side defines "Nazi" as anyone who disagrees with their extremist social and political decisions. And even if they were fighting only actual neo-Nazis, adopting every negative trait of a Nazi to fight a Nazi only makes you a hypocrite, not a freedom fighter.
And you had better remember that the precedent and laws you set today will be turned against you tomorrow. Punch a Nazi today and tomorrow *you* may be the Nazi that someone has decided that it's okay to punch.
And anyway, I don't want to live in a U.S. where the only freedom allowed is the freedom to agree.
Violence against nazis, white supremacists and fascists is acceptable. It's always been acceptable and it always will be acceptable.
No, it hasn't.
Liberals used to stand up for free speech. I was proud to be among them back then.
Yep, Google's millennial hotshots are great at big ideas, flashy launches, PR, and bold plans. What they're not so great at is physical implementation and long-term maintenance (you know, the actual hard work that can't be done with an app).
Google Fiber anyone?
And, BTW, I wonder how much the UK still spends each year pretending that they just want to deport him to answer some questions about a sexual assault that even the victims admit never happened. "ASSAAAAGE!" screams yet another Prime Minister too.
Screamed yet another agitated U.S. President at the sky.
Electricity is what keeps the old rods in the nuclear power plants from exploding, it keeps my tap water clean, it provides life support at the hospitals, etc.
So my lack of cash would be the LEAST of my worries.
Not to mention the fact that putting all those poor H1B workers into trees is bound to be considered racist by somebody.
Skynet won't need keyboards.
Well, if movies have taught me anything, all that's out there are mutant gangs and dune-buggies anyway. It would be ashamed to lose all that S&M gear and shoulderpads though.
Those things will get you a post-it note for sure.
Smugly preaching to the rest of us about our lack of good SJW virtues while simultaneously busting unions and living like a capitalist robber baron. He and Harvey Weinstein are my liberal heroes.
This is a tricky one. Do I believe the huckster with the reality distortion field that would put Steve Jobs to shame or the "news" channel where the reporters are all still pissed that Donald Trump ruined their awesome "SHE DID IT!" party back in November?
Contacting aliens will just get your inbox flooded with respondents claiming to be an alien princes who need you to wire them money.
Muddying the waters with fake conspiracies achieves almost the same.
Yeah, but at least without some algorithm blocking all of them, I can decide for myself which sources are more reliable than others and which stories seem plausible. And, as an experienced and knowledgeable human, I can make these choices much better than any algorithm ever could.
I hope they will at least allow the option to turn this filtering off. I don't need Google or anyone else telling me what news I'm allowed or not allowed to see, thank you very much.
I wonder if this algorithm would have labelled Watergate a conspiracy theory, or a story of the CIA helping overthrow the Iranian government in 1953, or Iran Contra, or stories about the CIA forcing local law enforcement to look the other way for cocaine lords who were funding right-wing dictators in South America, or a story about Muslims training in secret to fly planes into the World Trade Center.
Conspiracy theories are always nutters until some turn out to be true (or at least have a basis in truth). And since no algorithm can possibly distinguish between the real ones and the bullshit ones, then any algorithm will inevitably stop some VERY important real stories from ever getting noticed.
No worries, mate. As soon as any given business becomes obsolete, the hipsters will rush to rediscover it, pay 10x the old price for its products, and make it fashionably cool again. It's the circle of life.
How about we start with a basic:
Step 1) Don't hire a music major with absolutely no technology training or education as your Chief Security Officer.
For a supposedly free nation, we incarcerate a lot of people. It's a shame none of our elected officials grasp this concept.
Oh, they grasp it. They just don't give a shit.
Equifax believed Mandiant had sent an undertrained team without the expertise it expected from a marquee security company.
So I guess they weren't as well-qualified as the music major you hired as your chief security officer?