No the president is not above the law but it is inappropriate for any part of the executive branch to be doing anything other than supporting the president.... Executive branch employees who cannot toe the line should fired, with cause.
The first part of your statement "no president is above the law" is in contradiction with the second, "the executive branch should only help the President".
For example, using your logic, things would have gone much better for Nixon if the FBI and executive branch employees had simply helped the CRP break into the DNC office at the Watergate complex.
From TFA, two students submitted work with the following lines of code.
boolean done = true;
while (!done) { ...
}
In a class of about 450, they were the only ones who made that fatal mistake. “This is pretty strong evidence that one had copied the other,” Mr. Dunsmore said. “They later both confessed to collusion.”
36 work day? Mental issue red flag. I was first believing you meant 16 hour work day, which is possible.
My opinion is that people who continually work long hours outside of specific deadlines are incompetent and over their head for their job.
Nope. I meant that I have, a few times, worked (productively) for 36 hours straight. There have been a few 30 hour and many 24 hour stints over my 30+ years of school and professional experience. Though, I guess that's all chump hours for a medical student/intern/resident - which I not sure is a good thing.
If left unchecked, the dolists would vote themselves extra benefits. "When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic." -- Ben Franklin (quote disputed). But if giving those handouts is the only way those who actually work can keep the political power, they need to keep the basic income high enough (or they'd be voted out again).
I'm pretty sure lobbyists, Congresscritters and special-interest groups for rich people, corporations and banks already live by that creed. They routinely "vote themselves money" and get "handouts" - though they would never call them that. It's the less-rich who cannot afford to buy their representation that get screwed.
But that is only in response to a crisis. You cannot do that every day (apart from for the obvious reason) and neither can anybody else, irrespective of age. My personal experience has taught me that these long sessions are far less productive than they appear, when you take into account the number of errors introduced. And when you further consider the "recovery time" after a spurt like that, the actual productivity over a longer period is no better than someone working regular hours.
While it is occasionally necessary to do a long shift to meet a deadline - indicating that the manager who set the deadline made a mistake - or to resolve a crisis, they are not a badge of honour. At best they mean that someone messed up, at worst they are simply just a waste of everyone's time.
All true. I've only really worked that long a few times a year, usually in response to (a) a problem discovered just prior to a release, (b) a hardware problem that involved working w a vendor to get something fixed on a production system. One of the type (a) problems required a 9-hour three-way conference call - that was fun (he said very sarcastically). I do have the physical benefit of not fading out as the hour get late, so that helps.
In the long run, though, I think experience generally beats energy and enthusiasm. Like the old exchange:
Edison: Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
Tesla: If Edison had thought more clearly, he wouldn't have had to work so hard.
But there are two plant compounds that can prevent sperm from doing this, no matter how valiantly they may try — lupeol, found in mango and dandelion root, and pristimerin, from a plant called the “thunder god vine,”
"Thunder God Vine" prevents pregnancy, but sounds like a great name for your penis.
I'm 54 and can still crank out a productive 36 hour work day (yes, seriously) at crunch time, but that's me; I've always been able to stay up and be productive for long, long periods of time - showering and eating to get refreshed.
Let me guess: you don't drink.
Not really. Maybe one or two drinks a week. I also don't smoke. For completeness, I also don't watch NASCAR, Football, Basketball, Hockey, etc... My wife liked all that - 'cause I paid attention to her and us instead.
A lot of what we've traditionally thought of as "the natural effects of age" were really the natural effects of lots of booze.
And smoking. And, perhaps, stress and lack of sleep.
Younger founders and employees are willing and able to work longer hours, and really grind it out. They have higher stamina, and generally don’t have families they want to spend time with. They can completely commit to the job at hand.
That may be specifically true, but probably not universally.
I'm 54 and can still crank out a productive 36 hour work day (yes, seriously) at crunch time, but that's me; I've always been able to stay up and be productive for long, long periods of time - showering and eating to get refreshed. But when it's over, I need 10 solid hours of sleep. It probably started when I was a college research assistant programming LISP and Prolog at 3am (as it was the only time I could get serious computing time on the VAX 785 (running 4.3 BSD) and/or our Xerox LISP system.
In addition, I had a wife, who was a teacher, who understood being professional and committed to a task and didn't complain about any long work hours, as she often put in some serious hours to teach her Gifted students. (She died in 2006, so now I'm single: Remember Sue...) We had no kids -- we met in 1985 when I was 22 and she was 41 -- so we were able to dedicate our down time to each other.
I imagine my stamina -- and 30+ years of experience, programming in many languages and administrating Windows, Linux and Unix on everything from PCs to Cray systems -- would still fair well against most youngsters now.
I thing the main thing is that older people have a greater sense of perspective, perhaps not shared with their younger managers, that there are actually more important things in life than whatever is going on at work or even work itself. Case in point, I'd give everything to have Sue back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this essentially the definition of "defective by design?"
Defective by design is about intentionally not performing the intended function. For all its flaws, Windows 10 still runs windows software just as well as it ever did.
"Deceptive by design" now that's a definition I can get behind.
And, more to the point, the actual purpose of Windows 10 is to spy on the users and generate revenue from that data for Microsoft. Performing OS functions is a side-effect. In this respect, Windows 10 is functioning as designed.
The A320 cockpit has nothing looking like a cigarette lighter port.
But it does have, like my 2002 Honda CR-V, something that is clearly an ashtray, but lined with felt and embossed with the phrase, "Not an ashtray.":-)
... but I've actually never adjusted a full-size carb, only little ones on weed whackers and RC cars. Lucky me!
I've rebuilt two carburetors in my life. The first one, from a motorcycle, when I was ten and I had parts left over when I put it back together -- which was obviously a problem. Huge, HUGE, life lesson in being methodical and organized when taking apart things. The second one, from a 1982 Honda Accord hatchback, when I was in my twenties, went much better.
The reason is that the User License Agreement on all Apple products does NOT transfer ownership of the device to the purchaser! The License is a USE License, and therefore ownership is retained by Apple!
So since the pilot plainly broke the devices through misuse, his survivors owe Apple an iPhone.
No mention of their state of health. Only the ones enslaved by keepers.
Whenever I pull waterlogged bees from my pool, I put them on the bench and give them a drop of honey. They slurp it up while they dry off then they fly away. Don't know if it helps in the grand scheme of things, but, hey, I saved and fed some wild bees...
In other news, DJI sales dropped off to near nothing, and the company filed for bankruptcy today. The unexplained failure of customers to buy an intentionally crippled product was cited as the primary reason for the company's failure.
Angry stockholders had to be prevented from physically assaulting the corporate board, who were seen running to their limousines behind heavy security.
Crippling their product then their stockholders? Nice.
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We're exporting quite a bit now, to be honest, the US could be basically self-sufficient at this point.
Meaning, it's more profitable for US oil companies to export their products than to sell them to US markets.
The thing I don't understand about this Paris Climate Accord is why everyone else in the world should care about the climate in Paris.
No the president is not above the law but it is inappropriate for any part of the executive branch to be doing anything other than supporting the president. ... Executive branch employees who cannot toe the line should fired, with cause.
The first part of your statement "no president is above the law" is in contradiction with the second, "the executive branch should only help the President".
For example, using your logic, things would have gone much better for Nixon if the FBI and executive branch employees had simply helped the CRP break into the DNC office at the Watergate complex.
boolean done = true;
...
while (!done) {
}
In a class of about 450, they were the only ones who made that fatal mistake. “This is pretty strong evidence that one had copied the other,” Mr. Dunsmore said. “They later both confessed to collusion.”
How many people really think anyone at Netflix or elsewhere takes advantage of the ludicrous notion of 'unlimited holidays'?
At the various wireless companies, "unlimited leave" gets throttled down after first few days of use.
36 work day? Mental issue red flag. I was first believing you meant 16 hour work day, which is possible. My opinion is that people who continually work long hours outside of specific deadlines are incompetent and over their head for their job.
Nope. I meant that I have, a few times, worked (productively) for 36 hours straight. There have been a few 30 hour and many 24 hour stints over my 30+ years of school and professional experience. Though, I guess that's all chump hours for a medical student/intern/resident - which I not sure is a good thing.
If left unchecked, the dolists would vote themselves extra benefits. "When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic." -- Ben Franklin (quote disputed). But if giving those handouts is the only way those who actually work can keep the political power, they need to keep the basic income high enough (or they'd be voted out again).
I'm pretty sure lobbyists, Congresscritters and special-interest groups for rich people, corporations and banks already live by that creed. They routinely "vote themselves money" and get "handouts" - though they would never call them that. It's the less-rich who cannot afford to buy their representation that get screwed.
a productive 36 hour work day
Maybe .... once.
But that is only in response to a crisis. You cannot do that every day (apart from for the obvious reason) and neither can anybody else, irrespective of age. My personal experience has taught me that these long sessions are far less productive than they appear, when you take into account the number of errors introduced. And when you further consider the "recovery time" after a spurt like that, the actual productivity over a longer period is no better than someone working regular hours.
While it is occasionally necessary to do a long shift to meet a deadline - indicating that the manager who set the deadline made a mistake - or to resolve a crisis, they are not a badge of honour. At best they mean that someone messed up, at worst they are simply just a waste of everyone's time.
All true. I've only really worked that long a few times a year, usually in response to (a) a problem discovered just prior to a release, (b) a hardware problem that involved working w a vendor to get something fixed on a production system. One of the type (a) problems required a 9-hour three-way conference call - that was fun (he said very sarcastically). I do have the physical benefit of not fading out as the hour get late, so that helps.
In the long run, though, I think experience generally beats energy and enthusiasm. Like the old exchange:
But there are two plant compounds that can prevent sperm from doing this, no matter how valiantly they may try — lupeol, found in mango and dandelion root, and pristimerin, from a plant called the “thunder god vine,”
"Thunder God Vine" prevents pregnancy, but sounds like a great name for your penis.
Perfect Contraceptive
Reading /. or Reddit? Living in your parents' basement?
Let me guess: you don't drink.
Not really. Maybe one or two drinks a week. I also don't smoke. For completeness, I also don't watch NASCAR, Football, Basketball, Hockey, etc... My wife liked all that - 'cause I paid attention to her and us instead.
A lot of what we've traditionally thought of as "the natural effects of age" were really the natural effects of lots of booze.
And smoking. And, perhaps, stress and lack of sleep.
Younger founders and employees are willing and able to work longer hours, and really grind it out. They have higher stamina, and generally don’t have families they want to spend time with. They can completely commit to the job at hand.
That may be specifically true, but probably not universally.
I'm 54 and can still crank out a productive 36 hour work day (yes, seriously) at crunch time, but that's me; I've always been able to stay up and be productive for long, long periods of time - showering and eating to get refreshed. But when it's over, I need 10 solid hours of sleep. It probably started when I was a college research assistant programming LISP and Prolog at 3am (as it was the only time I could get serious computing time on the VAX 785 (running 4.3 BSD) and/or our Xerox LISP system.
In addition, I had a wife, who was a teacher, who understood being professional and committed to a task and didn't complain about any long work hours, as she often put in some serious hours to teach her Gifted students. (She died in 2006, so now I'm single: Remember Sue...) We had no kids -- we met in 1985 when I was 22 and she was 41 -- so we were able to dedicate our down time to each other.
I imagine my stamina -- and 30+ years of experience, programming in many languages and administrating Windows, Linux and Unix on everything from PCs to Cray systems -- would still fair well against most youngsters now.
I thing the main thing is that older people have a greater sense of perspective, perhaps not shared with their younger managers, that there are actually more important things in life than whatever is going on at work or even work itself. Case in point, I'd give everything to have Sue back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this essentially the definition of "defective by design?"
Defective by design is about intentionally not performing the intended function. For all its flaws, Windows 10 still runs windows software just as well as it ever did.
"Deceptive by design" now that's a definition I can get behind.
And, more to the point, the actual purpose of Windows 10 is to spy on the users and generate revenue from that data for Microsoft. Performing OS functions is a side-effect. In this respect, Windows 10 is functioning as designed.
The A320 cockpit has nothing looking like a cigarette lighter port.
But it does have, like my 2002 Honda CR-V, something that is clearly an ashtray, but lined with felt and embossed with the phrase, "Not an ashtray." :-)
... but I've actually never adjusted a full-size carb, only little ones on weed whackers and RC cars. Lucky me!
I've rebuilt two carburetors in my life. The first one, from a motorcycle, when I was ten and I had parts left over when I put it back together -- which was obviously a problem. Huge, HUGE, life lesson in being methodical and organized when taking apart things. The second one, from a 1982 Honda Accord hatchback, when I was in my twenties, went much better.
The reason is that the User License Agreement on all Apple products does NOT transfer ownership of the device to the purchaser! The License is a USE License, and therefore ownership is retained by Apple!
So since the pilot plainly broke the devices through misuse, his survivors owe Apple an iPhone.
Or Apple owes them a plane.
He wasn't testing. He was winning at Angry Birds.
If there's any Irony in a situation like this, he was playing a flight simulator or studying for his flight safety exam.
that's like blaming the dishwasher for ruining your record collection because you put them in there to clean them
How else am I suppose to get all the dust from all the nooks and crannies in the grooves?
No mention of their state of health. Only the ones enslaved by keepers.
Whenever I pull waterlogged bees from my pool, I put them on the bench and give them a drop of honey. They slurp it up while they dry off then they fly away. Don't know if it helps in the grand scheme of things, but, hey, I saved and fed some wild bees ...
I don't see how this is modded as flamebait, ...
Because some moderators downgrade things they don't agree with or understand - like contrary opinions or sarcasm.
Welcome to /.
And in Australia they call those people that fly into space "arse-tronauts".
Not too many Australian astronauts. In space, no one can hear you cheer.
It's not hate speech because it's not targeting Trump for what he is, but what he does.
Holstering?
Trump: Biggest budget error - E V A R. So big.
Dateline 2018:
In other news, DJI sales dropped off to near nothing, and the company filed for bankruptcy today. The unexplained failure of customers to buy an intentionally crippled product was cited as the primary reason for the company's failure.
Angry stockholders had to be prevented from physically assaulting the corporate board, who were seen running to their limousines behind heavy security.
Crippling their product then their stockholders? Nice.
... software developers need almost superhuman focus to manage the complexity of their tasks.
It may seem like that to some. To others it's just another Tuesday at the keyboard. Typety, type, type ...
Programming is problem solving.