Wow, could there be a MORE polarizing article than this? And really, it *needs* a takedown? Come on. This is like the class warfare version of race-baiting.
Coming into money, especially quickly (e.g. winning the lottery) has been shown time and time again to leave people in a MUCH WORSE situation than they started from because they don't know the first thing about handling that much money responsibly. As far as the issue of finding people with similar problems, isn't that just part of life? My wife and I don't have kids, and that makes it really difficult to find other people/couples we can connect with. It's the same thing.
So quit bitching about how clueless rich people are. You're just as clueless about them as they are about you.
Yes, this is true. Also makes it hard to hire because #1 nobody wants to move to Michigan and #2 HR won't let you pay more than these meager wages because "cost of labor is low."
there are a lot of smart EEs and physics majors who are able to get jobs in CS but don't have the fundamentals down and aren't able to be efficient, effective coders
The only way to realistically accomplish that is to replace a lot of police and security functions with private security companies; those companies are liable for their actions, and they do compete against each other.
That comes with a whole host of new problems, it's really not clear whether the new problems would be better or worse than the existing problems. I, for one, think the police should be accountable to the public as they are -- we just need better public representation to help enforce that accountability.
To me, this is the important point. Not only does it have all the negatives of most sodas, but it also does not have the benefit that eating the fruit does even though they advertise it as such. Glad to see this thread on this topic because people like to blame sodas but they aren't really any different than most of the options touted as "healthy."
Ya, he'd have to be holding the gun backward to do that -- almost as though he were intentionally pointing it at himself...?? WTF does it being "bizarre" have to do with anything? Suicide is bizarre in the first place, and if the gun were planted isn't it even more bizarre that they would have placed it incorrectly in his hand?
Yes you can. My passcode has this on my android craplet at home. It's just difficult because if you pass over another point to get there it will add the other point too. Since it is similar to a keypad, all you do is go for example from the 9 position to the 4 position (corner on one side to middle on opposite side) without crossing the center point. They are not adjacent, yet you can use them.
Customers can't sue me if they didn't pay anything
It might be worth checking that assumption:
#1 - They aren't called customers if they didn't pay anything. In fact, given the design you're suggesting, they would be the products and your customers are actually the advertisers.
#2 - Those products sure as hell can sue you for negligence for a multitude of reasons. For example, if they trust you with their data and you lose it to hackers.
Since you and the rest of the commentators on here understood perfectly the intended meaning, being overly particular regarding the spelling off peek is purely pedantic and arguably pretentious.
Ok, next time I'll worry only about on peak spelling.
Yes, hipsters buy fossil, or at least they used to. I'm still not convinced that Apple's watch is the reason for Fossil's decline, but Apple's other products are probably contributors (as well as other smartphones). Almost nobody I know wears a watch except for fitness watches on occasion because as other commentators have point out there are clocks everywhere, with the cell phone being your new personal watch. You're going to carry it anyway, but what other purpose is there to wear a watch? Style. Which brings me back to hipsters, who think gadgets are style.
Why is this -1? It's clearly not a troll and it's not flamebait -- just informative. I get that Slashdot leans heavily in one direction in the MS vs. anyone debate but come on. This appears to be more like censorship than moderation.
Because it's expensive and dangerous for little gain. There's been plenty of science to be done closer to earth, which is why we built the international space station.
Because they came before us. If you're going to complain about the word 'forebears' why not pick the easier route and point out that humans didn't descend from bears?
Sure, all the candidates know better -- but many voters don't. They believe what they want to believe. For example when gas prices go up under a democrat president you'll hear right-wingers crying about how the president causes it and left-wingers claiming he doesn't have control. When the prices go down you'll hear right-wingers claiming he had nothing to do with it and left-wingers claiming he made it all better. Vice versa for a republican president. Nobody cares what the president can actually do when they are at the polls, they only care that what the candidate said resonates with their world view, however rational or bat-shit crazy it may be.
You and I can tell the difference between a blind campaign promise and a plan for something that's actually achievable, but many people either can't or won't make the effort to do that. That's what drags our political discourse down a series of tubes. We, collectively, get the candidates we deserve. The fact that the best candidates available right now are people like Donald Trump is a reflection of our own society, sadly.
I didn't realize it was a competition and only one thing can be good for mankind. Does that mean we should stop all exploration and focus only on expanding the internet?
I'm OK with NASA not focusing on preserving history. Their budget is for space exploration, not museum curation. If they actually gave these spacesuits to the museum and then the museum tried to crowdfund it, would you be complaining about it?
That said, it's probably better that NASA be involved because they can help with the research -- some things shouldn't be repaired because they are part of the suit's history, and NASA would probably be better able to distinguish.
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Wow, could there be a MORE polarizing article than this? And really, it *needs* a takedown? Come on. This is like the class warfare version of race-baiting.
Coming into money, especially quickly (e.g. winning the lottery) has been shown time and time again to leave people in a MUCH WORSE situation than they started from because they don't know the first thing about handling that much money responsibly. As far as the issue of finding people with similar problems, isn't that just part of life? My wife and I don't have kids, and that makes it really difficult to find other people/couples we can connect with. It's the same thing.
So quit bitching about how clueless rich people are. You're just as clueless about them as they are about you.
Yes, this is true. Also makes it hard to hire because #1 nobody wants to move to Michigan and #2 HR won't let you pay more than these meager wages because "cost of labor is low."
Even our people in India are worried because they're seeing the company outsourcing to another company that's also in India...
There are a lot of CS majors in that boat too...
That comes with a whole host of new problems, it's really not clear whether the new problems would be better or worse than the existing problems. I, for one, think the police should be accountable to the public as they are -- we just need better public representation to help enforce that accountability.
To me, this is the important point. Not only does it have all the negatives of most sodas, but it also does not have the benefit that eating the fruit does even though they advertise it as such. Glad to see this thread on this topic because people like to blame sodas but they aren't really any different than most of the options touted as "healthy."
Ya, he'd have to be holding the gun backward to do that -- almost as though he were intentionally pointing it at himself...?? WTF does it being "bizarre" have to do with anything? Suicide is bizarre in the first place, and if the gun were planted isn't it even more bizarre that they would have placed it incorrectly in his hand?
How else does he keep things fair and balanced?
Well the criteria was just alive & female so I suppose we'd have to have a debate whether the fictional character is alive ;-)
Yes you can. My passcode has this on my android craplet at home. It's just difficult because if you pass over another point to get there it will add the other point too. Since it is similar to a keypad, all you do is go for example from the 9 position to the 4 position (corner on one side to middle on opposite side) without crossing the center point. They are not adjacent, yet you can use them.
That would mean 32% of the time the system returned men or dead people. Or both.
That's not exactly a citation.
Citation? Because the net GDP growth seems to indicate otherwise.
It might be worth checking that assumption:
#1 - They aren't called customers if they didn't pay anything. In fact, given the design you're suggesting, they would be the products and your customers are actually the advertisers.
#2 - Those products sure as hell can sue you for negligence for a multitude of reasons. For example, if they trust you with their data and you lose it to hackers.
Ok, next time I'll worry only about on peak spelling.
This is where my mod points would go, if I had any today.
Yes, hipsters buy fossil, or at least they used to. I'm still not convinced that Apple's watch is the reason for Fossil's decline, but Apple's other products are probably contributors (as well as other smartphones). Almost nobody I know wears a watch except for fitness watches on occasion because as other commentators have point out there are clocks everywhere, with the cell phone being your new personal watch. You're going to carry it anyway, but what other purpose is there to wear a watch? Style. Which brings me back to hipsters, who think gadgets are style.
Why is this -1? It's clearly not a troll and it's not flamebait -- just informative. I get that Slashdot leans heavily in one direction in the MS vs. anyone debate but come on. This appears to be more like censorship than moderation.
What poor life choices do you suppose grade school students made that landed them in poverty?
Because it's expensive and dangerous for little gain. There's been plenty of science to be done closer to earth, which is why we built the international space station.
Because they came before us. If you're going to complain about the word 'forebears' why not pick the easier route and point out that humans didn't descend from bears?
The same question could be asked about oil.
Sure, all the candidates know better -- but many voters don't. They believe what they want to believe. For example when gas prices go up under a democrat president you'll hear right-wingers crying about how the president causes it and left-wingers claiming he doesn't have control. When the prices go down you'll hear right-wingers claiming he had nothing to do with it and left-wingers claiming he made it all better. Vice versa for a republican president. Nobody cares what the president can actually do when they are at the polls, they only care that what the candidate said resonates with their world view, however rational or bat-shit crazy it may be.
You and I can tell the difference between a blind campaign promise and a plan for something that's actually achievable, but many people either can't or won't make the effort to do that. That's what drags our political discourse down a series of tubes. We, collectively, get the candidates we deserve. The fact that the best candidates available right now are people like Donald Trump is a reflection of our own society, sadly.
I didn't realize it was a competition and only one thing can be good for mankind. Does that mean we should stop all exploration and focus only on expanding the internet?
I'm OK with NASA not focusing on preserving history. Their budget is for space exploration, not museum curation. If they actually gave these spacesuits to the museum and then the museum tried to crowdfund it, would you be complaining about it?
That said, it's probably better that NASA be involved because they can help with the research -- some things shouldn't be repaired because they are part of the suit's history, and NASA would probably be better able to distinguish.