Low, and especially middle and high-end service jobs increased in tandem with factory labor as part of a growing middle class which didn't just spend on manufactured goods. Full blown modernization has yet to kick in due to globalization which expanded the pool of low cost labor, and by it's inability to adequately replace most services. Even if modernization enables manufacturing to return to consumer societies, there of course won't be near the jobs it provided when it left. Then compound that with modernization evolving to the point of taking over many middle and high-end services, and lots and lots of people.
We have come a long way from the age of flip phones and nine-key texting
Really? I use a flip phone and nine-key texting. If I've got something more significant to communicate it can wait till I can sit down and compose it with a real keyboard and screen.
What's different this time is that new jobs require fewer people than are being displaced from their old jobs. And that's compounded by constantly adding more people. While work may be "something to do in life" a job is work you can make a decent living at.
Extreme examples like this are more likely to occur in places like Silicon Valley, where the competitive culture and veiled acquisitiveness drive people crazy in interesting ways.
Local culture (or lack thereof) and demographic isolation. Finance, the c-suite, and maybe in some rural areas. I confess some surprise that these pockets of primitive behavior still exist to the probable extent that they do. Though there's the flip side of frivolous, exaggerated or false complaints that can turn corporate culture into baby food.
Like if they were doing Google's self-driving car project they'd spent tons of time on an overarching architecture concept that'd essentially say sensors -> analysis -> decision -> execution -> feedback and spend six months and 100 pages to say it
I've seen this. The theory is that with a sufficiently detailed specification the code essentially writes itself (so specification gets most of the budget). Of course those writing specifications typically have little or ancient experience writing code and upper management can't see why that would be a problem, even after schedules and budget aren't met.
...brute force coding. There's no innovation involved.
I disagree. You can always innovate to make yourself (typically your code) more productive and efficient. For a lot of brute force tasks you've not really succeeded until you've made yourself redundant. Theoretically the savings this generates gets recognized and you get promoted/assigned more innovative tasks.
I've seen this firsthand. It started with the idea the companies should focus on core competencies and outsource everything else to 'experts'. IT was one of the first things to go because it was relatively new compared to accounting and HR, and theoretically more easily split off. The reality was that IT was no longer part of the corporate team, if you will, and their goals, such as keeping support costs to a minimum, while keeping everyone's management happy would piss off the customer's end users to a point to where it (over)flowed back uphill. A new company might be tried, then rinse and repeat. Meanwhile some selected IT services were brought back in-house on each iteration.
I think it's more a question of trust. If you've worked on classified programs you know there's a trade-off between security practices and getting the job done in a sensible fashion. Part of obtaining a clearance depends on assessments of character. Of course mistakes will be made. Given the number of clearances and issues one might think the bureaucrats are actually doing a decent job.
This is completely inexcusable on part of the Slashdot editors. I'd like to hear how they justify something like this for their allegedly intended audience.
you will find that ransomware doesn't actually fall under this definition
Only under strict-common law. If you read further down:
Most jurisdictions have statutes governing extortion that broaden the common-law definition. Under such statutes, any person who takes money or property from another by means of illegal compulsion may be guilty of the offense. When used in this sense, extortion is synonymous with blackmail, which is extortion by a private person.
he wanted to avoid having to later repurchase books purged from the shelf
I volunteer at our local library's used bookstore where some of our donations are withdrawals. I guess the obvious question is why would they be repurchased if they weren't circulating in the first place? What's also left out of TFS is that library circulation is often used as a metric for a branch's success, as market share is for internet startups (that don't necessarily generate profit). The excuse looks more like a fig leaf to promote the branch supervisor.
TFS does touch upon a more general discussion about what books the local branch should stock, or whether there even should be local branches in the day of Amazon and Netflix. Gaming circulation certainly doesn't help the cause for keeping local branches.
Finally, low circulation doesn't (or shouldn't) automatically point to withdrawal and books are withdrawn if they become 'damaged'. Typically issues develop with the bindings as book drops literally are, and they ain't a binding them like they used to. One of our group used to repair bindings to keep the books in circulation longer.
People who really care about typography or the presentation of their content.
my manual typewriter only had quotes in one direction
Indeed. Though typical typewriters weren't intended to generate content for mass consumption. Back in the day personal computers were supposed to change that by enabling desktop publication. (Recall the Mac/PC is Not a Typewriter books by Robin Williams.) However as the media for consuming written content migrated from paper to screen, things got a lot more complicated and in some ways a step back is taken here and there. Eliminating curly braces might be one of those small steps back.
Until a few years ago we used MS DOS 7.1 to host (alas no longer supported) software for pointing and tracking at our observatory. While we migrated to Windows based software, and from stepper to brushless DC servo motors, I've held onto the DOS system to upgrade an even older non-computer controlled telescope mount. The software's actually pretty good for for it does, with a decent UI and nice functionality (e.g. RS232 hooks to outside control, non-sidereal tracking capability). The software relies on an ISA digital I/O board to talk to the stepper motors. While I've not tried FreeDOS it's nice to know there's potentially another option.
Trump is the president elect working on his transition. Unless his request can be shown to be unduly burdensome he should be given the courtesy of a reply. I'm no fan of Trump but fuck the DoE bureaucrats for hiding behind "respect[ing] the professional and scientific integrity and independence of our employees" and playing into his hand. Trump has the right to turn it into his own Travelgate if he wishes.
poor single parent household kids who refuse to be educated
I think this is a bit over simplified. At the earliest ages I don't believe the kids "refuse". It's likely they get less resources (esp. teacher quality) and hence fall behind early on. Then as they become socially promoted through the grades there's a mutual understanding with the school bureaucracy that there's little hope of catching up. Poor single parent households are not likely to helicopter over their kids to ensure the school bureaucracy provides decent resources the way other households might. In part it's due to their own limited resources (e.g. time, perhaps language) as well as to what I'd call culture.
My thinking was that all the trial patients should have been forced to go through the onerous EM exercise with a random half actually getting the EM treatment in addition to everyone receiving standard treatment. I don't think this was the case and it's possible that there were selection biases towards those who were able choose(?) to go through the EM therapy. If there was some conflict with EM therapy and the standard treatment then some placebo for standard treatment should be used as well. The idea of course is that nobody knows or can tell who's getting what treatment during the trial. How practical that is and the ethics involved are above my pay grade.
My grammar has always been for shit, but wouldn't it actually be an adverb where (I intended placebo to modify calm)? Then adj looks more like a typo for adv:)
The bloody veterinarian here in town sells that crap. There's a store here, a "healthfood store" that sells all manner...
I think they're selling the placebo effect. The vet may actually be selling it to placebo (sorry for using it as an adj.) calm anxieties of the pet owner. I don't think placebos work as well if you slap a placebo label on a sugar pill.
We already have that to some extent at the state, county and city level. California (CA) just authorized legal pot. One issue is there can be too many jurisdictions that can easily cause confusion, especially in our 'modern age' where mobility is much easier than in the past. I recall on business trips to Alabama where it was indeed confusing whether one was in a dry county or not (counties are typically smaller there than in CA). Another issue revolves around rights and such, where here I'm thinking of the states rights arguments used by the right and racists during the 50's and 60's.
I hope you reconsider, because this is one of the more interesting articles I've read here in a long time.
I agree. I think what's most important is what ultimately becomes a 'story'. As for the comments it's not too difficult to filter the dross. Any dearth of quality might be expected on a story such as this, where expert knowledge of the subject matter is beyond the ken of even most nerds.
The main point still stands that whoever was responsible for enabling classified content to breach the security perimeter which it originated in should be held to account, as breaching the perimeter at best demonstrates criminal negligence. That no one, neither government, media or politicians have followed up on this is something of a mystery. My guess is that media and politicians have their blinders on while their spotlight is focused exclusively on HRC. The government is, surprise, simply incompetent, happy to sweep things under the rug while nobody else is looking.
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Low, and especially middle and high-end service jobs increased in tandem with factory labor as part of a growing middle class which didn't just spend on manufactured goods. Full blown modernization has yet to kick in due to globalization which expanded the pool of low cost labor, and by it's inability to adequately replace most services. Even if modernization enables manufacturing to return to consumer societies, there of course won't be near the jobs it provided when it left. Then compound that with modernization evolving to the point of taking over many middle and high-end services, and lots and lots of people.
Really? I use a flip phone and nine-key texting. If I've got something more significant to communicate it can wait till I can sit down and compose it with a real keyboard and screen.
What's different this time is that new jobs require fewer people than are being displaced from their old jobs. And that's compounded by constantly adding more people. While work may be "something to do in life" a job is work you can make a decent living at.
Local culture (or lack thereof) and demographic isolation. Finance, the c-suite, and maybe in some rural areas. I confess some surprise that these pockets of primitive behavior still exist to the probable extent that they do. Though there's the flip side of frivolous, exaggerated or false complaints that can turn corporate culture into baby food.
On the other hand, Trump got in via the electoral college.
I've seen this. The theory is that with a sufficiently detailed specification the code essentially writes itself (so specification gets most of the budget). Of course those writing specifications typically have little or ancient experience writing code and upper management can't see why that would be a problem, even after schedules and budget aren't met.
I disagree. You can always innovate to make yourself (typically your code) more productive and efficient. For a lot of brute force tasks you've not really succeeded until you've made yourself redundant. Theoretically the savings this generates gets recognized and you get promoted/assigned more innovative tasks.
I've seen this firsthand. It started with the idea the companies should focus on core competencies and outsource everything else to 'experts'. IT was one of the first things to go because it was relatively new compared to accounting and HR, and theoretically more easily split off. The reality was that IT was no longer part of the corporate team, if you will, and their goals, such as keeping support costs to a minimum, while keeping everyone's management happy would piss off the customer's end users to a point to where it (over)flowed back uphill. A new company might be tried, then rinse and repeat. Meanwhile some selected IT services were brought back in-house on each iteration.
Funny, but outsourcing their HR might not have been a bad idea, along the lines of a man who is his own lawyer...
I think it's more a question of trust. If you've worked on classified programs you know there's a trade-off between security practices and getting the job done in a sensible fashion. Part of obtaining a clearance depends on assessments of character. Of course mistakes will be made. Given the number of clearances and issues one might think the bureaucrats are actually doing a decent job.
This is completely inexcusable on part of the Slashdot editors. I'd like to hear how they justify something like this for their allegedly intended audience.
Only under strict-common law. If you read further down:
I volunteer at our local library's used bookstore where some of our donations are withdrawals. I guess the obvious question is why would they be repurchased if they weren't circulating in the first place? What's also left out of TFS is that library circulation is often used as a metric for a branch's success, as market share is for internet startups (that don't necessarily generate profit). The excuse looks more like a fig leaf to promote the branch supervisor.
TFS does touch upon a more general discussion about what books the local branch should stock, or whether there even should be local branches in the day of Amazon and Netflix. Gaming circulation certainly doesn't help the cause for keeping local branches.
Finally, low circulation doesn't (or shouldn't) automatically point to withdrawal and books are withdrawn if they become 'damaged'. Typically issues develop with the bindings as book drops literally are, and they ain't a binding them like they used to. One of our group used to repair bindings to keep the books in circulation longer.
People who really care about typography or the presentation of their content.
Indeed. Though typical typewriters weren't intended to generate content for mass consumption. Back in the day personal computers were supposed to change that by enabling desktop publication. (Recall the Mac/PC is Not a Typewriter books by Robin Williams.) However as the media for consuming written content migrated from paper to screen, things got a lot more complicated and in some ways a step back is taken here and there. Eliminating curly braces might be one of those small steps back.
Please don't say that. The Chinese way of decommissioning satellites can have an unhappy ending.
Until a few years ago we used MS DOS 7.1 to host (alas no longer supported) software for pointing and tracking at our observatory. While we migrated to Windows based software, and from stepper to brushless DC servo motors, I've held onto the DOS system to upgrade an even older non-computer controlled telescope mount. The software's actually pretty good for for it does, with a decent UI and nice functionality (e.g. RS232 hooks to outside control, non-sidereal tracking capability). The software relies on an ISA digital I/O board to talk to the stepper motors. While I've not tried FreeDOS it's nice to know there's potentially another option.
Trump is the president elect working on his transition. Unless his request can be shown to be unduly burdensome he should be given the courtesy of a reply. I'm no fan of Trump but fuck the DoE bureaucrats for hiding behind "respect[ing] the professional and scientific integrity and independence of our employees" and playing into his hand. Trump has the right to turn it into his own Travelgate if he wishes.
I think this is a bit over simplified. At the earliest ages I don't believe the kids "refuse". It's likely they get less resources (esp. teacher quality) and hence fall behind early on. Then as they become socially promoted through the grades there's a mutual understanding with the school bureaucracy that there's little hope of catching up. Poor single parent households are not likely to helicopter over their kids to ensure the school bureaucracy provides decent resources the way other households might. In part it's due to their own limited resources (e.g. time, perhaps language) as well as to what I'd call culture.
My thinking was that all the trial patients should have been forced to go through the onerous EM exercise with a random half actually getting the EM treatment in addition to everyone receiving standard treatment. I don't think this was the case and it's possible that there were selection biases towards those who were able choose(?) to go through the EM therapy. If there was some conflict with EM therapy and the standard treatment then some placebo for standard treatment should be used as well. The idea of course is that nobody knows or can tell who's getting what treatment during the trial. How practical that is and the ethics involved are above my pay grade.
s/can't/don't want/ He didn't say legally can't so it can be read as preferentially can't and either way, he won't.
My grammar has always been for shit, but wouldn't it actually be an adverb where (I intended placebo to modify calm)? Then adj looks more like a typo for adv :)
I think they're selling the placebo effect. The vet may actually be selling it to placebo (sorry for using it as an adj.) calm anxieties of the pet owner. I don't think placebos work as well if you slap a placebo label on a sugar pill.
We already have that to some extent at the state, county and city level. California (CA) just authorized legal pot. One issue is there can be too many jurisdictions that can easily cause confusion, especially in our 'modern age' where mobility is much easier than in the past. I recall on business trips to Alabama where it was indeed confusing whether one was in a dry county or not (counties are typically smaller there than in CA). Another issue revolves around rights and such, where here I'm thinking of the states rights arguments used by the right and racists during the 50's and 60's.
I agree. I think what's most important is what ultimately becomes a 'story'. As for the comments it's not too difficult to filter the dross. Any dearth of quality might be expected on a story such as this, where expert knowledge of the subject matter is beyond the ken of even most nerds.
The main point still stands that whoever was responsible for enabling classified content to breach the security perimeter which it originated in should be held to account, as breaching the perimeter at best demonstrates criminal negligence. That no one, neither government, media or politicians have followed up on this is something of a mystery. My guess is that media and politicians have their blinders on while their spotlight is focused exclusively on HRC. The government is, surprise, simply incompetent, happy to sweep things under the rug while nobody else is looking.