Oh, you're *not* Native American? So your ancestors had the audacity to come to the USA for a better life, stealing tax dollars and jobs along the way?
Stealing tax dollars? Jobs?
You make it sound like the pilgrims demanded food and housing from the Native Americans, education in Native American schools, and free healthcare from the tribe's medicine man.
It costs, conservatively, $12K/yr to educate a public school student - how likely is it that an immigrant family with 2 or 3 school children pays $24-36K in local school taxes?
Sure, there are PLENTY of US families that are net drains on the local school budgets, which is exactly why we don't need to go out of our way to import more such families.
Any technological device would also end up being robbed by the local warlord. This is the primary obstacle for making sub-Saharan Africa less of a hellhole.
Right. It's all the stolen OLPC that makes life so hellish in Africa, it's not the lack of water, healthy food, sanitation, shelter, genocides, and slavery trade that make it so bad. It's that the poor African school-age child lost access to the OLPC that was never shipped to Africa, to be used in their non-existant school, where their non-existant teacher would explain to them that learning to program in squeak would unlock a six-figure job in silicon valley when they turn 18...
Because to these "humanitarians" once we drop internet-linked tablets into the hands of starving Africans they can just order up a case of bottled water and basic food supplies from Alibaba, Amazon, Harrods, or other online retailer... See, problem solved.
Brilliant.
Almost as brilliant as requiring people that can't afford to buy health insurance to pay a fine to subsidize the premiums of other people's healthcare coverage, but I digress...
Obviously we've addressed the issues of access to clean water, healthy food, shelter, and an end to genocide and slavery in Africa, so now we can focus on providing school age children access to internet-connected tablets and reinvent education in Africa.
We did address the water, food, shelter, genocide and slavery issues in Africa right? I mean, why else would we focus on teaching techniques in lightly-attended schools?
And still they couldn't find/create the tools they need to do their jobs on Linux:
Hubner said the city has struggled with LiMux adoption. "Users were unhappy and software essential for the public sector is mostly only available for Windows," she said. She estimated about half of the 800 or so total programs needed don't run on Linux and "many others need a lot of effort and workarounds."
I fully expect Linux Zealots will rage about how "if they only gave it more time"...
Wow, in 1967 scientists predicted global warming, with a study that half a century later has proven to be largely accurate...
BUT, did that 1967 take into account all the dramatic changes that have been under-taken since 1967 to shrink the world's carbon footprint? Probably not, they got lucky.
Also, in 1974 scientists reversed course and predicted an impending ice age - which points out that climatologists are guessing and publishing all kinds of studies putting forth all manner of possibilities, hoping there will come a time when their particular findings will be proven true, before the unpredictable climate changes again, earning them their 15 minutes of climate prediction fame.
Second, I would think that facial recognition would be the correct solution. Let someone upload a picture of their face and facebook can make sure that that particular face doesn't appear in nudes.
Or, just upload a bunch of pictures of your bedroom, living room, kitchen, garage, backyard, etc. - anywhere you might be photographed having sex - then Facebook will identify the background and block the photo.
"The U.S.'s stark isolation should give Trump reason to reconsider his ill-advised announcement and join the rest of the world in tackling climate change."
Yeah, President Trump will change his position because of peer pressure...
We, as a country, can increase or decrease our nation's carbon footprint without signing the Paris Climate Accord.
Longer answer, the developer is given requirements, then they code to their understanding of the requirement, and if tested by the same developer they will only confirm the software meets their understanding of the requirement.
Having a separate QA/Test/Validation that reads the same requirements, forms their own understanding of the requirements, and tests to that understanding... if there is a difference, the tester an developer will refund their joint understanding and produce the desired product.
Granted, selling fashion is not a life or death proposition, but they should want the code to match the specifications, and having the developer test the code themselves is far from optimal - they have a bias regarding the software.
I tested software in clinical drug trials, and we would never just 'take the developer's word' that the code was correct, and neither would our clients or the FDA.
Friday the New York Times also reported that the worker responsible wasn't even a Twitter employee, but a hired contractor, adding that "nearly every" major tech company uses contractors for non-technical positions, including Google, Apple, and Facebook.
Thank you Captain Obvious! YES, major tech companies hire contractors for non-technical positions, and you know what, they've even been known to hire consultants for technical positions too! (Ever heard the term H1-B visa?)
The southern states in the Civil War are often referred to as "the states in rebellion" - kinda sounds like they the South started it, since the Northern army was fighting to PRESERVE the union, they are fighting to SECEED from the union.
Said cop then let him lie there, dying, for ten minutes until medics arrived.
Yeah, that cop should have made him stand up and "walk it off"!
What should the cop have done for the victim, beyond basic CPR? Since I'm unaware of your story, I have no idea what said officer did or did not do - you aren't even clear if the teenager died or suffered permanent brain damage.
Regardless of Twitter's TOS, they may not be able to just terminate a contract without cause. State and Federal override whatever silly rules you have written.
The ability to terminate at will, along with bottom-line savings of benefits costs, are the two main reasons companies hire contractors over full-time employees.
What law says you can't terminate a contractor at-will, any time for any legal reason - you can't fire them for being a member of a protected class, but that's about it.
It is quite amazing that the POTUS Twitter account being out for 11 minutes is almost a state issue. Speaks more about Trump's use and abuse of social media than anything else.
No, it doesn't - has the Whitehouse actually done anything about the 11 minute outage? An individual, even the President, merely "tweeting" about something isn't really anything at all... The issue is that the press/media are obsessed with all things that spill across the POTUS personal twitter account.
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Don't be an arse.
Oh, you're *not* Native American? So your ancestors had the audacity to come to the USA for a better life, stealing tax dollars and jobs along the way?
Stealing tax dollars? Jobs?
You make it sound like the pilgrims demanded food and housing from the Native Americans, education in Native American schools, and free healthcare from the tribe's medicine man.
It costs, conservatively, $12K/yr to educate a public school student - how likely is it that an immigrant family with 2 or 3 school children pays $24-36K in local school taxes?
Sure, there are PLENTY of US families that are net drains on the local school budgets, which is exactly why we don't need to go out of our way to import more such families.
Who will fill all the vacancies at US Universities? Perhaps more American students?
You don't understand, the problem with Baltimore public schools is the horrible salary, benefits, and pension the teachers suffer with - it's not access to technology, Baltimore Public schools have just about completing their one-to-one initiative.
Any technological device would also end up being robbed by the local warlord. This is the primary obstacle for making sub-Saharan Africa less of a hellhole.
Right. It's all the stolen OLPC that makes life so hellish in Africa, it's not the lack of water, healthy food, sanitation, shelter, genocides, and slavery trade that make it so bad. It's that the poor African school-age child lost access to the OLPC that was never shipped to Africa, to be used in their non-existant school, where their non-existant teacher would explain to them that learning to program in squeak would unlock a six-figure job in silicon valley when they turn 18...
Because to these "humanitarians" once we drop internet-linked tablets into the hands of starving Africans they can just order up a case of bottled water and basic food supplies from Alibaba, Amazon, Harrods, or other online retailer... See, problem solved.
Brilliant.
Almost as brilliant as requiring people that can't afford to buy health insurance to pay a fine to subsidize the premiums of other people's healthcare coverage, but I digress...
It wasn't that long ago that HIV/AIDS was spreading like wildfire on the African continent because there was a belief that HIV/AIDS could be cured by having sex with a virgin...
Obviously we've addressed the issues of access to clean water, healthy food, shelter, and an end to genocide and slavery in Africa, so now we can focus on providing school age children access to internet-connected tablets and reinvent education in Africa.
We did address the water, food, shelter, genocide and slavery issues in Africa right? I mean, why else would we focus on teaching techniques in lightly-attended schools?
This.
They have lived with work-around for 15 years, half their applications won't run on Linux - their workers deserve a stable, robust work environment.
And still they couldn't find/create the tools they need to do their jobs on Linux:
Hubner said the city has struggled with LiMux adoption. "Users were unhappy and software essential for the public sector is mostly only available for Windows," she said. She estimated about half of the 800 or so total programs needed don't run on Linux and "many others need a lot of effort and workarounds."
I fully expect Linux Zealots will rage about how "if they only gave it more time"...
Wow, in 1967 scientists predicted global warming, with a study that half a century later has proven to be largely accurate...
BUT, did that 1967 take into account all the dramatic changes that have been under-taken since 1967 to shrink the world's carbon footprint? Probably not, they got lucky.
Also, in 1974 scientists reversed course and predicted an impending ice age - which points out that climatologists are guessing and publishing all kinds of studies putting forth all manner of possibilities, hoping there will come a time when their particular findings will be proven true, before the unpredictable climate changes again, earning them their 15 minutes of climate prediction fame.
There HAS to be a better way....
Sure there is, take pictures of your bedroom empty, then let Facebook detect the room, not the person in the room having sex...
Second, I would think that facial recognition would be the correct solution. Let someone upload a picture of their face and
facebook can make sure that that particular face doesn't appear in nudes.
Or, just upload a bunch of pictures of your bedroom, living room, kitchen, garage, backyard, etc. - anywhere you might be photographed having sex - then Facebook will identify the background and block the photo.
"The U.S.'s stark isolation should give Trump reason to reconsider his ill-advised announcement and join the rest of the world in tackling climate change."
Yeah, President Trump will change his position because of peer pressure...
We, as a country, can increase or decrease our nation's carbon footprint without signing the Paris Climate Accord.
If only there was a way to block connections based on MAC address... maybe some day...
Turn off 'smart punctuation' on your iPhone please.
That is the 'I drive better when I'm a bit drunk' argument - no one believes that, except drunks.
Longer answer, the developer is given requirements, then they code to their understanding of the requirement, and if tested by the same developer they will only confirm the software meets their understanding of the requirement.
Having a separate QA/Test/Validation that reads the same requirements, forms their own understanding of the requirements, and tests to that understanding... if there is a difference, the tester an developer will refund their joint understanding and produce the desired product.
Granted, selling fashion is not a life or death proposition, but they should want the code to match the specifications, and having the developer test the code themselves is far from optimal - they have a bias regarding the software.
I tested software in clinical drug trials, and we would never just 'take the developer's word' that the code was correct, and neither would our clients or the FDA.
Friday the New York Times also reported that the worker responsible wasn't even a Twitter employee, but a hired contractor, adding that "nearly every" major tech company uses contractors for non-technical positions, including Google, Apple, and Facebook.
Thank you Captain Obvious! YES, major tech companies hire contractors for non-technical positions, and you know what, they've even been known to hire consultants for technical positions too! (Ever heard the term H1-B visa?)
private corporations have no obligation to service anyone
I have some Christian bakers here who'd like a moment to rebut your assertion...
The southern states in the Civil War are often referred to as "the states in rebellion" - kinda sounds like they the South started it, since the Northern army was fighting to PRESERVE the union, they are fighting to SECEED from the union.
Said cop then let him lie there, dying, for ten minutes until medics arrived.
Yeah, that cop should have made him stand up and "walk it off"!
What should the cop have done for the victim, beyond basic CPR? Since I'm unaware of your story, I have no idea what said officer did or did not do - you aren't even clear if the teenager died or suffered permanent brain damage.
Regardless of Twitter's TOS, they may not be able to just terminate a contract without cause. State and Federal override whatever silly rules you have written.
The ability to terminate at will, along with bottom-line savings of benefits costs, are the two main reasons companies hire contractors over full-time employees.
What law says you can't terminate a contractor at-will, any time for any legal reason - you can't fire them for being a member of a protected class, but that's about it.
It is quite amazing that the POTUS Twitter account being out for 11 minutes is almost a state issue. Speaks more about Trump's use and abuse of social media than anything else.
No, it doesn't - has the Whitehouse actually done anything about the 11 minute outage? An individual, even the President, merely "tweeting" about something isn't really anything at all... The issue is that the press/media are obsessed with all things that spill across the POTUS personal twitter account.
Define "Prominent" - I've never heard of him, and I dare say most here have not - within what realm is he "prominent"?