HIPPA is not an exception, it promises punishment of violations not guarantees of privacy... I respect your remarks, but even the DOD doesn't keep their stuff private.
I like your sentiment but I think the issue is way bigger. 1) people go to represent you and are corrupted into trading votes and becoming important. 2) the way legislation is written. Intentionally written to be deceptive and/or have loopholes and/or work exactly the opposite of what it states. A sub-issue is "bills that are too big to fail." Obamacare, purely as an example was just too damn big to really understand inside and out. Unfortunately, unintended consequences are still real consequences. If they are part of a bill that size it is really difficult to isolate and correct. I think that having a bill ~1000x the size of the constitution is a bad idea. I think it is possible to understand how the government is supposed to work. I'm just not sure it is possible to understand how it DOES work (at a nuts and bolts level) anymore...
Indeed. We have decades of court reviewed practices and protections for the accused. Replacing them without review by tricking minors into relinquishing practically all rights is not a 1:1 trade. Its less burdensome to the system? What if every defendant HAD to go home with a full time monitoring and recording anklet; we're not that far, why not?
Indeed, but even a minor in jail has a more informed idea of reasonable expectation of privacy than a minor who signed a contract to have their location monitored... This is a difference of whether you want justice or what is legal. A minor can't consent to monitoring...
So you're OK with guilty until proven innocent? You also think most people understand their "actual" rights? And a minor? If he had money and bailed out they would have to get a warrant just to listen to phone etc. But you have decided, based solely on the fact that he was charged, he's "probably an asshole who needs to be locked away for decades" so why bother with due process? And a minor? Mind boggling.
"From the Earth to the Moon" Episode 10 "Galileo Was Right" tells the story of *why* humans are valuable. Robots test what they are told to test, by humans. Humans have a far better grasp of surveying a whole scene to decide what is important. Checking out the episode is likely worth the time even if you disagree...
I generally agree, but, to be pedantic, you can probably explain anything *reasonably age appropriate +/- 10% to kids under seven and 15% 7-15, or something like that (intended only as example). But there are things that can break fully formed adults. You can't expect children with no emotional toolbox to deal with some things. That is the literal but abstract meaning of torture - taking someone to a place they have no rational/emotional means of dealing with. That breaks people.
I'm in IT and the imaging department tries to recruit me. If I was younger I'd go in a heartbeat. My SoCal semi-rural hospital is $35/hr union protected for a 3x12 schedule first day out of school. CT cert =+$5/hr on top of. MRI cert =+$5/hr on top of. And they'll OJT that shit. You can be 10 years deep sitting on a $50/hr, 3 day a week job. If you don't want weekends - trade. If you want to hog OT and make bank, trade. If you've been there a decade work the 6 straight and have 8 days off 2x a month. We have people that never take PTO because they take a week foreign vacation every month and cash out PTO. Did I mention you can be 20, and making $100k if you want?
"100 Reasons to Kill Your Guidance Counselor."
See also LA county senior Lifeguards who ride a boat around for what was ~$75K in 2000.
This is probably happening. Just as likely is the person has a million calls about your issue and knows what you are going to say. They likely have some canned answers. I'm on the other end and I have canned information; I tech support chat so often I have a txt file with everything in it - explanations of troubleshooting processes, error codes, contact information - I know what they are going to ask me. Like I tell my kids, I'm not smart, I'm just old...
***Not for all small IT consultants.*** It's money vs. scruples vs. quality. Even when I was inexperienced I gave the customer what they wanted - Fixed. Really fixed. I would research the issues and really fix them. I billed for just the actual time fixing - I felt the ongoing research was my professional development. The problem is small businesses are rarely that complex. Once they are really fixed, you may not hear from them for a couple of years unless you are selling unneeded services. Most small consultants cannot maintain 1000 customers because it takes too long for call-backs and their emergencies require immediacy. If two customers have emergencies the same day, you lose one... You either have to bill every minute, and/or just fix the symptoms to be profitable. (most all) Good guys go out of business, (most all) bad guys live with the reputation. It is extremely difficult to be a successful, quality, honorable small IT consultant.
After thinking about it I believe I only did one clutch in the Escort at 190K miles of stop and go traffic. The old Mustang got one at 125K miles and 225k and its first 200K was in stop and go traffic (with hill-holds and such). And the clutches were really OK, in each case it was the throwout bearings that died. But once you have RnR'd the trans... That is still averaging ~140k miles each. How many miles would you think for a clutch in LA traffic?
I miss Don. He moved into the neighborhood when I was about 10 (~1977). I wanted to play saxophone but the school district only taught clarinet for elementary schoolers. Don had his 1927 rosewood Conn clarinet re-padded so I could learn on "something of quality." But when anyone came to the door; telemarketers, Jehova's Witnesses, Mormons, he would always slide the screen door open real slow. And regardless of gender he would tell them "you got nice legs, want to come in?" Over 3 years he pretty much cleaned up the whole block. I miss Don.
Yes - if they do this, F*** Ford - If they do this I may never own another Ford. Do we know other MFGs *don't* do this (GMAC?)? And also for the Taurus, but a lot of it's contemporaries were crap. As an aside I drove a 1991 Ford Escort 272Kmi with only maintenance and 2 clutch changes before giving it away running. I drove a 1999 V6 mustang 345Kmi with only maintenance and also 2 clutch changes before trading it in (Salesman literally came in to ask if the digital odometer was correct) on my current 2014 Mustang that has 80Kmi with no issues. That is ~700Kmi with relatively few issues. Anecdotal to be sure, but be fair; if you really know a lot about cars, every manufacturer has some crap/problematic models.
If the helium concentration was high enough to affect phones this way, they're lucky it didn't displace too much oxygen and freaking kill people.
They really should have sensors to detect these conditions in places where large amounts of gas is used.
They do. They have sensors, and alarms, and they are taken seriously. I'm not bashing, but I have training and work around MRI equipment about once a month. Standard is for the room to be negative pressure vented. Likely, the vent had a leak in a different area with no sensors. It pobably crossed through a wall and leaked above the T-bar ceiling in a hallway or some other room. It's an unfortunate corner case, and one that should be taken into account; but not a horror story.
Fascinatingly, every single person on slashdot has a near-genius IQ. Coincidence? I think not.
Not that it matters (I think IQ by itself is a lousy metric) last time I was tested (~20 years ago) I was 136, my wife was 134, her sister is likely similar.
A person is not their IQ and vice versa. Beyond IQ they have talent, aptitudes, tastes, passions, etc. that shape what they are good at - and also *what they want to do.* Passions - I am terrible at golf but love it. I can draft/engineer/design like a mofo but flunked Art 100 3x. I worked in prototype and fab at Imagineering and I'm pretty damn good at IT stuff. My sister in law is not great with technology but can create art out of thin air like a bad-ass and was a fantastic and creative city planner. Our IQs are way above average and likely similar but we are suited for, and more importantly enjoy and are drawn to, and excel at entirely different pursuits. Nothing will solve the problem of people not being the same BECAUSE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. If your car, or computer or almost anything else needs to be fixed you probably want ME, but FFS you don't want me to be the wedding planner; you want my wife (also way above average IQ). What if there were no (cooks/plumbers/musicians/painters/docors), just CS people? Even in IT people have differnt talents and we act like it is all just "IT Guy." I work IT at a hospital and if I start to drop dead I am sure as F not calling IT. Nurses are AWESOME! Can't we just let people do what they love and are good at?
I think the bigger issue is that while Facebook at least pretends to be bi-directional communication (while gathering and selling); YouTube is just watchers, like TV. There is a huge difference between even perceived interaction and just uptake. This large-scale de-socialization of younger people is one of the major factors in the mental health problems of the youth of today.
Right? I know. I did the same. Then I started an ALT site called 127.0.0.1, but no-one else responded... Sadly there is no place like old Slashdot - you can never go home...
Someone on/. smarter than I, already proposed it. Make net neutrality a prerequisite for access to public right-of-way. I think it should even be written to include forfeiture of installed infrastructure if you are found in violation and have to vacate.
all the USA has spent on foreign elections? Are the media outlets making that completely transparent to Joe Sixpack? I am no fan of any foreign influence in any election - ever. But for f--- sake, can we understand the realities of the problem in a "Fair and Balanced" way?
1- Have the funds to pay your human capital for what they are putting in the boss's bank account. 2- fire HR. Most managers know who they actually need to hire, but don't; because the company line is "pay as little as possible." They won't risk getting fired over hiring you.
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HIPPA is not an exception, it promises punishment of violations not guarantees of privacy... I respect your remarks, but even the DOD doesn't keep their stuff private.
Solutions must be *VIABLE* or they are not solutions. It is unfortunate, but their cost makes them not an adoptable solution...
I like your sentiment but I think the issue is way bigger. 1) people go to represent you and are corrupted into trading votes and becoming important. 2) the way legislation is written. Intentionally written to be deceptive and/or have loopholes and/or work exactly the opposite of what it states. A sub-issue is "bills that are too big to fail." Obamacare, purely as an example was just too damn big to really understand inside and out. Unfortunately, unintended consequences are still real consequences. If they are part of a bill that size it is really difficult to isolate and correct. I think that having a bill ~1000x the size of the constitution is a bad idea. I think it is possible to understand how the government is supposed to work. I'm just not sure it is possible to understand how it DOES work (at a nuts and bolts level) anymore...
Indeed. We have decades of court reviewed practices and protections for the accused. Replacing them without review by tricking minors into relinquishing practically all rights is not a 1:1 trade. Its less burdensome to the system? What if every defendant HAD to go home with a full time monitoring and recording anklet; we're not that far, why not?
Indeed, but even a minor in jail has a more informed idea of reasonable expectation of privacy than a minor who signed a contract to have their location monitored... This is a difference of whether you want justice or what is legal. A minor can't consent to monitoring...
So you're OK with guilty until proven innocent? You also think most people understand their "actual" rights? And a minor? If he had money and bailed out they would have to get a warrant just to listen to phone etc. But you have decided, based solely on the fact that he was charged, he's "probably an asshole who needs to be locked away for decades" so why bother with due process? And a minor? Mind boggling.
"From the Earth to the Moon" Episode 10 "Galileo Was Right" tells the story of *why* humans are valuable. Robots test what they are told to test, by humans. Humans have a far better grasp of surveying a whole scene to decide what is important. Checking out the episode is likely worth the time even if you disagree...
I generally agree, but, to be pedantic, you can probably explain anything *reasonably age appropriate +/- 10% to kids under seven and 15% 7-15, or something like that (intended only as example). But there are things that can break fully formed adults. You can't expect children with no emotional toolbox to deal with some things. That is the literal but abstract meaning of torture - taking someone to a place they have no rational/emotional means of dealing with. That breaks people.
I'm in IT and the imaging department tries to recruit me. If I was younger I'd go in a heartbeat. My SoCal semi-rural hospital is $35/hr union protected for a 3x12 schedule first day out of school. CT cert =+$5/hr on top of. MRI cert =+$5/hr on top of. And they'll OJT that shit. You can be 10 years deep sitting on a $50/hr, 3 day a week job. If you don't want weekends - trade. If you want to hog OT and make bank, trade. If you've been there a decade work the 6 straight and have 8 days off 2x a month. We have people that never take PTO because they take a week foreign vacation every month and cash out PTO. Did I mention you can be 20, and making $100k if you want? "100 Reasons to Kill Your Guidance Counselor." See also LA county senior Lifeguards who ride a boat around for what was ~$75K in 2000.
This is probably happening. Just as likely is the person has a million calls about your issue and knows what you are going to say. They likely have some canned answers. I'm on the other end and I have canned information; I tech support chat so often I have a txt file with everything in it - explanations of troubleshooting processes, error codes, contact information - I know what they are going to ask me. Like I tell my kids, I'm not smart, I'm just old...
***Not for all small IT consultants.*** It's money vs. scruples vs. quality. Even when I was inexperienced I gave the customer what they wanted - Fixed. Really fixed. I would research the issues and really fix them. I billed for just the actual time fixing - I felt the ongoing research was my professional development. The problem is small businesses are rarely that complex. Once they are really fixed, you may not hear from them for a couple of years unless you are selling unneeded services. Most small consultants cannot maintain 1000 customers because it takes too long for call-backs and their emergencies require immediacy. If two customers have emergencies the same day, you lose one... You either have to bill every minute, and/or just fix the symptoms to be profitable. (most all) Good guys go out of business, (most all) bad guys live with the reputation. It is extremely difficult to be a successful, quality, honorable small IT consultant.
After thinking about it I believe I only did one clutch in the Escort at 190K miles of stop and go traffic. The old Mustang got one at 125K miles and 225k and its first 200K was in stop and go traffic (with hill-holds and such). And the clutches were really OK, in each case it was the throwout bearings that died. But once you have RnR'd the trans... That is still averaging ~140k miles each. How many miles would you think for a clutch in LA traffic?
I miss Don. He moved into the neighborhood when I was about 10 (~1977). I wanted to play saxophone but the school district only taught clarinet for elementary schoolers. Don had his 1927 rosewood Conn clarinet re-padded so I could learn on "something of quality." But when anyone came to the door; telemarketers, Jehova's Witnesses, Mormons, he would always slide the screen door open real slow. And regardless of gender he would tell them "you got nice legs, want to come in?" Over 3 years he pretty much cleaned up the whole block. I miss Don.
We have already *paid* them to provide it, and they CAN. That they don't is another question.
Yes - if they do this, F*** Ford - If they do this I may never own another Ford. Do we know other MFGs *don't* do this (GMAC?)? And also for the Taurus, but a lot of it's contemporaries were crap. As an aside I drove a 1991 Ford Escort 272Kmi with only maintenance and 2 clutch changes before giving it away running. I drove a 1999 V6 mustang 345Kmi with only maintenance and also 2 clutch changes before trading it in (Salesman literally came in to ask if the digital odometer was correct) on my current 2014 Mustang that has 80Kmi with no issues. That is ~700Kmi with relatively few issues. Anecdotal to be sure, but be fair; if you really know a lot about cars, every manufacturer has some crap/problematic models.
If the helium concentration was high enough to affect phones this way, they're lucky it didn't displace too much oxygen and freaking kill people.
They really should have sensors to detect these conditions in places where large amounts of gas is used.
They do. They have sensors, and alarms, and they are taken seriously. I'm not bashing, but I have training and work around MRI equipment about once a month. Standard is for the room to be negative pressure vented. Likely, the vent had a leak in a different area with no sensors. It pobably crossed through a wall and leaked above the T-bar ceiling in a hallway or some other room. It's an unfortunate corner case, and one that should be taken into account; but not a horror story.
Fascinatingly, every single person on slashdot has a near-genius IQ. Coincidence? I think not.
Not that it matters (I think IQ by itself is a lousy metric) last time I was tested (~20 years ago) I was 136, my wife was 134, her sister is likely similar.
A person is not their IQ and vice versa. Beyond IQ they have talent, aptitudes, tastes, passions, etc. that shape what they are good at - and also *what they want to do.* Passions - I am terrible at golf but love it. I can draft/engineer/design like a mofo but flunked Art 100 3x. I worked in prototype and fab at Imagineering and I'm pretty damn good at IT stuff. My sister in law is not great with technology but can create art out of thin air like a bad-ass and was a fantastic and creative city planner. Our IQs are way above average and likely similar but we are suited for, and more importantly enjoy and are drawn to, and excel at entirely different pursuits. Nothing will solve the problem of people not being the same BECAUSE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM. If your car, or computer or almost anything else needs to be fixed you probably want ME, but FFS you don't want me to be the wedding planner; you want my wife (also way above average IQ). What if there were no (cooks/plumbers/musicians/painters/docors), just CS people? Even in IT people have differnt talents and we act like it is all just "IT Guy." I work IT at a hospital and if I start to drop dead I am sure as F not calling IT. Nurses are AWESOME! Can't we just let people do what they love and are good at?
I think the bigger issue is that while Facebook at least pretends to be bi-directional communication (while gathering and selling); YouTube is just watchers, like TV. There is a huge difference between even perceived interaction and just uptake. This large-scale de-socialization of younger people is one of the major factors in the mental health problems of the youth of today.
Right? I know. I did the same. Then I started an ALT site called 127.0.0.1, but no-one else responded... Sadly there is no place like old Slashdot - you can never go home...
I hate China, Huawei, Spies, Verizon, government intervention, and facisim. Who do I root for, here? :-)
Someone on /. smarter than I, already proposed it. Make net neutrality a prerequisite for access to public right-of-way. I think it should even be written to include forfeiture of installed infrastructure if you are found in violation and have to vacate.
all the USA has spent on foreign elections? Are the media outlets making that completely transparent to Joe Sixpack? I am no fan of any foreign influence in any election - ever. But for f--- sake, can we understand the realities of the problem in a "Fair and Balanced" way?
"Please download and install Microsoft Office 365.25, compatible with the Gregorian calendar." This should keep things synched up! :-)
1- Have the funds to pay your human capital for what they are putting in the boss's bank account. 2- fire HR. Most managers know who they actually need to hire, but don't; because the company line is "pay as little as possible." They won't risk getting fired over hiring you.