All of my employers have had a use-it-or-lose-it vacation policy. The only way to be paid for vacation days is to leave the company, and then you only got paid for the number of days you had accrued so far in the year.
The last time I checked, Mitsubishi was at less than 0.6% of the U.S. market. Apparently Mitsubishi is a big enough corporation that low sales volume of their automobiles in the U.S doesn't matter much. The dealer claims they're not going anywhere.
If you're looking to buy a reasonably priced, turbo, AWD vehicle you don't have much choice between Subaru and Mitsubishi unless you're willing to spend twice as much.
I also wondered why they would design a drone to do this instead of just using RFID tags. Back in 2003 Wal-Mart announced they were requiring their largest suppliers to integrate RFID tags into packaging.
Go is a programming language designed by Google to help solve Google's problems, and Google has big problems.
I suppose Google could abandon the language, but if they developed it to specifically address problems they were having, then I would expect it to be around for some time.
Computers may be able to do it in a day, but they can't do it without human help. I'll start to worry when these AI's can learn something new on their own.
Watch as AI replaces educated humans. It can. And it will. And sooner than you think.
Maybe, but the AI we have today doesn't seem all that intelligent. We're nowhere near the traditional idea of an AI as a self-aware consciousness.
For example, try going through the TensorFlow MNIST tutorials. Humans must supply significant input in order to get it to recognize Arabic numerals, something most of us do without any conscious thought.
Isn't surge pricing a good thing? By increasing prices during periods of high demand you ensure that there will be rides available to people that really need them.
I think it's sad that you believe the examples you presented don't happen to caucasians too. Minorities do no have a monopoly on being treated poorly by others.
Well the last idiot that got voted in (not once but twice) ended up starting an illegal and unjustified war in Iraq, the results of which the we and the rest of the developed world are still cleaning up after.
Many of those banks turned the money around and lent it back to the US at higher interest. This just about doubled the national debt over that period.
If we were giving out 0% loans, why couldn't we have repurchased our own debt with 0% loans? The amount of money would have been the same, but instead of profits going to the banks, we could have reduced our debt burden and increased net revenue for government spending.
We didn't issue credit (loans) at 0%, we sold our debt. Congress authorized bonds to be sold, the Treasury printed dollars to match and the Federal Reserve bought the debt. The Federal Reserve then turned around and re-sold the debt to other large banks who sold to smaller banks, etc.
The idea was to increase the amount of money in circulation, not pay down the National Debt. The concern at the time was that the credit markets had frozen and businesses could not get (borrow) the capital they needed.
How does this malware get installed on a target machine? Is it installed by a technician on-site, or is it delivered over the bank's network?
Wouldn't cryptographically signed software distributed by hand on read-only media put a stop to this? And why would you run some version of Windows instead of using a stripped-down purpose-built operating system? Is it simply a matter of cost trumping security?
Does it really pay off in the long-run to buy lower quality drives?
For example, a 5400 RPM 4 TB WD Blue (desktop) drive is $130 with a 2-year warranty. The 4 TB WD Gold (datacenter) is $264 with a 5-year warranty, but spins faster and has twice as much cache. The more expensive drive is slightly cheaper per warranty-year and provides more IOPS, but does draw almost 4 Watts more power when active.
Without knowing how long the drives last beyond their warranty period, which the Backblaze report doesn't mention, isn't it less risky to buy the more expensive drive?
I know it's a reliability report, but shouldn't drive warranties be considered?
If a drive is still under warranty, do I really care if it fails at time X versus 2*X? Rather than choosing a drive based on overall reliability, shouldn't I make the decision based on reliability after the warranty period has elapsed?
Are we listening to the same NPR? They have a very strong liberal bias and tend to run one-sided segments.
Lately they've run stories in favor of illegal immigration with their arguments basically being an appeal to emotion. They've been all over the North Carolina "bathroom bill" and how awful and discriminatory it is despite it applying to everyone equally. They've attacked Trump as not fit for office whenever possible and suggested he's trying to incite violence while dismissing any violence caused by the anti-Trump protesters. You can pretty much count on them running a story supporting the liberal cause d'jour along with whatever the Obama White House is doing.
They fired Juan Williams because he said he was scared of Muslims on airplanes. The only place a blanket statement like that won't get you fired is Fox News, because that's their business model.
A person's emotions are never wrong. It was despicable for NPR to fire Juan Williams for daring to be honest about how he felt.
Isn't it the recipient's responsibility to confirm the ticket is valid and to contest it if it's invalid?
I'm not sure about New York, but in Chicago you can contest a ticket by mail. You just need to submit a letter to the court explaining why you think it should be invalidated; there's no court fees involved either. I've gotten several tickets dismissed by taking thirty minutes to write and mail a letter.
If you even have a system able to turn off your lights programmatically, you are so far outside the norm as to be an alien being.
Lol, I've always wondered about that... I love my Insteon system. It's really nice when the lights in my office turn on when I enter the room, or when the living room lamps come on at sundown. I also have a handy little remote that I can use to control devices instead of using the app on my phone. The system can also be controlled programmatically by sending HTTP requests to the controller hub.
I don't know, I'm Gen-X and am doing quite well for myself. I grew up in a small farming community to a single-mother who was a school teacher and I was raised to value education and taught to work hard and save (invest) as much of my money as possible. We were expected to take care of ourselves, versus feeling entitled to assistance from others. I attended a high school away from home, but when I returned in the summers I was expected to work. Most people in the town were middle-class; there weren't many wealthy families so keeping up with the Joneses was never a thing for us. Kids' social status didn't depend on them driving fancy cars or wearing designer clothing. We lived within our means.
I was also blessed with an above average intelligence and happened to luck out that my area of interest (I started programming computers in early elementary school) ended up being a money maker. I'm a strong believer in Capitalism and believe it's the most natural and virtuous economic system. I find the idea of the State swooping in to seize the fruits of my labor to give to another that did not work abhorrent. I also strongly believe that those with the means have a duty help those less fortunate. I just don't want my government to be in the charity business.
I really wish people would stop confusing computer science with programming computers. As the saying goes, "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes".
We’ll use the money to train over 25,000 public school teachers to introduce computer science to students who would otherwise never have this opportunity.”
My skepticism about being able to train school teachers aside, isn't it easier than it ever was for people to learn about computers, programming and computer science? I mean, I grew up in the 80's and taught myself how to program out of magazines and books. There was no Internet, no YouTube videos and no Kahn Academy. You couldn't look questions up on StackExchange, or even order books from Amazon. Computers were also really expensive, now you can get a $30 device that will run Linux and everyone is walking around with smartphones.
This sounds like a case of working smart versus working hard.
He and some of the others there think that because they are there for 10-12 hours a day somehow they are worth the money, even though they dont do shit the entire time.
If management keeps paying them, then they are indeed worth the money. Rather than complaining, why not take advantage of the opportunity?
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Accrued vacation?! Where do you work?
All of my employers have had a use-it-or-lose-it vacation policy. The only way to be paid for vacation days is to leave the company, and then you only got paid for the number of days you had accrued so far in the year.
Why aren't you working contracts or doing consulting work?
The last time I checked, Mitsubishi was at less than 0.6% of the U.S. market. Apparently Mitsubishi is a big enough corporation that low sales volume of their automobiles in the U.S doesn't matter much. The dealer claims they're not going anywhere.
If you're looking to buy a reasonably priced, turbo, AWD vehicle you don't have much choice between Subaru and Mitsubishi unless you're willing to spend twice as much.
If you're concerned about the quality of your tap water, why the heck would you risk drinking it?
Just pick up a couple of gallons of purified or distilled water at the grocery store.
I also wondered why they would design a drone to do this instead of just using RFID tags. Back in 2003 Wal-Mart announced they were requiring their largest suppliers to integrate RFID tags into packaging.
Did Wal-Mart love RFID to death?
I suppose Google could abandon the language, but if they developed it to specifically address problems they were having, then I would expect it to be around for some time.
Computers may be able to do it in a day, but they can't do it without human help. I'll start to worry when these AI's can learn something new on their own.
Maybe, but the AI we have today doesn't seem all that intelligent. We're nowhere near the traditional idea of an AI as a self-aware consciousness.
For example, try going through the TensorFlow MNIST tutorials. Humans must supply significant input in order to get it to recognize Arabic numerals, something most of us do without any conscious thought.
Isn't surge pricing a good thing? By increasing prices during periods of high demand you ensure that there will be rides available to people that really need them.
I ask this as someone who's only used traditional taxicabs, what exactly is so special about Uber?
What do they offer that can't be duplicated by a competitor? The smartphone app, the pricing algorithm? Brand name recognition?
I think it's sad that you believe the examples you presented don't happen to caucasians too. Minorities do no have a monopoly on being treated poorly by others.
It's debatable whether or not action against Iraq was unjustified, but you can't seriously claim it was illegal. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 passed both the House (296 - 133) and Senate (77 - 23) with bi-partisan support.
We didn't issue credit (loans) at 0%, we sold our debt. Congress authorized bonds to be sold, the Treasury printed dollars to match and the Federal Reserve bought the debt. The Federal Reserve then turned around and re-sold the debt to other large banks who sold to smaller banks, etc.
The idea was to increase the amount of money in circulation, not pay down the National Debt. The concern at the time was that the credit markets had frozen and businesses could not get (borrow) the capital they needed.
How does this malware get installed on a target machine? Is it installed by a technician on-site, or is it delivered over the bank's network?
Wouldn't cryptographically signed software distributed by hand on read-only media put a stop to this? And why would you run some version of Windows instead of using a stripped-down purpose-built operating system? Is it simply a matter of cost trumping security?
Does it really pay off in the long-run to buy lower quality drives?
For example, a 5400 RPM 4 TB WD Blue (desktop) drive is $130 with a 2-year warranty. The 4 TB WD Gold (datacenter) is $264 with a 5-year warranty, but spins faster and has twice as much cache. The more expensive drive is slightly cheaper per warranty-year and provides more IOPS, but does draw almost 4 Watts more power when active.
Without knowing how long the drives last beyond their warranty period, which the Backblaze report doesn't mention, isn't it less risky to buy the more expensive drive?
I know it's a reliability report, but shouldn't drive warranties be considered?
If a drive is still under warranty, do I really care if it fails at time X versus 2*X? Rather than choosing a drive based on overall reliability, shouldn't I make the decision based on reliability after the warranty period has elapsed?
Are we listening to the same NPR? They have a very strong liberal bias and tend to run one-sided segments.
Lately they've run stories in favor of illegal immigration with their arguments basically being an appeal to emotion. They've been all over the North Carolina "bathroom bill" and how awful and discriminatory it is despite it applying to everyone equally. They've attacked Trump as not fit for office whenever possible and suggested he's trying to incite violence while dismissing any violence caused by the anti-Trump protesters. You can pretty much count on them running a story supporting the liberal cause d'jour along with whatever the Obama White House is doing.
A person's emotions are never wrong. It was despicable for NPR to fire Juan Williams for daring to be honest about how he felt.
Isn't it the recipient's responsibility to confirm the ticket is valid and to contest it if it's invalid?
I'm not sure about New York, but in Chicago you can contest a ticket by mail. You just need to submit a letter to the court explaining why you think it should be invalidated; there's no court fees involved either. I've gotten several tickets dismissed by taking thirty minutes to write and mail a letter.
Lol, I've always wondered about that... I love my Insteon system. It's really nice when the lights in my office turn on when I enter the room, or when the living room lamps come on at sundown. I also have a handy little remote that I can use to control devices instead of using the app on my phone. The system can also be controlled programmatically by sending HTTP requests to the controller hub.
So what are all of those charities doing with peoples' donations?
I don't know, I'm Gen-X and am doing quite well for myself. I grew up in a small farming community to a single-mother who was a school teacher and I was raised to value education and taught to work hard and save (invest) as much of my money as possible. We were expected to take care of ourselves, versus feeling entitled to assistance from others. I attended a high school away from home, but when I returned in the summers I was expected to work. Most people in the town were middle-class; there weren't many wealthy families so keeping up with the Joneses was never a thing for us. Kids' social status didn't depend on them driving fancy cars or wearing designer clothing. We lived within our means.
I was also blessed with an above average intelligence and happened to luck out that my area of interest (I started programming computers in early elementary school) ended up being a money maker. I'm a strong believer in Capitalism and believe it's the most natural and virtuous economic system. I find the idea of the State swooping in to seize the fruits of my labor to give to another that did not work abhorrent. I also strongly believe that those with the means have a duty help those less fortunate. I just don't want my government to be in the charity business.
I really wish people would stop confusing computer science with programming computers. As the saying goes, "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes".
My skepticism about being able to train school teachers aside, isn't it easier than it ever was for people to learn about computers, programming and computer science? I mean, I grew up in the 80's and taught myself how to program out of magazines and books. There was no Internet, no YouTube videos and no Kahn Academy. You couldn't look questions up on StackExchange, or even order books from Amazon. Computers were also really expensive, now you can get a $30 device that will run Linux and everyone is walking around with smartphones.
Was a civil lawsuit filed for wrongful death?
This sounds like a case of working smart versus working hard.
If management keeps paying them, then they are indeed worth the money. Rather than complaining, why not take advantage of the opportunity?