You has already come to that conclusion before we even began conversing. You have closed yourself off to new ideas and points of view that you had not considered.
You're obviously completely ignorant of these issues and just making things up as you go along.
Oh yes, of course, it couldn't be you who has closed yourself off from new possibilities.
Heck, you still seem to believe that political donations get politicians elected as if by magic.
Not at all, I understand just find how our very limited leadership options play out.
As I was saying, ignorant people like you are the main cause of political corruption.
I love it. I love how you are so absolutely sure of yourself and nobody can tell you differently. The good news is that not everybody is like you.
The sooner you get yourself an education, the sooner you can stop being part of the problem.
If you think the solution is "educating" everyone to your point of view then you aren't actually trying to find a solution to our problems, you're just stroking your own ego can saying how right you are to other people.
I have not only "considered" alternative funding plans, I have lived in countries that use them.
So because a handful of plans didn't work then none of them ever can? What an amazing deduction!
People have tried those prohibitions and they don't work.
The key part to laws is having them enforced.
If campaigns can't be financed privately anymore
Who said they wouldn't be privately financed? You self-righteously excluded all possible funding schemes that aren't the current one which includes all other private funding schemes. Way to go, winner.;)
Absolute free speech is a great idea... until you add human emotion to the equation. There must be basic limitations on things such as death threats. I'm not siding with Germany here, I'm just siding with common sense.
Because "fixing" campaign finance would actually make the system more corrupt: it makes politicians even less dependent on the public
That's rich. Since you have made this assertion without consideration to an alternative funding plan, you're implying is that this is the least corrupt form that politics can take. That's astoundingly stupid.
it makes it even cheaper for corporations to buy politicians (since all they need to pay for now is personal favors)
Right because that would be the kind of thing nobody would ever consider prohibiting.
and it gives incumbents an even bigger advantage.
Now this I gotta hear. How could this possibly give incumbents a larger advantage?
And what kind of message do you think they want to spread in order to increase their revenue?
In modern politics, it's private fundraising events where they promise to lower taxes to the rich that get them funding. In addition, it's their actions that get them the funding from the backers of those special interests you mentioned before. I know pharmaceutical companies are always looking to relax regulations but they don't give a shit who pays them because they are still getting paid because nobody says, "hmm... maybe i'll get this cancer treated next year".
people like you are the essential link between big corporate spending, corrupt political candidates, and political power.
Wow that's some serious cognitive dissonance you got going there. However, if there is "big corporate spending" causing "corrupt political candidates" then why not fix the campaign funding issues and allow non-corrupt politicians to fix our government? Why choose instead to dismantle a healthcare system that millions of people rely on?
They aren't underpowered but they also aren't intended to be used as workstations. If you want the performance of a workstation then you should buy a workstation.
We have some of the most expensive per capita medical care in the world, yet don't do any better in terms of health than lots of other countries.
But do you know why it's expensive?
People like you are ignorant, and people like you are responsible for the mess that we are in.
That's not even close to correct. The problem is there is a minimally-representative government in power that doesn't work for the people but rather anyone who will fund their campaigns. Our wreck of a healthcare system is a symptom of the real problem, legalized political corruption.
Every program is someone's favorite program. If people want their favorite program increased and only want cuts in non-favorite programs, then government grows without limits.
"along with more-or-less every other government expenditure." != "prevent uncontrolled growth"
Unless I'm misunderstanding the article, it sounds like they want people to split their monolithic applications into smaller components that "just do one thing". However, the most important part of this process is designing the whole thing and splitting it into sets of stable APIs. If your APIs are unstable then you are just going to have an undocumented and difficult to understand system that is impossible to debug for anyone but the fools that built it.
WOW. You obviously don't understand anything about the healthcare system. You sound like some college kid that watches Fox News and doesn't really know about the real world.
What if we all sat around and did nothing and demanded that our most basic needs be met?
Humans are not content to simply sit around. However, considering the manufacturing of food, clothing and shelter can be almost entirely automated, it should be possible to make that happen.
I don't think The Constitution gives you the "right" to food, clothing, shelter or anything else that requires the labor of other people.
That reminds me of something I wrote, "The problem is that so many people are callous and devoid of empathy until it turns into a problem for them."
With a magic wand? Do you expect doctors, nurses, medical device manufacturers, drug developers, etc. etc. to all work without compensation? No, you expect everyone else in society to spend part of their time working without compensation to pay for medical services. You cannot take money/wealth out of the equation.
The point is to minimize fraud. Can people still defraud the system, yes. Does it become significantly more difficult, yes.
"So want to privatize the police and firefighter protection too?"
It's worth considering, but it's not really feasible.
You are dead wrong. It is 100% feasible. Will a lot of people suffer as a result? Yep, just like our medical system.
I definitely want government out of the business of healthcare, except for enforcing the types of laws that apply to all other businesses.
I'm glad these choices aren't up to you because you don't understand the basic concepts behind a stable society.
That's a lot of idle complaining, but no one has offered a workable plan to reduce health costs.
The problem isn't actually the cost of healthcare, the problem is the sheer amount of wasted funds by congressmen trying to get re-elected. We don't need to be spending a trillion dollars a year on defense when we don't even have a real enemy. We should be removing ourselves from the middle east because there was never a real reason to be there, only a farce.
I'm just talking about covering people's most basic needs to live. The right to live shouldn't be something that needs to be "earned" and the constitution is on my side with this one.
I don't think we have a pervasive lack of compassion and empathy in our society.
Sure... but nobody thinks they are heartless, they just are. You gave yourself away with the first question.
People see the fraud & abuse of these programs and naturally recoil at the thought of funding more of the same.
Why not just take money out of the equation and provide universal healthcare?
We should get government OUT of the charity business and adopt the attitude that these problems are our collective responsibility, but not through the wasteful and inefficient institution of government.
So want to privatize the police and firefighter protection too? Because they are equal terms as charities as doctors.
The problem is that so many people need money because the cost of medical care is beyond their reach. The problem is that we live in a society where the ability to continue living is something that you have to "earn". The problem is that so many people are callous and devoid of empathy until it turns into a problem for them. The problem is that we refuse to care for our fellow humans.
3 comments, all critical of the women for complaining.
Those sounds mostly like anons but you are right that there are some men on slashdot that seem to be uncomfortable with the prospect of working side-by-side with women. I condemn them and their old world view.
sexual harassment, discrimination in its many forms
It's true that the world is far from perfect but I try to work every day to improve it when and where I can. However, the reality is that the business world is structured in a way that is most beneficial to the company rather than the employees of the company itself. This is the nature of capitalism: a self-optimizing system with an eternal greed and a total indifference to consequences of it's actions.
and then you wonder why your cubby-farm mates are almost all dudes.
I am under no illusions about why that is but it does not align with your narrative.
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You do realize that meaningful death threats are illegal, right?
Yes, that was my point.
That's the whole point of free speech; you are free to say anything but NOT free of consequences from what you say.
Incorrect. The point of free speech is to keep the government from jailing you for speaking out against them.
Everything else in your post is sheer drivel.
Look, you have contributed nothing substantive.
You has already come to that conclusion before we even began conversing. You have closed yourself off to new ideas and points of view that you had not considered.
You're obviously completely ignorant of these issues and just making things up as you go along.
Oh yes, of course, it couldn't be you who has closed yourself off from new possibilities.
Heck, you still seem to believe that political donations get politicians elected as if by magic.
Not at all, I understand just find how our very limited leadership options play out.
As I was saying, ignorant people like you are the main cause of political corruption.
I love it. I love how you are so absolutely sure of yourself and nobody can tell you differently. The good news is that not everybody is like you.
The sooner you get yourself an education, the sooner you can stop being part of the problem.
If you think the solution is "educating" everyone to your point of view then you aren't actually trying to find a solution to our problems, you're just stroking your own ego can saying how right you are to other people.
I have not only "considered" alternative funding plans, I have lived in countries that use them.
So because a handful of plans didn't work then none of them ever can? What an amazing deduction!
People have tried those prohibitions and they don't work.
The key part to laws is having them enforced.
If campaigns can't be financed privately anymore
Who said they wouldn't be privately financed? You self-righteously excluded all possible funding schemes that aren't the current one which includes all other private funding schemes. Way to go, winner. ;)
There should be no such thing as illegal speech.
Absolute free speech is a great idea... until you add human emotion to the equation. There must be basic limitations on things such as death threats. I'm not siding with Germany here, I'm just siding with common sense.
No, I look at the specs and expect them to do what is listed because I understand it's an SBC, not a workstation.
Because "fixing" campaign finance would actually make the system more corrupt: it makes politicians even less dependent on the public
That's rich. Since you have made this assertion without consideration to an alternative funding plan, you're implying is that this is the least corrupt form that politics can take. That's astoundingly stupid.
it makes it even cheaper for corporations to buy politicians (since all they need to pay for now is personal favors)
Right because that would be the kind of thing nobody would ever consider prohibiting.
and it gives incumbents an even bigger advantage.
Now this I gotta hear. How could this possibly give incumbents a larger advantage?
And what kind of message do you think they want to spread in order to increase their revenue?
In modern politics, it's private fundraising events where they promise to lower taxes to the rich that get them funding. In addition, it's their actions that get them the funding from the backers of those special interests you mentioned before. I know pharmaceutical companies are always looking to relax regulations but they don't give a shit who pays them because they are still getting paid because nobody says, "hmm... maybe i'll get this cancer treated next year".
people like you are the essential link between big corporate spending, corrupt political candidates, and political power.
Wow that's some serious cognitive dissonance you got going there. However, if there is "big corporate spending" causing "corrupt political candidates" then why not fix the campaign funding issues and allow non-corrupt politicians to fix our government? Why choose instead to dismantle a healthcare system that millions of people rely on?
Yeah, I'm sure you enjoy alternative facts when the truth ruins your false narrative.
We demolish Rhode Island.
They aren't underpowered but they also aren't intended to be used as workstations. If you want the performance of a workstation then you should buy a workstation.
you must be going blind because you missed this part:
"along with more-or-less every other government expenditure." != "prevent uncontrolled growth"
We have some of the most expensive per capita medical care in the world, yet don't do any better in terms of health than lots of other countries.
But do you know why it's expensive?
People like you are ignorant, and people like you are responsible for the mess that we are in.
That's not even close to correct. The problem is there is a minimally-representative government in power that doesn't work for the people but rather anyone who will fund their campaigns. Our wreck of a healthcare system is a symptom of the real problem, legalized political corruption.
It's wise and enlightened and principled.
You should add humble to that list. -_-
Every program is someone's favorite program. If people want their favorite program increased and only want cuts in non-favorite programs, then government grows without limits.
"along with more-or-less every other government expenditure." != "prevent uncontrolled growth"
Intel just killed it's IoT platform line, so there are going to be fewer x86 options for SBCs.
Unless I'm misunderstanding the article, it sounds like they want people to split their monolithic applications into smaller components that "just do one thing". However, the most important part of this process is designing the whole thing and splitting it into sets of stable APIs. If your APIs are unstable then you are just going to have an undocumented and difficult to understand system that is impossible to debug for anyone but the fools that built it.
WOW. You obviously don't understand anything about the healthcare system. You sound like some college kid that watches Fox News and doesn't really know about the real world.
What if we all sat around and did nothing and demanded that our most basic needs be met?
Humans are not content to simply sit around. However, considering the manufacturing of food, clothing and shelter can be almost entirely automated, it should be possible to make that happen.
I don't think The Constitution gives you the "right" to food, clothing, shelter or anything else that requires the labor of other people.
That reminds me of something I wrote, "The problem is that so many people are callous and devoid of empathy until it turns into a problem for them."
With a magic wand? Do you expect doctors, nurses, medical device manufacturers, drug developers, etc. etc. to all work without compensation? No, you expect everyone else in society to spend part of their time working without compensation to pay for medical services. You cannot take money/wealth out of the equation.
The point is to minimize fraud. Can people still defraud the system, yes. Does it become significantly more difficult, yes.
"So want to privatize the police and firefighter protection too?"
It's worth considering, but it's not really feasible.
You are dead wrong. It is 100% feasible. Will a lot of people suffer as a result? Yep, just like our medical system.
I definitely want government out of the business of healthcare, except for enforcing the types of laws that apply to all other businesses.
I'm glad these choices aren't up to you because you don't understand the basic concepts behind a stable society.
along with more-or-less every other government expenditure.
That's stupid.
See, this is the type of shit that happens when you hang around this place too long..
My dog's been telling me that for years.
That's a lot of idle complaining, but no one has offered a workable plan to reduce health costs.
The problem isn't actually the cost of healthcare, the problem is the sheer amount of wasted funds by congressmen trying to get re-elected. We don't need to be spending a trillion dollars a year on defense when we don't even have a real enemy. We should be removing ourselves from the middle east because there was never a real reason to be there, only a farce.
Why shouldn't you have to "earn" what you get?
I'm just talking about covering people's most basic needs to live. The right to live shouldn't be something that needs to be "earned" and the constitution is on my side with this one.
I don't think we have a pervasive lack of compassion and empathy in our society.
Sure... but nobody thinks they are heartless, they just are. You gave yourself away with the first question.
People see the fraud & abuse of these programs and naturally recoil at the thought of funding more of the same.
Why not just take money out of the equation and provide universal healthcare?
We should get government OUT of the charity business and adopt the attitude that these problems are our collective responsibility, but not through the wasteful and inefficient institution of government.
So want to privatize the police and firefighter protection too? Because they are equal terms as charities as doctors.
The problem is that so many people need money because the cost of medical care is beyond their reach. The problem is that we live in a society where the ability to continue living is something that you have to "earn". The problem is that so many people are callous and devoid of empathy until it turns into a problem for them. The problem is that we refuse to care for our fellow humans.
How many fucking Russian trolls are working this site?! 24 troll posts from anons before anyone gets a word in edgewise has to be a new record.
They will build a factory, steal your secrets, then build several more factories using your secrets.
Maybe that's the point.
3 comments, all critical of the women for complaining.
Those sounds mostly like anons but you are right that there are some men on slashdot that seem to be uncomfortable with the prospect of working side-by-side with women. I condemn them and their old world view.
whether it's about pay,
muh wage gap?
sexual harassment, discrimination in its many forms
It's true that the world is far from perfect but I try to work every day to improve it when and where I can. However, the reality is that the business world is structured in a way that is most beneficial to the company rather than the employees of the company itself. This is the nature of capitalism: a self-optimizing system with an eternal greed and a total indifference to consequences of it's actions.
and then you wonder why your cubby-farm mates are almost all dudes.
I am under no illusions about why that is but it does not align with your narrative.