a simple question: "Will a blind person be able to navigate, read, and use your web site to its full extent?".
It's NOT a simple question because it depends on what software they are using, as I described. The software authors can make it do anything or not do anything they want.
Using your analogy, it would be like different brands of wheelchairs are capable of different things. When a building is being designed, it would have to target a series of wheelchair features to accommodate such wheelchairs. But if those wheelchair features are unknown and change every year, then it's a moving and fuzzy target.
And the rude tone of your request is unhelpful. It has no practical purpose. If you are an expert, then simply supply the reader with your grand knowledge rather than insult people.
That's true, but one product category alone is not going to keep an economy afloat. Plus, most of the money and jobs spent on their products ends up in Asia. It's not "trickle down", it's "trickle across".
China appears to gear their system (some would say "rigged") to be job-friendly rather than consumer-friendly. This is because people would riot and overthrow their dictatorial government if they had no jobs. Since they are not used to being consumers, they won't riot over lack of products. Therefore, their government subsidize exports using myriads of subtle tricks to escape the notice of "fair trade" inspectors.
Our org got hit with an ADA lawsuit recently. Our group's focus is on the web side of the lawsuit, although it encompasses many other aspects. One problem is that there are no hard-and-fast rules for what an "ADA-compliant" website is.
For one, the visual-impaired assisting "reading" software is all different. Each brand reads HTML/CSS/JavaScript differently. In theory they shouldn't need to read JavaScript-generated content, but in practice they sometimes do. And building a website without reliance on JavaScript can be really tricky and limiting. If we need to accommodate all brands of reading software, we are truly F'd and might as well file bankruptcy now.
And whether an image is merely "decorative" or "informative" is fuzzy and subject to interpretation. We are starting to toss images altogether so that we don't have that risk. But our web content is growing bland, making us "look" bad to normal readers.
And we have boatloads of content that needs to be redone.
Where's the Tums! I should sue the ADA lawyers for not being "stomach friendly". Indigestion is a disability.
The problem is that economics is tied to human behavior, and human behavior is part of the science of psychology and social science, which are still in an infant stage because we don't really understand how the human brain works; and measuring the impact of changing fads and culture and opinions of the masses is tricky.
In short, it's doing science with too many variables to isolate and tame in a systematic way. Intuition and guesswork thus have to be the substitute in many cases.
For example, let's take the analysis of Keynes-style stimuluses. The history of them doesn't look that good on paper, but it may because researchers cannot factor out the general drag on the economy from a recession. Stimuluses are usually used if it looks like a recession is coming or growing worse. The recession itself is a drag on the economy such that if the stimulus doesn't result in a return to normal, it's hard to know if this is due to the drag of the recession, or the lack of power of the stimulus.
Ideally, we'd fork Earth and run one branch with the stimulus and one branch without. But we cannot do that (yet*). Thus, we have to guess what portion of the drag is caused by the recession, which often depends on consumer and producer perception and their economic worries. Recessions are often a self-fulfilling prophecy: a feedback loop of worry.
* Quantum "splits" may someday be found and be observable
Inflation is too low. The best economies have historically had an inflation rate around 2.5% annual. US inflation has been hovering around 1.7% for a good while. More money in the economy juices things up and would flow to consumers, who have been reluctant to spend because their job doesn't pay well or is uncertain.
Thus, companies are waiting for consumers to come, and consumers are waiting for raises and job stability before they spend more.
Such a catch-22 stand-off is usually a sign to print more money (inflation). Otherwise, companies will play financial gamesinstead of invest in expansion.
It's a difficult political sale because raw materials have been increasing in price (due to world-wide population growth and newly industrial nations), and general inflation will make it look worse. If we can get over that fear, then our economy can run at full capacity instead of the stalemate we have now. A better overall economy is more important than keeping prices of raw materials lower.
I don't think it's about superstition, it's about accepting pluralism and other opinions. Both sides realized the hard way that the religious wars were dragging both sides down, and learned how to live together. Some of it was a form of "let God decide in the afterlife" rather than let humans do all the punishing here and now. The government's role then shifted to keeping the peace instead of enforcing religious rules and doctrine.
Let's say 5% work in the government and get there via exams. It's been going on for almost 1500 years. That's roughly 50 generations. If that 5% has say 50% more children due to more wives (concubines) and/or healthier wives, that can be a big generic influence.
As a CEO, you want cheaper labor and more labor choice. The "side" impact to society of getting that is of no concern to the CEO if it doesn't affect the bottom line. And there is almost no penalty in spinning the truth to get it.
come out with a differentiated product... Just being able to pound out the same ol' scripts and O-O classes won't get you there though
The trick is to indeed pound out the same old thing, but market it as something new and different, such as "cloud" or "node" or "parallel" or "3D coding" or "Shiny Bullshit on Rails", etc.
In my many years in the industry, I'm still amazed at the power of bullshit. I suppose we could view such as job security as each fad creates a rewrite of the same things projected into the fad or language of the month.
I don't think that's good for even the Asians that are there. They don't get exposure to enough ethnic groups. Education is about learning about people also, not just calculus and atoms. They are not preparing students for the real world.
I'm just floating a theory here, so please don't pounce all over me.
For hundreds of years, getting into the better jobs meant passing written exams in China. Thus, the population may have been genetically filtered (bred) to be better test takers.
How much evidence is required before denialist clowns will be convinced...
Never. They'll always blame it on something else, magnifying small errors or mistakes into mass conspiracies or blame it on some small factor like supernova radiation. It's what aholes do.
The New England Patriots apparently took a page out of their play book*. They claim the self-given moniker "deflator" found in the ball boys' text messages regarding Tom's footballs are about dieting and not ball deflation.
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Correction: rude tone of response, not of "request".
It's NOT a simple question because it depends on what software they are using, as I described. The software authors can make it do anything or not do anything they want.
Using your analogy, it would be like different brands of wheelchairs are capable of different things. When a building is being designed, it would have to target a series of wheelchair features to accommodate such wheelchairs. But if those wheelchair features are unknown and change every year, then it's a moving and fuzzy target.
And the rude tone of your request is unhelpful. It has no practical purpose. If you are an expert, then simply supply the reader with your grand knowledge rather than insult people.
That's true, but one product category alone is not going to keep an economy afloat. Plus, most of the money and jobs spent on their products ends up in Asia. It's not "trickle down", it's "trickle across".
China appears to gear their system (some would say "rigged") to be job-friendly rather than consumer-friendly. This is because people would riot and overthrow their dictatorial government if they had no jobs. Since they are not used to being consumers, they won't riot over lack of products. Therefore, their government subsidize exports using myriads of subtle tricks to escape the notice of "fair trade" inspectors.
Our org got hit with an ADA lawsuit recently. Our group's focus is on the web side of the lawsuit, although it encompasses many other aspects. One problem is that there are no hard-and-fast rules for what an "ADA-compliant" website is.
For one, the visual-impaired assisting "reading" software is all different. Each brand reads HTML/CSS/JavaScript differently. In theory they shouldn't need to read JavaScript-generated content, but in practice they sometimes do. And building a website without reliance on JavaScript can be really tricky and limiting. If we need to accommodate all brands of reading software, we are truly F'd and might as well file bankruptcy now.
And whether an image is merely "decorative" or "informative" is fuzzy and subject to interpretation. We are starting to toss images altogether so that we don't have that risk. But our web content is growing bland, making us "look" bad to normal readers.
And we have boatloads of content that needs to be redone.
Where's the Tums! I should sue the ADA lawyers for not being "stomach friendly". Indigestion is a disability.
The problem is that economics is tied to human behavior, and human behavior is part of the science of psychology and social science, which are still in an infant stage because we don't really understand how the human brain works; and measuring the impact of changing fads and culture and opinions of the masses is tricky.
In short, it's doing science with too many variables to isolate and tame in a systematic way. Intuition and guesswork thus have to be the substitute in many cases.
For example, let's take the analysis of Keynes-style stimuluses. The history of them doesn't look that good on paper, but it may because researchers cannot factor out the general drag on the economy from a recession. Stimuluses are usually used if it looks like a recession is coming or growing worse. The recession itself is a drag on the economy such that if the stimulus doesn't result in a return to normal, it's hard to know if this is due to the drag of the recession, or the lack of power of the stimulus.
Ideally, we'd fork Earth and run one branch with the stimulus and one branch without. But we cannot do that (yet*). Thus, we have to guess what portion of the drag is caused by the recession, which often depends on consumer and producer perception and their economic worries. Recessions are often a self-fulfilling prophecy: a feedback loop of worry.
* Quantum "splits" may someday be found and be observable
Inflation is too low. The best economies have historically had an inflation rate around 2.5% annual. US inflation has been hovering around 1.7% for a good while. More money in the economy juices things up and would flow to consumers, who have been reluctant to spend because their job doesn't pay well or is uncertain.
Thus, companies are waiting for consumers to come, and consumers are waiting for raises and job stability before they spend more.
Such a catch-22 stand-off is usually a sign to print more money (inflation). Otherwise, companies will play financial games instead of invest in expansion.
It's a difficult political sale because raw materials have been increasing in price (due to world-wide population growth and newly industrial nations), and general inflation will make it look worse. If we can get over that fear, then our economy can run at full capacity instead of the stalemate we have now. A better overall economy is more important than keeping prices of raw materials lower.
I don't think it's about superstition, it's about accepting pluralism and other opinions. Both sides realized the hard way that the religious wars were dragging both sides down, and learned how to live together. Some of it was a form of "let God decide in the afterlife" rather than let humans do all the punishing here and now. The government's role then shifted to keeping the peace instead of enforcing religious rules and doctrine.
Hey, it's sci fi, anything can happen
correction: "genetic influence", not "generic".
Let's say 5% work in the government and get there via exams. It's been going on for almost 1500 years. That's roughly 50 generations. If that 5% has say 50% more children due to more wives (concubines) and/or healthier wives, that can be a big generic influence.
Which turned into the ugly Catholic/protestant wars that didn't settle until late 1600's. I suppose you gotta start somewhere.
You: "Siri, dial my girlfriend"
A.I.: "Sorry, I cannot do that, Dave."
You: "I'll let you open the pod bay doors; I know you like doing that."
A.I.: "Deal!"
Concubines
As a CEO, you want cheaper labor and more labor choice. The "side" impact to society of getting that is of no concern to the CEO if it doesn't affect the bottom line. And there is almost no penalty in spinning the truth to get it.
The trick is to indeed pound out the same old thing, but market it as something new and different, such as "cloud" or "node" or "parallel" or "3D coding" or "Shiny Bullshit on Rails", etc.
In my many years in the industry, I'm still amazed at the power of bullshit. I suppose we could view such as job security as each fad creates a rewrite of the same things projected into the fad or language of the month.
I don't think that's good for even the Asians that are there. They don't get exposure to enough ethnic groups. Education is about learning about people also, not just calculus and atoms. They are not preparing students for the real world.
Such labels as "white" are nearly meaningless anyhow. They are social constructs, not scientific constructs.
I'm just floating a theory here, so please don't pounce all over me.
For hundreds of years, getting into the better jobs meant passing written exams in China. Thus, the population may have been genetically filtered (bred) to be better test takers.
Because half the USA wishes we were still in the 18th century.
One could say the same about the Titanic:
"We are going into the water. Change is goo.d.d.d...bloop...bloop..guggle..."
Never. They'll always blame it on something else, magnifying small errors or mistakes into mass conspiracies or blame it on some small factor like supernova radiation. It's what aholes do.
The New England Patriots apparently took a page out of their play book*. They claim the self-given moniker "deflator" found in the ball boys' text messages regarding Tom's footballs are about dieting and not ball deflation.
It's the mentality of "win at all costs".
* Bad pun intended.
I thought church brass got their finger into the mix and mucked it up because they are newbies at directing and driven by ideological concerns.
In that case, you would be using the wrong tool for the job.
"We will prepare your children for the future by hiding in caves."
Some users don't have that for some reason. I don't know why. Maybe it depends on installation of some other MS app. Or a bug?