I have 4 kids and a grand child. All of which were raised with respect and tolerance, not bigotry and fear. They understand that there different kinds of people out there. They understand that there are good people and bad people. They understand that just because someone looks different than them doesn't make them a bad person.
I, too, would be standing outside the door if one of my daughters or grand daughter (or nieces) was in the bathroom. (or using the family room, as you suggested) But I'm not going to be checking for penises on people that go in after her. (Standing outside, maintaining voice contact with your daughter while she's in the bathroom makes you a smart father. Not doing it until someone that might be a dude walks in makes you an asshole.)
Vilifying a group of people because of the possibility that there may be a child molester among them is quite another.
Is that better? Yes, by dictionary definition, most trans people would probably be classified as a pervert, but you know damn well that's not what I meant.
their sexual behavoir is also considered abnormal and unacceptable
By homophobes, sure. By people with better things to worry about, or people that were taught to mind their own business, not so much.
I think this may be a little different though. The economies of "splitting the cost" don't favor the pilot if they weren't intending on making the flight anyway. If an Uber driver was forced to pay for half the cost of the trip you would see a drastic reduction in the number of "ride sharing" (fake taxi company) drivers.
As long as there are mechanisms to prevent this from turning into "the uber of the sky", I think I'd be OK with it. But you know damn well that the number of pilot that happened to be flying between Chicago and Las Vegas three times a day would increase exponentially...
The so called "Internet of Things" is simply not going to happen any time soon.
Have you noticed all of the TV's, refrigerators, door locks, thermostats, garage doors, security systems, and lights that are connected to the internet and accessible from outside the home? It's already here
...but they'll soon learn.
No. They won't. 99% of people out there don't know or don't care. I, personally, would love the convenience of being able to control my lights and thermostats from my cell phone, but I sure as hell am not going to connect it to someone else's service to make that happen. Case in point, my local gas or electric company was offering a "free" internet connected thermostat, the caveat was that you had to give them access to it so they could turn off your AC at peak times.
The fact that you have to purchase an adapter AT ANY PRICE just to plug headphones into a phone is insanity. Just one more thing to purchase, one more thing to carry around, one more thing to forget, one more thing to break, one more thing to lose. Smart phones are already small enough and thin enough, there is no reason that saving real estate should be that important (saving real estate inside the phone is the only realistic reason I could think of to do this)
Just because your friends and family are all retarded doesn't mean the rest of the world is.
Said the guy who has never done tech support. Sorry, the ratio of people that could complete the task based on your instructions vs those who couldn't is extremely slanted.
So where are these "sex predators" and "perverts" going to the bathroom now? Assuming they look like a man, they are probably in the boys bathroom. With your son. Why has that not been a problem? Are you standing in the bathroom making sure some "pervert" isn't doing anything? What about when your wife is out with him? Does she go into the bathroom with him too?
Please quit using "think of the children" to mask your homophobic bullshit.
There isn't a cap because "no one" hits it. There is a cap because "most people" don't hit it. I realize my perspective isn't enough of a sample size to determine average internet usage, but I'd consider myself a fairly heavy user. 3 teens on youtube/netflix daily, me downloading "stuff" (yeah, let's just leave it there), and the usual basic internet browsing/e-mail/etc. I average around 300-350 GB/month pretty normally. To me, a 1TB/month cap seems 100% reasonable. I realize there are use cases where 1TB/month isn't sufficient, not gonna argue that, but if you need that much bandwidth maybe you shouldn't be on a residential internet connection.
I know, I know. "They sold me unlimited* so I should get unlimited" yadda yadda yadda. Bitch bitch bitch. Get over the fact that there is no such concept as "unlimited". It doesn't exist. Everything is limited. It's marketing speak. If you haven't figured that out yet, then I'm sorry.
It is perfectly reasonable to SUSPECT that this was a terrorist attack. It's also perfectly reasonable to suspect a half-dozen other things. It's just that "suspected mechanical failure" of a plane doesn't give the talking heads as many viewers as "suspected terrorist attack".
Yes, I'm serious. My first paying gig out of college started at $8/hour. (2003) I was a retail bitch + IT guy. The position I was hired for didn't even include programming in the job description. I did the job I was hired to do well, and was driven to improve myself and learn new skills. I identified a need within the company, taught myself PHP (that's what my boss used to code their Intranet, my formal education was in Java, C++, and VB5) and used it to write some useful applications. Had I not taken the initiative, learned something new, or just had been too snobby to take a job with shit pay, I wouldn't be making decent money today.
Can't get a job as a programmer? I'd suggest applying for whatever position you can find within a company that needs programmers, then work your way over there.
There are more "people of color" that are impoverished than "white people", so the comment is technically correct. (According to this, anyway.) So it would be reasonable to assume that non-whites would fall victim to predatory lending at a higher rate than whites. It's not necessarily racist if it's a factually correct statement.
I do, however, agree with you. There is no reason to bring race into this equation, it is done solely for the purpose of "scoring points" (gaining clicks).
This. (Slightly adjusted) Write what your boss will let you write. I learned to code in college, got an IT/Sales job at small company that ran multiple "arms" of business. They had a small intranet that their IT guy had wrote, but didn't have a decent scheduling application, so I suggested they let me write one. It was a great learning experience. Same thing in the next job. Got hired as an IT guy/Project Manager, they were still using paper time sheets to collect time so I suggested they let me write a time keeping application.
My only add to the OP's comment is that you shouldn't wait for your boss to tell you what to write. Find a problem, suggest a solution. (And make sure you are damn good at rapid prototyping, because most paying positions aren't going to wait 6 months for you to show some progress)
Yes, you are correct, I am ignorant of the current state of law making in European countries, and am only vaguely aware that the origins of law over there are more heavily rooted in religion than in the US.
I guess my counter argument is why does it have to be a comparison? "My country uses less religion in crafting new laws than your country" still makes absolutely no sense to me. I don't care what country we are talking about, religion has no place in law making. I understand that the men and women crafting our laws are most likely going to practice one religion or another, and their religion is going to guide their morality. I'm fine with that, up until they are using their religion as justification for law.
You are right, OP's comment is inflammatory. That doesn't make it incorrect. And why the need for name calling?
Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention. I thought weirdos using the wrong bathroom what what I was supposed to be scared of this week.
Seriously though... Terrorists? That's what keeps you up at night? I'm more worried about the idiot driving next to me on his cell phone, or the list of 2000 other things that are more likely to personally affect my life. #2000 is something like "I wonder how nasty it is going to be behind my stove when I have to replace it." #2001 is probably "I need a new stove." Terrorism isn't even a blip on the radar. Maybe I'm naive, but I've got other shit to worry about right now.
Yup, one of the best and one of the worst features listed in subsequent comments.
+ The co-editing works really well in Word, and is a useful feature
+ Document versioning has saved my ass on more than one occasion
+ There is a search functionality
- The search functionality has the same search algorithm as my 14 y/o. "It's not there, I swear I looked"
- The UI/UX is atrocious. (Back button has a tendency to send you to unusual places when using a metadata structure instead of a folder structure. Unnecessary additional clicks.)
- Maybe it's me, but the "online editors" for Word and Excel aren't useful.
You do realize that the fact that we're even seriously questioning whether a $50 watch is better than (or merely equal to) a $300 Apple Watch can tell you what is fucked up about this situation. Especially when the issue is how fucking slow the $300 Apple Watch is, not merely how shitty the interface might be.
OP's point still stands, even when adjusted to your inflated estimate of what a Timex Ironman cost.
I disagree with you on this one. I yearn for the days of yore minimizing Counter Strike to IM my friend, or screaming across my apartment: "DUDE! What's the IP of that server you are on?... Fuck, I can't join, only reserved admin spots left. Find another server that's playing DE_DUST!
Not to mention how fun it was searching through all my shit to find my Half-Life CD key after re-installing Windows on my new AMD K6-III macine.
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I have 4 kids and a grand child. All of which were raised with respect and tolerance, not bigotry and fear. They understand that there different kinds of people out there. They understand that there are good people and bad people. They understand that just because someone looks different than them doesn't make them a bad person.
I, too, would be standing outside the door if one of my daughters or grand daughter (or nieces) was in the bathroom. (or using the family room, as you suggested) But I'm not going to be checking for penises on people that go in after her. (Standing outside, maintaining voice contact with your daughter while she's in the bathroom makes you a smart father. Not doing it until someone that might be a dude walks in makes you an asshole.)
Vilifying a group of people because of the possibility that there may be a child molester among them is quite another.
Is that better? Yes, by dictionary definition, most trans people would probably be classified as a pervert, but you know damn well that's not what I meant.
their sexual behavoir is also considered abnormal and unacceptable
By homophobes, sure. By people with better things to worry about, or people that were taught to mind their own business, not so much.
I think this may be a little different though. The economies of "splitting the cost" don't favor the pilot if they weren't intending on making the flight anyway. If an Uber driver was forced to pay for half the cost of the trip you would see a drastic reduction in the number of "ride sharing" (fake taxi company) drivers.
As long as there are mechanisms to prevent this from turning into "the uber of the sky", I think I'd be OK with it. But you know damn well that the number of pilot that happened to be flying between Chicago and Las Vegas three times a day would increase exponentially...
I would definitely go into a bathroom with my young son
As would I. But what about your daughter, you going into the ladies room with her?
Same with my wife.
She headed into the men's room with your son, then?
I'm pretty sure all parents are over protective with their kids whether it is warranted or not.
Protecting your children is one thing. Vilifying a group of people because of the possibility that there may be a pervert among them is quite another.
That's what the $1000+ 7.1 system is for. =)
The so called "Internet of Things" is simply not going to happen any time soon.
Have you noticed all of the TV's, refrigerators, door locks, thermostats, garage doors, security systems, and lights that are connected to the internet and accessible from outside the home? It's already here
...but they'll soon learn.
No. They won't. 99% of people out there don't know or don't care. I, personally, would love the convenience of being able to control my lights and thermostats from my cell phone, but I sure as hell am not going to connect it to someone else's service to make that happen. Case in point, my local gas or electric company was offering a "free" internet connected thermostat, the caveat was that you had to give them access to it so they could turn off your AC at peak times.
So switch to lightning cabled headphones
So I can pay an Apple Tax on my headphones. No thanks.
The fact that you have to purchase an adapter AT ANY PRICE just to plug headphones into a phone is insanity. Just one more thing to purchase, one more thing to carry around, one more thing to forget, one more thing to break, one more thing to lose. Smart phones are already small enough and thin enough, there is no reason that saving real estate should be that important (saving real estate inside the phone is the only realistic reason I could think of to do this)
Just because your friends and family are all retarded doesn't mean the rest of the world is.
Said the guy who has never done tech support. Sorry, the ratio of people that could complete the task based on your instructions vs those who couldn't is extremely slanted.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Perhaps this? link
That really is a weird comment though.
Ok, troll, I'll bite.
So where are these "sex predators" and "perverts" going to the bathroom now? Assuming they look like a man, they are probably in the boys bathroom. With your son. Why has that not been a problem? Are you standing in the bathroom making sure some "pervert" isn't doing anything? What about when your wife is out with him? Does she go into the bathroom with him too?
Please quit using "think of the children" to mask your homophobic bullshit.
very piece of hardware on that device you are typing on has material that causes cancer FYI
Yeah, but I'm probably not going to try and grind up and smoke my computer.
There isn't a cap because "no one" hits it. There is a cap because "most people" don't hit it. I realize my perspective isn't enough of a sample size to determine average internet usage, but I'd consider myself a fairly heavy user. 3 teens on youtube/netflix daily, me downloading "stuff" (yeah, let's just leave it there), and the usual basic internet browsing/e-mail/etc. I average around 300-350 GB/month pretty normally. To me, a 1TB/month cap seems 100% reasonable. I realize there are use cases where 1TB/month isn't sufficient, not gonna argue that, but if you need that much bandwidth maybe you shouldn't be on a residential internet connection.
I know, I know. "They sold me unlimited* so I should get unlimited" yadda yadda yadda. Bitch bitch bitch. Get over the fact that there is no such concept as "unlimited". It doesn't exist. Everything is limited. It's marketing speak. If you haven't figured that out yet, then I'm sorry.
How about XBOX 360.1? or One.360? Ooooh, about Xbox One.1?
Maybe that's why I should stay away from marketing...
"suspected" != "confirmed"
It is perfectly reasonable to SUSPECT that this was a terrorist attack. It's also perfectly reasonable to suspect a half-dozen other things. It's just that "suspected mechanical failure" of a plane doesn't give the talking heads as many viewers as "suspected terrorist attack".
Yes, I'm serious. My first paying gig out of college started at $8/hour. (2003) I was a retail bitch + IT guy. The position I was hired for didn't even include programming in the job description. I did the job I was hired to do well, and was driven to improve myself and learn new skills. I identified a need within the company, taught myself PHP (that's what my boss used to code their Intranet, my formal education was in Java, C++, and VB5) and used it to write some useful applications. Had I not taken the initiative, learned something new, or just had been too snobby to take a job with shit pay, I wouldn't be making decent money today.
Can't get a job as a programmer? I'd suggest applying for whatever position you can find within a company that needs programmers, then work your way over there.
There are more "people of color" that are impoverished than "white people", so the comment is technically correct. (According to this, anyway.) So it would be reasonable to assume that non-whites would fall victim to predatory lending at a higher rate than whites. It's not necessarily racist if it's a factually correct statement.
I do, however, agree with you. There is no reason to bring race into this equation, it is done solely for the purpose of "scoring points" (gaining clicks).
Write what your boss tells you to write.
This. (Slightly adjusted) Write what your boss will let you write. I learned to code in college, got an IT/Sales job at small company that ran multiple "arms" of business. They had a small intranet that their IT guy had wrote, but didn't have a decent scheduling application, so I suggested they let me write one. It was a great learning experience. Same thing in the next job. Got hired as an IT guy/Project Manager, they were still using paper time sheets to collect time so I suggested they let me write a time keeping application.
My only add to the OP's comment is that you shouldn't wait for your boss to tell you what to write. Find a problem, suggest a solution. (And make sure you are damn good at rapid prototyping, because most paying positions aren't going to wait 6 months for you to show some progress)
Yes, you are correct, I am ignorant of the current state of law making in European countries, and am only vaguely aware that the origins of law over there are more heavily rooted in religion than in the US.
I guess my counter argument is why does it have to be a comparison? "My country uses less religion in crafting new laws than your country" still makes absolutely no sense to me. I don't care what country we are talking about, religion has no place in law making. I understand that the men and women crafting our laws are most likely going to practice one religion or another, and their religion is going to guide their morality. I'm fine with that, up until they are using their religion as justification for law.
You are right, OP's comment is inflammatory. That doesn't make it incorrect. And why the need for name calling?
Have you ever moved a stove? Shit's nasty back there.
Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention. I thought weirdos using the wrong bathroom what what I was supposed to be scared of this week.
Seriously though... Terrorists? That's what keeps you up at night? I'm more worried about the idiot driving next to me on his cell phone, or the list of 2000 other things that are more likely to personally affect my life. #2000 is something like "I wonder how nasty it is going to be behind my stove when I have to replace it." #2001 is probably "I need a new stove." Terrorism isn't even a blip on the radar. Maybe I'm naive, but I've got other shit to worry about right now.
I would mod, but there is no "It's not flamebait if it's true" mod.
Yup, one of the best and one of the worst features listed in subsequent comments.
You're deflecting.
You do realize that the fact that we're even seriously questioning whether a $50 watch is better than (or merely equal to) a $300 Apple Watch can tell you what is fucked up about this situation. Especially when the issue is how fucking slow the $300 Apple Watch is, not merely how shitty the interface might be.
OP's point still stands, even when adjusted to your inflated estimate of what a Timex Ironman cost.
At least it would give them something else to throw empty Budweiser bottles at...
ability to join friends' multiplayer games
I disagree with you on this one. I yearn for the days of yore minimizing Counter Strike to IM my friend, or screaming across my apartment: "DUDE! What's the IP of that server you are on? ... Fuck, I can't join, only reserved admin spots left. Find another server that's playing DE_DUST!
Not to mention how fun it was searching through all my shit to find my Half-Life CD key after re-installing Windows on my new AMD K6-III macine.