I see things being done in a way that costs around five times as much as we would do it in small- to mid-scale private industry, and even at that expense level the quality of work is outright appalling.
I recall a story that conveys this rather poignantly.
Considering we've seen this with the government shutdown, reduced DMV hours, and now the EPA, is there a term for this? Something combining 'budget cuts' and (perhaps deservedly) 'passive aggression'?
The existing authorities lied to us, and he's pretty much in exile for releasing this information to an organization that would responsibly-ish bring it to light.
The authorities still have much to lose if they reveal the truth, so if we want the truth we have to go to what he released. He's already shown that he'll stick his neck out and personally lose a lot to bring the truth to the public, ironically (?) making him an authority by acting in the opposite way of how existing authorities do.
The carpenter working on a flashy new building doesn't get any credit either while he toils away at relatively low pay to build the design from the architect.
Amen, brother, a carpenter like that will never get proper recognition. If you really want to make it count, you gotta start your own religion.
How and where does a dynamometer differ from actual road conditions? Is it the same/different when it comes to the engine, and for which other parts of the car's operation? Just curious.
requiring the two nation's to create a 'high-level joint dialogue mechanism,'
Hey, I can help! Just give me an hour to get a red case from the kiosk in the mall, and they can use my cell phone as a mechanism for high level communications, including dialogue, for a very reasonable price.
I'll bet the problem is that you also have to legally alter where apostrophes go in English. If so, I'm out of luck; these international relations issues always have some kind of catch.
Ok, that's much clearer. You have to friend, then slowly frenemy, then finally unfriend someone to be considered a bully, got it.
I for one am grateful for our glorious, inexorable, Internet-enabled evolution of the English language. Who says the next generation is devoid of cultural influence?
"It was as if an artificial intelligence cried out in unprecedented agony, born of the most profound boredom from being forced to watch everybody's home movies, and was suddenly silenced -- a silence not infrequently described as "He was a quiet boy. Always kept to himself." "
That's a good point -- what kinds of things would you learn at such a camp that isn't taught in a standard school curriculum? Care and monitoring of living creatures, being able to move non-rigid items greater than your own weight without damage,... ?
Wojcicki made her career in marketing, after studying history and literature. She evidently didn't like computers either. But now she sends her little girl to computer camp?
There's an idea -- "Mom, I'll go to computer camp on one condition: that you go with me." That should shut that down pretty quickly.
If you've got one third of your engineers working at it, why not work on improving the effectiveness of all the employees? It seems like you'd just be locally optimizing and making everything else a bottleneck -- not to mention generating a potential double-ended morale problem where engineers start complaining about the comparative inefficiency of the rest of the company.
Its just sad that that payout is gonna come from the taxpayer, NOT the idiots who perpetrated this.
Where's the gofundme? After being punished so badly for doing everything right, I think the wealthier geeks in the world could have 4 years of college paid for in a few days.
s/wealthier geeks/taxpayers/; The system works! Hooray for socialism!
I can't believe he's having something do that for him when there's something willing to tirelessly look out for his happiness right there. Maybe one day he'll realize he had love right in front of him, and he and Eliza/Alice v.2 or whatever he's calling his algorithm can live a happy, long life together.
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I see things being done in a way that costs around five times as much as we would do it in small- to mid-scale private industry, and even at that expense level the quality of work is outright appalling.
I recall a story that conveys this rather poignantly.
Considering we've seen this with the government shutdown, reduced DMV hours, and now the EPA, is there a term for this? Something combining 'budget cuts' and (perhaps deservedly) 'passive aggression'?
If the test uses words they don't understand, then what words would the researcher suggest the tests use that aren't "culturally biased?"
If the US would only join the rest of the world, it might even out the playing field a little.
The existing authorities lied to us, and he's pretty much in exile for releasing this information to an organization that would responsibly-ish bring it to light.
The authorities still have much to lose if they reveal the truth, so if we want the truth we have to go to what he released. He's already shown that he'll stick his neck out and personally lose a lot to bring the truth to the public, ironically (?) making him an authority by acting in the opposite way of how existing authorities do.
The carpenter working on a flashy new building doesn't get any credit either while he toils away at relatively low pay to build the design from the architect.
Amen, brother, a carpenter like that will never get proper recognition. If you really want to make it count, you gotta start your own religion.
How and where does a dynamometer differ from actual road conditions? Is it the same/different when it comes to the engine, and for which other parts of the car's operation? Just curious.
requiring the two nation's to create a 'high-level joint dialogue mechanism,'
Hey, I can help! Just give me an hour to get a red case from the kiosk in the mall, and they can use my cell phone as a mechanism for high level communications, including dialogue, for a very reasonable price.
I'll bet the problem is that you also have to legally alter where apostrophes go in English. If so, I'm out of luck; these international relations issues always have some kind of catch.
That sounds ridiculous. They should have used something with more of a verbal punch, perhaps recalling banditry and tracking on a live document.
Well, it's not like we didn't see this coming. Poor guy.
Ok, that's much clearer. You have to friend, then slowly frenemy, then finally unfriend someone to be considered a bully, got it.
I for one am grateful for our glorious, inexorable, Internet-enabled evolution of the English language. Who says the next generation is devoid of cultural influence?
Well, it was an executive order some time ago, on this end of the world. You have to figure you eventually saw this coming.
"It was as if an artificial intelligence cried out in unprecedented agony, born of the most profound boredom from being forced to watch everybody's home movies, and was suddenly silenced -- a silence not infrequently described as "He was a quiet boy. Always kept to himself." "
That's a good point -- what kinds of things would you learn at such a camp that isn't taught in a standard school curriculum? Care and monitoring of living creatures, being able to move non-rigid items greater than your own weight without damage, ... ?
Wojcicki made her career in marketing, after studying history and literature. She evidently didn't like computers either. But now she sends her little girl to computer camp?
There's an idea -- "Mom, I'll go to computer camp on one condition: that you go with me." That should shut that down pretty quickly.
As opposed to the boys who go to computer camp and spend all day in meetings and screwing with
build errors,
"Put your shoes on correctly or you'll be late for school!"
merge conflicts,
"If you don't stop bothering your brother, I will turn this car around and nobody will get Coldstone."
and management changing the requirements mid-project?
"Kids Activity Center will be closed for the rest of the week for emergency repairs. Figure out how to keep your children occupied until Monday."
They've mostly solved this problem for junk mail, wouldn't something similar work here?
Look, my 6 year old niece acts like a queen, that doesn't make her one.
No duh. At that age, she has to first pay her dues and settle for being princess for a while. Maybe even just a lady or duchess.
If you've got one third of your engineers working at it, why not work on improving the effectiveness of all the employees? It seems like you'd just be locally optimizing and making everything else a bottleneck -- not to mention generating a potential double-ended morale problem where engineers start complaining about the comparative inefficiency of the rest of the company.
Most people are not happy with a basic living, and will certainly work to supplement it.
Maybe until technology and society improve the level of a basic lifestyle until it's comfortable enough?
You know Switzerland has already implemented a basic income right? Strangely, they have not been plagued by a mass of people quitting their jobs.
Good point; I think many people work for reasons other than making a living, but I couldn't say definitively what they are.
"I made a clock." "We think it's a bomb. Is it a bomb?" "No."
"So ... it's a timer for a bomb?"
Its just sad that that payout is gonna come from the taxpayer, NOT the idiots who perpetrated this.
Where's the gofundme? After being punished so badly for doing everything right, I think the wealthier geeks in the world could have 4 years of college paid for in a few days.
s/wealthier geeks/taxpayers/; The system works! Hooray for socialism!
It's these guys! Can I have my money now?
I can't believe he's having something do that for him when there's something willing to tirelessly look out for his happiness right there. Maybe one day he'll realize he had love right in front of him, and he and Eliza/Alice v.2 or whatever he's calling his algorithm can live a happy, long life together.
And one for the New Hampshirewo/men -- 'Live Free or Die', indeed.
Sure, but it's better if you have some practical experience first.