In future airplanes will have a pilot and a dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if he tries to touch the controls. The pilot is there to feed the dog.
As a society we must collectively resist providing data that is not needed. But all the time I see people hand out personal info for no reason at all. When the cashier asks if she can get my telephone number, I simply reply "No" - I do not explain, apologize or make an excuse, just "No."
If I get carded at a bar, I show my ID with the birth date visible. I cover up the number and don't let it our of my hands, no scanning. If everyone did this, organizations and businesses would rein in their data collection.
If you give out your information, count on it being stolen. The solution is not to give it out in the first place. AFAIK, it is not legally required to give a SSN to enroll in public school.
When people or businesses ask for my SSN, I refuse. One doctor insisted, so I took my business elsewhere.
I would mod this up if I had not already commented elsewhere.
Copyrights and patents' scope and duration are absurd, and contradict the intent of the Constitution in granting them. So I lose little sleep over my civil disobedience in pirating.
99% of monopolies are granted, enabled and sustained by the government. If legislators did not have so much power to pick and choose winners and losers, Citizens United would be a non-issue.
"When buying and selling is controlled by legislation, the first to be bought and sold are legislators." -- PJ O'Rourke
"In 2014, the DEA spent $73,000 to eradicate marijuana plants in Utah, though they did not find a single marijuana plant. Federal documents obtained by journalist Drew Atkins detail the DEA's continuing efforts to spend upwards of $14 million per year to completely eradicate marijuana within the United States despite the government funding allocation reports showing that the Marijuana Eradication Program often leads to the discovery of no marijuana plants."
Remember that when you call for government intervention.
You are correct that Millenials are not the only ones to "benefit". However, I believe they bear the brunt of the cost consequences and corresponding drag on growth.
New government agencies? Take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . If you start in 1973, the same age as your house, you will note the massive success called the Drug Enforcement Administration. There are many others, and we all look forward to Millenials funding the Space Force.
Higher spending in schools? A contentious subject, but the best info I have found is here: https://www.politifact.com/vir... . As of 2015, adjusted for inflation, a 117 percent increase in federal spending per student over 30 years ago. Average NAEP scores for 17-year-olds have barely budged during the last 30 years of testing. So, more than double and you call it miserly?
My point is that people want these things, but they have to understand that there are unintended consequences, like poor Millenials.
Horsehit? That they exist? Or that they have no value?
I shall assume that you mean that they have no value. (I did not say home ownership, I meant the homes themselves. Millenials have to stay somewhere, and ADA compliance, mandatory solar panels and high-efficiency refrigerators do not come for free)
Anyway, if the things I listed (and many I did not) are so worthless, why do we have them? Would you rather have airbags in your car, or take the cash, like a Baby Boomer?
A common trope is that Millenials are poorer that previous generations. However, they have many things that earlier generations did not:
High-efficiency homes and appliances Cars with many safety enhancements, lower pollution and better mileage Better insulated, less polluting, better constructed and safer homes "Green" energy supplies of fuel and electricity Much more recycling New drugs and healthcare technology Higher spending on schools Higher safety from crime and terrorism New government departments and agencies to look out for the public's interests.
It should be pointed out that these benefits don't come for free, which may explain why millenials are poorer in cash terms, but richer overall. This is the choice made by society.
If the US government has information that Huawei is nefarious, why not present the evidence? Instead, we must trust the say-so of an organization that asserts the right to snoop on it's own citizens, to drone-strike them without trial, and to prosecute non-US whistleblowers.
I realize that the Chinese are not innocent, but from the point of view of an American they are the lesser of two evils.
"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." -- U.S. major justifying bombing and shelling civilian areas in Bán Tre.
"Internet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction," the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who "stressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity."
âoeInternet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction,â the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who âoestressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity.â
âoeInternet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction,â the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who âoestressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity.â
A number of my non-US friends, some living in the US, some not, have been posting political commentary and promoting particular candidates and parties on Facebook. Hint: Not Republicans.
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In future airplanes will have a pilot and a dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if he tries to touch the controls. The pilot is there to feed the dog.
If you are both a player and the referee, you can't complain when your opponent leaves with the ball.
Google, FB et al. do not assert the right to lock me up for my "Three Felonies a Day", or to drone strike me without due process.
As a society we must collectively resist providing data that is not needed. But all the time I see people hand out personal info for no reason at all. When the cashier asks if she can get my telephone number, I simply reply "No" - I do not explain, apologize or make an excuse, just "No."
If I get carded at a bar, I show my ID with the birth date visible. I cover up the number and don't let it our of my hands, no scanning. If everyone did this, organizations and businesses would rein in their data collection.
If you give out your information, count on it being stolen. The solution is not to give it out in the first place. AFAIK, it is not legally required to give a SSN to enroll in public school.
When people or businesses ask for my SSN, I refuse. One doctor insisted, so I took my business elsewhere.
All this hating and blacklisting, but I have yet to see any evidence which would make me support this government interference.
"We fought for freedom, and all we got was democracy." -- Pieter-Dirk Uys
I would mod this up if I had not already commented elsewhere.
Copyrights and patents' scope and duration are absurd, and contradict the intent of the Constitution in granting them. So I lose little sleep over my civil disobedience in pirating.
99% of monopolies are granted, enabled and sustained by the government. If legislators did not have so much power to pick and choose winners and losers, Citizens United would be a non-issue.
"When buying and selling is controlled by legislation, the first to be bought and sold are legislators." -- PJ O'Rourke
From the Wikipedia I linked:
"In 2014, the DEA spent $73,000 to eradicate marijuana plants in Utah, though they did not find a single marijuana plant. Federal documents obtained by journalist Drew Atkins detail the DEA's continuing efforts to spend upwards of $14 million per year to completely eradicate marijuana within the United States despite the government funding allocation reports showing that the Marijuana Eradication Program often leads to the discovery of no marijuana plants."
Remember that when you call for government intervention.
Exactly. The democratic system has made this choice, for better of worse.
You are correct that Millenials are not the only ones to "benefit". However, I believe they bear the brunt of the cost consequences and corresponding drag on growth.
New government agencies? Take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . If you start in 1973, the same age as your house, you will note the massive success called the Drug Enforcement Administration. There are many others, and we all look forward to Millenials funding the Space Force.
Higher spending in schools? A contentious subject, but the best info I have found is here: https://www.politifact.com/vir... . As of 2015, adjusted for inflation, a 117 percent increase in federal spending per student over 30 years ago. Average NAEP scores for 17-year-olds have barely budged during the last 30 years of testing. So, more than double and you call it miserly?
My point is that people want these things, but they have to understand that there are unintended consequences, like poor Millenials.
Horsehit? That they exist? Or that they have no value?
I shall assume that you mean that they have no value. (I did not say home ownership, I meant the homes themselves. Millenials have to stay somewhere, and ADA compliance, mandatory solar panels and high-efficiency refrigerators do not come for free)
Anyway, if the things I listed (and many I did not) are so worthless, why do we have them? Would you rather have airbags in your car, or take the cash, like a Baby Boomer?
A common trope is that Millenials are poorer that previous generations. However, they have many things that earlier generations did not:
High-efficiency homes and appliances
Cars with many safety enhancements, lower pollution and better mileage
Better insulated, less polluting, better constructed and safer homes
"Green" energy supplies of fuel and electricity
Much more recycling
New drugs and healthcare technology
Higher spending on schools
Higher safety from crime and terrorism
New government departments and agencies to look out for the public's interests.
It should be pointed out that these benefits don't come for free, which may explain why millenials are poorer in cash terms, but richer overall. This is the choice made by society.
I invented a process to turn ribeye steak into tofu.
Why is this not a thing, I wonder?
Arrest the bots? Terminate them?
If the US government has information that Huawei is nefarious, why not present the evidence? Instead, we must trust the say-so of an organization that asserts the right to snoop on it's own citizens, to drone-strike them without trial, and to prosecute non-US whistleblowers.
I realize that the Chinese are not innocent, but from the point of view of an American they are the lesser of two evils.
Parent post is hate speech and must be removed.
"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." -- U.S. major justifying bombing and shelling civilian areas in Bán Tre.
"Internet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction," the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who "stressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity."
Can I turn off autoplay?
âoeInternet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction,â the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who âoestressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity.â
âoeInternet media should spread positive information, uphold the correct political direction, and guide public opinion toward the right direction,â the state-run Xinhua news service reported in April, summarizing the instructions of Mr. Xi, who âoestressed the centralized, unified leadership of the Party over cybersecurity.â
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke
So you think tax breaks should be offered by the government, but that nobody should take them?
Boeing called, they want to give the SLS money back.
Please mod up.
A number of my non-US friends, some living in the US, some not, have been posting political commentary and promoting particular candidates and parties on Facebook. Hint: Not Republicans.
Should I report them to the DoJ?