I completely agree. In any field of sufficient complexity, 2 years isn't enough time to learn enough to have an informed opinion on reforming it. Like many others here, I work in IT and that's the kind of thinking that…
When I was an intern, my boss insisted that I learn Perl. I had not yet been introduced to the ways of the monks but I learned quickly. Perl is still my go-to language when I need to write something quickly. I have so…
That's a fair call-out. I cannot link to any double-blind, peer reviewed studies. I'm referencing only my personal experience and gut.
I'm probably one of those people that you hold in contempt. There are more guns than there are fingers in my house. I am unabashedly pro gun. I have testified at hearings on behalf of gun owners. Still, the point I'm…
In my opinion, there are 3 types of people who get into law enforcement. 1. People who legitimately want to serve and protect their communities. 2. People who want a steady government paycheck and benefits. 3. People…
I think that manufacturers are too busy trying to be the Steve Jobs of cars. They're thinking about making their vehicles look differently than everyone else's instead of thinking about what would work the best?
It's so bad that I'd rather just scan my ID and get a product that contains pseudoephedrine.
Someone that passionate can probably be mentored into the skill set necessary to do the job. I spent a year at a TA at a University and in that time I had two students who were really stellar. They were outstanding…
My experience is anecdotal but I have observed that in Pittsburgh, the thing that was accomplished by adding bike lanes was to increase traffic congestion on roads that weren't ruined by the bike lanes.
We could decriminalize marijuana today and watch what happens. That would free up over 80% of the DEA's budget to go after meth and heroin.
It's helping law enforcement maintain high budgets. The drug war fuels the violence of the drug trade and that violence requires the police be well equipped to handle it.
Man, that was a lot of work but at least you'll only have to do it once.
I have an OG account that's my first_name.last_name and I keep getting all kinds of other people's stuff. Apparently, one of them is a doctor with a caribbean bank account. I was getting monthly balance updates for…
I understand why they did it. My decision to make them persona non grata was about not rewarding them for behavior that negatively impacted me.
Approximately 10 years ago, I was really unhappy with my work situation and was checking job postings. I found one that sounded right up my alley and I reached out to the agency that posted it. They told me that because…
I may or may not have the torrent downloading right now. At this rate, it may or may not be finished some time tomorrow.
I have a philosophical problem with leaking people's personal information but I admit that I'm curious. I want to see what's in this data.
I am of the opinion that the government taxes rich people more because there are fewer of them and they are less likely to vote out the politicians who do it. It's the masses voting bread and circuses for themselves.…
Psychiatry, psychology etc aren't doing a great job with that. I'm not sure that's a fair criticism. They're certainly not doing a perfect job but the number of people who have a higher quality of life than a century…
I have a special affinity for mantises. They have an almost otherworldly quality to them. I'm also extremely grateful that they're smaller than us. A dog sized mantis would be the stuff of nightmares and horse sized…
I think the closer you are to the actual killing of animals, the more you tend to revere them, if anything. As someone who has recently joined that club, I agree. I have been hunting for years but this year I killed my…
I need to pay a visit to the CMU campus to see if I can see their work.
Yeah, I remember moving so that I couldn't see the enemies on the next screen, mentally timing the movement and then coming back to see if they were where I thought they should be.
The occupants of the trolley had intentionally run over many people in the past. Ender had reason to believe that they intended to do so again. We only have the word of the dormant hive queen that they didn't intend to…
Bean knew but we don't know that he knew until Ender's Shadow.
I completely agree. In any field of sufficient complexity, 2 years isn't enough time to learn enough to have an informed opinion on reforming it. Like many others here, I work in IT and that's the kind of thinking that…
When I was an intern, my boss insisted that I learn Perl. I had not yet been introduced to the ways of the monks but I learned quickly. Perl is still my go-to language when I need to write something quickly. I have so…
That's a fair call-out. I cannot link to any double-blind, peer reviewed studies. I'm referencing only my personal experience and gut.
I'm probably one of those people that you hold in contempt. There are more guns than there are fingers in my house. I am unabashedly pro gun. I have testified at hearings on behalf of gun owners. Still, the point I'm…
In my opinion, there are 3 types of people who get into law enforcement. 1. People who legitimately want to serve and protect their communities. 2. People who want a steady government paycheck and benefits. 3. People…
I think that manufacturers are too busy trying to be the Steve Jobs of cars. They're thinking about making their vehicles look differently than everyone else's instead of thinking about what would work the best?
It's so bad that I'd rather just scan my ID and get a product that contains pseudoephedrine.
Someone that passionate can probably be mentored into the skill set necessary to do the job. I spent a year at a TA at a University and in that time I had two students who were really stellar. They were outstanding…
My experience is anecdotal but I have observed that in Pittsburgh, the thing that was accomplished by adding bike lanes was to increase traffic congestion on roads that weren't ruined by the bike lanes.
We could decriminalize marijuana today and watch what happens. That would free up over 80% of the DEA's budget to go after meth and heroin.
It's helping law enforcement maintain high budgets. The drug war fuels the violence of the drug trade and that violence requires the police be well equipped to handle it.
Man, that was a lot of work but at least you'll only have to do it once.
I have an OG account that's my first_name.last_name and I keep getting all kinds of other people's stuff. Apparently, one of them is a doctor with a caribbean bank account. I was getting monthly balance updates for…
I understand why they did it. My decision to make them persona non grata was about not rewarding them for behavior that negatively impacted me.
Approximately 10 years ago, I was really unhappy with my work situation and was checking job postings. I found one that sounded right up my alley and I reached out to the agency that posted it. They told me that because…
I may or may not have the torrent downloading right now. At this rate, it may or may not be finished some time tomorrow.
I have a philosophical problem with leaking people's personal information but I admit that I'm curious. I want to see what's in this data.
I am of the opinion that the government taxes rich people more because there are fewer of them and they are less likely to vote out the politicians who do it. It's the masses voting bread and circuses for themselves.…
Psychiatry, psychology etc aren't doing a great job with that. I'm not sure that's a fair criticism. They're certainly not doing a perfect job but the number of people who have a higher quality of life than a century…
I have a special affinity for mantises. They have an almost otherworldly quality to them. I'm also extremely grateful that they're smaller than us. A dog sized mantis would be the stuff of nightmares and horse sized…
I think the closer you are to the actual killing of animals, the more you tend to revere them, if anything. As someone who has recently joined that club, I agree. I have been hunting for years but this year I killed my…
I need to pay a visit to the CMU campus to see if I can see their work.
Yeah, I remember moving so that I couldn't see the enemies on the next screen, mentally timing the movement and then coming back to see if they were where I thought they should be.
The occupants of the trolley had intentionally run over many people in the past. Ender had reason to believe that they intended to do so again. We only have the word of the dormant hive queen that they didn't intend to…
Bean knew but we don't know that he knew until Ender's Shadow.