I really don't think this is the same thing. A closer analogy would be you enjoy your meal at a restaurant, and at the end the waiter tells you the chef was a robot. Why should the provenance of something make any…
History is filled with examples of this going very wrong, because it turns out that everyone's "observable reality" is different, filled with bias they are blind to, and people in general are very bad at differentiating…
Oh absolutely, we don't need "science" and "evidence" to decide what to do, it's so much easier to use the "well I just know it" standard. Historically, that kind of thinking created a wonderful utopia, I have no idea…
I think in much the same way that your life has been touched by a murderer and it has influenced your opinion, if you were wrongly accused of a crime it would likewise have influence. That being said, I'm sympathetic to…
Exactly, and to make sure that never happens again why not just arrest all 12 of those people until they prove their innocence? With enough constant surveillance we can be positive that no bad person ever gets away with…
This might be a little pedantic and certainly off topic, but Coke ads really aren't intended to convince you that you need one right now, they are intended to make sure they are the first drink you think of when you…
I think you meant to say "It is incredibly less profitable to run an organization where everyone is mission driven."
It really does only work when deployed against someone of a lower status. Just for example, if you imagine a sterotypical homeless man complaining that he felt unsafe against a sterotypical Karen, in the US there is no…
This has been my experience exactly. I really like how the pharmacist who knows literally nothing about me, my diagnosis, life circumstances, family history etc... is supposed to be "the last line of defense" against…
This expands the definition of "bullying" to include things like not inviting a co-worker to lunch with the rest of the group... while it could be a little rude, thats not bullying. Neither is a boss putting you on the…
> That's generally not true. Try banning <insert specific race here> and see what that gets you. I can't speak for other countries, but in the US you are free to ban any race you like from your private residence for any…
Thank you for saying this, I work in the web space and there is just zero excuse for how poorly it works, none. I don't believe any amount of tracking or anything else would cause things to be as slow as they are. I…
Buy a can of CRC Precision Electronics Parts Cleaner Its electronics parts cleaner spray that pretty instantly and cleanly evaporates. Solved my drift problem with one use and have never had another problem.
As stated elsewhere, learning COBOL really isn't that hard. It's a different paradigm than you are likely used to but once that clicks you can be relatively proficient in basic COBOL in a few weeks. After getting some…
United States Department of Agriculture? Just based on the name no you really can't assume anything nefarious. It's literally not in the name.
I know it's not the point you are trying to make, but whether or not marketing actually does anything isn't a settled question. When company A does marketing and company B doesn't in the same industry, it seems to have…
According to Wikipedia Juul was founded in July of 2017, in December of 2018 Altria bought a 35% share valuing the Juul company at $38 billion. So A. I think they would have had some influence and B. Altria just didn't…
I don't believe Altria was ever interested in Juul doing well. I suspect this entire incident was planned. If Juul had exploded in popularity Altria wanted to be in a position to take advantage of that but otherwise had…
At least in some cases, the anti-vaping ads are funded by settlements with the tobacco companies under the guise of preventing "tobacco use". Its genius on the part of the tobacco companies, managing to pay a settlement…
And what exactly would stop that from happening now? Do you really believe the only thing stopping a teacher from a rampage is the fact that its illegal for them to have a gun on campus?
Thats an absolutely excellent point. Maybe the cost to start/stop fracking is too high AND/OR they don't think this will last long enough to justify getting started. Otherwise you are very correct yet I have seen no…
Yes, which completely ignores the difference between a person who has had this situation forced on them (A teacher or school administrator) and someone who has to choose to enter it. I think it might be quite a bit…
Isn't it implied? If you remove my ability to protect myself am I not forced to rely on the police to protect me? Unless they are arguing that gun control will solve all future violent crime I don't see how you could…
If you and your coworkers are solving the problem you posted "day in and day out" just hire me and you can get rid of them :) You are right though I have no evidence they are contrived other than your example problem.…
I can certainly understand that there are unqualified people who apply, what I'm disputing is your assertion that there is a correlation between doing the contrived problems under unrealistic conditions and future job…
I really don't think this is the same thing. A closer analogy would be you enjoy your meal at a restaurant, and at the end the waiter tells you the chef was a robot. Why should the provenance of something make any…
History is filled with examples of this going very wrong, because it turns out that everyone's "observable reality" is different, filled with bias they are blind to, and people in general are very bad at differentiating…
Oh absolutely, we don't need "science" and "evidence" to decide what to do, it's so much easier to use the "well I just know it" standard. Historically, that kind of thinking created a wonderful utopia, I have no idea…
I think in much the same way that your life has been touched by a murderer and it has influenced your opinion, if you were wrongly accused of a crime it would likewise have influence. That being said, I'm sympathetic to…
Exactly, and to make sure that never happens again why not just arrest all 12 of those people until they prove their innocence? With enough constant surveillance we can be positive that no bad person ever gets away with…
This might be a little pedantic and certainly off topic, but Coke ads really aren't intended to convince you that you need one right now, they are intended to make sure they are the first drink you think of when you…
I think you meant to say "It is incredibly less profitable to run an organization where everyone is mission driven."
It really does only work when deployed against someone of a lower status. Just for example, if you imagine a sterotypical homeless man complaining that he felt unsafe against a sterotypical Karen, in the US there is no…
This has been my experience exactly. I really like how the pharmacist who knows literally nothing about me, my diagnosis, life circumstances, family history etc... is supposed to be "the last line of defense" against…
This expands the definition of "bullying" to include things like not inviting a co-worker to lunch with the rest of the group... while it could be a little rude, thats not bullying. Neither is a boss putting you on the…
> That's generally not true. Try banning <insert specific race here> and see what that gets you. I can't speak for other countries, but in the US you are free to ban any race you like from your private residence for any…
Thank you for saying this, I work in the web space and there is just zero excuse for how poorly it works, none. I don't believe any amount of tracking or anything else would cause things to be as slow as they are. I…
Buy a can of CRC Precision Electronics Parts Cleaner Its electronics parts cleaner spray that pretty instantly and cleanly evaporates. Solved my drift problem with one use and have never had another problem.
As stated elsewhere, learning COBOL really isn't that hard. It's a different paradigm than you are likely used to but once that clicks you can be relatively proficient in basic COBOL in a few weeks. After getting some…
United States Department of Agriculture? Just based on the name no you really can't assume anything nefarious. It's literally not in the name.
I know it's not the point you are trying to make, but whether or not marketing actually does anything isn't a settled question. When company A does marketing and company B doesn't in the same industry, it seems to have…
According to Wikipedia Juul was founded in July of 2017, in December of 2018 Altria bought a 35% share valuing the Juul company at $38 billion. So A. I think they would have had some influence and B. Altria just didn't…
I don't believe Altria was ever interested in Juul doing well. I suspect this entire incident was planned. If Juul had exploded in popularity Altria wanted to be in a position to take advantage of that but otherwise had…
At least in some cases, the anti-vaping ads are funded by settlements with the tobacco companies under the guise of preventing "tobacco use". Its genius on the part of the tobacco companies, managing to pay a settlement…
And what exactly would stop that from happening now? Do you really believe the only thing stopping a teacher from a rampage is the fact that its illegal for them to have a gun on campus?
Thats an absolutely excellent point. Maybe the cost to start/stop fracking is too high AND/OR they don't think this will last long enough to justify getting started. Otherwise you are very correct yet I have seen no…
Yes, which completely ignores the difference between a person who has had this situation forced on them (A teacher or school administrator) and someone who has to choose to enter it. I think it might be quite a bit…
Isn't it implied? If you remove my ability to protect myself am I not forced to rely on the police to protect me? Unless they are arguing that gun control will solve all future violent crime I don't see how you could…
If you and your coworkers are solving the problem you posted "day in and day out" just hire me and you can get rid of them :) You are right though I have no evidence they are contrived other than your example problem.…
I can certainly understand that there are unqualified people who apply, what I'm disputing is your assertion that there is a correlation between doing the contrived problems under unrealistic conditions and future job…