Article comes across to me as a very preachy, high falutin, very warped perception of what constitutes a modern economy. If the end outcome of increasingly rapid automation means that a significant percentage of…
It will not be the first organ of the state to morph into "a state within the state" though it is surprising to see it happening in a liberal democracy. Or perhaps we were encouraged to look away from the curtain all…
As a Singaporean who just spent the last hour or so rapidly scanning through Turkey's history, it seems the situation in both countries is the entrenchment of political power within a single party. As for corruption in…
I am skeptical of any value in having "standards" agreed for this for consumers which would be any different from having third party plugins. If you want your content to be protected, fine, you can go back to using…
Yes, it doesn't sound sensible. But you are already biased by the situation presented. But look at it from a perspective of a Indian instead of just a poor person. In India, plenty of social standing comes from…
I have observed that it is far easier to naturally empathise with one who has many similarities to you rather than empathise with another who is radically different from you. The latter actually requires conscious…
TBH, it could be anyone in the chain with sufficient authority to trigger it and hoping to impress someone who can reward him in a tangible manner. And the sad thing, it is not limited to bureaucracies or government…
As someone living here for most of his life, yeah, Singapore has become very expensive. Doesn't help that inflation has been around 6% ~ 7% per year. The .gov here has been playing with the exchange rate (rather than…
Singaporean here. The article is a typical outsider view of our system, which isn't as perfect as it sounds. In the first place, the majority of Singapore's successes is largely due to a pro-business policy which has…
From what I have observed, Objectivism's problems lie in the fact that its "me" message is inherently attractive to people who probably need psychiatric treatment for their tendencies which trend towards sociopathy.…
I would point out that one man's 'riot inciter' is another man's 'community leader'.
I think no one has issues with say, the German subsidiary holding onto profits generated in Germany. The primary observation now is large corporations channeling their reserves and holding them in various locations that…
Well, I am in total agreement with you, since I come from a country (Singapore) where the unions are so "completely in harmony" with employers that they might as well not exist.
You should know that you are barking up the wrong tree. Both Japan and Germany are both famous for having labour friendly environments. The latter should be lauded for moving its manufacturing into the 21st century,…
Well, having worked with various 4GLs that were meant to improve productivity and produce re-usable code, ones that are being used merely add more accidental complexity rather than reduce it. And a diagram (in such a…
I can't remember it, but there was an interview where Gosling said it was for simplicity. And rather amusingly (and if I remember correctly...) the char data type in Java is not really the equivalent of char in the…
Very few people I know are aware of statistical research and how it is to be done to avoid bias, etc. I would not be surprised that Senator Webster is unaware. Especially since he has spent most of his working life as a…
Being Singaporean and living in an environment which resembles a real corporate state, I can assure you, countries should not be administered like a company.
Ah. Be careful where you are stepping. Yes, its one choice. But personally, I find that to be rather too smug / elitist and smacks of "Oh, its HIS/HER choice - there's nothing DEFICIENT or FLAWED with the current setup"…
I really wish them all the best, since I have seen the 4GL movement sputter and grind to a halt and only remaining in enterprise software dedicated to BPM, ERP, etc... And as greenyoda pointed out, the last time this…
Well, you may call it inertia. But really, once you add up all these challenges, it tends to be quite substantial. For example, say, you are a skilled plumber who owns a similar business repairing/installing plumbing in…
Well, if you have done your architecture reasonably well, you should be able to have your mobile app rely on the same service layers as your website.
Shrug Even more people are surprised that Excel is Turing complete.
It is an evolutionary trade off due to how human beings instinctively handle cognitive dissonance. It is very amusing and somewhat depressing on how the most intelligent of individuals can be reduced to a frothing…
Democracy will never work because it can only work if EVERYONE is educated enough and by default humans are notoriously stupid and unaware of their own stupidity. In this case, I would not call it stupidity - I would…
Article comes across to me as a very preachy, high falutin, very warped perception of what constitutes a modern economy. If the end outcome of increasingly rapid automation means that a significant percentage of…
It will not be the first organ of the state to morph into "a state within the state" though it is surprising to see it happening in a liberal democracy. Or perhaps we were encouraged to look away from the curtain all…
As a Singaporean who just spent the last hour or so rapidly scanning through Turkey's history, it seems the situation in both countries is the entrenchment of political power within a single party. As for corruption in…
I am skeptical of any value in having "standards" agreed for this for consumers which would be any different from having third party plugins. If you want your content to be protected, fine, you can go back to using…
Yes, it doesn't sound sensible. But you are already biased by the situation presented. But look at it from a perspective of a Indian instead of just a poor person. In India, plenty of social standing comes from…
I have observed that it is far easier to naturally empathise with one who has many similarities to you rather than empathise with another who is radically different from you. The latter actually requires conscious…
TBH, it could be anyone in the chain with sufficient authority to trigger it and hoping to impress someone who can reward him in a tangible manner. And the sad thing, it is not limited to bureaucracies or government…
As someone living here for most of his life, yeah, Singapore has become very expensive. Doesn't help that inflation has been around 6% ~ 7% per year. The .gov here has been playing with the exchange rate (rather than…
Singaporean here. The article is a typical outsider view of our system, which isn't as perfect as it sounds. In the first place, the majority of Singapore's successes is largely due to a pro-business policy which has…
From what I have observed, Objectivism's problems lie in the fact that its "me" message is inherently attractive to people who probably need psychiatric treatment for their tendencies which trend towards sociopathy.…
I would point out that one man's 'riot inciter' is another man's 'community leader'.
I think no one has issues with say, the German subsidiary holding onto profits generated in Germany. The primary observation now is large corporations channeling their reserves and holding them in various locations that…
Well, I am in total agreement with you, since I come from a country (Singapore) where the unions are so "completely in harmony" with employers that they might as well not exist.
You should know that you are barking up the wrong tree. Both Japan and Germany are both famous for having labour friendly environments. The latter should be lauded for moving its manufacturing into the 21st century,…
Well, having worked with various 4GLs that were meant to improve productivity and produce re-usable code, ones that are being used merely add more accidental complexity rather than reduce it. And a diagram (in such a…
I can't remember it, but there was an interview where Gosling said it was for simplicity. And rather amusingly (and if I remember correctly...) the char data type in Java is not really the equivalent of char in the…
Very few people I know are aware of statistical research and how it is to be done to avoid bias, etc. I would not be surprised that Senator Webster is unaware. Especially since he has spent most of his working life as a…
Being Singaporean and living in an environment which resembles a real corporate state, I can assure you, countries should not be administered like a company.
Ah. Be careful where you are stepping. Yes, its one choice. But personally, I find that to be rather too smug / elitist and smacks of "Oh, its HIS/HER choice - there's nothing DEFICIENT or FLAWED with the current setup"…
I really wish them all the best, since I have seen the 4GL movement sputter and grind to a halt and only remaining in enterprise software dedicated to BPM, ERP, etc... And as greenyoda pointed out, the last time this…
Well, you may call it inertia. But really, once you add up all these challenges, it tends to be quite substantial. For example, say, you are a skilled plumber who owns a similar business repairing/installing plumbing in…
Well, if you have done your architecture reasonably well, you should be able to have your mobile app rely on the same service layers as your website.
Shrug Even more people are surprised that Excel is Turing complete.
It is an evolutionary trade off due to how human beings instinctively handle cognitive dissonance. It is very amusing and somewhat depressing on how the most intelligent of individuals can be reduced to a frothing…
Democracy will never work because it can only work if EVERYONE is educated enough and by default humans are notoriously stupid and unaware of their own stupidity. In this case, I would not call it stupidity - I would…