Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Friday, February 20, 2015
To make a miserable man
out of a perfectly good horse,
or not.
a question posed by Stonehearst Asylum, and a fine one.
or not.
a question posed by Stonehearst Asylum, and a fine one.
Monday, February 16, 2015
So now we have to figure out
the specific products and services (and the specific conditions, if any) are important enough to allow for delivery by drone.
because:
will there be exceptions? if we agree, yes, move on. otherwise, emergencies.
now that we agree there will be exceptions, we agree that we are looking at a bit of a mess.
my "important enough" for 30 minute delivery is, according to you, only worthy of 24 hour delivery.
seems untenable. at best it will involve a monstrously wasteful bcy.
i don't want drones flying overhead any more than anyone else. but they almost certainly will be very soon.
- well, the whole 9-1-1 emergency system is pretty organized and works pretty well.
well, yeah, but the responses they are engaged in generally directly affect other drivers on the road. eventually, of course, a drone will fly directly to and carry victims wherever is appropriate, but in the meantime they will almost certainly bring supplies, and this type of capability tends not to threaten the safety of others.
ie. the danger justifies the control.
the less the danger, the less justified the control, with the fundamental assumption that individuals should be free to create and develop products that serve market needs.
usually the result is a heavy blanket of regulations (ie. gun sales) and insurance. i assume that will be the case here.
because:
will there be exceptions? if we agree, yes, move on. otherwise, emergencies.
now that we agree there will be exceptions, we agree that we are looking at a bit of a mess.
my "important enough" for 30 minute delivery is, according to you, only worthy of 24 hour delivery.
seems untenable. at best it will involve a monstrously wasteful bcy.
i don't want drones flying overhead any more than anyone else. but they almost certainly will be very soon.
- well, the whole 9-1-1 emergency system is pretty organized and works pretty well.
well, yeah, but the responses they are engaged in generally directly affect other drivers on the road. eventually, of course, a drone will fly directly to and carry victims wherever is appropriate, but in the meantime they will almost certainly bring supplies, and this type of capability tends not to threaten the safety of others.
ie. the danger justifies the control.
the less the danger, the less justified the control, with the fundamental assumption that individuals should be free to create and develop products that serve market needs.
usually the result is a heavy blanket of regulations (ie. gun sales) and insurance. i assume that will be the case here.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
I'm sure it's to be expected,
but so far, Charlie Baker has looked very much like a deer in the headlights.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
An all-time great presser
MBTA GM Beverly Scott (PhD. lol) during Snowmaggedon 2015
Great for a host of reasons.
If I was responsible for managing her, I might have a slightly different take in favor of a calmer, more organized set of responses.
But of course that would have ruined the whole thing and made it a waste of time as most are.
Instead, because of its spontaneity and perhaps her overall lack of experience with such overwhelming levels of attention, this was great stuff.
Attagirl, Dr. Scott!
Great for a host of reasons.
If I was responsible for managing her, I might have a slightly different take in favor of a calmer, more organized set of responses.
But of course that would have ruined the whole thing and made it a waste of time as most are.
Instead, because of its spontaneity and perhaps her overall lack of experience with such overwhelming levels of attention, this was great stuff.
Attagirl, Dr. Scott!
Thursday, January 29, 2015
What Fox did to the news business
TMZ did to Fox.
This statement is false.
TMZ is vastly superior in journalistic integrity to Fox News.
This statement is false.
TMZ is vastly superior in journalistic integrity to Fox News.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
An idea's popularity vs. its legitimacy
An idea's popularity vs. its accuracy
An idea's popularity vs. its reasonableness.
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An idea's popularity vs. its reasonableness.
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Defending The Indefensible
perhaps the benefit of experiencing the act of trolling can help one navigate one's own ever-increasingly connected reality.
ie.
perhaps the troll has gotten a bad wrap...
(edit: trolls also serve as many systems' oil/oxygen supply, and that aspect shouldn't be completely overlooked. does it require anything approaching patent cynicism to ponder such a possibility?)
Das es Fhhhhhhhhhoydeeeinism
"FLAP OVER OBAMA MISSING AUSCHWITZ ANNIVERSARY"
and i thought it said
fap.
and i thought it said
fap.
I don't think one can logically
consistently be a simultaneous supporter of private property and military interventionism.
I think that combination requires a fundamental delusion-of-self.
(disregarding, of course, the patently cynical)
I think that combination requires a fundamental delusion-of-self.
(disregarding, of course, the patently cynical)
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
clode the brain heenan
when translating a video, include both the original and the translated language.
yes, that will... etc... whatever it is you possibly come up with...
the answer is still "yeah go ahead with it"....
Sunday, January 11, 2015
"Our religion is..."
In a disassembling sense,
there is no such thing as "our" in this case.
each understanding is his/her own.
of course this can be applied in more general ways which may encompass this example, but this case seems like one of the more apparent ones about which the alternative belief is so widely held.
there is no such thing as "our" in this case.
each understanding is his/her own.
of course this can be applied in more general ways which may encompass this example, but this case seems like one of the more apparent ones about which the alternative belief is so widely held.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Even if you could, would you want to?
You can't have classes of young kids with like 100 kids, right?
I mean it would be impossible to control because more and more kids would start goofing off and getting into various other forms of trouble.
It would be very efficient, but it's just not plausible... well, let's assume it's not in 2015 in America.
Is this a "bad" thing? ie. Would you prefer the obvious alternative, that the kids would be so well behaved that there was no limit to plausible class sizes? The obvious example that comes to mind is "China might be able to have a dramatically higher average class size than America because their children are so much better behaved."
But at what cost?
I prefer our culture, even given the costs.
Technology and evolution don't care though.
Technology and evolution gone be like, "ts, brah".
Basically what I'm saying is that in my day we only had one pair of socks, and our shoes had holes in them and we patched them up while walking uphill in the snow both ways to school every day.
I mean it would be impossible to control because more and more kids would start goofing off and getting into various other forms of trouble.
It would be very efficient, but it's just not plausible... well, let's assume it's not in 2015 in America.
Is this a "bad" thing? ie. Would you prefer the obvious alternative, that the kids would be so well behaved that there was no limit to plausible class sizes? The obvious example that comes to mind is "China might be able to have a dramatically higher average class size than America because their children are so much better behaved."
But at what cost?
I prefer our culture, even given the costs.
Technology and evolution don't care though.
Technology and evolution gone be like, "ts, brah".
Basically what I'm saying is that in my day we only had one pair of socks, and our shoes had holes in them and we patched them up while walking uphill in the snow both ways to school every day.
Taxpayer funded community college
Well, more generally, the value of "brick and mortar" schools vs. online.
Pros
all inclusive experience has undeniable value
resources like labs
Cons
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
So it seems time to trim the fat in brick and mortar education by reprioritizing, reallocating funds, and optimizing the remaining "must keep" processes. A new federal government push into guaranteeing federal taxpayer funded community colleges seems likely to undercut this evolution and to inevitably and dramatically raise costs (relative to what they would have fallen to without the intervention) and lower value.
Pros
all inclusive experience has undeniable value
resources like labs
Cons
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
So it seems time to trim the fat in brick and mortar education by reprioritizing, reallocating funds, and optimizing the remaining "must keep" processes. A new federal government push into guaranteeing federal taxpayer funded community colleges seems likely to undercut this evolution and to inevitably and dramatically raise costs (relative to what they would have fallen to without the intervention) and lower value.
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