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It looks as though it's been replaced with the actual headline now anyway, though I don't think that highlights the most interesting part of the article.
I have only just a minute, only sixty seconds in it, forced upon me, can't refuse it, didn't seek it, didn't choose it. But, it is up to me to use it. I must suffer if I lose it. Give account if I abuse it, just a tiny little minute - but eternity is in it."
Which I interpreted to mean that life is really about process. It's very distracting to focus on long term goals in many cases, as it can cause you to overlook the steps that need to happen each minute, especially if you think that you can make up that minute later. Long time scales also force you to make impossible predictions about how long you'll even be alive(which can be underestimated as easily as over estimated).
also of interest, the tech behind the site: http://codemonkey.ravelry.com/2010/03/24/ravelry-runs-on-201...
You also had to take into account what the DST would be for both locales at the scheduled time. Hint: Use Oracle, SQLServer doesn't have a way to stay updated with the constantly changing DST offsets worldwide..
Is this question really rhetorical?
I would say look at all of the discussions here and elsewhere about older Entrepreneurs being under represented and the myriad reasons why. I think that if the only successful role models were under 25, many others would find that quite discouraging.... whether they would let that dissuade them is another question.
As much as I'd like to claim authorship, I didn't write the dictionary. If you'd like to argue about whether the terms mean what you want them to mean, or if they lead you into a logical endless loop, you're wasting your energy.
There is no effective procedure for determining whether individual X is hardworking by the dictionary definition, and thus we cannot count the number of hardworking people.
So we agree.
I constructed a definition which ... which roughly agrees with my intuitive notion of what "hardworking" means.
Ok. so who is reinforcing their preconceived notions again?
Believing in something doesn't make it true.
Reusing global variable names in your local scope can cause really insidious errors. Just sayin.
Your last statement sums up the cognitive dissonance that your argument creates. You are creating your own definition of a word which already has one.[1] If you don't know anyone who is not hardworking, yet has managed to remain employed for at least a year, you're not paying attention.
And that doesn't even touch on the people who cannot get a job for any number of reasons.
So how do you extract any semblance of a number of people who prefer leisure to working?
(about 10%, assuming "hardworking" == full time for 50+weeks/year).
That is a huge assumption.
It also might help if you explain how a news release on the leisure metrics of employed persons and their families relates to the alleged leisure activities of these straw poor people.
There are very hardworking poor people and very lazy rich people, and not just the outliers.
[1]From other IRS data, we can see that in 2008, around 52 million tax returns were filed with either positive or negative AGI that used exemptions, deductions and tax credits to completely wipe out their federal income tax liability. Not only did they get back every dollar that the federal government withheld from their paychecks during 2008, but some even received more back from the IRS.