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Do you see how you have continued to pry the topic away from how to fix this issue that everyone agrees should be fixed? This is the desired outcome of whataboutism. Do you have any input of how to address the issue at hand other than commenting on the details of why people care today or when this problem started?

I just declined an offer from Ford on an in house team where everyone is averaging 70 hour weeks; so its not /only/ contractors, but its true, the big 3 use contracting very heavily

it was a direct answer to you saying 'they must be doing something right' the implication being that while they are able to find paying customers, what they are /not/ doing right is the actual work of developing software.

the parent points out that this market inefficiency exists because the people making purchasing decisions are not technically competent enough to truly evaluate the vendors that are selling them these development contracts.

A company can make money selling a bad product, it happens all the time; and its a well know phrase in finance that 'markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent'

Moot to the acting director though, who can only be gotten rid of for cause or by senate approving a nominee.

I believe the senate only needs a simple majority to approve the nominee, though, so it might not be that difficult for them to get rid of the acting head if they feel pressure

If the city/public is funding a building, i would think they are checking if it is built to code before they pay the company in full.

If its not built to code, the contractor didnt finish the job and will not be paid until the building is up to code.

If its a private investor building the building, thats on them, they shouldve hired better contractors or been more thorough in their management of their contractors

Maybe these people do get offers but prefer to work on their own schedules and without cumbersome contracts.

If you were making really good money making youtube videos, why would you want to sign on with food network (who probably demands things like good behavior clauses and stuff in their contracts), have to shoot a real tv show on the networks schedule, doing reshoots and promotional events, etc at the beck and call of some executive?

I absolutely agree that these youtubers are underpaid for the value that they create/the audiences they have accumulated; im just not as surprised that we arent seeing them convert into tv and movie personalities

from the link:

>A court may view a woman’s charge of rape as an admission of extramarital sexual relations (or “illegal mingling”) unless she can prove, by strict evidentiary standards, that this contact was legal and the intercourse was nonconsensual.

The parent was disparaging millions of americans by calling them too stupid to read a contract and financially irresponsible, and i pointed out that his situation sounded more financially irresponsible than someone underwater on their mortgage. If they take offense to being called financially irresponsible im not sure how they justify calling millions of americans the very same thing.

that said, fair enough, i was more discourteous than i needed to be in getting my message across, i apologize for that.

> my money does not go towards someone who drinks to excess

except that you absolutely will be paying for them not seeing a doctor and waiting until they have to go to the emergency room.

People who drink in excess go to the ER and get their stomachs pumped - thats paid for by the taxpayers if the person doesnt have insurance. My point was exactly that - you cannot avoid paying for these emergency rooms visits by changing how insurance works, the way to pay less for these emergency room visits is to decrease them by promoting more holistic care - and how does the government promote things? by providing economic incentives in the form of tax breaks, subsidies, etc.

I guess you missed my point by responding with pure emotion...

>and I don't want to pay for the bad mistakes of others

When some moron nail guns a board to his head and goes to the ER you are still paying for that.

What you are now not paying for is people fighting cancer, MS, AIDs, and other long term and terminal diseases.

What made you believe that this legislation would enable you to avoid 'paying for the bad mistakes of others'?

so youve never been to detroit and are going on what you hear from the media - got it. Just wondering if you had any real reasons

rain is a lot easier to deal with than snow and ice on the roads. i'd take 9 months of cloudy skies over 4 months of invisible black ice patches, multi car pileups, blizzards, polar vortexes, scraping ice off my car every morning, shovelling my driveway, extreme heating costs, etc.

While the PNW isnt ideal compared to drought ridden california, its vastly nicer weather than what millions of americans put up with every year.

What specifically about Detroit makes you not want to live there?

disclaimer: detroit resident

pocketcasts on android is what i use, and i know it has silence trimming and playback speed from .5 to 3.0 in .1 increments.

I have the paid version so im unaware if some/all of these feature require the paid version

I've noticed real rye bread is sold under monickers like 'jewish rye' or 'chicago deli rye' - of course theres full seeded rye as well. But i agree, as more people try to eat healthier, the 'healthier' sections of the stores have started seeming a whole lot less healthy

I seem to notice about a 50-50 split on whether having stuff in your github profile is worthwile, but when it comes to someone pursuing very junior roles, i would imagine it cant hurt.

I'd be more interested to know what some hiring managers would like to see in a github profile for a junior dev - are they looking for twitter clones as you suggest? open source contributions? side projects? are they just looking for proof that you have interest and passion for development? or are they looking at the code to see how sophisticated it is, how it conforms to best practices wrt commenting, etc.?

https://www.reddit.com/r/gatekeeping/ might fit even better.

is your logic that a plane full of passengers sitting on the tarmac is worse than a man being assaulted and dragged off a plane? Because if not, the answer to your question is a very obvious yes - they should be made to wait. I would happily wait on a plane if i knew it was to prevent someone being assaulted....

(though if the crew wasnt there, they wouldnt board the plane anyways, the other flight would've been cancelled or delayed, which happens all the time)

Whats the time commitment like? is it full time for 3 months or a couple hours every weekend for 6 months ?

i said nothing about feelings, you havent made me feel anything, i'm just pointing out that you communicate like a child throwing a tantrum.

>Suggesting I use the downvote in a situation where it isn't an option is the definition of a useless comment.

yeah youre right, any reasonable person wouldve surely lashed out at the people who responded to them and acted like an insolent brat. you've definitely got the moral highground here - i bow to you

what exactly are you adding to the conversation by being hostile? less than me thats for sure. If you think im not contributing use the downvote function, thats literally what its for. Taking out your frustrations on other people is something a child would do, grow up

wow, that's quite an aggressive comment - i wonder why you felt that aggression was necessary?

Scion Xa has a dashboard in the middle, works totally fine; in fact its a little easier to see in your periphery

http://cdn.pinthiscars.com/images/scion-xa-2006-custom-wallp...

much of florida does suck, but it also has some of the best places in the country.

almsot anywhere on the ocean side coast is gorgeous. i used to visit a place on hutchinson island, one of my favorite places to visit in the country (though a bit of a drive from any of the airports)

http://www.waterpointerealty.com/wp-content/gallery/featured...

i never said every opposing argument is a fallacy, but this one definitely is.

what our grandparents experienced is irrelevant to discussions on how working conditions should continue to improve.

Would you have told the men starting the UAW that they should stop because their grandparents had to work longer hours and that they have no right to complain? Thats idiotic, its fallacious, and its not even an opposing argument, its an attempt to stop a conversation.

Ahh yes, the always tired retort of "people in the past/in a different place have it worse, so you have no right to complain"

totally legitimate argument, im sure your grandfather fought hard for there to never be better working conditions for his grandchildren, and would hate that working conditions have gotten better and continue to improve.

have you ever complained that something tastes bad? dont forget theres starving children in africa, so you aren't allowed to complain about your food tasting bad, because someone has it worse, right?

Have you ever been thirsty and asked someone for water? that gall on you! people die everyday from dehydration, you being thirsty is just hipster self pity, you aren't going to die, so you aren't thirsty

see also:

>Fallacy of relative privation ("not as bad as") – dismissing an argument or complaint due to the existence of more important problems in the world, regardless of whether those problems bear relevance to the initial argument.

To me it sounds like you are saying no, an employer cannot compel you to give them your personal information, but that they can terminate your employment if you refuse to hand it over

is that what you meant? I think 08-15's concern was more along the lines of an employer having the ability to demand someone to give up their personal information without their consent.

> I can't stand the heat ... of Apple's stuff

>I usually run my X250 with throttling turned on, and TPFanControl to keep the temps down so the keyboard stays nice and cool.

How come you are willing to look the other way (even going so far as to install third party software) when your thinkpad is overheating but not when its a macbook?

concerts in VR you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kcIy9XGmwI

Do you know where i can find the signup for this? I know a couple people who would love to switch off directv but want sunday ticket