There is no other way to have a standard Linux distro and Photoshop on the same workstation without some far out hacks.

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/03/23/how-to-think...

Capitalism is merely a mode of production based on exploitation by control of capital.

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/03/23/how-to-think...

10% would be overkill. I don’t think we should be aiming to sacrifice our livelihoods to be concrete block stacking addicted energy horarders, but I’m not entirely against that either. It’s hard to look at a solution so tangible and transparent as concrete block stacking before ducking my head into this mangled half-commented test suite.

If a tower crane did not need to be transported, how much would the design change? I’m guessing not much, but curious.

I was imagining there would be no counterweight but just opposing loads, then I realized that might be a safety hazard. But, I really don’t know about these things.

I just love the elegance of this solution and immediately obsessed. I think it just ruined my productivity for the day.

Aspergers is not associated with “not feeling fear.”

If you’re just assuming this from your experiences with these individuals, you’re just assuming this, and might do well to expand your considerations of what different people find fearful.

I’m sure you would find many of them fear people who jump to conclusions before thinking through the various possibilities; or the outcomes of hasty judgements.

And, I recommend you read about it.

He says he is a liberal “in the enlightenment sense.” He cites John Locke and John Stuart Mill.

But then he makes a “contrast”:

>In contrast, today’s so-called progressive liberals are often intolerant, calling for official censure against anyone perceived as uttering non-progressive views.

What the author fails to reconcile is that this “progressive liberal” target of his is all but the product of John Stuart Mill’s brand of liberalism that includes many wonderful things but has a certain clause that makes all the difference. Mill’s liberalism defended democratic ideals predominantly in cultural terms. That is, democracy to the extent that it does not interfere with free market capitalism.

Fast forward 150+ years through 2 world wars, the Great Depression, the federal reserve Vietnam, globalization, corporate takeover, etc., etc. and old Mill’s ideas are not looking so spiffy. The instability is anything but defensible, so what can the ole’ liberals do now but hunker down on the culturalism? There you have it.

There is nothing new or complicated about this. Mill and Marx defined the terms way back when.

The youngsters in the US are having trouble working through it because their parents skipped the conversation entirely, but they’ll figure it out. Fool them once.

So, this is not about free speech. The only problem here is this author’s insistence that it’s a contention between old and new. It’s not, of course. It’s a contention between capitalism, it’s glories, and messes it makes.

An easy target is saying the government is too powerful. That would be a mistake. If Facebook were more powerful than the government, we would no be in any better hands.

The problems with the US government are that it does not work for the people.

It would be painfully short-sighted to say this debacle goes to show the gov and private companies are not too involved with one another. This will be handled with some deal that will deepen the coupling and citizens will not have a say. That’s how most things in our lives get handles. Without regard for us, that is.

Private interests have eroded our state of civility. Citizens voices mean nothing and that is all that’s going on here.

We need our government back. Nothing else is going to solve this, unless of course we can actually address the technical issue that you raised. That would be nice.

A government that was our government would simply not step over this line. It’s possible; not easy, but possible.

My point is that something is definitely wrong.

But to blame this on the workers is immoral, heartless, definitely a sign you have something wrong with yourself.

So I’m assuming that isn’t your point.

They are doing the work. They paying is someone else’s job.

Who said this is a “high school job”? What’s that?

We are literally talking $8.00/hr. before taxes. This looks inhumane to me.

https://www.job-applications.com/dollar-general-cashier/

Expecting something different from a job outdoors or in a kitchen would, I agree, be a little ridiculous. The wage should of course be adjusted accordingly, but this is just disrespectful.

Middle of the road? Try $8.00/hr.

https://www.job-applications.com/dollar-general-cashier/

Also, the delivery and form was so simplified. I feel like what we were taught in school had one of 2 forms:

1) Bite size good/bad characterizations of involved nuanced processes.

2) Objectifying factoids on the material day-to-day of shallow characterizations, like the practice of associating Native American tribes primarily by the shape of their houses.

By jumping back and forth between the two, it did accomplish a surface appearance of depth, but ignored the spectrum as a whole that makes up humanity. (1) usually skipped over relational values and (2) failed to deliver on meaning.

The few times this done a little bit less had enormous impact, like black history month, trail of tears, stories like Huck Finn. But comparatively, these leaped over massively critical nuances. Of course, we were just all-out denied anything about the French Revolution. There is no question this is why America is contending with such a problematic political arena. We are learning everything the hard way.

The things that stir the pot are what make us human and understanding them are what allow us to progress. Being denied that is uncivilized.

The idea is to have no stock room so they don’t have to hire stocking staff, and make the cashiers do it when they aren’t actively checking people out. The trucks unload everything right in the store so aisles are always blocked with giant piles of boxes. It’s gotta be a nightmare for someone in a wheelchair.

But the worst part is of course the way they treat employees.