Attempting to back the big money players in this, joining most other apps making it really hard for people to legally invest.

Sure they develop cognitive skills, but they're apples and oranges. Your story can end any way you want (copy or think up something new), and your song can sound bad or good with words that you know or create. But with coding you can think up something new and it's just wrong, and you have to work on it until you have a result that works. Sure you can work and improve on it and have different successes. When writing a song, there's hundreds of results, all with tangible results and no real success or failure except by the criteria personally defined by the stakeholders involved.

The cognitive skills required for solving problems that do have answers are different than those for interpretative works

And so the pendulum swings higher the other way; just wait until it swings again...and see what we get after Biden. Unless, that is, we're able to slow it down and all become a bit more United

I'm not saying I won't be glad he'll focus on climate change more. But it seems more like he'll just be the anti-Trump for a while. Which even means removing positive things Trump did

We already have a less effective "Basic income" in the US but it's not universal and it's splintered 50+ ways. And I haven't actually met anybody who can explain to me all of the social programs and tax situations I do and don't qualify for and how they're paid for. How I apply to them and what I'm paying for that I'm missing out on.

Nice argument, but that $500 was picked on purpose to detract.

"tell that mother she's going to get $2k a month on top of what she earns at her job" and it's going to come on time and she won't have to prove she deserves it and maybe this mother will be cool with it. I've seen what people have to go through to get benefits they were promised and sometimes people really suffer for it. People argue over the right number to justify defeating the concept when they're two completely different discussions.

https://www.nasa.gov/content/d...

BS. There are very specific rules AND LAWS about not communicating classified information over unapproved networks on unsecured devices with questionable access controls. The servers aren't the problem, the context is. As always.

So...a candidate has been unpopular with masses of people for 25 years, and they decide to push her on us instead of another candidate people can get a fresh start with? Got it.

FTFY. Agree on the rest but there's no smear needed on the emails. Not justifying the actions of others, but not gonna pretend with hers either.

I lead a team of developers and I disagree a lot more often with the white guy on my team than the black guy or the chick. And I'm glad I have access to them all. Maybe that's just me. But hey, I never thought about the minority make-up of my team before...how do people not feel gross thinking of your co-workers in terms of these factors and not what they bring to the table?

Anyway, I think my point still stands...I'd rather any of them than the person who isn't interested in software development.

We should probably just assign careers to people. That way we can get the appropriate representation of skin color and body parts

SpaceX hasn't succeeded in a vacuum. Where do you think most of their background is from?

This is the most accurate description of NASA I've seen on this site. Well done.

Not all landlords are rich assholes. I'm a landlord, because I chose not to sell a property under water from the last recession when I moved into a new marital home.

Well now I'm in my thirties, divorced, living with my parents (because I have a long-term tenant and it's basically their new home). I'm between jobs and would suffer greatly if I weren't receiving my rent. By the way, my rent is VERY fair. I'm not justifying anything, except to be able to get paid for work I'm doing, and thousands of dollars I've spent making the place a comfortable living place. Not every landlord is a rich asshole.