So, according to your model, we'll all be able to drink hydrofluoric acid next year? I'll let you go first.

How does a single company make bad decision after bad decision so persistently?

A conundrum for the ages to be sure, but my humble opinion?

Ahem... A company that makes bad decision after bad decision does not understand the difference between a good decision and a bad decision.

Do I win a prize?

'nuff said...

Does da Vinci get paid every time someone looks at the Mona Lisa?

No, but the Louvre does.

Ownership hath its rights in our capitalist society.

No, I'm blaming Pandora for a shitty algorithm that always eventually directs people towards the most popular music (as defined by their overall population) regardless of what the individual indicates as his/her preferences.. Start out the day listening to punk and you'll soon enough end up with Katy Perry anyway. Bayesian logic and priors work well, except when they don't.

There's no such thing as "fairness" - it's a fairy tale concept that causes humans far too much suffering.

As does attempting to say that because things aren't fair, it's fine if everything stays as unfair as it currently is, or becomes more unfair. In general, the better we all behave, the better off we all are. If you deny this, you are an enemy of civilization.

Well, as they say, "Past Performance is Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results". When you decide that sharks are what you're going to swim with, you don't get much choice in the bites that go along with them.

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Bill Nye is a poor man's Mr Wizard.

No he's not! He's a poor man's Professor Proton!

Christ almighty! Get your facts straight, Karmashack!

Yes! Everyone knows Clojure is the most awesomeness...

I suspect the latter was more scientifically based than the former.

But I bet the former would have made more money, as there are more people interested in astrology than horse racing.

You reap what you sew.

I wish. I can use a Singer (or a Pfaff, or...), but I've never reaped anything I've sewn. On the other hand, I have planted several gardens and, in that case, I've always reaped what I've sown.

Is people's illiteracy increasing, or is it just me? Sew and sow are such different words, I can't actually see a well-educated person making these sorts of mistakes (unless you transposed the e and o in a right-left hand confusion thing, in which case your proofreading needs work).

Well, I had quantum mechanics and solid state theory, logic design, processor design, and various courses on memory architecture. I was a bit skimpy on some of the database/compiler work, so I took courses in those topic as well. My education was a bit odd, though, starting with a BS CompE, followed by a failed MSEE (mainly because my marriage at that time was falling apart and a job offer seemed really good by that point) and thirty year gap between my first MS attempt and my second (successful) attempt at an MSCS (and yes, I did a thesis the second time). But, yes, I do believe I understand just about everything in a modern processor/software stack. Or, at least, with enough study of the particular system, I do believe I can understand the system and, if I'm lucky, why they chose the design decisions they did.

If you've seen this more than once or twice and it disturbs you, you probably (a) checked some wrong boxes somewhere on your survey or (b) you should be using a site other than TransLove.com.

Wear cowboy boots. They're basically pumps for men, and a lot of people find them sexy.

And some people find them as gay as the indian in the Village People.

Wearing work apparel on a date is a double-edged sword. For every bit of macho it conveys it also conveys a sense of "Why the hell is he wearing that on a date!?" Unless you're going two-stepping or actually are a cowboy, it's probably best to leave the boots home. Just sayin'.