Comment Re:"in a western factory" (Score 0) 342
Germany is western?
Why, where the fuck do you think it is? Central Asia?
Germany is western?
Why, where the fuck do you think it is? Central Asia?
I bet you were the kid at school who told everyone Santa Claus wasn't real.
In related news - one of the first reporters to tweet about the story works for the Financial Times has a rather unfortunate name relating to deadly machines. The reporters name being Sarah O'Connor.
I assume she ended the tweet with #theresastormcomingin?
When the government outsources to contractors, there is an automatic revolving door between the government insiders and the contracting firms.
Indeed. The solution is not to try to mix business and government.
But instead, the trend is to seed government with more and more contractors. .
The kind of forced optimism that CEOs of startups often have to show is actually one of the things that causes depression. They have to live a lie, where they tell everyone that their shitty platform which does the same thing as five other shitty platforms is going to be the next Facebook.
That's only a problem if you lie to yourself. Lying to others is just business.
It's a form of mania. It often swings between the extremes. The middle is no fun. Bye-bye polar. Some might consider it a fair price to pay for the highs.
The highs are just as bad for other people as the lows.
Fuck you and your My Little Pony friendship shit, you homofag. Just break a bottle on your head, slice your belly open with the shards and strangle yourself with your entrails. Loser.
Issues? Me?
Much of the last depressive episode was tied to the implosion of my last start-up. It's been a couple years since I exited that project and I'm only now reaching a point where I'm building my next new business.
Wouldn't it be more sensible just to go and get a nice easy job somewhere, like the rest of us?
If you've ever known any actual autistic kids, there is no way on earth you'd mistake them for someone who's just a bit shit socially.
My parents get even more defensive when I bring up that I think I'm an undiagnosed Aspie.
Gosh, I wonder why?
You have solved fusion power, space radiation deflection and the atomic level reconstitution of matter, nano deconstruction and manufacturing. We are not there yet, but the technology will exist within the next 50 years
Unfortunately the Singularity will already have happened in 25 years time, and so humanity will be obsolete.
And yes, the inevitable heat death of the universe does cause me problems. But I have a sliver of optimism that at some point, we can address that
1. I'm not sure if you quite grasp the meaning of the words "inevitable" or "heat death".
2. You are a loony.
An economist a couple of years ago predicted that space development would have the potential to increase the standard of living of everyone on Earth by a factor of 10.
Any additional clues on how to find that prediction? My google-fu fails me.
Yes, it would be good to be able to rigorously test his data integrity, modelling assumptions and forecasting methodologies
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he has a profound respect for money bags. -- Sidney Paternoster, "The Folly of the Wise"
