I have an even more radical proposal. Roll back copyright duration to 28 years, but only for works for hire.

• Works of corporate authorship (movies, etc.): 14 +14 (renewal required).
• Works of individual authorship: 50 years or the life of the author, whichever is longer.

This strikes a balance that acknowledges individuals' lower ability to earn money off of a work, and ensures that individuals are able to continue benefitting from their works for the rest of their lives, while still ensuring that musical works written when my long-deceased grandparents were children are no longer locked away where no one can perform them without expensive licensing and ensuring that people who never contributed anything towards the works' creation (e.g. the grandchildren of a composer, author, or artist) don't get to live off of other people's work for the rest of their lives.

It was broken long before that. Minivans have always been treated as light trucks despite not being trucks in any meaningful sense of the word, and industry interference has prevented light truck standards from keeping up with technological improvements.

As long as we have such a culture of regulatory capture, I don't think these sorts of standards are ever going to do what they are intended to do.

I mean it works for them either way. If they manage to make something useful out of it they get something useful out of it but otherwise they destroy a competitor and can jack up prices. It's a win-win.

We have basically eliminated competition from capitalism. It's funny because we are all acting surprised when capitalism breaks down in the absence of the fundamental system for regulating it.

But hey, at least one the girl hands you your coffee at the one coffee shop available in a 20 mi radius she can say Merry Christmas now right?

Are there states that don't allow that? I know Tennessee and California both do, though the latter is somewhat more problematic because of emissions control laws.

The "at your own peril" thing is a lot easier to justify when you have high situational awareness because of absolutely no expectation of safety in a low-speed collision (bicycle) than when you do have that expectation (vehicle with a roll cage).

Also, bicycles can't rapidly accelerate, are very small, and generally can't get very fast at all, so they are quick to pass compared with something the size and speed of a low-speed car. This reduces the risk of them causing accidents significantly (both with the bicycle and with oncoming vehicles).

In general, the assumption is that if it looks like a car, it should act like one. When that assumption is violated, bad things happen.

America's pedestrian accident rate is increasing primarily because of pedestrian distraction, not because cars are getting less safe. The fatality rate could be caused by cars getting less safe, but not the rate of accidents, except to the limited extent that touchscreens make driving harder.

If you really want pedestrian accidents to stop happening, you need to do three things:

• Mandate that all intersections have a separate pedestrian cycle with a button to activate it or camera-based pedestrian detection.
• Mandate that all intersections have appropriate light control over right turns on red, such that they are not allowed during the pedestrian cycle.
• Strictly enforce this for both drivers and pedestrians for the first few months, ticketing both pedestrians and drivers when they enter an intersection at the wrong time.

This ensures that A. cars don't have to wait for pedestrians that don't exist, B. cars have to wait for pedestrians only once even if the pedestrians are crossing in multiple directions, and C. no cars are in the intersection at the same time as pedestrians.

It improves road throughput for both pedestrians and drivers *and* makes the intersections safer. There's not much downside to this.

This! So much this. What was used as a flex in the education is a terrible liability when they are expected to adult.

If you are incapable of handling anxiety and stress, your employment opportunities shrink dramatically. And even if you do get hired in some of these jobs, you will wash out pronto,

Bastards won't let me bring my emotional support stripper into the classroom. Tatianna relieves all of my stress.

Exactly. After getting through the teen years - which has anxiety, then college - which has a lot of anxiety, they will enter the workforce - and find out just how much anxiety there can be. You might get extra time on a test because of anxiety, but that isn't going to fly when you miss hard deadlines.

I think there has to be some sort of talk therapy for kids to be able to handle anxiety. If you feel anxious, explore that with a therapist. It is not going away, and you cannot be shielded from it forever. Children need to understand that, and that a certain amount of resilience is needed to become a full fledged adult.

I'm dealing with that right now. I was called back from retirement to work at a job that all the new hires were failing. A lot of responsibility, and some stressful moments. They stressed out, and either became belligerent or so anxious they stopped functioning. Granted, not everyone wants to be in that sort of work, but the rewards are also great. Stressful, anxious moments? Sure. A countdown to a Rocket launch invokes some anxiety. I feel concerns until my project is finished. Just natural. When the day is done, I'm happy about it.

But calling back the old dude because the young people can't handle it tells us a lot, and it isn't good.

There is a simple (and difficult) solution, but it destroys the illusion that having a college degree is a simple way to determine if someone will be a good employee.

If the degree is meant to show that someone has the knowledge to do the job, it isn't great because they don't teach enough on the job related skills in college.
If the degree is meant to show that someone has the critical thinking skills to do the job, it isn't great because those skills aren't focused on much in most colleges.
If the degree is meant to show they can work and think quickly under pressure, it isn't great because schools will often accommodate for students who struggle in those areas.
If the degree is meant to show they can work hard and follow through with a fairly challenging four year task, it is pretty good at that.
If the degree is meant to show they have enough foundational knowledge to learn to do the job, it is pretty good at that.
If the degree is meant to show they came from an upper middle class socioeconomic background (so they fit in with the corporate culture), or at least had middle class families that worked hard to give their children the benefits of an upper middle class upbringing, it is pretty good at that too.

If you want someone to do a job that is high stress and requires quick thinking, you better assess for that competency yourself instead of assuming a college degree is enough of a hiring filter. But most jobs don't (or shouldn't) require those skills.

I am in corporate strategy, and while I can think on my feet well enough to handle meetings with executives, I do my best thinking after a few hours (or weeks) of contemplation and research. No one should want someone to help advise on critical business decisions just because they are better at coming up with a decent answer in 5 minutes. Different jobs require different skills.

AC can also be for responding to a post in a topic you have already moderated in. I always note that I'm posting AC to avoid mod point destruction.

Seriously though - unless I have mod points and read at -1, I just set the message level at 1, and hide any posts lower than that. And I mostly ignore any replies by AC's. If you want no posts on anything you disagree with, there are much, much better places for you to post from than Slashdot.

Why would you demand that those people should be silenced? Slashdot's mod system is not perfect, but it is better than most. They can spout whatever nonsense they want, you don't have to see any of their posts, or even know they posted something. It's like you can personally shadow ban them, and see less things that upset you.

The article itself gets the real point across eventually, but it is very poorly written and the title is intentionally misleading to be provocative. All they are claiming is that ADHD is a collection of diagnoses, not a single ailment. It is an important point, because you can't assume everyone with ADHD has the same problems just because they have that diagnosis, but that fact should never be used to imply those ailments don't exist.

In today's world, your opinion can get you fired. But yes, seeing a person's handle and history is a good thing.

It is true, if I had to use my real name, I would post differently, and definitely less. Some of my conclusions are based on research, and they are not popular with some people. But it is good to have the conversations, I'm happy to write on unpopular topics. I'm a true Cassandra.

Full disclosure - I am happy to troll some people if I think they deserve it - I ain't perfect.

So for the Anonymous Cowards I have two things to note. First is that they can be identified quite often on their writing style.

Second is that just set that pointer thingamajig doohickey to 1 and you'll not see many of those AC posts, except the ones that might be good and get some upvotes. Problem cured.

ADHD does indeed exist. So does overdiagnosis.

I had an intern at work once who was ADHD. Really intelligent, infectiously enthusiastic, and one of the most likable people ever. But he couldn't finish a project if his life depended on it. We accommodated him by getting him in at the start of projects, then letting him move on to the start of the next one. We knew it, he knew it. We all even laughed about it.

My son was diagnosed with ADHD - largely based on them trying to diminish his possible impact based on his size and strength. I'm not kidding, in grade school his teachers claimed every male child had ADHD. Most were put on Ritalin - I refused.

I definitely would have been id ADHD was a thing back them. I fidgeted, I daydreamed. I was freaking bored. If they took the time to compare my grades against my daydreaming, they would have figured out I needed challenged, not knowing the material already.

If they had put me on Ritalin, it would just have destroyed my drive and spark.

Of course, there are children who do have actual ADHD, But your child dealing with ADHD is not the same thing as my son's teachers in grade school diagnosing every male child with ADHD. Doctors rubber stamped the diagnosis, most of the boys were placed on Ritalin. I refused - to some threats "But Mr Olsoc, your boy is big and strong, you'll be liable if anything happens. I told them I did not know size and strength was part of the ADHD diagnosis.

And I would definitely been diagnosed as ADHD myself. I stared out the window, daydreaming. I fidgeted. Because I was bored silly. But that isn't something you can treat with drugs. And Ritalin would have destroyed the spark and drive inside me that I used to achieve success in life.

The problem isn't that there are any diagnoses, it is the sheer volume of them. I suspect there are less of them now, as the damage to young males brains has shown up. Now, "anxiety" - a normal part of life - is the new touchstone. And rather than have students figure out how to cope with them, more of a talking therapy approach, we're having schools accommodate them. This will not work when they hit the workforce.

That's where we are going to end up.

Anxiety is a part of life, always has been. Somehow we have tried to make inability to cope with anxiety a weird flex.

ADHD has been expanded. In my son's grade school class 100 percent of the boys were diagnosed with ADHD - by their teachers. Doctors rubber stamped the diagnosis. I refused to allow my son to be placed on them, despite the schools threats. He turned out normal. Many had Ritalin related problems.

These poor kids needed to be taught that anxiety at times is 100 percent normal, not that it is everyone else's job to accommodate and encourage their anxiety. Gawd, when those poor kids get into the workforce it is going to be rough for them.