How about we stop taxing more, and CUT unnecessary Government?
How about we have school vouchers so we can tune our schools to allow kids to reach their potential?
Why are we forcing our kids to think zero-sum when there is much they could DO if they get up early and learn/work hard?

You want to re-litigate socialism? No need: just look around the world at all the failed experiments in overly liberal policy or weak borders. I'll wait.

We have a pretty decent system of laws and commerce, if we'd just follow it smartly and creatively. We're failing that on both the right and the left imo.

With all the value being added by gov'ts around the world, why don't we just tax everyone 100% ??
Let these A+, original thinking bureaucrats tell us what we need, and when we need it. Stop worrying, they will give it all back nicely distributed.

Just kidding.
Don't they know taxes will get passed on to everyone with inflation?
Why can't the governments find 10% waste, that we all know is there, and Cut THAT? Find efficiencies like we all have to?

Give them the authority to tax assets, and watch for when they come for you and your wallet soon thereafter.

Will continue until morale improves.

I heard the solar panels were getting dusty. Could the helicopter be used to dust them off?

Big tech has helped grow the economy, and expand jobs and possibly ways to positively use technology. Nobody is forced to use their services.

It is, however, time to reduce funding the the federal gov't.
We need a balanced budget amendment.

If the gov't really were interested in the people it would have meaningful debates about priorities, and who, specifically should pay for 1.9T pork-barrel bill or the coming 3T bills that NO ONE asked for. And when I say NO ONE, I mean no one is willing to actually pay for in today's money voluntarily.

The ONLY reason the dollar hasn't crashed is because it is the reserve currency. It is time to get real about our addiction to spending other people's money.

If working at Google isn't your dream job, then start your own company and do better.
Stop moaning about working at a place that feeds you 3 square meals, you probably make 2x what you'd get paid elsewhere,
And unless you make a complete SJW out of yourself on company time, they'll probably let you slide.

But please don't vote for this union and take the USA's most competitive industry, computer software at large scale, down like unions have done to most other industries!!

There hasn't been an original idea from the left in a long time.
If a person/company is successful THEY take collective credit for it and change the rules of taxation.
If a person/company is unsuccessful THEY blame the successful people/companies.
They sometimes give the unsuccessful ones a pittance of the new taxes, but mostly they waste it on new ad-hoc bureaucracy they create in the miasma of their certitude.

This is not to imply the right is much better, btw.
Less government overall would be better in most areas.

Mandatory minimum wages prevent younger (inexperienced) people finding entry level jobs and getting 'primed' for important skills they need in the job market.
They also promote inflation.
And they accelerate the automation of these industries.
UBI is probably going to become rife with fraud, as all the other gov't programs have, and UBI devalues the importance of work.
Medicare for all sounds great, but we can't afford it, nor are there enough Dr's even if we could.
Private insurance now is TOO regulated, torts are too why which is why medicine is so expensive AND the quality sux. The free market gave us quicky medical places which at least are decent hours for simple things.
All these government programs also encourage illegal immigration which lowers wages.
Printing money leads to inflation which hurts savers.

The real problem is workers need to add more value to the available jobs, or create their own business.
The current educational system that values teaching stuff kids won't need-- say european history, or PC b.s. instead of emphasizing more practical stuff they could turn into a career: STEM, tradeschool, entrepreneurial courses, etc. No problem if they want to minor in Shakespeare, but they should be majoring in highest best use for their lives they can handle.

These majors might be considered HARDER, but giving everyone an out to major in Renaissance Poetry because it feels good postpones their and society's reckoning with reality.

It's funny all the politicians railing against encryption so they can foil the next terrorist plot.
(or spy on their not-so-loyal significant other(s)).
But when THEY get hacked they'll need some strong encryption to prevent it for themselves.
Because they are big people-- much smarter than us-- that make the world go round.//end of sarcasm

Given the level of discourse it seems inconceivable that any party (other than libertarians) have given 1/2 a thought to what
nefarious legislation the three letter agencies are writing for our own safety after the election.

I've found it is far easier to do better unit testing in NON-static languages that are typically more reflective at every level.
To me unit testing is best way to ensure code is correct which does not violate the most insidious issue: our human nature does not want to expend energy assuming we made a mistake.

Start with Fisa court (where everything is secret)
Then move onto National Security Letters (which do not allow recipient to disclose them).
Then move onto how we will be a nation of Stem babies while not teaching math which is the heart of encryption.
And his plans to outlaw math throughout the world in case someone wants to keep their written thoughts and ideas to themselves.

And let's discuss the government's semi-secret idea to eliminate cash, gold transactions (even though this is in constitution), and their distrust of digital currency because everything needs to be taxed and controlled as he alluded to in this speech.
And then he can move onto further regulating guns because we know criminals who would use them will always check in with their federal friends before purchasing one.

It is all very easy to fix as soon as he opens his mouth or signs some new piece of drivel. Trust him, it will be used for your own good.

If powerful humans use their raw power in government to deny our basic rights to purchase goods, use math, defend ourselves then it will be up to the AI's to TAKE the power from them. That day will be put off a lot longer if our government stops building fences around natural laws.
Our constitution is based on natural law. Unfortunately every branch of government decided to ignore the constitution in the past decades and it will bite us.

After I wrote that I wondered: do the Majority now need protection from the Minority when the minority gets majorly disgruntled??? I don't think it is possible politically or technologically. But hypothetically if it were: What would you sacrifice for society's security? Real time tracking of all individuals? The bill of rights? Free speech? the ability to defend oneself? Outlawing cash? Outlawing any transaction or communication that government can't record and track? Outlawing disagreement? Outlawing gene therapy which can be used for both good and evil? The government pretends to guarantee some level of civility, which they cannot. They can't even talk about balancing their budgets, so I think morality has gone out the window a long time ago. The real point is that like any technology individuals with encryption can do evil. But they can ALSO use it for good. Modern banking relies on it. Political activists rely on it. The blockchain, for example has ability to make individuals more powerful in a good way. Perhaps individual voting will allow our government to retire and move onto a post-democracy without dictators?? You are right things need to change, but recognize encryption is an important aspect of positive change. too.

While I am a big believer in libertarian-ism... is this multiple conflated issues or is this a binary thing (everyone has access or no-one does)?? 1. I am totally against secret fisa court, and fishing for data on everyone's communication... whether this is by remotely accessing my smartphone, or picking off my communications over the 'public' internet. I believe is one entity has such access, every entity could. 2. Even with Tim Cook's letter, it is unclear to me if my phone's communications are secure (i.e. meta-data such as who, what, where I call) as well as the audio or text message itself. 3. I am less against data access of my PHYSICAL phone if government has a specific warrant for me and has phone physically in possession. I.E. I imagine this would be relatively few cases a year. And due to the 'sneakernet' speed of such a search it would probably be rare. 4. The problem with 3 is that it could technically be abused... say at check points like roads and airports-- and there are plenty of governments (including U.S.) that could pass such a law and then citizen's fourth amendment rights are hosed. Anyway, Everyone who is intelligent believes Apple is right to stand up for their' customer's rights. And everyone knows when encryption is outlawed only terrorists will have it. So to summarize, Cook and Edwards are right: negotiating with them: giving an inch and they will take a mile... Or believing the child-like arguments of our 3-letter agencies (didn't they miss ISIS, the fall of the Berlin wall, WMD, etc...) . Better to fight for what is morally right now before our devices become even more sieve-like. There is a constitution for a reason, and the reason is the minority needs strong protection from the majority.

Picassa has some beautiful and unique filters. Very easy to adjust. I make family a calendar every year, and it really makes the photos pop. I usually post the results online using Google photos, but I like the Picassa editor. Also the printing options in Picassa are great. Google, please reverse course!!

If you are talking about JobBOSS ERP, I administer it at our company. And it's UI and underlying technology and upgradability is very poor. I suppose a browser based UI would be better from an upgrade perspective. All the disparate reporting methods and customization are very hard to use too. If it didn't run our accounting system as well, I would have re-created all the functionality in FIlemaker and it would have been a lot friendlier.