Non-IT News Thread
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Trump so confused he states that the F35 is literally invisible. Apparently believing it to be actually like the Emperor's New Clothes, and not just an overpriced aircraft.
Chances are this originated from him placing an order and Lockheed telling him that they had already been delivered and when he demanded to see them they just pointed to an empty airport and said "there are three of them right there, you can't see them, they are stealth."
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Us old-timers remember about you, @scottalanmiller, and parking garages.
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Apple is first public company worth $1 trillion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45050213
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Open Offices Make People Talk Less and Email More...
File this under "duh", of course people talk less when it isn't private and it irritates other people. How did anyone need research to know this? No one honestly thought open offices were to encourage communications.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Open Offices Make People Talk Less and Email More...
File this under "duh", of course people talk less when it isn't private and it irritates other people. How did anyone need research to know this? No one honestly thought open offices were to encourage communications.
Open office is the dumbest thing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Open Offices Make People Talk Less and Email More...
File this under "duh", of course people talk less when it isn't private and it irritates other people. How did anyone need research to know this? No one honestly thought open offices were to encourage communications.
The creator of Ruby on Rails just wrote an article on this same thing maybe 3 weeks ago.
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@dustinb3403 Read the first little bit and I already like his style. Reminds me of @JaredBusch.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Open Offices Make People Talk Less and Email More...
File this under "duh", of course people talk less when it isn't private and it irritates other people. How did anyone need research to know this? No one honestly thought open offices were to encourage communications.
The creator of Ruby on Rails just wrote an article on this same thing maybe 3 weeks ago.
Yeah open floor plans are really fucking stupid for a lot of places.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/reader-center/free-range-parenting-outside-united-states.html
It wasn't exactly like that when I was young.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/reader-center/free-range-parenting-outside-united-states.html
It wasn't exactly like that when I was young.
Nope, nothing like that when I was young. America has really changed.
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And it is totally true, living in other countries, I've never experienced anywhere with the "hide the kids away" mentality of America. It's completely unique.
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@scottalanmiller Do you think that US parents are too paranoid about their children or do you think there are solid reasons for these massively different cultural behaviors?
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@bnrstnr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Do you think that US parents are too paranoid about their children or do you think there are solid reasons for these massively different cultural behaviors?
Our culture has been driven by fear rather than rationality for a number of years now. We hear the stories of the < 1% of experiences, think we don't want that to happen to us/our children, and take every possible precaution to prevent it without evaluating the true cost. I say we because I am also in this category too.
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@bnrstnr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Do you think that US parents are too paranoid about their children or do you think there are solid reasons for these massively different cultural behaviors?
I think both. The US is a very scary place compared to much of the world. But not at all to the degree that American parents are fearful of it. But because of the fear in the US, we've created other real dangers that we really do have to be afraid of.
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Dubai tourist racks up £36k in speeding fines in rented supercar - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45085991
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@bnrstnr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Do you think that US parents are too paranoid about their children or do you think there are solid reasons for these massively different cultural behaviors?
I think both. The US is a very scary place compared to much of the world. But not at all to the degree that American parents are fearful of it. But because of the fear in the US, we've created other real dangers that we really do have to be afraid of.
To me the main blame is the media - they over sensationalize the bad things to sell media time. which puts it more in the mind of the public, which drives more fear.
When I was a kid - I did all those things the commentors said - going to the store alone at a young age, being home alone at a young age - being left in the car at 6 yrs old.
Top the media with with busy body know it alls, and we just have major issues. Someone doesn't like something, well - today they can post that on social media, find the other 0.001% of people who agree with them and the have a huge must be heard voice. It ridiculous.
