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As a kid I was an avid reader of science fiction. At around 10 or so started with Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and went from there. Very familiar with the concept of reality being altered or te…
Well, since "without exception the most widely educated ones, those with the most exposure to literature and history and the other soft disciplines, were the best thinkers, communicators, and colleagues" I guess that I've been well and properly assi…
@hank- Well, I don't believe by any means that "conservatives" are necessarily limited to any specific political party, although on a worldwide basis, it's obvious that they do tend to gravitate towards some parties in particular. China, for example…
It's very ironic that "conservatives" have little interest in actually conserving much of anything, other than their treasured "right" to plunder and despoil the resources of the entire world.
@hank- Yes, I completely understand your comments about being too young to either understand or appreciate the flow and lessons of history. It wasn't until I was an adult, and re-watched some episodes of "Victory at Sea" that I began to wonder what …
@LewisBraham- Something bothered me from the moment that I first read Ted's post, but it took a while before it crystallized: the commentary is written in decent standard English, which Ted, despite having been a teacher, is patently incapable of co…
Plagiarism, pure and simple.
FYI: College isn’t the right track for many young people; there, I said it.
Before lighting a fire to burn me at the stake, let’s look at some data:
20% of students don’t graduate from high school.
20% will go from sch…
You folks have made me feel pretty inadequate for not having acquired a higher-education degree of some type.
While I surely agree that such a degree is a huge advantage in today's work world, I have to wonder what the best educational path for som…
Because I need to use a bastard version of Firefox on this ancient Apple G5 I thought that the problems might be here, so I didn't raise the question on MFO. The situation here is pretty much like Crash describes- repeated efforts to log in, inabili…
Personally, I declare the standard meal allowance (being sure to look up the allowance for the city I'm in), enjoy some fine pho dinners, and pocket the difference.
Shame!!!!!!! I'm reporting this to President Trump in person!
Oh... wait... I'll …
Some deduction items are notorious for attracting the attention of the IRS. The "home office" is one such. How is TT or any other program supposed to prevent IRS questions if you input stuff like that? If you consistently have to pay additional tax …
For some here, posting any comment in Standard English with more than one paragraph is a major challenge. They tend to be a bit envious of some others.
The article simplifies the problem to the point of absurdity. The "set aside" part is not a bad start, subject to the observations of msf (above).
The harder part is what does one do with that "10% set-aside". Just leaving it molder in a savings ac…
We currently subscribe to NYT, WSJ, SF Chronicle, Washington Post, and The Economist.
The WSJ, SF Chron, and The Economist are both print & internet; the WaPo & NYT internet only.
From a strictly financial perspective, I'd have to say the …
Corporations are persons, and therefore entitled to all of the prerogatives and benefits due persons (1), except when an obligation as a person is involved (2), then of course they are not.
(1) For example, as persons they are entitled to spend wha…
@Art & @MikeM- Yes, I'm using Schwab for the very same reasons that Art mentioned- wife has absolutely no interest/clue as to what we have or where, so I want a place where there is a human being that she can talk to that can at least explain wh…
Shifting to bear...
@MikeM- I just looked again at the shift stick in my pickup- don't see any gear marked "bear". Is "bear" similar to "reverse"? Would a 4-wheel drive (or the Trumpian economy) have "compound bear"?
:)
@Catch22- This is indeed the story here in the SF Bay Area: contractors are damn near coming to physical blows over "stealing" skilled (and even some not so skilled) workers.
This situation was existing prior to the massive devastating fires in the…
@hank- Trying to recall if that Athens/Crete plane was a small jet or a turbo. Can't remember accurately, but it might very well have been a turboprop.
Probably the worst international flight that we've ever experienced was Olympic Air from SFO to Athens. The cabin attendants not only hated their jobs and their passengers (which might just be a little understandable) but they obviously hated each o…
@Gary's article link goes into some detail regarding Boeing's outsourcing of software engineering to Indian companies, and mentions that this also occurred with production of the 787.
By coincidence, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Federa…
"Boeing Outsourced Its 737 MAX Software To $9-Per-Hour Engineers"
@Gary- At $9/hr perhaps we should be curious about the qualifications of these supposed "Engineers".
Yes, our 1939/1940 cohort was very fortunate in still being able to obtain well-paying jobs with only a high school education + some technical training (building trades apprenticeship, mechanical OJT, or military experience for example). Not so now,…
Never happen. You're at the complete mercy of every internet hacker out there. I keep everything on backed-up local hard drives, with frequent off-site backup via portable hard drives.
I come from a background where we insured that our Public Safet…
