"I wish there were a lot of small/medium companies..." I hear this from a lot of different circles, and I'm not trying to target you, just more or less generically voicing my frustrations. If people wish there were more small/medium companies in the US, then by all means, go to your county courthouse and officially establish a business. You could found a sole proprietorship just to get started. I own a side business and I'm part of ownership at my main job. It's a lot of work, but worth it. If you feel you have a good idea and a good way to form and keep a customer base, then nobody is stopping you. That's one of the greatest aspects of living in the US. And since I'm on my rant now, I often times hear something along the lines that people need to form together to combat something they feel isn't fair in their place of work. While I sympathise with that, I also know for a fact that there aren't a lot of CEO's out there that are waking up asking themselves how they can screw over their employees - that just isn't how the world works. How it does work is often times when times get tough, more than not CEO's and other C-Suite managers will put their own assets on the line to ensure the company can make it through a rough patch. If the rough patch is looking more like the norm, then they may have to make really tough decisions to let some people go. That sucks for them because they're losing talent to (potentially) a competitor. Last thing: if people really don't like that company X doesn't give them some perk - whether that's forming a union or even giving away free popcorn, then start looking for a job that does that stuff!!! Don't expect your employer to just make those changes. Sorry for the rant, but I think it's important to share a view from a different perspective.
So not trying to start something and I'm sure I'll get down voted by just asking this... but what the heck. I do hear comments like that a lot. Could you include references to show proof tweets, rallies, Fox, etc. did incite violence? Maybe there are some (honestly I haven't looked because I really don't follow most of those, I'm too busy at work during the day and just sleep when I get home). Thanks for your thoughts.
Amazing what's been done over the last few months because of Project Warp Speed. Thank you President Trump, Vice President Pence, and of course all of the medical companies that have been participating in these efforts.
I partially agree with you, but it's because I have a certain searching method that I'm comfortable with. I use sed/awk/grep quite a bit. The find command is also useful - but with those utilities, I can quickly search for any string or regular expression I need.
If I'm looking for the word cow in a doc that I think is in a folder (even if it's in subfolders), then I can do this:
grep --color=always -r "cow"
(I like setting color to always, and for some reason I'm too lazy to set up an alias so I don't have to type it)
I can get way more complicated by escaping spaces, looking for certain file types, etc.... really this does about the same as grep though - but still interesting:
find -name ".txt" -o -name ".md" -type f | sed 's/\ /\\\ /'g | xargs grep --color=always -n "cow"
Using these utilities, I've been able to find things in lots of lines of code, or lots of lines of md files.
The new look is annoying, but in my case I'm running a PiHole server. Clicking on ads just presents me with a page not found error.
I guess if I really get tired of the new look, there's other options out there. DuckDuckGo is great and I use them occasionally. Bing actually isn't terrible either, so there's alternatives out there. Maybe I'll give some others a try for a while.
Completely agree with this. In my case, I have a domain at namecheap. I've been using their hosted email for a while now and love it! So glad I left Gmail.
Hmm.. so I agree that it would be awesome to easily port my data from company A to company B. I mean, that would be really great! But I kind of don't think that's an appropriate role for the government. Feel free to disagree, I'm all ears on other opinions, I just don't feel the government should have that type of authority to regulate a company like that.... but maybe that's just me.
So not really a leading question, just curious... why shouldn't I be OK with buying the cheap mega-supermarket brand product? As the consumer, I just want a cheap price - I personally don't really care where the money is going. If small companies can't produce a less expensive alternative, then won't breaking up the larger company just increase costs to the consumer? Thanks for your thoughts.
I think this is a neat idea but have one question. I'm not a chemist but am curious what happens to all that carbon after it's taken in by the tree. Does that carbon become something else? Or does it just kind of hang out in the tree until the tree dies? Once the tree dies, does all that carbon just go back to the atmosphere again? Thanks for any insight!
Just thinking out loud here: it seems like Youtube has been restricting or pulling videos for a variety of reasons. Alternatives are great, but could still succumb to the same outcome. Personal hosting is an option, but not a solution for everyone. Maybe this could lead to a fun weekend project. Imagine something like MediaGoblin paired with git-annex. I really haven't given it any more thought than what I've just written, but could be a fun project!
I see what you're saying about the first part (the illegal part), thanks for your thoughts on that.
I do disagree with your last comment though:
> because America loves the free market, and big business is the enemy of it.
Sure big businesses can raise prices and cause consumers to pay more. But big businesses can also lower prices too by investing in technologies that save money - which we see all the time.
So I guess I don't see big business as the enemy of the free market, after all, there's nothing forcing me to buy from big company A, even if they have a monopoly on a product. The reason is, in a free market, I'm free to discover and pursue ways to side step a monopoly. I don't need the government to help me do that.
I ran across two quotes by Warren that caught my attention:
> "unwind tech mergers that illegally undermine competition"
> "I want a government that makes sure everybody — even the biggest and most powerful companies in America — plays by the rules"
The word "illegally" in the first quote really set off my alarm bells. What have large companies like Amazon, Google, FB, etc. done that is considered illegal in this regard?
The "by the rules" in the second quote is confusing too. What does that mean? Which rules are being broken?
The way I see it: Isn't it the goal of entrepreneurs to be as successful as possible? Let's say I found a way to grow a business to that of the size of some of the bigger ones (which would be awesome). To grow a business that big, consumers obviously like what I'm selling/producing. I get the impression that Warren is saying she doesn't like big businesses because they snuff out the little ones. And maybe that's true, but why is that a concern of the government? There's nothing stopping a smaller company (or even an individual) from coming up with a really good idea and trying that idea out in something like his garage, and then reshaping the next generation... kinda like Amazon did in comparison to Sears. Or Microsoft did with IBM.
I'm sure there's going to be plenty of disagreements on my stance, but I guess I'm just not seeing this problem in the same light as Warren.
In my opinion, I find the Tuple patterns the most interesting way to use Switch Expressions. But (and maybe I'm stuck in my ways), I'm kind of on the fence in terms of using this. On the one hand, it shortens some code, but on the other, it's more difficult to read than an if statement (in the case of tuples).
I guess I'm not completely sold on this yet. I know the big argument in the article was that this is a way to ensure your variable has a value when you go to use it. When I hear things like that, my first reaction is "then write better code if you're running into that problem."
I'm from the midwest and it's been pretty darn cold the last few days. This week is supposed to have a low around -30. I live pretty far out in the country, so I've stocked up my truck with extra hats and coveralls (which I call my bunny suit), and an extra set of boots.
This morning I saw a few cars in the ditch after some ice last night, so stopped to see if anyone needed a ride or just to get out of the cold. In these temperatures, I try to be a little extra mindful of neighbors in need and helping people who are stranded.
Good news though, it's going to be much warmer this weekend, so something to look forward to!
That's true, it is more expected than not. I feel bad if I leave too low of a tip. Unless the waiter actually did a really bad job, which happens - fortunately not often.
Are tips required? I know they're automatically included for large groups (at least where I live). Which I find annoying as a customer.
But actually to your other point. If I'm interested in working as a waiter at some restaurant, but I'm uncomfortable with tips being an expected part of my wage, then why would I either pursue that job, or accept it under those guidelines? Couldn't I work somewhere else instead and get the same amount of money?
I think those points could be applied to most languages. My personal favorite is "Make things embarrassingly obvious." I've been programming for nearly 20 years and I can say without a doubt that's one of the most useful things to keep in mind on large scale projects. Keeping things obvious allows me get through bugs, and get the product to the customer faster.
I've never been part of a union and really don't know much about them. Could be a dumb question, but could someone describe the pros and cons in layman's terms? I usually hear the terms "workers rights", "wadges" and "unions" in the same sentence, so I assume unions are a way to ensure members are all treated the same - in terms of salaries, PTO, etc. If I had an opportunity to join a union, would I accept the wadges that were previously agreed upon by the union/administrative reps? Or, would I have some wiggle room in my salary? For instance, let's say I feel that I'm worth $40/hr, but the union is only paying $30/hr, could I negotiate the higher rate? Sorry for my lack of understanding on this, but I appreciate any helpful comments.
I agree that would be nice, but wouldn't the college/university forecast the estimated cost of tuition over the next 4 years, and factor in an estimated inflation amount? Then they would evenly divide the result. I guess my point is, I don't think it would save the student any money. But I could be wrong, what do you think?
Because Twitter is not a government owned entity, the government should have no right to force the use or means of use of a private tool. Now if the tool was a government utility, it would be a different story.