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Comment Re:Sold his stock (Score 1) 98

Thanks for the museums. Seriously. Kids in SJ have all grown up with field trips to those and it’s amazing to think you gave up billions to fund museums for everyone rather than buy an NBA team. We met a few times in the 90s at the eyeglasses store in Oakridge Mall and you were always more smiles than frowns.

Comment Re: Sold his stock (Score 1) 98

The stress of the interview gives you a better insight into how they will react when presented with an unexpected situation. I’d never want a bullshitter on the team. A quick, “I don’t know offhand. I could look into it. Why do you ask?” is better to figure out their motivation, if there’s a project related to that, or how it’s important to them. In my career it has always benefitted me more to not give bullshit answers and get more understanding of what the client needs. The interviewer can tell immediately if that person is trained to think that way rather than an individual contributor who sees only a task to be completed.

Comment Re: more jobs need the union apprenticeship system (Score 1) 122

I"m in a union, and I am a white collar employees. COMputer programmer and data analysis. Our organization also has a union for business analyst.
There have been teacher unions for decades.

A union is jsut a group of people with a contract around working right, policy, and wages. Can be any group.

Comment meritocracy is a myth. There is no such thing (Score 1) 122

In order to have a meritocracy, all people must have the same start. SOme oney, same education opportunities.
Of course, there is no real definition to meritocracy either.

Remember, the term 'meritocracy' was created as a pejoratively.

IT also relies on whos merit? Bezos is a billionaire, but it was from him, it was his workers. Should the people who created his site, the engineers the built it for him have the real merit?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Some people hear a word and then jsut assume it's good without actually reading up, and that needs to stop.

Comment Re:And Shortened Length of More Deadly Cold Waves (Score 1) 67

" Fewer people die of heat than die of cold. "
More people will die from the heat. See: dew Point.

"Longer growing season."
lol, excessive heat is bad for crops. And some areas of the earth are already losing farming capacity, not higher yields. major commodity crops like corn, rice, and oats are starting to experience reduced yields due to heat stress and changes in water availability.

" Bring on the CO2."
We produce more CO2 then the plants can handle. BTW, too much CO2 is bad for plants. Just like to much O2 is bad for people.

"We can handle the heat. We will be fine."
Why can't you people grasp the simple fact that as we keep producing more greenhouse gasses, the heat will keep going up? WHy are you so ignorant you think civilization can stand that level of heat growth?

Comment Re:Toughts and Prayers (Re:Sure it has) (Score 1) 67

Corporations are doing it to power AI.
Nuclear is alway used to attack green energy.

I love that you have such faith in corporations dealing with nuclear waste, in spite of decades of improper stores and illegal waste dumping.
What CEO would cut corners that can lead to catastrophe a decade from now for a bonus today, amirite?

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