So why use it for Air Force One or critical leadership functions at all? Why not instead use it for dignitary use, heads of state flights for poorer country's leaders to fly in style? Flying celebrities and other personnel on humanitarian or 'emissary' style missions? There's ZERO reason CRITICAL personnel has to go on this, but there's NO reason that this can't be turned into an opportunity to give the experience of both private and government sanctioned people doing good work for and by this country a wonderful experience without it threatening our leadership or putting other using more important aircraft... You know? Pay it forward?

An 'assets only' sale of a corporation is a scam and needs to be treated accordingly by the legal system. Imagine creating a company that takes everyone's money, then giving that money and anything invested with that money to another individual or company, then filing for bankruptcy with the liabilities. The new corporate owner isn't just liable for those liabilities. But the claim that it's an asset only sale is no different than saying they're fully aware of the scam and challenging anyone to do something about it.

I spent an extensive amount of time in Mexico, where I was regularly referred to as "cracker". Most of the time, it was intended in a derogatory way. I didn't take it as such. I just found it funny. "Yep, I'm a white guy", I'd say in Spanish. At no time did I disrespect what THEY wanted to call me there. I accepted it. Perhaps it's time those throwing a lawsuit like this around start learning what freedom of speech really means. It also means we're free to name anything whatever we want and it's YOUR choice to be offended by what we name things. A manipulative lawsuit because you're offended is your issue. Not the US's nor is it Google's issue. There's a reason the 'when' and 'where' this lawsuit was filed isn't mentioned. No court outside the US has jurisdiction over this matter, and no court in the US will honor it.

If you don't control the narrative, and outline what's fact and what's fiction, then EVERYTHING can be perceived as fact. It's not a hallucination. It's a byproduct of model censorship without a controlled narrative and established timeline. Something we dealt with at the NSA some 21 years ago.

I went to Thunderbird - and had a number of people I'd met from other countries during my program - Guatemala, Japan, Canada, etc. None of which were in IT but none of which had any issues, as you described, finding work anywhere they wanted to live. I wasn't picky about wages, I'm fluent in Spanish, and have worked abroad on behalf of a US based entities - so moving wasn't my issue. In observing the workplace abroad, I with exceeding rarity never came across Americans working abroad, and never did I see them working in IT. So I'm not quite sure what the deal is/was. It felt like a latent discrimination or paranoia of American IT workers held by foreign nations as I tried in vain to find positions in places like London, Paris, and Hong Kong - where plenty were advertised, but none would bite. In contrast. Your observations are absolutely something I experienced as well. In my traveling and working abroad - 3 month consulting stints mainly - I met tons of people from around the world - like you said, France, Ireland, Senegal, South Africa, Argentina - and more - all working in similar capacities as I'd desired on a full time basis. At first I thought it was me, but once I realized ALL these places I came into contact with had NO Americans whatsoever in IT, I realized it wasn't about me, and there was something else going on. What, precisely, that is. I don't know - that was back in between 2009 to 2015 when I traveled to around 20 countries in total, half representing a US/domestic entity in a consulting role I was looking to jump ship from to land abroad. I have no logical explanation for it, and why it's so easy for someone - say a really good friend of mine from Guatemala - to get a job in Germany at Mercedes Benz as an industrial engineer. Like I said. It's either something related to a latent discrimination of American IT personnel, that may carry over to other fields.

Not from my personal experience. Which is where I was coming from. Even in a high demand field like IT with an MBA, I found it all but impossible to find work abroad. While internet evidence might suggest otherwise, I found that evidence patently false. Smoke and mirrors to the reality.

Having worked all around the world, from first hand experience he's right. Other than software development, America's behind other countries when it comes to hardware and related manufacturing for this very reason. And the most difficult part is - unlike America's track record for the last 40 years, these other countries don't accept 'highly skilled' immigrants like the US does - which means that as other countries advance and maintain closed and tightly controlled immigration policies - this acts as a financial drain to the US. The solution, as unpalatable as this may seem, is to become protectionist as a nation, to adopt similar policies as technological leaders in immigration, tighter border restriction, developing a better social and welfare system, and the US taking care of itself as a nation with its policies FIRST.

For me, it's Everquest, with Worlds of Warcraft following a close second. BOTH outlined the pros and cons of a market oriented systems, providing a glimpse into what drives supply and demand and associated costs, and what WOW did even better with this for me was it demonstrated the bridge/divide between real world systems and the issues presented with trade between closed economies (eg Cuba) versus open economies. Then. There's the added benefit of learning about massive systems of scale and different approaches to dealing with network traffic. Working for the government and corporations around the world, this DIRECTLY translated to better multi-user software and system design for yours truly. So between the unparalleled lessons I got with multi user systems AND with supply and demand and market based economies, the most personally influential games are these two.

If I watch a show and it doesn't have something redeeming about it - at least one character I don't mind watching, a story, interesting setting.... Then I'm out. Now if things don't start coming together for the show as a production and have me entertained by the 3rd episode.... I'm out. No, I won't give a show 6 episodes if it's like watching paint dry. That's just a waste of my time.

The researchers took a very specific species of ants (P. longicornis) which are well known to excel at 'cooperative transport' and collective behavior. They then took completely random children ages 10 and above and adults who responded to an advertisement at the Weizmann Institute of Science, with no prior relationship. In order to properly answer the question "Are Ants Best Humans At Test of Collective Intelligence", and in order for this test to be scientifically valid, either random ants from random species would need to be collected and compared against, or groups of humans well known for their collective ability to work together (eg SEAL teams, Green Berets) would need to be compared against. I think we all know how quickly this flawed demonstration of poor selection criteria would fundamentally alter the results. With articles like this not questioning the basic validity of experiments like this appearing in what should be reputable publications, its no wonder all peer reviewed science is being justifiably questioned nowadays.

Oh hey, look there, another "scientist" predicting the end of the world. If I had a nickle for every one of these, I'd be a billionaire.

Having worked as a programmer for call centers. Dealing with time zone changes is always hard coded and is a pain in the ass to change. I'd say no because there's (1) no tangible benefit to the population as a whole to doing it /and/ (2) There's a great deal of cost associated with changing systems dependent on tracking time zone changes. Not everything needs to fall victim to the 'efficiency' blade.

The real issue here is lawyers don't understand the internet, search is the real monopoly issue - it's a service that is the real issue - but there's zero comprehension of this in the DOJ which is made painfully clear here. This 'idiocy' in a punishment would be like punishing Ford for being a monopoly on Model T vehicles way back when and then ordering them to stop subsidizing toll roadways. Hopefully. Google says no. Draws this out in litigation and REAL lawyers and lawmakers who actually understand technology and software find their way into the DOJ to come up with better solutions. Because this isn't even a good one.

Whoever the rocket scientist was who sold them on this technology thinking that an employee trained in their proprietary touch screen interfaces would be slower in comparison to the patron needs to be sacked. Not being a patron of fast food much at all, these things make me not want to go inside.

He should apologize for making this statement. That's all.