Or like the people who are unable to have jobs, even programming ones, despite being very skilled at it, because their aspergers causes them so many problems that they cannot work in an environment with other people or to deadlines, so, instead they are stuck unemployed, living at home, and terrified about what happens when their parents die and how they will cope, while people make fun of them for being basement dwellers.
Hell is other people. And yes, it is difficult to hold a programmer job in a circus, among self-obsessed, cosplaying sophisticated individualty, bearded and tattooed clowns.
But there are many niches for those who can't stand narcissistic cosplaying mediocrity in charge - craftsmanship of any kind, not necessarily digital. Making good sandwiches will do.
One could be a self-employed, paid open source contributor, a freelancer, a subcontractor, etc. Yes, one probably will never "succeed" in one of valleys sweatshops, but there are always other, less traveled pathways..
Again, Igor Sysoev, who have bootstrapped the project alone, according to his tastes and preferences, and then went back into shadow, leaving all the singing and dancing to those who liked it, is a classic example.
There is also Pirsig's book, Atlas, and a few other good ones.
We could say "Oh, this means there were almost 10 illegal weapons at every raid", but, they were not evenly distributed, just like raiding every house in a dodgy estate will turn up a lot of illegal items, but most of them will be centered in a small % of properties, so, yeah, for 2500 raids, most of them will have returned nothing.
Not almost 10 illegal weapons at every raid. More than 10 raids for every illegal weapon.
Otherwise I agree with you they're likely not to have been evenly distributed, so you can assume there were far more than 10 raids for every raids that produced one or more weapons.
Many seem to misunderstand how large the USA is, how dispersed the population is, and how impractical it is to implement alternate infrastructure to solve the alleged problem. Walking/biking infrastructure is only feasible with high enough population densities; below some threshold, "car culture" absolutely dominates unless you're raising your own food. Grocery stores require a minimum number of recurring customers (and low enough crime rates); given a sufficiently dispersed population, the average viable distance between stores may very well exceed the distance criteria currently defining "food desert", even though people have moved to those areas knowing full well stores were far away.
Following your link, I was surprised there's a "food desert" near my home; yes it may be a bit far from the nearest grocery, but if you live in this area you _must_ have a car and thus have no trouble reaching a ridiculous number of grocery stores.
> but if you live in this area you _must_ have a car and thus have no trouble reaching a ridiculous number of grocery stores.
And because of this mentality, everyone that cannot or will not drive will end up being ripped off with $5 US milk gallons and the like.
What will you do if you find yourself with a minor disability and unable to meet your financial obligations? Take one big hit, sell your underwater property and move to an affordable walkable area (where, exactly)? Or accept the death of the thousand cuts and keep buying at the local kwiki mart, fully aware that their mark up prices are twice or thrice what they should be?
You don't seem to understand my point. I live by the area, so have a clue about how & why it's a "food desert". There is no "local wiki mart" in that area, and the nearest one is just a block from a real grocery store; if you can get to one, you can get to the other. There's not enough population density to support a walk/bike infrastructure that's meaningfully different from existing roads, nor enough customers within the defined range of a grocery store to support one with a walking/biking population. If "you find yourself with a minor disability" you wouldn't be walking or biking there anyway, you'll either drive yourself (you wouldn't live in that area without a car) or get a ride from someone else (if you don't have a car, that doesn't stop practically everyone else around you from having one - this isn't a no-car area). It's a 5 minute drive from the farthest point on that map's "food desert" (in zip code 30040) to a Publix, Super Walmart, Super Target, Ingles, Kroger, Sprouts, and a dozen varying ethnic/local specialty groceries. Drive by the poorest communities and you'll see a car next to every home.
Please understand: in a large portion of the USA, not having a car isn't an option. That's not because of any intentional malice, it's just that grocery stores need a certain volume of customers to be viable, and the population density is low enough that walking/biking is absolutely not an option (no matter how good the infrastructure, for which there isn't the necessary tax base anyway). The infrastructures Europeans & many Orientals take for granted are only possible precisely because of the high population densities and limited quasi-urban distances. Here in the USA, outside [sub]urban areas we're really spread out, not congregating in villages that make local grocery stores & walking paths viable.
I don't see anti-immigration people and Christians being asked to apologize for Breivik, nor all catholic priests being asked to distance themselves from the catholic scandal of the last decade.
"I don't see anti-immigration people and Christians being asked to apologize for Breivik"
Seriously, you don't? I've seen lots of comments where this and that politician or Christian leader is required to apologize "for their involvement" in the Breivik mass murder, which is nuts. All they've done is doubt whether the removal of border controls in Europe is a good idea. That's supposed to be enough for a guilt-by-association to Breivik's crimes as "incitement".
> all catholic priests being asked to distance themselves from the catholic scandal of the last decade.
Catholics absolutely take heat for the various scandals over the years. It's just easier for most of them to distance themselves since few actually practice the faith...
Have you ever sent a letter from Shanghai to Houston? By the time it arrives, the grandkids are already grown. You also neglect the cost: going to the photo lab, having film developed and printed. Buying a stamp, putting things in the envelope. Writing the address. Because since we're talking about not using digital tools, we might as well go back to using darkrooms.
Then you also have the scalability of physical mail: must you now send photos to all concerned participants? You have to make copies of everything and send letters to everyone? Technology improves social relationships; despite the whining about Facebook. In the old days, families living across the world actually communicated less. I live a continent away from my Dad, but each day we are still able to interact via digital means, including seeing each other via video. Facebook is just an implantation detail (that you may not like,) but the overall power of the Internet makes life better, regardless of Luddite complaints to the contrary. It's supremely ironic that some in the HN community have gone from being digital pioneers to being less technologically enthusiastic than our grandmothers.
I really think it comes down to snobbery -- the same attitude that leads people to proudly proclaim "I don't even own a TV,) despite working for a company that has an "-ly" at the end of the name. "Kill your Television" has been replaced with "Kill Facebook." Ned's Atomic Dustbin ought to update their lyrics.
There was a time we didn't take photos. Why do you need them? By the time the recipients meet you in person, the photos will have been outdated. It's just a newfangled thing that people are used to.
PS: Okay, I can see how they MAY be useful for things like news or seeing other planets up close. But that's it.
Added sugar = sugar which is added to a product, and shows up on the ingredient list.
The only fruits you would worry about is fruit juice, because good luck eating 10-12 apples in one session, but you can drink 10-12 apples worth of juice without any problems.
Unless the bully then brings his friends (and they usually have more "friends" than their targets) to have a go at the person who hit them.
I was bullied to shit at school, all anonymously (pre-internet era)....urine soaked chocolates put through my front door, cans of drink emptied and refilled with urine, someone even fired an air rifle through my front door one weekend..not all bullying is "easily" solved by retaliating in kind, and punching someone will have fairly heavy consequences as an adult, so perhaps it is best to learn other ways of dealing with it..."But he started it" does not cut it if someone bullies you at work.
(incidentally, I later found out that it was my "friends" who had been doing this)
