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Honest question. I'm not white ; do many white people in America really truly believe high school history as it is taught?
i.e that white people invented absolutely everything and Europe is the only old world with history worth studying? Then again maybe it's changed in the past 15 years?
About a billion people agree with you, and a billion people don't.
The other several billion do not give a shit, even under the most promising of conditions, because they have real, actual, human problems in their modest, meager, live-a-day lives.
Are you fucking stupid, sir? Or are you simply ignorant? Do you not understand this is the very meta-issue that finds itself under debate? Are you incapable of abstract thought?
Yeah. In Europe, cars treat bikes like vehicles, and bikes treat cars like vehicles.
In America, bikers simply do not follow the laws they are supposed to - and neither do cars. It's not really a "bike is victim" paradigm - it's more like nobody pays any attention to the god damn laws, at all. Because the fucking cops don't enforce the rules!
They give tickets to speeders and red light runners but NOT - NEVER, in fact, to people who don't signal when turning or changing lanes, people who drive too slowly in the fast lane, people who pass on the right, people who stop in the middle of the street to wait for a parking spot, people who do not use turn lanes appropriately, people who stop at yellow lights, people who drive too slowly, people who do not yield to pedestrians, people who block driveways, people who turn left or U-turn illegally, people who ... the list goes on for miles.
Bicycle riders make all these same mistakes as well.
I think it's just technology adoption lag. Cruisers have had these cameras on their dashboards (dash cams) for a while now. At first with resistance but now it's saved more cops than burnt.
This entire article is nonsense. People in SV buy expensive cars, boats, planes, flashy watches/jewelry, and all the other shiny things that rich people in LA, NY, and Florida/Texas buy.
There's also a very poor underclass and a shrinking middle class - just like everywhere else. It's suburban America with boring office parks and shitty chain restaurants and Target stores and burrito stands just like the other 95% of the state/region. Everything is just way more expensive because there's so much money floating around here.
Islands is actually a fairly large chain in southern california (where all that is good and bad in hamburgers come from) and they make pretty damn delicious burgers and Mexican-American food, especially for a "theme" chain restaurant.
For some reason it's not as popular as it used to be, which is a shame :( I think it's tough for them to compete against the heavily saturated advertising of Chili's, TGIF, Outback that sort of thing. They're kind of in a weird spot with tough competitors, even though they're way better in terms of the actual food they make.
They're probably resisting the pressure to serve food out of microwaves and bags, and paying the price :(
You were the head of marketing and you didn't know who your own customers were? ... Excuse me?
If you feel you were wronged, sue them for what you feel is right and move on as quickly as possible. This entire situation sounds insane. Either you or they are completely off the rocker.
From the wikipedia:
Before joining Oracle, Benioff worked as an assembly language programmer at the Macintosh Division of Apple Computer, where he was inspired by the company and its co-founder, Steve Jobs.
High school entrepreneur, Apple Macintosh assembly hacker, standout Oracle executive... this guy is the real deal, the true exceptional case that you take a risk on, not the money-less 'business' (and I do put that in quotes) guy most people run across day to day.
> great businesspeople are undervalued
Nitpick: by definition, great businesspeople have lots of money (value).
You should say that business people with an unknown track record are possibly undervalued.
Which is really not saying anything at all, other than it's hard to tell the future.
"Hey Markus, you forgot to give me the information XYZ in time!"
The most important thing to realize is that this is a test; he is testing whether or not you know how to play this game; whether or not you can be relied upon in the future to work together at this game against common opponents (not necessarily enemies, but roadblocks). In this case, author failed the test, and boss's-boss now knows that he will never be able to count on author to advance a common goal without fear of putting his foot in his mouth.
I'm a straight male so from my personal experience, women also do this in relationships. They will test you relentlessly, just like your backslapping male buddies will give you shit. It's the same exact game, with inverted strategies. In a sexual relationship or good friendship, you're expected to be dominant and talk back to these tests, in a professional relationship, you're supposed to subordinate yourself to organizational superiors.
It's really not that complicated, you just have to use your brains and your balls at the right times. You don't even really need to be a smooth talker or a great politician, it's really just about context.
This kind of thing is inherent in an elite education, and inherent in some peoples' personalities. Most people without an elite education, elite parents, or natural ability are never taught this, and they basically fuck it up at every opportunity possible until they catch on or are explicitly taught this.
This is a fantastic article - something wannabes definitely need to be seeing - Instagram started when he was TWELVE YEARS OLD. I hope this article goes into a series like uses.this.
I personally also got a kick out of this one because I had an extremely similar 'start' - Doom levels and script kiddie maliciousness - amazing. Unfortunately it starts to diverge when he got accepted into Stanford and started kickin' it with internet billionaires and instead I went to UCSD and spent most of my free time drinking microbrews by the beach LOL.
Guess that's why I'm not the guy who made Instagram! Now I know. :)
but I also never got any of my stuff back
Well, did you ask? And by ask, I mean have a lawyer ask for you.
The good ones are already doing consulting work for the cops, FBI, military, intelligence, etc. There are countless books and movies and news reports about this, from organized crime informants, document forgers, computer/network hackers, international espionage, heist masterminds... the list goes on and on.
The majority of crooks - the 'ex-cons' you're talking about - are just shitty petty criminals or violent idiots, and get caught and punished. Why would anyone hire a shitty crook to do counter-intel against a job they failed at previously?
So in other words (for men) to get the most responses from dating sites, be happy and white and wear sunglasses in an outdoor setting with a 5 o'clock shadow and show your fit body?
In other words be a rugged, outdoorsy, all-american white guy.
Pretty sure this is only confirming what was already common knowledge.
Oh, right, the mountains :)
so when trucks would drive their chips out to California, some of the seals would open up due to the pressure difference between the high altitude air and the air sealed inside the bag
This is backwards, isn't it? Less dense air from Colorado would shrink the bag in California.
I'm guessing the 10 year plan is they're going to start competing with orbitz, travelocity, priceline, tripadvisor, flightcaster, hipmunk, everyone in the travel space basically.
Let's not forget about cars, trucks, bikes, why not start competing with zipcar, Hertz, Budget, Enterprise? Sometimes you need a car when you travel, right?
Commercial REITs are getting into the rental space as well, they might have some sort of deal lined up with large players. Let's also not forget about coworking spaces for when you want to get work done on the road...
Airbnb for play, airbnb for work, airbnb for commercial real estate, airbnb for wheels, airbnb for...
1,000 employees? For what?
The difference is Samsung is a massive wholesaler of critical phone components to pretty much every other manufacturer, including Apple.
Ever heard of a "reference implementation"?
The linked page to me looks like a marketing sheet for a part, not a product.
You should go look up the definition of "profit". It doesn't include salaries and benefits, which are called "salaries" and "benefits".
Grocery stores aren't very profitable.
What I meant was the internet helps me do things in the real world.
Life before the internet was incredibly boring most of the time. You spent the majority of your free time figuring out ways to wring the most value from the 10% of time spent doing actual things with actual people.
A lot of it was filled with TV and moving around needlessly (to get things, to send things, to be somewhere at a certain time to pick up the phone...). It really sucked.
And how exactly does reading self-help books affect how other people behave?
LOL yeah, in a perfect world. Here in reality, people are contemptuous.
Wow, Japan, where they worship white people.
How adventurous and original of you. Did you think of that one all on your own?
I find it somewhat cute you think New York and Europe have aggressive drivers. In my experience, with the exception of Rome, they basically follow the rules and give right of way. Boston is worse than NY. Nobody even stops at red lights.
Try visiting Asia. They actively try to hit pedestrians to teach them a lesson, especially in large cities like Shanghai in China (TW and SG and JP are a bit better).
The opposite end of the spectrum is Denver, CO. People just wander around in the streets. It's a known thing. The cab drivers all hate it.
My point is that the culture of LA allows it, so you should do it. LA isn't any of these places. And yes, I'm bragging about how well traveled I am right now.
> Here in Los Angeles it is not too uncommon to see people crossing a street
I live in SM and work in West LA. Most of the crosswalks simply don't have lights. Not even the ones in the ground that flash yellow. If you don't go for it, you'll never cross because there's no reason for anyone to stop.
"Feminized" (and I disagree with this characterization because - have you met any females in latin or european countries? Quite assertive.) men would just stand there, waiting for traffic to stop. I see that here a lot from clueless people.
Locals like me just charge into traffic on foot, consequences be damned. I just walk in front of a 50MPH vehicle and stare them down and dare them to run me over. Hasn't happened yet. Try it some time, that's livin' ;)
I'm 100% sure you're wrong.
> Changing the world doesn't necessarily mean you're going to somehow rid the world of broke, sick, and starving people
That's why it sounds so ridiculous.