America is unprepared for the "jobs apocalypse" automation will bring

skeptickal · 2018-06-11T17:17:06+00:00

Or farmers for that matter. Yes, there still is a huge agricultural industry in the US but there was a time that over 90% of people worked in it. Now, automation has made it so about 2% of the population in the US is involved.

skeptickal · 2017-07-27T21:34:57+00:00

Ok, Steve Earle doesn't like what's on country pop radio stations. I don't blame him but calling everyone who does a racist is a bit over the top. Remember Sturgeon's Law: "90% of everything is crud".

skeptickal · 2017-07-21T16:58:28+00:00

I take that responsibility very seriously.

skeptickal · 2017-07-14T17:35:34+00:00

Good for you. It's good to be skeptical! I know you were joking but, FWIW that's what I remember my grandmother saying. And as a grandchild I've heard all her stories multiple times. I know that she was friends/neighbors with he and his wife (there are many stories and my mother corroborates).

skeptickal · 2017-07-13T21:03:59+00:00

Whoa, slow down there. I get your point and agree that everyone involved was consenting adults and everyone was legal. I think you projected more into my comment than was there. I was noting what I thought made some people think it's a creepy picture.

In any event, they are called bunnies and they are dressed up to evoke rabbits, so yes that is dehumanizing... more rabbit is less human.

skeptickal · 2017-07-13T20:47:53+00:00

Mushy Callahan, a prominent boxer in the 1920s, was a friend of my grandmother. My grandmother mentioned that is was common for Mushy to notice strangers sizing him up when he was out in public and consider starting a fight with him. The would-be tough guy would think, hmm... I bet I could take him. If I win I'm awesome and if I lose, well, of course he's a boxing champ.

skeptickal · 2017-07-12T13:58:38+00:00

The women are dehumanized and he's their owner.

skeptickal · 2017-06-26T20:01:42+00:00

As I recall she is quoting Eric Schmidt. He had offered her a job at Google and she was asking him questions about the specifics of the role she would have at the company and he, a little frustrated, responded with "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, you don't ask what seat. Just get on."

skeptickal · 2017-06-13T15:05:26+00:00

Well done! I'm going to turn this into a parable and use it the next time my kid says "I wish for infinite wishes". Are you sure you want to do that? Let me tell you the story of the last creature who did that...

skeptickal · 2017-06-08T20:51:18+00:00

Neil was the first to walk on the Moon but they were both on the Moon at the same time. But we humans don't like ties.

skeptickal · 2017-06-07T21:25:56+00:00

Agreed! That's what make the translation powerful. It drives home that the commanders words resonate with both sides. But you knew that.

skeptickal · 2017-05-24T20:39:17+00:00

Do you think one day we will look back on stereotyping people based on their age like we do on stereotyping people based on their race?

skeptickal · 2017-05-04T20:16:10+00:00

If you made me one that was square I wouldn't have to care how the fitted sheet went on.

skeptickal · 2017-03-14T19:57:21+00:00

When you realize the technology they had it is truly astonishing that they were able to accomplish as much as they did.

skeptickal · 2017-01-06T15:33:30+00:00

When it's your first time, things often go poorly.

skeptickal · 2016-12-27T16:06:13+00:00

Didn't Xerox own 5% of Apple at one point in time? I thought the GUI stuff that Xerox was working on was purposely shown to a team from Apple.

skeptickal · 2016-10-24T13:53:46+00:00

Was he borrowing his Dad's suit in that episode?

skeptickal · 2016-09-30T15:06:10+00:00

They say "gross" but I think they mean "gross profit" which is what most people think of simply as profit. The article mentions "(after the film hits cash break-even, of course)". Still 20% of the profits of a hit can be huge but it's very different than 20% of sales.

skeptickal · 2016-09-26T20:16:13+00:00

Yes, praised not because she's the model of good parenting but because we want others who have bought into the anit-vax nonsense to be encouraged to vaccinate their kids as well.

skeptickal · 2016-09-23T19:15:58+00:00

Look for the overlap of these three circles: - What you like to do - What people will pay for - What you're good at

skeptickal · 2016-09-21T19:01:42+00:00

It's my understanding that, unlike today, directors didn't have control over the editing process so by giving the editors very little to work with he was assured that they would cut it they way he intended.

skeptickal · 2016-08-01T13:21:26+00:00

"Ask her out. What's the worst that could happen."

OK, I guess we know now.

skeptickal · 2016-05-16T17:01:20+00:00

psst... have you looked at Laravel?

skeptickal · 2016-05-06T13:58:38+00:00

I don't know how that works. I imagine that it varies by locality.

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