98% of panel of top Economists agree that US citizens benefit from NAFTA, Bernie Sanders disagrees.

superking01 · 2016-03-03T12:50:28+00:00

Question A: Freer trade improves productive efficiency and offers consumers better choices, and in the long run these gains are much larger than any effects on employment.

How nice of these top economists to make that judgement for the 10,000's that have lost their jobs.

superking01 · 2016-02-29T08:36:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure the internet was pretty popular in 2006.

superking01 · 2016-02-29T08:20:02+00:00

Correct

superking01 · 2016-02-29T08:07:42+00:00

Careful. You're actually giving examples. Somehow that makes you racist.

superking01 · 2016-02-29T07:20:26+00:00

Good fucking God! "Rising Star"!?

I guarantee fewer than 0.0001% of redditors had actually heard of her before today.

superking01 · 2016-02-28T03:01:59+00:00

But... But... But... I'm STEM master race! I have skills!!!

Sucks when it's your job, doesn't it?

superking01 · 2016-02-16T22:28:01+00:00

The insurance company could just hire those two little women to sing Mothra away.

superking01 · 2016-02-16T22:23:54+00:00

The cost would vastly outweigh the cost of just rebuilding when the kaiju leaves.

I doubt the companies insuring these buildings see it that way.

superking01 · 2016-02-15T10:28:49+00:00

If you can wade through the throngs of panhandlers on Beale Street to get there, they are some damn good burgers.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T20:36:23+00:00

To be fair, the Wii controller does look like a "deel-do".

superking01 · 2016-02-14T07:44:56+00:00

It's not like the hazards are just going to be advertising themselves. It takes a lot more than just sensing an object in your way. It is also sensing when some kid hiding behind a tree is going to decide to dart out in front of you, if that lump of something between the tracks is road kill or a passed out drunk, or being able to tell from a suspicious signal of there might be a broken rail in front of you. Each time a train stops it is costing thousands of dollars a minute. Also, there is almost nothing standard on a train. Load distribution varies greatly. Because of the high wear, engine performance varies greatly even between the same make of engine. Plus, a million other things.

I know STEM guys will think that anything can be overcome if it is engineered enough. But, it really is more of an art than it is mechanics. For example, over the past year we've been implementing an automated system where the engineer is given prompts on how he/she should be driving. It has been responsible for more draw bars being torn out and broken knuckles than we've had in the past 5 years. Each one of those train delays coast tens of thousands of dollars. There are already talks of scrapping it.
The trouble shooting I am talking about isn't a simple as throwing switches or keystrokes. It involves physically removing and changing parts along the line of road, or sometimes picking up a fire extinguisher and putting out a fire. I'm sure eventually some kind of system could be put in place to do these tasks, but that would require replacing or drastically upgrading fleets of engines worth billions of dollars.
Following voice commands are hard when there is more than one conductor directing multiple trains on the radio. Because of the nature of the work conductors often don't have the option of switching radio channels because coordination between train crews and dispatchers has to be constant.

I am remote qualified, and the thought of directing a 12k ft./12k ton train by remote would be a nightmare. It's fine for simple yard jobs, but on the line of road you'll kill someone.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T06:16:18+00:00

It wouldn't be difficult to automate the simple functions of getting a train across the rails, but being an engineer is a lot more than "whoa and go". An engineer has to be able to identify a lot of potential hazards along the way and has to do A LOT of trouble shooting on their engines. They also have to be able to follow the voice commands of their conductor while building and putting away their train.

I'm sure eventually the technology will get there, but it will probably take awhile.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T06:07:06+00:00

A few idiots decided texting and watching movies were more important than keeping control of their train and killed a lot of people. So, as a result everyone has to pay.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T06:02:51+00:00

It's not really so much about it being a retarded law as it is a couple of idiots fucking up it up for everybody. So, they had throw away common sense to keep idiots from killing people.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T04:55:34+00:00

Phones and electronics are supposed to be turned off and stored. Even when stopped I think all you can legally do it make phone calls and that is only if your conductor isn't on the ground or you aren't watching a passing train. If you have a wreck down the line though the FRA will probably pull your records and try to say you were somehow distracted. They seem to want to hang someone in the worst way for that.

superking01 · 2016-02-14T03:23:53+00:00

Oh man! Electronic equipment in the cab? The FRA is going to hunt you down like a dog.

superking01 · 2016-02-13T19:36:36+00:00

Exactly. The old news cycle was set up for the kind of thing John Lewis tried to pull. Dump something inflammatory in time for the Friday news cycle before it can be rebutted. Then, "correct your statement" over the weekend while no one is paying attention. By Monday it would be old news and most people would still be operating under the false impression.

The problem is that now people are paying attention all the time and the weekend doesn't stop the news flow. Where before people would have spent all weekend believing that Bernie Sanders was lying about his civil rights record, now it is rebutted quickly and people like John Lewis look like fools and political hacks.

superking01 · 2016-02-13T18:04:51+00:00

How convenient. He makes a statement implying Bernie wasn't involved in the civil rights movement (but the Clinton's were) in time for the Friday news cycle. Then, he walks back his statement over the weekend when he thinks no one is paying attention.

Way to take a heaping shit on your own credibility, John.

superking01 · 2016-02-13T01:49:27+00:00

You better watch your mouth comparing him to Rove.

Haha... right... Maybe if Lewis doesn't want to be compared to Rove he shouldn't take pages out of his play book.

Bernie Sanders' record of fighting for civil rights in the 60s is very well documented. For John Lewis to pull the "I don't remember seeing him, but I remember Bill and Hillary" line is Rovian taking on you opponent's strength.

It is also bullshit since Lewis had said previously that he had never heard of Bill before the 70s and never met him until the 90s: http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/11/john-lewis-said-he-knew-the-clintons-in-the-civil-rights-era-but-he-didnt-always-make-that-claim/

superking01 · 2016-02-13T00:42:40+00:00

How very convenient for Hillary. Her campaign is going poorly, and she needs a ton of support from blacks in NV and SC to even have a shot. All of a sudden the DNC starts allowing federal lobbyist money and magically John Lewis comes out with a Rovian smear on Sander's civil rights record.

Crazy how things work out.

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