drakonandor

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by drakonandor 10y ago
The primary obstacle of the "real problems" mentioned is people. For example, consider that: Sometimes people don't want to be helped (see: many homeless) Sometimes leaders don't want their people to be helped, because t
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Perhaps the attitude of "Let's do it!" is exactly what's needed for the first step of solving big, difficult problems?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Twitter had over $2B in revenue last year.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
I can't upvote this enough. I do suppose schools are partly to blame as well - harder exams, harder projects, more people failed is the answer. I've seen Junior year Comp Eng's who somehow passed Digital Logic and Computer Ar
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Projects. Internships. I would never hire a graduate without at least some combination of those. Typically, getting a 'real' internship requires projects anyway so we can just say internship experience. And yes, good chem E candid
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Leave the country? Don't have children if you can't legitimately take care of them? There's so many things a 'better man' father would have done before it got to this point.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
You implied, or rather asked, if the previous poster thinks humans > animals. I replied from a standpoint of assuming you believe a human and an animal have the same value. Thusly, one can only assume that you if you are against eating m
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by drakonandor 10y ago
If you value them as the same, you couldn't really support vegetarian diets either, as little furry mammals do die as a result of farming in general. Granted maybe less death, but you are still obviously valuing the animals as lesser t
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Does shutting down nonsense posts really require perfect civility in the reply? It's the same pattern I see often here... made up story incoming. The original person who spouts nonsense is never hold to account, especially if what they
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by drakonandor 10y ago
You don't say? Well perhaps then maybe not every employee is capable of doing the same quality work of their leadership.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Which practices of theirs do you find distasteful?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Why? Do you consider shareholders to not be smart enough to make their own decisions?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Perhaps because, they're largely happy with the terms of there arrangement?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Can we apply that reasoning to certain drugs or alcohol?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Shareholders do decide. You seem to be implying that shareholders are being cheated, however, if they are actually unhappy they can a. sell (or not invest in the first place if they don't like the representation they'll receive),
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by drakonandor 10y ago
If you're such an amazing leader then why not start your own company?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Rarely any influence? Interesting theory, except, shareholders can, you know, fire and hire the board members at will.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Why do you think that the shareholders don't have a right to offer generous compensation packages to those they consider good leadership talent?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
There are rules (from the SEC as well as often the company board) which prevent executives from selling significant portions of their stakes quickly.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. The only way some people will learn to listen is by failing on their own.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Why assume that Monsanto etc isn't also capable of using data to figure out what works best?
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by drakonandor 10y ago
What? If the baby was made naturally by these parents, it would literally be dead within the first few years of it's life. It's not hard to improve the situation from that.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
There's a lot of misinformation campaigns from the "anti-GMO" companies and crowd who get in the way of an "Elon vision" for the industry. Most anti-GMOers don't even realize that transgenics occur in nature, w
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Each node is an object and has a "checked" variable.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Does this article really concern people without 'adequate literacy'? They are not at a level they have to worry about university costs. (Of course, their schools should be improved)
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Water often has some levels of fluoride naturally.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Because their own leaders/people don't want them to.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
We have certainly attempted to end hunger and done a pretty good job, however, certain parties and our own reluctance to meddle prevent us from fully accomplishing our goals.. e.g. we know for a fact that very little of the aid going to NK
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Your comment might have more weight if Indians weren't queuing up to work in USA.
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by drakonandor 10y ago
Wow, that is really good.

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