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Trust is earned, so at the beginning you give people the benefit of the doubt and you have 'faith' that they are trustworthy. But don't call it trust. Trust takes time. And regardi…

Reminds me of "It's a Wonderful Life".

I have been asked to write monthly IT-related articles for an industry (direct-sales) newsletter. The articles are to educate the industry's businesses without being overly 'techie…

This is why I can't understand age discrimination. We oldies have a wealth of experience which we can turn to. How can a new programmer have a "gut feel" which should be listened-t…

My kids school had a career night where parents from all sorts of different jobs came to answer kid's questions. I was the IT rep and I thought I would be inundated with kids all n…

Yes, and the State and society is fine with that judging by the fact that we understand the severe consequences of tobacco, alcohol, and opiates and they remain legal. For example,…

You cannot use harm as an argument unless you also include tobacco, alcohol, and opiates. These are the drugs that kill directly and indirectly. We know this, we've known this for …

Don't think of it as legalising another drug; think of it as expanding the rights of a person to own their own body. What right does the State have to legalise and promote one drug…

Yeah, maybe I should travel more.

I was born in NZ but the family moved when I was 2. I recently got NZ citizenships by descent for my kids because I want to give them the option to move to there if all hell breaks…

Don't agree with this at all. Pricing should never be up to the client and their ability to pay. And also, you will have to keep track of every customer and their individual prices…

Agreed. I got my PP license 40 years ago on a 172, then 4 years ago went thru training again to renew but quit due to the condition of the planes (all 150's, 172's). I also quit be…

The market's invisible-hand benefits. If this corporation is toxic, then it fails and in it's place will come a better, more ethical, more resilient corporation.

I think what JPMorgan fails to realise is that their entire business will be subject to automation. In a way they are signing their own death warrant. Obviously they will reap the …

Anything that reduces the oppression of women is a good thing. Freedom is the ability to make choices.

I would say change one's attitude from a technical-person who happens to make money programming, to a business-person who writes code. You must put business first and understand th…

Just shows that every financial decision regardless of political system is driven by incentives.

That 9% is a sham. Here's the critiera for an substance addiction which only needs 2 to be checked. Note the 1st 4 points and the Tolerance point. It's easy to see how 9% checked 2…

What does it matter since the prohibition of cannabis has never been about harm. You can have all the studies in the world and it won't matter a damn... and my proof of this? Why i…

You can have all the technology in the world but eventually what censorship really means is someone else stopping you from speaking your mind, and that person can be benign or mali…

> it doesn't benefit society as a whole... But there is no benefit to society by incarcerating someone removing the possibilities of a functioning life. Does Louisiana benefit by h…

> And because Americans are somewhat punitive in nature. Yes. Very much so. And at what stage does the word 'punitive' turn into it's next level of synonym: 'sadistic'?

> "Police arrest a heroin addict along the tracks." We humans think that we are intelligent and just, yet I would love someone to explain the wisdom and/or logic behind this policy…

> "Everything happens for a reason." I don't know why people believe this; like there is some grand universal plan. This way of thinking also unnecessarily brings emotion into the …

4th amendment is a farce anyway. Asset forfeiture is a direct violation of the 4th and yet has passed judicial constitutionality tests. Asset forfeiture was never supposed to be us…