Pretty much this, except for networking/phone systems.
I work in a team of 5 people but only 3 of us are in the rotation currently (one is a new guy and hasn't been added, the other is on call for another department that he used to be a part of and they haven't transitioned his...
I had an iguana growing up that we would let run around my bedroom with the door closed (since we had dogs and a cat). On warm sunny days he would love to sun himself on that gap between a window and the screen with the window open and screen in. One day I turn around and he isn't there and...
Ask what the salary band is for the position. If they won't tell you then I'd be thinking they pay crap. If they pay market rates for the position, then why hide the band?
The government does not force people to get vaccines. However, if you choose to attend public schools without getting vaccines then the school system absolutely has the right to bar your kid from coming to school. If you want to play ball in the public/private school system, then play by their...
Also, I highly recommend this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzbtSeVZeEE. It's a great TED talk (also talks about the transgender girl from Maryland/Maine I forget which who won the court case to use the female restroom).
Please point to all the lobbying done. I won't go so far as to say there is not lobbying, but the "lobbying" being done is next to nothing compared to what lobbying goes on in Washington. Look at Comcast and net neutrality among others. There might be a few hundred thousand a year spent for...
This.
Drugs are stupid expensive to go through the trials for approval, and have a low approval rate. This is an excellent video describing the problem in an easy to understand way, and a pretty interesting solution.
http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_stein_a_bold_new_way_to_fund_drug_research
Pretty much what these two said.
A) go to maps.google.com, switch to aerial/satellite view, and zoom out until the cars look just like little dots. That's about what it will look like at altitude when you jump
B) stick your hand/head out the window of your car on the highway doing 80-100...
Gravity 8.5/10 - So first I should put out there I've been looking forward to seeing this since I saw the first trailer for it. I was really glad to see it had high ratings on RT as well, and finally got around to watching it tonight. So without giving much away I thought it was a pretty well...
They are different causes of the inability to have children biologically, but the result is exactly the same. The argument is it's not right/moral/ethical to hide that you can't have kids from your partner. It doesn't matter if the reason is because you were born a man, you are biologically...
The bolded sentence is exactly right. Transgender individuals, unless they transition as a kid (although that situation gets into another side of it), have generally lived their whole lives hiding that they identify with the other gender. The vast majority, if not all of them, will tell a...
That's a fair, and valid, question.
There is the phrase "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." Now obviously we all know that is a joking phrase and very basic inductive reasoning. You can make a robot that fits those...
We don't know her medical history (nor should we), so we can't say for certain when she transitioned. However, this would not have been decided at 3 years old. Period. If you think otherwise then you have no idea how the entire diagnosis and transition process occurs and frankly have no right to...
You can certainly question things. That's how science works. You question it. However, you're questioning something that is well established in the scientific community of the people who deal with this on a daily basis. They are the experts on this topic, not you (unless you have expertise in...
Identifying as a gender is usually done by age 3 (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity, and since you don't want to read that the original sources:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/228219/gender-identity...
I can't understand how you're not ok with it.
Actually wait, I can understand how you're not okay with it. It's basically people saying that same sex marriage will take the country down the shitter as you say. Just as people saying interracial marriages and desegregating schools and other...
Wikipedia cites the sources. A quick 5 minute Google search could find numerous studies done on gender identity research. You would rather stick your head in the sand and go "nah nah nah can't hear you, I win."
Either educate yourself or remove yourself from the conversation. It's akin to...
No it does not require a binary. And a lot of transgendered individuals, and non-transgendered individuals, have aspects that are male and others that are female.
Gender is not binary. Period. You might be a male or female as far as physical sexual organs is concerned, but that is different than the mental/psychological side of gender. Also the article is about a teenager who has identified as a girl since an early age. Not about a 2 year old saying...
I got into the wrong line of work apparently. I think I could sell my soul for a few million dollars over a few years so that then I could do what I enjoy for the rest of my life. Seems like it's a better way to go than spending years building wealth, then being too old to enjoy it.
My thoughts on his speech:
He starts off talking about Paul Revere and how they attempted to obtain intelligence about British attacks. He lays this as a foundation to showing how we have, do, and will need intelligence. However, here is the flaw with the analogy: the Revere group were also...
Honestly? We don't know. Our best models can only make predictions, which is why we run them hundreds of times and multiple models.
Everybody wants scientists to have some crystal ball answer. They don't. They can present the facts which show that A) we are pumping a lot of CO2 into the...
Climate on the global temperature scale isn't measured yearly. It's a slow process with many variables/moving parts.
Out of curiosity, let's play a game. Let's say that the Pacific expelled a lot of heat, and now is able to be a heat sink again. What happens when that heat sink can no longer...
They attempted to once with the Amash bill which would have basically defunded the NSA. And that vote failed from <10 votes. And that was back before even more information has come out about it from the Snowden leaks. There have been many talks from both sides of the aisle about reforms. Many in...
I'd say there are probably 94 who wouldn't...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/amash-amendment-roll-call-vote_n_3648737.html
Obviously Fox News would spin it that way... But that's a given and wouldn't surprise anybody. And who cares what the GOP thinks? He already thinks the GOP...
This.
I really wish we weren't in this "pick the one who will do the least amount of damage" style of elections. I would not have voted for Obama a second time if the Republicans had put forth a viable candidate. Unfortunately they have let their fringe take over the party so the Democrats...
Valid point that speakers are designed to reproduce sound. However there is definitely a balance between looks and sound reproduction. I can appreciate a speaker for reproducing sound beautifully, but if it looks bad then I will never own it. It's the Me Acceptance Factor (since I don't have a...
Is it fair to brand white supremacists as racists? If you can't own the label then perhaps you should reconsider your position.
They don't sue people who don't join them. They sue people who are legitimately infringing on their rights. And the people who prance around half naked is a small %...
There are many people who don't care. And they aren't the problem as they don't care either way, so they won't crusade against it. Those who oppose it are more likely to get into the situation where rational views are presented to them only harden them to being against it. Even when all of their...
It's you're right to object to SSM (if you do in fact object). Just as it was the right of white men to object to the abolition of slavery. And likewise it was the right of the white men to object to allowing black men to vote. And likewise men could object to allowing women to vote. And white...
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