Hmm, it's been a while, but I though it was the bottom 10% of businesses, and they weren't fired, they were sold. And I don't think it was every year as if they held 10 businesses they would all be gone in 10 years. I think it was more about businesses that weren't performing at a certain level (as in contribution to profit).
His point was to better GE's balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and therefore how the company looked to the stock market and investors. Getting rid of employees, in a right sized business, would hurt productivity and not look that good to investors.
So far as the NYPD is concerned, whose evaluation of the bottom 10% would be used? The union(s) probably have a last hired first fired clause and the bosses already have cozy relationships with the people they are already protecting. Neither scenario would do much to improve the NYPD.
Is it possible that Mr. Whytes actual issue is that libraries don't buy many of the books he publishes? Maybe the problem is the books he publishes rather than that libraries exist (and aren't interested in his books).
Victimized by the Constitution is the one that really snaggles his grits. Emperors (a.k.a. Dictators, Presidents for Life) don't need no stinking Constitution getting in their way.
If they are going to go after the defacers of public statues and monuments then they should certainly target pigeons. I look forward to seeing them capture, indict, prosecute, and incarcerate pigeons by the thousands for publicly doing their business on our Federal treasures.
That might (but I doubt) keep them from going after the other two legged (but wingless) threats.
The message seems to be, be careful which VPN provider you choose. Some of them are shady. Free doesn't appear to be associated with good.
There has also been some cases recently where even with competent VPN providers users opted to use static IP addresses which is a value as it gets around the usual VPN address blocking some websites use (I think Netflix does this and I know Craigslist does this) but is extremely harmful to the whole anonymity thing.
I am wondering if the app will have a Bronx Cheer button and if that will be discernible in the broadcast? It is a useless process if the color doesn't come through. And what about concerns about the umpires? If those aren't audible then we will have to question whether the game is fixed or not. Will the 'beer heer' and 'get your red hots' and 'peanuts' or 'popcorn' or 'crackerjack' be interspersed with the booing and cheering?
This is plainly a weak attempt at making things seem normal when normal is a long way off. Or, it is a play for money, paid eyes on a Video screen rather than bodies in seats is better than nothing.
I wouldn't put it past some anarchistic group(s) to have people out there stirring the pot (so to speak) and creating havoc. However I doubt they are getting paid as where would they get the bucks? Maybe there is some pool of money to cover expenses, but money is too easily tracked these days for there to be something like a gofundme campaign or a not-for-profit organization.
Now if the Feds were there with some evidence, some leads, some clue as to who those anarchist activists were and went after them, then they wouldn't be holding these fishing expeditions by rolling up whomever they come across and doing 'investigative detentions' (right) as suggested above.
Are you telling us that you think these Federal Officers are members of the Pre-Crime unit? The stories are about them taking peaceful protesters off the street. None that I have read have said anything about them about to become violent or commit a crime. How would anyone know? Investigate what, something the Fed thought they were about to do? Think probable cause, there doesn't seem to be any.
That tells us a lot about where you are coming from. Go back.
If he does not in fact step down after losing, things will get a whole lot messier. The first question in my mind, will the military follow their commitment to uphold the constitution rather than follow the orders from the (then) ex Commander in Chief
Those one in ten Americans (statistics wanting, though there is some certainty that there are some) also know absolutely that when you get to the edge, you fall off. To where is a conundrum that has never be clearly elucidated. I keep hoping for some clarity. Not energetically, but curiously.
All those circumnavigators and astronauts and pilots and ship captains and their passengers are just liars. Mean spirited, non conformist liars.
Would a jury of his peers consist of scumbags like him, or just regular people who couldn't find a way to get out of jury duty and are then subject to being overwhelmed by a masterful defense that has no basis in fact?
As in 'nice legs you've got there, wouldn't want anything to happen to them'?
Nah, that kind of behavior is best left to the various law enforcement agencies who actually know how to behave like gangsters, from extensive experience. The problem is getting them interested. Is there any possibility for significant asset forfeiture?
Nice use of the reply to button where we would be sure of whom you were replying to.
But that is the point, some (entities, persons, political parties, etc.) use what they purport to be statistics, as statistics when they are nothing of the sort. If only there were some way to refute these assertions, but without the source material (which often isn't forthcoming and and is a lot of work) that isn't feasible, and that is assuming that the questions asked originally were the correct questions, put correctly. They are often not, but designed to obtain a particular outcome, which is not what the point of the exercise should be, but then...missed opportunities for those seeking the outcome designed.
Unless the presented statistics have been certified by an accomplished statistician, they should be looked askance at. I am not advocating for an additional expense or license or whatever, but unless the entire data set and procedure for establishing the quoted statistic is revealed and questioned, then it is in fact of no value, and should be treated as such, vocally. If we behave this way, then, eventually they will start to present quantifiable information, or present none when they can't actually qualify it. In that case, there will be some other misrepresentation created. Don't you doubt it.
I would be happy with any scientific organization (or person) who made statements, prognostications, or projections, or suggestions, so long as they covered themselves with caveats such as 'so far as we know, but we are still looking' or 'this is our best advice, but we will update you when we know better' or 'this is what we have found so far' or 'there is some hope in, but we don't know yet' and then the promise to keep us up to date, regardless of political considerations.
For me, I don't care if that info comes from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, or Antarctica (unlikely), so long as there is some merit in what they say, they have some prior credibility, and they follow through on their follow through.
Statistics should be objective. It is a shame how few actually understand how to create and then apply them. What we see however is a plethora of statistics that support a position, which may be political, or social, or other, but actually have no basis in reality. That they are meaningless does not preclude the position taker from making hay with them.
That is until the mob of the vocal minority see it differently. See this as a preamble as it is referenced in this which is a discussion about how perceptions change with a few loud voices, right or wrong,
Screaming at the moderators should not change their decisions. Reason and facts might mitigate their moderation choices, and updated reason or facts, but screaming at the moderators because they don't fit your sensibilities of the moment should not.
"Do pieces like this need to be judged against official government and healthcare sources? If so, how is that reconciled with constantly updated information from those sources?"
What government sources? With the strong (but often wrong) Executive declaiming its own experts, how is one to believe the government as a trusted source? Dr. Fauci and the CDC and the WHO have the capability to provide trusted information, if they were not politically compromised. Each of them has been. Trump would have us believe him (not what I would call a trusted source) over the others, and has been doing much to put down reasonable responses to Covid-19, replaced by his desire to energize the economy (which he has little control over) despite the potential harm to human life.
Then, given that there is much we don't know about Covid-19, the way forward is little more than a guessing game, though some guesses (example face masks) are better than others. Open schools, or not, is a question about creating more pandemic hot spots or not, and of course the lives of the students and teachers and faculty. The decision though seems to be in the hands of administrators and politicians, who will not be impacted in the classroom or hallways. That...does not seem right.
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Re: Maybe NYPD would benefit...
Hmm, it's been a while, but I though it was the bottom 10% of businesses, and they weren't fired, they were sold. And I don't think it was every year as if they held 10 businesses they would all be gone in 10 years. I think it was more about businesses that weren't performing at a certain level (as in contribution to profit).
His point was to better GE's balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and therefore how the company looked to the stock market and investors. Getting rid of employees, in a right sized business, would hurt productivity and not look that good to investors.
So far as the NYPD is concerned, whose evaluation of the bottom 10% would be used? The union(s) probably have a last hired first fired clause and the bosses already have cozy relationships with the people they are already protecting. Neither scenario would do much to improve the NYPD.
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Miffed at the market
Is it possible that Mr. Whytes actual issue is that libraries don't buy many of the books he publishes? Maybe the problem is the books he publishes rather than that libraries exist (and aren't interested in his books).
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Re:
Victimized by the Constitution is the one that really snaggles his grits. Emperors (a.k.a. Dictators, Presidents for Life) don't need no stinking Constitution getting in their way.
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Yikes!
That is quite the beatdown. And the judge wasn't even holding a club.
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The most guilty of all
If they are going to go after the defacers of public statues and monuments then they should certainly target pigeons. I look forward to seeing them capture, indict, prosecute, and incarcerate pigeons by the thousands for publicly doing their business on our Federal treasures.
That might (but I doubt) keep them from going after the other two legged (but wingless) threats.
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Re: Re: Re:
Here is the link found in the comment options section of Techdirt. I don't think Techdirt has fully implemented all of the markdown commands.
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Re: Re: Calculated
Not yet. Unfortunately I see these federal actions as a prelude. Trump is demented enough to attempt actual martial law.
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Buyers beware
The message seems to be, be careful which VPN provider you choose. Some of them are shady. Free doesn't appear to be associated with good.
There has also been some cases recently where even with competent VPN providers users opted to use static IP addresses which is a value as it gets around the usual VPN address blocking some websites use (I think Netflix does this and I know Craigslist does this) but is extremely harmful to the whole anonymity thing.
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pththththtththt
I am wondering if the app will have a Bronx Cheer button and if that will be discernible in the broadcast? It is a useless process if the color doesn't come through. And what about concerns about the umpires? If those aren't audible then we will have to question whether the game is fixed or not. Will the 'beer heer' and 'get your red hots' and 'peanuts' or 'popcorn' or 'crackerjack' be interspersed with the booing and cheering?
This is plainly a weak attempt at making things seem normal when normal is a long way off. Or, it is a play for money, paid eyes on a Video screen rather than bodies in seats is better than nothing.
But will ephemeral excitement be satisfying?
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Re: Re: What if...
I wouldn't put it past some anarchistic group(s) to have people out there stirring the pot (so to speak) and creating havoc. However I doubt they are getting paid as where would they get the bucks? Maybe there is some pool of money to cover expenses, but money is too easily tracked these days for there to be something like a gofundme campaign or a not-for-profit organization.
Now if the Feds were there with some evidence, some leads, some clue as to who those anarchist activists were and went after them, then they wouldn't be holding these fishing expeditions by rolling up whomever they come across and doing 'investigative detentions' (right) as suggested above.
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Re: Re:
Are you telling us that you think these Federal Officers are members of the Pre-Crime unit? The stories are about them taking peaceful protesters off the street. None that I have read have said anything about them about to become violent or commit a crime. How would anyone know? Investigate what, something the Fed thought they were about to do? Think probable cause, there doesn't seem to be any.
That tells us a lot about where you are coming from. Go back.
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Re: The real reason for this
That quiet may depend upon whether he actually goes, assuming he loses both the popular and Electoral College votes. Apparently he won't commit:
"President Trump won't agree to accept 2020 election results as Biden leads in polls — 'I have to see'"
If he does not in fact step down after losing, things will get a whole lot messier. The first question in my mind, will the military follow their commitment to uphold the constitution rather than follow the orders from the (then) ex Commander in Chief
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Good luck with that
Those one in ten Americans (statistics wanting, though there is some certainty that there are some) also know absolutely that when you get to the edge, you fall off. To where is a conundrum that has never be clearly elucidated. I keep hoping for some clarity. Not energetically, but curiously.
All those circumnavigators and astronauts and pilots and ship captains and their passengers are just liars. Mean spirited, non conformist liars.
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Re:
Would a jury of his peers consist of scumbags like him, or just regular people who couldn't find a way to get out of jury duty and are then subject to being overwhelmed by a masterful defense that has no basis in fact?
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Re: Re: 'Nice business you got there...'
As in 'nice legs you've got there, wouldn't want anything to happen to them'?
Nah, that kind of behavior is best left to the various law enforcement agencies who actually know how to behave like gangsters, from extensive experience. The problem is getting them interested. Is there any possibility for significant asset forfeiture?
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Re:
Nice use of the reply to button where we would be sure of whom you were replying to.
But that is the point, some (entities, persons, political parties, etc.) use what they purport to be statistics, as statistics when they are nothing of the sort. If only there were some way to refute these assertions, but without the source material (which often isn't forthcoming and and is a lot of work) that isn't feasible, and that is assuming that the questions asked originally were the correct questions, put correctly. They are often not, but designed to obtain a particular outcome, which is not what the point of the exercise should be, but then...missed opportunities for those seeking the outcome designed.
Unless the presented statistics have been certified by an accomplished statistician, they should be looked askance at. I am not advocating for an additional expense or license or whatever, but unless the entire data set and procedure for establishing the quoted statistic is revealed and questioned, then it is in fact of no value, and should be treated as such, vocally. If we behave this way, then, eventually they will start to present quantifiable information, or present none when they can't actually qualify it. In that case, there will be some other misrepresentation created. Don't you doubt it.
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Re: Re: Re: Other moderation options
I would be happy with any scientific organization (or person) who made statements, prognostications, or projections, or suggestions, so long as they covered themselves with caveats such as 'so far as we know, but we are still looking' or 'this is our best advice, but we will update you when we know better' or 'this is what we have found so far' or 'there is some hope in, but we don't know yet' and then the promise to keep us up to date, regardless of political considerations.
For me, I don't care if that info comes from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America, or Antarctica (unlikely), so long as there is some merit in what they say, they have some prior credibility, and they follow through on their follow through.
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Re: Re: Good luck with that
Statistics should be objective. It is a shame how few actually understand how to create and then apply them. What we see however is a plethora of statistics that support a position, which may be political, or social, or other, but actually have no basis in reality. That they are meaningless does not preclude the position taker from making hay with them.
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Re:
That is until the mob of the vocal minority see it differently. See this as a preamble as it is referenced in this which is a discussion about how perceptions change with a few loud voices, right or wrong,
Screaming at the moderators should not change their decisions. Reason and facts might mitigate their moderation choices, and updated reason or facts, but screaming at the moderators because they don't fit your sensibilities of the moment should not.
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Re: Other moderation options
Kudos. Though I would like to add, in re:
What government sources? With the strong (but often wrong) Executive declaiming its own experts, how is one to believe the government as a trusted source? Dr. Fauci and the CDC and the WHO have the capability to provide trusted information, if they were not politically compromised. Each of them has been. Trump would have us believe him (not what I would call a trusted source) over the others, and has been doing much to put down reasonable responses to Covid-19, replaced by his desire to energize the economy (which he has little control over) despite the potential harm to human life.
Then, given that there is much we don't know about Covid-19, the way forward is little more than a guessing game, though some guesses (example face masks) are better than others. Open schools, or not, is a question about creating more pandemic hot spots or not, and of course the lives of the students and teachers and faculty. The decision though seems to be in the hands of administrators and politicians, who will not be impacted in the classroom or hallways. That...does not seem right.
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