The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip
This is not surprising as our leaders are micro-managers who wish to control everything. Not because the would, or could, do a better job than the subject matter experts, but because the want the credit for every success. Firing is their methodology for dealing with failures, rather that coaching and counseling and retaining that expertise. Of course, not all subordinate positions are subject matter experts. There are the appointees.
"“I am one of the few executives experienced in ALL aspects of drug development from molecule creation and hypothesis generation, to preclinical assessments and clinical trial design/target engagement demonstration, and manufacturing/synthesis and global logistics and deployment of medicines,” he writes in a note at the end of the document."
He's not a doctor, and not a scientist So he is telling us that his mad marketing and management skillz would be better than everyone else in pursuit of the same thing. Hmm. Sounds like he is right up Trump's ally. Expect his exoneration and some startup capital from the Feds any day now.
They have sufficient brains and common sense to follow the directions of their owners (aka big contributors), which doesn't bode well for the trust of constituents department.
I didn't see any 80% use-case mentioned, or demonstrated in the article. They didn't even write it. The only claim they have is on Samuel L. Jackson's performance of it on 'their' TV show.
Now if the posters gave some commentary or criticism, or compliments on the public service announcement aspect of the performance the poster's would have a fair use claim, and it would be Disney's (that's the noun) responsibility to check for fair use before sending the DMCA claim.
Therefore one meaning of 'to Disney' (that's the verb) could be to fail to make the fair use analysis, but to be fair, many copyright maximalists fail in the same way. Another would be the way they make use of other peoples works in their own productions (public domain, but don't you dare try to use that same public domain). How many more can we come up with?
Don't underestimate the imaginations of the marketing machine. They can see 'improvement' in color changes, or applying Pi to corners. Hype doesn't need actually better.
"...Disney's going to Disney everything up, I guess."
So now Disney is a verb as well? As many words, including verbs have multiple meanings, when this notion makes it to the dictionaries, I wonder how many 'definitions' will get listed? Will it have to be capitalized in all uses?
"We've noted for years now how 5G has been over-hyped by wireless carriers looking to spike lagging smartphone sales, or the gear makers hoping to cash in on global network builds.">
It's all about the churn. More hype, more churn. The winners are anyone selling hardware, software, or service. The losers are all users, as the winners will hype their position into making new stuff inevitable. All that new stuff will be at higher prices, which means greater margins, and an excuse for businesses that ran out of reasons for existing to 'reinvent' themselves.
Thinking of change, think about the rate of change, which appears to be increasing. Expect the next G's (6th, 7th, 8th, Generation, etc.) to be just as or more inane, and gathering greater speed of implementation.
While I am in favor of whistleblowing, especially when it exposes stupid, illegal, immoral, or shameful conduct by agents of the government (which would include bureaucrats, politicians, and their minions (or even in private companies)) it appears that whistleblowing of any kind is functionally pointless.
One example is Edward Snowden who went to great lengths to protect himself while getting a lot of damning stuff to be available, even though he left it to others to determine what was released. While the public found out about a lot of smarmy things being done by government agents, not a whole lot of corrective action has taken place.
So what's the point? I wish it were effective, but it doesn't appear to be so.
It's probably more likely that the executives own the majority of the stock since buying all of it would cost less that any one of their children's weekly allowance. That's assuming they are parsimonious with their children's allowance.
It's certainly a trade-off. While tracking people (maybe even especially their recent histories) is good for helping to control the pandemic, there are privacy issues with this kind of tracking. When the crisis is over, or mostly over, and people start complaining again about privacy, there will be a large number who will point back at the crisis and say 'but look at how much good it did'. Well, it might have, but that was for a specific purpose, what is the purpose now? Then they will cry, we need to have the ability to do this in the future for the next pandemic. And we will say, maybe so, but in the mean time...my privacy is mine, not yours.
Then there is the data. Once the data is used for crisis amelioration, what other purposes will it be used for? At the very least, and for the purpose of privacy, limits should be put upon the use of location data, as the 4th Amendment and cell site impersonator limitations are saying. The problem will be in actually controlling those uses, as we have experience with the government not being entirely forthcoming about how they go about abusing their power.
Dr. Drew Pinsky's way of going about correcting his earlier errors is like one of those police departments who put multiple holes in the walls of a house looking for someone who isn't there, and then telling the home owners a little paint will fix it.
Also, Dr. Pinsky should check to make sure his malpractice payments are up to date.
Yeah, especially when it is the electorate that is paying that bill. But will that come up in the campaign? Probably not. So the taxpayers get screwed at least twice. They pay the punishment bill and wind up with the same crooked politicians in office.
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The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip
This is not surprising as our leaders are micro-managers who wish to control everything. Not because the would, or could, do a better job than the subject matter experts, but because the want the credit for every success. Firing is their methodology for dealing with failures, rather that coaching and counseling and retaining that expertise. Of course, not all subordinate positions are subject matter experts. There are the appointees.
They should have watched Star Wars more closely.
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Yeah, that part about the identity stealing made me think...Who the fuck would want YOUR identity?
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From that article:
He's not a doctor, and not a scientist So he is telling us that his mad marketing and management skillz would be better than everyone else in pursuit of the same thing. Hmm. Sounds like he is right up Trump's ally. Expect his exoneration and some startup capital from the Feds any day now.
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They have sufficient brains and common sense to follow the directions of their owners (aka big contributors), which doesn't bode well for the trust of constituents department.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that even 100% usage could still be fair use, if it has the accompanying commentary.
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I didn't see any 80% use-case mentioned, or demonstrated in the article. They didn't even write it. The only claim they have is on Samuel L. Jackson's performance of it on 'their' TV show.
Now if the posters gave some commentary or criticism, or compliments on the public service announcement aspect of the performance the poster's would have a fair use claim, and it would be Disney's (that's the noun) responsibility to check for fair use before sending the DMCA claim.
Therefore one meaning of 'to Disney' (that's the verb) could be to fail to make the fair use analysis, but to be fair, many copyright maximalists fail in the same way. Another would be the way they make use of other peoples works in their own productions (public domain, but don't you dare try to use that same public domain). How many more can we come up with?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: But that's the point
I would think all three, with an emphasis on the 'what' portion.
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Re: Re: But that's the point
Don't underestimate the imaginations of the marketing machine. They can see 'improvement' in color changes, or applying Pi to corners. Hype doesn't need actually better.
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So now Disney is a verb as well? As many words, including verbs have multiple meanings, when this notion makes it to the dictionaries, I wonder how many 'definitions' will get listed? Will it have to be capitalized in all uses?
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But that's the point
It's all about the churn. More hype, more churn. The winners are anyone selling hardware, software, or service. The losers are all users, as the winners will hype their position into making new stuff inevitable. All that new stuff will be at higher prices, which means greater margins, and an excuse for businesses that ran out of reasons for existing to 'reinvent' themselves.
Thinking of change, think about the rate of change, which appears to be increasing. Expect the next G's (6th, 7th, 8th, Generation, etc.) to be just as or more inane, and gathering greater speed of implementation.
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While I am in favor of whistleblowing, especially when it exposes stupid, illegal, immoral, or shameful conduct by agents of the government (which would include bureaucrats, politicians, and their minions (or even in private companies)) it appears that whistleblowing of any kind is functionally pointless.
One example is Edward Snowden who went to great lengths to protect himself while getting a lot of damning stuff to be available, even though he left it to others to determine what was released. While the public found out about a lot of smarmy things being done by government agents, not a whole lot of corrective action has taken place.
So what's the point? I wish it were effective, but it doesn't appear to be so.
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Rule of Holes
When one digs their own grave, dig down, not up.
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Re: Stock prices
It's probably more likely that the executives own the majority of the stock since buying all of it would cost less that any one of their children's weekly allowance. That's assuming they are parsimonious with their children's allowance.
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This new software is so hard to understand
Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Backup, DOD Wipe, hmm, that looks interesting, I wonder what that does? Press...oops.
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It's hay fever season too!
I am curious about what social distancing techniques that FBI agents are using, and if they aren't using any, what will they do if I sneeze on them?
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Re: Some "doctor"
Not just doctors, but the AMA as well.
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Practice or data?
It's certainly a trade-off. While tracking people (maybe even especially their recent histories) is good for helping to control the pandemic, there are privacy issues with this kind of tracking. When the crisis is over, or mostly over, and people start complaining again about privacy, there will be a large number who will point back at the crisis and say 'but look at how much good it did'. Well, it might have, but that was for a specific purpose, what is the purpose now? Then they will cry, we need to have the ability to do this in the future for the next pandemic. And we will say, maybe so, but in the mean time...my privacy is mine, not yours.
Then there is the data. Once the data is used for crisis amelioration, what other purposes will it be used for? At the very least, and for the purpose of privacy, limits should be put upon the use of location data, as the 4th Amendment and cell site impersonator limitations are saying. The problem will be in actually controlling those uses, as we have experience with the government not being entirely forthcoming about how they go about abusing their power.
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Analogy Time
Dr. Drew Pinsky's way of going about correcting his earlier errors is like one of those police departments who put multiple holes in the walls of a house looking for someone who isn't there, and then telling the home owners a little paint will fix it.
Also, Dr. Pinsky should check to make sure his malpractice payments are up to date.
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Maybe, maybe not. It depends upon the nature of the communication, see here.
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Yeah, especially when it is the electorate that is paying that bill. But will that come up in the campaign? Probably not. So the taxpayers get screwed at least twice. They pay the punishment bill and wind up with the same crooked politicians in office.
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