The conclusion of the study you linked seems to paint a slightly more complicated picture:
"We found evidence that between-district racial segregation is associated with racial disparities in school district spending, while between-district racial socioeconomic segregation is not. We find that as Black–White racial segregation increases over time, total per pupil expenditures and other per pupil expenditures shift in ways that disfavor the typical Black student’s district relative to the typical White student’s district."
It is not fair to place the blame for this epidemic of violence squarely on those suffering from mental health issues.
Mental health issues are distributed globally, but the gun violence problem is not.
People who suffer from mental health issues are tremendously more likely to be victims of violence, rather than the perpetrators. These individuals already suffer from tremendous discrimination and hardships in their lives.
Those who would place the blame in this direction while deflecting from the ease of access to firearms are acting disingenuously.
We continue to do nothing, and I wish I could say that nothing continues to happen - but Americans continue to die from this senseless violence with shocking regularity.
This attitude is terrible and exploitative. Employee's have a duty of fidelity and good faith to their employer, sure - but highly skilled and in-demand engineers should demand better of their employees.
It seems like for this to be successful you'd want access to engagement/conversion data to train your model on. Google / Facebook would be positioned to execute on that, others less so.
so that slideshow I linked was probably written by an intern or something - but here's a serious analysis of the tech dated 1999 from DTSO (australian army) that states: "There are no apparent technological barriers to the
successful design, manufacture and operation of WIG craft"
The last slide shares conclusions:
"Commercial ground effect planes will lead to more fuel efficient trans-oceanic flights.
• Cheaper flights.
• More accessible.
• Less pollution.
• Revolutionize aviation design."
There are several more instances of Google promoting their own services above the SERP (and competitors).
1. Shopping. Google got in big trouble with the EU about this recently.
2. Job listings. Google launched a jobs product and promoted it above the SERP, damaging Glassdoor / Indeed etc.
Providing the largest source of traffic (via google search) and competing in industries that depend on that traffic is an inherent conflict of interest.
Thanks for being here, and for all the work you put into educational materials. As easy as it is to hate on "coding 4 kids" products, it's a real under-served niche that has the potential to do a lot of good in the world.
Despite the proliferation of electronics and software, the generation of kids growing up today doesn't have the same access to the underlying machine that we took for granted. I don't think any 8 year-olds are getting root access to their iPhones and installing terminal emulators...
It seems tempting to say that the quality of life in most of Europe is much higher than in the US. There's a decent chance this is a case of "the grass is greener" syndrome, but still.
Higher quality food, 4+ weeks of vacation, working weeks <40 hours, easier access to arts and culture, and significantly less income inequality and economic strife (not counting southern Europe here). Not to mention the lack of regularly occurring mass shootings.
On the other hand, if you're working in tech, the US is definitely the place to be. Salaries are significantly higher, while the costs of goods and services (excluding sandwiches and rent in the bay area) are much cheaper.
For people who've lived and worked on both continents, what are your thoughts?
"Drug overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States. From 1999 to 2017, more than 702,000 people have died from a drug overdose. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Of those deaths, almost 68% involved a prescription or illicit opioid."
Pain management may be a problem, but the opioid epidemic is very real.
Yes, perl6 does a lot of things right. It's a great language and ecosystem that deserves more adoption.
But all the things the parent comment listed, particularly branding, are in my mind part of developer ergonomics. And there is room for improvement. They wouldn't be talking about renaming the language if this wasn't the case.