tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post7465402094086669160..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Out of Touch - Ms. Occasional Cortex Bemoans Coffee Shop Shutting DownSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-49683369156995630092018-08-23T07:56:26.958-04:002018-08-23T07:56:26.958-04:00They are hive dwellers. THERE ARE NO "bright...They are hive dwellers. THERE ARE NO "brighter" hive dwellers.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28398063641375882092018-08-23T06:07:45.943-04:002018-08-23T06:07:45.943-04:00University teaches students to regurgitate back wh...University teaches students to regurgitate back whatever drivel the professor wants to hear. It has nothing to do with knowledge. The universities defend that by pointing out that knowledge has a half-life between five and ten years.<br /><br />OC is simply spewing what her audience wants to hear. That is exactly what she was taught to do in college.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-54794008686065274952018-08-23T02:13:08.155-04:002018-08-23T02:13:08.155-04:00I daresay her former co-workers, at least the brig...<i>I daresay her former co-workers, at least the brighter ones, would rather punch her I the mouth than "kid around" with her "like old times".</i><br /><br />There aren't many brighter ones. "Brighter" in this context doesn't mean solving IQ test problems faster, it means freethinker, being willing to think through moral rules from first principles rather than simply accepting the ambient morality. Weaker monkey troop hierarchy instincts. Freethinker production rate seems not much affected by parental freethinkerness or ambient freethinkerness. In early America freethinkers concentrated by emigration, then were diluted by their children. Here's a speculation about the mechanism for right/left handedness, which includes a random element. I suspect freethinker might work like that, with a rate of 1% freethinker:<br /><br /> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34413451359892549752018-08-23T00:06:35.482-04:002018-08-23T00:06:35.482-04:00You have an owner, a cook, and 148 part-time emplo...You have an owner, a cook, and 148 part-time employees who can work hours to suit themselves.<br /><br />Right up until you decree they're worth more per hour than the business sells in coffee per hour, even at $5/cup.<br /><br />This is why Chrles Milite is a successful business man in NYFC, while his former employee is an unemployed debtor about to become another socialist millionaire by going to Congress and getting rich on bribes.<br /><br />I daresay her former co-workers, at least the brighter ones, would rather punch her I the mouth than "kid around" with her "like old times". Would that such were televised on C-SPAN.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-80604582711296767802018-08-22T23:24:41.770-04:002018-08-22T23:24:41.770-04:00Businesses need to turn a profit. The government c...Businesses need to turn a profit. The government can be healthy with a $21 trillion deficit. That's the difference.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-80265837196508650332018-08-22T23:01:53.092-04:002018-08-22T23:01:53.092-04:00Government is a religion, belief in it is contrary...Government is a religion, belief in it is contrary to evidence, and like all religions claims to create supernatural effects by magic. Representative Goretex has the Right Intention firmly in mind, and that's all that matters. The mundane ingredients like Eye of Newt, Toe of Frog, and Minimum Wage are unimportant.<br /><br />She's pretty and has long, straight hair. What more do you want? Good hair is sufficient to be an executive in Dilbert.<br /><br />How do you employ 150 people in a coffee shop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com