I think that is most of it. Also, upper case was kind of like a virus back then. When you went to write your first page, looked around at what everyone else was doing, it was all caps so you did all caps.
Civil asset forfeiture is incompatible with the definition of "state of law" (it's what you'd expect in some totalitarian banana republic, really).
Not allowing for same-sex marriage can not really be justified except for religious reasons. And if a nation claims to maintain a separation of church and state, religious reasons can not dictate law.
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent. The way it is practised in the US (in effect, the way it has to be practised to maintain any claim of being a civilised society) is extremely costly to the tax payer.
Assuming that killing innocent citizens is the amongst the worst things a government can do, the death penalty also can't be morally justified in anything other than a nearly perfect justice system (which the American justice system evidently is not).
> if a nation claims to maintain a separation of church and state, religious reasons can not dictate law.
But religious people can exercise their right to give input in the formulation of law---the same right all citizens share regardless of the philosophy that guides them to favor one position over another. After all, arbitrarily excluding religious viewpoints from public discourse would be discriminatory, would it not?
I have been practicing shaolin kung fu for 11 years, but I think most systems that incorporate a good 60 minutes of full body movement are going to do the trick. Surprised I am the first to post this as I have never found a more complete exercise system. Not to mention the internal aspects I have found to be extremely beneficial over the course of my life.
Yoga is pretty close, especially if you are doing ashtanga, brutal yoga!
I am 5 years into software development, 18 years in the tech industry overall. I have managed to get work at some great companies and have kept my salary close to or above 6 figures for much my career.
How? I worked my ass off. I cannot even really express the amount of time and effort I have put into my career. Especially once I switched gears and started software development full time. Even before that, I always put more time in my job than just about anyone else I knew. The downside is the effort has been detrimental to my health, I have hospitalized myself a few times due to the stress of working to much.
Should you get a degree? My opinion, based on what I have seen over the years, is that with a degree you do not need to work as hard to make as much. I am not implying that people with degrees do not work hard. Without a degree, you really need to bust your ass to make it to the upper salary ranges. Without a degree, many many doors will be closed to you, regardless of how skillful you may be with your craft.
If I had to do it over again, I would buckle down and get that degree. As much as I love what I do, and I truly do, the amount of time and effort it has take me to get this far, not to mention the health issues, it is just not something I would recommend for others.
On the other hand, if your are aspirations are a bit lower and you are just looking to make living...it is definitely possible to pursue this type of job without a degree and maybe even with a little less work than nuts like me.
"What if a massive truck comes careening down the road straight at you, and your only avenue of escape is through a playground full of children? What does the car do?"
We are going to let a computer make that decision? I don't think so.
Why not? A computer can make a much better decision than you do (doing a proper evaluation of options and probabilities) and then execute it much better than a human ever could.
I mean, not pushing for autonomous driving just feels... weird.
The thing is, not only will we let a computer make the decision, but I'm sure we already have.
Automatic collision avoidance is a real-world feature. There are real cars out there you can buy which you can drive straight at a brick wall with the accelerator to the floor and it will not let you hit. I'm sure that avoiding collisions with pedestrians (or big trucks) is part of the deal. If the correct answer isn't "brake" then the computer will get the wrong answer, and almost certainly has already somewhere in the world.
People discuss autonomous driving as basically flipping a switch. We have manually driven cars, and then one day we'll wake up and there will be an autonomous car on the road. But it won't be like that. Autonomy will be a gradual process. Car makers are steadily bundling in more and more automatic driving features. Eventually they'll fill in all the gaps, one by one.
