Getting a job today pretty much requires previous work experience. The biggest hurdle for most college grads is finding that first job without much of a work history. Some people try to develop experience themselves, finding ways that they can spend their free time learning and practicing their skills in a way that will make them more appealing on paper. A second method people are using is to just lie and hope they don’t get caught.
Personally, I think Huxley’s version is a lot more plausible. If the world is going to go up in flames, I think it’s way more likely that we’re going to watch it on youtube, rather than be censored from seeing it or talking about it at all.
If Venus is closer to Earth than Mars, why do we always talk about Mars like it’s the closest to us? We seem to have a strange relationship with Mars, based solely on the fact that most people believe it to be the nearest planet. On behalf of humanity, sorry for all the neglect, Venus.
Despite being brilliant, Edison is well known for stealing the discoveries of others, Tesla included. While Edison became very wealthy, Nikola Tesla died a pauper.
The volatility of some parts of Africa make reliable mineral and energy harvesting difficult. China, however, is rolling the dice and making big deals to secure resources there.
It’s not that surprising that Firefox is losing a slice of its share to other web browsers, but it is surprising that Internet Explorer can still somehow hold on to roughly 50% of the market.
I ready recently that some video game studios don’t staff writers. When it comes time to develop a plot, they either freelance, or just make their developers come up with something. If you care about games with a plot, stop buying games that don’t have one.
Whenever science fiction becomes a little less fiction, I can’t help but smile.
Working at a computer all day would really suck without the internet.
If you watch TV on your computer, do you still call it TV?
RIAA, adapt or die. Prosecutions will not save you.
A major problem with the education system in the US is that it trains students to think in terms of right and wrong, rather than finding creative solutions. Put simply, American students are not prepared to be innovative.
Weather modification technology is improving more and more. There is also a project being tested in the Gulf of Mexico that involves a fleet of ships changing the temperature of ocean currents in order to divert hurricanes.
Mid 23rd century: Chris Tucker changes the meaning of the word “green” to be a slang term for good or positive.
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