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If you ask me, during our lifetime we will see a trend in the opposite direction: India/China outsourcing to the west. Manufacturing prolly not, but stuff like programming might happen sooner than death.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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What great empire was not built with slave-labor ?
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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As far as I know there is no exception...
However, first time in history slave-labor turns out as significant - the most significant - part of the globally created value... As we try to avoid fighting wars and no room left for exploration (of land and goods) we left with self driving economy and its value...
The next step will be robot-slaves...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Also wrong: See my post below. Large-scale slave labor came as a result of great empires rising, not as a cause.
Ordinary people create great empires, then become great people, then obtain lots of slaves as a decadent luxury, and then let their empire degrade into ruin when their luxuries are too expensive to maintain.
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Wrong: The U.S. and other western nations had high standards of living before China was industrialized.
If China didn't become a slave-holding Communist dictatorship, the Western world would have developed automation faster instead of depending on Chinese slave labor. Also, super-intelligent Western people who should be improving our standard of living instead create financial scams for Wall Street investment bankers and complex tax schemes to prop up failing big corporations.
The corrupt and abusive politics in all societies have only downsides and no upsides.
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I've read about Foxconn over the last couple of year and it's ugly and sad. It is one of the reasons I refuse to buy Apple products. I'd imagine most of the people working at Foxconn are poor rural young people with little education that move to the city so they can send money home. They have very little options and Foxconn takes advantage of that. The poor in developing countries are always taken advantage of, just different ways in different countries.
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jgakenhe wrote: They have very little options and Foxconn takes advantage of that. The poor in developing countries are always taken advantage of, just different ways in different countries.
This is not in developing countries alone... Developed countries with problems take advantage too, using the motto: "You don't want to accept this conditions? Well... outside are there a bunch of people ready to take over your job"
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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It's not just Apple, and the situation with them is only as visible as it is in part because they've been pressuring Foxcon to improve the situation for their products, if you buy Samsung, or LG, or HP, or Dell, or etc; your components will still be assembled by either Foxcon or another company that takes equally large dumps on its low cost labor supply.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The money will be put toward developing exascale computers, which are capable of a billion billion calculations per second. Will it support Freecell?
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We’ve got the scoop on why developers like to listen to music while they code… as well as some information on some unforgivable monsters. Anything to stop hearing the rattling going on in my head
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Well, that article singly failed to improve the knowledge in the world.
This space for rent
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Slow news day?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Weeks and weeks of slow news days. It's been wearing me down. 
TTFN - Kent
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The survey obviously did not include Brisingr or Sander !
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
modified 19-Jun-17 9:01am.
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BillWoodruff wrote: Raddeveus
I'm assuming you've dragged my good name into this (though mis-spelled) -- and I'm not sure why.
I listen to instru-MENTAL jazz. No words here so no fear of me breaking out into song. 
I only like to hear professional singers sing (and actually few of them). I do not sing out loud nor do I support any other amateurs to do so. 
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Sorry, Radevus, I was referring to your evil-twin, Raddeveus
However, I can say, given your stated excellent musical tastes, that you were not included in the so-called study either.
I've removed your name from the post.
cheers, Bill
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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BillWoodruff wrote: given your stated excellent musical tastes,
I knew there had to be some confusion of some type.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Anything to stop hearing the rattling going on in my head
Anything to stop hearing the rattling going on in my cubicle neighbor's head!
Marc
Latest Article - Create a Dockerized Python Fiddle Web App
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I got an interesting email today. The author said "I have a problem consuming a .net core class library in a winforms project and can't seem to find a solution." I'm just going out on a limb here, but the .NET branding/naming can be horrid at times
Where 'times' means somewhere between 'far too often' and 'almost always'. Your mileage may vary.
((And I think it's been that way since a 'Softie decided that Exchange was a '.NET server' back in 2000.))
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A mathematical problem more than 300 years old gets a formal proof with the help of computer formal verification. Which leads us to my postulation, "Great? I guess?"
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Looking for a leg up in your IT career? IT certifications remain a proven way to quickly gain valuable skills and demonstrate deeper interest and know-how in a domain that will further your career. For those that like putting initials after their name
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As one, doing MCSE once in every two years - it doesn't worth the paper (aluminium strip) it is printed on...
You can take an intense two week and learn, and pass the test - but it proves nothing, especially not experience and knowledge...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I didn't realize MS had brought back the famed Must Consult Someone Else certificate. I'd assumed that set of letters was permanently dead due to the overwhelming amount of sarcasm directed at it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: Must Consult Someone Else certificate
Well, they resurrected the Must Consult Someone Dead certificate... 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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For over two decades now, software testing tool vendors have been tempting enterprises with the promise of test automation. How are you going to automate customers finding bugs?
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