Robots/AI future, we need a full blown welfare state but not state socialism
by Rin
on 10 May 2013
61 comments, latest 7 months ago
Yes, it's true, in the future, robotic/expert systems will perform much of the work, which is paying our bills today. http://www.marshallbrain.com/r Thus, it's imperative that we plan for the ...
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Why do ppl promote the lie, 'Money Doesn't Bring Happiness' ?
by Rin on 6 Feb 2014 266 comments, latest 10 years ago
There are numerous commentators who tout the nonsense of Money not buying happiness ... http://iusedtohavehair.com/201 http://www.studymode.com/essay http://www.forbes.com/2004/09/ I will say one thing ... Corporate America, meaning engaging them, working ...
by Rin on 6 Feb 2014 266 comments, latest 10 years ago
There are numerous commentators who tout the nonsense of Money not buying happiness ... http://iusedtohavehair.com/201 http://www.studymode.com/essay http://www.forbes.com/2004/09/ I will say one thing ... Corporate America, meaning engaging them, working ...
Reference material for my loss of interest in dating women thread
by Rin on 16 Jul 2014 168 comments, latest 8 years ago
Since it's tough to run through an entire thread to find this, I figured I should make this a reference read, all on its own. Original thread: http://patrick.net/?p=1246407 Here's ...
by Rin on 16 Jul 2014 168 comments, latest 8 years ago
Since it's tough to run through an entire thread to find this, I figured I should make this a reference read, all on its own. Original thread: http://patrick.net/?p=1246407 Here's ...
I've decided not to have kids
by Rin on 10 Jul 2014 249 comments, latest 10 years ago
Ok, it's been said before but I'll say it again. I see myself as a creative and intelligent person who, if born rich, would be a Renaissance man doing ...
by Rin on 10 Jul 2014 249 comments, latest 10 years ago
Ok, it's been said before but I'll say it again. I see myself as a creative and intelligent person who, if born rich, would be a Renaissance man doing ...
Simple, doctors are overpaid
by Rin on 28 Oct 2012 128 comments, latest 7 years ago
I think it's time that we stop the lies and admit the truth, doctors are simply overpaid. GPs are at ~$150K while specialists and surgical specialists are from $200K ...
by Rin on 28 Oct 2012 128 comments, latest 7 years ago
I think it's time that we stop the lies and admit the truth, doctors are simply overpaid. GPs are at ~$150K while specialists and surgical specialists are from $200K ...
Rin's corroboration with a female ex-classmate
by Rin on 16 Sep 2014 218 comments, latest 10 years ago
I had a chat with an old acquaintance from high school. She was one of the few girls who was in the advanced chemistry section and did extremely well ...
by Rin on 16 Sep 2014 218 comments, latest 10 years ago
I had a chat with an old acquaintance from high school. She was one of the few girls who was in the advanced chemistry section and did extremely well ...
The Night My Husband Revealed To Me His Double Life
by Rin on 16 Mar 2015 178 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Excerpt from article: "Number one," he says, looking down at his paper, "About 10 years ago, when we'd been married a couple of years, I had an affair. ...
by Rin on 16 Mar 2015 178 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Excerpt from article: "Number one," he says, looking down at his paper, "About 10 years ago, when we'd been married a couple of years, I had an affair. ...
Article: What's Causing Our Millennials to Fail at Becoming Adults?
by Rin on 2 Mar 2014 74 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.mainstreet.com/arti Excerpt: --- "Even as economic conditions have improved for some in the population, young people are worse off today than they were 20 years ago," says study co-author ...
by Rin on 2 Mar 2014 74 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.mainstreet.com/arti Excerpt: --- "Even as economic conditions have improved for some in the population, young people are worse off today than they were 20 years ago," says study co-author ...
Ann Coulter turns interest in World Cup into a multiculturalism bashing issue.
by Rin on 26 Jun 2014 110 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.clarionledger.com/s Excerpt: "If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose ...
by Rin on 26 Jun 2014 110 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.clarionledger.com/s Excerpt: "If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose ...
Rin ... can someone tell me why f*cking wh*res won't bring me happiness?
by Rin on 5 Jan 2016 82 comments, latest 8 years ago
Ok, I'm waiting for your responses.
by Rin on 5 Jan 2016 82 comments, latest 8 years ago
Ok, I'm waiting for your responses.
The movie, 'The Graduate' is a sign that the boomers suck.
by Rin on 6 Sep 2014 157 comments, latest 10 years ago
In 'The Graduate', Dustin Hoffman portrayed a very bored kid, from an upper middle class household on the west coast. He had nothing to do all day and his ...
by Rin on 6 Sep 2014 157 comments, latest 10 years ago
In 'The Graduate', Dustin Hoffman portrayed a very bored kid, from an upper middle class household on the west coast. He had nothing to do all day and his ...
My plan to restore science & engineering in America
by Rin on 21 Mar 2014 142 comments, latest 9 years ago
I think it's time that the horseshit about science and engineering careers comes to an end. Corporations are offshoring R&D and the govt is limiting funding to key *pet* ...
by Rin on 21 Mar 2014 142 comments, latest 9 years ago
I think it's time that the horseshit about science and engineering careers comes to an end. Corporations are offshoring R&D and the govt is limiting funding to key *pet* ...
Why do ppl compare the Navy SEALs to let's say... an Ivy league education?
by Rin on 10 Nov 2015 99 comments, latest 8 years ago
For the life of me, I'd gotten tired of the comparison. All the wonks out there, like to compare passing the training to enter the Navy SEALs or really, ...
by Rin on 10 Nov 2015 99 comments, latest 8 years ago
For the life of me, I'd gotten tired of the comparison. All the wonks out there, like to compare passing the training to enter the Navy SEALs or really, ...
by Rin on 7 Dec 2015 60 comments, latest 8 years ago
When I'm not studying, I'd be here ... Of course, I could have been born rich in New England, homeschooled myself, and be a distance learning college student from ...
Is it time to declare San Francisco, an overrated city?
by Rin on 20 Feb 2014 64 comments, latest 10 years ago
Starting from the Google Bus protests: http://www.sfweekly.com/2014-0 adding in the spraying of the homeless: http://america.aljazeera.com/a And then, the fact that a majority of the cityscape is dingy... it's practically ...
by Rin on 20 Feb 2014 64 comments, latest 10 years ago
Starting from the Google Bus protests: http://www.sfweekly.com/2014-0 adding in the spraying of the homeless: http://america.aljazeera.com/a And then, the fact that a majority of the cityscape is dingy... it's practically ...
by Rin on 23 Feb 2015 90 comments, latest 9 years ago
Use your imagination to fill in the box ... It's time for you to book that ticket to Oz/NZ! Say farewell to Uncle Sam! We fought a Revolutionary War ...
STEM graduate says he can't find a job
by Rin on 27 Aug 2014 121 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Excerpts: "My degree was supposed to make me qualified as a programmer, but by the time I left school, all of the software and programming languages I’d learned ...
by Rin on 27 Aug 2014 121 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Excerpts: "My degree was supposed to make me qualified as a programmer, but by the time I left school, all of the software and programming languages I’d learned ...
by Rin on 13 Oct 2016 107 comments, latest 7 years ago
Here's Hillary from her youth ... Clearly, she's got nice facial features and is quite good looking, despite being a monster on the inside. If she'd worked out, like ...
Enough on scientist threads, don't go into science if you're not already rich
by Rin on 11 Sep 2013 84 comments, latest 11 years ago
Ok, we've seen threads on the NSA (or some school admin) suppressing a Hopkin's professor's writings, another on federal research grant cutbacks and then, more threads on continuous STEM ...
by Rin on 11 Sep 2013 84 comments, latest 11 years ago
Ok, we've seen threads on the NSA (or some school admin) suppressing a Hopkin's professor's writings, another on federal research grant cutbacks and then, more threads on continuous STEM ...
STEM is not culturally prestigious
by Rin on 12 Aug 2015 56 comments, latest 9 years ago
Why is it, that ppl try to make STEM education and its careers look prestigious to the naive of the world? What the popular press seems to fail at, ...
by Rin on 12 Aug 2015 56 comments, latest 9 years ago
Why is it, that ppl try to make STEM education and its careers look prestigious to the naive of the world? What the popular press seems to fail at, ...
by Rin on 12 Mar 2022 189 comments, latest 2 years ago
Whenever this topic comes up, it turns into political theater. Why can't we talk about a market (whether it's real or imagined stardust) w/o it turning into a cage match? ...
Millennials will be the 1st generation to see the end of work
by Rin on 20 May 2014 115 comments, latest 5 years ago
The primary thing which defines the WWII & Boomers was that they were the generations which had actually experienced an era where one's labor was of value to society. ...
by Rin on 20 May 2014 115 comments, latest 5 years ago
The primary thing which defines the WWII & Boomers was that they were the generations which had actually experienced an era where one's labor was of value to society. ...
Now that Bruce Jenner is becoming a woman, will he be an Immense Hirsute Lesbian
by Rin on 6 Feb 2015 41 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://thecelebritycafe.com/fe After months of tabloid speculation and even rumors that hes making a documentary series about it, former Olympian-turned-reality show star Bruce Jenner is transitioning to a woman, according ...
by Rin on 6 Feb 2015 41 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://thecelebritycafe.com/fe After months of tabloid speculation and even rumors that hes making a documentary series about it, former Olympian-turned-reality show star Bruce Jenner is transitioning to a woman, according ...
Rin is free, no stupid New Year's gathering...
by Rin on 31 Dec 2015 61 comments, latest 8 years ago
People, I finally did it. I was suppose to attend this gathering but then, I faked having car troubles (the old Accord works just fine) and the fact that ...
by Rin on 31 Dec 2015 61 comments, latest 8 years ago
People, I finally did it. I was suppose to attend this gathering but then, I faked having car troubles (the old Accord works just fine) and the fact that ...
STEM a/o educational wonks, really don't know what they're talking
by Rin on 29 Aug 2015 80 comments, latest 9 years ago
about, in the reality of things. Just this last week, I'd gotten an unsolicited call from an old acquaintance, who'd now become a headhunter. Earlier on, he was a ...
by Rin on 29 Aug 2015 80 comments, latest 9 years ago
about, in the reality of things. Just this last week, I'd gotten an unsolicited call from an old acquaintance, who'd now become a headhunter. Earlier on, he was a ...
Woman wants to be the first, to give birth on Mars
by Rin on 4 Feb 2015 38 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Excerpt: "Lieu will spend nearly a decade learning a wide array of new skills including medicine, agriculture, plumbing and electronics if she makes it to Mars. More importantly ...
by Rin on 4 Feb 2015 38 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Excerpt: "Lieu will spend nearly a decade learning a wide array of new skills including medicine, agriculture, plumbing and electronics if she makes it to Mars. More importantly ...
Can I finally admit that I'd rather f*ck wh*res than date?
by Rin on 2 Dec 2015 53 comments, latest 8 years ago
Seriously, can't a guy be honest these days?
by Rin on 2 Dec 2015 53 comments, latest 8 years ago
Seriously, can't a guy be honest these days?
by Rin on 29 Dec 2015 53 comments, latest 8 years ago
the following ... That should do the trick for me.
Another A.I. thread
by Rin on 14 Dec 2014 49 comments, latest 9 years ago
Here's a guy trying to quell the flames of the fear of A.I. http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/ Now, here's my question ... why is everyone so hyper-focused on a so-called emerging consciousness ...
by Rin on 14 Dec 2014 49 comments, latest 9 years ago
Here's a guy trying to quell the flames of the fear of A.I. http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/ Now, here's my question ... why is everyone so hyper-focused on a so-called emerging consciousness ...
by Rin on 25 Mar 2015 44 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/embed/h Excerpt from the broadcast:
Wham's George Michael is dead & got more respect than let's say, Rin, because ..
by Rin on 25 Dec 2016 66 comments, latest 7 years ago
https://www.yahoo.com/music/pu Excerpt Throughout his career, his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law, most famously in 1998 when he was arrested ...
by Rin on 25 Dec 2016 66 comments, latest 7 years ago
https://www.yahoo.com/music/pu Excerpt Throughout his career, his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law, most famously in 1998 when he was arrested ...
More STEM nonsense but in reverse
by Rin on 30 Mar 2015 44 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://tablet.washingtonpost.c Excerpt: “Innovation is not simply a technical matter but rather one of understanding how people and societies work, what they need and want. America will not dominate the ...
by Rin on 30 Mar 2015 44 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://tablet.washingtonpost.c Excerpt: “Innovation is not simply a technical matter but rather one of understanding how people and societies work, what they need and want. America will not dominate the ...
Rin has taken up drinking
by Rin on 23 Dec 2015 37 comments, latest 8 years ago
From my other thread ... Rin says WTF, I have to now attend two Christmas gatherings on the 25th! For one of them, I have a platonic female friend ...
by Rin on 23 Dec 2015 37 comments, latest 8 years ago
From my other thread ... Rin says WTF, I have to now attend two Christmas gatherings on the 25th! For one of them, I have a platonic female friend ...
I believe that I'm smarter than other ppl. Should I get an MS in nuclear eng?
by Rin on 30 Sep 2015 40 comments, latest 8 years ago
Over time, I'd written stuff, bitching about the faux shortage of STEM ppl, escorts over GFs, and getting an MD to do my own research, while having a practical ...
by Rin on 30 Sep 2015 40 comments, latest 8 years ago
Over time, I'd written stuff, bitching about the faux shortage of STEM ppl, escorts over GFs, and getting an MD to do my own research, while having a practical ...
In a nutshell, Star Wars 7 is mediocre & unoriginal
by Rin on 27 Dec 2015 29 comments, latest 4 years ago
Spoilers below ... Without going completely nuts, this re-boot is more or less, a re-tread of the first trilogy's, episode 4, but with a few nostalgic hooks, to get ...
by Rin on 27 Dec 2015 29 comments, latest 4 years ago
Spoilers below ... Without going completely nuts, this re-boot is more or less, a re-tread of the first trilogy's, episode 4, but with a few nostalgic hooks, to get ...
by Rin on 9 Feb 2017 67 comments, latest 7 years ago
The problem is that most ppl don't understand the difference between what's intrinsically organic and what's artificial/man made. Dating is artificial. It's about the pretense of potential soulmate-hood and ...
Rin's statement: How society insists upon lying to me that love is amazing ...
by Rin on 19 Dec 2015 46 comments, latest 8 years ago
Once again, I find a media vignette, but this time from some time ago, about perfect love & marriage. Here's Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You" video ...www.youtube.com/embed/XmdtJ For those ...
by Rin on 19 Dec 2015 46 comments, latest 8 years ago
Once again, I find a media vignette, but this time from some time ago, about perfect love & marriage. Here's Belinda Carlisle's "Mad About You" video ...www.youtube.com/embed/XmdtJ For those ...
Money matters in school admissions
by Rin on 19 May 2015 38 comments, latest 9 years ago
I'm writing this as an addendum to the following thread on affirmative action. http://patrick.net/misc/White+ When I retire from this hedge fund work, I plan on taking some more courses ...
by Rin on 19 May 2015 38 comments, latest 9 years ago
I'm writing this as an addendum to the following thread on affirmative action. http://patrick.net/misc/White+ When I retire from this hedge fund work, I plan on taking some more courses ...
by Rin on 8 Oct 2014 56 comments, latest 10 years ago
I figured I'd ask the PatNet community ... I'm looking for an Olivia Wilde doppelganger. As you know, in the land of the free, the United States of America, ...
The happiest profession is being independently wealthy
by Rin on 20 Apr 2014 65 comments, latest 10 years ago
And then, doing exactly what one wants. Once again, Dexter Holland of Offspring, who made his millions in rock, has also invented a hot sauce which he's marketing. http://www.gringobandito.com ...
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by Rin on 20 Apr 2014 65 comments, latest 10 years ago
And then, doing exactly what one wants. Once again, Dexter Holland of Offspring, who made his millions in rock, has also invented a hot sauce which he's marketing. http://www.gringobandito.com ...
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