I don't want my email to sound to doom and gloom. I'm experiencing first hand many of the problems Ed mentioned in his response.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I agree with Ed. > I've had epic rants about what boils down to a few things as a biger > picture problems: > Peoples Maslows being messed with > Stuff getting to gloopy > Stuff being made overly complicated > To little simple joy > Aholery. > > In other words: where's star fleet, picard and kirk when you need them > > I get pissed off at those problem because strike uncofortably close to > home for me. I have a nice appartment fam lets use and may let me rent > eventually. Part of my end of the bargain is when I get work to cover bills > and as dad puts it manage the problems. > > Their is a instagram meme making the rounds saying: > What's wrong with this picture:Americans don't do on the job training for > people to put stuff on shelves or pay them well., then want them to have a > physics PHD, 10 years of experience to get started. But don't mind a > unstable xenophobic, racist, man with no political experience as president. > > > I am experiencing some of the problems Ed has nailed. Fortunatly for me > (some) of my skills are transferable. I genuinly like some parts of tech > support, I think it's fun. > Santa Fe has only 5 temp agencies (for example), those (can) make getting > back into work much simpler because their is no risk for anyone. Kelly > Services just couldn't keep up work and moved to Albquerky(sp), and even > then acording to them they're bairly getting acounts. > Indeed.com and craig's list NM are crap shots > > I've had people from indeed say they simply don't have the time or money > anymore to do on the job traning or they'd hire me that day. > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Edward Angel <an...@cs.unm.edu> wrote: > >> At the risk of pissing off a lot of my friends, Owen's proposal strikes >> me as tokenism at its worst. If we elites want to do more than talking to >> and emailing each other, I’d suggest that we instead spend some of our time >> doing something to help the sad state of education and the economy in NM. I >> don’t know how many of you realize that 75% of the children in the SF >> schools qualify for food aid and the district scores at the bottom of the >> state’s districts every year. The Alliance for Science has tutoring >> programs and some of you are judges at the Science Fairs (where there is >> still the need for more judges). We need sponsors for the Supercomputing >> Challenge. I could go on and on with other opportunities but I think point >> is clear. >> >> I noted that Clinton won SF County by about a 3 to 1 margin. So if people >> want to have lunch with other kinds of folks, how about driving down south? >> An then there’s Texas. >> >> Ed >> _______________________ >> >> Ed Angel >> >> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory >> (ARTS Lab) >> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico >> >> 1017 Sierra Pinon >> Santa Fe, NM 87501 >> 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu >> 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel >> >> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:33 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: >> >> Pentecostal or other Evangelical churches >> >> >> Pretty dramatic example of The Problem Of Class. >> >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> >> wrote: >> >>> "Support Classless Society: Invite blue collar folks to wedtech lunch >>> and friam coffee/breakfast. Oops, forgot, they're working." >>> >>> >>> "Hmm... well we could move one to the weekend?" >>> >>> >>> Google for some Pentecostal or other Evangelical churches in the area >>> (esp. in the outskirts or poorer part of town), and go to them on the >>> weekend. In the spirit of contrition and all that. >>> >>> >>> Marcus >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore < >>> o...@backspaces.net> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 13, 2016 12:54:51 PM >>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind >>> Clinton | FiveThirtyEight >>> >>> Support Classless Society: Invite blue collar folks to wedtech lunch and >>> friam coffee/breakfast. Oops, forgot, they're working. >>> >>> Hmm... well we could move one to the weekend? >>> >>> Now that *would* be radical. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > >
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