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Trump described Cohen perfectly when he tweeted "Only an idiot or a crook would hire a sleazebag like Michael Cohen as his lawyer".

"The link between money, agriculture, conventional religion, and our violation of nature" -Daniel Suelo http://t.co/ku1o7yD80Y

— Decivilized (@decivilized) June 26, 2014

Well, since you brought the president up, his August 5 tweet pretty much admits the purpose of the Trump Tower meeting of June 9 2016 was to solicit campaign aid from a foreign intelligence service -- to coin a phrase, to "collude" with the Russians. The claim now is that it was perfectly legal to do that (experts disagree).

The story about that meeting has changed so frequently I don't blame you if you missed that particular entry.

you can't even call for a simple race war any more!

Sure you can.

Speaking of Sarah Jeong, if you haven't read her timeline lately it's worth a gander. To try and bury her blatantly racist past tweets her current ones are all of the "puppies are amazeballs" and "I can't wait for Fall" variety. I was on the edge of my seat wondering just how refreshing that cold glass of water truly was on a warm summer day.

Wow, it's almost like you can google it. Oh look, he literally said that the deep state was coming to get everyone and that all true patriots need to get their battle rifles ready for antifa and the media. Oh look it's even a video. https://twitter.com/twitter/st...

on Friday August 17th, 2018: https://twitter.com/ariannahuf...
https://www.thriveglobal.com/s...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...

And sadly Musk rejected that advice:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/s...

One of the things Matthew Walker says in his book on sleep is that sleep-deprived people have poor judgement about the effects of not enough sleep on their cognition.

If Musk has paid attention to that tweet I sent and got more sleep, might he have not have made the subsequent tweet about taking Tesla private which not was him under SEC investigation and facing multiple shareholder lawsuits?

on Friday August 17th, 2018: https://twitter.com/ariannahuf...
https://www.thriveglobal.com/s...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...

And sadly Musk rejected that advice:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/s...

One of the things Matthew Walker says in his book on sleep is that sleep-deprived people have poor judgement about the effects of not enough sleep on their cognition.

If Musk has paid attention to that tweet I sent and got more sleep, might he have not have made the subsequent tweet about taking Tesla private which not was him under SEC investigation and facing multiple shareholder lawsuits?

Yes, we all know that the NYT ran a hit piece on Friday containing false information (including a claim that Tesla was looking for COO which Bloomberg has since debunked), and whose author made a snarky brag on Twitter about lowering Tesla's stock price.

That's not why the stock fell and continues to fall. fElon musk is also trafficking illegal narcotics through the giga factory.

Uber does not need to be the inventor of the self driving car. They only need to be a user of the self driving car. And frankly they are behind in self-driving R&D and doing a crappy job at it as well.

But what value does Uber add to that? Self-driving cars don't have to be recruited, there's no need for background checks, there won't be any drivers mistreating customers or driving recklessly, there's no pool of additional cars that can be called in through surge pricing, no car cares what rides it takes or where it ends up or how long it stays idle and the car will probably have its own insurance for traffic accidents. It's basically a clone army on wheels. There's also no quick scale-up, to increase your market you need more cars rolling off the assembly line with your custom sensor/processing/control kit, you can't just use existing cars like Uber can and the whole area must be mapped out and tested first.

I guess the litmus test will be Phoenix when Waymo finally launches their service, it's on a massive ramp-up now so it can't be long - they've driven as many miles in 2018 as all the previous years combined. If Waymo essentially got "like Uber, but with self-driving cars" nailed down I predict a tough future for ride sharing and taxi companies. There's not really any reason for Waymo to share those profits with anyone else and there's nobody else even close to launching.

Yes, we all know that the NYT ran a hit piece on Friday containing false information (including a claim that Tesla was looking for COO which Bloomberg has since debunked), and whose author made a snarky brag on Twitter about lowering Tesla's stock price.

And OMG, stop the presses, a few cars out of over 70000 turned out bad! Hint: the plural of "viral anecdote shared endlessly by short sellers who scour twitter and Tesla forums for any bad examples they can find" isn't "data". If it's data you're looking for...

@elonmusk resources to reach a higher level of your potential:
* Bullies to Buddies: How to Stop Being Teased and Bullied Without Really Trying
* Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew P. Walker
* William C. Norris: Portrait of a Maverick

Link: https://twitter.com/pdfernhout...

Hope he finds time to at least skim those resources -- especially #2 if he is working so much! A lot of his current missteps with "mistweets" could easily be explained by lack of enough good sleep.

The "proof" that Twitter is anti-conservative:
https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/...
(It's a GOP Senator who doesn't understand how to change a simple setting).

It used to be that Twitter was the best place for breaking news, which was the only reason I got on the platform at all. But now, it’s basically worthless.

The only thing left on twitter worth reading is Internet of Shit's feed: http://twitter.com/internetofshit,

https://twitter.com/paddypower...

Musk specifically stated "Investor support is confirmed. Only reason why this is not certain is that it’s contingent on a shareholder vote"
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/s...

Based on that, the initial market reaction and the numerous tweets and videos in support to taknig Tesla private, a vote could be held Monday and the wheels set in motion.

Because as he said "funding secured", right?

Forgot to add: The reasons Sir Tim Hunt's joke was funny was because it was based on personal experience:

* He met his wife in the laboratory while she was married to another man.

Without the *context* of the joke the mob rule read it literally instead of sarcastic self-deprecating humor.

Also, it was a Korean female politician who had "thanked the ladies for the lunch." but apparently a lie tweeted made it as if Hunt had said "thanks to the women journalists for making lunch". Dr Scott Watkins provided clarification but by then the damage had been done.

You can read the actual events.

Because you get to say whatever you feel like without a personal repercussion.

Like Twitter.

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

I think people were far more worried that the company would be selling their browsing histories, attached to their real names.

Because you get to say whatever you feel like without a personal repercussion.

Like Twitter.

The thing that's silly is that "this" is the Tesla news. On the day that Tesla released its Q2 report and investor call.

It's news today because your fearless leader tweeted it today. If he had wanted the focus to remain on the Q2 report and investor call, he easily could have STFU for another day. Be honest with yourself about why he didn't.

As they have been doing for almost a century since the Russian revolution. The only thing new here is the abundance of useful idiots and McCarthyites seeing Russians in every corner.

For once I have to agree with Hillary, refusing to accept the outcome of the election is a direct threat to our Democracy (ok we aren't a Democracy but the point is valid). Too bad she didn't pass that message on to her acolytes.

Captcha: unlawful

Ruling's been written, just not yet published. DD has filed a suit in the West Texas Circuit court against the NJ and LA attornites. https://twitter.com/NewJerseyO... https://www.scribd.com/documen...

Things that happen in Silicon Valley and also the Soviet Union:

- waiting years to receive a car you ordered, to find that its of poor workmanship and quality

- promises of colonizing the solar system while you toil in drudgery day in, day out

— Anton Troynikov (@atroyn) July 5, 2018

Mojang (makers of Minecraft) have gone full SJW retard

You will not be able to ride dolphins that is animal cruelty.

"Riding" digital pixels such as pig, horse, dolphin, in a video game is animal cruelty???

*double facepalm*

They could have said you can't ride the Dolphins because they would eat you... or they giggle and laugh and politely decline your offer... or they secretly posses greater than human intelligence and are only here to observe you while invasion plans are being made on their homeworld. It's a video game, don't take everything so serious, jesus.

I had always wondered if the foley sounds for Tribbles were doves. Thanks for the confirmation / details! THIS type of article is the ones I remember from /.'s days of yore.

Any other resources for how (modern) SFX are created? I know Indianna Jones' whipcrack is a bit of a trade secret but recently THX sheet music for "Deep Note" sound was shared

There is even an (poor) YouTube interview with its creator.

THX Deep Note with Dr. Andy Moorer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Mojang (makers of Minecraft) have gone full SJW retard

You will not be able to ride dolphins that is animal cruelty.

"Riding" digital pixels such as pig, horse, dolphin, in a video game is animal cruelty???

*double facepalm*

Mojang (makers of Minecraft) have already gone full SJW retard

You will not be able to ride dolphins that is animal cruelty.

"Riding" digital pixels such as pig, horse, dolphin, in a video game is animal cruelty???

*facepalm*

You keep using these words "animal cruelty", it doesn't mean what you think it means.

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Only children censor.
Adults discuss and even laugh about "taboo" subjects.

NANNY NANNY BOO BOO

In his 1991 book Trumped! John O'Donnell quoted Trump as saying:

        I've got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes.... Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else... Besides that, I tell you something else. I think that's guy's lazy. And it's probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks.

In an interview in 1997, he admitted that the information in the book was "probably true". Two years later, when seeking the nomination of the Reform Party for president, he denied having made the statement.

In August 2016 Trump campaigned in Maine, which has a large immigrant Somali population. At a rally he said, "We've just seen many, many crimes getting worse all the time, and as Maine knows — a major destination for Somali refugees — right, am I right?" Trump also alluded to risks of terrorism, referring to an incident in June 2016 when three young Somali men were found guilty of planning to join the Islamic State in Syria.

In Lewiston, home to the largest population of Maine Somalis, the police chief said Somalis have integrated into the city and they have not caused an increase in crime; crime is actually going down, not up. The mayor said Lewiston is safe and they all get along. At a Somali support rally following Trump's comments the Portland mayor welcomed the city's Somali residents, saying, "We need you here." Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins commented, "Mr. Trump's statements disparaging immigrants who have come to this country legally are particularly unhelpful. Maine has benefited from people from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and, increasingly, Africa — including our friends from Somalia."

"Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and hispanics-a tough subject-must be discussed."

https://twitter.com/realDonald...

From his 2015 announcement speech:

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best,” he said. “They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I will admit that a lot of the stuff on this page is people just running their mouths but there is plenty of pretty solid stuff on their that indicate racism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

While he's may not be overtly racist I think he's very good a turning a blind eye to racism and allowing it to happen.

Really though I think he just plays a game where he takes no clear stance on anything and just says what feels right in the moment. The difficulty confirming any stance results in a high level of discourse and people just go with whatever they happen to glean from really poor media coverage.

Nothing could be more true than this: https://twitter.com/iamdevlope...

Basically Microsoft added "if idle > X time", and that was it?

According to President Trump "The electoral college is a disaster for democracy". https://twitter.com/realdonald...

I guess even a lying clock tells the truth by accident once in a while.

Private companies can do what they want.
However, they should also not lie to the public.
When they say "We are transparent about our political activity and contributions." and "We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.", yet they are "shadow banning" members of a single political party, things don't add up.

Quotes can be found here: https://about.twitter.com/en_u...

Not quite.

Once they start mediating content, they lose the immunity provisions of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

So if Facebook or Twitter wants to limit political content to only those viewpoints accepted by "progressives", Facebook or Twitter then becomes responsible and liable for ALL content posted to their system.

Of course, doing that will make "progressives" squeal like stuck pigs - because they know that Facebook and Twitter actually do push "progressive" views and aid in no-platforming opposing viewpoints.

Kinda indicative of the emptiness and reactionary nature of "progressive" policy ideas that they actually have a name, a process, and a fucking Wikipedia page for the methods "progressives" use to shut down debate. When your ideas suck, you have to shut other people up.

Oh really? And Maxine Waters is still visible? Perhaps YOU prefer how she expresses her views and what she encourages - along with the twit platform?
Were you really hoping that someone would buy that ludicrous explanation you provided?

I'm looking at Maxine Waters account and it appears to be polite and reasonably cogent with a few exceptions ("Jeff Sessions is a wimp" - by the standards of current debate in the USA that's almost a reasonable comment).

I'm sure they already know this, but the algorithm isn't designed to trip up GOP politicians. It says a lot more about how they choose to phrase their message and talk about issues, than any agenda seeking to silence them on Twitter.

When what you post is designed to be inflammatory and lower discourse and a system designed to combat that properly flags it, maybe its working as intended and you should look inwards? No matter where you stand, there are good and bad ways to engage in discourse. On all topics, with all points of view.

That was my first thought but her account didn't really seem that bad.

I suspect the problem is that prominent racists try to avoid saying things that are obviously racist, so there's a lot of subtext and "draw the obvious conclusion" posts that are so hard for an algorithm to reliably flag as racist that you might as well not bother.

So how do you find those prominent racists to shadow ban? Well the trick is that there's a bunch of other racists who are so guarded in their language and are really easy for an algorithm to flag as racist.

So you steal a page from PageRank and realize that if a whole bunch of obvious racists are constantly retweeting someone in a positive context then you've probably found a prominent racist.

The problem that happened here is that White Supremacists really like Trump and the job of the GOP Chairwoman is to promote and defend Trump.

So all of her pro-Trump tweets are now getting retweeted by obvious White Supremacists and indicating to Twitter that she's some prominent White Supremacist, hence the shadow-ban.

I'm sure they already know this, but the algorithm isn't designed to trip up GOP politicians. It says a lot more about how they choose to phrase their message and talk about issues, than any agenda seeking to silence them on Twitter.

When what you post is designed to be inflammatory and lower discourse and a system designed to combat that properly flags it, maybe its working as intended and you should look inwards? No matter where you stand, there are good and bad ways to engage in discourse. On all topics, with all points of view.

That was my first thought but her account didn't really seem that bad.

I suspect the problem is that prominent racists try to avoid saying things that are obviously racist, so there's a lot of subtext and "draw the obvious conclusion" posts that are so hard for an algorithm to reliably flag as racist that you might as well not bother.

So how do you find those prominent racists to shadow ban? Well the trick is that there's a bunch of other racists who are so guarded in their language and are really easy for an algorithm to flag as racist.

So you steal a page from PageRank and realize that if a whole bunch of obvious racists are constantly retweeting someone in a positive context then you've probably found a prominent racist.

The problem that happened here is that White Supremacists really like Trump and the job of the GOP Chairwoman is to promote and defend Trump.

So all of her pro-Trump tweets are now getting retweeted by obvious White Supremacists and indicating to Twitter that she's some prominent White Supremacist, hence the shadow-ban.

I'm sure they already know this, but the algorithm isn't designed to trip up GOP politicians. It says a lot more about how they choose to phrase their message and talk about issues, than any agenda seeking to silence them on Twitter.

When what you post is designed to be inflammatory and lower discourse and a system designed to combat that properly flags it, maybe its working as intended and you should look inwards? No matter where you stand, there are good and bad ways to engage in discourse. On all topics, with all points of view.

That was my first thought but her account didn't really seem that bad.

I suspect the problem is that prominent racists try to avoid saying things that are obviously racist, so there's a lot of subtext and "draw the obvious conclusion" posts that are so hard for an algorithm to reliably flag as racist that you might as well not bother.

So how do you find those prominent racists to shadow ban? Well the trick is that there's a bunch of other racists who are so guarded in their language and are really easy for an algorithm to flag as racist.

So you steal a page from PageRank and realize that if a whole bunch of obvious racists are constantly retweeting someone in a positive context then you've probably found a prominent racist.

The problem that happened here is that White Supremacists really like Trump and the job of the GOP Chairwoman is to promote and defend Trump.

So all of her pro-Trump tweets are now getting retweeted by obvious White Supremacists and indicating to Twitter that she's some prominent White Supremacist, hence the shadow-ban.

Private companies can do what they want.
However, they should also not lie to the public.
When they say "We are transparent about our political activity and contributions." and "We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.", yet they are "shadow banning" members of a single political party, things don't add up.

Quotes can be found here: https://about.twitter.com/en_u...

President Xi and I will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade.

Trump is besties with Xi, what could he do?

Be aware that Montana Skeptic - famous for spinning conspiracy theories about Tesla and Musk that turn out not to be true - has given two conflicting explanations for why he deleted his Twitter account. In one of them, it had nothing to do with Musk, and in the other, it's all evil Elon's fault.

Be aware that Montana Skeptic - famous for spinning conspiracy theories about Tesla and Musk that turn out not to be true - has given two conflicting explanations for why he deleted his Twitter account. In one of them, it had nothing to do with Musk, and in the other, it's all evil Elon's fault.

because the photo belongs to the photographer and it don't make a flying rat's ass where it's stored."

Well, if it's on Twitter's servers, then that is huge, because Twitter's Terms of Service then apply to the submitter.

By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed). This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same.

https://twitter.com/malekawt/s...

These games, or at least most of them, were already banned by Saudi Arabia for various reasons just like other countries like Australia ban games. This specific news event had nothing to do with it. Just the media getting shit wrong again as usual.

Rob

Re: "Unfortunately, I'm not seeing proof, I'm currently seeing conjecture."

The logic is straightforward. Each claim I am about to make can be backed up with references. I'm going to spare myself the burden of doing that in this particular instance so that I can focus upon providing you with "the big picture" of what is going on - because I will completely agree that there is so much new information here that it can be overwhelming. If you want to see the references for these claims, follow me on Twitter

The Electric Universe is a cosmology that adds a number of conjectures to "plasma cosmology" or Peratt's preferred term, "plasma universe" (I personally prefer the phrase "electrical cosmology" as a general term to refer to any one of them). Plasma cosmology and plasma universe are a bit older than the EU, so the EU benefits from being able to incorporate more modern observations. The most important thing that you need to know is that all of these terms share one bedrock belief in common: the idea that scientists can - and very much should - use laboratory plasma observations to inform their astronomical inferences.

In the laboratory, plasmas exhibit filamentation, hub-and-spoke structures which connect those filaments into electrical networks, plasma double layers, critical ionization velocities, and a host of other fundamentally electrodynamic and circuit-oriented behaviors. Astrophysicists today refuse to consider the full toolbox of laboratory plasma observations when they make inferences about cosmic plasmas, and they decide to do so even though a host of outstanding problems can be solved with these tools.

Perhaps the best example relates to the situation with double layers. Double layers have been observed both in the laboratory and in space - yet astrophysics graduate students are still not taught what they are. A very simple privately-funded experiment can be performed whereby a metal sphere is charge-loaded within a vacuum. A series of layers will appear given sufficient charge density, and these layers can unexpectedly hold tremendous heat. In fact, the heat profile very much mimics the inverse-temperature enigma of the solar corona - suggesting that an answer to that predicament is readily available if only the graduate programs would simply teach the concept to students.

The ionosphere is an example of a double layer. Notice that it can be used to reflect AM waves. A significant suggestion has been indirectly made by Wal Thornhill that the very reason for the Fermi Paradox is because life originates within a sufficiently strong double layer that all radio communications are blocked. Conceptually, this would make a lot of sense because double layers can insulate the incubator from all of the violence of cosmic plasmas. A similar protection is afforded to us here on Earth by the Van Allen radiation belts - another spot where double layers have been observationally confirmed.

Look at Tunguska: Where is the impactor? We can see that a catastrophic event occurred, but there is no object to point to as the cause. That problem disappears once double layers are considered, for then we need only assert that the double layers of two charged objects came into contact with one another, releasing a substantial amount of energy. No impactor is required, and this is basic plasma physics applied to the planetary sciences.

Double layers can also accelerate charged particles. You have an unusual source for cosmic rays? Double layers offer a new tool to address that.

You can also think of double layers as a system which the fourth state of matter uses to create structure: At the root of the plasma filament, with its concentric counter-rotating cylinders, is the concept of the double layer. The different layers of the Sun can be explained with double layers (Don Scott

Re: "Unfortunately, I'm not seeing proof, I'm currently seeing conjecture."

The logic is straightforward. Each claim I am about to make can be backed up with references. I'm going to spare myself the burden of doing that in this particular instance so that I can focus upon providing you with "the big picture" of what is going on - because I will completely agree that there is so much new information here that it can be overwhelming. If you want to see the references for these claims, follow me on Twitter

The Electric Universe is a cosmology that adds a number of conjectures to "plasma cosmology" or Peratt's preferred term, "plasma universe" (I personally prefer the phrase "electrical cosmology" as a general term to refer to any one of them). Plasma cosmology and plasma universe are a bit older than the EU, so the EU benefits from being able to incorporate more modern observations. The most important thing that you need to know is that all of these terms share one bedrock belief in common: the idea that scientists can - and very much should - use laboratory plasma observations to inform their astronomical inferences.

In the laboratory, plasmas exhibit filamentation, hub-and-spoke structures which connect those filaments into electrical networks, plasma double layers, critical ionization velocities, and a host of other fundamentally electrodynamic and circuit-oriented behaviors. Astrophysicists today refuse to consider the full toolbox of laboratory plasma observations when they make inferences about cosmic plasmas, and they decide to do so even though a host of outstanding problems can be solved with these tools.

Perhaps the best example relates to the situation with double layers. Double layers have been observed both in the laboratory and in space - yet astrophysics graduate students are still not taught what they are. A very simple privately-funded experiment can be performed whereby a metal sphere is charge-loaded within a vacuum. A series of layers will appear given sufficient charge density, and these layers can unexpectedly hold tremendous heat. In fact, the heat profile very much mimics the inverse-temperature enigma of the solar corona - suggesting that an answer to that predicament is readily available if only the graduate programs would simply teach the concept to students.

The ionosphere is an example of a double layer. Notice that it can be used to reflect AM waves. A significant suggestion has been indirectly made by Wal Thornhill that the very reason for the Fermi Paradox is because life originates within a sufficiently strong double layer that all radio communications are blocked. Conceptually, this would make a lot of sense because double layers can insulate the incubator from all of the violence of cosmic plasmas. A similar protection is afforded to us here on Earth by the Van Allen radiation belts - another spot where double layers have been observationally confirmed.

Look at Tunguska: Where is the impactor? We can see that a catastrophic event occurred, but there is no object to point to as the cause. That problem disappears once double layers are considered, for then we need only assert that the double layers of two charged objects came into contact with one another, releasing a substantial amount of energy. No impactor is required, and this is basic plasma physics applied to the planetary sciences.

Double layers can also accelerate charged particles. You have an unusual source for cosmic rays? Double layers offer a new tool to address that.

You can also think of double layers as a system which the fourth state of matter uses to create structure: At the root of the plasma filament, with its concentric counter-rotating cylinders, is the concept of the double layer. The different layers of the Sun can be explained with double layers (Don Scott

mansplaining... nope. manfeels... yep. https://twitter.com/Delafina77...

Nope, that ain't sexist, want me to mansplain it to you?

Re: character flaw, calling the diver in the Thailand rescue a pedophile this morning lends credence to the fact that he doesn't listen to his large investors, let alone those related to development of the company's product.

https://twitter.com/MidwestHed...
https://twitter.com/TeslaChart...

A while back Baillie clearly told him to shut up with the unprofessional tweeting and focus on the work. And it seems they're not alone. The other large funds are clearly spooked by the balance sheet, product defects and CEO behavior and have been dumping their common positions (i.e. the least-senior in bankruptcy). Fidelity primarily but even TRowe, the most steadfast, is showing signs they fear the worst: https://twitter.com/WintonCapP...).

Of course if we have truly have entered an era where you can say anything without repercussion from other stakeholders, and can make your own reality, then none of this matters and the cult mentality will continue. What that says about the future of corporate governance and execution in this country is left as an exercise to the reader.

Re: character flaw, calling the diver in the Thailand rescue a pedophile this morning lends credence to the fact that he doesn't listen to his large investors, let alone those related to development of the company's product.

https://twitter.com/MidwestHed...
https://twitter.com/TeslaChart...

A while back Baillie clearly told him to shut up with the unprofessional tweeting and focus on the work. And it seems they're not alone. The other large funds are clearly spooked by the balance sheet, product defects and CEO behavior and have been dumping their common positions (i.e. the least-senior in bankruptcy). Fidelity primarily but even TRowe, the most steadfast, is showing signs they fear the worst: https://twitter.com/WintonCapP...).

Of course if we have truly have entered an era where you can say anything without repercussion from other stakeholders, and can make your own reality, then none of this matters and the cult mentality will continue. What that says about the future of corporate governance and execution in this country is left as an exercise to the reader.

Re: character flaw, calling the diver in the Thailand rescue a pedophile this morning lends credence to the fact that he doesn't listen to his large investors, let alone those related to development of the company's product.

https://twitter.com/MidwestHed...
https://twitter.com/TeslaChart...

A while back Baillie clearly told him to shut up with the unprofessional tweeting and focus on the work. And it seems they're not alone. The other large funds are clearly spooked by the balance sheet, product defects and CEO behavior and have been dumping their common positions (i.e. the least-senior in bankruptcy). Fidelity primarily but even TRowe, the most steadfast, is showing signs they fear the worst: https://twitter.com/WintonCapP...).

Of course if we have truly have entered an era where you can say anything without repercussion from other stakeholders, and can make your own reality, then none of this matters and the cult mentality will continue. What that says about the future of corporate governance and execution in this country is left as an exercise to the reader.

Just curious: why should posting Nazi ideology on your private blog get you fired, if said posts have nothing to do with your employer and in no way reflect badly on that employer other than simply having you on their payroll?

No you think it isnn't the point but it actually is. Things don't exist in a vacuum and humans are not simple, mindless rules inference machines. Further the world is not a simple binary state either, it exists on a continuum.

Since you need a picture drawn with crayons, the point isn't to equate Nazism with Jessica Price. The point is that it's absurd to claim it's not the company's concern when you publicly talk about company business on a public Twitter account, to which you've attached your employer's name - and then be a flaming asshole to one of the comapny's partners. Now here's another analogy you'll love: you reason like a Klansman justifying his dislike of Jews "because Jews killed Jesus". More on that in a minute.

Yes true.

Not true. Plot limitations is an old subject not just in MMORPG's but RPG's in general, and as a partner to the company, something Deroir actually knows WTF he's talking about from a user perspective. Bioware had this shit worked out with Mass Effect 3, though they were criminally cut short on time by EA to apply it to the main story. Rather than worry about every branching conversation option or plot choice, just assign points to various options the player has taken to see how the story is resolved a la Rannoch.

But even if it was true, and Deroir asked a dumbass question like "have you considered adding graphics acceleration to the game", nothing justifies Jessica going full sexist nuclear hatorade on his ass. If she was capable of either reason or professionalism, she could have answered something like "that takes much more work - which campaigns in the game would you have traded for more meaningful plot decisions?"

Common, even you know this is BS. Just flip the genders

Oh yes. I should just pretend like the world isn't the way it currently is. I know a few women in various tech jobs. They have had to put up with a *lot* of shit that I haven't along these lines.

Except Jessica was the one throwing out a *lot* of shit here, not Deroir. You only get to the play the cards on the table here, not bring in some irrelevant baggage & bullshit. Deroir wasn't some high school guidance counselor telling a student she should really consider a liberal arts degree instead of computer science. He wasn't some GamerGate nutjob doxxing a person he didn't like. He wasn't some fuckwad calling everyone a See You Next Tuesday on a livestream.

Pretending to the contrary, and justifying Jessica's abuse of Deroir by other wrongs done by other people to other women, is straight up "Jews killed Jesus" reasoning. Fuck that. But trying to claim moral superiority while literally becoming what you hate - good luck with that too.

"Are you denying that Germany is dependent on Russian energy?"

In general, yes.

Fact Check - Germany Imports Gas From Russia. But Is It a 'Captive'?

TL;DR: Trump was very incorrect (or lied, take your pick) about the amount of energy Germany gets from Russia. Germany does get _some_ of their energy from Russia, but it's not the majority of their energy, and despite that Germany has been far more willing to stand up to Russia and impose sanctions against than Trump is.

So, John Kerry:

https://112.international/ukra...

https://twitter.com/EnergyAtSt...

And Joe Biden:

https://uk.reuters.com/article...

Were wrong?

If they can't understand a simple regex then they don't have a hope in CS. Perhaps they could become narrative diversity therapists or something.