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http://youtu.be/50CMhnsz4DU

(confirmation screen="are you sure" screen, not "your vote has been cast to Turd" screen. That one should just say "your vote has been cast"). This is how it's done in Belgium https://youtu.be/C5Cq89MBgG0?t... (old machines) / https://youtu.be/enprT4Poh9g?t... (new machines)

This does raise the question why someone you would want to pressure into voting for Turd would bother going to the polls and vote for someone else than Douche. If he's been there and voting is secret, you still can be sure he voted for Douche. That's also why voting is mandatory in some actual democracies (*).

(*) In the case of Belgium, it's even more perverse than this: when universal suffrage was introduced, the Left would have been enough class conscious to have fought their way to the voting booth. Mandatory universal suffrage was introduced to mitigate this by having the catholic majority go and vote as the priest told them to.

(confirmation screen="are you sure" screen, not "your vote has been cast to Turd" screen. That one should just say "your vote has been cast"). This is how it's done in Belgium https://youtu.be/C5Cq89MBgG0?t... (old machines) / https://youtu.be/enprT4Poh9g?t... (new machines)

This does raise the question why someone you would want to pressure into voting for Turd would bother going to the polls and vote for someone else than Douche. If he's been there and voting is secret, you still can be sure he voted for Douche. That's also why voting is mandatory in some actual democracies (*).

(*) In the case of Belgium, it's even more perverse than this: when universal suffrage was introduced, the Left would have been enough class conscious to have fought their way to the voting booth. Mandatory universal suffrage was introduced to mitigate this by having the catholic majority go and vote as the priest told them to.

The initial video demo for Magic Leap looked very impressive, but it was just a concept video and was quite misleading. The problem is that the video shows various virtual objects that are darker than the background, e.g. The dark red robot against the cream wall at 49 seconds in.

Unlike the composited lies of the initial video, all their subsequent videos are shot through their device and it is abundantly clear that they are using an additive light technology (much like you would get from bouncing an image off a piece of glass at 45 degrees). The first thing you notice is that all of the videos shot through the device are in rather dark rooms, some very dark indeed. If you look at this shopping demo you will see that the eyes of the weird yellow lamp creature are meant to be black, but the grey background shows through them. This is a limitation of additive light.

Now people who have used the device say they were blown away and I'm quite sure that if I saw their Star Wars demo in a conveniently darked room, I would also be amazed. The problem is that people who have experienced the device in darkened rooms might come away with the impression that it can show dark objects, or rather, realistically lit objects, in a normal well-lit environment. In an outdoor environment, or even a well-lit room, the objects could look very washed-out, or at the very least, very bright, glowy and unnatural. If you just want to shoot glowing space aliens or read some glowy text, that isn't an issue. However, if people are expecting to see realistic naturally lit objects that actually look like they belong in your current environment, I think they may be sorely disappointed. The additive light limitations could also be a big problem for shopping applications. After all, it's a bit difficult to see how that dark green couch is going to look in your lounge if the wall behind it just shows through. Google's project tango has the advantage there since it can just composite naturally lit objects over the video feed.

I'm not saying their device couldn't be really useful, or even pretty amazing in certain situations and environments, but I think the limitations will cause issues and may put a lot of people off buying one. I could also be wrong, and for some reason they have been refusing to show their amazing light-blocking technology in their demo videos, but that seems unlikely.

P.S. Although they have been more honest in their videos recently, I should point out that their website still shows concept images that misleadingly give the impression that they are able to show objects darker than the background. I should also point out that Magic Leap have been far more honest than Microsoft who seem to exclusively composite their videos to hide their crappy field of view and similar additive light limitations.

Besides, it's not like anyone is making a video wall out of phones.

good sir, you should search before making such bold claims! BEHOLD! The video wall of windows phones!

Besides, it's not like anyone is making a video wall out of phones.

Now that you mention it....
http://youtu.be/mcSd2xH_vS4

Main problem is... yes, the bezels, and the chargers on the bottom.

Or skateboarding...

How do you manage to be wrong in multiple ways on both points you claim?

Simple! Like this: https://youtu.be/W8qcccZy03s

Strat

Actually, it looks like Tesla has thought of that... apparently their "glass" tile is tougher than conventional tiles. See this CNET video for reference: https://youtu.be/uWcGRYT-aeE?t... If a conventional roof can withstand it, then so can theirs.

Oh your erection is small peasant! I have 128 gigs of ram and my dick is bigger this year for you are weak and I am mighty!

Thanks, this lovely song sums it up: https://youtu.be/26Iibcz2lE0 Kirsty McColl in 1991. It's not that far. Maybe the guy who 'leaves it everyone else' needs to think about that?

The preceding comments are a classic example of Dunning Kruger syndrome.
The GP seems* to exhibit the overconfidence of the uninformed.
The parent shows the knowledge of the informed as to why things are harder than the uninformed think.

* actually, GP's angry-sounding comment was in the form of questions, so calling them uninformed is admittedly harsh.

For a good answer to the GP's last question, watch https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs (warning: it's bad news).

One problem with working from home could be that others in your household might assume that you'll be able to take care of all house-related matters/chores, etc., since "you are there anyway":

https://youtu.be/lBqq5ai5rLQ

MS Paint is perfect as is, just some people know how to use it better than others https://youtu.be/v2g5qbvb7F4 :-)

They were producing new versions of Pocket PC/Windows Mobile every year or two from 2000 to 2009. They supported and updated it for far too long to just call it "hacking a few things out." And they pushed tablets big time in the 2002 Comdex Keynote. With a tablet you can draw an org chart! They put a good amount of effort in making phone and tablet software, and people didn't want them.

So the IPCC is the prime source of evidence we should go with and other sources are not acceptable?

Okay. Prepare to dance.

https://www.theguardian.com/en...

They based their "research" on an interview in a climbing magazine.

it is also ironic that you'd say something about politics in the same breath that you're advocating the IPCC. Much of the IPCC is not authored by scientists. Its a political organization via the UN not a scientific organization. You'd know that if you knew anything. But you don't.

You're another tool that repeats the same stupid shit with no understanding of what he's talking about.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

You're getting caught in a lie or a scandal or a fraud practically daily. And despite that all we get out of you is the same pretension to a functioning brain stem.

Keep in mind, you're the one that started the ad hominem game by talking about deniers and politics. If you want to talk issues, I'll crush you with facts. You likely don't have anything besides some cartoonish illustrations or some PDF links you didn't read.

But if you want to play the ad hominem game... then flame on.
https://youtu.be/Ae04r1EQOKk?t...

What people like you get away with is shifting between an unjustified pretense of intellectual or moral superiority into fallacious ad hominem without pausing to back up anything. It works on people that don't know what this is...

If you want to make a stab at being rational or justifying any of that comical pretense you walk around with... try me. Otherwise... Burn.

Obamacare reformed the healthcare system.

Obamacare was designed to fail so that the ultimate goal...full government-run, single-provider healthcare...could be rolled out in the US. It was a "Trojan horse" but without any real subterfuge other than propaganda ops shouting down anyone who tried to point this out.

https://youtu.be/3sTfZJBYo1I

My monthly bill went from $500 per month to $150 per month.

You seem to be the exception rather than the rule. If we actually met IRL you'd be the first person I've ever met whose medical insurance rates went down for a comparable level of coverage due to the ACA.

https://youtu.be/fkcytCVqw_s

https://youtu.be/i_Dq6DOAoJI

Strat

Obamacare reformed the healthcare system.

Obamacare was designed to fail so that the ultimate goal...full government-run, single-provider healthcare...could be rolled out in the US. It was a "Trojan horse" but without any real subterfuge other than propaganda ops shouting down anyone who tried to point this out.

https://youtu.be/3sTfZJBYo1I

My monthly bill went from $500 per month to $150 per month.

You seem to be the exception rather than the rule. If we actually met IRL you'd be the first person I've ever met whose medical insurance rates went down for a comparable level of coverage due to the ACA.

https://youtu.be/fkcytCVqw_s

https://youtu.be/i_Dq6DOAoJI

Strat

Obamacare reformed the healthcare system.

Obamacare was designed to fail so that the ultimate goal...full government-run, single-provider healthcare...could be rolled out in the US. It was a "Trojan horse" but without any real subterfuge other than propaganda ops shouting down anyone who tried to point this out.

https://youtu.be/3sTfZJBYo1I

My monthly bill went from $500 per month to $150 per month.

You seem to be the exception rather than the rule. If we actually met IRL you'd be the first person I've ever met whose medical insurance rates went down for a comparable level of coverage due to the ACA.

https://youtu.be/fkcytCVqw_s

https://youtu.be/i_Dq6DOAoJI

Strat

I am preparing to teach the AI to be the me I wish I was and then I can finally go the way of Lain: https://youtu.be/iAo-LFDTxB8

But did it turn inside-out first?

Everything is chemicals! https://youtu.be/VGErC6QQdoc

Guessed Wrong. The Nintendo Switch.

Enjoy video of this clever and humorous mod!

https://youtu.be/6EK-Qy_UZX4?t...

Video's here:

https://youtu.be/6EK-Qy_UZX4?t...

I had a chuckle at the mere description of the mod, and never would've heard of it without Samsung's "help." I'll have to thank them for the laugh at their expense!

How about this TED talk from over a year ago? https://youtu.be/tiwVMrTLUWg (15 minutes video)

Note that the "silly [thing] to expect a car to be able to do" is demonstrated at the 10th minute mark.

Somewhere, someone is saying this .... Jack Nicholson as the Joker

Great tip, thanks.

Sorry for the shitty video presentation format but this looks like it will do the job nicely.

As in "Convict Army Nearly All Retarded Inbred Evil Sheepshaggers". I can see how Google would want a consignment of those.
For more information : https://youtu.be/1prrFe87VGc

All hail Bob! All hail Bob! https://youtu.be/Qt9MP70ODNw http://www.subgenius.com/

https://youtu.be/nu0R96OZy6w

I can't believe how many times I have had to reference this old film in the past six months:

The Kingdom of Mocha

Caveats:

1) It isn't a perfect illustration, but it helps provide a foundation for understanding that too many contemporary posters sorely lack.

2) It is filled with politically incorrect (but hilarious) stereotyping ... lighten up and enjoy it.

Having at least this entry-level understanding of how a basic economy and tax system works is a prerequisite to useful discussion of a topic like UBI.

There's a little bit of irony about the panel that ends in a nuclear war mushroom cloud In the 60's Hillary was a Republican and worked on the Goldwater campaign. Of course, the famous Daisy attack ad also ended with a mushroom cloud and was a deciding factor in Goldwater's and thus Hillary's loss. It would be funny if another mushroom cloud political ad was involved with another Hillary loss.

https://youtu.be/5IuJGHuIkzY The Democratic Party has gone slam off the farm. I only wonder where the Republican machine corruption is relatively..., and are they really scared of Trump. So far, I've only given the Rep's inner circles credit for better operational security.

Is Trump our Underdog to get the Simon Bar Sinister's of the world, or is he a devious plant by the establishment? I don't see how they could plan to work this where Trump just shifts the NWO agenda to the next gear without the rest of us down here going ballistic on their asses.

Correction. Hillary Clinton is fully aware she's paying thugs to start violence with Republicans. We don't know about this bombing specifically, but all through the campaign, yes. Literally fascism, from the top down.

Trump's PussyLeaks comments helped him with blacks. Apparently the only men in America who will still admit to liking pussy.

Moron, you just proved my fucking point. You said the little old Christian ladies were going to dump Trump. I told you no, they're not, because they think like Christians and not like you do. So you agree then, the Christians right or wrongly from your point of view aren't dumping Trump. Which means, the tapes didn't hurt Trump among his supporters. The only poll I think is useful for showing changes in opinion amongst the same group of people day to day is the LA Times tracking poll (samples the same group of people) and that's what it showed.

As for the last part, here's how real black men are talking about PussyLeaks.

Get a haircut. Get a real job.

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/su3HiXOjrfA

Oh, so you could basically just have boiled it down to "it's a ridiculous strawman that I and my fellow alt-rightists scumbags have invented, in order to further our hateful agendas".

That would have made it so much clearer.

So self-identified labels are a strawman? FYI "SJW" is a label created by social justice warriors, I know...facts hurt feels. But, nice assumptions there. Do you also believe that the "right" and "conservatives" are dangerous neo-nazi's that are bent on world domination and to dispose of (((them))), while kicking illegals and plotting ways to resurrect Hitler? I think I got all the regressive talking points there. No wait, I missed Pepe and how a cartoon frog is a neo-nazi hate symbol for white supremacy.

After all, I'm sure these regressive leftists who fit all of those points are just harmless. Just like those ones who were protesting at Mizzou, and Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Toronto, etc, etc, etc. Get triggered at human bones claim that halloween costumes are racist, and offer "counseling" for it. Scream that kimono's are cultural appropriation and so on, and on, and on. Very invented....

The issue is NOT language, that's something that Trump's PR people have been trying to spin it as, and you are eating that spin if you believe it. The issue is what he's saying: That he commits sexual assault because he's a star, because he can. THAT'S the deal. The terminology he used isn't the issue, it is what he's claiming he's done.

Trevor Noah put it pretty well: https://youtu.be/LiPjWUn-PUo?t...

Anyone who thinks this is just "normal guy talk" needs to reevaluate who the fuck they hang out with. None of my friends have ever said anything like this. We've said vulgar things to each other, we've talked about sex, but none of us have ever said we have forced ourselves on a woman without consent. If your friends talk about doing shit like this, no matter if the language they use to describe it is crass or refined, you need better friends.

... our new legume overlords.

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/wEUwtFg7PeI

If this is the life style that you want, why dont you just hire prostitutes?

There's gotta be some miscommunication in my posts for you to suggest that as an alternative. I mean, if some awkward Slashdotter said "I hope to have a girlfriend some day" would you make the same suggestion "If that's the lifestyle you want, just pay for whores?". Running a personal harem is just dating multiple women simultaneously. No individual woman is perfect, so you "mix and match" with additional ones to get what you want in the aggregate. You usually have a "main chick", which is just like a normal relationship....and then you have "side bitches", that you typically invest less in emotionally but derive added quality of life from (mostly sexually, but not exclusively sex).

The time spent to get laid using scenarios you describe dont seem terribly cost effective when aggregated out by what I make per hour on average.

The time spent over a week on harem growth/maintenance isn't time that would be allocated to work, but to other forms of recreation or rest. You're not earning $100/hr at 11pm on your couch in most cases, so allocating two to four hours in that timeslot does not have an opportunity cost in potential wages.

Secondly, a reliable harem is FAR more cost effective than prostitution. You have a woman who meets you 2-3 times a month, you drive to a cheap love hotel ($25/ 2-3 hours), and you fuck twice in that time window. That works out to $12.50/orgasm, less if she splits the cost of the hotel with you, and less if calculated on an hourly rate. Whereas a prostitute of equal value (physical attractiveness and health) probably starts at $100/hour. And you can still take your harem women on DATES. If you spend $40 on an hour-long sushi date that STILL costs less than any halfway decent whore. A friend of mine has had the same primary side-bitch for TWO YEARS. He doesn't take her on dinner dates, he just occasionally hangs out with her and fucks her. Thousands of dollars saved.

Finally, you ignore the satisfaction derived from "sport fucking". Sport fucking is just like sport fishing. Patrice O'Neal covers it well here: https://youtu.be/6KzCfIYArmQ
Do you understand that moment when you are seducing a new woman, and you see that look in her eyes that communicates "Yup...I'm ready to fuck you now." The satisfaction derived from unlocking a new chick's box is priceless, and worth the occasional bad date or frustrations. You sure as Hell don't get the same feeling handing a prostitute a stack of cash.

You seem to be valuing your lifestyle choises on a terribly superficial level. Even your conversational choices amongst male friends sound completely boring to me.

I'm genuinely curious, what do YOU sit around and talk about with other guys? The entropic heat death of the universe? The "meaning" of some arthouse indie films? Who is the better sci-fi author, Herbert or Heinlein? The only long-term friend I have with such interests is of course a journalist, and he lives in New York. The rest of my associates are all military men or engineers (99% from Eastern cultures: Vietnamese, Japanese, a few Persians and Afghanis, two Latin-Americans). There's no point trying to work Marcus Aurelius's Meditations into a conversation because nobody out here in Asia has read it. Nor do the people have any interest in navel-gazing about the direction of Western culture and its institutions. Material concerns are a focus here because most people don't have anything close to an American standard of living. Existential angst is a Western privilege. We are dealing with, generally speaking, higher pollution levels, much higher population densities, and don't have the sort of prescription or recreational drug options that are so popular in the US. Most people medicate with alcohol. But as a non-drinker and non-smoker, I (and most of my associates) prefer the 4 C's: cars, cash, cunts, computers.

[meta-monkey wrote: " There's nothing at all fishy about this to anyone except those who hate strong independent wymynz what don't need no man."]

Grab this -- and share -- before YouTube takes it down: "Donald Trump secret meeting leaked", posted by John Patrick Acquaviva, May 31, 2016 at https://youtu.be/ZJyIztXX3Bs?t=9s (236, 826 views). Sadly, the prophecy that Trump made in 1980 (thirty-six years ago) in that video has come true,

Grab and share what Joe Watson wrote:

Former Miss Nebraska Teen contest winner Natasha Rickley has slammed the media witch hunt against Donald Trump, revealing that ABC News contacted her trying to get dirt on Trump but that she told them he was “an absolute gentleman.“I was contacted today by a producer at ABC News in New York. She is wanting to question me regarding the Miss Teen USA allegations. They also let me know that they are reaching out to All of my fellow contestants from 1997,” wrote Rickley on her Facebook page.

“I am going to be very truthful and let ABC know that Donald Trump was an absolute gentleman. I never witnessed any inappropriate behavior whatsoever the entire 2 weeks that I participated in the pageant. I’m sure that none of my interview will make the news since I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience with Donald. I do find it interesting and important for people to know that these are the depths the media is going to for their smear campaign,” she added.

Rickley’s praise for Trump was backed up by a former Miss Universe manager who came into contact with thousands of pageant contestants and “never heard one accusation against Mr. Trump.”

“I’m coming forward to tell you that these accusations are wrong, they’re false. These young ladies trusted me – if ever there was a time that Mr. Trump had done anything inappropriate, they would have come to me before they would have even gone to their parents,” she said.

“Those things that you’re hearing on national television – that’s wrong, it’s very wrong,” she added, calling Trump “a true gentleman”.

The mainstream media has been on a mission to smear Trump with numerous salacious accusations from women that claim Trump sexually assaulted them.

It has now emerged that one of the women – Jessica Leeds – who waited 35 years before making her accusations public – has a history of conflict and a clear vendetta against Trump.

A New York Daily News article from October 2007 reveals how Leeds was locked in a dispute with Trump over trees that were erected on a golf course owned by Trump in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Another story out of the L.A. Times from October 2008 reveals how Leeds was also embroiled in a dispute with Trump over a fence outside her house that Trump claimed was on his property.

“If the Palos Verdes Jessica Leeds is the same Jessica Leeds in the New York Times accusations, it certainly raises the question of an undisclosed personal motive, anger over the past, and/or a probable axe-to-grind,” reports the Conservative Treehouse.

-- source: FORMER MISS TEEN SLAMS MEDIA WIT

> It's amazing how the echo chamber distorted this,

I'm not amazed any more. Every single time I drill down into a Clinton "scandal" it turns out to be bullshit. The republicans have literally spent hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars trying to find something, anything, on the Clintons for decades. There were nine, NINE benghazi investigations alone. But the actual facts never support the hyperbole.

Hell, even the email "scandal" is bullshit. If you watch Comey's senate testimony (excerpted and elaborated here) he says there were three emails (since corrected to two) with partial markings (literally just a (c) next to a single paragraph) and there was ALSO material that was classified. But what he doesn't mention is that the "(c)" emails were already declassified when they were sent to her and for proof you can find those emails in the ones that were officially released by the state department - if they were actually classified they would not have been released because simply being exposed at some point does not automatically declassify a document.

People are going around saying that Comey gave Clinton a pass despite the evidence when in fact he misrepresented the evidence by conflating unrelated facts. He wasn't her friend, he was actually trying to fuck her up in the court of public opinion.

And that's pretty much the way every single clinton "scandal" has gone down. The Clintons are the personification of Cardinal Richelieu's line, "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." And all the people hereabouts who love that quote for what it reveals about the way world works can't even see it when its right in front of them...

Unless you want something crash worthy. Who needs crumple zones, airbags, antilock brakes, or safety glass.

Check this out: 2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test | Consumer Reports

So yeah, I am all for the classic cars, just don't ever get in a high speed accident and expect to walk away without serious damage to your entire body.

Or played Mass Effect 2.

A lot of this was discussed during the last house judiciary hearing featuring Director Comey where he channeled Nixon with his 'don't call us weasels' line. I think for anyone interested in actually getting the facts on this case, the entire three hour session is definitely worth watching.

During that hearing Congressman Ratcliffe proves your point about the entire FBI investigation being a foregone conclusion. Something to keep in mind while watching is that this is the same Comey that made Martha Stewart a felon for lying and obstructing justice by tampering with evidence.

https://youtu.be/ZDOI0cq6GZM

Anyway, what I find interesting is how this is a story on /. but something like the NYC election commissioner coming out and saying that there's serious voter fraud going on, with groups busing people around and that voter ID is a good thing isn't up.

It's not on Slashdot because it's not news. Everyone who lives anywhere near a major city knows it goes on, Chicago doesn't even make any effort to hide it. The people who live there are not concerned with making political decisions themselves, they just like complaining about things and blaming Republicans for everything. So the lazy residents of those cities can avoid the burden of voting, knowing that some beggar is being paid in dangerous, addictive substances to vote the "proper" way at least once in each and every voting district the city has.

The people who are against voter IDs hold that stance and blatantly lie about the voter fraud when asked because it benefits them directly. The most common such benefit is that they know someone else is taking the responsibility of outvoting the "backward" residents of the rest of the state, freeing up at least half an hour for more of their own plans.

Likely, though a lot of that is easy to detect if you have the sensors for it. Keep in mind that the US border across Mexico doesn't, and the Obama administration heavily leans on ICE to stop guards from actually doing anything.

Anyway, what I find interesting is how this is a story on /. but something like the NYC election commissioner coming out and saying that there's serious voter fraud going on, with groups busing people around and that voter ID is a good thing isn't up.