The most popular distribution of the most popular OS kernel is wrapped in a tightly controlled ecosystem in which everything you can do, which by default isn't much, is tracked and logged.
What percentage of operating systems in the world are running in an open and "free" environment as per FSF definition? Less than a fraction of a percentage? How can you consider that winning?
I sympathize with his ideals, because the truth is that a lot of DRM sucks ass and big companies like facebook are screwing their users in unethical ways. But it's still hard to take Stallman seriously because he doesn't provide practical solutions to these problems. The reality is, we live in a world choke full of DRM and information harvesting megacorps - the free software idealism has lost and will never win - and Stallman seems like a radical extremist that advocates blowing up parlament and engaging in civil disobedience by opting out of all the services modern life offers. This is not a practical or tolerable solution for 99% of the population. Most people want to watch Netflix, connect with their friends on facebook and perform Google searches. If you just tell them they can't have all that, you'll never win them over.
. As a father I use to take my boys out twice a month and go play military simulations using Airsoft guns before I became disabled.
Sorry to hear that bro. All the best wishes. Be strong.
Also, I agree with your point of view. I've played violent video games, starting with the classic Doom, since I was a young teenager, and I haven't turned out a crazy, violent maniac. Quite the contrary. I catch insects and arachnids I find at home and bring them outside instead of crushing them.
Having said that, I wouldn't let my young kids play violent videogames until they reach a certain age (13+). And I do think that if you have a certain predisposition towards violent behavior, playing violent games (and watching violent movies or consuming any kind of violent media, for that matter) might have the potential to get you worked up and anxious to behave violently.
You wouldn't want to give a box of matches to a pyromaniac either.
The US and many western countries have been curbing CO2 emissions. China, India, Russia, and others have been increasing
At the moment it is actually Europe, China and India who are seeing the need for climate control and pushing for renewable energy sources, whereas it's the US trump administration who is singing the praises of fossil fuels and degrading environmental policy to a footnote.
This guy is 1) A professor, and 2) in Boston - ergo, he's probably extremely liberal (how'd I know???)
Not everyone is losing the information war. Just your side.
It's sad that it has come so far that being educated and informed automatically labels you a liberal. I think it really reflects the low point that conservatism in the US has reached, peaking with Donald Trump being elected as president. Because by saying that you of course suggest the other side of the coin, being that conservatism in the US has shifted towards ignorance, populism and a science-denying base of people with simple solutions to complex problems. Such as building walls.
The Age of Enlightenment is what separated the West from other parts of the planet, such as the Middle East, Africa and Asia. This is what enabled our amazing progress in the last few centuries. Critical thinking, intellectualism, freedom of thought and religion, all of these great and amazing things. It seems some parts of the US want to turn back the wheels of time and return to the age of monarchs, priests and superstition.
Populism has a narrow meaning, and refers to the members of the Populist (or People's) Party first active in the United States in the 1890s...
No it doesn't. Maybe it did, in the US, at the time you went to school and learned about this word, but language evolves, and the current mainstream use of "populism" is to describe simple ideas and solutions that appeal to the wide, uneducated and frequently deceived (without their knowing) masses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I know. Putin takes the part of "Enemies of the West" on that list.
But his country is not small by any means. Geographically, Russia is of course the largest country in the world, and 140 million inhabitants are not pnuts either.
Haha! Stoopid German scientists trying to come up with carbon-neutral fuel, even though climate change is big chinese hoax! Much easier to frack more oil out of the ground!
Programmer is the safest job. Somebody has to program the robots. When the robots learn to program themselves, well, then we have reached the end of human civilization.
Picture a program as a huge collection of LEGO bricks and pieces, and understanding the program implies understanding how the LEGO parts are being used.
What is easier to understand, one huge box full of LEGO bricks along with a very long instruction manual explaining all of the contents, or having the LEGO bricks neatly divided into smaller packages along with shorter instructions that focus on the contents of each individual package?
Of course, the big advantage of the latter is that you can focus on smaller, individual components and understand the whole program step by step, getting more familiar as you go. With the former your are faced with the whole big chunk at once - all or nothing. What would you prefer?
Seven Earth sized planets orbiting at such close proximity to a sun that is just marginally larger than Jupiter, so say the sun has three-times Earth gravity. Isn't that a highly unstable system? Every planet orbit in that system is being strongly influenced by the orbits of the six other planets.
I think its ready for the masses. It's already awesome and I'm certain it's here to stay. Now it's a question of finetuning it and improving usability. The two main problems to solve are locomotion and the relatively low resolution that makes text editing and something like virtual desktops unpractical at the moment. But even so it already has great experiences to offer that can appeal to anybody. Valve's "The Lab" is a testament to this.
The fact that one of Trump's longest supporters has been outed being chatty with the Russian Ambassador just weeks into the Presidency just blows me away.
Why? This is the former US general who was a frequent guest and speaker on Russian propaganda news network "Russia Today". This guy has been a pawn in Putins hands for a long time now. Why are you surprised?
That might be right, and goes to show just how much damage the misguided ideology and policies of a few proletarians waging war on "elite establishment" can do.
But that was just one, short historical period that did massive amounts of damage. I think Europeans "win" overall when you factor in the many independent instances of death and mayhem inflicted, especially on others.
But don't get me wrong. Unlike the OP, I don't think white Europeans or any other race is inherently more violent than others. Europeans have been so destructive because they had the power to dominate. Others would and have done the same, which is evident across all of history. And the same thing with black people in the US. I don't think they are inherently more violent. Perhaps they are more violent, but the causes lie in poverty, discrimination and lack of perspectives. Factor in US gun culture and you get what you bargain for.
Well Detroit is around 85% black so yes of course there is a lot of violence. Blacks in large numbers simply cannot be peaceful and civil, not anyplace in the world. Of course if you notice this pattern, you are a horrible terrible person and the rest of us will brand you "racist" so we don't have to actually factually dispute your observation because of course that cannot be done and deep down that makes our cause very much embarassed but we can't admit such a basic thing. Take a nice big gulp of the equality kool-aid, you look thirsty to me! Just like the Jews, Chinese railroad workers, and Native Americans, blacks have been oppressed, that's why the Jews, Chinese, and Native Americans keep topping the violent crime charts... oh wait, only the blacks do that, despite being a 13% minority. Huh. Guess we'll have to socially insist, harder than ever, that our patently false view is The Truth and anyone who disagrees is a Heretic! Yeah, that'll keep working!
Well, on a historical scale, if you consider Hitler, Stalin, the Conquistadores and other genocides in Africa and America, I think it's a safe bet that white Europeans have murdered the most people across the world. But when we do it, we are civilized about it. right? We had our powerful industries producing our superior weapons so we were able to invoke death and genocide by right of conquest and survival of the fittest. Our genocidal murder is obviously more civilized and legitimate than when poor black people without good education behave violently.
Progressive orthodoxy? Wait, I think you are referring to "common sense", right?
It's the kind of ideology the rest of the free, developed world applies. But yes, it has gotten under the weather in some conservative circles of the US lately.
What a ridiculous comparison. You have no idea about Nazism, do you?
The EU is an organization, like the WTO, NATO, UN. If you qualify, you can join and enjoy its perks. But you also have to abide by the rules. Ireland seems to think it can enjoy all the perks of EU membership and play by its own rules.
And lets not forget his most prolific and memorable role remembered by fans around the globe as that king guy in the Hercules film starring The Rock Dwayne Johnson.
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The most popular distribution of the most popular OS kernel is wrapped in a tightly controlled ecosystem in which everything you can do, which by default isn't much, is tracked and logged.
What percentage of operating systems in the world are running in an open and "free" environment as per FSF definition? Less than a fraction of a percentage? How can you consider that winning?
I sympathize with his ideals, because the truth is that a lot of DRM sucks ass and big companies like facebook are screwing their users in unethical ways. But it's still hard to take Stallman seriously because he doesn't provide practical solutions to these problems. The reality is, we live in a world choke full of DRM and information harvesting megacorps - the free software idealism has lost and will never win - and Stallman seems like a radical extremist that advocates blowing up parlament and engaging in civil disobedience by opting out of all the services modern life offers. This is not a practical or tolerable solution for 99% of the population. Most people want to watch Netflix, connect with their friends on facebook and perform Google searches. If you just tell them they can't have all that, you'll never win them over.
star wars is Greek mythology in outer space. Lucas even consulted with Joseph Campbell to get the story right
How's that? I always thought Star Wars is World War 2 blended with Asimov's foundation.
Empire - Nazi Germany
Rebel Alliance - Allies
Space Combat - World War 2 style dogfighting
Everything else, Coruscant, psychic abilities, galaxy spanning empire, is obviously inspired by Asimov.
. As a father I use to take my boys out twice a month and go play military simulations using Airsoft guns before I became disabled.
Sorry to hear that bro. All the best wishes. Be strong.
Also, I agree with your point of view.
I've played violent video games, starting with the classic Doom, since I was a young teenager, and I haven't turned out a crazy, violent maniac. Quite the contrary. I catch insects and arachnids I find at home and bring them outside instead of crushing them.
Having said that, I wouldn't let my young kids play violent videogames until they reach a certain age (13+). And I do think that if you have a certain predisposition towards violent behavior, playing violent games (and watching violent movies or consuming any kind of violent media, for that matter) might have the potential to get you worked up and anxious to behave violently.
You wouldn't want to give a box of matches to a pyromaniac either.
The US and many western countries have been curbing CO2 emissions. China, India, Russia, and others have been increasing
At the moment it is actually Europe, China and India who are seeing the need for climate control and pushing for renewable energy sources, whereas it's the US trump administration who is singing the praises of fossil fuels and degrading environmental policy to a footnote.
This guy is 1) A professor, and 2) in Boston - ergo, he's probably extremely liberal (how'd I know???)
Not everyone is losing the information war. Just your side.
It's sad that it has come so far that being educated and informed automatically labels you a liberal. I think it really reflects the low point that conservatism in the US has reached, peaking with Donald Trump being elected as president.
Because by saying that you of course suggest the other side of the coin, being that conservatism in the US has shifted towards ignorance, populism and a science-denying base of people with simple solutions to complex problems.
Such as building walls.
The Age of Enlightenment is what separated the West from other parts of the planet, such as the Middle East, Africa and Asia. This is what enabled our amazing progress in the last few centuries. Critical thinking, intellectualism, freedom of thought and religion, all of these great and amazing things. It seems some parts of the US want to turn back the wheels of time and return to the age of monarchs, priests and superstition.
Populism has a narrow meaning, and refers to the members of the Populist (or People's) Party first active in the United States in the 1890s...
No it doesn't. Maybe it did, in the US, at the time you went to school and learned about this word, but language evolves, and the current mainstream use of "populism" is to describe simple ideas and solutions that appeal to the wide, uneducated and frequently deceived (without their knowing) masses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I know. Putin takes the part of "Enemies of the West" on that list.
But his country is not small by any means. Geographically, Russia is of course the largest country in the world, and 140 million inhabitants are not pnuts either.
Look at some of the people who are happy with this outcome:
- UKIP, of course.
- Donald Trump
- Marine Le Pen
- Vladimir Putin
Simple minded populists, right-wing nationalists and the enemies of the West.
Is this what the UK stands for these days?
Haha! Stoopid German scientists trying to come up with carbon-neutral fuel, even though climate change is big chinese hoax! Much easier to frack more oil out of the ground!
Them German scientists pretty stoopid, huh?
Programmer is the safest job. Somebody has to program the robots.
When the robots learn to program themselves, well, then we have reached the end of human civilization.
I don't disagree with that one.
Picture a program as a huge collection of LEGO bricks and pieces, and understanding the program implies understanding how the LEGO parts are being used.
What is easier to understand, one huge box full of LEGO bricks along with a very long instruction manual explaining all of the contents, or having the LEGO bricks neatly divided into smaller packages along with shorter instructions that focus on the contents of each individual package?
Of course, the big advantage of the latter is that you can focus on smaller, individual components and understand the whole program step by step, getting more familiar as you go.
With the former your are faced with the whole big chunk at once - all or nothing. What would you prefer?
Good thing that at least some of those people who shouldn't raise kids have the sense not to do so.
Facebook would need to work out a deal with Mehrunes Dagon before being able to sue Zenimax into Oblivion.
Seven Earth sized planets orbiting at such close proximity to a sun that is just marginally larger than Jupiter, so say the sun has three-times Earth gravity. Isn't that a highly unstable system? Every planet orbit in that system is being strongly influenced by the orbits of the six other planets.
Good one! X-D
I think its ready for the masses. It's already awesome and I'm certain it's here to stay. Now it's a question of finetuning it and improving usability. The two main problems to solve are locomotion and the relatively low resolution that makes text editing and something like virtual desktops unpractical at the moment. But even so it already has great experiences to offer that can appeal to anybody. Valve's "The Lab" is a testament to this.
The fact that one of Trump's longest supporters has been outed being chatty with the Russian Ambassador just weeks into the Presidency just blows me away.
Why? This is the former US general who was a frequent guest and speaker on Russian propaganda news network "Russia Today". This guy has been a pawn in Putins hands for a long time now. Why are you surprised?
Except negative numbers.
The intriguing bit about the article is not the simplicity, but working within the limitation of four fours with operators.
That might be right, and goes to show just how much damage the misguided ideology and policies of a few proletarians waging war on "elite establishment" can do.
But that was just one, short historical period that did massive amounts of damage. I think Europeans "win" overall when you factor in the many independent instances of death and mayhem inflicted, especially on others.
But don't get me wrong. Unlike the OP, I don't think white Europeans or any other race is inherently more violent than others. Europeans have been so destructive because they had the power to dominate. Others would and have done the same, which is evident across all of history.
And the same thing with black people in the US. I don't think they are inherently more violent. Perhaps they are more violent, but the causes lie in poverty, discrimination and lack of perspectives. Factor in US gun culture and you get what you bargain for.
Well Detroit is around 85% black so yes of course there is a lot of violence. Blacks in large numbers simply cannot be peaceful and civil, not anyplace in the world. Of course if you notice this pattern, you are a horrible terrible person and the rest of us will brand you "racist" so we don't have to actually factually dispute your observation because of course that cannot be done and deep down that makes our cause very much embarassed but we can't admit such a basic thing. Take a nice big gulp of the equality kool-aid, you look thirsty to me! Just like the Jews, Chinese railroad workers, and Native Americans, blacks have been oppressed, that's why the Jews, Chinese, and Native Americans keep topping the violent crime charts... oh wait, only the blacks do that, despite being a 13% minority. Huh. Guess we'll have to socially insist, harder than ever, that our patently false view is The Truth and anyone who disagrees is a Heretic! Yeah, that'll keep working!
Well, on a historical scale, if you consider Hitler, Stalin, the Conquistadores and other genocides in Africa and America, I think it's a safe bet that white Europeans have murdered the most people across the world.
But when we do it, we are civilized about it. right? We had our powerful industries producing our superior weapons so we were able to invoke death and genocide by right of conquest and survival of the fittest.
Our genocidal murder is obviously more civilized and legitimate than when poor black people without good education behave violently.
Progressive orthodoxy? Wait, I think you are referring to "common sense", right?
It's the kind of ideology the rest of the free, developed world applies. But yes, it has gotten under the weather in some conservative circles of the US lately.
What a ridiculous comparison. You have no idea about Nazism, do you?
The EU is an organization, like the WTO, NATO, UN. If you qualify, you can join and enjoy its perks. But you also have to abide by the rules. Ireland seems to think it can enjoy all the perks of EU membership and play by its own rules.
And lets not forget his most prolific and memorable role remembered by fans around the globe as that king guy in the Hercules film starring The Rock Dwayne Johnson.
Kanada (35m population) and Germany (83m population) and Great Britain (64m population) are also social welfare states with low corruption.