> At the end of the day though we should 'try' to be respectful of others and recognize the boundaries
Using the word "should" is a condescension. The GP does not know better than anyone else and it would be more honest for them to say "I think", because that's all it is. One person's opinion.
What studies are you basing that on? Yes, combustion increases cancer in everything from cooking meat to petrol, but talking about levels to singularly cause cancer...I haven't seen the evidence regarding cannabis. I don't use cannaboid anything, but I'm interested.
> This is a remarkably bad idea presented at the direction of that fount of crazed ideas none-other than president Donald J Trump and his team of crackpots, crazies, and utter incompetents. This sort of poorly thought out operation
Among the dreams of mars trips and a space elevator, which continue to sucker people and are nothing but perpetual-motion-level idiocy, a moon colony is something that will happen. Regardless of other reasoning or misgivings, the ability to start and maintain any presence on the moon is the first step to an interplanetary mission with humans. Given, humans will require some genetic therapy/modification for any long-term extraterrestrial lifestyles, a moon colony (for whatever we can achieve) is a necessary step in the journey. Ideally, it will be underground, which will be worked out over decades. Whoever starts the initiative, is unlikely to live long enough to see any sort of success, so the vitriol woven into your narrative is wasted breath.
> My own urine is safe for me to drink, but if you want me to drink it I'm going to have the same response as this guy.
Then maybe you shouldn't have a job hocking the safety of your own urine-fertilized products, while asserting it's safe to consume the urine in the same breath. The request isn't stupid, it obviates the insincerity and is uncomfortably decisive.
> The rest of the planet and solar system require significant amounts of resources to survive let alone thrive.
I'm still of the mind that Genetic Engineering (in the next few hundred years) will allow us to create species that can thrive on other surfaces. What makes humanity human, is a question that might be posed or sidelined...leading us to the question of why bother? Our drive for freedom and laziness (wealth) will probably be the driving factor.
> Globalism is just robust international trade and institutions.
The simplicity of this statement is misleading. It's relevant to recognize the distasteful relevant practical relationship between these terms. "Robust" encompasses the economically supported exploitation of labor by totalitarian states (eg Chinese Manufacturing, African Diamond Mines, Venezuela oil) empowering these organizations. "Globalism" is a soft term that encompasses the humanitarian/political forces across the "globe" that result in the measurable results that are not purely economic. To be fair, these relationships existed before "globalism" was a commonplace term.
The affected downtown Seattle area has bike lanes and separate bike stoplights. There is an existing culture wherein bikes are more commonplace that most metropolitan areas. Being very opposed to any solution without understanding the problem space is ignorant noise.
That's an arbitrary goalpost you've added or you're basing it on a specific case. Might want to continue with narrowing the definition that concerns you (like a direct currency purchase?), since "loot boxes" have traditionally been transferable with exception and not the other way around. "loot boxes" have a large variation in implementation, not a specific one.
Valve was not the originator. The loot box idea possibly came from a non-US company. It would be an interesting research topic. Back in the 80s and 90s, CCG loot boxes were a thing. Boxes of cards of varying utility and resale value.
I have worked for ex AMZ employees in other companies that left due to a lack of advancement opportunities. I have interviewed multiple AMZ employees lokking for jobs that offer more money, different experience from their pigeon holed responsibilities, and have hired a few w During a directorship. The idea that AMZ is a good place to work is always touted by overpaid middle management or green job seekerswho never left. Theres a very large number of working programmers, terrified of having to reprove themselves after a few years in a big corporate job, new demands, and the potential instability of better paying gigz.
> Aside from the fact that using credit cards that you pay off every month actually gives you money (through rewards programs*),
That's usually not true. Credit cards are not the only things that influence your credit. Car loans, private loans, etc. There are no rewards programs there either.
This was not a study. This was an academic paper. Generally it means that it had references, structure, and was run through a casual spellcheck. Nothing more is assured.
There is no value to in paying shills to post here. There's literally no value at all. Trolling and flamebaiting has always been the goal of what alarmists call "shills". Nobody in govt or industry cares what gets said on/. in regard to their business. Not a single person. Technical questions and answers are often brought up, which interests some nerds. Delusional introverts, people suffering from persecution complexes born from the impotent position of watching their old lifestyle being etched away, are also a problem (eg you).
Automation of one type of work does not preclude another. Your condescending attitude only convinces yourself and other people who don't understand the implications. You're stuck believing in some cyberpunk dystopia where you fantasize you'd get treated better than the world treats you now, but it's not a compelling assertion. Good luck with that.
> Do you think ALL felons should be able to vote? > What if someone murders someone else. Put cynically, they have permanently disenfranchised someone else. Should they still get to vote?
Yes. The Constitution does not specify anything about criminal legal status in a locality. I do understand why felons don't get to vote though, they are IMMINENTLY at risk for fraud and state manipulation through the penal system. Bribes, expediency, etc could all be used to leverage votes.
That's just one approach and it's does not "defeat the point", since it's a general solution to multiple problems. There is no single point. I would go so far as to say the program was pointlessly generous.
You have an income and working should reduce it 1:1, if you choose to do so. This would have a double effect of setting a minimum wage that any employer would have to exceed to retain employees. The experiment had problems, but that particular tradeoff was just a characteristic of the experiment.
> The nations with the highest standards of living are Democratic Socialist nations
The nations are also physically smaller, have different histories, etc. There is no silver bullet to every society. Pretending there is one, is a problem on a different scale.
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> At the end of the day though we should 'try' to be respectful of others and recognize the boundaries
Using the word "should" is a condescension. The GP does not know better than anyone else and it would be more honest for them to say "I think", because that's all it is. One person's opinion.
>> reasonable .
> Huh?
You didn't even digest what was said, in obvious jest. You're part of multiple problems, at the same time. SMH
> And smoking cannabis does cause cancer
What studies are you basing that on? Yes, combustion increases cancer in everything from cooking meat to petrol, but talking about levels to singularly cause cancer...I haven't seen the evidence regarding cannabis. I don't use cannaboid anything, but I'm interested.
> This is a remarkably bad idea presented at the direction of that fount of crazed ideas none-other than president Donald J Trump and his team of crackpots, crazies, and utter incompetents. This sort of poorly thought out operation
Among the dreams of mars trips and a space elevator, which continue to sucker people and are nothing but perpetual-motion-level idiocy, a moon colony is something that will happen. Regardless of other reasoning or misgivings, the ability to start and maintain any presence on the moon is the first step to an interplanetary mission with humans. Given, humans will require some genetic therapy/modification for any long-term extraterrestrial lifestyles, a moon colony (for whatever we can achieve) is a necessary step in the journey. Ideally, it will be underground, which will be worked out over decades. Whoever starts the initiative, is unlikely to live long enough to see any sort of success, so the vitriol woven into your narrative is wasted breath.
> hocking the safety of your own urine-fertilized products, while asserting it's safe to consume the urine in the same breath
> yet it is not safe to consume
How does reiterating my point, get modded up?
> I don't see why being able to drink something used in agriculture is any sort of standard for safety.
He literally says it's safe to drink. The point was the transparency of his false propaganda, not a statement about safety standards...SMH
> My own urine is safe for me to drink, but if you want me to drink it I'm going to have the same response as this guy.
Then maybe you shouldn't have a job hocking the safety of your own urine-fertilized products, while asserting it's safe to consume the urine in the same breath. The request isn't stupid, it obviates the insincerity and is uncomfortably decisive.
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> The rest of the planet and solar system require significant amounts of resources to survive let alone thrive.
I'm still of the mind that Genetic Engineering (in the next few hundred years) will allow us to create species that can thrive on other surfaces. What makes humanity human, is a question that might be posed or sidelined...leading us to the question of why bother? Our drive for freedom and laziness (wealth) will probably be the driving factor.
> Globalism is just robust international trade and institutions.
The simplicity of this statement is misleading. It's relevant to recognize the distasteful relevant practical relationship between these terms. "Robust" encompasses the economically supported exploitation of labor by totalitarian states (eg Chinese Manufacturing, African Diamond Mines, Venezuela oil) empowering these organizations. "Globalism" is a soft term that encompasses the humanitarian/political forces across the "globe" that result in the measurable results that are not purely economic. To be fair, these relationships existed before "globalism" was a commonplace term.
The affected downtown Seattle area has bike lanes and separate bike stoplights. There is an existing culture wherein bikes are more commonplace that most metropolitan areas. Being very opposed to any solution without understanding the problem space is ignorant noise.
You are still incorrect (insofar as valve was late to the party) as any casual search will confirm.
That's an arbitrary goalpost you've added or you're basing it on a specific case. Might want to continue with narrowing the definition that concerns you (like a direct currency purchase?), since "loot boxes" have traditionally been transferable with exception and not the other way around. "loot boxes" have a large variation in implementation, not a specific one.
Valve was not the originator.
The loot box idea possibly came from a non-US company. It would be an interesting research topic.
Back in the 80s and 90s, CCG loot boxes were a thing. Boxes of cards of varying utility and resale value.
I have worked for ex AMZ employees in other companies that left due to a lack of advancement opportunities. I have interviewed multiple AMZ employees lokking for jobs that offer more money, different experience from their pigeon holed responsibilities, and have hired a few w
During a directorship. The idea that AMZ is a good place to work is always touted by overpaid middle management or green job seekerswho never left. Theres a very large number of working programmers, terrified of having to reprove themselves after a few years in a big corporate job, new demands, and the potential instability of better paying gigz.
> Aside from the fact that using credit cards that you pay off every month actually gives you money (through rewards programs*),
That's usually not true. Credit cards are not the only things that influence your credit. Car loans, private loans, etc. There are no rewards programs there either.
This was not a study. This was an academic paper. Generally it means that it had references, structure, and was run through a casual spellcheck. Nothing more is assured.
I had the exact same reaction. The people I joined to see the movie, expected a terrible movie and agreed they got it.
This study says things like....
> Approximately one in three negative fans express misogynist, anti-progressive, anti-social justice or conservative views.
Since all the data is from specifically from a few Twitter accounts, this "academic paper" seems to be nothing more than an ironic troll.
There is no value to in paying shills to post here. There's literally no value at all. Trolling and flamebaiting has always been the goal of what alarmists call "shills". Nobody in govt or industry cares what gets said on /. in regard to their business. Not a single person. Technical questions and answers are often brought up, which interests some nerds. Delusional introverts, people suffering from persecution complexes born from the impotent position of watching their old lifestyle being etched away, are also a problem (eg you).
Automation of one type of work does not preclude another. Your condescending attitude only convinces yourself and other people who don't understand the implications. You're stuck believing in some cyberpunk dystopia where you fantasize you'd get treated better than the world treats you now, but it's not a compelling assertion. Good luck with that.
> Do you think ALL felons should be able to vote?
> What if someone murders someone else. Put cynically, they have permanently disenfranchised someone else. Should they still get to vote?
Yes. The Constitution does not specify anything about criminal legal status in a locality. I do understand why felons don't get to vote though, they are IMMINENTLY at risk for fraud and state manipulation through the penal system. Bribes, expediency, etc could all be used to leverage votes.
> Do you realize that the driving force of UBI in today's environment is to actually allow people to survive without working?
You realize there's no reason to assert that?
There's nothing published or publicly said, by the organizations running these experiments, to that effect.
Can you explain why you imagine UBI is to allow people to survive without working?
> yes, both Obama and Clinton, especially Clinton, were on the right wing
No, they weren't and still aren't. Where you draw the line is arbitrary and far beyond what the US public considers the left/right divide.
> That defeats the point of the whole programme.
That's just one approach and it's does not "defeat the point", since it's a general solution to multiple problems. There is no single point.
I would go so far as to say the program was pointlessly generous.
You have an income and working should reduce it 1:1, if you choose to do so. This would have a double effect of setting a minimum wage that any employer would have to exceed to retain employees. The experiment had problems, but that particular tradeoff was just a characteristic of the experiment.
> Just another troll, paid to sow doubt and dissent.
Nobody pays trolls on slashdot. Trolls have plenty of motives on their own. Don't be idiotic, it makes you look like part of the problem.
> The nations with the highest standards of living are Democratic Socialist nations
The nations are also physically smaller, have different histories, etc. There is no silver bullet to every society. Pretending there is one, is a problem on a different scale.