Smart.01%'ers are already realizing it, they can see what's coming. I even once agrressively overheard some Albertan oil zillionaires talking about what a great idea mincome is for preventing unrest.
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No, anonymity is a secondary concern. Their problem is that they consider non-US users to be commercially worthless, so streaming free video to them is considered a total loss. The logic is that you're (1) not in the target demographic, (2) not even in the target market and (3) statistically unlikely to wield any meaningful spending power anyway. For every French guy getting ads for Dodge trucks about 10 poor 3rd-worlders are also seeing that ad.
Affirmative action was a hackish fix for a horribly racist world. Maybe people are less-racist enough to do away with it now? Consider that these days, universities will intentionally seek to make their student body look "diverse" partly to avoid any accusations of racism, even if they have to seek them out in a town full of white folks.
Haha, a classic. Seriously, every day Facebook is in operation must be like Christmas to the spooks, it's the next best thing to direct access to people's thoughts. Even if you don't have an account people will talk about what you do, take pics of you and tag your face for the facial recognition engine!
Libertarians don't want a free market in a meaningful (practical) sense. They want deregulation, consequences be damned.
Libertarians are a lot like communists. If a state fails under their system, it's because it didn't follow their ideology closely enough and the moment a system does meet the ideal exactly, it will be a utopia, you'll see!
Although bordering on a state may also be enough to prevent utopia (See: Somalia - I keep hearing that the government-controlled compound in the capital is a big sticking point).
The US is relatively low in authoritarianism but relatively high in oligarchy - right up there with Russia and China. Look at how much it costs to get elected in the US, how stagnant the pool of candidates is, and the average net worth of the ruling class and tell me they are one of the least oligarchic countries.
Does this the crackdown on anti-poach agreements have something to do with it?
And of course it's VERY region-dependent...try making half that much outside of SF, NYC or Austin...all the places with sky-high real estate costs, what an odd coincidence.
That is, if you ignore what happened to every other whistleblower in recent history before him - they got shitcanned, got their houses ransacked, got put on the naughty list and nothing happened. Snowden would have had to believe that doing the same thing again would have had a different outcome.
What would you do when the software is released on darknets, and spreads over sneakernet and other (maybe older versions of the same) P2P networks? Sue the people sharing them? Oh wait...
Reminds me of one of the most frustrating realizations of my life. When I was a kid, I was a big fan of Lego. I often asked for lego as gifts but rarely got any.
As an adult, I found out why. My mom asked me what a little boy in the family might want as a gift. I asked what he was into, and one of the things was Lego. Apparently he was a big fan too.
Funny, I often see the exact opposite in conservatives - talk of the evils of the dark lord Soros while pretending the Koch brothers don't exist.
However there is a matter of scale...in terms of dollars in "contributions", they're not in the same league. Soros is a pissant weekend amateur compared to the Kochs.
I'm not totally against X in a way that would make me seem like a total loon to any sane person, I just have certain important qualms with X which may seem reasonable on the surface but, if you pick at it, amount to something indistinguishable from total denial of the issue.
Not always but in this case it was. The judge was not impartial. He was a gay man who exploited his position to further the cause. It wasn't just his vision of what ought to be, it was a decision in which he had a personal stake. People get bent out of shape that Clarence Thomas used to work for Monsanto, it would be like if he still consulted for them while on the bench.
I guess we'll need asexual judges since by this logic, a straight man (or woman?) would be equally unfit to rule on the case.
So you seem to be upset that there was nothing in writing that said "while employed with us as the face of the company and highest-paid employee, being a horrible bigot and donating to bigoted causes will be considered a fireable offense due to the loss of business from public backlash." Well after this I'm sure all CEO's contracts will have such clauses, so the board members won't have to choose between stepping right onto the wrong end of a lawsuit or hurling themselves against the 38th floor windows. And he wasn't forced out of the position anyway. He could have stayed on and gone down with the ship.
I also find it hilarious that you compared this to a witch hunt or lynching. We're not so far past those that you wouldn't know the original meaning of those words. It's just hilarious how the most powerful group in any society always has a massive persecution complex.
"This guy's donations to a bigoted cause brought a boycott onto his company and he was pressured to leave the position for it!?!? THAT'S JUST LIKE BURNING HIM ALIVE FOR BEING UNPOPULAR OR BEING HANGED TO DEATH BY AN ANGRY MOB FOR HIS SKIN COLOR!!!"
So when judges rule in a way you don't like it's judicial activism?
Politicians don't have additional rights, they have different job conditions. For example if you were a bartender you could use adult language with customers and not get fired, while if you were a mascot at an amusement park you couldn't. I can't show up to work in a french maid outfit and keep my job while a stripper can. I could, however, star in porn videos in my free time and keep my job while a Disney pop idol couldn't. Are you getting the idea? In some jobs there are restrictions in what's allowed both on and off the job for PR reasons.
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Smart .01%'ers are already realizing it, they can see what's coming. I even once agrressively overheard some Albertan oil zillionaires talking about what a great idea mincome is for preventing unrest.
So why isn't Somalia a utopian paradise?
No, anonymity is a secondary concern. Their problem is that they consider non-US users to be commercially worthless, so streaming free video to them is considered a total loss. The logic is that you're (1) not in the target demographic, (2) not even in the target market and (3) statistically unlikely to wield any meaningful spending power anyway. For every French guy getting ads for Dodge trucks about 10 poor 3rd-worlders are also seeing that ad.
I hope it has sufficient data for a meaningful answer!
Just wear a hoodie.
If some cowardly gun nut starts following you though, run like a bitch!
"Are you, or are you not a member of the Marxist Party!?"
"Please restate the question, I'll only answer one at a time!" *wiggles eyebrows*
Of all the singularity-ish technological advances I could be alive for, it had to be this one :-(
Affirmative action was a hackish fix for a horribly racist world. Maybe people are less-racist enough to do away with it now? Consider that these days, universities will intentionally seek to make their student body look "diverse" partly to avoid any accusations of racism, even if they have to seek them out in a town full of white folks.
Haha, a classic. Seriously, every day Facebook is in operation must be like Christmas to the spooks, it's the next best thing to direct access to people's thoughts. Even if you don't have an account people will talk about what you do, take pics of you and tag your face for the facial recognition engine!
I should add that I've only discussed the Somalia option with libertarians who say they hate government so much that they'd prefer anarchy.
Libertarians don't want a free market in a meaningful (practical) sense. They want deregulation, consequences be damned.
Libertarians are a lot like communists. If a state fails under their system, it's because it didn't follow their ideology closely enough and the moment a system does meet the ideal exactly, it will be a utopia, you'll see!
Although bordering on a state may also be enough to prevent utopia (See: Somalia - I keep hearing that the government-controlled compound in the capital is a big sticking point).
It may not work well but it's probably as close to perfection possible with humans involved.
Relevant 1-panel comic:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h7v6JeQ5...
The US is relatively low in authoritarianism but relatively high in oligarchy - right up there with Russia and China. Look at how much it costs to get elected in the US, how stagnant the pool of candidates is, and the average net worth of the ruling class and tell me they are one of the least oligarchic countries.
Probably the same as now, like the lovechild of a weird European city car and a Soviet attack helicopter.
I think a batter question is, how will the Nissan Leaf compete with the Tesla E?
Does this the crackdown on anti-poach agreements have something to do with it?
And of course it's VERY region-dependent...try making half that much outside of SF, NYC or Austin...all the places with sky-high real estate costs, what an odd coincidence.
That is, if you ignore what happened to every other whistleblower in recent history before him - they got shitcanned, got their houses ransacked, got put on the naughty list and nothing happened. Snowden would have had to believe that doing the same thing again would have had a different outcome.
Trololololol...
What would you do when the software is released on darknets, and spreads over sneakernet and other (maybe older versions of the same) P2P networks? Sue the people sharing them? Oh wait...
Reminds me of one of the most frustrating realizations of my life. When I was a kid, I was a big fan of Lego. I often asked for lego as gifts but rarely got any.
As an adult, I found out why. My mom asked me what a little boy in the family might want as a gift. I asked what he was into, and one of the things was Lego. Apparently he was a big fan too.
"Then you can't go wrong with more Lego," I said.
My mom replies "But he already has Lego."
*GIANT FUCKING FACEPALM*
Now it all made sense :-(
Funny, I often see the exact opposite in conservatives - talk of the evils of the dark lord Soros while pretending the Koch brothers don't exist.
However there is a matter of scale...in terms of dollars in "contributions", they're not in the same league. Soros is a pissant weekend amateur compared to the Kochs.
Self-test result summary: DER TURKIN AR JERBS!!!
I'm not totally against X in a way that would make me seem like a total loon to any sane person, I just have certain important qualms with X which may seem reasonable on the surface but, if you pick at it, amount to something indistinguishable from total denial of the issue.
Not always but in this case it was. The judge was not impartial. He was a gay man who exploited his position to further the cause. It wasn't just his vision of what ought to be, it was a decision in which he had a personal stake. People get bent out of shape that Clarence Thomas used to work for Monsanto, it would be like if he still consulted for them while on the bench.
I guess we'll need asexual judges since by this logic, a straight man (or woman?) would be equally unfit to rule on the case.
So you seem to be upset that there was nothing in writing that said "while employed with us as the face of the company and highest-paid employee, being a horrible bigot and donating to bigoted causes will be considered a fireable offense due to the loss of business from public backlash." Well after this I'm sure all CEO's contracts will have such clauses, so the board members won't have to choose between stepping right onto the wrong end of a lawsuit or hurling themselves against the 38th floor windows. And he wasn't forced out of the position anyway. He could have stayed on and gone down with the ship.
I also find it hilarious that you compared this to a witch hunt or lynching. We're not so far past those that you wouldn't know the original meaning of those words. It's just hilarious how the most powerful group in any society always has a massive persecution complex.
"This guy's donations to a bigoted cause brought a boycott onto his company and he was pressured to leave the position for it!?!? THAT'S JUST LIKE BURNING HIM ALIVE FOR BEING UNPOPULAR OR BEING HANGED TO DEATH BY AN ANGRY MOB FOR HIS SKIN COLOR!!!"
So when judges rule in a way you don't like it's judicial activism?
Politicians don't have additional rights, they have different job conditions. For example if you were a bartender you could use adult language with customers and not get fired, while if you were a mascot at an amusement park you couldn't. I can't show up to work in a french maid outfit and keep my job while a stripper can. I could, however, star in porn videos in my free time and keep my job while a Disney pop idol couldn't. Are you getting the idea? In some jobs there are restrictions in what's allowed both on and off the job for PR reasons.
Fair enough, yes I think I should have used polygyny in place of polygamy for this discussion.
Homeopathy has a legitimate use in medicine, and some doctors are already using it on patients.
It's called the placebo effect :-)