Do you think the voters know more or less about Trump as a result of his twitter feed? Do you believe there will be any confusion about who Trump is come November 2020?
We definitely know more about Trump from his Twitter feed. He's painted himself as a thin-skinned, reactionary conspiracy-theorist. This is a good thing - I want to know as much about the candidates as possible. The bad side is the impression he's giving the world.
I think Trump's Twitter feed is a historic landmark in the evolution of democracy.
Me too. That doesn't mean I think it's a net positive in this case.
Anita Sarkesian tells us were having wrongfun if we enjoy mainstream video games. The folks at WorldCon tell us we're having wrongfun if we enjoy good SF books without regard to the political leanings of the authors.
Who the fuck is Anita Sarkesian and why should anyone care if she or WorldCon don't encourage or condone what I do? Are these examples of "my betters"? I don't feel oppressed. I guess "unapproved fun" is only important to me if I give a shit about the approval.
just like every other law congress passes, it doesn't apply to them.
That's probably true. Just because their ISPs can sell their information doesn't mean they will. I'm not necessarily saying they won't bite the hand that fed them, but I don't think it's likely.
How dare the president talk directly to the voters in a democracy!
I'm all for the president having a line to the people - It's the sole reason I installed Twitter. If I hadn't, I wouldn't know that Snoop's career is failing - Thanks @POTUS! The problem is that he's often so full of shit or so far off in the weeds that it makes the whole damn country look foolish. I check Twitter every morning before work to see if he's tweeted anything that could damage my world.
It's a scandal, not letting the press tell the peasants what they're supposed to think.
Recently, when the press has told "the peasants what to think" in conflict with the White House, it's because the White House is just wrong. It started day one with the crowd size alternative facts and has just gotten worse with, for example, the millions of illegal Hillary votes or the wiretap Obama ordered.
This whole country is going to fail, given the way people are thinking unapproved thoughts and having unapproved fun. Why won't they just listen to their betters? It's for their own good!
Have "our betters" been barring open thought and fun? I missed that chapter. I'd like to believe that I think for myself. I don't believe in fun.
I do not want to give FB any personal information....
What's the difference between giving it to FB or giving it to anyone else? If you want to "dip your toe into the social media thing" (and you don't consider/. social enough), FB's probably the way to go. A lot of people find it worth the time/sacrifice. A lot of/. users love announcing that they avoid it (just like cable-cutters won't shut up about life without TV), but my guess is that most/. users are also FB users. Feel free to falsify information - They have exactly what you give them. I'm not an Instagram user, but my impression is that it's mostly media sharing - I'm not sure that's the aim you want to start out with for business use.
Hell, if they ever syndicate something awful like the existing kardashain shit out there, I"ll possibly pull the plug on NF.
With the latest Netflix app, you can pick and choose what you watch. If they produce something you're not interested in, you can watch something else. Amazing!
Take the number of batteries in the field, (A), and multiply it by the probable rate of failures that would be prevented, (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of the testing procedure, we don't do it.
That's hardly the entirety of the decision. Aside from the pros/cons of renting vs buying, if that apartment is 30 minutes closer to work, you just saved 250 hours a year of your personal time. What's that worth?
if we opt to do nothing and continue business as usual with the fossil fuels for example, we can make things a lot worse
And things will get worse - We'll help. It remains to be seen how much we'll contribute and how warm we'll eventually get, but global warming will continue. I'm not an expert, but that's something I believe based on what I've read. Along with minimizing the problem as much as possible, we'd best plan for the consequences.
Maybe snuck in with the previews? "By continuing to watch this, all viewers agree to give this movie perfect reviews. If you disagree, please forfeit your ticket purchase now."
In a related story, Consumer Reports just labelled the car I'm selling, "unsafe at any speed." Obviously, my next step is to sue Consumer Reports so that I can improve the safety of my cars.
You get far fewer objections when a female just pulls her shirt up for a boob-viewing session.
[citation needed] That may be true only because a woman flashing her boobs is probably doing it somewhere that it's not shocking (club, Mardi Gras, whatever), but it's not true at the mall's food court. And the objection to breast-feeding is probably just a rude prude. The objection for indecent exposure could involve handcuffs.
Tweets are pretty low-latency per their nature. I'd like to see a high-latency filter put on DJT - Long enough for somebody (Kellyanne? Spicer? Ivanka?) to ask, "Mr President, are you sure about this?"
It would also be a great place for all the world's refugees to go and start a new life. Global Warming could turn out to be that best thing to happen to humanity in a long time.
And what a prime opportunity with all the new refugees this will create!
Are you suggesting that you can't find a VPN that cares about its brand? I trust 'Private Internet Access' enough to use them. I don't think they have any intention of dissolving and losing their customer base. If they were caught selling off info or even logging, it would be the/. scandal of the week and they'd be back to startup status. They'd lose much more than the information was worth.
Despite the fact that their content is often simply a variation of what's already in the public domain.
Depending on how liberal you are with the word "variation", you could argue that all of their content is variation on what's in the public domain. That doesn't make it public domain. I'm not arguing that the rights should go "forever plus one day", but I'm not sure this argument backs you up much.
Would it be a scandal if someone wrote racist graffiti on a bill-board?
This is more like putting a bill-board up next to racist graffiti because you blindly assumed the graffiti was something your customer wanted to be associated with. If your business model is to advertise next to graffiti, you should have some idea about its nature.
Not this stupid crap again and has nothing to do with the article but gets said by some crazy poster with a grudge and remembers being cut when they were born.
It's not that a person maintains a memory of being cut - It's that circumcision permanently deadens sensitivity. That comes into play during sex. It that worth giving up so that you don't have to wash your penis? Is that a parent's decision to make?
That said, I don't think it's a case of "only caring about profits" as was implied above. Many parents feel it's exactly their decision to make and proceed to make it long before the owner of the penis in question can voice an opinion. The doctors just go along with the program and typically have their own feelings on the matter that they may or may not share while presenting pros/cons. They're not pushing parents to circumcise to make a buck. Who knows, a mohel might.
Back on-topic, I'd like to see this expanded to look at heroin use - I did RTFA (at least the first 2) and it seems to be beyond their scope. I'm at work, so I'll waste time posting but not digging. Once the high price of black-market pills becomes unbearable, heroin's the next logical step. I know that a portion of prescription opioid abusers turn to heroin, I'd like to know how many heroin users got started on pills. If somebody is going to complain about gateway drugs, this seems like a better focus than pot.
Many of the "crackpot" theories regarding the government these "nuts" had over the past 3 decades have been proven to be correct.
I'll challenge your definition of "many" unless you've got a hearty list of examples. And if "many" were right, that means a "shit-load" were wrong. What's wrong with being a conspiracy theorist? Nothing absolutely, conspiracies exist. 9/11 was undoubtedly a conspiracy, but the "theorists" expand that to being a conspiracy involving the U.S. government which is just nonsense. Suggesting collusion between Obama and the Brits to wiretap DJT holds about as much water. Most of these nuts' crackpot theories are just that - Crackpot theories.
Just because Trvor Noah and Rachel Maddow didnt bother to tell you that doesnt mean it didnt happen.
I'd expand that to Trevor Noah, Rachel Maddow, or anyone else. Nobody has presented any convincing evidence of Trump Tower wiretaps. What "NSA documents" are you referring to - Do you have some kind of special access that the media doesn't?
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Do you think the voters know more or less about Trump as a result of his twitter feed? Do you believe there will be any confusion about who Trump is come November 2020?
We definitely know more about Trump from his Twitter feed. He's painted himself as a thin-skinned, reactionary conspiracy-theorist. This is a good thing - I want to know as much about the candidates as possible. The bad side is the impression he's giving the world.
I think Trump's Twitter feed is a historic landmark in the evolution of democracy.
Me too. That doesn't mean I think it's a net positive in this case.
Anita Sarkesian tells us were having wrongfun if we enjoy mainstream video games. The folks at WorldCon tell us we're having wrongfun if we enjoy good SF books without regard to the political leanings of the authors.
Who the fuck is Anita Sarkesian and why should anyone care if she or WorldCon don't encourage or condone what I do? Are these examples of "my betters"? I don't feel oppressed. I guess "unapproved fun" is only important to me if I give a shit about the approval.
just like every other law congress passes, it doesn't apply to them.
That's probably true. Just because their ISPs can sell their information doesn't mean they will. I'm not necessarily saying they won't bite the hand that fed them, but I don't think it's likely.
How dare the president talk directly to the voters in a democracy!
I'm all for the president having a line to the people - It's the sole reason I installed Twitter. If I hadn't, I wouldn't know that Snoop's career is failing - Thanks @POTUS! The problem is that he's often so full of shit or so far off in the weeds that it makes the whole damn country look foolish. I check Twitter every morning before work to see if he's tweeted anything that could damage my world.
It's a scandal, not letting the press tell the peasants what they're supposed to think.
Recently, when the press has told "the peasants what to think" in conflict with the White House, it's because the White House is just wrong. It started day one with the crowd size alternative facts and has just gotten worse with, for example, the millions of illegal Hillary votes or the wiretap Obama ordered.
This whole country is going to fail, given the way people are thinking unapproved thoughts and having unapproved fun. Why won't they just listen to their betters? It's for their own good!
Have "our betters" been barring open thought and fun? I missed that chapter. I'd like to believe that I think for myself. I don't believe in fun.
I do not want to give FB any personal information....
What's the difference between giving it to FB or giving it to anyone else? If you want to "dip your toe into the social media thing" (and you don't consider /. social enough), FB's probably the way to go. A lot of people find it worth the time/sacrifice. A lot of /. users love announcing that they avoid it (just like cable-cutters won't shut up about life without TV), but my guess is that most /. users are also FB users. Feel free to falsify information - They have exactly what you give them. I'm not an Instagram user, but my impression is that it's mostly media sharing - I'm not sure that's the aim you want to start out with for business use.
Hell, if they ever syndicate something awful like the existing kardashain shit out there, I"ll possibly pull the plug on NF.
With the latest Netflix app, you can pick and choose what you watch. If they produce something you're not interested in, you can watch something else. Amazing!
Take the number of batteries in the field, (A), and multiply it by the probable rate of failures that would be prevented, (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of the testing procedure, we don't do it.
The ejection seat occasionally fires while the car is stopped. Admittedly, it was a questionable design choice.
Humans haven't evolved to live in hives.
Yet.
That's hardly the entirety of the decision. Aside from the pros/cons of renting vs buying, if that apartment is 30 minutes closer to work, you just saved 250 hours a year of your personal time. What's that worth?
if we opt to do nothing and continue business as usual with the fossil fuels for example, we can make things a lot worse
And things will get worse - We'll help. It remains to be seen how much we'll contribute and how warm we'll eventually get, but global warming will continue. I'm not an expert, but that's something I believe based on what I've read. Along with minimizing the problem as much as possible, we'd best plan for the consequences.
Maybe snuck in with the previews? "By continuing to watch this, all viewers agree to give this movie perfect reviews. If you disagree, please forfeit your ticket purchase now."
In a related story, Consumer Reports just labelled the car I'm selling, "unsafe at any speed." Obviously, my next step is to sue Consumer Reports so that I can improve the safety of my cars.
You get far fewer objections when a female just pulls her shirt up for a boob-viewing session.
[citation needed]
That may be true only because a woman flashing her boobs is probably doing it somewhere that it's not shocking (club, Mardi Gras, whatever), but it's not true at the mall's food court. And the objection to breast-feeding is probably just a rude prude. The objection for indecent exposure could involve handcuffs.
And it can easily be done elsewhere than in public.
Yes it can. In fact, I'm a little offended seeing you eat. You can easily eat at home. Stop eating in public - To make me more comfortable.
Tweets are pretty low-latency per their nature. I'd like to see a high-latency filter put on DJT - Long enough for somebody (Kellyanne? Spicer? Ivanka?) to ask, "Mr President, are you sure about this?"
The easy solution is to shorten the yellow light, that way we catch everyone in the red.
Somewhere between about 150-300 mph, the flat earth won't save you - Depending on the car, you might start heading up. And don't hit a speed bump.
It would also be a great place for all the world's refugees to go and start a new life. Global Warming could turn out to be that best thing to happen to humanity in a long time.
And what a prime opportunity with all the new refugees this will create!
I know of no such cases. I'm asking legitimately - Do you?
Are you suggesting that you can't find a VPN that cares about its brand? I trust 'Private Internet Access' enough to use them. I don't think they have any intention of dissolving and losing their customer base. If they were caught selling off info or even logging, it would be the /. scandal of the week and they'd be back to startup status. They'd lose much more than the information was worth.
An ISP caught selling your info is still an ISP. A VPN provider caught selling your info won't be a VPN provider for long.
Despite the fact that their content is often simply a variation of what's already in the public domain.
Depending on how liberal you are with the word "variation", you could argue that all of their content is variation on what's in the public domain. That doesn't make it public domain. I'm not arguing that the rights should go "forever plus one day", but I'm not sure this argument backs you up much.
Would it be a scandal if someone wrote racist graffiti on a bill-board?
This is more like putting a bill-board up next to racist graffiti because you blindly assumed the graffiti was something your customer wanted to be associated with. If your business model is to advertise next to graffiti, you should have some idea about its nature.
Not this stupid crap again and has nothing to do with the article but gets said by some crazy poster with a grudge and remembers being cut when they were born.
It's not that a person maintains a memory of being cut - It's that circumcision permanently deadens sensitivity. That comes into play during sex. It that worth giving up so that you don't have to wash your penis? Is that a parent's decision to make?
That said, I don't think it's a case of "only caring about profits" as was implied above. Many parents feel it's exactly their decision to make and proceed to make it long before the owner of the penis in question can voice an opinion. The doctors just go along with the program and typically have their own feelings on the matter that they may or may not share while presenting pros/cons. They're not pushing parents to circumcise to make a buck. Who knows, a mohel might.
Back on-topic, I'd like to see this expanded to look at heroin use - I did RTFA (at least the first 2) and it seems to be beyond their scope. I'm at work, so I'll waste time posting but not digging. Once the high price of black-market pills becomes unbearable, heroin's the next logical step. I know that a portion of prescription opioid abusers turn to heroin, I'd like to know how many heroin users got started on pills. If somebody is going to complain about gateway drugs, this seems like a better focus than pot.
What's wrong with being a conspiracy theorist?
Many of the "crackpot" theories regarding the government these "nuts" had over the past 3 decades have been proven to be correct.
I'll challenge your definition of "many" unless you've got a hearty list of examples. And if "many" were right, that means a "shit-load" were wrong. What's wrong with being a conspiracy theorist? Nothing absolutely, conspiracies exist. 9/11 was undoubtedly a conspiracy, but the "theorists" expand that to being a conspiracy involving the U.S. government which is just nonsense. Suggesting collusion between Obama and the Brits to wiretap DJT holds about as much water. Most of these nuts' crackpot theories are just that - Crackpot theories.
Just because Trvor Noah and Rachel Maddow didnt bother to tell you that doesnt mean it didnt happen.
I'd expand that to Trevor Noah, Rachel Maddow, or anyone else. Nobody has presented any convincing evidence of Trump Tower wiretaps. What "NSA documents" are you referring to - Do you have some kind of special access that the media doesn't?