"short range weapons" probably isn't going to work as well as you think. It's been tried already within the last year, and notable duds (such as For Honor) suggest moving the genre to melee range is extremely niche.
So if you don't know why Fortnite is popular right now, then you probably aren't in a family unit and/or don't have kids. This is one of the very few games out now that the whole family can get in to with minimal cost, and can have kids, mom and dad all playing together. It's going to get replaced eventually, sure....but for now, Epic Games has hit a rare formula of solid gold for an underserved market and is reaping the profits.
I was more or less convinced VR was a fad and a novelty after trying Daydream and PSVR, then I snagged the Oculus Go and suddenly VR is a common thing in the house. Here's what VR needs to succeed: It needs something which can target kids (kids love VR, and right now most VR is for "13 and up"), it needs to be easily worn and portable, with no mess, no cords, and no irritating compatibility issues (so Oculus Go, for example), and it needs to have the best resolution possible because right now most VR experiences feel like a near-sightedness simulators.
Get that right, and you've got the golden mark of success: my kid is obsessed with Ready Player One. He wants that future. VR is so close to being there, that I think right now, as others have said, its merely a technical issue of moving the cutting edge to everyday ordinary (as it always has been). Oculus Go is a step in the right direction, now they need one with all the bells and whistles, no cords, and self contained with even better resolution (the Oculus Go has pretty good resolution, fyi).
I don't agree with you but I'll still join the movement....I don't care if self-driving cars will be the future, I still enjoy driving myself for the experience and satisfaction of being in control.
Sure, but the modern economy my child is growing up in won't have positions for him that involve loading trucks or hauling bails of hay. In fact, the job distribution will be primary driven by desk/computer based positions for which women and men are on completely equal footing. Short of dramatic socioeconomic collapse, your distribution of labor doesn't exist in large chunks of the nation.
Why would they throttle high utilization users when doing so means that they don't hit the arbitrary data caps sooner? It is much more profitable now for Comcast to let people reach that 1 TB limit each month so they can start racking up the $10/50GB charges as quickly as possible.
Are you parroting something you were told or did you actually read Willey's book? Because if you believe the stuff she wrote, then I have a pyramid scheme and a bridge I would like to sell you.
Alternatively, it's good to know you tirelessly defend all accusers and believe them without question. So I presume you are calling for Trump to step down in the wake of his accusers, too. Because you are a consistent person, obviously, and if your bar of belief standard was set by WIlley's book then that pretty much means Trump's accusers of harassment are impeccable.
The argument that home schoolers have the luxury of avoiding the shittier, more socially alarming and degrading elements of public school and therefore miss out is not actually a very good argument. The net result (in my experience) is that you end up an adult who doesn't put up with childish bullshit, because you learned that it's non-productive to tolerate the bad apples.
Having bashed the use of anecdotal evidence earlier I will now state that I know of almost no public school graduates who appear to have benefitted from their socialization experience in school. The only commonality of almost everyone I've known over time is that actual college experience seems to be the greatest factor in improving personal disposition and social ability. The worst cases --the people with serious social and emotional issues-- never went on to college, and suffer with their bizarre impressions of life post high school.
Ironically despite being home schooled I've never actually met anyone else (other than my sister, of course) who was also home schooled so I have no frame of reference to compare here. I have a friend who's ex home schools their children. I concede that the one time I met them I got a really intense "Children of the Corn" vibe and I can't say why exactly.
In many states this is a requirement. My parents had to get teaching certifications in Arizona to home school, for example (at least, back in the 80's this was a requirement), and as home schooled students my sister and I had to pass state SAT classes as well as take (and pass) the GED. There are many regions where the odds of a better education are far likelier if you go through home schooling or private tutoring than if you stay with the public schools, and those are often located in states where few standards are expected of home schooling.
Your argument regarding public schools actually also applies to home schooling. As someone who was home schooled, I'll make this comment: it
depends heavily on the effort and intent of the parents as to what level of socialization and integration their children receive. This is why homeschooling is problematic....if you get lucky (as I did) and are exposed to adult, complex social interactions at a young age, then you find yourself unexpectedly more efficient and able to integrate into the workplace with less effort, as you've already learned how to "be an adult," while other teens were languishing in public school hell. But the same issues apply to public schools, which can vary dramatically in quality and experience. These are not simple black/white scenarios, and your anecdotal experience is not a sufficient data set to extrapolate from. That said....I'm not home schooling my own child, because I feel he will get far more out of a directed public/private school experience than I could offer him.
Maybe the water is really green and thick.
It is possible he's drinking some pretty thick, chlorophyll-laden water. That's got to have some calories in it!
But if your message is to advocate to dehumanize and commit genocide on others, then we have a different kind of speech here. The contemporary Nazi message has not been divorced from the traditional Nazi message, and the sly smile and reassurance that it's just a protected view doesn't change the fact that you've got a knife behind your back and you will use it. If you somehow think that's an unfair characterization, then you need to question why your are ideologically standing behind a history of atrocity and genocide to get your message out.
People tend to have that reaction when they realize there's a wolf among the sheep. Just because it isn't killing sheep--yet--doesn't mean they have to pretend it's not there, or that it's somehow equivalent to the sheep. Nazis are the wolves, and thanks to this little incident about 77 years ago it's very clear, unfortunately, that ideologically they are going to kill the sheep just as soon as we turn our backs. In a case like this one could be forgiven if the farmer grabs his gun and shoots the wolf.
So you are suggesting that Kessler is a genius mastermind who manipulated the various nazi/white nationalist groups, 3%ers and others in to a violent riot/protest in Charleston. Either this guy is an amazing individual who does not realize his potential as a social manipulator, or even if your theory were true it does not change the fact that all these groups still showed up and did what they did. Unless you believe Alex Jones that they were all scared Jewish men pretending to be Nazis for effect.
It is also possible GoDaddy is run by decent people who were disgusted with the person using their service. Probably not a ToS clause that says "don't be a disgusting wretch" but maybe there should be.
Just because it happens so egregiously in Slovakia is not a firm argument for why it should be acceptable elsewhere. If anything you're making a strong case for serious reform efforts in your own country.
The overall experience is not as impressive as Oculus Rift, but the simple fact is PS VR won out in my house because I didn't need to upgrade my PC (which I'd just upgraded a year ago and it's still below spec for VR), I already had a PS4, and when I did have some money to burn for myself and the kids PSVR was much, much easier to pick up and run with. It's a niche in gaming, but worth it for the interesting experience and tech. That last sentence is not going to sell it to Wanda and Cletus who are still debating whether or not to upgrade from their PS2, though, or don't know why they need a PC when they have their phones. Also, and I hate to say it, but the real problem with the PSVR and the Rift is best summed up as: too many dangling cords, and require too much space. Most apartment dwellers don't have the room for these things, and the cords are damned annoying. There's also that percentage of people who get physically ill with VR. My son and I don't....but my wife does. So 1/3rd of my household can't actually use the device. On the plus side, glasses and the PSVR seem to work rather well.
I'm not an SJW advocate by any means (though I am left-leaning) but the model you're providing is a bit hypothetical/strawman. Would work better with a real model. I'd analogize SJWs to the people who get outraged that Idris Elba is not going to be the next James Bond, and try to shout down anyone who says, "But Bond should be a caucasian Brit" with accusations of racism. SJWs see some vaguely interpretive symbol for native americans used in sports and contend it is offensive even while the native tribe is saying "meh." Those are two actual examples. SJWs rarely get to cause problems for employers because they usually work as barristas or have their etsy page up and dominate lower level positions....their inability to compromise usually serves as an obstacle to advancing in management in the first place (Silicon Valley excepted). That last part is just opinion, though.
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I'm not sure that it's the fact that Myspace is still out there or that people were still using them for storage that is more shocking.
"short range weapons" probably isn't going to work as well as you think. It's been tried already within the last year, and notable duds (such as For Honor) suggest moving the genre to melee range is extremely niche.
I don't think Epic Games' target audience is the childless, friendless slashdot crowd.
So if you don't know why Fortnite is popular right now, then you probably aren't in a family unit and/or don't have kids. This is one of the very few games out now that the whole family can get in to with minimal cost, and can have kids, mom and dad all playing together. It's going to get replaced eventually, sure....but for now, Epic Games has hit a rare formula of solid gold for an underserved market and is reaping the profits.
I was more or less convinced VR was a fad and a novelty after trying Daydream and PSVR, then I snagged the Oculus Go and suddenly VR is a common thing in the house. Here's what VR needs to succeed: It needs something which can target kids (kids love VR, and right now most VR is for "13 and up"), it needs to be easily worn and portable, with no mess, no cords, and no irritating compatibility issues (so Oculus Go, for example), and it needs to have the best resolution possible because right now most VR experiences feel like a near-sightedness simulators.
Get that right, and you've got the golden mark of success: my kid is obsessed with Ready Player One. He wants that future. VR is so close to being there, that I think right now, as others have said, its merely a technical issue of moving the cutting edge to everyday ordinary (as it always has been). Oculus Go is a step in the right direction, now they need one with all the bells and whistles, no cords, and self contained with even better resolution (the Oculus Go has pretty good resolution, fyi).
I see a future with walled/fenced roads and overpasses and underpasses built in to avoid impeding the flow of traffic with human corpses.
I don't agree with you but I'll still join the movement....I don't care if self-driving cars will be the future, I still enjoy driving myself for the experience and satisfaction of being in control.
Sure, but the modern economy my child is growing up in won't have positions for him that involve loading trucks or hauling bails of hay. In fact, the job distribution will be primary driven by desk/computer based positions for which women and men are on completely equal footing. Short of dramatic socioeconomic collapse, your distribution of labor doesn't exist in large chunks of the nation.
Why would they throttle high utilization users when doing so means that they don't hit the arbitrary data caps sooner? It is much more profitable now for Comcast to let people reach that 1 TB limit each month so they can start racking up the $10/50GB charges as quickly as possible.
Are you parroting something you were told or did you actually read Willey's book? Because if you believe the stuff she wrote, then I have a pyramid scheme and a bridge I would like to sell you. Alternatively, it's good to know you tirelessly defend all accusers and believe them without question. So I presume you are calling for Trump to step down in the wake of his accusers, too. Because you are a consistent person, obviously, and if your bar of belief standard was set by WIlley's book then that pretty much means Trump's accusers of harassment are impeccable.
The argument that home schoolers have the luxury of avoiding the shittier, more socially alarming and degrading elements of public school and therefore miss out is not actually a very good argument. The net result (in my experience) is that you end up an adult who doesn't put up with childish bullshit, because you learned that it's non-productive to tolerate the bad apples.
Having bashed the use of anecdotal evidence earlier I will now state that I know of almost no public school graduates who appear to have benefitted from their socialization experience in school. The only commonality of almost everyone I've known over time is that actual college experience seems to be the greatest factor in improving personal disposition and social ability. The worst cases --the people with serious social and emotional issues-- never went on to college, and suffer with their bizarre impressions of life post high school. Ironically despite being home schooled I've never actually met anyone else (other than my sister, of course) who was also home schooled so I have no frame of reference to compare here. I have a friend who's ex home schools their children. I concede that the one time I met them I got a really intense "Children of the Corn" vibe and I can't say why exactly.
In many states this is a requirement. My parents had to get teaching certifications in Arizona to home school, for example (at least, back in the 80's this was a requirement), and as home schooled students my sister and I had to pass state SAT classes as well as take (and pass) the GED. There are many regions where the odds of a better education are far likelier if you go through home schooling or private tutoring than if you stay with the public schools, and those are often located in states where few standards are expected of home schooling.
Your argument regarding public schools actually also applies to home schooling. As someone who was home schooled, I'll make this comment: it depends heavily on the effort and intent of the parents as to what level of socialization and integration their children receive. This is why homeschooling is problematic....if you get lucky (as I did) and are exposed to adult, complex social interactions at a young age, then you find yourself unexpectedly more efficient and able to integrate into the workplace with less effort, as you've already learned how to "be an adult," while other teens were languishing in public school hell. But the same issues apply to public schools, which can vary dramatically in quality and experience. These are not simple black/white scenarios, and your anecdotal experience is not a sufficient data set to extrapolate from. That said....I'm not home schooling my own child, because I feel he will get far more out of a directed public/private school experience than I could offer him.
You don't really "get" Star Trek, do you?
Maybe the water is really green and thick. It is possible he's drinking some pretty thick, chlorophyll-laden water. That's got to have some calories in it!
Check back with us when you hit middle age.
You don't watch many movies, do you?
But if your message is to advocate to dehumanize and commit genocide on others, then we have a different kind of speech here. The contemporary Nazi message has not been divorced from the traditional Nazi message, and the sly smile and reassurance that it's just a protected view doesn't change the fact that you've got a knife behind your back and you will use it. If you somehow think that's an unfair characterization, then you need to question why your are ideologically standing behind a history of atrocity and genocide to get your message out.
People tend to have that reaction when they realize there's a wolf among the sheep. Just because it isn't killing sheep--yet--doesn't mean they have to pretend it's not there, or that it's somehow equivalent to the sheep. Nazis are the wolves, and thanks to this little incident about 77 years ago it's very clear, unfortunately, that ideologically they are going to kill the sheep just as soon as we turn our backs. In a case like this one could be forgiven if the farmer grabs his gun and shoots the wolf.
So you are suggesting that Kessler is a genius mastermind who manipulated the various nazi/white nationalist groups, 3%ers and others in to a violent riot/protest in Charleston. Either this guy is an amazing individual who does not realize his potential as a social manipulator, or even if your theory were true it does not change the fact that all these groups still showed up and did what they did. Unless you believe Alex Jones that they were all scared Jewish men pretending to be Nazis for effect.
It is also possible GoDaddy is run by decent people who were disgusted with the person using their service. Probably not a ToS clause that says "don't be a disgusting wretch" but maybe there should be.
Just because it happens so egregiously in Slovakia is not a firm argument for why it should be acceptable elsewhere. If anything you're making a strong case for serious reform efforts in your own country.
The overall experience is not as impressive as Oculus Rift, but the simple fact is PS VR won out in my house because I didn't need to upgrade my PC (which I'd just upgraded a year ago and it's still below spec for VR), I already had a PS4, and when I did have some money to burn for myself and the kids PSVR was much, much easier to pick up and run with. It's a niche in gaming, but worth it for the interesting experience and tech. That last sentence is not going to sell it to Wanda and Cletus who are still debating whether or not to upgrade from their PS2, though, or don't know why they need a PC when they have their phones. Also, and I hate to say it, but the real problem with the PSVR and the Rift is best summed up as: too many dangling cords, and require too much space. Most apartment dwellers don't have the room for these things, and the cords are damned annoying. There's also that percentage of people who get physically ill with VR. My son and I don't....but my wife does. So 1/3rd of my household can't actually use the device. On the plus side, glasses and the PSVR seem to work rather well.
I'm not an SJW advocate by any means (though I am left-leaning) but the model you're providing is a bit hypothetical/strawman. Would work better with a real model. I'd analogize SJWs to the people who get outraged that Idris Elba is not going to be the next James Bond, and try to shout down anyone who says, "But Bond should be a caucasian Brit" with accusations of racism. SJWs see some vaguely interpretive symbol for native americans used in sports and contend it is offensive even while the native tribe is saying "meh." Those are two actual examples. SJWs rarely get to cause problems for employers because they usually work as barristas or have their etsy page up and dominate lower level positions....their inability to compromise usually serves as an obstacle to advancing in management in the first place (Silicon Valley excepted). That last part is just opinion, though.