They removed the ability to save a file outside of the OS's download location.
No, they didn't.
I made heavy use of plugins which saved your downloads into folders based off the website you downloaded them from. Such a thing is completely impossible now.
On top of that, when scientists started going public about Global Warming, many idiots like the one you're answering to were all "nifty, nothing wrong with the weather being less cold" or "nuh huh, can't be true, there are more cold waves than, like, ever", not understanding what it was about (nor how a fridge works). The switch to privileging the term Climate Change was a communication move to mitigate confusion in layfolks, which was spinned by denialists as "moving the goalposts".
And we can regularly hear Republicans complain about the quirks of ACA, when their representatives are the ones who made it so quirky to begin with through Congress work (not that it was that great to begin with, mind you).
We've already seen then commit numerous crimes, and even many serious and violent attacks that have resulted in the deaths of many innocent European citizens.
Citation needed.
I expect to be vilified for this, accused of shutting down the debate with that "citation needed" thing, but seriously, I couldn't care less. I reject the "post-factual" paradigm, I only accept debate based on actual facts, not fantasies nor distorted "could have been" stories.
To be honest, if I was a US citizen, I'd side with the Democrats on pretty much everything. Basically I'm a Green sympathizer. In theory I think a honest debate with intelligent conservatives is a fine way to fine-tune my own ideas, but from my point of view the GOP has simply gone totally nuts. I only see conservative politicians within Democrat ranks.
Regarding what to do about it, my preference would be to let the market decide the solution. A revenue neutral carbon tax would reduce income and sales tax (we ought to be encouraging income and spending so this is good) and it would send a price signal to move us from carbon into the new energy economy.
I like the way you think. The market is a powerful tool if it's properly set up, but can't come up with solutions on its own in many issues.
As other said, it sounds to me that you're doing your part, as best as you can from where you stand in life. The rest is politics. At the very least you show that it's possible to do that. Beyond that, do you think that there are people who would like to do that, but can't, for various reasons? If you think so, then you can push for the socio-economic system to make it more convenient to do like you - while avoiding to shit on people who really can't. It's a delicate balance of policies to find.
Seriously. You have to wonder if there's a lack of scientific journalists who can come up with better headlines and articles that don't twist the facts too much.
Interestingly, it's been decades since serious cryptozoologists dismissed Nessie on the basis that the loch's turbid waters didn't allow for enough photosynthesis to sustain a sufficient biomass to feed a large species. Their most prominent theory besides hoaxes is that maybe some visiting seals have been magnified by optic phenomena akin to a fata morgana.
It's just an example of a limited resource that can end up unexploitable or underexploited if no regulation is in place. Make up all the fantasies you want from that, you seem to suck not only at economics, but also at physics and information theory.
The Constitution sets up the patent system. Yes, it's Constitutional law.
Actuallly, the Constitution of the USA merely allows for it, it doesn't mandate it. Having no patent system at all would be just as constitutional as the current situation.
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They removed the ability to save a file outside of the OS's download location.
No, they didn't.
I made heavy use of plugins which saved your downloads into folders based off the website you downloaded them from. Such a thing is completely impossible now.
No, it isn't.
Anywhere it's been implemented it's instantly become expensive and difficult to obtain the necessary Id.
Maybe in the USA, but other countries have managed to make it free and automatically issued.
But that's the whole purpose of voter ID laws: vote suppression.
Not where I live, nope. I'm baffled at the number of things the USA seems unable to do right.
Every single one of those solutions require collective effort, a notion that you scoff at because everything has to revolve around you.
On top of that, when scientists started going public about Global Warming, many idiots like the one you're answering to were all "nifty, nothing wrong with the weather being less cold" or "nuh huh, can't be true, there are more cold waves than, like, ever", not understanding what it was about (nor how a fridge works). The switch to privileging the term Climate Change was a communication move to mitigate confusion in layfolks, which was spinned by denialists as "moving the goalposts".
Fun fact: the actual name is "Royal Cheese", not "Royal with Cheese". I'm not sure how Quentin Tarantino managed to get it wrong.
They're not "pushing policy around the globe", they're regulating the activities of a company in Europe.
1. Bitcoin cannot be inflated away.
How is that a good thing?
And we can regularly hear Republicans complain about the quirks of ACA, when their representatives are the ones who made it so quirky to begin with through Congress work (not that it was that great to begin with, mind you).
Do those strawwomen actually exist? Never met one in my life, and I've frequented all sorts of feminists.
You failed to establish a direct connection to a so-called "invasion". Most if not all of these attacks were perpetrated by people born in Europe.
We've already seen then commit numerous crimes, and even many serious and violent attacks that have resulted in the deaths of many innocent European citizens.
Citation needed.
I expect to be vilified for this, accused of shutting down the debate with that "citation needed" thing, but seriously, I couldn't care less. I reject the "post-factual" paradigm, I only accept debate based on actual facts, not fantasies nor distorted "could have been" stories.
Directive 95/46 EC.
To be honest, if I was a US citizen, I'd side with the Democrats on pretty much everything. Basically I'm a Green sympathizer. In theory I think a honest debate with intelligent conservatives is a fine way to fine-tune my own ideas, but from my point of view the GOP has simply gone totally nuts. I only see conservative politicians within Democrat ranks.
"Outside its borders?"
Regarding what to do about it, my preference would be to let the market decide the solution. A revenue neutral carbon tax would reduce income and sales tax (we ought to be encouraging income and spending so this is good) and it would send a price signal to move us from carbon into the new energy economy.
I like the way you think. The market is a powerful tool if it's properly set up, but can't come up with solutions on its own in many issues.
As other said, it sounds to me that you're doing your part, as best as you can from where you stand in life. The rest is politics. At the very least you show that it's possible to do that. Beyond that, do you think that there are people who would like to do that, but can't, for various reasons? If you think so, then you can push for the socio-economic system to make it more convenient to do like you - while avoiding to shit on people who really can't. It's a delicate balance of policies to find.
Seriously. You have to wonder if there's a lack of scientific journalists who can come up with better headlines and articles that don't twist the facts too much.
Interestingly, it's been decades since serious cryptozoologists dismissed Nessie on the basis that the loch's turbid waters didn't allow for enough photosynthesis to sustain a sufficient biomass to feed a large species. Their most prominent theory besides hoaxes is that maybe some visiting seals have been magnified by optic phenomena akin to a fata morgana.
It's just an example of a limited resource that can end up unexploitable or underexploited if no regulation is in place. Make up all the fantasies you want from that, you seem to suck not only at economics, but also at physics and information theory.
Nope. Just economics. Basic economic science. Educate yourself about the Tragedy of the Commons, for starters. It's exactly what it's about here.
You fail at economics forever.
The Constitution sets up the patent system. Yes, it's Constitutional law.
Actuallly, the Constitution of the USA merely allows for it, it doesn't mandate it. Having no patent system at all would be just as constitutional as the current situation.
I'm feeling too lazy to look it up, but is there enough room on the moon to fit the whole of Russia?
I won't click a link that doesn't spell "gauge" right.