If you can behave to the standards which would be required in literally any professional workplace in 2018, you don't need to be involved. If you can't do that, there are plenty of forums to write angry posts about SJWs while you wrote your own OS.
That's kind of an odd statement, regardless of your feelings.
The "meritocracy" is who built Linux. The SJWs didn't.
We forget too easily that women didn't used to vote, could be beaten and even raped with impunity, couldn't own property or were themselves property
Large time gap between some of this... not to mention unevenly true in different times and places.
For example, one reason that pagan Rome hated Christians is that Christianity made women so uppity, considered them of equal worth, etc.
What's crazy is there's large swaths of the world where all this is still true and we turn a blind eye to it.
When "we" don't turn a blind eye to it, "progressives" call us "racists".
There's also a sizable minority of regressives who want to turn back the clock. Some (Jordon Peterson comes to mind) have pretty large followings and speak in pretty reasonable terms...
There is nobody in the US who advocates for women to be property, "raped with impunity", etc. Certainly not Jordon Peterson.
Well, nobody except the hordes from those "large swaths of the world" you mentioned. Who are being imported enthusiastically by those who most preen themselves over their supposed care of women.
Would it be illegal to advertise a job in a men's magazine? Probably not, even though you're more likely to only get men reading it.
I don't know whether this is really illegal, but it certainly "feels wrong".
That's the interesting thing about technology; it makes you be overt (at least to yourself, it may or may not be visible to others) about what you are doing.
There are two features I can see being useful on a smart microwave, and if Amazon is reading this I'm happy to sign over the rights to these ideas for a free microwave.
1) It should be able to open the door when I ask it to so I can put things in with my hands full.
2) It should be able to read bar codes on the top of frozen meals and be able to re-heat them better than just setting it to 2-3 minutes on high.
by strengthening it's base economy through simple things such as liberalising it's approach to women. A key realisation was that the Saudi economy could literally double in size by allowing the half of it's population that are not currently allowed to work on equal terms to do so. {...} When only 50% of your working age population are allowed to work, enabling the other 50% to do so as a way to obtain a quick, easy, future proof, baseline economic boost is really a no brainer.
That's an interesting point of view. Doubling the workforce without doubling the jobs is a huge economic boost?
I'm not sure that, say, the 1970s in the US (when cultural change pushed women en masse into the workforce) really bear that out.
Think of it this way. The expensive part of old water-cooled nuclear reactors is maintaining the elaborate water cooling system. It's also the primary point of failure. Getting rid of active cooling makes reactors cheaper to build and maintain, AND makes them safer.
Mind you, in a properly designed water cooled reactor, the loss of water actually shuts it down, because the water was slowing down the neutrons and made the chain reaction possible in the first place.
So he downloaded it (copy on his computer) and posted it on Facebook (copy on Facebook). Also he's a total idiot. But Facebook made millions of copies, and they aren't a common carrier.
Yeah, if the movie had proposed tax cuts or immigration restrictions, that would be different. Facebook woulda had that thing gone in nothing flat...
The police took away any means he had to defend himself, threatened him with a ridiculous punishment and he accepted a plea bargain. There is only one country in the world that regularly pretends such a thing is a conviction. Of course going to federal court is also a 99.8% chance of being convicted of something. Some federal districts in the USA actually go more than a year without an innocent verdict. http://justicedenied.org/wordp...
Uh, how can it be justice denied if he's guilty as sin?
I'm actually with you on procedural protections, but regarding justice, let's get real; the guy was literally bragging about his guilt.
If he was punished, then justice was done, albeit perhaps not done correctly.
And just to be clear, I support going back to the Founder's version of copyright (7 years, extendable to 14 max).
Darn right. This is all about supporting the arts. That's why copyright laws cover works where the artist has been dead for half a century. You're not sarcastically suggesting that the laws are designed to line the coffers of the corporations who essentially wrote the laws, are you?
The police took away any means he had to defend himself, threatened him with a ridiculous punishment and he accepted a plea bargain. There is only one country in the world that regularly pretends such a thing is a conviction. Of course going to federal court is also a 99.8% chance of being convicted of something. Some federal districts in the USA actually go more than a year without an innocent verdict. http://justicedenied.org/wordp...
Uh, how can it be justice denied if he's guilty as sin?
I'm actually with you on procedural protections, but regarding justice, let's get real; the guy was literally bragging about his guilt.
If he was punished, then justice was done, albeit perhaps not done correctly.
Huh, I feel like an idiot right now, arn’t timlenes chronolgicsl or invese chronological by the nature of tjem beeing timelines?
You'd think, huh?
But timelines that aren't really chronological are in fact the special sauce that these glorified micro-blogging platforms (Facebook, Twitter) have brought to the table.
Here are the tax brackets in the US. Why stop at 37% for income greater than $500,000? We could several more brackets, for example:
45% for income greater than $1 million
65% for income greater than $10 million
85% for income greater than $100 million.
Then, maybe we could fund our civic institutions without having to resort to "charity" from billionaires, and in a way which is held accountable. Even more effective, however, would probably be to root out tax evasion and offshore banking.
Because we tried that before. Didn't work so hot. (ref the Beatles "Taxman")
There aren't enough people that rich to make that much of a difference. And the situation isn't static; they won't keep making taxable income just so you can take it all.
And yes, some of it might be "just" tooling. Maybe I can get an email filter in place so at when I send email with curse-words, they just won't go out.
Wait, I thought that only ancient prudes like me thought that using curse words was problematic. Now it is again?
That's the problem with getting "woke"; you never know what the rules are day to day....
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Poor graphics are part of the charm of these "classic" systems :)
Personally, I don't want super realistic graphics in my games.
I am content to get through my day without encountering pools of blood, thanks very much.
People don't shout in Pontevedra -- or they shout less
Just how loud are cars in Spain?
There were a lot of drugs, it was full of cars -- it was a marginal zone.
Not sure that "pedestrianizing" street corners here is going to reduce drugs.
If you can behave to the standards which would be required in literally any professional workplace in 2018, you don't need to be involved. If you can't do that, there are plenty of forums to write angry posts about SJWs while you wrote your own OS.
That's kind of an odd statement, regardless of your feelings.
The "meritocracy" is who built Linux. The SJWs didn't.
Yeah, that's right, I said 'you' ... bwa ha ha! Stick that in your code of conduct!
If I can risk strawmaning myself for a bit here,
Risk level - 100% ;)
We forget too easily that women didn't used to vote, could be beaten and even raped with impunity, couldn't own property or were themselves property
Large time gap between some of this ... not to mention unevenly true in different times and places.
For example, one reason that pagan Rome hated Christians is that Christianity made women so uppity, considered them of equal worth, etc.
What's crazy is there's large swaths of the world where all this is still true and we turn a blind eye to it.
When "we" don't turn a blind eye to it, "progressives" call us "racists".
There's also a sizable minority of regressives who want to turn back the clock. Some (Jordon Peterson comes to mind) have pretty large followings and speak in pretty reasonable terms...
There is nobody in the US who advocates for women to be property, "raped with impunity", etc. Certainly not Jordon Peterson.
Well, nobody except the hordes from those "large swaths of the world" you mentioned. Who are being imported enthusiastically by those who most preen themselves over their supposed care of women.
Would it be illegal to advertise a job in a men's magazine? Probably not, even though you're more likely to only get men reading it.
I don't know whether this is really illegal, but it certainly "feels wrong".
That's the interesting thing about technology; it makes you be overt (at least to yourself, it may or may not be visible to others) about what you are doing.
There are two features I can see being useful on a smart microwave, and if Amazon is reading this I'm happy to sign over the rights to these ideas for a free microwave. 1) It should be able to open the door when I ask it to so I can put things in with my hands full. 2) It should be able to read bar codes on the top of frozen meals and be able to re-heat them better than just setting it to 2-3 minutes on high.
"Open the microwave door, Hal."
What about those card games where you buy packs of cards, hoping to get some special powerful cards in them?
If loot boxes are gambling, why aren't those card packs?
by strengthening it's base economy through simple things such as liberalising it's approach to women. A key realisation was that the Saudi economy could literally double in size by allowing the half of it's population that are not currently allowed to work on equal terms to do so. {...} When only 50% of your working age population are allowed to work, enabling the other 50% to do so as a way to obtain a quick, easy, future proof, baseline economic boost is really a no brainer.
That's an interesting point of view. Doubling the workforce without doubling the jobs is a huge economic boost?
I'm not sure that, say, the 1970s in the US (when cultural change pushed women en masse into the workforce) really bear that out.
I am shocked, shocked that the bigwigs of fake pyramid scheme "currency" would be anything but sober, respectable fellows.
Think of it this way. The expensive part of old water-cooled nuclear reactors is maintaining the elaborate water cooling system. It's also the primary point of failure. Getting rid of active cooling makes reactors cheaper to build and maintain, AND makes them safer.
Mind you, in a properly designed water cooled reactor, the loss of water actually shuts it down, because the water was slowing down the neutrons and made the chain reaction possible in the first place.
The bill was passed by {the Republican controlled} Congress.
FTFY.
So he downloaded it (copy on his computer) and posted it on Facebook (copy on Facebook). Also he's a total idiot. But Facebook made millions of copies, and they aren't a common carrier.
Yeah, if the movie had proposed tax cuts or immigration restrictions, that would be different. Facebook woulda had that thing gone in nothing flat ...
"What are you in jail for?" they ask. "I made a facebook post."
Ask the guy in England about that ...
The police took away any means he had to defend himself, threatened him with a ridiculous punishment and he accepted a plea bargain. There is only one country in the world that regularly pretends such a thing is a conviction. Of course going to federal court is also a 99.8% chance of being convicted of something. Some federal districts in the USA actually go more than a year without an innocent verdict. http://justicedenied.org/wordp...
Uh, how can it be justice denied if he's guilty as sin?
I'm actually with you on procedural protections, but regarding justice, let's get real; the guy was literally bragging about his guilt.
If he was punished, then justice was done, albeit perhaps not done correctly.
And just to be clear, I support going back to the Founder's version of copyright (7 years, extendable to 14 max).
Darn right. This is all about supporting the arts. That's why copyright laws cover works where the artist has been dead for half a century. You're not sarcastically suggesting that the laws are designed to line the coffers of the corporations who essentially wrote the laws, are you?
I might be ;)
The police took away any means he had to defend himself, threatened him with a ridiculous punishment and he accepted a plea bargain. There is only one country in the world that regularly pretends such a thing is a conviction. Of course going to federal court is also a 99.8% chance of being convicted of something. Some federal districts in the USA actually go more than a year without an innocent verdict. http://justicedenied.org/wordp...
Uh, how can it be justice denied if he's guilty as sin?
I'm actually with you on procedural protections, but regarding justice, let's get real; the guy was literally bragging about his guilt.
If he was punished, then justice was done, albeit perhaps not done correctly.
Huh, I feel like an idiot right now, arn’t timlenes chronolgicsl or invese chronological by the nature of tjem beeing timelines?
You'd think, huh?
But timelines that aren't really chronological are in fact the special sauce that these glorified micro-blogging platforms (Facebook, Twitter) have brought to the table.
Seriously, I think touching "2" is actually easier than "Alexa, heat my soup"
I can just feel the arts and sciences being encouraged right now!
This kind of *investment* is all too easily and all too often looked down upon.
It should be celebrated. It should be taught (in post-secondary settings even!). It should be expected.
It should be normal.
It can be good.
It can also be what you do when the mob suggests that you "rethink" things.
Like many things, there are good and bad reasons it could be happening.
Here are the tax brackets in the US. Why stop at 37% for income greater than $500,000? We could several more brackets, for example:
Then, maybe we could fund our civic institutions without having to resort to "charity" from billionaires, and in a way which is held accountable. Even more effective, however, would probably be to root out tax evasion and offshore banking.
Because we tried that before. Didn't work so hot. (ref the Beatles "Taxman")
There aren't enough people that rich to make that much of a difference. And the situation isn't static; they won't keep making taxable income just so you can take it all.
Seriously, WTH? Blockchain?
We're going to maintain a chain of the transactions that they ... er... don't make ... related to housing? What?
And yes, some of it might be "just" tooling. Maybe I can get an email filter in place so at when I send email with curse-words, they just won't go out.
Wait, I thought that only ancient prudes like me thought that using curse words was problematic. Now it is again?
That's the problem with getting "woke"; you never know what the rules are day to day ....