Unfortunately we, as a society, are too civilized to simply say "no" when they come begging for a cure when they got the disease that the vaccine could have prevented.
Or do I have the right to raise my kid to be a murderous psychopath if I so please? Yes, he'll cap your spawn when he gets the chance, but don't I have the right to raise my kids the way I see fit?
Nobody pretends there are no side effects from vaccines. Vaccination is a matter of chances. How likely is it to catch a disease? How likely are lasting effects? And how likely are lasting effects from the vaccine?
And there are VERY few cases of vaccines that are offered to the public AT ALL where that chance balance doesn't tip heavily towards "you're a fucking moron if you refuse vaccination".
Wasn't it this stupid "study" of how vaccines cause autism that was the excuse to keep kids susceptible to all kinds of preventable diseases? What's the new excuse now?
Looks like it worked out for Austria. The socialist party was pretty much constantly part of the government since WW2 and Vienna (the capital) has had a socialist mayor since WW2 and has been topping Mercer's highest quality of living for the past years (i.e. since Mercer's been doing it).
And looking down the list of cities, I get to see Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands,.... you have to go down to place 30 to find the first US city. Which is San Francisco. I may be wrong, but I don't see a single US city from a traditionally Republican run state in the first 50 at all.
Who's going to tell that to the socialist parties in Europe who have been part of the governments in most of those countries for the better part of the years since WW2?
Get used to it. More and more things you consider "yours" are tethered to its maker. And only work as long as its master (and that's not you) allows them to.
Earlier, makers of appliances had to build their systems to last just long enough to make it through warranty, which is a gamble. The item may fail too early or, worse, too late. Now they can determine when it fails you.
Doing this in a story-heavy environment with a landscape that actually makes sense (like, say, it doesn't have a desert right next to a jungle) is not only tricky, it's near impossible. Mods will kill you any and all stories you might want to pack into the game. Either that or they render it ridiculous, break the 4th wall or are simply very tacky. Procedural world generation usually ends in worlds that look like they have been slapped together from a few predefined stock rooms. Either that or the sudden change in altitude leaves you with areas that are inaccessible, and with a hint of luck there's the all-important quest NPC right where you can't get due to faulty layout.
In the end, these games don't change at all. Just because you put the quest NPC in a different location does not change the quest. And so far I have not seen a game that can procedurally generate a (sensible) story that unfolds as you play the game.
Maybe that's the way to eventually get rid of your FB account? Not to mention, messing with their data collection in and by itself would be a good reason to "die" for them.
No longer "you're dead to me", today it's "I'm dead to you"!
We can't have people who are exempt from law and out of reach, no matter what kind of damage they do to society. I welcome the push to finally do something about corporations flaunting their disregard for laws.
No. Give out one mail address per contact. It's trivial to aggregate them, so it's not really any hassle to you to collect your mail, but that way you immediately know if one of them is harvesting&selling.
You're doing it wrong. You have to join Facebook. It's an invaluable tool.
Of course, you have to be creative. I, for one, don't fill it with my uninteresting, boring real life. And I certainly don't "friend" any of the boring people I know. Instead, live an interesting life, rub shoulders with the best and greatest of your field, show off those pictures of you and them on vacation (Photoshop is one hell of a tool!), fake some insightful praise you get from them and make sure everyone visiting your page knows that you're one of the big shots.
Because sooner or later some HR goon will go for some personality surfing. And just as much as he won't admit that he does it, as unlikely it is that he's going to ask if any of this is real.
Nothing pads a resume better than something that doesn't allow anyone to say you lied. If you asked me, I would of course have told you that it's all bunk and bullshit. But you didn't ask. You assumed.
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Probably because people spend more time in cars than getting vaccinated. If you want to skew statistics, at least do it in a less obvious way.
Unfortunately we, as a society, are too civilized to simply say "no" when they come begging for a cure when they got the disease that the vaccine could have prevented.
Not if that endangers other children.
Or do I have the right to raise my kid to be a murderous psychopath if I so please? Yes, he'll cap your spawn when he gets the chance, but don't I have the right to raise my kids the way I see fit?
Nobody pretends there are no side effects from vaccines. Vaccination is a matter of chances. How likely is it to catch a disease? How likely are lasting effects? And how likely are lasting effects from the vaccine?
And there are VERY few cases of vaccines that are offered to the public AT ALL where that chance balance doesn't tip heavily towards "you're a fucking moron if you refuse vaccination".
Overgeneralize? How so?
Wasn't it this stupid "study" of how vaccines cause autism that was the excuse to keep kids susceptible to all kinds of preventable diseases? What's the new excuse now?
Communism, not socialism, fails because people prefer having money to working.
What is "pure socialist"? Communism? Then call it communism, because that's what it is.
It seems there is some conflation of socialism and communism in the US narrative.
Looks like it worked out for Austria. The socialist party was pretty much constantly part of the government since WW2 and Vienna (the capital) has had a socialist mayor since WW2 and has been topping Mercer's highest quality of living for the past years (i.e. since Mercer's been doing it).
And looking down the list of cities, I get to see Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, .... you have to go down to place 30 to find the first US city. Which is San Francisco. I may be wrong, but I don't see a single US city from a traditionally Republican run state in the first 50 at all.
Who's going to tell that to the socialist parties in Europe who have been part of the governments in most of those countries for the better part of the years since WW2?
Like that Outer Limits episode?
The idiots will find a new reason to avoid vaccinations. If anything fails, the study will be dismissed as fake from the pharma industry.
If it's transparent enough and available in large enough panes, I'd have a use for it.
Plus, it should be easy to clean. That would be a bonus.
In my severance package. Duh.
Get used to it. More and more things you consider "yours" are tethered to its maker. And only work as long as its master (and that's not you) allows them to.
Earlier, makers of appliances had to build their systems to last just long enough to make it through warranty, which is a gamble. The item may fail too early or, worse, too late. Now they can determine when it fails you.
The difference is that the birdshot has a better chance to burn up in the atmosphere without anything reaching the ground at all.
Doing this in a story-heavy environment with a landscape that actually makes sense (like, say, it doesn't have a desert right next to a jungle) is not only tricky, it's near impossible. Mods will kill you any and all stories you might want to pack into the game. Either that or they render it ridiculous, break the 4th wall or are simply very tacky. Procedural world generation usually ends in worlds that look like they have been slapped together from a few predefined stock rooms. Either that or the sudden change in altitude leaves you with areas that are inaccessible, and with a hint of luck there's the all-important quest NPC right where you can't get due to faulty layout.
In the end, these games don't change at all. Just because you put the quest NPC in a different location does not change the quest. And so far I have not seen a game that can procedurally generate a (sensible) story that unfolds as you play the game.
You don't say...
I guess I'll use it as the stfu-question for the extreme leftists now. Just like I use "define a kind" on the bible bullshit peddlers.
Maybe that's the way to eventually get rid of your FB account? Not to mention, messing with their data collection in and by itself would be a good reason to "die" for them.
No longer "you're dead to me", today it's "I'm dead to you"!
WWJD?
Time for some table flipping...
The sad part is that today we actually miss the Katz stories...
So what, Stalin will be remembered forever.
Being remembered isn't necessarily something you want to achieve.
Then again, considering how interesting the life of the average FB user is, imagine how interesting they are in death.
We can't have people who are exempt from law and out of reach, no matter what kind of damage they do to society. I welcome the push to finally do something about corporations flaunting their disregard for laws.
That's what you mean, right?
No. Give out one mail address per contact. It's trivial to aggregate them, so it's not really any hassle to you to collect your mail, but that way you immediately know if one of them is harvesting&selling.
You're doing it wrong. You have to join Facebook. It's an invaluable tool.
Of course, you have to be creative. I, for one, don't fill it with my uninteresting, boring real life. And I certainly don't "friend" any of the boring people I know. Instead, live an interesting life, rub shoulders with the best and greatest of your field, show off those pictures of you and them on vacation (Photoshop is one hell of a tool!), fake some insightful praise you get from them and make sure everyone visiting your page knows that you're one of the big shots.
Because sooner or later some HR goon will go for some personality surfing. And just as much as he won't admit that he does it, as unlikely it is that he's going to ask if any of this is real.
Nothing pads a resume better than something that doesn't allow anyone to say you lied. If you asked me, I would of course have told you that it's all bunk and bullshit. But you didn't ask. You assumed.
And you hired me.