Sadly he's not far off. And a reminder that the comparative isn't always indicative of superiority. In other words, "better" doesn't mean that it's better than good.
What's there to choose from? Linux. Great idea, but hardly the system for the non-geek. Sad to say it, folks, but it ain't. Even after all those years. Odd as it may sound, the main reason is that there's so much to choose from. And it all already starts with the distribution. And then which GUI? And which editor? And which...
And Windows, let's be honest, Windows is itself living off inertia. There has been exactly zero improvement since XP, and depending on whether you consider privacy an important aspect you could easily say that it's been getting worse.
So yes, I can't really argue against him. Mac OS is probably the best, or let's rather say, the least crappy OS currently supported by its maker.
Wrong assumption. Universities here don't provide a service to students, they provide a service to the state. They produce people trained well in their field of studies. This may be you, and you may actually benefit from it, but in the end, it doesn't matter in the least, neither to university nor state, whether it's you or the next guy.
If you claim that it's racist to require smarts to get a degree, you're racist. You're essentially saying that a group of people is intrinsically stupid due to their genetic makeup.
Now implement this in hardware with a light sensor instead of a switch the user has to push manually and you're almost as good as the notebook I just went and replaced with a newer model.
C'mon, you can use YouTube, I shit you not. I didn't believe it either 'til I saw that guy stating that he's black and black people can't be racist, but all white people are racist.
And I was sitting there and wondering if that just MIGHT be a little bit racist?
Racism is, at its most basic core, the belief that a person must have or cannot have a certain trait based only on their skin color.
And yes, that there are now real nazis that seem to have the ear of the president is a huge problem. And that problem comes with trivialization of the term. If you call everyone a nazi that disagrees with you, you trivialize the term. Sure, the idea was that it is a strongly negatively loaded term that makes the other person stop in their tracks because nobody wants to be a nazi, but if you keep using it towards everyone, it loses its impact. Think "grammar nazi".
Same with racist. If you call everyone racist that dares to have a different opinion only because he also happens to have a different skin color, the term loses its impact.
What gets my piss to a boil though is the ongoing redefinition of rape. We're reaching the level of trivialization already where people are starting to make YouTube videos, telling us how rape ain't that bad.
Fuck this. Stop trivializing horrible things by inflating the use of the term for trivial bullshit!
There should be exactly one deciding factor dictating whether or not you can get a degree: Your brain.
Most European countries follow that idea. My university gets stormed with new students every September and their solution was quite simple: Radical testing. 3 semesters in about 10-20% of the students remain and most of them actually finish.
If you got a LOT of people wanting a degree and you're not dependent on them paying you, you can test brutally to eliminate anyone who isn't willing to put in time and effort above and beyond anyone else, and what you get in the end, holding a degree, IS the best you could possibly get. Everyone who isn't perished.
Who said that "free" cannot end up in ruthless competition that makes any cold blooded capitalist beg for mercy?
According to some people's logic you're already racist because you're white but can't be racist if you're not.
That kinda cheapens the whole problem if you ask me. It's like the inflationary use of "nazi" a while ago. All it did was get people who would probably otherwise think if they're called "nazi" just thumb over their shoulder and mutter "put the label on the pile, I'll ignore later".
Inflationary use of anything removes its impact. Take a look at what happened to "terrorist".
No, most of the ones I know are busy on YouTube telling us that the sky is falling because Trump became Prez, so I guess they're not really in favor of him.
Can you point to such an occasion? Last time I checked racists aren't really bothered by being called racists, rather, they're usually very proud that they're ($their_race) and not ($racist_slur).
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I think it's a bit excessive to build a whole starliner for one single guy who'll probably never go into space again anyway.
Or maybe they're talking about this space taxi? Or the song that goes with it?
You certainly couldn't hear what I did there.
I have actually seen one.
Rendered me speechless for the rest of the evening.
Sadly he's not far off. And a reminder that the comparative isn't always indicative of superiority. In other words, "better" doesn't mean that it's better than good.
What's there to choose from? Linux. Great idea, but hardly the system for the non-geek. Sad to say it, folks, but it ain't. Even after all those years. Odd as it may sound, the main reason is that there's so much to choose from. And it all already starts with the distribution. And then which GUI? And which editor? And which...
And Windows, let's be honest, Windows is itself living off inertia. There has been exactly zero improvement since XP, and depending on whether you consider privacy an important aspect you could easily say that it's been getting worse.
So yes, I can't really argue against him. Mac OS is probably the best, or let's rather say, the least crappy OS currently supported by its maker.
Who let the pinko commie in? That's commie talk. Making everyone equal.
Where's the racism if getting in requires nothing and getting a degree requires brains?
Wrong assumption. Universities here don't provide a service to students, they provide a service to the state. They produce people trained well in their field of studies. This may be you, and you may actually benefit from it, but in the end, it doesn't matter in the least, neither to university nor state, whether it's you or the next guy.
Sue over what? It's not the university's fault that your little precious is dumb as a doorknob.
If you claim that it's racist to require smarts to get a degree, you're racist. You're essentially saying that a group of people is intrinsically stupid due to their genetic makeup.
No problem. You can stay as long as you like.
But for a degree, you have to work. It ain't free.
We're measuring US dimwits here, they should understand what they're measuring.
Plus the "IQ lower than your body temperature" joke works better that way.
Now implement this in hardware with a light sensor instead of a switch the user has to push manually and you're almost as good as the notebook I just went and replaced with a newer model.
Hey, I'm not racist, I hate all people equally!
Right, I almost forgot about populist parties. See how quickly you forget about Trump if he isn't the main focus of a thread? Or ... even if he is... ;)
C'mon, you can use YouTube, I shit you not. I didn't believe it either 'til I saw that guy stating that he's black and black people can't be racist, but all white people are racist.
And I was sitting there and wondering if that just MIGHT be a little bit racist?
Racism is, at its most basic core, the belief that a person must have or cannot have a certain trait based only on their skin color.
And yes, that there are now real nazis that seem to have the ear of the president is a huge problem. And that problem comes with trivialization of the term. If you call everyone a nazi that disagrees with you, you trivialize the term. Sure, the idea was that it is a strongly negatively loaded term that makes the other person stop in their tracks because nobody wants to be a nazi, but if you keep using it towards everyone, it loses its impact. Think "grammar nazi".
Same with racist. If you call everyone racist that dares to have a different opinion only because he also happens to have a different skin color, the term loses its impact.
What gets my piss to a boil though is the ongoing redefinition of rape. We're reaching the level of trivialization already where people are starting to make YouTube videos, telling us how rape ain't that bad.
Fuck this. Stop trivializing horrible things by inflating the use of the term for trivial bullshit!
Yes, tests discriminate against dimwits.
But there's a way for them to get degrees. Stuff a thermometer right up your ass, and you'll get almost 100.
There should be exactly one deciding factor dictating whether or not you can get a degree: Your brain.
Most European countries follow that idea. My university gets stormed with new students every September and their solution was quite simple: Radical testing. 3 semesters in about 10-20% of the students remain and most of them actually finish.
If you got a LOT of people wanting a degree and you're not dependent on them paying you, you can test brutally to eliminate anyone who isn't willing to put in time and effort above and beyond anyone else, and what you get in the end, holding a degree, IS the best you could possibly get. Everyone who isn't perished.
Who said that "free" cannot end up in ruthless competition that makes any cold blooded capitalist beg for mercy?
According to some people's logic you're already racist because you're white but can't be racist if you're not.
That kinda cheapens the whole problem if you ask me. It's like the inflationary use of "nazi" a while ago. All it did was get people who would probably otherwise think if they're called "nazi" just thumb over their shoulder and mutter "put the label on the pile, I'll ignore later".
Inflationary use of anything removes its impact. Take a look at what happened to "terrorist".
Certainly! But of course only in the latest edition, the others have been retracted for correction.
No, most of the ones I know are busy on YouTube telling us that the sky is falling because Trump became Prez, so I guess they're not really in favor of him.
Can you point to such an occasion? Last time I checked racists aren't really bothered by being called racists, rather, they're usually very proud that they're ($their_race) and not ($racist_slur).
The emotional maturity of Big Brother isn't far off that displayed in Lord of the Flies.
Or by the Computer in the P&P game Paranoia.
He eliminates my hair. Unless of course you ask for a headcut at a barber's, but I guess he'd probably ask you if you're serious.
Leaving a little bit of the EPA agency is like holding elections in China: A token to say we do have them without really giving a shit.
How so?