I have been paying a bit of attention. Help me out. GoDaddy was providing which service for them, and why can't they just hop on CrisisHost or something?
Because CrisisHost is another private company that has no more legal compulsion to honor the First Amendment rights of it's customers than GoDaddy? Private platforms are private platforms.
Why can't they sign up with the Government-provided domain hosting service, that would guarantee the right to free expression? Because nobody has that option.
...go ask the round of progressive professors who've lost their jobs because someone got offended and rallied the mob over their opinion on Halloween costumes, or refusing to play along with their "whitey is the cause of all world ills" stances.
Is the American government refusing them a domain name?
That's not how domain name distribution works.
I haven't really been paying attention,
Yea that's pretty obvious.
but it seems that a bunch of people are trying to get others to host their content whether they want to or not.
Well then, by all means point us to the US government-run web hosting service that's available to all Americans, regardless of what opinions we hold. I can wait.
You're making a lot of assumptions about Zero-Dollar Guy.
There's actually a lot of scrap out there which could be turned into useful things, not just artworks for the 1%
There is, but outside the shopping cart full of tin cans that the local homeless population collect, most of it is heavy and thus, expensive to transport; even a 15 year old short-bed half-ton pickup will cost you several thousand dollars just to purchase, not including fuel and maintenance costs.
So that leaves Zero-Dollar Guy to collect tin cans with the homeless; makes sense, as having no money or income whatsoever does tend to lead to that lifestyle.
Energy is a bigger problem, but it can be had for little money with enough ingenuity. Home-built wind power, cannibalizing used solar systems, etc.
So where is this home you can purchase with no money? And where are you coming up with parts to build your off-the-grid power system? Unless Zero-Dollar Guy is stealing the parts, he's going to have to pay for them somehow... not that it matters, as we already realized that Zero-Dollar Guy is homeless, and I doubt the city is going to let homeless Zero-Dollar Guy set up a half-baked DIY solar farm on a public sidewalk.
The big problem is space. Finding an area of sufficient size to stack up your found materials in which it is acceptable to work can be a challenge.
Nah, finding space is easy, that's why there are junkyards everywhere. The problem is finding money to purchase and maintain the space, a problem Zero-Dollar Guy is going to have a hard time solving if the only income he has is from the shopping cart filled with soda cans he picks up off the side of the road.
I've always been under the impression that the only kind of communism that could possibly work is the kind Jesus Christ talked about, where everyone voluntarily give things they don't need to people who do need them... except, that goes against just about every instinct that evolution has taught us in regards to self-preservation.
So I guess by "possibly work" I really mean "isn't compulsory and shitty."
If you can't be bothered to spend enough time raising your own children, then do not have them in the first place.
Not that I disagree (much the opposite), but since we're talking about Google getting into schools, and the fact that sending your kids to school is mandatory, I don't think that really applies here.
This is nothing but a good example of classic Ad Hominem logical fallacy/attack!!!
The real issue to consider is this: Is the training content provided by Google is right or wrong? Tell us about that!!!
The real issue is NOT whether Google itself is a good role model or not!!!
So, what you're saying is, we should judge the Nazis who ran the Hitler Youth program based on their success/failure rate, and never consider the fact that they were goddamned Nazis?
Yea, I mean, when Ford sells literal millions of their "superantiquated shitboxes" every single year, compared to Teslas best year of a few hundred thousand, you really can tell who has the higher level of interest.
Yes, but the normal case when shopping is "take it or leave it" pricing.
Sure, for non-commission based retail sales; the kid working register at Rue 21 gets paid $9/hr regardless of whether or not you buy those skinny jeans, so no, he's not going to negotiate the price with you.
Salesmen who are dependent on sales commissions for income, however, are a different animal.
Yes, it's common for small production, luxury vehicles to command a premium price.
If we're accepting that Tesla is more a boutique shop like Pagani than a mass production manufacturer like Ford, then I'm fine with that... but then, stop comparing Tesla to Ford.
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Your signature is wrong: It will be like it always is:
Wrapped in the flag and carrying a bible: 'murika!
Why can't it be both?
(it can)
By not passing protectionist tariffs that crippled half the states into law.
The fact that you insist on referring to non-Western Europeans as "savages" strongly indicates that you're a dickhead.
I have been paying a bit of attention. Help me out. GoDaddy was providing which service for them, and why can't they just hop on CrisisHost or something?
Because CrisisHost is another private company that has no more legal compulsion to honor the First Amendment rights of it's customers than GoDaddy? Private platforms are private platforms.
Why can't they sign up with the Government-provided domain hosting service, that would guarantee the right to free expression? Because nobody has that option.
Don't worry, one day you'll have learned enough of the world that it'll either drive you insane or make you a realist.
In my case, both.
No, they don't - If Gmail was free I wouldn't have to agree to let Google snoop on and sell my data in order to use it.
Conditions are the defintiion of not-free.
Especially the SJWs.
...go ask the round of progressive professors who've lost their jobs because someone got offended and rallied the mob over their opinion on Halloween costumes, or refusing to play along with their "whitey is the cause of all world ills" stances.
LMAO, remember last year when Berkeley staff and educators had to use an escape hatch to flee SJW protestors?
Good times.
Democracy is not freedom; democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for dinner.
Freedom is a properly-armed sheep contesting the vote.
Are they too stupid to set up a web server?
That's not the problem.
is their ISP blocking them from serving content?
Basically, yes.
Is the American government refusing them a domain name?
That's not how domain name distribution works.
I haven't really been paying attention,
Yea that's pretty obvious.
but it seems that a bunch of people are trying to get others to host their content whether they want to or not.
Well then, by all means point us to the US government-run web hosting service that's available to all Americans, regardless of what opinions we hold. I can wait.
You're making a lot of assumptions about Zero-Dollar Guy.
There's actually a lot of scrap out there which could be turned into useful things, not just artworks for the 1%
There is, but outside the shopping cart full of tin cans that the local homeless population collect, most of it is heavy and thus, expensive to transport; even a 15 year old short-bed half-ton pickup will cost you several thousand dollars just to purchase, not including fuel and maintenance costs.
So that leaves Zero-Dollar Guy to collect tin cans with the homeless; makes sense, as having no money or income whatsoever does tend to lead to that lifestyle.
Energy is a bigger problem, but it can be had for little money with enough ingenuity. Home-built wind power, cannibalizing used solar systems, etc.
So where is this home you can purchase with no money? And where are you coming up with parts to build your off-the-grid power system? Unless Zero-Dollar Guy is stealing the parts, he's going to have to pay for them somehow... not that it matters, as we already realized that Zero-Dollar Guy is homeless, and I doubt the city is going to let homeless Zero-Dollar Guy set up a half-baked DIY solar farm on a public sidewalk.
The big problem is space. Finding an area of sufficient size to stack up your found materials in which it is acceptable to work can be a challenge.
Nah, finding space is easy, that's why there are junkyards everywhere. The problem is finding money to purchase and maintain the space, a problem Zero-Dollar Guy is going to have a hard time solving if the only income he has is from the shopping cart filled with soda cans he picks up off the side of the road.
This, all of it.
I've always been under the impression that the only kind of communism that could possibly work is the kind Jesus Christ talked about, where everyone voluntarily give things they don't need to people who do need them... except, that goes against just about every instinct that evolution has taught us in regards to self-preservation.
So I guess by "possibly work" I really mean "isn't compulsory and shitty."
If you can't be bothered to spend enough time raising your own children, then do not have them in the first place.
Not that I disagree (much the opposite), but since we're talking about Google getting into schools, and the fact that sending your kids to school is mandatory, I don't think that really applies here.
This is nothing but a good example of classic Ad Hominem logical fallacy/attack!!!
The real issue to consider is this: Is the training content provided by Google is right or wrong?
Tell us about that!!!
The real issue is NOT whether Google itself is a good role model or not!!!
So, what you're saying is, we should judge the Nazis who ran the Hitler Youth program based on their success/failure rate, and never consider the fact that they were goddamned Nazis?
Oookay...
Democracy gives an equal voice to unequal people.
No, it doesn't - it gives the majority power to silence the minority.
Remember the old saying? "Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner."
On the other, that exact same thing is what reduces risk so that progress can go forward and enrich all of humanity with bountiful product.
LOL, right - before Citizens United, there was no innovation or progress, because corporations weren't legally people.
Seems legit.
the "poor" today in 1st world nations are still richer than the richest person 200 years ago.
Not even close. The "richest person" in 1818... was still fucking rich, even by modern standards. Hell, it was probably a king somewhere.
From the rest of that sentence in TFS:
but it's an emulated experience.
"emulated experience" != full OS, k?
...AI ...machine learning ...blockchains. ...VR/AR UI.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Pumped storage, per the article you linked to, requires massive water reserves to be available for pumping.
How is that going to work in a flat, dry region of the country like Texas or Oklahoma? The answer is, it won't.
"Good enough" isn't good enough, but at least you're thinking.
It's not a choice. Have less kids or no kids AND become vegan
Have less kids, become a vegan, don't have pets, don't drive, don't heat your house, and commit genocide. There's a lot more you can do.
Like commit suicide - once you're dead, you stop polluting.
What? Are you dedicated to the cause of environmentalist or not?
Yea, I mean, when Ford sells literal millions of their "superantiquated shitboxes" every single year, compared to Teslas best year of a few hundred thousand, you really can tell who has the higher level of interest.
Fanboi-ism is obvious with this one.
Yes, but the normal case when shopping is "take it or leave it" pricing.
Sure, for non-commission based retail sales; the kid working register at Rue 21 gets paid $9/hr regardless of whether or not you buy those skinny jeans, so no, he's not going to negotiate the price with you.
Salesmen who are dependent on sales commissions for income, however, are a different animal.
... and if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Millennials may be different though - maybe it's an idea whose time has come.
Everything is a negotiation; anyone who doesn't realize that is a chump in the making.
Yes, it's common for small production, luxury vehicles to command a premium price.
If we're accepting that Tesla is more a boutique shop like Pagani than a mass production manufacturer like Ford, then I'm fine with that... but then, stop comparing Tesla to Ford.
The median household income is around $60k.
Yes - usually split between at least 2 people.