I dealt with that; hell, in 5th grade my math teacher (also the football coach) spent the entire year following me around, calling me "quitter" every damned day, because I tried out for football and couldn't play as none of the equipment fit my big fat head.
And you know what? I agree with OP - because I went through all that bullshit 20 years ago, and not only survived it, used that behavior to shape the far more reasonable person I grew into.
That's the choice a bullied person makes - do I let the bullies win, and drag me down, or do I rise above?
So yea, suck it up, because literally no onein the adult world gives half a shit about your feelings, and never will. Learn to accept painful truths, rather than be consumed by them.
No Virginia. There is no motor oil in an electric motor. Maybe some grease in sealed bearings, but motor oil in an internal combustion engine needs to be changed because it gets contaminated with byproducts of friction.
FTFY. In a properly sealed ICE, you shouldn't be getting significant amounts of combustion contaminates in your oil galley.
FWIW, I never said "motor oil," I specifically said "lubricant."
The 'burger-flippers' are always the first threatened by advocates of automation, but in reality they'll be the last jobs to go.
Think about the last 40 years of automation; which jobs were replaced? The low-wage, part-time, menial jobs like sweeping up and serving food? Or the higher paying, more-skill-required positions such as machinists and equipment operators?
It may be fun to pick on the low-skilled worker, but realistically, those aren't the jobs the owners of production want to get rid of. They want to automate you out of a job. Me too.
Actually, it could very easily be argued that those weapons were present because they knew they would be assaulted.
Besides, A) it's completely legal to be armed in the US, per the 2nd Amendment, for the purpose of self defense, and B) "intent" only matters when you've committed a crime. Organizing a legal protest, and exercising your legal right to armament do not count as crimes, no matter how much you don't like their ideology.
Google takes money from the government, making it quasi-governmental.
No, it makes it a private company that gets money from the government; there's nothing quasi-governmental about it. Additionally, they are not the ones determining what speech is acceptable on the "public internet," but they are the ones determining what speech they allow on THEIR OWN SERVERS and running through THEIR OWN SERVICES.
I used to think that way.
Then, I heard about this right-wing Christian baker that was sued by a gay couple for refusing to make them a wedding cake based on religious grounds.
See, the baker lost the case because, according to the courts, their privately owned bakery didn't have a right to religious discrimination, because it was "open to the public."
So, that said, if a baker can't determine what customers he will serve based on the fact that any member of the public can walk into his establishment, then it flows logically that a "private" web host (especially one taking tax dollars and turning them into private profit) would be treated in the same manner, as anyone with an internet connection can "walk into their establishment," ie browse their web page.
There are only a few thousand of them in the entire US of ~350M people. They have no power. They're silly little goose-stepping idiots. They are no serious threat to anyone or anything.
Tell that to the family of Heather Heyer. It took only one of them to allegedly kill her.
Holy shit!
How did he kill her with words?
Oh wait, you mean the guy who hit the person blocking the street with his car, immediately after said car was vandalized by an angry mob swinging baseball bats (one could almost think he was reacting to the assault)?
Yea, I bet ideology had a lot less to do with that situation than the actual situation itself. Funnel that much stupid into one place... hell, I'm amazed only one person died, to be honest.
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I dealt with that; hell, in 5th grade my math teacher (also the football coach) spent the entire year following me around, calling me "quitter" every damned day, because I tried out for football and couldn't play as none of the equipment fit my big fat head.
And you know what? I agree with OP - because I went through all that bullshit 20 years ago, and not only survived it, used that behavior to shape the far more reasonable person I grew into.
That's the choice a bullied person makes - do I let the bullies win, and drag me down, or do I rise above?
So yea, suck it up, because literally no onein the adult world gives half a shit about your feelings, and never will. Learn to accept painful truths, rather than be consumed by them.
"There's a huge amount of unwarranted hype around AI right now,"
I love it when people say ironic things without realizing it.
It's called GoJo, dumbass.
Or Fast Orange, if you prefer.
You didn't pay attention to a god-damned thing Ed Snowden told us, did you?
A certain amount of paranoia is healthy - helps keep you from being an unsuspecting victim.
Also, "Small Business"
Legally, the term is defined by number of employees.
Legally, Goldman Sachs (the wealthiest investment bank on the planet) is a 'small business.'
That would be WHO, but not HOW.
What is "organic food" anyway?
As in, how is the term legally defined?
No Virginia. There is no motor oil in an electric motor. Maybe some grease in sealed bearings, but motor oil in an internal combustion engine needs to be changed because it gets contaminated with byproducts of friction.
FTFY. In a properly sealed ICE, you shouldn't be getting significant amounts of combustion contaminates in your oil galley.
FWIW, I never said "motor oil," I specifically said "lubricant."
Counter-example: plenty of former low wage jobs in agriculture are gone now, replaced by automation.
No, they've been replaced with even lower wage slave labor in the form of illegal immigrants.
Evidenced almost daily by some idiot decrying the woes of deporting illegals and causing an increase in the cost of goods.
Oil is a lubricant, not a fuel.
Yes, Virginia, even electrics need lubricated.
The 'burger-flippers' are always the first threatened by advocates of automation, but in reality they'll be the last jobs to go.
Think about the last 40 years of automation; which jobs were replaced? The low-wage, part-time, menial jobs like sweeping up and serving food? Or the higher paying, more-skill-required positions such as machinists and equipment operators?
It may be fun to pick on the low-skilled worker, but realistically, those aren't the jobs the owners of production want to get rid of. They want to automate you out of a job. Me too.
First it was Heller, now it's Tiller?
You can't even keep your precedent straight, bro.
Might actually come very close to reality when the conventional desktop is outmoded and no longer produced..
Time to file a patent for a time machine, because I apparently, somehow, got transported back to 2005...
Actually, it is only legal to be armed to serve "a well regulated militia..." said 223 years of precedent. Heller will fall
Wishful thinking isn't precedent, silly goose. Heller is the law, whether you like it or not.
Even in charlottesvill they managed to get a whopping 300 people to show up with months of advertising... they are a boogieman nothing more
Should have hired Crowds On Demand like Antifa did.
$25/hr and a free lunch can drum up a lot of "support"
I think all either of you have proven to me is that both parties consist primarily of old, racist assholes.
Actually, it could very easily be argued that those weapons were present because they knew they would be assaulted.
Besides, A) it's completely legal to be armed in the US, per the 2nd Amendment, for the purpose of self defense, and B) "intent" only matters when you've committed a crime. Organizing a legal protest, and exercising your legal right to armament do not count as crimes, no matter how much you don't like their ideology.
...I don't think it's stupid to take calls for violence seriously...violence may actually be necessary to achieve certain... goals...
Sweet zombie Christ, you actually said that... probably with a straight face...
Unless you are a lawyer it would not be wise to accuse someone of murder when they haven't been convicted.
Actually, even if you were a lawyer, that would be a bad idea.
Apparently, to the slow kids, a conviction in the Court of Public Opinion is all that's needed to order an execution.
Just the fact that you are justifying MURDER tells us all we need to know about you.
The fact that you've already convicted the defendant despite having seen zero evidence tells us all we need to know about you.
Remember 'innocent until PROVEN guilty? You know, the entire basis for the US Justice System?
Go back to Berlin, Adolf.
Google takes money from the government, making it quasi-governmental.
No, it makes it a private company that gets money from the government; there's nothing quasi-governmental about it. Additionally, they are not the ones determining what speech is acceptable on the "public internet," but they are the ones determining what speech they allow on THEIR OWN SERVERS and running through THEIR OWN SERVICES.
I used to think that way.
Then, I heard about this right-wing Christian baker that was sued by a gay couple for refusing to make them a wedding cake based on religious grounds.
See, the baker lost the case because, according to the courts, their privately owned bakery didn't have a right to religious discrimination, because it was "open to the public."
So, that said, if a baker can't determine what customers he will serve based on the fact that any member of the public can walk into his establishment, then it flows logically that a "private" web host (especially one taking tax dollars and turning them into private profit) would be treated in the same manner, as anyone with an internet connection can "walk into their establishment," ie browse their web page.
There are only a few thousand of them in the entire US of ~350M people. They have no power. They're silly little goose-stepping idiots. They are no serious threat to anyone or anything.
Tell that to the family of Heather Heyer. It took only one of them to allegedly kill her.
Holy shit!
How did he kill her with words?
Oh wait, you mean the guy who hit the person blocking the street with his car, immediately after said car was vandalized by an angry mob swinging baseball bats (one could almost think he was reacting to the assault)?
Yea, I bet ideology had a lot less to do with that situation than the actual situation itself. Funnel that much stupid into one place... hell, I'm amazed only one person died, to be honest.
"public university" = "government".
FTFY.
It's the exact opposite. A simple google search...
No such thing, sadly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...