Fossil fuels were put in the ground by Satan to confuse innocent God-fearing creationists. Emissions such as sulfur dioxide are harmful to humans because they originate from Hell. Global warming is actually a plot by Satan to terraform Earth to more resemble his domain./s
Anyone paying a modicum of attention to the case figured that out long ago. That said, on appeal the judgement against Luckey/Iribe was eliminated, leaving a $250M judgement against Oculus.
Agreeing that X is great and should happen is different from actively working against you to make X happen. IIRC Sharia law is pretty similar to English common law because it helped influence it; procedurally, it's not that bad of a legal system. More likely you're referencing how women are considered less credible witnesses, and the particular laws prescribing stoning for various infractions (adultery, most infamously). However, Sharia law can be modified to eliminate these specific issues. In practice, in most locales doing any changes required to make the legal system more Sharia-like would require a Constitutional amendment, which wouldn't happen anywhere that doesn't have a Muslim supermajority, as it'd be extremely unpopular with non-Muslims. It's likely that Congress/Parliament would be replaced with a Theocrat before that happened, in which case you'd already know what kind of nation you're living in.
Sharia law being forced upon a democratic non-Muslim-majority nation is an irrational fear, i.e. a phobia. Islamophobia, one might say.
Notice that the site provides no source or citation for their exceptional claims, aside from further links to their own website (going by the few pages I read). It's difficult to rebut vague claims in short articles with no source containing more details. Furthermore, it strains reasonability to attempt to do so, given how quickly bullshit can be made up by an experienced bullshitter.
He means that the few quality journalistic sources left are under stress because the fake news makes their job harder by causing confusion & distractions, and muddling issues. Completely agree that low-quality journalism and the effects of opacity are causing cynicism in society.
Misinformation is everywhere. It's easy to misremember something, and then a few hops away it turns into something quite different from the original idea. And that's the most innocuous instance. Charlatans preaching bullshit, or easily-disproven nonsense, get far more traction than I'd think possible. E.g. young-earth creationism. Too many ideas and claims are thrown at people all day every day for someone to fact-check every single one. It's known that repetition leads to belief, so someone might forget if they researched something that they believe, or if they just heard it from a few sources a few times. The Internet is a great source of second-hand information but there are tons of people who only know how to click links and don't know how to e.g. search wikipedia for an article on a certain topic.
Perhaps the Taiwanese company had little liquid capital, and a competitor paid him off to help put them under. $9 million might've been tiny compared to what they would pay for their competitor to be driven to bankruptcy. Alternatively, given he seems to hold strong views, it's possible he felt that a German company was more deserving of Tesla's business than a Taiwanese company, and was sending the money 'where it belonged'.
I think he was expecting that noone with power over him would ever find out. The company complains directly to him, he never tells a soul, and effectively buries the complaint.
Clearly, there are so few comments thus far because it's a Saturday night and Slashdotters must be out on dates. Either that, or playing Red Dead Redemption 2. But in the end, aren't those one and the same?! No, no they are not.
Don't worry, with all the M&A going on in the US, soon we'll just have ONE media conglomerate, and it'll be $129/mo. + tax + fees for the privilege of accessing their stuff. Required Internet connection sold separately, additional data rates WILL apply, offer void in Your State.
OTOH if everyone's dirty laundry were plainly out for anyone to see, people might stop criticizing others for things they have plainly also done. Less hypocrisy is good. This goes double for anything considered even slightly deviant related to sexuality.
A separate problem that needs addressing more is that employers tend to terminate any employee that catches the public eye for some controversy, regardless of if they're in the wrong. This is along the lines of whistleblower protection, in that employees need to be protected sometimes even if their employer might consider them a liability.
Foxconn is practicing the Taoist principle of Wu Wei -- how to do (lie) without doing (lying). The allegation is of transferring Chinese employees to their US factory, and they counter with a denial of recruiting new Chinese workers. It's completely possible for both statements to be true. The real story is most likely that some senior engineers/foremen familiar with Foxconn practices are heading to the new factory to make sure everything is working smoothly.
They're one and the same, and boil down to "change is haaaard". As in, a change from a tradition of DST. The government can only succeed in petty sniping and screwing the little guy nowadays, anything that resembles progress was thrown by the wayside. Anything bold that can't be reduced to a soundbite will only happen about once a decade, and even then expect them to screw it up somehow.
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Fossil fuels were put in the ground by Satan to confuse innocent God-fearing creationists. Emissions such as sulfur dioxide are harmful to humans because they originate from Hell. Global warming is actually a plot by Satan to terraform Earth to more resemble his domain. /s
Anyone paying a modicum of attention to the case figured that out long ago. That said, on appeal the judgement against Luckey/Iribe was eliminated, leaving a $250M judgement against Oculus.
Indeed. If it were used for storage, it'd certainly cause a Space Oddity.
It was an iPhone X, so the police would hold it up to her face to unlock it. This has happened before.
Agreeing that X is great and should happen is different from actively working against you to make X happen. IIRC Sharia law is pretty similar to English common law because it helped influence it; procedurally, it's not that bad of a legal system. More likely you're referencing how women are considered less credible witnesses, and the particular laws prescribing stoning for various infractions (adultery, most infamously). However, Sharia law can be modified to eliminate these specific issues. In practice, in most locales doing any changes required to make the legal system more Sharia-like would require a Constitutional amendment, which wouldn't happen anywhere that doesn't have a Muslim supermajority, as it'd be extremely unpopular with non-Muslims. It's likely that Congress/Parliament would be replaced with a Theocrat before that happened, in which case you'd already know what kind of nation you're living in.
Sharia law being forced upon a democratic non-Muslim-majority nation is an irrational fear, i.e. a phobia. Islamophobia, one might say.
Notice that the site provides no source or citation for their exceptional claims, aside from further links to their own website (going by the few pages I read). It's difficult to rebut vague claims in short articles with no source containing more details. Furthermore, it strains reasonability to attempt to do so, given how quickly bullshit can be made up by an experienced bullshitter.
He means that the few quality journalistic sources left are under stress because the fake news makes their job harder by causing confusion & distractions, and muddling issues.
Completely agree that low-quality journalism and the effects of opacity are causing cynicism in society.
Misinformation is everywhere. It's easy to misremember something, and then a few hops away it turns into something quite different from the original idea. And that's the most innocuous instance. Charlatans preaching bullshit, or easily-disproven nonsense, get far more traction than I'd think possible. E.g. young-earth creationism.
Too many ideas and claims are thrown at people all day every day for someone to fact-check every single one. It's known that repetition leads to belief, so someone might forget if they researched something that they believe, or if they just heard it from a few sources a few times. The Internet is a great source of second-hand information but there are tons of people who only know how to click links and don't know how to e.g. search wikipedia for an article on a certain topic.
Perhaps the Taiwanese company had little liquid capital, and a competitor paid him off to help put them under. $9 million might've been tiny compared to what they would pay for their competitor to be driven to bankruptcy.
Alternatively, given he seems to hold strong views, it's possible he felt that a German company was more deserving of Tesla's business than a Taiwanese company, and was sending the money 'where it belonged'.
Maybe he never quite figured out the '???' step.
I think he was expecting that noone with power over him would ever find out. The company complains directly to him, he never tells a soul, and effectively buries the complaint.
More like: "Would you like to order a vibrator?"
Clearly, there are so few comments thus far because it's a Saturday night and Slashdotters must be out on dates.
Either that, or playing Red Dead Redemption 2.
But in the end, aren't those one and the same?!
No, no they are not.
Don't worry, with all the M&A going on in the US, soon we'll just have ONE media conglomerate, and it'll be $129/mo. + tax + fees for the privilege of accessing their stuff. Required Internet connection sold separately, additional data rates WILL apply, offer void in Your State.
Darn fragmentation, I don't want to have to figure out if the shows I want are on Kodi, Popcorn Time, or Pirate Bay. /s
Looking forward to the inevitable Tesla/Telstra malapropisms in her statements.
They were going to fix it but then this Windows Activation prompt popped up for some reason...
OTOH if everyone's dirty laundry were plainly out for anyone to see, people might stop criticizing others for things they have plainly also done. Less hypocrisy is good. This goes double for anything considered even slightly deviant related to sexuality.
A separate problem that needs addressing more is that employers tend to terminate any employee that catches the public eye for some controversy, regardless of if they're in the wrong. This is along the lines of whistleblower protection, in that employees need to be protected sometimes even if their employer might consider them a liability.
Foxconn is practicing the Taoist principle of Wu Wei -- how to do (lie) without doing (lying).
The allegation is of transferring Chinese employees to their US factory, and they counter with a denial of recruiting new Chinese workers. It's completely possible for both statements to be true.
The real story is most likely that some senior engineers/foremen familiar with Foxconn practices are heading to the new factory to make sure everything is working smoothly.
Trust in Allah, but change your router's default password.
That's what it WANTS you to think.
Antibodies, antibodies, antibodies, antibodies!
Sorry...
We promise to tell you how many horses bolt from your barn.
What's that you say about closing the barn door? That's crazy talk!
They're one and the same, and boil down to "change is haaaard". As in, a change from a tradition of DST. The government can only succeed in petty sniping and screwing the little guy nowadays, anything that resembles progress was thrown by the wayside. Anything bold that can't be reduced to a soundbite will only happen about once a decade, and even then expect them to screw it up somehow.
Not HBO's first blackout...