If you make your living in an industry and the industry is setup to induce stress and burnout - we're better served by looking at why instead of shitting on people who are suffering from behind a jealous keyboard.
Some youtubers are assholes. So are some actors. And some police officers. And some professions are worse than others. That doesn't mean everyone in those jobs is undeserving of empathy, and those industries undeserving of scrutiny.
These "fuck them they don't have to do it" comments being marked as insightful are why slashdot fucking sucks. If the article was about commercial actors or anyone else in the entertainment industry would you suddenly give a fuck? Would it still be more jealous anger? It's their source of income, and not everyone doing it is an asshole or obscenely wealthy.
OP isn't saying ALL Christians are anti-science. Simply that the country is controlled by Christians who are anti-science. So no, it's not a broad generalization.
Regardless, the claim "all atheists are moral sociopaths" doesn't come out of atheist scripture - there isn't any. It's simply acknowledging there isn't sufficient evidence to believe in god. Nothing more. Bringing in morality or an even more obvious red herring like authoritarian dictatorship (as opposed to gentle dictatorship?) weakens your credibility.
Christians who behave badly because they are bad don't earn criticism. But those who enact regressive policy and claim their religion is the basis for this (with scripture to back them up in some cases), earn criticism. So you're really off base with your "everybody does it" counterargument.
Your signature suggests you are a conservative. If it upsets you that the "brand" of the modern conservative is that of people like Roy Moore - outspoken Christians who want to attack the rights of gay people, women, and use their Christianity as justification - then fight back. If you agree with them, then prepare to get a lot more upset about people calling that entire culture out on it's bullshit. We have people trying to implement a Christian Sharia in the US, a theocracy, and that stains the religion and the political party propping it all up. The more they try to push, the more there will be push back. Blue states are getting tired of having our economy hurt, our people hurt, all the pay for the states trying to drag us back to the dark ages.
Pointing out that religious objections to stem cell research, higher education, and a general attitude of anti-intellectualism is not bigotry. It's fact. A moron is by definition a stupid person. It is not intelligent to oppose scientific research, education, and critical thinking skills.
Your being correct about China doesn't support your claim of religious bigotry.
1) "A foreign national spending money to influence a federal election can be a crime," Persily said. "And if a U.S. citizen coordinates, conspires or assists in that spending, then it could be a crime." (Politifact)
2) Who knows or cares? Is the criticism valid? That's the important question.
3) Get used to the criticism continuing, especially with Mueller's investigation. If it turns out illegal foreign influence turned the election, people have every right to be angry and demand justice be served. A crime happening in the past doesn't erase it. It isn't "over and done with" just because Trump and his supporters insist it is.
No one worries about issues of propaganda when it was the MSM's version of fake news.
Actually the media is obsessed with navel gazing over accuracy. The "fake news" Trump complains about, on the other hand, is essentially just objective reality. Seriously, look at how often that man lies about obvious and easily disprovable things. PolitifactWashington Post.
Only the most die hard Trump supporter would think a man who has decimated our standing in the world, weakened key government institutions, attacked the rule of law and our sense of reality, attacked the free press, and been a lightening rod for extremists, nazis, and racists here at home was the better candidate. Unless you think Roy Moore was better than Doug Jones, in which case you are so detached from reality you should know this: The rest of the country is getting tired of having your denials and whining fits continue to drag us down when the rest of the country wants progress. Trump is trying his hardest to make this country into a despotic shithole. Countries he obsesses over, like Norway? LIBERAL. Deal with that.
Not all companies automatically do the worst thing possible. The fact that intel has a history of twisting and shouting to avoid accepting responsibility for a problem (including trying to minimize it), and avoid replacing faulty products, is a problem. It's news worthy.
Even if it's just for consumers to look at and say "well hey, maybe I should give AMD a chance". But all the better if this is fuel for a class action lawsuit, or larger market forces at work. Maybe this spurs a big player like Amazon or Google to think twice about how much they are willing to bet on Intel hardware.
This cynical "Uh well everybody does it" attitude is false, useless, and if anything encourages apathy.
Their hostile behavior is only getting worse, and we can either bury our heads in the sand and allow their puppet Trump to avoid doing anything to deal with the threat they represent, or we can get adults into the government in 2018 and take this country back!
This isn't a "both sides are doing it" problem when it comes to diverse ideas. It's a fundamental split (in the US at least, with parallels abroad) Religious conservatism on one side, and progressive secular values on the other. It comes down to how we see the world (and perceive facts). Right now - in the US - only one side is systematically denying reality and screaming "fake news" when presented with any evidence at all. It's gotten far worse recently - look at the vice interview with Roy Moore voters. Al Franken was accused of inappropriate touching and he's been pressured out of office - he stepped down. Roy Moore has been accused of molestation and rape, and not only is he still running with the full support of the president (who also stands accused), his supporters deny even a hint of merit to the accusations. They ignore his statements that are pro-slavery (and his suggestion any amendment after the 10th - which includes the right of women to vote, the abolition of slavery, and the right to elect Senators should be removed).
Just because there's two sides to an argument doesn't mean both are valid.
The anger we are seeing makes sense. On the right it's people going on faith that their leader's lies are correct and it's freaking them out. On the right it's seeing how detached from reality the right is and getting upset at the very real world damage their beliefs are doing to our lives, our world, and our future.
Either we break up the companies doing this, fine them, and punish the individuals (why isn't regulatory capture a federal felony?) - they will just keep attacking the foundations of the internet every chance they get.
Verizon keeps fighting to kill Net Neutrality despite people consistently fighting it off. Time to punish them. Make this fail. They are surely investing lots of money into it. The only way large corporations stop abusing their power is by being regulated, broken up, or losing a significant amount of money. Since Trump's Ajit Pai lead FCC is in a state of regulatory capture thanks to Verizon - we need to fight back.
The British intelligence are our ALLIES, and have been for decades. Can't you tell the difference anymore, or more likely, will you just say anything that seems to support your point in the moment?
I wonder if, when Mueller's report comes out showing collusion, the shrinking minority of Republicans who still support Trump will eat their words? Or if they'll act like Fox News analysts caught in a lie, and just move onto the next hot topic with their credibility among other conservatives mysteriously intact?
But you're right to a tiny degree, Trump didn't become president due to Russian influence alone. Voter suppression, moving from dog whistles to overt racism and sexism that appeal to a segment of the country, and the Democrats refusing to acknowledge how weak a candidate they chose... All of these things played a role.
I'm curious to see if Republicans will switch from ignoring the evidence of foreign influence to excusing it. It'll be fascinating to watch that play out, even as we figure out what to do with the court appointments and other fruit of the poison tree of an illegitimate president.
It's become a place you cannot ever delete your account, filled with shitty comments from reactionary gamergate conservatives and reddit redpill or T_D rejects.
Same as before, though HUGE strides have been made. I'm writing this from Linux Mint as I speak. It's still not 100% plug and play (want to use DisplayPort without the screen randomly going off, or use multiple monitors easily without editing text files? HAHAHAHA NOOB). Also some proprietary software just won't work on it, like some vpn's or apps that are made for Mac OS and Windows (but not Linux). So while people like me use and love it (and wish some things will continue to get easier), there are still plenty of people who won't use it because it'd mean giving up a rare piece of software they cannot do without (and don't want to chance using WINE with), or need Windows or a Mac for work.
It still has come such a long way. It's even possible with Steam (and a non greedy WM like XFCE instead of Gnome, Cinnamon, or KDE) to have a stable and well performing gaming experience, which is awesome.
Being an AI company comes down to - is your primary business AI? That's it. All this other crap - whether it's useful or not - is just a way to crow about how great or big his company is.
The dedicated Bixby button is why I'm waiting to check out the S9 or just give up on Samsung entirely. Tired of their custom updates, slowness to utilize recent Android versions, software bloat, and poor design decisions. Other android manufacturers are looking better all the time. Hope they don't remove the earphone jack like the iPhone or Pixel 2 is rumored to.
This should be fun. An armchair discussion of whether discrimination is generally fraught, but Slashdot seems to have a real problem with women and women's rights, so this should bring out the anti-feminists, libertarians, and other kooks whose fragile egos and fears of "reverse discrimination" will compel them to share inane stories framed as decisive evidence.
Meanwhile any feminists still using the site will be happy to condemn before anything is proven because that seems to be in vogue.
Finally someone intelligent will mention that while both sides are making mistakes, that doesn't come close to meaning both sides are equally wrong or damaging. They will be modded down.
But perhaps we'll get some fun jokes about Google not being evil or some tired insane shit like "Why don't these chicks just identify as male" that we can read and feel justifiably far superior to.
Russia exerted illegal and undue influence on our election, and we now have a president in the pocket of an autocratic foreign leader. No way in hell should we be cooperating with them any further. We should be removing the threats to our country from office (and I hope the investigation does just that, getting EVERY Republican who colluded).
But we should give zero credence to the useful idiots and pro-Russia shills who exclaim "But but the US does bad stuff too!" or just spew out variations on "libtard" or "Dimocrat" or "Snowflake". SHUT UP. Republicans in this country have sold their soul to get power at any cost and shown this country their true colors. You've lost any claim of legitimacy or ethical standing you had left. It's all gone, no more credibility for you. Liberals are taking power back, fixing our broken electoral system (even as you cry about non existent voter fraud while helping FUCKING RUSSIANS GAME OUR SYSTEM, suppressing votes, and gerrymandering like crazy to falsely hold the house. You've gone too far. No more listening to your nonsense.
I don't know how much to trust them as a company. Also the comment further up about them spamming older phones with ads for the new phone, with no way to turn it off. Even Samsung doesn't do that.
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If you make your living in an industry and the industry is setup to induce stress and burnout - we're better served by looking at why instead of shitting on people who are suffering from behind a jealous keyboard.
Some youtubers are assholes. So are some actors. And some police officers. And some professions are worse than others. That doesn't mean everyone in those jobs is undeserving of empathy, and those industries undeserving of scrutiny.
These "fuck them they don't have to do it" comments being marked as insightful are why slashdot fucking sucks. If the article was about commercial actors or anyone else in the entertainment industry would you suddenly give a fuck? Would it still be more jealous anger? It's their source of income, and not everyone doing it is an asshole or obscenely wealthy.
OP isn't saying ALL Christians are anti-science. Simply that the country is controlled by Christians who are anti-science. So no, it's not a broad generalization.
Regardless, the claim "all atheists are moral sociopaths" doesn't come out of atheist scripture - there isn't any. It's simply acknowledging there isn't sufficient evidence to believe in god. Nothing more. Bringing in morality or an even more obvious red herring like authoritarian dictatorship (as opposed to gentle dictatorship?) weakens your credibility.
Christians who behave badly because they are bad don't earn criticism. But those who enact regressive policy and claim their religion is the basis for this (with scripture to back them up in some cases), earn criticism. So you're really off base with your "everybody does it" counterargument.
Your signature suggests you are a conservative. If it upsets you that the "brand" of the modern conservative is that of people like Roy Moore - outspoken Christians who want to attack the rights of gay people, women, and use their Christianity as justification - then fight back. If you agree with them, then prepare to get a lot more upset about people calling that entire culture out on it's bullshit. We have people trying to implement a Christian Sharia in the US, a theocracy, and that stains the religion and the political party propping it all up. The more they try to push, the more there will be push back. Blue states are getting tired of having our economy hurt, our people hurt, all the pay for the states trying to drag us back to the dark ages.
Pointing out that religious objections to stem cell research, higher education, and a general attitude of anti-intellectualism is not bigotry. It's fact. A moron is by definition a stupid person. It is not intelligent to oppose scientific research, education, and critical thinking skills.
Your being correct about China doesn't support your claim of religious bigotry.
2) Who knows or cares? Is the criticism valid? That's the important question.
3) Get used to the criticism continuing, especially with Mueller's investigation. If it turns out illegal foreign influence turned the election, people have every right to be angry and demand justice be served. A crime happening in the past doesn't erase it. It isn't "over and done with" just because Trump and his supporters insist it is.
Actually the media is obsessed with navel gazing over accuracy. The "fake news" Trump complains about, on the other hand, is essentially just objective reality. Seriously, look at how often that man lies about obvious and easily disprovable things. Politifact Washington Post.
Only the most die hard Trump supporter would think a man who has decimated our standing in the world, weakened key government institutions, attacked the rule of law and our sense of reality, attacked the free press, and been a lightening rod for extremists, nazis, and racists here at home was the better candidate. Unless you think Roy Moore was better than Doug Jones, in which case you are so detached from reality you should know this: The rest of the country is getting tired of having your denials and whining fits continue to drag us down when the rest of the country wants progress. Trump is trying his hardest to make this country into a despotic shithole. Countries he obsesses over, like Norway? LIBERAL. Deal with that.
Why is blaming the victim so consistently marked insightful? This is on Amazon.
Not seeing the point of the article is a problem.
REALLY?
Not all companies automatically do the worst thing possible. The fact that intel has a history of twisting and shouting to avoid accepting responsibility for a problem (including trying to minimize it), and avoid replacing faulty products, is a problem. It's news worthy.
Even if it's just for consumers to look at and say "well hey, maybe I should give AMD a chance". But all the better if this is fuel for a class action lawsuit, or larger market forces at work. Maybe this spurs a big player like Amazon or Google to think twice about how much they are willing to bet on Intel hardware.
This cynical "Uh well everybody does it" attitude is false, useless, and if anything encourages apathy.
Their hostile behavior is only getting worse, and we can either bury our heads in the sand and allow their puppet Trump to avoid doing anything to deal with the threat they represent, or we can get adults into the government in 2018 and take this country back!
This isn't a "both sides are doing it" problem when it comes to diverse ideas. It's a fundamental split (in the US at least, with parallels abroad) Religious conservatism on one side, and progressive secular values on the other. It comes down to how we see the world (and perceive facts). Right now - in the US - only one side is systematically denying reality and screaming "fake news" when presented with any evidence at all. It's gotten far worse recently - look at the vice interview with Roy Moore voters. Al Franken was accused of inappropriate touching and he's been pressured out of office - he stepped down. Roy Moore has been accused of molestation and rape, and not only is he still running with the full support of the president (who also stands accused), his supporters deny even a hint of merit to the accusations. They ignore his statements that are pro-slavery (and his suggestion any amendment after the 10th - which includes the right of women to vote, the abolition of slavery, and the right to elect Senators should be removed).
Just because there's two sides to an argument doesn't mean both are valid.
The anger we are seeing makes sense. On the right it's people going on faith that their leader's lies are correct and it's freaking them out. On the right it's seeing how detached from reality the right is and getting upset at the very real world damage their beliefs are doing to our lives, our world, and our future.
Either we break up the companies doing this, fine them, and punish the individuals (why isn't regulatory capture a federal felony?) - they will just keep attacking the foundations of the internet every chance they get.
Verizon keeps fighting to kill Net Neutrality despite people consistently fighting it off. Time to punish them. Make this fail. They are surely investing lots of money into it. The only way large corporations stop abusing their power is by being regulated, broken up, or losing a significant amount of money. Since Trump's Ajit Pai lead FCC is in a state of regulatory capture thanks to Verizon - we need to fight back.
Just use the "No Coin" extension.
Of course you'd reply as AC. You're still at the denial stage of grief. https://www.reuters.com/articl...
The British intelligence are our ALLIES, and have been for decades. Can't you tell the difference anymore, or more likely, will you just say anything that seems to support your point in the moment?
I wonder if, when Mueller's report comes out showing collusion, the shrinking minority of Republicans who still support Trump will eat their words? Or if they'll act like Fox News analysts caught in a lie, and just move onto the next hot topic with their credibility among other conservatives mysteriously intact?
But you're right to a tiny degree, Trump didn't become president due to Russian influence alone. Voter suppression, moving from dog whistles to overt racism and sexism that appeal to a segment of the country, and the Democrats refusing to acknowledge how weak a candidate they chose... All of these things played a role.
I'm curious to see if Republicans will switch from ignoring the evidence of foreign influence to excusing it. It'll be fascinating to watch that play out, even as we figure out what to do with the court appointments and other fruit of the poison tree of an illegitimate president.
It's become a place you cannot ever delete your account, filled with shitty comments from reactionary gamergate conservatives and reddit redpill or T_D rejects.
Someone should pair this with the article asking if Microsoft has changed their ways because they're embracing Linux.
Same as before, though HUGE strides have been made. I'm writing this from Linux Mint as I speak. It's still not 100% plug and play (want to use DisplayPort without the screen randomly going off, or use multiple monitors easily without editing text files? HAHAHAHA NOOB). Also some proprietary software just won't work on it, like some vpn's or apps that are made for Mac OS and Windows (but not Linux). So while people like me use and love it (and wish some things will continue to get easier), there are still plenty of people who won't use it because it'd mean giving up a rare piece of software they cannot do without (and don't want to chance using WINE with), or need Windows or a Mac for work.
It still has come such a long way. It's even possible with Steam (and a non greedy WM like XFCE instead of Gnome, Cinnamon, or KDE) to have a stable and well performing gaming experience, which is awesome.
The Russian trolls and their desperate Trump allies have taken a giant shit over slashdot. Glad there are at least some good people left.
Being an AI company comes down to - is your primary business AI? That's it. All this other crap - whether it's useful or not - is just a way to crow about how great or big his company is.
The dedicated Bixby button is why I'm waiting to check out the S9 or just give up on Samsung entirely. Tired of their custom updates, slowness to utilize recent Android versions, software bloat, and poor design decisions. Other android manufacturers are looking better all the time. Hope they don't remove the earphone jack like the iPhone or Pixel 2 is rumored to.
This should be fun. An armchair discussion of whether discrimination is generally fraught, but Slashdot seems to have a real problem with women and women's rights, so this should bring out the anti-feminists, libertarians, and other kooks whose fragile egos and fears of "reverse discrimination" will compel them to share inane stories framed as decisive evidence.
Meanwhile any feminists still using the site will be happy to condemn before anything is proven because that seems to be in vogue.
Finally someone intelligent will mention that while both sides are making mistakes, that doesn't come close to meaning both sides are equally wrong or damaging. They will be modded down.
But perhaps we'll get some fun jokes about Google not being evil or some tired insane shit like "Why don't these chicks just identify as male" that we can read and feel justifiably far superior to.
It's not the same as the Elite (https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-A11-00337-Natural-Keyboard-Elite/dp/B0000642RX). Now that was a nice keyboard.
Their ergonomic keyboard was amazing, back when they still made it.
Russia exerted illegal and undue influence on our election, and we now have a president in the pocket of an autocratic foreign leader. No way in hell should we be cooperating with them any further. We should be removing the threats to our country from office (and I hope the investigation does just that, getting EVERY Republican who colluded).
But we should give zero credence to the useful idiots and pro-Russia shills who exclaim "But but the US does bad stuff too!" or just spew out variations on "libtard" or "Dimocrat" or "Snowflake". SHUT UP. Republicans in this country have sold their soul to get power at any cost and shown this country their true colors. You've lost any claim of legitimacy or ethical standing you had left. It's all gone, no more credibility for you. Liberals are taking power back, fixing our broken electoral system (even as you cry about non existent voter fraud while helping FUCKING RUSSIANS GAME OUR SYSTEM, suppressing votes, and gerrymandering like crazy to falsely hold the house. You've gone too far. No more listening to your nonsense.
Apparently they are cheating at benchmarks: https://www.xda-developers.com...
I don't know how much to trust them as a company. Also the comment further up about them spamming older phones with ads for the new phone, with no way to turn it off. Even Samsung doesn't do that.