Getting the Half Life 2 Episodes is just heartbreaking.
It's like somehow the double reverse inverse(or something) of the Star Wars prequels. They're really REALLY good... but leave you hanging. You're actually better off acting like the Star Wars prequels and just pretend they don't exist.
Quite frankly, government surveillance isn't this Orwellian nightmare(not yet; and I support moves to curtail this) the hacker crowd thinks it is.
Quite frankly, we have serious problems with the environment, economy, human and civil rights, labor, etc. that the actual day to day impact of PRISM just isn't a big deal to most people. If it were, Facebook would be a ghost town and everyone would be afraid to use the Internet.
As I said above, this is just isn't a problem yet. People aren't being jailed for associating with known dissidents. No one's curb stomping the press for associating with undesirables.
I can imagine it happening, and happening slowly and gradually that no one even notices. But let's be honest here. What's more important and relatable, tax reform or NSA reform? When you're making 30k a year, and you're struggling to get by, what's more important, PRISM or making sure unemployment and social security are still a thing in the future?
Yes. When you're talking about solving problems for the first time, you have to do the grunt work and know what you're doing. My CS135 class had the same problem with people cheating on a parsing roman numerals problem.
When you're in a work environment, no one's going to expect you to implement, say, quick sort or whatever algorithm that's non-trivial but basically grunt work, by hand. The work is going to be way more in-depth than just "this solves this specific problem." however, knowing how these things actually work is another thing.
Given that she does lectures at conferences, and has to network with other games professionals like CliffyB and John Carmack, her real name sort of has to be out there.
I'm not sure what kind of business you think gaming is, but even there you generally have to use your real name.
If you think that being a game developer means you have to be pseudonymous so you can hide from death threats then you're part of the problem. This is somehow Wu's fault, and not the fault of toxic culture around us. Telling.
No, it's the feminists (and other sjw leftist types) who "make the personal, political." It's part of their SOP. They target communities with sway over the culture as a whole and inject their RNA. If it's accepted, those who give an inch are expected to give a mile. If they don't, they're outcast as bigots and a cultural takeover is attempted (atheism+ comes to mind). If the infection is rejected resoundingly, we get things like gamergate. It's a nice healthy immune response to bullshit. If feminists want their own brand of politics in games, they should make their own instead of being entitled brats demanding that others put that shit into their games. You know why they don't? They know it won't sell well, for the same reasons "Wally Bear and the 'no' gang" didn't sell well. People don't like preachy authoritarian shit in their games unless it comes from antagonist characters they're supposed to battle.
"These are my experiences and the experiences of women/trans/*sexuals/people of color/oppressed minority religious group and here's why it sucks."
If you hear something like that and you're inclined to reject it because it makes you uncomfortable, there's no discussion to be had here. I don't know what I could tell you that could change your mind.
If it could be shown that feminism is actually harmful to society at large and that women actually have it easy, sure. I'll listen and change my mind. Unfortunately, the evidence I've seen from the women in my life doesn't bear this out. If I'm wrong, then I'll gladly change my tune. I might be grumpy and surly for awhile, sure, but that's just cognitive dissonance kicking in and that'll be over in like a week at worst.
What's your criteria for giving up your worldview? Why do you believe what you believe?
Wait, alphabet agency? What mass shooter from the last 30 years has been part of such a government agency?
Furthermore, you're just ignoring the effect of ending the conversation at, "He was mentally ill."
Lots of mentally ill women out there. How many of them engage in mass shootings?
If this is just the effects of testosterone, where are the Female to Male transsexual men who engage in mass shootings? Shouldn't the sudden surge in testosterone cause these guys to also go shooting?
Also do you actually have any good data to show that they even had high levels of testosterone in their bodies?
I find it *Incredibly* telling you're more willing to accept that a shadowy conspiracy by government agencies are out to cause mass shootings than you are to accept that how we treat, raise and teach boys how to behave is why we have violence problems.
If you're older than six, and still think it's totally hilarious to send someone a death threat or SWAT them then I don't know what to tell you.
Also, destroying lives is a side effect of our punitive justice system. I'd rather it not come to that but they not only committed a crime, but a pretty heinous one at that. I really wish that punishment wasnt what it is now. But.
Also, as someone who deals with depression and anxiety and has a family history of dementia, trotting out "mental illness" is such a dick move. Mentally ill people generally aren't violent. They're more likely to be targets OF violence. Funny enough.
Toxic masculinity is the idea that when you're out of options, negotiation isn't on the table and force must be shown or you are weak and thus not a man. So when a guy decides its a good idea to bring an Uzi to a middle school and show those little bastards who's boss, yes. That's toxic masculinity.
Like, 97% of school shootings? Boys. Adolescent males. Told that their only as worthy as the power they can flex. Amazing what kind of power a Tec 9 can give you.
What about Metal Gear and Papers Please? funny enough, MGS is super popular amongst gamer gate types.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Everything is political. Misogynistic shit in GTA is political. Racism in call of Juarez is political. Pacifism in Metal Gear is political.
Not talking about the blatantly problematic parts of games is enforcing a political point of view. It's saying that people who find these things offensive don't matter and their voices shouldn't be heard. You're literally advocating for the silencing of voices you don't agree with.
The entire movement is intellectually dishonest. Not out of malice but out of ignorance. The movement is based on ignorant understandings of feminism and the issues. CHRIST, the out of context misunderstanding of a 10 second hitman clip is still a hill a lot of gamergaters are willing to die on.
I wouldn't care so much if it weren't for the fact that these exact issues are still things dealt with in geek, nerd and hacker spaces. It's a ridiculous precedent.
Elliott? Somehow killing three men to you means that the sexist rants filled with PUA/MRA jargon he spewed onto youtube are nullified and in no way is he at all sexist.
Is that why InternetAristocrat and KingOfPol left?
Because GamerGate's doing so well right now?
The whole thing is a giant ball of stupid masquerading as a "consumerist revolt".
Taken at face value, it's ridiculous and does not understand what journalism is, or games journalism for that matter. Just because Polygon gave Bayonetta 2 a 7.5 doesn't mean it's a bad score; nor is telling Nintendo to stop supporting them because it got a bad score appropriate. For a movement based on "ethics in journalism" it seems to not understand what that means.
Taken with a grain of salt, it's a horrible witch hunt against "SJWs, feminazis and progressives" for daring to question the status quo in gaming. Heaven forbid I don't want more games based on the same tired of misogynistic tropes.
Digging deeper than that, it's pretty transparent that the whole "movement" was started because Eron Gjoni couldn't move on after he broke up with Zoe Quinn and felt like pouring gasoline on the fire started by asshole angry crybabies at wizardchan who got upset that a *woman* of all people could suffer from depression.
That happened, in this case. Someone doxxed her, then someone used the dox as part of a death threat against her.
She's also had multiple death threats through a variety of means.
Not just that, but it was only like 5 months ago that someone made threatening statements on YouTube, then shocker, tried to shoot up a sorority house. Then shot whoever was on the street when he couldn't get in. Or the rest of the history of gendered violence against women.
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"Conjoined?" Good.
TBF, given globalization, part of it, even marginally, was probably actually built in Siam. So it wouldn't be a stretch to call it Siamese...
I'm not saying exactly "we're not fucked YET" I'm saying, "We're fucked for a lot of other reasons and it's no shock that this isn't on the radar."
If you think this is the biggest problem we face, you are extremely privileged.
Getting the Half Life 2 Episodes is just heartbreaking.
It's like somehow the double reverse inverse(or something) of the Star Wars prequels. They're really REALLY good... but leave you hanging. You're actually better off acting like the Star Wars prequels and just pretend they don't exist.
Quite frankly, government surveillance isn't this Orwellian nightmare(not yet; and I support moves to curtail this) the hacker crowd thinks it is.
Quite frankly, we have serious problems with the environment, economy, human and civil rights, labor, etc. that the actual day to day impact of PRISM just isn't a big deal to most people. If it were, Facebook would be a ghost town and everyone would be afraid to use the Internet.
As I said above, this is just isn't a problem yet. People aren't being jailed for associating with known dissidents. No one's curb stomping the press for associating with undesirables.
I can imagine it happening, and happening slowly and gradually that no one even notices. But let's be honest here. What's more important and relatable, tax reform or NSA reform? When you're making 30k a year, and you're struggling to get by, what's more important, PRISM or making sure unemployment and social security are still a thing in the future?
I was thinking Toph, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Toph is awesome.
The professor had surprised us then told us to write out on paper what the algorithm actually did and why.
There were a few people missing the next class.
Yes. When you're talking about solving problems for the first time, you have to do the grunt work and know what you're doing. My CS135 class had the same problem with people cheating on a parsing roman numerals problem.
When you're in a work environment, no one's going to expect you to implement, say, quick sort or whatever algorithm that's non-trivial but basically grunt work, by hand. The work is going to be way more in-depth than just "this solves this specific problem." however, knowing how these things actually work is another thing.
"Here's the overwhelming consensus. Please stop being shitty" is hardly onerous.
Given that she does lectures at conferences, and has to network with other games professionals like CliffyB and John Carmack, her real name sort of has to be out there.
I'm not sure what kind of business you think gaming is, but even there you generally have to use your real name.
If you think that being a game developer means you have to be pseudonymous so you can hide from death threats then you're part of the problem. This is somehow Wu's fault, and not the fault of toxic culture around us. Telling.
"These are my experiences and the experiences of women/trans/*sexuals/people of color/oppressed minority religious group and here's why it sucks."
If you hear something like that and you're inclined to reject it because it makes you uncomfortable, there's no discussion to be had here. I don't know what I could tell you that could change your mind.
If it could be shown that feminism is actually harmful to society at large and that women actually have it easy, sure. I'll listen and change my mind. Unfortunately, the evidence I've seen from the women in my life doesn't bear this out. If I'm wrong, then I'll gladly change my tune. I might be grumpy and surly for awhile, sure, but that's just cognitive dissonance kicking in and that'll be over in like a week at worst.
What's your criteria for giving up your worldview? Why do you believe what you believe?
Wait, alphabet agency? What mass shooter from the last 30 years has been part of such a government agency?
Furthermore, you're just ignoring the effect of ending the conversation at, "He was mentally ill."
Lots of mentally ill women out there. How many of them engage in mass shootings?
If this is just the effects of testosterone, where are the Female to Male transsexual men who engage in mass shootings? Shouldn't the sudden surge in testosterone cause these guys to also go shooting?
Also do you actually have any good data to show that they even had high levels of testosterone in their bodies?
I find it *Incredibly* telling you're more willing to accept that a shadowy conspiracy by government agencies are out to cause mass shootings than you are to accept that how we treat, raise and teach boys how to behave is why we have violence problems.
I remember being six. And 12. And 18.
At no point did I ever think doxxing and swatting were acceptable ways to deal with others.
This is the "boys will be boys" argument to just sweep this behavior under the rug.
If you're older than six, and still think it's totally hilarious to send someone a death threat or SWAT them then I don't know what to tell you.
Also, destroying lives is a side effect of our punitive justice system. I'd rather it not come to that but they not only committed a crime, but a pretty heinous one at that. I really wish that punishment wasnt what it is now. But.
Also, as someone who deals with depression and anxiety and has a family history of dementia, trotting out "mental illness" is such a dick move. Mentally ill people generally aren't violent. They're more likely to be targets OF violence. Funny enough.
Toxic masculinity is the idea that when you're out of options, negotiation isn't on the table and force must be shown or you are weak and thus not a man. So when a guy decides its a good idea to bring an Uzi to a middle school and show those little bastards who's boss, yes. That's toxic masculinity.
Like, 97% of school shootings? Boys. Adolescent males. Told that their only as worthy as the power they can flex. Amazing what kind of power a Tec 9 can give you.
If this is mental illness then what did he have exactly? What's your basis of diagnosis? What should've been done instead?
Mental illness is a great catch all for anyone who's trying to uphold the status quo and not willing to see the problems facing culture.
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Is this also mental illness too?
What about Metal Gear and Papers Please? funny enough, MGS is super popular amongst gamer gate types.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Everything is political. Misogynistic shit in GTA is political. Racism in call of Juarez is political. Pacifism in Metal Gear is political.
Not talking about the blatantly problematic parts of games is enforcing a political point of view. It's saying that people who find these things offensive don't matter and their voices shouldn't be heard. You're literally advocating for the silencing of voices you don't agree with.
The entire movement is intellectually dishonest. Not out of malice but out of ignorance. The movement is based on ignorant understandings of feminism and the issues. CHRIST, the out of context misunderstanding of a 10 second hitman clip is still a hill a lot of gamergaters are willing to die on.
I wouldn't care so much if it weren't for the fact that these exact issues are still things dealt with in geek, nerd and hacker spaces. It's a ridiculous precedent.
dont you think that's a problem? Also has your personal contact information been spread around the Internet for any kook to find and follow up on?
Is that why he singled out a sorority in his video?
Are you seriously coopting their murders so you can try to deflect the criticisms of toxic masculinity and violence?
Saturday.
If the last time I got a death threat was saturday and I'd been regularly getting them, "only 5 days" seems glib at best.
Link to her not getting threats anymore?
But yes, heaven forbid a woman who's worried about rape and murder threats link the systemic violence against women with violence against a woman.
Elton?
Elliott? Somehow killing three men to you means that the sexist rants filled with PUA/MRA jargon he spewed onto youtube are nullified and in no way is he at all sexist.
Sure because calling grown adults whiny crybabies is just as bad as doxxing people and ruining their lives.
Bravo.
This would be funny...
If it weren't so fucking tragic.
It's almost as if there's an intersection of misogyny and a culture of violence or something.
What the fuck do I know I'm just some beta, well, strike that omega sounds cooler, some omega as fuck mangina white knight or whatever.
Is that why InternetAristocrat and KingOfPol left?
Because GamerGate's doing so well right now?
The whole thing is a giant ball of stupid masquerading as a "consumerist revolt".
Taken at face value, it's ridiculous and does not understand what journalism is, or games journalism for that matter. Just because Polygon gave Bayonetta 2 a 7.5 doesn't mean it's a bad score; nor is telling Nintendo to stop supporting them because it got a bad score appropriate. For a movement based on "ethics in journalism" it seems to not understand what that means.
Taken with a grain of salt, it's a horrible witch hunt against "SJWs, feminazis and progressives" for daring to question the status quo in gaming. Heaven forbid I don't want more games based on the same tired of misogynistic tropes.
Digging deeper than that, it's pretty transparent that the whole "movement" was started because Eron Gjoni couldn't move on after he broke up with Zoe Quinn and felt like pouring gasoline on the fire started by asshole angry crybabies at wizardchan who got upset that a *woman* of all people could suffer from depression.
That happened, in this case. Someone doxxed her, then someone used the dox as part of a death threat against her.
She's also had multiple death threats through a variety of means.
Not just that, but it was only like 5 months ago that someone made threatening statements on YouTube, then shocker, tried to shoot up a sorority house. Then shot whoever was on the street when he couldn't get in. Or the rest of the history of gendered violence against women.