Has "politically correct" come to just mean not calling the other person a fucktard now? I'm really struggling to see how we got from "maybe don't call gay people faggots any more" to "maybe don't criticise anymore".
I think some people think it's gone way further than it actually has. The third response was a bit abrupt but not politically correct.
Anti-PC people can't fathom a world where they aren't the victim. Therefore, everyone else is a fascist trying to police their thoughts and take away their freeze peach.
This isn't about Linus being a Nazi
Correct. You are the only person who even suggested it.
Yes, it is a problem that your friends are giving your super-secret personal information to Facebook or other data aggregators. It's a problem with your friends.
To be fair, when the Facebook app asks for permission to access your contacts in order to look for your friends, it doesn't say "and also to fill out their shadow profiles and target ads at them". I don't know if there is anything in the ToS that they didn't read but either way it's not what most people expect to happen.
Go ahead, call them naive. It's still Facebook being deceptive.
If Google is trying to be the leftist thought police then why haven't they removed the literal Nazis, the homophobic religious nuts, the Pizzagate conspiracy theorists..?
Google strokes the Left with platitudes about diversity, equality, and hate speech
Well they are shit at it then. They get a lot of criticism for hate speech on YouTube in particular, and their diversity efforts are not going that well compared to some of their competitors.
Then there is the mass false flagging of left leaning channels and the total impossibility of reaching a human being to sort it out. Where censorship of hate speech is practised it tends to be against the wrong targets.
Most of the people I know on the left of the political spectrum are not at all impressed with Google's efforts in these regards.
Which one do you think deserves to be modded as flameabit?
The point of that article was that they interviewed the authors of the studies that Damore claimed showed biological differences, and those authors said that while there were some it was not warranted to conclude that they would have the kind of influence Damore (and many Slashdot posters) claim.
The best I have found are ANA and JAL. Not tried Singapore. I flew with Asiana, they were okay. Nothing beats the Japanese airlines for pretty much anything, except perhaps the selection of English language stuff on the entertainment system.
Second tier are European carriers. Virgin used to be crap, but stopped doing my routes. BA are okay but the food is really bad, and they are prone to cock-ups. Wet blankets (not properly dried after laundering I guess), delays, that sort of thing.
Finnair are okay. Cheap, food is edible at least, and Helsinki Airport is one of the better ones. Their seats are actually quite reasonable. Only issue I had was one time when flying to China the aircraft had some woman who wouldn't stop singing religious hymns, and her husband smelt really bad with BO, and the staff said they had tried before and couldn't do much about any of it. Hmm. I got the impression it was a regular problem on that route.
Cars have been getting easier to drive ("dumber" as you say) for decades. Automatic choke, automatic gearbox, traction control, ABS, auto-dimming mirrors. It's generally not a problem if it is done right.
I'm mostly doing long haul in the 9-12 hour range. I've tried noise cancelling and on-ear headphones. On-ear is good for actually listening to stuff but not for sleeping, which is where you need the earbuds. They are so cheap I tend to buy a few pairs and just discard them when used once.
Food is the other thing that varies a lot. The best I've ever had was on ANA, followed by JAL. I flew with a couple of Korean airlines recently and they weren't at all bad actually. For some reason the European airlines are pretty much universally terrible. Maybe it's European food just not suiting high altitude dining, I don't know.
Maybe it's only the long distance routes I travel, but there seems to be some competition driving the improvements. Most offer you a decent amount of leg room now, bigger screens and the like.
I've noticed that economy class seats have got a lot better in the last few years. Used to be that sleeping was next to impossible, there was just no support for your head and lower back. They are still not great but a hell of a lot better than they used to be.
For noise foam earplugs can't be beaten for comfort. The only down side is that there is nowhere to store them when you need to take them out temporarily. The pointless magazine/safety leaflet pouch could be a lot more useful.
I'm afraid I don't know much about the US system specifically. In the UK there are grants available for male teachers due to a shortage, and a lot of research and pilot programmes. Basically all the same stuff that worked for girls.
Not sure I can explain this any more simply. Search results are not a the output of a database query. They are not neutral to start with. The reason Google is so successful and everyone else copies them is that they have a sophisticated algorithm producing their search results to give the user what they want. Not a "neutral" list or simple popularity ranked list, but a carefully selected batch of links using reputation as a major factor and filtering out most of the fake news and other nonsense.
If you want raw, "uncensored" results there are still a few sites that offer that, but you will quickly find that they are useless because they are just full of spam and click farms. Maybe you are okay with that though, I mean presumably you don't use any spam filtering on your email and always answer when telemarketers call, in the interests of freedom of speech and anti-censorship, right?
Sigh. I said the exact opposite of what you think I said. Equality of outcome is not the same as equality of opportunity, except by coincidence.
As for 50/50 jobs, I see that marketing is there in some places. Doctors in the UK as getting close.
Thing is though, since the ratio of men to women in the workforce isn't equal you wouldn't necessarily expect the numbers in the workplace to be equal either.
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Has "politically correct" come to just mean not calling the other person a fucktard now? I'm really struggling to see how we got from "maybe don't call gay people faggots any more" to "maybe don't criticise anymore".
I think some people think it's gone way further than it actually has. The third response was a bit abrupt but not politically correct.
you MUST BE A NAZI!!!!!!!
Anti-PC people can't fathom a world where they aren't the victim. Therefore, everyone else is a fascist trying to police their thoughts and take away their freeze peach.
This isn't about Linus being a Nazi
Correct. You are the only person who even suggested it.
Do you have any examples of people apologising for people white or straight? I'm both (kinda) and never apologised for it, or felt guilty for it.
You know all those times you complained about snowflakes and told Clinton supporters "this is why you lost"?
Yeah. Linus is right, it's not a debate, it's just people screaming at each other.
Looks like their 2017 turnover was $40bn. So $1.6bn maximum fine.
Won't PS4 players be at a big disadvantage against people using a keyboard and mouse on PC/XBOX though?
Or can you connect a keyboard and mouse to the PS4 as well?
Yes, it is a problem that your friends are giving your super-secret personal information to Facebook or other data aggregators. It's a problem with your friends.
To be fair, when the Facebook app asks for permission to access your contacts in order to look for your friends, it doesn't say "and also to fill out their shadow profiles and target ads at them". I don't know if there is anything in the ToS that they didn't read but either way it's not what most people expect to happen.
Go ahead, call them naive. It's still Facebook being deceptive.
How did we even survive the 20th century?
We opted out of the public phone book. In fact the phone company used to ask you if you wanted to opt out when you signed up for service.
Text message is just the worst form of 2 factor auth. Using time based codes with an app or a security token is pretty secure.
This is clearly illegal in the EU. I hope they get the maximum fine, currently 4% of global turnover if I'm not mistaken.
Have you been on YouTube lately?
If Google is trying to be the leftist thought police then why haven't they removed the literal Nazis, the homophobic religious nuts, the Pizzagate conspiracy theorists..?
Google strokes the Left with platitudes about diversity, equality, and hate speech
Well they are shit at it then. They get a lot of criticism for hate speech on YouTube in particular, and their diversity efforts are not going that well compared to some of their competitors.
Then there is the mass false flagging of left leaning channels and the total impossibility of reaching a human being to sort it out. Where censorship of hate speech is practised it tends to be against the wrong targets.
Most of the people I know on the left of the political spectrum are not at all impressed with Google's efforts in these regards.
Which one do you think deserves to be modded as flameabit?
The point of that article was that they interviewed the authors of the studies that Damore claimed showed biological differences, and those authors said that while there were some it was not warranted to conclude that they would have the kind of influence Damore (and many Slashdot posters) claim.
All the Dreamliners that I have been on are 8 seats abreast. I guess it depends on the airline.
Let me see... Dreamliners I've been on have been JAL, ANA and BA I think. I think Finnair flew something else.
The best I have found are ANA and JAL. Not tried Singapore. I flew with Asiana, they were okay. Nothing beats the Japanese airlines for pretty much anything, except perhaps the selection of English language stuff on the entertainment system.
Second tier are European carriers. Virgin used to be crap, but stopped doing my routes. BA are okay but the food is really bad, and they are prone to cock-ups. Wet blankets (not properly dried after laundering I guess), delays, that sort of thing.
Finnair are okay. Cheap, food is edible at least, and Helsinki Airport is one of the better ones. Their seats are actually quite reasonable. Only issue I had was one time when flying to China the aircraft had some woman who wouldn't stop singing religious hymns, and her husband smelt really bad with BO, and the staff said they had tried before and couldn't do much about any of it. Hmm. I got the impression it was a regular problem on that route.
Lane departure warnings should improve drivers who don't indicate a bit. At least they will get some feedback every time they do it.
Of course every car I've seen that has it lets you turn it off.
Cars have been getting easier to drive ("dumber" as you say) for decades. Automatic choke, automatic gearbox, traction control, ABS, auto-dimming mirrors. It's generally not a problem if it is done right.
A few times a year. Lucky perhaps, I tend to book the cheapest that isn't at a ridiculous time.
I'm mostly doing long haul in the 9-12 hour range. I've tried noise cancelling and on-ear headphones. On-ear is good for actually listening to stuff but not for sleeping, which is where you need the earbuds. They are so cheap I tend to buy a few pairs and just discard them when used once.
Food is the other thing that varies a lot. The best I've ever had was on ANA, followed by JAL. I flew with a couple of Korean airlines recently and they weren't at all bad actually. For some reason the European airlines are pretty much universally terrible. Maybe it's European food just not suiting high altitude dining, I don't know.
Maybe it's only the long distance routes I travel, but there seems to be some competition driving the improvements. Most offer you a decent amount of leg room now, bigger screens and the like.
I've noticed that economy class seats have got a lot better in the last few years. Used to be that sleeping was next to impossible, there was just no support for your head and lower back. They are still not great but a hell of a lot better than they used to be.
For noise foam earplugs can't be beaten for comfort. The only down side is that there is nowhere to store them when you need to take them out temporarily. The pointless magazine/safety leaflet pouch could be a lot more useful.
I'm afraid I don't know much about the US system specifically. In the UK there are grants available for male teachers due to a shortage, and a lot of research and pilot programmes. Basically all the same stuff that worked for girls.
Not sure I can explain this any more simply. Search results are not a the output of a database query. They are not neutral to start with. The reason Google is so successful and everyone else copies them is that they have a sophisticated algorithm producing their search results to give the user what they want. Not a "neutral" list or simple popularity ranked list, but a carefully selected batch of links using reputation as a major factor and filtering out most of the fake news and other nonsense.
If you want raw, "uncensored" results there are still a few sites that offer that, but you will quickly find that they are useless because they are just full of spam and click farms. Maybe you are okay with that though, I mean presumably you don't use any spam filtering on your email and always answer when telemarketers call, in the interests of freedom of speech and anti-censorship, right?
Slashdot, where science is flamebait if it contradicts the narrative.
Sigh. I said the exact opposite of what you think I said. Equality of outcome is not the same as equality of opportunity, except by coincidence.
As for 50/50 jobs, I see that marketing is there in some places. Doctors in the UK as getting close.
Thing is though, since the ratio of men to women in the workforce isn't equal you wouldn't necessarily expect the numbers in the workplace to be equal either.