Anyone NOT downloading it risks a $3000 "fine". Those companies are incompetent, they just send threats to random people and hope they don't contest it.
I don't know why so many people seem to think that Michael is gender fluid or trans or something. Bryan Fuller always gives his female characters male names, it's his signature move. It doesn't imply anything, all the previous ones on other shows have been cis females.
Considering how some people denounced the show as some kind of SJW bullshit before it even aired, the first two episodes didn't have any hints that a single character was gay, trans or whatever. Is just being female or non-white enough to trigger people now?
The captain was very much in the standard Star Fleet mould, wanting to try peaceful resolution with force as a last resort. Yet, still willing to take risks and be daring when the potential pay-off and seriousness of the situation justified it.
They did it deliberately to show how sometimes doing the right thing, the moral thing doesn't always work out. Sarek offered a contrasting opinion too, with the revelation that the Vulkans decided to always attack first after their initial encounter with the Klingons.
It was interesting that they intervened in the development of a pre-warp species at the very start too, again to show that the Federation hadn't developed as far as in Picard's time or even Kirk's time.
A la carte would be more like The Pirate Bay. Has everything, pick what you want and pay a reasonable fee for it. Ideally a flat monthly fee but per episode might be okay too, as long as it's not silly prices (hi Amazon, I'm not paying 2.99 per episode of Dexter, maybe 0.10).
The advice given by Sarek was that when the Vulkans first met the Klingons their ship was destroyed. From that point on they decided to attack first, which eventually lead to the Klingons respecting them enough to agree to peace.
He then advised her to consider the ramifications of that policy carefully, i.e. that many people would inevitably die.
I thought it was one of the most interesting parts of the show, how it wasn't clear how much was Vulkan logic and how much was her PTSD and hatred of the people who bombed her as a child.
Touchy-feely crap? Everyone's actions seemed to be dictated by logic, protocol or violence. Where was the touchy-feely stuff? Have you even seen it?
The Klingons were the worst aspect... Bad make-up, making it very hard to act and deliver lines, bad costumes and ships, lacking the depth and political intricacies that they developed for the Empire in the 90s.
It's a shame the captain died, she was one of the most interesting characters.
It wasn't brilliant, but what first episode of Trek ever has been?
The original series had two pilots, with most of the cast from the first being replaced. TNG's whole first season was pretty ropey. DS9 got good around season 3. Voyager's first episode was an episode of Voyager.
Needs at least the first half of the season to know if it's going to fly.
The problem is that they can set any pass code they like. If the option was "lock with my pre-set passcode" the hijack wouldn't work, because it would be a code that the user set themselves and obviously knew.
It's bad because it's wrong to pre-judge sentient beings. As we have seen on the show, some Ferengi are decent people. It's unfair to judge them by the actions of others.
That's still not banning it though. Banning it suggests that ownership is illegal, that it is not allowed to be sold at all or imported.
Merely owning the copyright and refusing to licences it does nothing to control copies already in existence, e.g. personal property or second hand copies for sale. They only stopped new copies being manufactured.
FWIW some places did ban sales even of used Nazi memorabilia, although I think you were still allowed to own it. Not sure if that book was included.
Prostitution will be one of the first jobs to be replaced by robots, outside of factories.
It will be awful. Sex addiction is a real thing, and given a partner who is always horny and willing to do literally anything as long as you pay for the upgrade... People will become slaves to their sex bots, working to fund the next fetish app purchase or refill the vaginal fluid tank. Greedy corporations will monetize the fuck out of it, pun intended.
The difference is that in the past you could own the means of the production, i.e. the farm or the factory, but you still needed workers. Throw in some employment laws to protect those workers and it's viable.
Now you can own the means of production, and it uses robots and AI to do all the work so you don't need to employ anyone.
It's not the end of the world, but we do need to be aware of it and plan for how to deal with it. It could be great for all of us, we could work a few days a week and still enjoy a good quality of life. But like those employment laws that mandated shoes for child cleaners and some minimal level of safety, it needs to be regulated and managed.
gay/trans/ethnic political bullshit turned up to 11
I haven't seen it yet, but where did you get this from? Unless it's really overt in the first episode, the trailer certainly never made anything of any of those issues. I don't think there was any hint that any character was gay or trans at all, in fact. Lots of shows have gay characters anyway now, it's not remarkable.
It's interesting that even in Next Generation, racism towards Ferengi is apparently okay. In one episode some Ferengi are invited aboard the Enterprise, and Riker can't hide his disgust. He orders for them to be quartered well away from his own dwelling, and is instantly and automatically hostile to them. No-one calls him out on it, with many apparently feeling the same way.
As for monocultural, if Picard is anything to go by French culture had largely homoegnized into British culture by his time. He was the least French French guy ever, but then again most of the alien races either speak English or have only one single language.
By that standard are there any free operating systems at all?
There used to be some Chinese MIPS based laptops that ran Libreboot and Linux without any binary blobs, but they have not been manufactured for a decade.
All current x86 systems have non-free binary blobs in the CPU and chipset, the Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems still need binary blob GPU drivers.
I don't really want to defend Windows 10, I wouldn't use it myself... But what specific telemetry do you think would violate doctor-patient or attorney-client privilege?
They published what they collect, and it's metadata about usage. Doesn't include user file names or file content, for example. If you have proof otherwise then I would genuinely love to see it, because I'd like to see Microsoft get prosecuted and forced to change their ways, but as far as I know there isn't any.
Maybe you should create an agency to test these claims. Have them generate a suitable candidate, a US citizen, and apply for the job. Interview if asked to, ask for a reasonable wage, and if they end up hiring an H1B instead start a criminal prosecution. If they hire your undercover candidate, they can either take the job or you can give them a few bucks for their wasted time and effort.
It's not an insult, it's the literal truth. You have a resurgence of neo-Nazis and others in the far right at the moment, in America and in Europe. Did you not hear about Charlottesville? Have you looked at the statements made my Trump's closest advisers?
It's incredible that people are still in denial about this. They marked down the street with swastikas, murdered someone and then your president refused to condemn them.
Why do you think this is an insult to you? Unless you are on the far right yourself then it can only be interpreted as a warning and a plea for you to do something about it. The alt-right is trying to replace the more mainstream, moderate right, taking over the Republican party and dragging it further and further away from the centre. Stop denying it and do something to prevent your moderate right wing values being marginalized.
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Republicans control both houses. Republicans are not progressive.
Trump controls the White House. He is definitely not progressive.
Seems to me that the political establishment is fairly far to the right in the US. Even the Democrats are on the right by European standards.
Anyone NOT downloading it risks a $3000 "fine". Those companies are incompetent, they just send threats to random people and hope they don't contest it.
I don't know why so many people seem to think that Michael is gender fluid or trans or something. Bryan Fuller always gives his female characters male names, it's his signature move. It doesn't imply anything, all the previous ones on other shows have been cis females.
Considering how some people denounced the show as some kind of SJW bullshit before it even aired, the first two episodes didn't have any hints that a single character was gay, trans or whatever. Is just being female or non-white enough to trigger people now?
The captain was very much in the standard Star Fleet mould, wanting to try peaceful resolution with force as a last resort. Yet, still willing to take risks and be daring when the potential pay-off and seriousness of the situation justified it.
They did it deliberately to show how sometimes doing the right thing, the moral thing doesn't always work out. Sarek offered a contrasting opinion too, with the revelation that the Vulkans decided to always attack first after their initial encounter with the Klingons.
It was interesting that they intervened in the development of a pre-warp species at the very start too, again to show that the Federation hadn't developed as far as in Picard's time or even Kirk's time.
A la carte would be more like The Pirate Bay. Has everything, pick what you want and pay a reasonable fee for it. Ideally a flat monthly fee but per episode might be okay too, as long as it's not silly prices (hi Amazon, I'm not paying 2.99 per episode of Dexter, maybe 0.10).
The advice given by Sarek was that when the Vulkans first met the Klingons their ship was destroyed. From that point on they decided to attack first, which eventually lead to the Klingons respecting them enough to agree to peace.
He then advised her to consider the ramifications of that policy carefully, i.e. that many people would inevitably die.
I thought it was one of the most interesting parts of the show, how it wasn't clear how much was Vulkan logic and how much was her PTSD and hatred of the people who bombed her as a child.
What, specifically, did you consider "touchy feely bullshit" in their dialogue?
About the closest it seemed to come was when Michael was having PTSD flash-backs to when her school was bombed by Klingons.
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Touchy-feely crap? Everyone's actions seemed to be dictated by logic, protocol or violence. Where was the touchy-feely stuff? Have you even seen it?
The Klingons were the worst aspect... Bad make-up, making it very hard to act and deliver lines, bad costumes and ships, lacking the depth and political intricacies that they developed for the Empire in the 90s.
It's a shame the captain died, she was one of the most interesting characters.
The left don't want to send millions of people to gas chambers.
It wasn't brilliant, but what first episode of Trek ever has been?
The original series had two pilots, with most of the cast from the first being replaced. TNG's whole first season was pretty ropey. DS9 got good around season 3. Voyager's first episode was an episode of Voyager.
Needs at least the first half of the season to know if it's going to fly.
Okay, I have seen it now. You are wrong, there isn't any "sjw bullshit". It's actually much the opposite.
The problem is that they can set any pass code they like. If the option was "lock with my pre-set passcode" the hijack wouldn't work, because it would be a code that the user set themselves and obviously knew.
It's bad because it's wrong to pre-judge sentient beings. As we have seen on the show, some Ferengi are decent people. It's unfair to judge them by the actions of others.
That's still not banning it though. Banning it suggests that ownership is illegal, that it is not allowed to be sold at all or imported.
Merely owning the copyright and refusing to licences it does nothing to control copies already in existence, e.g. personal property or second hand copies for sale. They only stopped new copies being manufactured.
FWIW some places did ban sales even of used Nazi memorabilia, although I think you were still allowed to own it. Not sure if that book was included.
The fact that evolution has proven strong AI is possible, I have little doubt that we will be able to build it one day.
Prostitution will be one of the first jobs to be replaced by robots, outside of factories.
It will be awful. Sex addiction is a real thing, and given a partner who is always horny and willing to do literally anything as long as you pay for the upgrade... People will become slaves to their sex bots, working to fund the next fetish app purchase or refill the vaginal fluid tank. Greedy corporations will monetize the fuck out of it, pun intended.
The difference is that in the past you could own the means of the production, i.e. the farm or the factory, but you still needed workers. Throw in some employment laws to protect those workers and it's viable.
Now you can own the means of production, and it uses robots and AI to do all the work so you don't need to employ anyone.
It's not the end of the world, but we do need to be aware of it and plan for how to deal with it. It could be great for all of us, we could work a few days a week and still enjoy a good quality of life. But like those employment laws that mandated shoes for child cleaners and some minimal level of safety, it needs to be regulated and managed.
gay/trans/ethnic political bullshit turned up to 11
I haven't seen it yet, but where did you get this from? Unless it's really overt in the first episode, the trailer certainly never made anything of any of those issues. I don't think there was any hint that any character was gay or trans at all, in fact. Lots of shows have gay characters anyway now, it's not remarkable.
What primed you to have this reaction?
It's interesting that even in Next Generation, racism towards Ferengi is apparently okay. In one episode some Ferengi are invited aboard the Enterprise, and Riker can't hide his disgust. He orders for them to be quartered well away from his own dwelling, and is instantly and automatically hostile to them. No-one calls him out on it, with many apparently feeling the same way.
As for monocultural, if Picard is anything to go by French culture had largely homoegnized into British culture by his time. He was the least French French guy ever, but then again most of the alien races either speak English or have only one single language.
I was pleasantly surprised by episode 3 of The Orville. It could easily have been a TNG or Voyager episode.
By that standard are there any free operating systems at all?
There used to be some Chinese MIPS based laptops that ran Libreboot and Linux without any binary blobs, but they have not been manufactured for a decade.
All current x86 systems have non-free binary blobs in the CPU and chipset, the Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems still need binary blob GPU drivers.
I don't really want to defend Windows 10, I wouldn't use it myself... But what specific telemetry do you think would violate doctor-patient or attorney-client privilege?
They published what they collect, and it's metadata about usage. Doesn't include user file names or file content, for example. If you have proof otherwise then I would genuinely love to see it, because I'd like to see Microsoft get prosecuted and forced to change their ways, but as far as I know there isn't any.
Maybe you should create an agency to test these claims. Have them generate a suitable candidate, a US citizen, and apply for the job. Interview if asked to, ask for a reasonable wage, and if they end up hiring an H1B instead start a criminal prosecution. If they hire your undercover candidate, they can either take the job or you can give them a few bucks for their wasted time and effort.
It's not an insult, it's the literal truth. You have a resurgence of neo-Nazis and others in the far right at the moment, in America and in Europe. Did you not hear about Charlottesville? Have you looked at the statements made my Trump's closest advisers?
It's incredible that people are still in denial about this. They marked down the street with swastikas, murdered someone and then your president refused to condemn them.
Why do you think this is an insult to you? Unless you are on the far right yourself then it can only be interpreted as a warning and a plea for you to do something about it. The alt-right is trying to replace the more mainstream, moderate right, taking over the Republican party and dragging it further and further away from the centre. Stop denying it and do something to prevent your moderate right wing values being marginalized.
Are you implying that there are not enough CS places for US students because the available places have been taken by foreign students?
That doesn't make sense. If there was demand, wouldn't they just run more CS classes rather than turning away students? Or did I misunderstand?