From the pig's point of view, being slaughtered and eaten is already pretty much the most horrifying thing imaginable. Supposing that consciousness could be restored, isn't that better than death? What's the issue here? Maybe we shouldn't be killing and eating pigs.
The big take away for me is, there's no debate at all about whether a pig has consciousness and self awareness. It hasn't always been that way.
A pre-industrial civilization, with their homes made out of earth and tools made out of stone would be completely wiped out from the ravages of time...
Another word: stone. Some stone arrangements would survive millions of years. This flight of fancy rejected by that criterion alone. At least it makes people think.
The fact that apple can make products people will pay a premium for is an indication of their desirability.
That claim would make sense if there was something noticeably desirable about Apple, but they have actually fallen into the middle of the pack or worse in terms of functionality, looks, and ease of use. Even as a status symbol they seem to carry more stigma than status now. Something your mom has, or that aging millennial with the maxed out credit card.
Fortune Mag remarks " the iPhone X alone generated five [actually 6] times more profit in the fourth quarter than all of the profits generated from more than 600 Android device vendors "
That's supposed to be a good thing? Doesn't it just indicate that Android vendors give you more value?
Good call. Miners want the newest, most power-efficient cards, hence we can look forward to a continuing shortage of Vega 64s and a glut of used 460/480s. But it hasn't really happened yet from what I can see, your $140 for a used 560 is ok, but hardly a legendary deal. Maybe stick in that 2400G while waiting for the situation to change, and when it does, swap it out into a homework station for your sister while treating yourself to an 8 core Ryzen 2 and a decent 3 year old GPU for cheap.
norway is the heaviest taxed nation in the world, overall. their personal tax floats around 40%. then they have a 25% vat, high property taxes, high cost of living. it's a great place! to be poor in.
Norway is awash in oil money and has one of the highest gdp per capita in the world. Yes, taxes are high, but Norwegians are also highly paid with many social benefits. It's nice to know that if you somehow lose your ability to work that you are not going to starve. A pretty happy place from what I know of it.
Huh? They're mostly doing great! Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Norway... These are the non-shithole countries.
Those countries are not socialist countries...
They are socialist in the same sense that Bernie Sanders is socialist. You appear to conflate "socialist" with totalitarian/fascist, when convenient for your argument. If you are not clear on the root concept, educate yourself here.
For this though, they are just shooting themselves in the foot. The suit will go nowhere...
You don't know that. A federal judge will rule on whether this suit can go forward. Given that the facts it relies on are a matter of public record and the injury is real, it is highly probable that it will go forward. Even if it only proceeds as far as discovery it will be a disaster for the Trump axis. It is a civil suit for one thing, and therefore beyond the reach of Trump's pardon power. An analogous suit the DNS brought against the Nixon reelection committee (aptly, CREEP) was successful.
Don't forget the jerrymandering, the Murdoch propaganda machine, the Mercers, the evangelist nutcases, the NRA, Weiner's wiener... all these factors and more had to align to elect Trump. If but one were taken out of the equation then no dark age of Trump. But I agree, the single stupidest, most preventable factor was failing to nominate the most electable candidate. Dems deserve to be punished for that stupidity, but the country does not deserve to be destroyed.
I have zero plans to let Microsoft's spyware, Windows 10, on my systems.
Better... Linux supported, runs like a dream. Except of course for those pre-week 24 segfaulting parts, which AMD rma'd without fuss. Sent the new part with a nicer cooler too, with programmable LEDs:)
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Don Adams looks at Stephen Hawking and says, "Missed it by THAT much."
Stephen Hawking pretty much proved that the will to live is nearly limitless, and that a healthy body is only a small part of what we are.
Only that?
According to some scientists who claim to have seen the experiments in the film, the severed dog head only survived for a few minutes when attached to the artificial heart, as opposed to the hours claimed in the film.
From the pig's point of view, being slaughtered and eaten is already pretty much the most horrifying thing imaginable. Supposing that consciousness could be restored, isn't that better than death? What's the issue here? Maybe we shouldn't be killing and eating pigs.
The big take away for me is, there's no debate at all about whether a pig has consciousness and self awareness. It hasn't always been that way.
So those are brain dead brains?
rocks do not last forever.
The Canadian Shield is more than 3.96 billion years old.
Ponder this please: how many fossils does one need to find, to find a fossil? Second one: how many fossils are there?
no, if the glaciers didn't scrub them away to be left as bits in the terminal moraines the plate tectonics would crush them
Oh, good point! That must be why there are no fossils.
A pre-industrial civilization, with their homes made out of earth and tools made out of stone would be completely wiped out from the ravages of time...
The stone tools would not all be wiped out.
Another word: stone. Some stone arrangements would survive millions of years. This flight of fancy rejected by that criterion alone. At least it makes people think.
The fact that apple can make products people will pay a premium for is an indication of their desirability.
That claim would make sense if there was something noticeably desirable about Apple, but they have actually fallen into the middle of the pack or worse in terms of functionality, looks, and ease of use. Even as a status symbol they seem to carry more stigma than status now. Something your mom has, or that aging millennial with the maxed out credit card.
Fortune Mag remarks " the iPhone X alone generated five [actually 6] times more profit in the fourth quarter than all of the profits generated from more than 600 Android device vendors "
That's supposed to be a good thing? Doesn't it just indicate that Android vendors give you more value?
I suppose Apple is just trying to continue this trend.
I, like many, detest dongles.
Good call. Miners want the newest, most power-efficient cards, hence we can look forward to a continuing shortage of Vega 64s and a glut of used 460/480s. But it hasn't really happened yet from what I can see, your $140 for a used 560 is ok, but hardly a legendary deal. Maybe stick in that 2400G while waiting for the situation to change, and when it does, swap it out into a homework station for your sister while treating yourself to an 8 core Ryzen 2 and a decent 3 year old GPU for cheap.
when you make 100k, but have a spendable take home of 20k and are still expected to pay all the normal bills despite the 'benefits' ?
Oh, you mean, just like San Francisco, but with less risk of getting shot?
norway is the heaviest taxed nation in the world, overall. their personal tax floats around 40%. then they have a 25% vat, high property taxes, high cost of living. it's a great place! to be poor in.
Norway is awash in oil money and has one of the highest gdp per capita in the world. Yes, taxes are high, but Norwegians are also highly paid with many social benefits. It's nice to know that if you somehow lose your ability to work that you are not going to starve. A pretty happy place from what I know of it.
Huh? They're mostly doing great! Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Canada,
Sweden, Norway... These are the non-shithole countries.
Those countries are not socialist countries...
They are socialist in the same sense that Bernie Sanders is socialist. You appear to conflate "socialist" with totalitarian/fascist, when convenient for your argument. If you are not clear on the root concept, educate yourself here.
For this though, they are just shooting themselves in the foot. The suit will go nowhere...
You don't know that. A federal judge will rule on whether this suit can go forward. Given that the facts it relies on are a matter of public record and the injury is real, it is highly probable that it will go forward. Even if it only proceeds as far as discovery it will be a disaster for the Trump axis. It is a civil suit for one thing, and therefore beyond the reach of Trump's pardon power. An analogous suit the DNS brought against the Nixon reelection committee (aptly, CREEP) was successful.
Don't forget the jerrymandering, the Murdoch propaganda machine, the Mercers, the evangelist nutcases, the NRA, Weiner's wiener... all these factors and more had to align to elect Trump. If but one were taken out of the equation then no dark age of Trump. But I agree, the single stupidest, most preventable factor was failing to nominate the most electable candidate. Dems deserve to be punished for that stupidity, but the country does not deserve to be destroyed.
On average, about 50 people are killed by lightning in the US each year. So far in 2018, 28 people have been killed in school shootings in the US.
Ah, but how many people are killed by lightning in schools each year?
At least there's that.
Actually scratch.mit.edu uses flash still.
Try Scratch 3 Preview.
Not complete, but the core is there and works really well.
I'm not sure the word "some" applies.
Fixed.
I have zero plans to let Microsoft's spyware, Windows 10, on my systems.
Better... Linux supported, runs like a dream. Except of course for those pre-week 24 segfaulting parts, which AMD rma'd without fuss. Sent the new part with a nicer cooler too, with programmable LEDs :)