I have seen Cheerios commercials where the Cheerios talk --- and I was like "Talking Cheerios? WTF --- that can't be natural?" --- so all this talk about Cheerios being natural but yet some of them talk. I know the truth.
And Cheerios are made by a the GM company --- and we all know GM stands for "genetically modified".
I smell a conspiracy and I am sharing the evidence. What did they do to those Cheerios to cause them to be able to speak? The answer is obvious.
We certainly do! It is called health regulations to make sure food is safe.
And a good amount of the food thrown away probably is edible. But...
A. Food is part of the ecosystem.
B. Poor people in a far away place wouldn't be able to eat it because they aren't close and it would take weeks to ship.
C. Contrary to popular Western belief, there are very few parts of the world these days that encounter starvation. This isn't the 1950s.
Also food is not a true commodity, because it is perishable so different economics and limitations affect its distribution --- you can't try to apply free market economics world-wide to food, which annoyingly you hear all the time.
Yours is one of the most insightful posts I have seen in a while on this topic.
On both counts (#1 the USA isn't a democracy, it is quite clearly a republic and this is beginning to show in government attitudes sadly. #2 - "GMO" doesn't mean anything and a label that conveys no information isn't helpful and the label itself is counterproductive because it stresses importance in itself without pointing out why.
Which is vacuous marketing, but it affects and confuses people.
[People that like to argue and posture with their brains disconnected won't see the brilliance of your post, but how is that different than any other day... ]
" Still, no one has answered why, or skillfully debated other options. "
Communism was beaten, few people are starving, access to education is easy, there are no major wars looming and the world doesn't seem likely to blow up tomorrow.
There is a serious problem with the attitude of your original post in that you claim an exclusive right to criticize this "apathy" (and if someone gets annoyed in your head you call it "an attack" like you just did above).
Apathy is a choice! Furthermore apathy is a luxury and we have this luxury now!! It was a hard-earned right to apathy, really.
As rants go, this one is unusually lame. I'm just sayin'...
Highlights:
"What happened to our spine?" [groan...] "I wish I knew the answers."... oh please... " Now I think I am a defeatist." Congrats DUDE!!!!! "I was cynical then, but had hope." "Then I had the optimism to think that we were on the brink." --- [groan x 2]
On the plus side, I see no spelling errors or grammatical errors --- so I bet you get high grades in English.
Apple provides no hassle products. Viruses and malware -- while still "possible" --- are next to non-existent. Apple products aren't loaded up the hilt with crapwares.
On the flip side, it is next to impossible to not install some sort of malware crap on Windows unless you are extremely careful and hard to keep an Android phone free from the crapware (and with Android, your phone carrier -- like Windows --- is likely to load it up with garbage, but unlike Windows the garbage, the phone carrier crapwares cannot [easily] be uninstalled [without unusual measures]).
Apple makes things fashionable, you seem to think I'm denying the utilitarian nature/advantages -- and I'm not --- but you don't need a Rolex watch to know what time it is. If you see my point...
> Yes some might buy it as a status icon, but for a lot of professionals, it is a *tool* that enables them to do more/faster/more money.
A tool is a device where form follows function.
Yet the Mac Pro is... a) Round b) Shiny c) Cool looking d) expensive
It could be in a regular old PC case if it were designed to be a tool. And if it were designed to be a tool, there might be various "grades" with lesser capabilities in the product line.
The Mac Pro happens to be a tool, but this isn't why the Mac Pro is news. It is news because it is exotic. A hardware nerd might be able to make a Frankenstein computer with similar specs, but yet he won't be able to make himself a Mac Pro.
Yes but high society won't be impressed by your machine you built and will think you are a mongrel.
They will point at you in horror like a Roman pointing to a barbarian and say things amongst themselves and think you hideous and definitely not one of their kind.
I respect your opinion and a number of observations you have made and they are true.
However, the real target market is for the Mac Pro to be a magnet for the rich --- a fashion item that screams your status in the pecking order --- and Apple to take that to the bank.
It is a luxury item, plain and simple. Most people do not buy computers that rival the price of a car.
[But that doesn't mean the Mac Pro isn't really, really cool...]
It is nice to have something with about the equivalent of a 2004-2005 era PC in the palm of your hand complete with sound and wifi networking and OpenGL support. Modern phones are undeniably amazing devices ---- Agreed.
Debugging: " Even if I don’t quite understand why people chosen GDB as their top thing that needs improvement (I think there are more pressing matters)"
I'm not sure what is worse, that this gentleman doesn't know why gdb debugging is inconvenient compared to other options --- or that he hasn't taken the time to learn why gdb is no fun to debug with by asking around.
" I’ve been using SDL for years but because of lack of shared OpenGL context support I wrote my own X11 implementation. A few months ago I went back to SDL because the shared context support appears to be implemented and secondly because maintaining cross-platform code for input (keyboard, mouse and controllers) is a huge pain. "
I'm sure this gentleman is a nice guy, but this sounds like a "learning about multiplatform coding 101" class paper. Nothing wrong with that, but it is very unclear why this is "news".
"Game development was always tight to Windows for various reasons"
Ok, typos too. Not saying anything else or I'll seem like I'm being too negative, but why is this front page news?
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Awesome ++. I like it!
Are you against toilets because the government taxes water?
Cheerios have to be genetically modified!
I have seen Cheerios commercials where the Cheerios talk --- and I was like "Talking Cheerios? WTF --- that can't be natural?" --- so all this talk about Cheerios being natural but yet some of them talk. I know the truth.
And Cheerios are made by a the GM company --- and we all know GM stands for "genetically modified".
I smell a conspiracy and I am sharing the evidence. What did they do to those Cheerios to cause them to be able to speak? The answer is obvious.
What you should really be for is sensible patent laws ...
>What idiot modded this insightful?
Doesn't matter.
The important part is that you located him --- his village has been notified and arrangements have been made for his return.
"We throw away over half the food we produce,"
...
We certainly do! It is called health regulations to make sure food is safe.
And a good amount of the food thrown away probably is edible. But
A. Food is part of the ecosystem.
B. Poor people in a far away place wouldn't be able to eat it because they aren't close and it would take weeks to ship.
C. Contrary to popular Western belief, there are very few parts of the world these days that encounter starvation. This isn't the 1950s.
Also food is not a true commodity, because it is perishable so different economics and limitations affect its distribution --- you can't try to apply free market economics world-wide to food, which annoyingly you hear all the time.
Yours is one of the most insightful posts I have seen in a while on this topic.
... ]
On both counts (#1 the USA isn't a democracy, it is quite clearly a republic and this is beginning to show in government attitudes sadly. #2 - "GMO" doesn't mean anything and a label that conveys no information isn't helpful and the label itself is counterproductive because it stresses importance in itself without pointing out why.
Which is vacuous marketing, but it affects and confuses people.
[People that like to argue and posture with their brains disconnected won't see the brilliance of your post, but how is that different than any other day
It is a government that prints trillions upon trillions in debt notes, I'm not sure they would notice "billions".
...
Kind of like how I don't notice dropped pennies
Agreed. This is virtually an admission. Not that a USA-based corporation has the freedom to admit that kind of thing.
...
On the "plus" side, well --- uh --- ok then I'm not sure what that could be so Nevermind
"What he did was to intentionally NOT face the consequences."
The consequences decided by who? An out-of-control government where the court system has effectively ruled time-again that government has no limits?
Yes, he would be detained without trial and rights --- just like what Manning is enduring. Does Manning have any free speech rights? No.
Okay. Your argument just lost and lost hard.
Don't judge me, I'm just the messenger.
" Still, no one has answered why, or skillfully debated other options. "
Communism was beaten, few people are starving, access to education is easy, there are no major wars looming and the world doesn't seem likely to blow up tomorrow.
There is a serious problem with the attitude of your original post in that you claim an exclusive right to criticize this "apathy" (and if someone gets annoyed in your head you call it "an attack" like you just did above).
Apathy is a choice! Furthermore apathy is a luxury and we have this luxury now!! It was a hard-earned right to apathy, really.
As rants go, this one is unusually lame. I'm just sayin' ...
...] ... oh please ...
Highlights:
"What happened to our spine?" [groan
"I wish I knew the answers."
" Now I think I am a defeatist." Congrats DUDE!!!!!
"I was cynical then, but had hope."
"Then I had the optimism to think that we were on the brink." --- [groan x 2]
On the plus side, I see no spelling errors or grammatical errors --- so I bet you get high grades in English.
You suck -- I mean the advice you gave. Create a few alter-egos with the same name as you and register accounts.
Then --- presto! --- it wasn't you but those other guys.
No explanations required. Simple dismissal. Plausible deniability. Easy as 1-2-3.
"The answer is to have never danced with devil in the pale moonlight in the first place."
Ugh. Extra Cheese post of the year finalist.
Sherlock Holmes --- an imaginary character --- has more rights than real people.
... it's just bizarre!!!
Hitler, Albert Einstein and Elvis make frequent cameos in media and often star in YouTube videos, having no rights because they are *REAL* people.
But Mickey Mouse and Sherlock Holmes and Barbie have more rights as imaginary characters.
Curious legal system we have. Feel free to use Ronald Reagan or Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon (hello Futurama!) in a story
"2013 failed to produce industry-altering innovations like [insert innovation #1] or 2012 with the demise of Blackberry"
So the demise of Blackberry was an industry-altering innovation. Good to know.
Windows 8 is very irritating as Windows 7 is close to perfect for a Microsoft operating system and Windows 8 the reverse of perfect.
One of the best gems of wisdom I've seen posted ever. +++++
Ewww!!! It is a square box and not shiney.
Apple provides no hassle products. Viruses and malware -- while still "possible" --- are next to non-existent. Apple products aren't loaded up the hilt with crapwares.
...
On the flip side, it is next to impossible to not install some sort of malware crap on Windows unless you are extremely careful and hard to keep an Android phone free from the crapware (and with Android, your phone carrier -- like Windows --- is likely to load it up with garbage, but unlike Windows the garbage, the phone carrier crapwares cannot [easily] be uninstalled [without unusual measures]).
Apple makes things fashionable, you seem to think I'm denying the utilitarian nature/advantages -- and I'm not --- but you don't need a Rolex watch to know what time it is. If you see my point
> Yes some might buy it as a status icon, but for a lot of professionals, it is a *tool* that enables them to do more/faster/more money.
...
A tool is a device where form follows function.
Yet the Mac Pro is
a) Round
b) Shiny
c) Cool looking
d) expensive
It could be in a regular old PC case if it were designed to be a tool. And if it were designed to be a tool, there might be various "grades" with lesser capabilities in the product line.
The Mac Pro happens to be a tool, but this isn't why the Mac Pro is news. It is news because it is exotic. A hardware nerd might be able to make a Frankenstein computer with similar specs, but yet he won't be able to make himself a Mac Pro.
Think Different.
Yes but high society won't be impressed by your machine you built and will think you are a mongrel.
They will point at you in horror like a Roman pointing to a barbarian and say things amongst themselves and think you hideous and definitely not one of their kind.
I respect your opinion and a number of observations you have made and they are true.
...]
However, the real target market is for the Mac Pro to be a magnet for the rich --- a fashion item that screams your status in the pecking order --- and Apple to take that to the bank.
It is a luxury item, plain and simple. Most people do not buy computers that rival the price of a car.
[But that doesn't mean the Mac Pro isn't really, really cool
It is nice to have something with about the equivalent of a 2004-2005 era PC in the palm of your hand complete with sound and wifi networking and OpenGL support. Modern phones are undeniably amazing devices ---- Agreed.
Debugging: " Even if I don’t quite understand why people chosen GDB as their top thing that needs improvement (I think there are more pressing matters)"
I'm not sure what is worse, that this gentleman doesn't know why gdb debugging is inconvenient compared to other options --- or that he hasn't taken the time to learn why gdb is no fun to debug with by asking around.
" I’ve been using SDL for years but because of lack of shared OpenGL context support I wrote my own X11 implementation. A few months ago I went back to SDL because the shared context support appears to be implemented and secondly because maintaining cross-platform code for input (keyboard, mouse and controllers) is a huge pain. "
I'm sure this gentleman is a nice guy, but this sounds like a "learning about multiplatform coding 101" class paper. Nothing wrong with that, but it is very unclear why this is "news".
"Game development was always tight to Windows for various reasons"
Ok, typos too. Not saying anything else or I'll seem like I'm being too negative, but why is this front page news?