The southwest drying out won't so much be about climate change, I mean it's already dry -- and gets most of its water from elsewhere.
The real problem is allowing a metropolis of nearly 5m people to exist in a fucking desert (phoenix) -- and bleeding the Colorado dry to sustain it. There are some externalities at work here that defy logic, and are absolutely not sustainable.
(Not to mention they actually do grow corn and cotton in the phoenix metro area.. which seems completely god-damn bonkers)
If bullshit banner ads are suggestive enough to get someone to vote in a manner they otherwise would not; facebook in particular and advertising in general are the absolute bottom of the stack in terms of things to be concerned about.
Crazy to think that in 2018 people have become so complacent, so gullible and so naive that the internet's oldest profession has to be regulated (for our security, of course). Needing mommy government to come in and remove the sharp corners from everything just serves to make us even more docile and complacent, and in turn -- require ever more government 'help' to handle life in a complicated and scary world.
Other fun fact about pines: those pine needles basically amount to chemical warfare; raising the soil acidity so that other non-pine varieties can't grow in that soil.
It's unfortunate that the areas of the world with birthrates high enough to actually lead to population growth do not read Slashdot.
Westerners should probably have more children to offset the 'migrations' they are being subjected to -- if they want to keep their cultures and societies intact.
Yeah; and as usual the Chinese took the idea and made it their own - with the added twist of invoking Henry Ford: "you can have our tiny little book in any color you wish, as long as it's red"
So at the end of the day, it's still jumping through a bunch of hoops to avoid hiring more ____ due to nothing more than the color of their skin and/or genitalia?
Provably wrong as disempowered government means people are at risk of individuals with an agenda directly impeding my freedom.
Hopefully one day the Swiss will unite behind their anemic federal government and make sure once and for all their interests and rights can be protected by a large enough entity to keep the corporations at bay.
i think the long-term play here is making the 'steam box' a viable thing from a hardware perspective. The more triple-A games that run natively in linux, the better chances a valve branded box running their customized distro has at being a going concern.
Well to call it a niche use case is an understatement; but windows 10 is the only OS that seems to offer hot plugging e-GPU's over tb3. (Though not sure if macOS allows this yet).
"Stop liking things i don't like!" is how your comment reads basically. There are tons of MMO's, and there's also tons of single player RPG's. They are not necessarily the same genre, at all.
Take a game like everquest 1, the entire premise for that game, and what made it unique was the social interaction. Even the pace of the game was designed to reward being social. For example in terms of setting up 'camps' waiting for monsters to respawn; or how interdependent the classes were -- soloing was nigh impossible for most. It wouldn't have worked any other way (And not to mention the server based communities that sprung up around the game).
While some publishers have been abusive towards customers with loot-boxes and silly nickle and dime DLC packs -- such as Black Desert Online. That's an example of a shitty game, made by shitty developers who are clearly out to fleece their customers.
But it's not the entire industry. For example, the "Witcher 3" -- a beautifully done, artistic game with two expansions that could have been done as stand-alone games in their own right. Nor does it have loot boxes, or a monthly ransom fee.
And then if you don't want to deal with things like steam, or whatever ubisoft is doing; there's GOG, an entirely DRM free store (coincidentally run by the same company behind The Witcher.. ).
Paranoia in (moderation) is a healthy human instinct evolved for a good reason though. The simple fact is that realistically all it would take is a whiff of impropriety and you're fucked.
For every relationship that ends up in marriage, there's what.. 10-15 others didn't work out so well? When dating a co-worker, or you know, going down that path, the odds are definitely not in your favor. But true, it does occasionally work out.
But the sad truth though is given the many, many avenues of meeting people -- trying to fish off the company pier is probably the worst out of all of them.
In this day in age you have to be absolutely pants on head retarded to even THINK about pursuing a romantic relationship with a co-worker (If you're male. Women it seems will get a bit of a pass here.)
And if you've managed to attract the attention of a female co-worker; be afraid, be very afraid -- in fact you might as well resign as you're one spurned advance away from a career ending false #meToo moment. (hyperbole? perhaps).
Apple should absolutely follow Chinese law when operating in China
What if they employed their world beating creativity in devising methods to skirt paying corporate taxes; towards innovating ways to skirt laws and regulations designed to curtail freedom of speech and expression? Or is that just not profitable enough?
The 'threat' of printed guns is being trotted out entirely for political purposes. It's not a real, credible threat or risk to anyone.
Basically the gun-control folks are trying to come up with a new bogeyman to further their agenda.
OR its a ploy by the big machining lobby to eventually ban personal ownership of CNC machines to further solidify their market position.
See; first they trump up the possibility of every tom, dick and harry (who are most likely white supremacists living in an anti-government compound somewhere in eastern Oregon) to manufacture their own weapons. So, the government must step in and do the reasonable thing to protect the populace: Ban distribution of blueprints for these nefarious plastic weapons; and as a corollary -- ban 3d printers. As it was was already proven, we'd have an influx of TERRIBLY LETHAL ASSAULT style GUNS on our streets without these safeguards.
Then, with the public's eye thusly captivated, the machining lobby will strike, achieving their ultimate aim! Which goes something like:
"But wait! If they can manufacture guns via 3d printers, SURELY they can manufacture guns very simply using decades old machinery and steel. These weapons might just be even more potent and lethal than the extruded plastic ones we were just saved from!"
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The southwest drying out won't so much be about climate change, I mean it's already dry -- and gets most of its water from elsewhere.
The real problem is allowing a metropolis of nearly 5m people to exist in a fucking desert (phoenix) -- and bleeding the Colorado dry to sustain it. There are some externalities at work here that defy logic, and are absolutely not sustainable.
(Not to mention they actually do grow corn and cotton in the phoenix metro area.. which seems completely god-damn bonkers)
go play Witcher 3, and see if you still have that opinion.
No, i picked up on that -- I was being a wise-ass regarding the SJW tactics against those with opinions and views they deem 'problematic'.
And good on you; self reliance is never a bad thing.
If bullshit banner ads are suggestive enough to get someone to vote in a manner they otherwise would not; facebook in particular and advertising in general are the absolute bottom of the stack in terms of things to be concerned about.
Crazy to think that in 2018 people have become so complacent, so gullible and so naive that the internet's oldest profession has to be regulated (for our security, of course). Needing mommy government to come in and remove the sharp corners from everything just serves to make us even more docile and complacent, and in turn -- require ever more government 'help' to handle life in a complicated and scary world.
you forgot to log out and post AC. Now you will be doxxed and then pilloried for egregious thought-crime.
Sorry friend.
Other fun fact about pines: those pine needles basically amount to chemical warfare; raising the soil acidity so that other non-pine varieties can't grow in that soil.
It's unfortunate that the areas of the world with birthrates high enough to actually lead to population growth do not read Slashdot.
Westerners should probably have more children to offset the 'migrations' they are being subjected to -- if they want to keep their cultures and societies intact.
Yeah; and as usual the Chinese took the idea and made it their own - with the added twist of invoking Henry Ford: "you can have our tiny little book in any color you wish, as long as it's red"
So at the end of the day, it's still jumping through a bunch of hoops to avoid hiring more ____ due to nothing more than the color of their skin and/or genitalia?
Sounds totally legit!
Provably wrong as disempowered government means people are at risk of individuals with an agenda directly impeding my freedom.
Hopefully one day the Swiss will unite behind their anemic federal government and make sure once and for all their interests and rights can be protected by a large enough entity to keep the corporations at bay.
8.1 most decidedly does not support hotplugging egpu's. unplugging the video card => blue screen crash and a reboot needed.
Which makes me sad, i'd vastly prefer 8.1 over 10 for the reasons you just enumerated.
At the risk of being 'that guy', you realize that game show at its core is really just a conveyance for pharma ads used to sell ____ right?
(And given the daytime game show watching demographic; i'd wager this to be literally true)
i think the long-term play here is making the 'steam box' a viable thing from a hardware perspective. The more triple-A games that run natively in linux, the better chances a valve branded box running their customized distro has at being a going concern.
The reading comprehension is strong in this one. Never let anything stand in the way of a good rant though. Well.. just a rant.
Well to call it a niche use case is an understatement; but windows 10 is the only OS that seems to offer hot plugging e-GPU's over tb3. (Though not sure if macOS allows this yet).
"Stop liking things i don't like!" is how your comment reads basically.
There are tons of MMO's, and there's also tons of single player RPG's. They are not necessarily the same genre, at all.
Take a game like everquest 1, the entire premise for that game, and what made it unique was the social interaction. Even the pace of the game was designed to reward being social. For example in terms of setting up 'camps' waiting for monsters to respawn; or how interdependent the classes were -- soloing was nigh impossible for most. It wouldn't have worked any other way (And not to mention the server based communities that sprung up around the game).
While some publishers have been abusive towards customers with loot-boxes and silly nickle and dime DLC packs -- such as Black Desert Online. That's an example of a shitty game, made by shitty developers who are clearly out to fleece their customers.
But it's not the entire industry. For example, the "Witcher 3" -- a beautifully done, artistic game with two expansions that could have been done as stand-alone games in their own right. Nor does it have loot boxes, or a monthly ransom fee.
And then if you don't want to deal with things like steam, or whatever ubisoft is doing; there's GOG, an entirely DRM free store (coincidentally run by the same company behind The Witcher.. ).
TL;dr, it's not all doom and gloom =/
Paranoia in (moderation) is a healthy human instinct evolved for a good reason though. The simple fact is that realistically all it would take is a whiff of impropriety and you're fucked.
For every relationship that ends up in marriage, there's what.. 10-15 others didn't work out so well? When dating a co-worker, or you know, going down that path, the odds are definitely not in your favor. But true, it does occasionally work out.
But the sad truth though is given the many, many avenues of meeting people -- trying to fish off the company pier is probably the worst out of all of them.
In this day in age you have to be absolutely pants on head retarded to even THINK about pursuing a romantic relationship with a co-worker (If you're male. Women it seems will get a bit of a pass here.)
And if you've managed to attract the attention of a female co-worker; be afraid, be very afraid -- in fact you might as well resign as you're one spurned advance away from a career ending false #meToo moment. (hyperbole? perhaps).
'Pac Man'? Excuse me, it's 2018. Who do you think you are to assume his gender orientation -- how very problematic of you.
Non-binary-genderqueer-trans-pac-demi-snowflake; thank you very much.
Apple should absolutely follow Chinese law when operating in China
What if they employed their world beating creativity in devising methods to skirt paying corporate taxes; towards innovating ways to skirt laws and regulations designed to curtail freedom of speech and expression? Or is that just not profitable enough?
The 'threat' of printed guns is being trotted out entirely for political purposes. It's not a real, credible threat or risk to anyone.
Basically the gun-control folks are trying to come up with a new bogeyman to further their agenda.
OR its a ploy by the big machining lobby to eventually ban personal ownership of CNC machines to further solidify their market position.
See; first they trump up the possibility of every tom, dick and harry (who are most likely white supremacists living in an anti-government compound somewhere in eastern Oregon) to manufacture their own weapons. So, the government must step in and do the reasonable thing to protect the populace: Ban distribution of blueprints for these nefarious plastic weapons; and as a corollary -- ban 3d printers. As it was was already proven, we'd have an influx of TERRIBLY LETHAL ASSAULT style GUNS on our streets without these safeguards.
Then, with the public's eye thusly captivated, the machining lobby will strike, achieving their ultimate aim! Which goes something like:
"But wait! If they can manufacture guns via 3d printers, SURELY they can manufacture guns very simply using decades old machinery and steel. These weapons might just be even more potent and lethal than the extruded plastic ones we were just saved from!"
utterly amazing how well that movie aged, isn't it?
you also lose a bit of secrecy if you sue. suddenly things get opened up (even if it's behind an NDA) that you don't necessarily want opened up.
Yes, but how much of the plastic dumped from those other countries is from garbage generated in the US, then shipped overseas?
(hint: if we're at the top of the list for consumption.. it has to go somewhere.)
thousands upon thousands of years of evolution.