Oh gosh, it sure took me a while to get it, but I finally did! This one is a doozey! HAHA HAHA HAHA This is hilarious. So many amazing prank articles out today and this one is the best!
All those damn misogynistic climate scientists, always trying to do science... dirty, geographically privileged pigs! I bet they were born in the northern hemisphere.
I hope this is true. I was planning on upgrading from Windows7 (hey, at least they aren't trying to make me use the silly smart screen this time) because of gaming and games and also playing on my computer. If I get a "activate genuine account" message in a year, I'll be right pissed.
Even IF humanity on earth could totally power itself with solar and wind in the future (which I don't think it can completely, especially in northern latitudes), when we start looking to colonizing other planets, solar energy will be much less favorable. Powering future spaceships with solar power isn't a good idea either, for that reason. Sure, solar sails can push something along, but I don't imagine it would be nearly as quick as a nuclear reactors thrust output.
I think the key there is "reasonable". To deny the existence (and increase) of people with destructively tender emotions would take a certain degree of blindness. Being constructive is the goal, while both overly offensive people AND easily offended people work counter to this goal. Having a compromise betwixt crybabies and assholes would be a good message to deliver. Feelings vary greatly between groups of people, and outliers hurt productivity due to constant temper tantrums, plus an inability to handle shortcomings. It's all very unreasonable.
You poke fun of their self-destructive tendencies all you want, but just imagine what this could do for the snorkeling industry! And having florida underwater might be seen as a massive improvement to the country as a whole.
Even in the case that the federal government made the law that allowed for state monopolies, you think it would be bad for the government to fix those problems? There may be more than one way to skin a cat, but at least the FCC is trying, for better or worse. Nobody is getting more power in this arrangement (besides competing network providers, if they have the means to set up shop), and the FCC has struck down laws that allow local monopolies recently. If the problem was lack of regulation, something needs to be regulated. If the problem was the wrong kind of regulation, then the right kind needs to be inacted. Just because a local _or_ national government made a mistake or got bribed, doesn't mean the companies that exploited the situation are free of guilt. They used unfair influence to monopolise a utlity, and nobody was trying to do jack shit about it until the FCC started this little rollercoaster.
I don't support doxxing people, even if it isn't strictly illegal. I don't think I would allow that sort of thing to happen on my website, if I owned 8chan. But, if Freddy is going to stand up for free speech, then it makes sense for him to allow board owners to get away with as much as possible before cracking down on them. And it wasn't HW who posted the numbers or even told anyone else to do it. It was a user on his site, who is solely responsible for the content of his posts.
This obviously can put HW and 8chan into a very gray area, legally speaking. That is a dangerous position to be in. But in the end, no matter what he does about it, there will be some reason to bitch. Either he is "hosting illegal content" (which is a terrible argument to make, as that one unsightly board has next to nothing to do with the rest of the site), or he is "wiping away evidence of a crime". Should he just contact the FBI anytime someone does something that sounds illegal? What about when morally wrong things happen, or offensive posts are made, should he remove those too? There are all sorts of arguments to be made in favor of him banning/removing lots of things, but the one he is sticking to is "will this land someone in prison?", which I personally am glad is his policy.
Oh, hello there. I will stay behind, to gaze at the sun. The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!
Not really. It's somewhat similar in that they ask for donations, but Canonical are also giving users a chance to choose where that money goes toward (if we're going on faith, anyway). And there is no need to type anything, as there are sliding bars and a button at the bottom saying "not now", which sends you to the download.
Then again I typically use the official torrent with every Ubuntu release I use, so I never see this screen to begin with. That's my way of giving back, considering I have no funds to donate.
I think that there isn't a single reason for why males are more likely to join tech fields, and why they are more likely to be interested in it (And the fact that so many more Asians are represented per capita). And both biology and society likely plays some hand in why females (while more inclinded toward social careers, where they can easily outnumber men) are seemingly "driven out" or simply find technology less interesting on a technical level, when compared to males. One big problem with the conversation, and the social sciences that spawn it, are the inherent politics involved. When a smattering of different variables are being painted over with only a few (if that many) different variables, it leads to people assuming that it must be the fault of one group of people, the us VS them mentality, one ideology fighting everyone who doesn't agree.
The issues are misunderstood, and blame gets shifted unevenly, sometimes on purpose. A lot of people have plenty to gain from making a solution and forcing it to fit a problem, even when the problem isn't even serious enough to warrant the solution. "Toxic masculinity"/"patiarchy", or "Women just aren't good at [skill]". Pick your poison, they both only serve to benefit one group by harming others.
Having a measured and balanced response or view on issues is not always very popular, as it doesn't generate clickbait articles like this. And it also doesn't allow someone to unfairly incentivise a course of action that doesn't value or even take into account all the facts. And I agree with other posters who postulate that this is such a hot-button topic simply because there is so much comfortable money to be made in Tech compared to, say, firefighting, police or construction work. Trying to make it easier for women to learn/enjoy studying STEM fields is all well and good. I would love to see more driven, nerdy chicks walking around who know their stuff. But making it all about how a male-driven society is to blame is a bad way to go about it.
To be fair to Unity, it really isn't all that bad now. The built-in search could be vastly improved, yes, and I have had gripes with it since 11.04. But the Unity as a whole is not half bad if someone just wants something to work well out of the box. Of course, it's also not very good for tweaking, which is another issue I have with it, but most Ubuntu users never bother to switch off from it because it does work pretty well. Unity started out pretty rough in some regards but it has honestly come into its own very well in the past 3 years.
Mayhaps Sasquatch wanted to join in on the fun, but didn't quite grasp the concept of pot, so they just grabbed all the leaves and shrubbery they could find and puff puff'd up a storm.
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Oh gosh, it sure took me a while to get it, but I finally did! This one is a doozey!
HAHA HAHA HAHA This is hilarious. So many amazing prank articles out today and this one is the best!
All those damn misogynistic climate scientists, always trying to do science... dirty, geographically privileged pigs! I bet they were born in the northern hemisphere.
Has baneposting gone too far? Even reality isn't safe.
Are you kidding me?
I hope this is true. I was planning on upgrading from Windows7 (hey, at least they aren't trying to make me use the silly smart screen this time) because of gaming and games and also playing on my computer.
If I get a "activate genuine account" message in a year, I'll be right pissed.
Really??
I'll go pirate it right away! Anyone have a piratebay link?
Even IF humanity on earth could totally power itself with solar and wind in the future (which I don't think it can completely, especially in northern latitudes), when we start looking to colonizing other planets, solar energy will be much less favorable. Powering future spaceships with solar power isn't a good idea either, for that reason. Sure, solar sails can push something along, but I don't imagine it would be nearly as quick as a nuclear reactors thrust output.
I think the key there is "reasonable". To deny the existence (and increase) of people with destructively tender emotions would take a certain degree of blindness.
Being constructive is the goal, while both overly offensive people AND easily offended people work counter to this goal. Having a compromise betwixt crybabies and assholes would be a good message to deliver. Feelings vary greatly between groups of people, and outliers hurt productivity due to constant temper tantrums, plus an inability to handle shortcomings. It's all very unreasonable.
You poke fun of their self-destructive tendencies all you want, but just imagine what this could do for the snorkeling industry!
And having florida underwater might be seen as a massive improvement to the country as a whole.
Even in the case that the federal government made the law that allowed for state monopolies, you think it would be bad for the government to fix those problems? There may be more than one way to skin a cat, but at least the FCC is trying, for better or worse. Nobody is getting more power in this arrangement (besides competing network providers, if they have the means to set up shop), and the FCC has struck down laws that allow local monopolies recently. If the problem was lack of regulation, something needs to be regulated. If the problem was the wrong kind of regulation, then the right kind needs to be inacted.
Just because a local _or_ national government made a mistake or got bribed, doesn't mean the companies that exploited the situation are free of guilt. They used unfair influence to monopolise a utlity, and nobody was trying to do jack shit about it until the FCC started this little rollercoaster.
This is both hilarious and deeply depressing.
And that goverment granted monopoly is the product of an unregulated ISP making a deal with a local government.
Just because one party did something wrong doesn't mean another party gets off scott free.
I hope nobody already posted this
http://xkcd.com/638/
I don't support doxxing people, even if it isn't strictly illegal. I don't think I would allow that sort of thing to happen on my website, if I owned 8chan. But, if Freddy is going to stand up for free speech, then it makes sense for him to allow board owners to get away with as much as possible before cracking down on them. And it wasn't HW who posted the numbers or even told anyone else to do it. It was a user on his site, who is solely responsible for the content of his posts.
This obviously can put HW and 8chan into a very gray area, legally speaking. That is a dangerous position to be in. But in the end, no matter what he does about it, there will be some reason to bitch. Either he is "hosting illegal content" (which is a terrible argument to make, as that one unsightly board has next to nothing to do with the rest of the site), or he is "wiping away evidence of a crime". Should he just contact the FBI anytime someone does something that sounds illegal? What about when morally wrong things happen, or offensive posts are made, should he remove those too? There are all sorts of arguments to be made in favor of him banning/removing lots of things, but the one he is sticking to is "will this land someone in prison?", which I personally am glad is his policy.
Oh, hello there. I will stay behind, to gaze at the sun.
The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father!
If only I could be so grossly incandescent!
Not really. It's somewhat similar in that they ask for donations, but Canonical are also giving users a chance to choose where that money goes toward (if we're going on faith, anyway). And there is no need to type anything, as there are sliding bars and a button at the bottom saying "not now", which sends you to the download.
Then again I typically use the official torrent with every Ubuntu release I use, so I never see this screen to begin with. That's my way of giving back, considering I have no funds to donate.
I think that there isn't a single reason for why males are more likely to join tech fields, and why they are more likely to be interested in it (And the fact that so many more Asians are represented per capita). And both biology and society likely plays some hand in why females (while more inclinded toward social careers, where they can easily outnumber men) are seemingly "driven out" or simply find technology less interesting on a technical level, when compared to males.
One big problem with the conversation, and the social sciences that spawn it, are the inherent politics involved. When a smattering of different variables are being painted over with only a few (if that many) different variables, it leads to people assuming that it must be the fault of one group of people, the us VS them mentality, one ideology fighting everyone who doesn't agree.
The issues are misunderstood, and blame gets shifted unevenly, sometimes on purpose. A lot of people have plenty to gain from making a solution and forcing it to fit a problem, even when the problem isn't even serious enough to warrant the solution. "Toxic masculinity"/"patiarchy", or "Women just aren't good at [skill]". Pick your poison, they both only serve to benefit one group by harming others.
Having a measured and balanced response or view on issues is not always very popular, as it doesn't generate clickbait articles like this. And it also doesn't allow someone to unfairly incentivise a course of action that doesn't value or even take into account all the facts. And I agree with other posters who postulate that this is such a hot-button topic simply because there is so much comfortable money to be made in Tech compared to, say, firefighting, police or construction work.
Trying to make it easier for women to learn/enjoy studying STEM fields is all well and good. I would love to see more driven, nerdy chicks walking around who know their stuff. But making it all about how a male-driven society is to blame is a bad way to go about it.
To be fair to Unity, it really isn't all that bad now. The built-in search could be vastly improved, yes, and I have had gripes with it since 11.04. But the Unity as a whole is not half bad if someone just wants something to work well out of the box. Of course, it's also not very good for tweaking, which is another issue I have with it, but most Ubuntu users never bother to switch off from it because it does work pretty well. Unity started out pretty rough in some regards but it has honestly come into its own very well in the past 3 years.
Mayhaps Sasquatch wanted to join in on the fun, but didn't quite grasp the concept of pot, so they just grabbed all the leaves and shrubbery they could find and puff puff'd up a storm.