And only 3 hours since the last story, and 18 hours since the one before that.
This is supposed to be news for nerds, not news for Kardashian groupies...
A lot of Slashdotters are idiots, so it would be foolish to assume any support for him in here is because they are smart.
The funny thing about intelligence is the very thing you need to recognise it, is the same thing you may not have. So how can you be sure?
for example, and Trump has had to declare bankruptcy repeatedly because he cannot cook up a successful business venture. He only knows how to profit from others' suffering during their failure.
Yet here he is, extremely wealthy, and soon to be the most powerful man in the world. That doesn't sound like failure to me. How does your career compare?
Yes, much like the benefits you receive from a stable democratic government that required no effort from you for the first 18 years of your life. So you get it now...
the "fall" of the empire wasn't a single concrete event like the fall of Nazi Germany or the end of the Ming Dynasty but a gradual process.
No-one said it was. But it did fall, just like a gently flowing creek finds it's way from mountain to sea. Just because it didn't happen in one day, doesn't mean it didn't happen at all.
Back to the original context, are we reaching peak American Empire? This doesn't mean we all wake up tomorrow living in caves, but on the surface the fall appears to have begun.
I suspect that it was something other than taste. The "typical" farm animals bred for meat are easy to feed. There are still parts of the world where sheep and cows are allowed to graze, with the food coming for free (to the shepherd/farmer). Also, these animals tend to have a lot more meat per "hoof" than dogs and other animals.
Nope, as I said I've tried a few different types. Here in Australia Kangaroos, Camels, and Rabbits are pretty much free to breed, but they don't taste so good so there isn't much market for them. From the non-mammals, there is snakes and crocodiles, and of course insects, but none of them have the same sweet taste as the regular beasts.
Depends on the situation. But extremely low dividends aren't much different from no dividends.
There's two paybacks from investing, dividends and capital gain. Apple shares, like the new energy industry has experienced massive capital gain.
Irrelevant. Saying something is a two trillion dollar industry while ignoring the massive subsidies, isn't a serious observation.
Right, so why do you insist that fossil fuel is so good then?
Why indeed the double standards? The actual subsidies for oil are significantly lower when you compare like to like.
Well compare away. I notice an obvious lack of examples here so I'll start:
Every war ever fought in the middle east.
7 million deaths each and every year for free, pretty much a WW2 every decade.
Now your turn.
You know racism isn't only expressed by saying loudly that you hate the nigs (spelling to counter stupid slashdot free speech filter) Why even raise race if it doesn't matter?
What is the difference between a dog and a pig as a source of protein.
The same as most animals. We choose Cows, Pigs, Chickens and Sheep because they taste the best (I've tried heaps of different mammal meat and always come back to the usual suspects).
Why do you think that renewables haven't been sufficiently pursued?
When you do decide to sell your Apple shares? If your investment is still paying dividends then there's no reason to change your position.
Whose $2 trillion was that again? If I threw $2 trillion of public funds at stamp collecting, I imagine I could get a lot of awesome stamp collecting.
When your stamps create cleaner and cheaper energy, ie one of the most critical resources used in human history then get back to me.
If this market can survive on its own, then fine. But it's funny how much subsidies it consumes.
Compared to the trillions that the fossil fuels have accumulated over more than a century in subsidies it is peanuts. And it will deliver much higher ROI. Why the double standards?
Well if you're going to be pedantic, so am I. Only the WESTERN Roman empire fell in 473AD. The EASTERN Roman empire (which includes most of the territory you mentioned) survived for another thousand years as the Byzantine empire.
But still fell and then turned to shit, which is the point...
And "Ancient Rome" wasn't just Italy, it also includes what is now ISIS held territory, and parts of the former Soviet Union. So the fall of Rome wasn't so good for a lot of it's inhabitants...
Seriously, fucking give up with Facebook stories, we know it's shit so leave us in peace.
Is Slashdot getting paid to keep Facebook on the front page, it sure seems that way....
Yes but my point is that by bitching and moaning about speculation, it makes you sound just as bad.
He says a lot of stuff he never does, so maybe, just maybe we should take what he says with a grain of salt?
If it turns out that he does do crazy shit, then sure open fire on all barrels. But merely speculating on his actions based on what he says, when he has a massive reputation for cheap talk, seems like a recipe for failure.
Trump knows how to play the game, and making his enemies cry wolf to dissolve their credibility seems to be working well.
Dam you can't edit posts in slashdot. I should have done a minutes googling but his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump converted when she married a Jewish man. Again an obligatory wikipedia article for you.
Great, as much as I think religion is stupid, it's good to see some diversity in the first family away from hard core Christian fundamentalism. Ivanka seems like a very switched on woman, so not everything Trump does is bad:)
You might want Trump to be the president of all the people, and even the majority of the voters who did not vote for him should want that, but what does the Donald want?
Seriously, aren't you wondering which of his contradictory positions and statements is what he really thinks?
My point it that it no longer matters. Nothing you say or do right between now and Jan 20 will change the fact that he got elected.
From what I know of Trump he is the worst kind of loose cannon, so no amount of guessing about his real position will help. We've already seen that he changes his mind with the weather, so we'll have to wait until he is in office, then make a call on his decisions as he makes them.
Did you express the same kind and gentle sentiments when you heard about the "My number one priority is making sure President Obama's a one-term president" meeting?
Isn't that normal for any political party? Of course they want the opposition to serve the shortest possible time in office. There are lots of problems with the GOP, but wanting the Dems to serve only one term isn't one of them.
What about when the SSD craps out? Then it's back to Apple, (or at least to a third-party shop), for an undoubtedly expensive repair job.
What happens if your SSD craps out now? How is this different?
I'm no Apple fan, I don't own any of their toys, but my daughter has an iPhone, and when it broke I found Apple support to be the best I've come across (they replaced it on the spot.)
A week in a decent Paris hotel would cost something north of $2000 by itself. Airfare for two people is $1400. Meals and incidentals probably another $1000 or more.
Paris done in a civilized manner is $4500, probably $5000 if you were honest.
Hotels are the big ticket item which is why AirBNB is so popular.
I stayed here which is nicer than most hotels I've stayed in. Cost was $160USD/night
I don't give a shit how butthurt all the liberals are over it. They nominated a person who had all the negatives of a Liberal with absolutely none of the positives. Hopefully they'll evaluate how they got where they are and think about changing.
This is the silver lining from this. The Dems should be so shocked by this loss that wholesale changes are made to clean house.
I found it hard to get an intelligent opinion from a Trump supporter, but I heard one the other day that made me think. She said Trump is a representation of true democracy. The Republicans hated his guts, yet still let him run because their process is democratic. The media hated him, but people still voted for him, This is the power of a real democracy right there. Even when everyone hates you, you still win.
The Dems Superdelegate concept is utterly undemocratic and it cost them the election, so a Trump win is a win for democracy.
I'd imagine that a lot of people are like me -- they like the idea of having the option to upgrade, but don't actually *need* to upgrade so a non-upgradable laptop isn't all that unattractive.
And I'm one of them. I'm also one of the people that bitched loudly when Apple released products with no changeable battery, memory card etc, but I can't remember the last time I upgraded anything. My highest turnover item is my phone, and I get about 3 years out of that. The last one cost $800 which is less than $1/day. It's not worth worrying with upgrades for that minimal outlay.
He is hiring precisely the kind of people he claimed he'd kick out.
But anyone with a brain knew this would happen, so it's hardly news. We know exactly how this plays out. He gets his crony mates in, and they makes themselves even richer, the country ends up in the toilet, and he'll probably end up impeached at some point. But there's not really much we can do about that until Jan 20.
Well this is where Trump is different, because unlike every other politician that believes you should be held accountable and keep your word, Trump believes none of this, and he's happy to make stuff up and change his mind every day. This is a whole new paradigm shift which is why traditional media reporting isn't working on him. They are trying to apply dog training rules to a cat, and it will only lead to disappointment.
Meanwhile, Trump's daughter, son in law, and grandchildren are Jewish.
Ok I can't claim to know how the Jewish thing works, but I thought it could only be passed down from the mother? ie you can't be Jewish if just your father is Jewish etc? Or have I confused that with something else?
Democratic process? People go and vote, one person, one vote to be counted. Is it then fair, to filter those votes by state through another element - electoral college
Everyone knew the rules going in, sounds a bit sore loser-ish to complain after the fact.
One example: Deport "illegal" aliens in whatever great numbers...
If they are illegal then they should be deported. What point is a law if you don't act on it?
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And only 3 hours since the last story, and 18 hours since the one before that.
This is supposed to be news for nerds, not news for Kardashian groupies...
All despite smart people like you telling others how stupid they are,
Exactly this. I was one of them, but Trump victory shows we all got it wrong, so I am now prepared to adjust my opinion.
A lot of Slashdotters are idiots, so it would be foolish to assume any support for him in here is because they are smart.
The funny thing about intelligence is the very thing you need to recognise it, is the same thing you may not have. So how can you be sure?
for example, and Trump has had to declare bankruptcy repeatedly because he cannot cook up a successful business venture. He only knows how to profit from others' suffering during their failure.
Yet here he is, extremely wealthy, and soon to be the most powerful man in the world. That doesn't sound like failure to me. How does your career compare?
Money without effort.
Yes, much like the benefits you receive from a stable democratic government that required no effort from you for the first 18 years of your life. So you get it now...
the "fall" of the empire wasn't a single concrete event like the fall of Nazi Germany or the end of the Ming Dynasty but a gradual process.
No-one said it was. But it did fall, just like a gently flowing creek finds it's way from mountain to sea. Just because it didn't happen in one day, doesn't mean it didn't happen at all.
Back to the original context, are we reaching peak American Empire? This doesn't mean we all wake up tomorrow living in caves, but on the surface the fall appears to have begun.
I suspect that it was something other than taste. The "typical" farm animals bred for meat are easy to feed. There are still parts of the world where sheep and cows are allowed to graze, with the food coming for free (to the shepherd/farmer). Also, these animals tend to have a lot more meat per "hoof" than dogs and other animals.
Nope, as I said I've tried a few different types. Here in Australia Kangaroos, Camels, and Rabbits are pretty much free to breed, but they don't taste so good so there isn't much market for them. From the non-mammals, there is snakes and crocodiles, and of course insects, but none of them have the same sweet taste as the regular beasts.
Depends on the situation. But extremely low dividends aren't much different from no dividends.
There's two paybacks from investing, dividends and capital gain. Apple shares, like the new energy industry has experienced massive capital gain.
Irrelevant. Saying something is a two trillion dollar industry while ignoring the massive subsidies, isn't a serious observation.
Right, so why do you insist that fossil fuel is so good then?
Why indeed the double standards? The actual subsidies for oil are significantly lower when you compare like to like.
Well compare away. I notice an obvious lack of examples here so I'll start:
Every war ever fought in the middle east.
7 million deaths each and every year for free, pretty much a WW2 every decade.
Now your turn.
You do realize that isn't currently true?
Yes, do you realise why subsidies exist?
You know racism isn't only expressed by saying loudly that you hate the nigs (spelling to counter stupid slashdot free speech filter) Why even raise race if it doesn't matter?
What is the difference between a dog and a pig as a source of protein.
The same as most animals. We choose Cows, Pigs, Chickens and Sheep because they taste the best (I've tried heaps of different mammal meat and always come back to the usual suspects).
Why do you think that renewables haven't been sufficiently pursued?
When you do decide to sell your Apple shares? If your investment is still paying dividends then there's no reason to change your position.
Whose $2 trillion was that again? If I threw $2 trillion of public funds at stamp collecting, I imagine I could get a lot of awesome stamp collecting.
When your stamps create cleaner and cheaper energy, ie one of the most critical resources used in human history then get back to me.
If this market can survive on its own, then fine. But it's funny how much subsidies it consumes.
Compared to the trillions that the fossil fuels have accumulated over more than a century in subsidies it is peanuts. And it will deliver much higher ROI. Why the double standards?
Well if you're going to be pedantic, so am I. Only the WESTERN Roman empire fell in 473AD. The EASTERN Roman empire (which includes most of the territory you mentioned) survived for another thousand years as the Byzantine empire.
But still fell and then turned to shit, which is the point...
And "Ancient Rome" wasn't just Italy, it also includes what is now ISIS held territory, and parts of the former Soviet Union. So the fall of Rome wasn't so good for a lot of it's inhabitants...
Seriously, fucking give up with Facebook stories, we know it's shit so leave us in peace.
Is Slashdot getting paid to keep Facebook on the front page, it sure seems that way....
Yes but my point is that by bitching and moaning about speculation, it makes you sound just as bad.
He says a lot of stuff he never does, so maybe, just maybe we should take what he says with a grain of salt?
If it turns out that he does do crazy shit, then sure open fire on all barrels. But merely speculating on his actions based on what he says, when he has a massive reputation for cheap talk, seems like a recipe for failure.
Trump knows how to play the game, and making his enemies cry wolf to dissolve their credibility seems to be working well.
This is about how stupid you have to be to believe that Trump will help you if you are not already wealthy.
A lot of Slashdotters are above average wealth, so it would be foolish to assume any support for him in here is because they are stupid...
Dam you can't edit posts in slashdot. I should have done a minutes googling but his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump converted when she married a Jewish man. Again an obligatory wikipedia article for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Great, as much as I think religion is stupid, it's good to see some diversity in the first family away from hard core Christian fundamentalism. Ivanka seems like a very switched on woman, so not everything Trump does is bad :)
You might want Trump to be the president of all the people, and even the majority of the voters who did not vote for him should want that, but what does the Donald want?
Seriously, aren't you wondering which of his contradictory positions and statements is what he really thinks?
My point it that it no longer matters. Nothing you say or do right between now and Jan 20 will change the fact that he got elected.
From what I know of Trump he is the worst kind of loose cannon, so no amount of guessing about his real position will help. We've already seen that he changes his mind with the weather, so we'll have to wait until he is in office, then make a call on his decisions as he makes them.
Did you express the same kind and gentle sentiments when you heard about the "My number one priority is making sure President Obama's a one-term president" meeting?
Isn't that normal for any political party? Of course they want the opposition to serve the shortest possible time in office. There are lots of problems with the GOP, but wanting the Dems to serve only one term isn't one of them.
What about when the SSD craps out? Then it's back to Apple, (or at least to a third-party shop), for an undoubtedly expensive repair job.
What happens if your SSD craps out now? How is this different?
I'm no Apple fan, I don't own any of their toys, but my daughter has an iPhone, and when it broke I found Apple support to be the best I've come across (they replaced it on the spot.)
A week in a decent Paris hotel would cost something north of $2000 by itself. Airfare for two people is $1400. Meals and incidentals probably another $1000 or more.
Paris done in a civilized manner is $4500, probably $5000 if you were honest.
Hotels are the big ticket item which is why AirBNB is so popular.
I stayed here which is nicer than most hotels I've stayed in. Cost was $160USD/night
I don't give a shit how butthurt all the liberals are over it. They nominated a person who had all the negatives of a Liberal with absolutely none of the positives. Hopefully they'll evaluate how they got where they are and think about changing.
This is the silver lining from this. The Dems should be so shocked by this loss that wholesale changes are made to clean house.
I found it hard to get an intelligent opinion from a Trump supporter, but I heard one the other day that made me think. She said Trump is a representation of true democracy. The Republicans hated his guts, yet still let him run because their process is democratic. The media hated him, but people still voted for him, This is the power of a real democracy right there. Even when everyone hates you, you still win. The Dems Superdelegate concept is utterly undemocratic and it cost them the election, so a Trump win is a win for democracy.
I'd imagine that a lot of people are like me -- they like the idea of having the option to upgrade, but don't actually *need* to upgrade so a non-upgradable laptop isn't all that unattractive.
And I'm one of them. I'm also one of the people that bitched loudly when Apple released products with no changeable battery, memory card etc, but I can't remember the last time I upgraded anything. My highest turnover item is my phone, and I get about 3 years out of that. The last one cost $800 which is less than $1/day. It's not worth worrying with upgrades for that minimal outlay.
He is hiring precisely the kind of people he claimed he'd kick out.
But anyone with a brain knew this would happen, so it's hardly news. We know exactly how this plays out. He gets his crony mates in, and they makes themselves even richer, the country ends up in the toilet, and he'll probably end up impeached at some point. But there's not really much we can do about that until Jan 20.
Well this is where Trump is different, because unlike every other politician that believes you should be held accountable and keep your word, Trump believes none of this, and he's happy to make stuff up and change his mind every day. This is a whole new paradigm shift which is why traditional media reporting isn't working on him. They are trying to apply dog training rules to a cat, and it will only lead to disappointment.
Meanwhile, Trump's daughter, son in law, and grandchildren are Jewish.
Ok I can't claim to know how the Jewish thing works, but I thought it could only be passed down from the mother? ie you can't be Jewish if just your father is Jewish etc? Or have I confused that with something else?
Democratic process? People go and vote, one person, one vote to be counted. Is it then fair, to filter those votes by state through another element - electoral college
Everyone knew the rules going in, sounds a bit sore loser-ish to complain after the fact.
One example: Deport "illegal" aliens in whatever great numbers...
If they are illegal then they should be deported. What point is a law if you don't act on it?