'Ideology', my ass. The only 'ideology' I have is that we stop burning fossil fuels before it's too gods-be-damned late to reverse the damage we're doing with it.
Wind and solar are fine but they're not dependable. Building huge battery banks to store off-peak capacity is only practical up to a point, beyond which it starts creating more carbon footprint than it prevents. Other storage techniques aren't necessarily that great either. Nuclear of any design isn't pefect either and has drawbacks but it's better than continuing to burn fossil fuels and will tide us over until there's an even better alternative than any of the above. Fusion power may be closer than anyone thinks. For all we know physicists might make a discovery in the forseeable future that opens the door to something better. In the meantime we have to keep things going without trashing the entire ecosphere. How is keeping an open mind a bad thing? How is having a closed mind a good thing? Are you a God? Omniscent? Prescient? Or are you just giving in to hardwired caveman instincts? Not even intended as an insult, just trying to get you to think.
Nuclear is done, it's more expensive than the alternatives with greater risk for catastrophe.
Gee, I wonder how many technologies over the last 200 years have had the same exact things said about them by other 'exasperated geniuses' like you who additionally are so overwhelmingly arrogant that they unironically think they not only know everything, but that they're capable of seeing all possible futures and therefore should be taken on their word unquestioningly? Meanwhile, there 'geniuses' like me (LOL, as if I actually think that!) counseling an open-minded approach that preserves the possibility that new approaches to nuclear power can be developed (and, again, by the way, they are).
..oh, and by the way? I'm one of the people who voted for the closure of Rancho Seco back in the 80's, and as you can see I have recanted that. Perhaps you should, too.
I'm astounded at how little people comprehend -- or even completely read -- what people write.
I already said the current designs aren't great, there are better ones, and potentially better technologies (e.g. thorium) but like too many you don't see to READ WHAT I WROTE and that annoys me.
Unlike this guy who commented below you, I don't automatically assume that someone who votes Republican, and specifically voted for Trump, has room-temperature IQ. Some of them did it out of spite, disappointment, and bitterness, which is not excusable, but at least understandable. Smart people do dumb things all the time; that's just how our primitive little species is at this point in it's development, our intellect doesn't always win out over our hardwired responses and emotions. These are the people I think are looking at Trump and realizing what a mistake it's all been and how much they want to take it back now.
If it's not from a number I recognize I don't answer the phone. If they don't leave a voicemail of some sort then it must not have been important, or it was just some scam call I would have hung up on anyway. Too many abuses of the telephone system anymore, has been this way for at least 20 years or so. Frankly if I thought I could get along completely without a phone then I wouldn't even have one at all.
Natural gas is a stop-gap, but it's a better stop-gap than coal is. Nuclear needs to be un-demonized, but rather than the over-complicated, high-pressure reactor designs we've got now, we need a 21st century upgrade to newer, better designs that are less expensive and safer -- and these exist. I also personally think that thorium reactors should be given a serious look, but I know I'm in the minority there.
Yes, but in spite of all his bluster and repeating himself ad infinitum about any number of things that are complete and utter nonsense, he has to do whatever he has to, regardless of the consequences to the country and everyone in it, to retain the support of his voter base. Without them, he's got nothing. So he'll fuck over the economy, fuck over all citizens, and fuck over the environment, to appease those who voted for him. Little does he know that many of them are capable of looking past the ends of their own noses and will see that things like this that he does will have far-reaching negative effects -- and ironically he'll lose supporters anyway. He's a train wreck, has been all along, and isn't showing any signs of changing.
Well it's 'six of one half dozen of the other' as the old saying goes then, because if we can't take away the potential for media fame to sick minded potential school shooters because it infringes on the 1st Amendment, then some other Constitutional freedoms get curtailed trying to protect schools from these jackasses: school hallways with armed guards, metal detectors and bag searches, and kids not being able to make an innocent joke remark without getting suspended or expelled from the school. Which is better, really? Or should I say, which is less bad? The only even remotely positive thing here is that the potential sick-o's who can be triggered to commit violent acts are being brought out of the woods and can be dealt with, but chances are that if not triggered they'd go through their lives never committing a violent act of any kind. So I guess there really is no good solution?
Think about it: They have to 'lie and hide' what they're collecting and what they do with it because if they explained to everyone up-front in plain english, nobody in their right mind would click 'OK' and agree to it.
I don't use 'social media' because it's unnecessary bullshit and my privacy is worth quite a bit to me, and furthermore I think at this point if anyone is still using Facebook then they're foolish. Back in the day I had a Livejournal account and I paid to use it. I don't have that anymore and I would rather have my right arm cut off at the shoulder than subject myself to the invasion of privacy that ANY so-called 'social media' site commits against it's users, EULA or no EULA. It's not necessary. If you're really motivated to 'keep up' with people you know then you can damned well email them, or (shocker!) PHONE them once in a while, or (shocker!) VISIT with them in person. THAT is being 'social', not any of this bullshit on the Internet.
We don't need 'protectionism', we need companies to honor experience and expertise and pay for it, rather than pay some young idiots just out of school who don't know a goddamned thing about how the real world works, because they're naive and will accept low pay just to have a job.
Simple: every last thing you post there is data-mined to within an inch of it's life and used to create a profile of you that they SELL to advertisers and whoever else can pay for it (like Cambridge Analytica, for instance) so they can leverage you into behaving the way THEY want you to (to buy things you otherwise wouldn't buy, or vote the way they want you to vote, or whatever). Furthermore you probably stay logged in even when you're not on Facebook.com itself, so every Facebook icon you see on the Internet is also allowing Facebook to record the fact that you're visiting whatever website it is -- and that goes in your behavioral profile, too, so they can sell that information. Even if you're not logged in to Facebook those icons still report your IP address, which can be linked back to you, which means they can still log your access to all websites you visit that have Facebook icons, so they still log and track your data and usage and internet history, and there's nothing you can do to stop that. Next they also sift through your emails and private Facebook messages for more data. They look through any photos you post for more data. Someone tags you in a photo they posted, that's more data. Even if you're not tagged, they use facial recognition to ID you anyway, so it's still more data for them to sell. And so on, and so on, and so on. Facebook is just one gigantic surveillance and data collection site designed specifically to collect as much data on you as possible, which they then analyze to create a behavioral profile of you which they sell to advertisers and whoever else is willing to pay for that very-much-personal data from you, so they can in one way or another influence your thought processes and behavior in ways that benefit them either financially (sales) or socio-politically (who you vote for, what you vote for, your opinions on socio-political issues, etc). If you're really comfortable with being under the microscope every time you use the Internet and being manipulated in ways you may not even understand are manipulation, then you're a fool and no one can help you, but I at least have tried to make you understand it so your eyes will be open.
Listen, I don't claim to have the whole solution, but it's clear to me that the subsequent shooters are being emboldened by the previous ones, and are also seeking validation/fame. They AT LEAST need to not sensationalize these news stories, better yet not report on them AT ALL. The fewer sick minds there are that think they too can be famous, the better; can we at least agree on that? I honestly believe there is an element of narcissism to this.
Of course they don't want to update anything. How are they supposed to convince you that your 1-year-old phone is now outdated garbage and that you must buy a new one if you don't want to be left behind? Never mind that the old phones end up crunched into little toxic bits and shipped off by the tonne to some asian country to be 'recycled' (as if !) only this fiscal quarters' profits matter; the environment is someone else's problem.
You don't agree with me? Here's my reasoning: First take a look at this article and see what the shooter had to say in his videos before the shooting took place. He's clearly looking forward to the attention and notoriety he's going to get from it. This is the way the minds of these sick fucks work: they think they've been wronged, they think the world owes them, they think that they're going to be 'heroes' when they commit their act of mass murder, and even though they're likely going to either be shot to death by police or die in prison, they're basking in the attention and the idea that they'll be the stars of the press for weeks and months. Each school shooter that is publicized is enabling the next shooter, and so on, and so on, as they all want their shot at fame and glory; WE NEED TO DENY THEM THAT.
There needs to be a gag order in place on these. The press needs to be denied access to information. The arrests, the trials, they all need to be closed-door with gag orders in place so the proceedings are entirely secret. When they put them in prison, it needs to be done silently, they need to be put in solitary permanently, not allowed to talk to ANYONE so there's no leaks. If there is no payoff to the shooters then my theory is most of the shootings won't happen because there won't be any reward for doing it.
I find this 'World Health Organization' to be very questionable about any number of things they put in press releases; most of it sounds like they have a political agenda more than they have 'information to share' with the world. Wouldn't be the first time some group of influential intellectuals decided that they know what's best for our species and therefore have the right to 'guide' it.
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'Ideology', my ass. The only 'ideology' I have is that we stop burning fossil fuels before it's too gods-be-damned late to reverse the damage we're doing with it.
Wind and solar are fine but they're not dependable. Building huge battery banks to store off-peak capacity is only practical up to a point, beyond which it starts creating more carbon footprint than it prevents. Other storage techniques aren't necessarily that great either. Nuclear of any design isn't pefect either and has drawbacks but it's better than continuing to burn fossil fuels and will tide us over until there's an even better alternative than any of the above. Fusion power may be closer than anyone thinks. For all we know physicists might make a discovery in the forseeable future that opens the door to something better. In the meantime we have to keep things going without trashing the entire ecosphere. How is keeping an open mind a bad thing? How is having a closed mind a good thing? Are you a God? Omniscent? Prescient? Or are you just giving in to hardwired caveman instincts? Not even intended as an insult, just trying to get you to think.
Nuclear is done, it's more expensive than the alternatives with greater risk for catastrophe.
Gee, I wonder how many technologies over the last 200 years have had the same exact things said about them by other 'exasperated geniuses' like you who additionally are so overwhelmingly arrogant that they unironically think they not only know everything, but that they're capable of seeing all possible futures and therefore should be taken on their word unquestioningly? Meanwhile, there 'geniuses' like me (LOL, as if I actually think that!) counseling an open-minded approach that preserves the possibility that new approaches to nuclear power can be developed (and, again, by the way, they are).
..oh, and by the way? I'm one of the people who voted for the closure of Rancho Seco back in the 80's, and as you can see I have recanted that. Perhaps you should, too.
I'm astounded at how little people comprehend -- or even completely read -- what people write.
I already said the current designs aren't great, there are better ones, and potentially better technologies (e.g. thorium) but like too many you don't see to READ WHAT I WROTE and that annoys me.
I'm making a face right now because I more-or-less said exactly what you just said but you apparently didn't see or comprehend that. :p
Unlike this guy who commented below you, I don't automatically assume that someone who votes Republican, and specifically voted for Trump, has room-temperature IQ. Some of them did it out of spite, disappointment, and bitterness, which is not excusable, but at least understandable. Smart people do dumb things all the time; that's just how our primitive little species is at this point in it's development, our intellect doesn't always win out over our hardwired responses and emotions. These are the people I think are looking at Trump and realizing what a mistake it's all been and how much they want to take it back now.
If it's not from a number I recognize I don't answer the phone. If they don't leave a voicemail of some sort then it must not have been important, or it was just some scam call I would have hung up on anyway. Too many abuses of the telephone system anymore, has been this way for at least 20 years or so. Frankly if I thought I could get along completely without a phone then I wouldn't even have one at all.
Natural gas is a stop-gap, but it's a better stop-gap than coal is. Nuclear needs to be un-demonized, but rather than the over-complicated, high-pressure reactor designs we've got now, we need a 21st century upgrade to newer, better designs that are less expensive and safer -- and these exist. I also personally think that thorium reactors should be given a serious look, but I know I'm in the minority there.
Yes, but in spite of all his bluster and repeating himself ad infinitum about any number of things that are complete and utter nonsense, he has to do whatever he has to, regardless of the consequences to the country and everyone in it, to retain the support of his voter base. Without them, he's got nothing. So he'll fuck over the economy, fuck over all citizens, and fuck over the environment, to appease those who voted for him. Little does he know that many of them are capable of looking past the ends of their own noses and will see that things like this that he does will have far-reaching negative effects -- and ironically he'll lose supporters anyway. He's a train wreck, has been all along, and isn't showing any signs of changing.
Well it's 'six of one half dozen of the other' as the old saying goes then, because if we can't take away the potential for media fame to sick minded potential school shooters because it infringes on the 1st Amendment, then some other Constitutional freedoms get curtailed trying to protect schools from these jackasses: school hallways with armed guards, metal detectors and bag searches, and kids not being able to make an innocent joke remark without getting suspended or expelled from the school. Which is better, really? Or should I say, which is less bad? The only even remotely positive thing here is that the potential sick-o's who can be triggered to commit violent acts are being brought out of the woods and can be dealt with, but chances are that if not triggered they'd go through their lives never committing a violent act of any kind. So I guess there really is no good solution?
Think about it: They have to 'lie and hide' what they're collecting and what they do with it because if they explained to everyone up-front in plain english, nobody in their right mind would click 'OK' and agree to it.
Then don't have one, or put it away in a drawer or closet when you're not using it.
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The rest is up to the software I run on it.
I don't use 'social media' because it's unnecessary bullshit and my privacy is worth quite a bit to me, and furthermore I think at this point if anyone is still using Facebook then they're foolish. Back in the day I had a Livejournal account and I paid to use it. I don't have that anymore and I would rather have my right arm cut off at the shoulder than subject myself to the invasion of privacy that ANY so-called 'social media' site commits against it's users, EULA or no EULA. It's not necessary. If you're really motivated to 'keep up' with people you know then you can damned well email them, or (shocker!) PHONE them once in a while, or (shocker!) VISIT with them in person. THAT is being 'social', not any of this bullshit on the Internet.
You should be against targeted ads because your privacy is being violated one way or another in order to target you.
We don't need 'protectionism', we need companies to honor experience and expertise and pay for it, rather than pay some young idiots just out of school who don't know a goddamned thing about how the real world works, because they're naive and will accept low pay just to have a job.
Simple: every last thing you post there is data-mined to within an inch of it's life and used to create a profile of you that they SELL to advertisers and whoever else can pay for it (like Cambridge Analytica, for instance) so they can leverage you into behaving the way THEY want you to (to buy things you otherwise wouldn't buy, or vote the way they want you to vote, or whatever). Furthermore you probably stay logged in even when you're not on Facebook.com itself, so every Facebook icon you see on the Internet is also allowing Facebook to record the fact that you're visiting whatever website it is -- and that goes in your behavioral profile, too, so they can sell that information. Even if you're not logged in to Facebook those icons still report your IP address, which can be linked back to you, which means they can still log your access to all websites you visit that have Facebook icons, so they still log and track your data and usage and internet history, and there's nothing you can do to stop that. Next they also sift through your emails and private Facebook messages for more data. They look through any photos you post for more data. Someone tags you in a photo they posted, that's more data. Even if you're not tagged, they use facial recognition to ID you anyway, so it's still more data for them to sell. And so on, and so on, and so on. Facebook is just one gigantic surveillance and data collection site designed specifically to collect as much data on you as possible, which they then analyze to create a behavioral profile of you which they sell to advertisers and whoever else is willing to pay for that very-much-personal data from you, so they can in one way or another influence your thought processes and behavior in ways that benefit them either financially (sales) or socio-politically (who you vote for, what you vote for, your opinions on socio-political issues, etc). If you're really comfortable with being under the microscope every time you use the Internet and being manipulated in ways you may not even understand are manipulation, then you're a fool and no one can help you, but I at least have tried to make you understand it so your eyes will be open.
No, actually the first question that comes to mind is, why the ever-loving fuck would you use Facebook at all in the first place?
Listen, I don't claim to have the whole solution, but it's clear to me that the subsequent shooters are being emboldened by the previous ones, and are also seeking validation/fame. They AT LEAST need to not sensationalize these news stories, better yet not report on them AT ALL. The fewer sick minds there are that think they too can be famous, the better; can we at least agree on that? I honestly believe there is an element of narcissism to this.
Of course they don't want to update anything. How are they supposed to convince you that your 1-year-old phone is now outdated garbage and that you must buy a new one if you don't want to be left behind? Never mind that the old phones end up crunched into little toxic bits and shipped off by the tonne to some asian country to be 'recycled' (as if !) only this fiscal quarters' profits matter; the environment is someone else's problem.
Stop publicizing school shootings!
You don't agree with me? Here's my reasoning: First take a look at this article and see what the shooter had to say in his videos before the shooting took place. He's clearly looking forward to the attention and notoriety he's going to get from it. This is the way the minds of these sick fucks work: they think they've been wronged, they think the world owes them, they think that they're going to be 'heroes' when they commit their act of mass murder, and even though they're likely going to either be shot to death by police or die in prison, they're basking in the attention and the idea that they'll be the stars of the press for weeks and months. Each school shooter that is publicized is enabling the next shooter, and so on, and so on, as they all want their shot at fame and glory; WE NEED TO DENY THEM THAT.
There needs to be a gag order in place on these. The press needs to be denied access to information. The arrests, the trials, they all need to be closed-door with gag orders in place so the proceedings are entirely secret. When they put them in prison, it needs to be done silently, they need to be put in solitary permanently, not allowed to talk to ANYONE so there's no leaks. If there is no payoff to the shooters then my theory is most of the shootings won't happen because there won't be any reward for doing it.
I find this 'World Health Organization' to be very questionable about any number of things they put in press releases; most of it sounds like they have a political agenda more than they have 'information to share' with the world. Wouldn't be the first time some group of influential intellectuals decided that they know what's best for our species and therefore have the right to 'guide' it.
Fuck off
Oh for fucks sake get off your high horse and substitute whatever names you want in there I really DGAF.
Why the actual fuck am I modded down to -1 Troll for this? Makes no sense.
You mean 'unify the pseudo-intelligence garbage they pass off as AI'? Great, just what the world needs: standardized garbage.