I bought a 60$ android tablet that lasted for a year. The thing that makes something cheap is not only how much it costs but how long it lasts. People seem to forget this.
Let's say that I live in a society where there's a lottery. In the lottery you can either win and become "king for a week" or die. Many people join the lottery, most die, but some become "king for a week". Some would say that the guy who won "king for a week" deserves to do whatever he wants, because he took a risk. Others would say that this entire lottery system is stupid and causes deaths, either through losing or through a king's misdeeds. In my eyes, this system is what unrestrained capitalism is. I do believe that financial success is a function of talent, but it is also a function of luck, the same luck that can put you in the street. I am not sure we need to live in a world with such a violent lottery.
I meant cheat, as in "doing sexual things with others that your partner doesn't want to". While this definitely includes fucking others when you claim you don't, it also includes some cases of swinging where one partner (surprisingly, in my 40+ circles, it's usually the female one) coerces the other into going along with it.
My argument was not for limiting freedom of speech, I said that limitation against racism makes more sense than against sex (and maybe both don't make much sense). We have no argument.
I am not sure whether racist speech should be limited or not. I am sure that I prefer limiting racist speech over limiting sexual content (assuming consent). I don't get it what's up with you americans and sexuality.
This is one of the scariest comments I've read here in a while. I actually remember that in very old books (Zamiatin) that I read, when someone wanted to describe a bully's character as lazy, he said that "all he does all day except for beating people is sit at home and read thrillers".
Most feminists that I've met, at least those proclaiming themselves as such, repeatedly used the word "equality", but in fact strongly preferred women to men, leftists to rightists, minorities to whites, etc. Hell, some of them even defended a minority poet when girls accused him of harassment. Some of them actually helped him sue these girls for defamation.
Maybe you got to meet other feminists than me, but around me, most feminism is just a pseudo enlightened form of conservatism and sexism, only slightly modified. I admit that it is possible that this is because I live in a conservative religious state, where even "feminists" and "leftists" are strongly effected by religion.
If it helps in any way, I'm aware that feminism wasn't always like this, and I'd guess that in europe it's probably less like this. I keep hearing stories like mine from the US, sure, most of them come from alt-right, but even if 25% of them are true, I think that there are many of these types in the US as well.
I believe that in conservative places, feminism is in danger of just becoming a tool of conservatists.
I was sexually assaulted as a 10 year old. When saying it to feminists they will repeatedly say "you are a man, it does not count". But thanks for wishing me another assault, it sure as hell shows how behind your "feminist" facade you are just another person wishing for someone to be assaulted. I guess that because I'm a man it makes it ok.
I'm sorry, but the subject can easily be rephrased as: "People were talking about their sex lifes and smoking drugs. They laughed at some workers who did not participate, and some of them were women."
This would be much more neutral. But then again, I suspect that the conversavtist-feminist alliance is not interested in that, but only in presenting sex/drugs/anything-remotely-adventerous as evil. It will start with the workplace, but one day they will also try to prevent this kind of talk in close social circles. To some extent, we already see the beginnings of that.
There's also another option, that this is real news but that the democrats won for the same reason in the past. The masses are dumb and manipulated, democracy is a lie.
Who cares about fair when the result fucks everybody? Everybody having nuclear bombs and shooting them simultaneously is also "fair" according to your "turnabout criteria", so what?
We abuse human life to bring you coffee and chocolate. In comparison to these, allowing a woman (and a man) to control their future, is much more important.
Having an interpreter appear automatically when you press ctrl-C while playing a game is pretty nice. Too bad that things are less accessible that way today.
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I bought a 60$ android tablet that lasted for a year. The thing that makes something cheap is not only how much it costs but how long it lasts. People seem to forget this.
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Let's say that I live in a society where there's a lottery. In the lottery you can either win and become "king for a week" or die. Many people join the lottery, most die, but some become "king for a week". Some would say that the guy who won "king for a week" deserves to do whatever he wants, because he took a risk. Others would say that this entire lottery system is stupid and causes deaths, either through losing or through a king's misdeeds. In my eyes, this system is what unrestrained capitalism is. I do believe that financial success is a function of talent, but it is also a function of luck, the same luck that can put you in the street. I am not sure we need to live in a world with such a violent lottery.
You could make the next Amazon if you weren't too busy worrying about stopping other people from trying because of your butthurt.
Isn't this true for you as well? Clearly, you could make the next Amazon, but for some reason you prefer to quarrel with people on slashdot.
Nah, both are evil, the Christian is just using a mostly made up Islamophilia as an excuse for his shitty behaviour.
I meant cheat, as in "doing sexual things with others that your partner doesn't want to". While this definitely includes fucking others when you claim you don't, it also includes some cases of swinging where one partner (surprisingly, in my 40+ circles, it's usually the female one) coerces the other into going along with it.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Also, many married people cheat.
My argument was not for limiting freedom of speech, I said that limitation against racism makes more sense than against sex (and maybe both don't make much sense). We have no argument.
I am not sure whether racist speech should be limited or not. I am sure that I prefer limiting racist speech over limiting sexual content (assuming consent). I don't get it what's up with you americans and sexuality.
I think that maybe some people feel that it's too crowded and want a lot of people to die.
This is one of the scariest comments I've read here in a while. I actually remember that in very old books (Zamiatin) that I read, when someone wanted to describe a bully's character as lazy, he said that "all he does all day except for beating people is sit at home and read thrillers".
I'm Israeli and against returning to the old borders, but I still think that what you just wrote is stupid propoganda.
C is also one of the better languages to use if you want a deterministic behavior of your code
Two words, undefined behavior.
Women can rape men. If you rub it, it will stand. If it stands, you can ride it. If you are strong enough, or the man is very drunk, he can't move.
Most feminists that I've met, at least those proclaiming themselves as such, repeatedly used the word "equality", but in fact strongly preferred women to men, leftists to rightists, minorities to whites, etc. Hell, some of them even defended a minority poet when girls accused him of harassment. Some of them actually helped him sue these girls for defamation.
Maybe you got to meet other feminists than me, but around me, most feminism is just a pseudo enlightened form of conservatism and sexism, only slightly modified. I admit that it is possible that this is because I live in a conservative religious state, where even "feminists" and "leftists" are strongly effected by religion.
If it helps in any way, I'm aware that feminism wasn't always like this, and I'd guess that in europe it's probably less like this. I keep hearing stories like mine from the US, sure, most of them come from alt-right, but even if 25% of them are true, I think that there are many of these types in the US as well.
I believe that in conservative places, feminism is in danger of just becoming a tool of conservatists.
I was sexually assaulted as a 10 year old. When saying it to feminists they will repeatedly say "you are a man, it does not count". But thanks for wishing me another assault, it sure as hell shows how behind your "feminist" facade you are just another person wishing for someone to be assaulted. I guess that because I'm a man it makes it ok.
I'm sorry, but the subject can easily be rephrased as:
"People were talking about their sex lifes and smoking drugs. They laughed at some workers who did not participate, and some of them were women."
This would be much more neutral. But then again, I suspect that the conversavtist-feminist alliance is not interested in that, but only in presenting sex/drugs/anything-remotely-adventerous as evil. It will start with the workplace, but one day they will also try to prevent this kind of talk in close social circles. To some extent, we already see the beginnings of that.
There's also another option, that this is real news but that the democrats won for the same reason in the past. The masses are dumb and manipulated, democracy is a lie.
Who cares about fair when the result fucks everybody? Everybody having nuclear bombs and shooting them simultaneously is also "fair" according to your "turnabout criteria", so what?
If I remember correctly, nobody actually managed to prove that any of the cryptographic problems in use today are NP complete.
I was educated from a young age that "burgers are poison". Good conditioning solves this problem, at least partially.
We abuse human life to bring you coffee and chocolate. In comparison to these, allowing a woman (and a man) to control their future, is much more important.
Feminists will resist this, because it will reduce their bargaining power.
I really liked the logo translations. As a child it was very useful to be able to program in hebrew, when my english was developing.
Having an interpreter appear automatically when you press ctrl-C while playing a game is pretty nice. Too bad that things are less accessible that way today.