While in a predominantly white neighborhood, being any color other than white is going to instantly make you a person of interest. ( Like it or not )
The same is true for a white tourist in Mexico, a group of teens roaming around a neighborhood at 3am or a white guy walking through South Central LA. Hell, if I spot a vehicle on my street I don't recognize, they get my full attention until I know what they're doing here.
It isn't racism.
It's simply realizing something is out of place. ( Which, by default, SHOULD warrant some extra attention on your part. )
A freeway full of gridlocked traffic and their " fix " isn't to improve the freeway but rather build a Toll Road which allows you to bypass all that gridlock. For a price of course.
Once the Toll Road becomes saturated with traffic as well, the fix is to simply build another Toll Road:|
I originally included how much Slashdot has gone downhill over the years devolving to the point of where it stands today. However, since bitching about Slashdot on an article discussing Reddit seemed pointless, I decided to remove that portion of my reply.
But since you mentioned it. . . . .:D
Slashdot certainly has a troll problem without a doubt, but it pales in comparison to what Reddit is.
Reddit makes Slashdot look downright classy.:|
Though, I will admit, the thought did cross my mind of deleting my account here on Slashdot the same day I wiped it on Reddit. The reason being is you have to wade through too much shit-posting ( usually Trump or APK ) to find any meaningful replies on any given topic on Slashdot anymore.
It has become a rather sad shadow of its former self I think.
It's nearly impossible to have any sort of civil discussion there since anything posted either:
1) Gets removed by the moderators because your opinion doesn't align with their own or 2) You just get banned by the moderators because your opinion doesn't align with their own
The moderators basically control the microphone. I liken it to folks calling in to some talk show host thinking they're going to argue with the host on the air when they can silence you with the push of a button.
IF the moderators don't get you, the users themselves will down vote into oblivion any opinion that clashes with the echo chamber group think.
Like all overpopulated species, Nature will take care of it.
It won't be pleasant or pretty, but it will happen.
Folks will either start starving to death / dehydration or a disease will wipe out a significant number due to high population density. You see it in any species who overpopulate an area. Too many mouths to feed and not enough food / water.
There have ALWAYS been guns in America. They have even been in the hands of kids without issue. Hell, we ran around as kids playing War. Shot fireworks and paintballs at each other. Did stupid kid stuff.
Only recently ( since Columbine ) have mass shootings in schools become a problem. The availability of guns isn't the issue based on the above, but that is a discussion for another time.
Kids who " talk " about doing shit like this fall into one of two categories:
1) They're too stupid / young to realize how bat-shit-crazy some folks will become after hearing it or 2) They know full well how bat-shit-crazy some folks will become after hearing it and it's THE reason they said it
To some degree, fine, give the kiddo some extra observation for a while and maybe a session with a psychologist, but let's not go full Swat Team over something stupid said by a 13 year old.
While I'm obviously preaching to the choir here, why do you think everyone and their brother wants you to use their " app " instead of a simple webpage ? They like to pretend it's for your " convenience ". Remember this story the next time you decide to download that " free " app.
For those who have yet to understand this: Nothing is free. Everything comes with a price.
Sometimes, it just isn't quite so obvious what that price is.
I don't think most folks understand the goal here.
It isn't about putting Trump in prison. This " investigation " is going to continue and will be front and center when the 2020 election rolls around. This is all about doing to Team Red what they did to Team Blue.
You can replace " Hillary Email Server " with " Trump Russian Collusion " and that's going to be what Team Blue is going to base their entire attack ad structure on.
If they wrap this up prior to the elections I will be genuinely surprised.
Also, for the idiots who spam Trump is going to prison on every single GD Slashdot story:
When, in the history of the US, have you EVER seen anyone from the extreme upper echelons of the USG get prison time for anything ?
until you factor in the inevitable greed variable from the Pharmaceutical Cartel. You know as well as I what they're going to do.
They'll buy it up, crank the price to the point of sheer lunacy and charge folks something like $100,000+ for the treatment.
Even if we have cures for all the diseases that ever existed, until someone regulates the GD Pharmaceutical industry, it will only be an option for the super-rich. ( I'm not about to hand over my entire life's savings to be ' cured ' only to live in financial misery the rest of my life. I'd rather die and give that money to my family. )
" Congressional members are "sick and tired of Washington and don't want to show up anymore to vote." "
You signed up for this job, either do it without whining about it or GTFO and let someone else do it instead. Don't show up to do the job ? Strip them of all retirement packages and boot them the fuck out.
You know. . . . . what happens to the rest of us when we decide not to show up for work and do the damn job.
Personally, I think most of America is sick and tired of the politicians not doing their jobs at all, regardless of where they sit.
The greatest thing that could ever happen to this country would be to replace anyone with more than eight years of Congressional service with new blood because, let's face it, the career politicians ARE the cancer that is destroying this country.
Keep this story in mind the next time you hear someone talking about how going " cashless " will be such a wonderful thing.
MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et. al. can set whatever rates and fees they want with little or no oversight / regulation today. Those fees are then passed onto the consumer.
( They can also cherry-pick what business and merchandise types are allowed through their systems )
When their CEO decides he / she doesn't like:
Adult-Industries ( porn ) Guns Women's Health Clinics $pick_your_favorite_controversial_topic
They can ( and, in the case of PayPal, some do ) simply ban those transaction types and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.
The problem with lying, and getting caught, is it tends to wreak havoc on your credibility.
After the BS they pulled with Bernie / Hillary, they are naive ( or arrogant ) to believe that anyone will ever put any faith into any story they wish to tell. The doubt will be there again in 2020 when they nominate their next candidate and you can be sure Team Red* is going to make sure everyone and their brother remembers it.
*Not that Team Red is the poster child of truthfulness, mind you, but they will surely throw some fuel on that fire.
At what point will the people decide that the only way forward is to remove the cancer that is our entrenched elected leadership and start from scratch ? It seems the only ones who have been getting screwed over for the past several decades are us . . . . .
It's a shame the US doesn't have the " No Confidence " rule to remove an incompetent / incapable government.
Of course, though it is unlikely we'll ever get it. Certainly not with the Two-Party system we have today.
Show me how things have improved for the working class in the United States since the day you were born. Take a look at how many Presidents since then have promised to " fix the world " if they get elected. Make note of how many followed through on those promises. Take a good look at where we are today.
We're basically worse off than we have ever been and you really can't pin that blame on just one guy. This incompetence goes back decades. Many, many decades.
Instead of the either / or aspect, why not the option to require both a biometric AND a passcode / pin ? If the biometric AND the pin / passcode match you get access. If either fail, you don't.
As if the definition of Beauty is not manipulated enough by magazines and digital retouching as it is.:|
Whole generations of folks striving to reach the levels of Beauty their idols achieve, clueless to the fact it is all digitally and / or makeup enhanced bullshit.
Slashdot Mirror
My firewall logs are in full agreement with you :|
While in a predominantly white neighborhood, being any color other than white is going to instantly make you a person of interest.
( Like it or not )
The same is true for a white tourist in Mexico, a group of teens roaming around a neighborhood at 3am or a white guy walking through South Central LA.
Hell, if I spot a vehicle on my street I don't recognize, they get my full attention until I know what they're doing here.
It isn't racism.
It's simply realizing something is out of place. ( Which, by default, SHOULD warrant some extra attention on your part. )
A freeway full of gridlocked traffic and their " fix " isn't to improve the freeway but rather build a Toll Road which allows you to bypass all that gridlock.
For a price of course.
Once the Toll Road becomes saturated with traffic as well, the fix is to simply build another Toll Road :|
-facepalm-
I originally included how much Slashdot has gone downhill over the years devolving to the point of where it stands today. However, since bitching about Slashdot on an article discussing Reddit seemed pointless, I decided to remove that portion of my reply.
But since you mentioned it. . . . . :D
Slashdot certainly has a troll problem without a doubt, but it pales in comparison to what Reddit is.
Reddit makes Slashdot look downright classy. :|
Though, I will admit, the thought did cross my mind of deleting my account here on Slashdot the same day I wiped it on Reddit. The reason being is you have to wade through too much shit-posting ( usually Trump or APK ) to find any meaningful replies on any given topic on Slashdot anymore.
It has become a rather sad shadow of its former self I think.
It's nearly impossible to have any sort of civil discussion there since anything posted either:
1) Gets removed by the moderators because your opinion doesn't align with their own
or
2) You just get banned by the moderators because your opinion doesn't align with their own
The moderators basically control the microphone. I liken it to folks calling in to some talk show host thinking they're going to argue with the
host on the air when they can silence you with the push of a button.
IF the moderators don't get you, the users themselves will down vote into oblivion any opinion that clashes with the echo chamber group think.
What they SAY they're doing and what they ARE doing are likely Apples and Oranges.
Like all overpopulated species, Nature will take care of it.
It won't be pleasant or pretty, but it will happen.
Folks will either start starving to death / dehydration or a disease will wipe out a significant number due to high population density.
You see it in any species who overpopulate an area. Too many mouths to feed and not enough food / water.
The resources just aren't there.
I will side with Waffle here.
There have ALWAYS been guns in America. They have even been in the hands of kids without issue.
Hell, we ran around as kids playing War. Shot fireworks and paintballs at each other. Did stupid kid stuff.
Only recently ( since Columbine ) have mass shootings in schools become a problem.
The availability of guns isn't the issue based on the above, but that is a discussion for another time.
Kids who " talk " about doing shit like this fall into one of two categories:
1) They're too stupid / young to realize how bat-shit-crazy some folks will become after hearing it
or
2) They know full well how bat-shit-crazy some folks will become after hearing it and it's THE reason they said it
To some degree, fine, give the kiddo some extra observation for a while and maybe a session with a psychologist,
but let's not go full Swat Team over something stupid said by a 13 year old.
The LHC hasn't created a black hole that eats the planet and sucked us all into another dimension.
Perhaps, out of sheer disappointment, this is the reason they are building an even larger collider :P
While I'm obviously preaching to the choir here, why do you think everyone and their brother wants you to use their " app " instead of a simple webpage ?
They like to pretend it's for your " convenience ". Remember this story the next time you decide to download that " free " app.
For those who have yet to understand this: Nothing is free. Everything comes with a price.
Sometimes, it just isn't quite so obvious what that price is.
I don't think most folks understand the goal here.
It isn't about putting Trump in prison. This " investigation " is going to continue and will be front and center when the 2020 election rolls around.
This is all about doing to Team Red what they did to Team Blue.
You can replace " Hillary Email Server " with " Trump Russian Collusion " and that's going to be what Team Blue is going to base their entire
attack ad structure on.
If they wrap this up prior to the elections I will be genuinely surprised.
Also, for the idiots who spam Trump is going to prison on every single GD Slashdot story:
When, in the history of the US, have you EVER seen anyone from the extreme upper echelons of the USG get prison time for anything ?
until you factor in the inevitable greed variable from the Pharmaceutical Cartel.
You know as well as I what they're going to do.
They'll buy it up, crank the price to the point of sheer lunacy and charge folks something like $100,000+ for the treatment.
Even if we have cures for all the diseases that ever existed, until someone regulates the GD Pharmaceutical industry, it will only be an option for the super-rich.
( I'm not about to hand over my entire life's savings to be ' cured ' only to live in financial misery the rest of my life. I'd rather die and give that money to my family. )
" Congressional members are "sick and tired of Washington and don't want to show up anymore to vote." "
You signed up for this job, either do it without whining about it or GTFO and let someone else do it instead.
Don't show up to do the job ? Strip them of all retirement packages and boot them the fuck out.
You know. . . . . what happens to the rest of us when we decide not to show up for work and do the damn job.
Personally, I think most of America is sick and tired of the politicians not doing their jobs at all, regardless of where they sit.
The greatest thing that could ever happen to this country would be to replace anyone with more than eight years of Congressional
service with new blood because, let's face it, the career politicians ARE the cancer that is destroying this country.
Keep this story in mind the next time you hear someone talking about how going " cashless " will be such a wonderful thing.
MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et. al. can set whatever rates and fees they want with little or no oversight / regulation today.
Those fees are then passed onto the consumer.
( They can also cherry-pick what business and merchandise types are allowed through their systems )
When their CEO decides he / she doesn't like:
Adult-Industries ( porn )
Guns
Women's Health Clinics
$pick_your_favorite_controversial_topic
They can ( and, in the case of PayPal, some do ) simply ban those transaction types and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.
For now, at least, cash is still an option.
The problem with lying, and getting caught, is it tends to wreak havoc on your credibility.
After the BS they pulled with Bernie / Hillary, they are naive ( or arrogant ) to believe that anyone will ever put any faith
into any story they wish to tell. The doubt will be there again in 2020 when they nominate their next candidate and you
can be sure Team Red* is going to make sure everyone and their brother remembers it.
*Not that Team Red is the poster child of truthfulness, mind you, but they will surely throw some fuel on that fire.
At what point will the people decide that the only way forward is to remove the cancer that is our entrenched elected leadership
and start from scratch ? It seems the only ones who have been getting screwed over for the past several decades are us . . . . .
It's a shame the US doesn't have the " No Confidence " rule to remove an incompetent / incapable government.
Somewhat begs the question of the accuracy of said tests doesn't it ?
A man will say anything to shift the blame onto anyone but himself when facing potential prison time.
It's the same principle as to why a " confession " under torture is unreliable.
Folks will say anything you want to hear to make the pain stop.
" Don't we deserve better?"
Of course, though it is unlikely we'll ever get it. Certainly not with the Two-Party system we have today.
Show me how things have improved for the working class in the United States since the day you were born.
Take a look at how many Presidents since then have promised to " fix the world " if they get elected.
Make note of how many followed through on those promises.
Take a good look at where we are today.
We're basically worse off than we have ever been and you really can't pin that blame on just one guy.
This incompetence goes back decades. Many, many decades.
"You are an idiot if you think on-line polls are accurate. Most on-line polls simply record the actions of spam bots."
Not even limited to online polls.
If CNN goes out and takes a " random " poll anything Trump related, can you predict what the overwhelming outcome of that poll will be ?
If Fox goes out and takes a " random " poll anything Trump related, can you predict what the overwhelming outcome of that poll will be ?
Not only can you guess the predictable outcomes in both cases, but they will be in stark opposition to one another.
The bottom line is, you can't trust a poll of any kind because someone, somewhere with an agenda is manipulating the outcome in some way.
Apparently no one has told them how well Apple is selling iPhones at the ~$1k level.
If you have any Motorola stock, I would probably get rid of it now.
Instead of the either / or aspect, why not the option to require both a biometric AND a passcode / pin ?
If the biometric AND the pin / passcode match you get access. If either fail, you don't.
What problems would arise from such a setup ?
As if the definition of Beauty is not manipulated enough by magazines and digital retouching as it is. :|
Whole generations of folks striving to reach the levels of Beauty their idols achieve, clueless to the fact it is all digitally and / or makeup enhanced bullshit.
The same reason anyone thinks itâ(TM)s ok to ride a bicycle in the middle of the street when they have zero chance of keeping pace with posted speeds.
+sarcasm
I think I now what we can do with all those surplus landmines laying around. Cheap and very effective.
-sarcasm
"What's the long-term solution?"
The long term solution is to remove the incentives that brings illegals here in the first place.
Eg: Birthright Citizenship