Maryland isn't Tornado Alley. Marylanders don't commonly endure the types of storms that require occupants to retreat to a hardened safe area like the Great Plains does, or the Gulf states during hurricane season.
The only witch hunts are against straight white males, especially those in positions of power. Similar actions by others are ignored. The extreme left doesn't want equality, they want special rules and privileges that that only apply to their chosen team members.
This kind of shit is just fodder for asshats on both sides of the aisle that lets them whine about how oppressed they are and how bad the other tribe is. Fuck 'em both.
From someone who buys lots of CPUs from both Intel and AMD: Intel is still the single thread champ. Know Thy Workload and always use the best tool for each job.
The big innovation is the move from purchasing a license to paying for a subscription. You don't buy the software anymore; you rent it. It's a huge step backwards for the end user but from a revenue standpoint it's a huge step forward for Microsoft. All of the "legacy" desktop software vendors like Adobe and Intuit have been moving in this direction for several years now.
. . . and promote and value excellent contributions, or you can care more about someones' feelz above all else. Linux just chose the latter, initiating a well-known downward spiral of complaining and inevitable technical stagnation that's been seen many times before once these CoCs are introduced into open source projects. At the end of the day, these two things are mutually exclusive, thanks to the everything-offends-me-and-if you-don't-agree-you're-a-misogynist-racist SJW brigade. This is the logical conclusion of weaponizing CoCs which target straight white males from the get-go, particularly those authored by people who hate the idea of meritocracy.
Guess what? The real world doesn't give a *fuck* how you feel, especially in unforgiving disciplines like engineering and tech. Life ain't fair, and 99%+ of the people contributing to Linux don't give two shits about social justice one way or the other. Open source is *not* a social movement! Those people are there to code -- well -- and because they're adults they can handle a rant or two every one in awhile and even a nasty, well-deserved public undressing, and they don't need one of these batshit-crazy CoCs to tell them how to behave. The simple addition of "Don't be an asshole" would've addressed the specific concern without throwing the baby out with the bathwater while giving power to those who don't necessarily deserve it.
I'm sure there's someone who can explain it to me, but Gmail's UI is just absolutely horrible. Why must it be so awful? It's not like Google doesn't have the money to make it better. It is literally impossible for mere mortals to understand to which specific part of a thread they're replying. Would indenting the messages in a thread kill them or something? If they hadn't built an entire ecosystem around it, Gmail would have gone the way of the dodo years ago.
You left out all the self-righteous douchebags who think it's OK to talk or fire up their 8 million Lumen cell phone screen in a pitch black theater. Sorry, but it's John Q. Public that's ruined movie-going more than anything else.
That woman stepped out of the shandows right in front of a fast moving vehicle. It is highly likely that no human driver could have avoided her. If anything, her death restates the case to continue working on the technology so that eventually vehicles with beyond-human sensing could in fact avoid killing stupid pedestrians like her. One of the promises of this technology is to protect ourselves from our own idiocy.
This. To clarify: in the US, since 1833 we haven't put people in prison just because they can't pay their debts, which used to be a relatively common practice just about everywhere. But if you commit fraud, lie about your situation in order to reduce the amount of taxes you owe, etc. and you get busted, you absolutely can run afoul of multiple Federal and state laws depending on where you live, and you CAN and likely WILL go to jail for that.
Being forced to take the Capital Beltway (I-495) all the way around doesn't really count as staying on I-95 to me (or even worse, some other combination of I-395 / 295 / 695 with other highways on the south end). I-95 should go straight thru DC like it does in Baltimore and NYC (but of course now that will never happen). When driving from MD to FL, I need to plan the entire trip around what time I'll be going thru DC -- it's that bad.
No one on Twitter has 1A protection -- NO ONE. Twitter is a private corp, not part of the gov't, and "free speech" as defined by the 1A *only* affects the gov't ability to block said speech.
It's not so much that banning Alex Jones is the issue; it is that folks on the other side of the political spectrum get a complete pass for saying very similar things. Open incitements for violence against police officers are tolerated, as are falsely accusing cops of rape, for example. If you're calling out Alex Jones, you better be calling out Shaun King, who is one of the most hate-filled, violence-inciting pieces of garbage you'll ever see on the Internet.
I'm sure you're OK though with the not-so-borderline incitements to violence by various Black Lives Matter activists, antifa, and other assorted leftist extremists, right?
No, "clowns like him" would figure out how to automate the crappy jobs like mail room attendants, front desk reception, burger flippers, people in the warehouse who carry boxes, etc. Don't blame businesses for gaining efficiencies through the application of technology -- that's been a core tenet of human civilization since ancient times.
The whole scenario has become very much like the selection process for cities to host the Olympic Games. I'm sure there are similar promises of cash, drugs, whores, and other illicit items behind those closed doors too. It's sad because though a city might "win," it sure looks like its taxpayers will get fucked for a long time.
The irony of your post is that no government that could actually pay for this type of education can exist at all without *first* having a military -- either their own or the protection of someone else's. Sure you can argue about whether or not military funding levels or spending on certain projects is excessive or even stupid / corrupt etc., but no country can ever contemplate matters like funding education if they're not militarily secure. It's right up there with access to food and water.
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Maryland isn't Tornado Alley. Marylanders don't commonly endure the types of storms that require occupants to retreat to a hardened safe area like the Great Plains does, or the Gulf states during hurricane season.
It has way more important problems than some freak accident that is highly unlikely to happen again.
The only reason people still pay for cable TV is sports.
You don't have to!
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-tv-antennas,review-2354.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveTvLinks/comments/89krhr/sports/
The only witch hunts are against straight white males, especially those in positions of power. Similar actions by others are ignored. The extreme left doesn't want equality, they want special rules and privileges that that only apply to their chosen team members.
This kind of shit is just fodder for asshats on both sides of the aisle that lets them whine about how oppressed they are and how bad the other tribe is. Fuck 'em both.
From someone who buys lots of CPUs from both Intel and AMD: Intel is still the single thread champ. Know Thy Workload and always use the best tool for each job.
Seriously, how much better is this than using plain old white paint?
The big innovation is the move from purchasing a license to paying for a subscription. You don't buy the software anymore; you rent it. It's a huge step backwards for the end user but from a revenue standpoint it's a huge step forward for Microsoft. All of the "legacy" desktop software vendors like Adobe and Intuit have been moving in this direction for several years now.
. . . and promote and value excellent contributions, or you can care more about someones' feelz above all else. Linux just chose the latter, initiating a well-known downward spiral of complaining and inevitable technical stagnation that's been seen many times before once these CoCs are introduced into open source projects. At the end of the day, these two things are mutually exclusive, thanks to the everything-offends-me-and-if you-don't-agree-you're-a-misogynist-racist SJW brigade. This is the logical conclusion of weaponizing CoCs which target straight white males from the get-go, particularly those authored by people who hate the idea of meritocracy.
Guess what? The real world doesn't give a *fuck* how you feel, especially in unforgiving disciplines like engineering and tech. Life ain't fair, and 99%+ of the people contributing to Linux don't give two shits about social justice one way or the other. Open source is *not* a social movement! Those people are there to code -- well -- and because they're adults they can handle a rant or two every one in awhile and even a nasty, well-deserved public undressing, and they don't need one of these batshit-crazy CoCs to tell them how to behave. The simple addition of "Don't be an asshole" would've addressed the specific concern without throwing the baby out with the bathwater while giving power to those who don't necessarily deserve it.
I'm sure there's someone who can explain it to me, but Gmail's UI is just absolutely horrible. Why must it be so awful? It's not like Google doesn't have the money to make it better. It is literally impossible for mere mortals to understand to which specific part of a thread they're replying. Would indenting the messages in a thread kill them or something? If they hadn't built an entire ecosystem around it, Gmail would have gone the way of the dodo years ago.
You left out all the self-righteous douchebags who think it's OK to talk or fire up their 8 million Lumen cell phone screen in a pitch black theater. Sorry, but it's John Q. Public that's ruined movie-going more than anything else.
... HUH?
That woman stepped out of the shandows right in front of a fast moving vehicle. It is highly likely that no human driver could have avoided her. If anything, her death restates the case to continue working on the technology so that eventually vehicles with beyond-human sensing could in fact avoid killing stupid pedestrians like her. One of the promises of this technology is to protect ourselves from our own idiocy.
So what's the incentive to buy one of these things if the content world is pretty much still on 1080i/p, let alone 4k?
This. To clarify: in the US, since 1833 we haven't put people in prison just because they can't pay their debts, which used to be a relatively common practice just about everywhere. But if you commit fraud, lie about your situation in order to reduce the amount of taxes you owe, etc. and you get busted, you absolutely can run afoul of multiple Federal and state laws depending on where you live, and you CAN and likely WILL go to jail for that.
Being forced to take the Capital Beltway (I-495) all the way around doesn't really count as staying on I-95 to me (or even worse, some other combination of I-395 / 295 / 695 with other highways on the south end). I-95 should go straight thru DC like it does in Baltimore and NYC (but of course now that will never happen). When driving from MD to FL, I need to plan the entire trip around what time I'll be going thru DC -- it's that bad.
Fair enough.
No one on Twitter has 1A protection -- NO ONE. Twitter is a private corp, not part of the gov't, and "free speech" as defined by the 1A *only* affects the gov't ability to block said speech.
It's not so much that banning Alex Jones is the issue; it is that folks on the other side of the political spectrum get a complete pass for saying very similar things. Open incitements for violence against police officers are tolerated, as are falsely accusing cops of rape, for example. If you're calling out Alex Jones, you better be calling out Shaun King, who is one of the most hate-filled, violence-inciting pieces of garbage you'll ever see on the Internet.
I'm sure you're OK though with the not-so-borderline incitements to violence by various Black Lives Matter activists, antifa, and other assorted leftist extremists, right?
I used that system once and at 7:00 a delivery van showed up with some chick's head in a box.
No, "clowns like him" would figure out how to automate the crappy jobs like mail room attendants, front desk reception, burger flippers, people in the warehouse who carry boxes, etc. Don't blame businesses for gaining efficiencies through the application of technology -- that's been a core tenet of human civilization since ancient times.
The whole scenario has become very much like the selection process for cities to host the Olympic Games. I'm sure there are similar promises of cash, drugs, whores, and other illicit items behind those closed doors too. It's sad because though a city might "win," it sure looks like its taxpayers will get fucked for a long time.
The irony of your post is that no government that could actually pay for this type of education can exist at all without *first* having a military -- either their own or the protection of someone else's. Sure you can argue about whether or not military funding levels or spending on certain projects is excessive or even stupid / corrupt etc., but no country can ever contemplate matters like funding education if they're not militarily secure. It's right up there with access to food and water.
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I read a short essay in Playboy
Yeah, sure you did . . . ;-)