Thanks for giving us all of the answers to the Universe and Everything, oh great and wise UnknownSoldier. I'm going to ignore the thinking of one of the greatest human minds and buy into your claptrap about metaphysics, out of body experiences and other such silliness. Thanks for enlightening me!
I'm super glad I don't have kids. Our rapidly changing ecosystem is going to make planet Earth really, really nasty for humans in the next century.
We're already starting to see mass migration due to climate change. That's going to get worse because currently habitable areas are going to become uninhabitable, and because of exponential population growth.
If we have some food systems collapse, as these insect studies seem to indicate is already happening, well... that's pretty scary.
Humans have grown technology much faster than than they have the ability to think about the repercussions of using it. This isn't good at all.
climate warming is the major driver of reductions in arthropod abundance, indirectly precipitating a bottom-up trophic cascade and consequent collapse of the forest food web
Winamp never went anywhere. Unlike most modern software, it didn't require to check in over the Internet to work, so it still works just fine today. I've been happily using Winamp for a few decades, and hopefully, I'll continue to use it for the foreseeable future. The last version is version 5.666, and it was released as a final "thank you, goodbye" with *all* of the "pro" (formerly paid) features, and none of the crapware. I use it for playing all of my media, for ripping and burning CD's, and all sorts of neat stuff.
Sometimes, software works as intended, with no problems, and simply doesn't need to be "upgraded" any more. I think this is one of those cases.
So many people (in the US, mainly Republicans), don't care unless it affects *them* in *their wallet*, that it's not a bad idea to throw this kind of stuff out there, in the hopes that maybe a few of those self-centered assholes will wake up. If telling dummies that their beer will get more expensive is what it takes for some of them to be concerned about climate change, so be it (as sad as that may be).
I'm not going to argue with you about "the news media". That's not in the least bit relevant. Saudi Arabia has been a shitty country since it's inception, from what I can tell. I would never visit there or do business with that country. I can read and think for myself, thank you.
There are really bad actors in this world who would like to destroy all our rights, freedoms, and our safety, even our lives.
Jesus, straight from the mouth of warmongers.
You're right. There are some crazy people. Always have been. Always will be. But this idea that the whole world would is out to get is is hysterical bullshit. The US's defense/military dwarfs everybody else's on the planet by orders of magnitude. Nobody can invade us or hurt you. Just fucking relax and turn off Fox News. Maybe try to travel to other countries, where you'll see that 99.999% of people are just trying to get through this life, just the same as you.
We, as a country, do not need to spend any more money defending ourselves from the boogeyman.
I pay Rackspace for email. I've got one domain that uses Exchange, and another that uses plain IMAP. No spying. Great support. The IMAPstuff is $2/month.
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Good, that's an easy fix. A single government entity can make an entire country's energy from renewables. Super easy. Let's do it.
I didn't notice. I own my music and video files.
Thanks for giving us all of the answers to the Universe and Everything, oh great and wise UnknownSoldier. I'm going to ignore the thinking of one of the greatest human minds and buy into your claptrap about metaphysics, out of body experiences and other such silliness. Thanks for enlightening me!
You're either an idiot or a troll or a Russian troll or all three. Either way, the world population *is* growing at an exponential rate. This has been happening since about 1970. This is unsustainable.
I'm super glad I don't have kids. Our rapidly changing ecosystem is going to make planet Earth really, really nasty for humans in the next century.
We're already starting to see mass migration due to climate change. That's going to get worse because currently habitable areas are going to become uninhabitable, and because of exponential population growth.
If we have some food systems collapse, as these insect studies seem to indicate is already happening, well... that's pretty scary.
Humans have grown technology much faster than than they have the ability to think about the repercussions of using it. This isn't good at all.
You are lying.
From the study:
climate warming is the major driver of reductions in arthropod abundance, indirectly precipitating a bottom-up trophic cascade and consequent collapse of the forest food web
Just download whatever version of Winamp you want to. Have you tried Google? Winamp isn't exactly hard to find.
I'm happy to pay more in taxes, gasoline, electricity, etc., if it'll be better for our environment, thank you, troll.
What's a better option for listening to music than Winamp? Seriously?
Winamp never went anywhere. Unlike most modern software, it didn't require to check in over the Internet to work, so it still works just fine today. I've been happily using Winamp for a few decades, and hopefully, I'll continue to use it for the foreseeable future. The last version is version 5.666, and it was released as a final "thank you, goodbye" with *all* of the "pro" (formerly paid) features, and none of the crapware. I use it for playing all of my media, for ripping and burning CD's, and all sorts of neat stuff.
Sometimes, software works as intended, with no problems, and simply doesn't need to be "upgraded" any more. I think this is one of those cases.
So many people (in the US, mainly Republicans), don't care unless it affects *them* in *their wallet*, that it's not a bad idea to throw this kind of stuff out there, in the hopes that maybe a few of those self-centered assholes will wake up. If telling dummies that their beer will get more expensive is what it takes for some of them to be concerned about climate change, so be it (as sad as that may be).
I'm not going to argue with you about "the news media". That's not in the least bit relevant. Saudi Arabia has been a shitty country since it's inception, from what I can tell. I would never visit there or do business with that country. I can read and think for myself, thank you.
No, I mean brutal, oppressive theocracies, in this context. I didn't say anything about the media, so I don't know where you got that.
Problem solved.
Next problem?
Or, Microsoft could change their corporate policy.
There are really bad actors in this world who would like to destroy all our rights, freedoms, and our safety, even our lives.
Jesus, straight from the mouth of warmongers.
You're right. There are some crazy people. Always have been. Always will be. But this idea that the whole world would is out to get is is hysterical bullshit. The US's defense/military dwarfs everybody else's on the planet by orders of magnitude. Nobody can invade us or hurt you. Just fucking relax and turn off Fox News. Maybe try to travel to other countries, where you'll see that 99.999% of people are just trying to get through this life, just the same as you.
We, as a country, do not need to spend any more money defending ourselves from the boogeyman.
It makes more sense to keep one's job and try to change the direction of the company that one works for *before* quitting, doesn't it?
Your smarmy straw man argument doesn't really work. Try again.
You need to fix whatever keyboard you're using now. It looks like it can't do apostrophes correctly.
I just add my RSS feeds in Outlook. Super easy.
the situation of today where Visa could conceivably sell my purchase history to Google
It's more than conceivable. This and a lot more is happening today.
Streaming sucks. Poor quality. Poor selection.
What are you suggesting? Better border control wouldn't have prevented Hitler from murdering millions.
I assume they're called "smart speakers" because smart people don't use them? That's pretty weird.
I pay Rackspace for email. I've got one domain that uses Exchange, and another that uses plain IMAP. No spying. Great support. The IMAPstuff is $2/month.
Just pay for your email and quit using free shit.