The hiss. The tape becoming damaged now and then resulting in parts of your songs being screwed up. The poor speed regulation on many tape decks. The felt pad under the tape becoming damaged or falling out and having to replace it, hoping not to damage the tape in the process. The tape getting "eaten" by the deck. The fact that almost all prerecorded tapes were made with the lowest quality tape possible (low bias, non-metal), so you didn't even get the best quality tape could provided from your music purchases.
All true. So very very true. You did forget one thing but I do not blame you for it since almost nobody but me ever did it: Tracking.
If the head was not aligned properly, you would lose lows and highs.
I completely agree. I see no reason for tapes at all. As a matter of fact, just the other day I was remembering all of the hassles associated with tape then in relation to digital files now. No matter what, a digital file ALWAYS sounds the same. It does not fade, there is no concern with tracking, etc etc.
And in between all that we have various other food crazes from low-carb to neanderthal diet.
I recently had to cut carbs from my diet. I have lost 5 belt notches worth of weight in the past 4 months. It may be a craze, it may not be. I would highly recommend it though.
FYSA, I did not cut carbs to adhere to that particular diet, I cut carbs to manage blood sugar levels. It is amazing, in retrospect, at how bad carbs are. They are quite tasty though... pastries, pasta, pizza, all gone.:(
On the bright side, I love steak, eggs, and cheeses so I get to eat as much as I want! It is weird how the weight just evaporates despite eating more than I usually do. WTF is up with carbs? Is it the sawdust and other fillers? I don't know. Carbs in modern society (processed foods) are pure poison.
Oops. Off topic. What were we supposed to be talking about again?
I started out with Linux about 97-98 time frame. I was also a SystemD naysayer... unfortunately, I still am.
Reasons: SystemD is brittle. any part that break appears to break the whole. I am used to Linux being quite robust and getting past many errors to a console and being able to fix the "box". That does not and can not happen with SystemD.
SystemD keeps the EFI partition open and appears to either constantly write to the partition or just trashes the partition hard when a hard reboot is necessary (again, due to poor decisions by software developers). Example, was playing DOTA2 and the system hard-locked on me for some reason (thermal?). The system would not even try to boot even after leaving the power off for a minute. Became really worried that something terrible had happened and tried to boot off USB. Booted no problem and rebuilt the EFI partition from scratch because it was no longer even recognizable as an EFI partition. Fuck YOU SystemD. That is very very naughty of you.
I could go on but there is no point. The supporters mostly seem to be religious zealots who think that the average case is always applicable when in reality, it is the exceptions that define whether or not your software is good.
I saw Rogue One in 3D, then in 2D. I preferred the 2D presentation primarily because it was brighter... the 3D did not add much value at all to me.
Good example. Rogue One was filmed with all the standard 2D tricks. The most jarring of those tricks, when seen in 3D, was probably the partial focus scenes: Scenes where there were grand backgrounds but the director wanted you to focus on an actor so a majority of the scene is out of focus. When seen in 3D, it just messes with your eyes and mind.
Long story short, the content creators appear to only know the tricks for 2D filming and use those tricks in 3D films... which is just terrible for everyone. Headaches and eye strain are some of the more obvious indicators. My eyes hurt very badly after seeing both of the most recent Star Wars movies in 3D. Those are 2D creations. In no way should they have been forced into a 3D format.
And this applies to the rest of the supposedly 3D content.
Not quite a side note, but I would like to point out why Avatar succeeded so dramatically whereas the rest of the 3D films flopped HARD.
Avatar did not generally shove things out of the screen at you. There are two notable exceptions and they both worked very well: The "writing" on the computer displays stuck out and the floating AIWA (SP?) representatives floated out. Essentially, Avatar appeared like you were looking inside of a box and could see the 3D aspects of the things inside that box. It was very easy on the eyes and the mind. No translations needed to be performed (except when stuff stuck out, which as I said, was sparingly used).
I wonder why they included Edge. I have never seen anyone use it. Is it that popular? I don't think so and the numbers show. Flag as Inappropriate
You are conflating launching with being popular... as intended.
Edge gets launched by default when you click on a link in another application. You can set this, but it gets reset intermittently. Edge is also the default PDF reader. Since I only use Windows for work and I read PDFs, I get stuck using Edge for that. Every aspect of Microsoft Office appears hardcoded to launch Edge for even the flimsiest of excuses. This tells me that it will be a very important vector for attacks. (I do security).
TL;DR, Edge may be getting launched a lot but that does not imply that it is being used a lot.
I hear people middle aged or older (like myself) pining for a lost past, it's often clear to me that what they're mourning is the loss of their youth.
I disagree with your assertion. Partially. It has truth to it but it ignores the elephant in the room. Control.
The stuff I did when I was younger was insanely fun because I was discovering new stuff. Everything nowadays seeks to take control from you. This sucks the sense of exploration/discovery out of whatever it is you want to do.
Examples are like shooting fish in a barrel:
All Microsoft products. Very few useful error messages. No included compilers/interpreters (powershell is the only counterexample). Unable to control the behavior of the operating system except in the most superficial of ways.
DRM and Anticheating. You can not modify lots of software and expect to use it. If the CRC/MD5 whatever does not match, it refuses to run or the server you are connecting to refuses honor your connection. (There is some legitimacy to these things but they also ruin the fun by removing control.)
Meh. The summary is that lack of control if what makes modern computing less fun than it used to be. How can you get the spirit of discovery going when you have someone saying "no" all the damned time?
Let me get this straight. Bringing transparency to what is going on behinds the scenes is an attack on our Republic.
Um... of course it is? Citizens are too stupid to control the massively complex machine that is government. Giving citizens insight into how things are done will merely cause inefficiency in the various professional groups trying to run this country for the citizens. You really do have to trust that whatever decisions those fine, upstanding professionals make will be better for you. Indirectly of course. I mean, they can't do something just for YOU. There are millions of you out there. No, they will run the country as efficiently as possible and you will benefit indirectly by the country you are in becoming stronger and more powerful. There will be casualties and YOU may be one of them. This is the only way.
Vizio has this fun new trick. You literally can't configure the TV without their smartphone app and a wifi connection.
Thank you for informing us of this hostile feature. I do have to ask you... why did you buy it?
Of course, you did not know when you bought it, so then the question becomes, "why didn't you return it?".
Regardless, thank you for your warning. Now we all know what buying a Vizio brand TV implies. If they double down on this tactic, they will be gone from the market soonish.
I believe that it is only consistent, that if one wishes to argue the Founders' perspective on the second amendment, that if they argue in favor of an individual right to bear arms, they must also argue against the United States maintaining a standing army in peacetime.
Oddly, you say that in an incredulous manner, but surprise! We should NOT be maintaining a standing army in peacetime.
Furthermore, the Founders would probably not have considered our police forces as anything other than a standing army targeted against the People; certainly no such thing existed during their lifetimes.
I am unsure wtf you are on about with the police forces. Policemen have been a fixture of society since prehistoric times. You gotta stop smoking that wacky tobaccy if you wish to be coherent. To be fair, the current state of police forces is more like an occupying army... but your discussion concerning police is still incoherent. Perhaps you should have saved that little gem for another topic...
I am sure your mental gyrations will be fascinating to watch.
What is even weirder is that your mental gyrations will be even more extreme because you are not expecting anyone to actually argue against a standing army. I am arguing against it. Let your mental gyrations begin.:)
Not that I expect you to have an answer... But why are a photon and an antiphoton the same thing but an electron and an anti-electron (positron) NOT the same thing. In theory, they are both electromagnetic waves. In reality, photons have no mass and electrons do have mass. Which is why, I guess, they call it anti MATTER.
Holy shit! Social Services must be quite the hellish place if these numbers are accurate. Reality again triumphs over world view. They (social services) assume they are helping the children but in reality putting them through a hell that is as bad as the sex trafficking to begin with. Why else run from people who are supposedly trying to help you?
Somebody tell me again how #pizzagate is fake news...
Your logical abilities are severely wanting.
Allegations are made against a pizza parlor owner. Children are missing in the same region the pizza parlor exists; therefore the allegations must be true... Air tight logic there sir. Well done.
(I have mod points but there is no mod for -1 batshit crazy)
Seriously, what proof do you have that Trump will be THAT bad.
Seriously, you people and your histrionics are getting annoying. We all get it, you hate Trump; however, he has not even taken office yet. Yes, all indications point to him being a terrible president, but I fail to see how he could be worse than George Bush and the neocons. Those were believers who were on a mission and even still, they could not succeed. You honestly think greed and arrogance trumps (sorry!) belief in ability to get things done?
No. There is a quote somewhere about preferring the rogue to the believer because the rogue at least takes a rest from time to time whereas a believer will hound you endlessly.
Just relax and bite the damned pillow. It will all be over soon.
My guess is I went on a rant about something stupid and my agressiveness was taken as assholeishness. I have been having "issues" with the contents of my blood so I have been acting somewhat irrational at times. But this is not what I should be talking about right now...
How's that logical? The EU doesn't want the money. This money is not owed to the EU, and the EU is not trying to get the money from Ireland. The contention is that Ireland gave Apple $14 billion illegally and now Ireland have to get that $14 billion back off Apple.
The summary indicated that the EU was going to take a few billion from Apple. Either I misunderstood it, or it was worded to intentionally evoke that (mis)understanding. Regardless, we are both on the same boat here. Ireland needs to talk to Apple about money.
Sure it has: Ireland agreed not to do certain things with taxes in order to be allowed in the rather nice club they're a member of. They have now done something they promised that they wouldn't do. That makes Ireland's taxes the EU's business.
Every word except the "Sure it has:" I agree with. The chain of command is VERY important to follow when dealing with rules and laws. EU had no agreements with Apple. Only Ireland did.
Anyways, sorry if I pissed you off in the past. I am normally a rational and at least semi-coherent person.
Hm. I don't like Apple (and apparently, you do not like me for some reason) but it seems to me that Ireland is the entity responsible for that 14 Billion, not Apple.
Ireland told Apple that they could pay x% in tax. Ireland is a sovereign nation. Ireland is responsible for following any treaties it may have with other entities.
The only Apple product that I have left is an iPad 2 (I gave away everything else) so this point of view is not biased for Apple. I would love to visit Ireland and I love their red headed women so I am not not biased against Ireland. To me, the only logical answer is for Ireland to pay the 14 billion to the EU and then try to collect that 14 billion from Apple. Essentially, the EU has no business talking directly to Apple about taxes.
I was wondering what a "fact checking" service would be. Just some person wandering around looking at something that may be important to know about and then digging in to see if it is real?
Isn't that exactly what a fucking a journalist is supposed to be?
Perhaps I am missing something here but why should this "fact checking service" be any more reliable than the journalists that are already lying to us?
WTF? AAA titles running reasonably in a VM? I find that VERY difficult to believe. What VM software are you using? If it were really only a 10% hit, I would keep a Windows based VM around just to ensure I kept up with whatever crap they are spewing out nowadays.
Have you tried this with GTA V? I can run on ultra settings if I run Windows natively (which I have not done for over a year now). Are you seriously implying that I would be able to run GTA V in a VM on high settings?
I will have to try it out because you will surely say yes to cover your ass but it will not be true and you KNOW it is not true.
For some bizarre reason this turned into a left vs right issue, but that's how everything works in the US because we're not smart enough to understand anything more nuanced than two political stances.
Not correct at all. We are more than smart enough to understand nuance. The issue is that if you make the argument left vs right, then nuance is drowned. Intentionally. In short, changing the nature of the argument is a rhetorical tool designed to fluster all attempts at a rational discussion... and it apparently works. Very well. Why people agree to be boxed in like that, I have no idea, but meh. It may be just that the mainstream media is merely a mouthpiece and has no journalistic integrity of its own anymore.
There are jobs that American citizens and green card holders really don't want to take if they have a choice. If you want to get rid of undocumented workers I think the smart approach would be to reduce welfare subsidies for able bodied workers.
If the jobs paid at least minimum wage, I am sure there are plenty of desperate people who would take them. Can't provide food for the kids at $1.16/hr which is what those farmers/ranchers grudgingly pay.
On to the bolded part: able bodied workers do not get welfare. They get unemployment with its own requirements and limitations. Welfare typically goes to females. If they have children, they get even more. Regardless, I do not want you trying to set social policy please. You are only seeing things from your own perspective. No, I am not insulting you for that. Most people do it. It just makes you NOT the right person to be setting policies. Have a nice day.:)
But if you're used to having money above that of living expenses, money is something you are used to planning about. You don't go straight out and spend it.
Don't worry. Someone will steal that money from you sooner or later. Either through semi-legal means or just through outright straight up theft.
The whole system is designed to part you and your money; either willingly or no.
Did you know that Israel has a 70 year history of its neighbors denying its right to even EXIST?
The Jews were never more than a racial minority in that region, they got kicked out, and they got reinstalled by force.
Gotta be careful with those "absolute" words. Never is a mighty long time.
You need to remember that the Jewish people started off in that region. They were nomads, and they were quite large. They tore up all of the societies in that region thousands of years ago.
Imagine civilizing the tribes around you and creating a city... and then imagine a million dirty nomads moving to the area just outside of your fresh city walls... and they are intent on sacking your city, killing all combat age males, and taking all of your virgins and valuables.
That was the Jews. They wandered all across the Middle East raping and pillaging all civilizations in the region. They did indeed have a prior claim to that land as they were the ones who destroyed all of the previous civilizations to take it.
And then, everyone got annoyed with them and purged them from the region. And now, they are back. Messy.
Not trying to say they have a legit claim, just that the history of the region is a bit more involved than you seem to think.
Eh? The insurance companies may be a leech but they are not the root of the problem. Why is it that going to the dentist costs roughly the same now with insurance as it did in the 1970s without insurance? The reason is, once there was insurance, all of the billers realized they could raise their rates because individuals could no longer shop. Their insurance company specified where they could go and what they could get done.
It is the same with copays. The copay that you pay today is the same as the cost of doctors visit without insurance cost in the 70s. Essentially, medical suppliers sucked up all of that insurance money and kept the direct cost to you static. In other words, your insurance premiums are an extra tax for using the medical system. They do not help to pay for anything. It is pure profit (for someone, not sure exactly who yet as the maze that the money makes it way through is quite impenetrable. On purpose I am sure.). The system is either amazingly broken or brilliantly engineered... I guess it all depends on which side of the money vacuum you are on.
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The hiss. The tape becoming damaged now and then resulting in parts of your songs being screwed up. The poor speed regulation on many tape decks. The felt pad under the tape becoming damaged or falling out and having to replace it, hoping not to damage the tape in the process. The tape getting "eaten" by the deck. The fact that almost all prerecorded tapes were made with the lowest quality tape possible (low bias, non-metal), so you didn't even get the best quality tape could provided from your music purchases.
All true. So very very true. You did forget one thing but I do not blame you for it since almost nobody but me ever did it: Tracking.
If the head was not aligned properly, you would lose lows and highs.
I completely agree. I see no reason for tapes at all. As a matter of fact, just the other day I was remembering all of the hassles associated with tape then in relation to digital files now. No matter what, a digital file ALWAYS sounds the same. It does not fade, there is no concern with tracking, etc etc.
And in between all that we have various other food crazes from low-carb to neanderthal diet.
I recently had to cut carbs from my diet. I have lost 5 belt notches worth of weight in the past 4 months. It may be a craze, it may not be. I would highly recommend it though.
FYSA, I did not cut carbs to adhere to that particular diet, I cut carbs to manage blood sugar levels. It is amazing, in retrospect, at how bad carbs are. They are quite tasty though... pastries, pasta, pizza, all gone. :(
On the bright side, I love steak, eggs, and cheeses so I get to eat as much as I want! It is weird how the weight just evaporates despite eating more than I usually do. WTF is up with carbs? Is it the sawdust and other fillers? I don't know. Carbs in modern society (processed foods) are pure poison.
Oops. Off topic. What were we supposed to be talking about again?
I started out with Linux about 97-98 time frame. I was also a SystemD naysayer... unfortunately, I still am.
Reasons:
SystemD is brittle. any part that break appears to break the whole. I am used to Linux being quite robust and getting past many errors to a console and being able to fix the "box". That does not and can not happen with SystemD.
SystemD keeps the EFI partition open and appears to either constantly write to the partition or just trashes the partition hard when a hard reboot is necessary (again, due to poor decisions by software developers). Example, was playing DOTA2 and the system hard-locked on me for some reason (thermal?). The system would not even try to boot even after leaving the power off for a minute. Became really worried that something terrible had happened and tried to boot off USB. Booted no problem and rebuilt the EFI partition from scratch because it was no longer even recognizable as an EFI partition. Fuck YOU SystemD. That is very very naughty of you.
I could go on but there is no point. The supporters mostly seem to be religious zealots who think that the average case is always applicable when in reality, it is the exceptions that define whether or not your software is good.
I saw Rogue One in 3D, then in 2D. I preferred the 2D presentation primarily because it was brighter... the 3D did not add much value at all to me.
Good example. Rogue One was filmed with all the standard 2D tricks. The most jarring of those tricks, when seen in 3D, was probably the partial focus scenes: Scenes where there were grand backgrounds but the director wanted you to focus on an actor so a majority of the scene is out of focus. When seen in 3D, it just messes with your eyes and mind.
Long story short, the content creators appear to only know the tricks for 2D filming and use those tricks in 3D films... which is just terrible for everyone. Headaches and eye strain are some of the more obvious indicators. My eyes hurt very badly after seeing both of the most recent Star Wars movies in 3D. Those are 2D creations. In no way should they have been forced into a 3D format.
And this applies to the rest of the supposedly 3D content.
Not quite a side note, but I would like to point out why Avatar succeeded so dramatically whereas the rest of the 3D films flopped HARD.
Avatar did not generally shove things out of the screen at you. There are two notable exceptions and they both worked very well: The "writing" on the computer displays stuck out and the floating AIWA (SP?) representatives floated out. Essentially, Avatar appeared like you were looking inside of a box and could see the 3D aspects of the things inside that box. It was very easy on the eyes and the mind. No translations needed to be performed (except when stuff stuck out, which as I said, was sparingly used).
I wonder why they included Edge. I have never seen anyone use it. Is it that popular? I don't think so and the numbers show.
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You are conflating launching with being popular... as intended.
Edge gets launched by default when you click on a link in another application. You can set this, but it gets reset intermittently. Edge is also the default PDF reader. Since I only use Windows for work and I read PDFs, I get stuck using Edge for that. Every aspect of Microsoft Office appears hardcoded to launch Edge for even the flimsiest of excuses. This tells me that it will be a very important vector for attacks. (I do security).
TL;DR, Edge may be getting launched a lot but that does not imply that it is being used a lot.
I hear people middle aged or older (like myself) pining for a lost past, it's often clear to me that what they're mourning is the loss of their youth.
I disagree with your assertion. Partially. It has truth to it but it ignores the elephant in the room. Control.
The stuff I did when I was younger was insanely fun because I was discovering new stuff. Everything nowadays seeks to take control from you. This sucks the sense of exploration/discovery out of whatever it is you want to do.
Examples are like shooting fish in a barrel:
All Microsoft products. Very few useful error messages. No included compilers/interpreters (powershell is the only counterexample). Unable to control the behavior of the operating system except in the most superficial of ways.
DRM and Anticheating. You can not modify lots of software and expect to use it. If the CRC/MD5 whatever does not match, it refuses to run or the server you are connecting to refuses honor your connection. (There is some legitimacy to these things but they also ruin the fun by removing control.)
Meh. The summary is that lack of control if what makes modern computing less fun than it used to be. How can you get the spirit of discovery going when you have someone saying "no" all the damned time?
Let me get this straight. Bringing transparency to what is going on behinds the scenes is an attack on our Republic.
Um... of course it is? Citizens are too stupid to control the massively complex machine that is government. Giving citizens insight into how things are done will merely cause inefficiency in the various professional groups trying to run this country for the citizens. You really do have to trust that whatever decisions those fine, upstanding professionals make will be better for you. Indirectly of course. I mean, they can't do something just for YOU. There are millions of you out there. No, they will run the country as efficiently as possible and you will benefit indirectly by the country you are in becoming stronger and more powerful. There will be casualties and YOU may be one of them. This is the only way.
Wait. Is this a dictatorship?
+6 informative. Very easy to understand. Would read again.
lol. I was thinking the exact same thing.
The poor people have identified djinn6 as likely worth a million dollars or more. How else can $130k not seem like a huge hurdle to get over?
Vizio has this fun new trick. You literally can't configure the TV without their smartphone app and a wifi connection.
Thank you for informing us of this hostile feature. I do have to ask you... why did you buy it?
Of course, you did not know when you bought it, so then the question becomes, "why didn't you return it?".
Regardless, thank you for your warning. Now we all know what buying a Vizio brand TV implies. If they double down on this tactic, they will be gone from the market soonish.
I believe that it is only consistent, that if one wishes to argue the Founders' perspective on the second amendment, that if they argue in favor of an individual right to bear arms, they must also argue against the United States maintaining a standing army in peacetime.
Oddly, you say that in an incredulous manner, but surprise! We should NOT be maintaining a standing army in peacetime.
Furthermore, the Founders would probably not have considered our police forces as anything other than a standing army targeted against the People; certainly no such thing existed during their lifetimes.
I am unsure wtf you are on about with the police forces. Policemen have been a fixture of society since prehistoric times. You gotta stop smoking that wacky tobaccy if you wish to be coherent. To be fair, the current state of police forces is more like an occupying army... but your discussion concerning police is still incoherent. Perhaps you should have saved that little gem for another topic...
I am sure your mental gyrations will be fascinating to watch.
What is even weirder is that your mental gyrations will be even more extreme because you are not expecting anyone to actually argue against a standing army. I am arguing against it. Let your mental gyrations begin. :)
Because if antimatter won it would have been called matter.
Now where can I get my Nobel prize?
Nobel Prize... DENIED.
Why did either of them win? Or, why are matter and antimatter not compatible. What is the mechanism? Answer that to get your Nobel. ;)
a photon and anti-photon are the same thing!
Not that I expect you to have an answer... But why are a photon and an antiphoton the same thing but an electron and an anti-electron (positron) NOT the same thing. In theory, they are both electromagnetic waves. In reality, photons have no mass and electrons do have mass. Which is why, I guess, they call it anti MATTER.
But then, how could there even be an anti photon?
... Of those, 74 percent were in the care of social services when they went missing." http://www.missingkids.com/Key...
Holy shit! Social Services must be quite the hellish place if these numbers are accurate. Reality again triumphs over world view. They (social services) assume they are helping the children but in reality putting them through a hell that is as bad as the sex trafficking to begin with. Why else run from people who are supposedly trying to help you?
Somebody tell me again how #pizzagate is fake news...
Your logical abilities are severely wanting.
Allegations are made against a pizza parlor owner. Children are missing in the same region the pizza parlor exists; therefore the allegations must be true... Air tight logic there sir. Well done.
(I have mod points but there is no mod for -1 batshit crazy)
Remember, "Arbeit macht frei".
Seriously, what proof do you have that Trump will be THAT bad.
Seriously, you people and your histrionics are getting annoying. We all get it, you hate Trump; however, he has not even taken office yet. Yes, all indications point to him being a terrible president, but I fail to see how he could be worse than George Bush and the neocons. Those were believers who were on a mission and even still, they could not succeed. You honestly think greed and arrogance trumps (sorry!) belief in ability to get things done?
No. There is a quote somewhere about preferring the rogue to the believer because the rogue at least takes a rest from time to time whereas a believer will hound you endlessly.
Just relax and bite the damned pillow. It will all be over soon.
Apparently. No idea why though!
My guess is I went on a rant about something stupid and my agressiveness was taken as assholeishness. I have been having "issues" with the contents of my blood so I have been acting somewhat irrational at times. But this is not what I should be talking about right now...
How's that logical? The EU doesn't want the money. This money is not owed to the EU, and the EU is not trying to get the money from Ireland. The contention is that Ireland gave Apple $14 billion illegally and now Ireland have to get that $14 billion back off Apple.
The summary indicated that the EU was going to take a few billion from Apple. Either I misunderstood it, or it was worded to intentionally evoke that (mis)understanding. Regardless, we are both on the same boat here. Ireland needs to talk to Apple about money.
Sure it has: Ireland agreed not to do certain things with taxes in order to be allowed in the rather nice club they're a member of. They have now done something they promised that they wouldn't do. That makes Ireland's taxes the EU's business.
Every word except the "Sure it has:" I agree with. The chain of command is VERY important to follow when dealing with rules and laws. EU had no agreements with Apple. Only Ireland did.
Anyways, sorry if I pissed you off in the past. I am normally a rational and at least semi-coherent person.
Hm. I don't like Apple (and apparently, you do not like me for some reason) but it seems to me that Ireland is the entity responsible for that 14 Billion, not Apple.
Ireland told Apple that they could pay x% in tax. Ireland is a sovereign nation. Ireland is responsible for following any treaties it may have with other entities.
The only Apple product that I have left is an iPad 2 (I gave away everything else) so this point of view is not biased for Apple. I would love to visit Ireland and I love their red headed women so I am not not biased against Ireland. To me, the only logical answer is for Ireland to pay the 14 billion to the EU and then try to collect that 14 billion from Apple. Essentially, the EU has no business talking directly to Apple about taxes.
... What's difference between this and and autonomous robot that has various built in systems that do human soldier recognition as the target? ...
You already said what the difference was: A human identifying a target vs an algorithm identifying a target.
Whilst no fact-checking service is perfect. ...
These words triggered thought...
I was wondering what a "fact checking" service would be. Just some person wandering around looking at something that may be important to know about and then digging in to see if it is real?
Isn't that exactly what a fucking a journalist is supposed to be?
Perhaps I am missing something here but why should this "fact checking service" be any more reliable than the journalists that are already lying to us?
WTF? AAA titles running reasonably in a VM? I find that VERY difficult to believe. What VM software are you using? If it were really only a 10% hit, I would keep a Windows based VM around just to ensure I kept up with whatever crap they are spewing out nowadays.
Have you tried this with GTA V? I can run on ultra settings if I run Windows natively (which I have not done for over a year now). Are you seriously implying that I would be able to run GTA V in a VM on high settings?
I will have to try it out because you will surely say yes to cover your ass but it will not be true and you KNOW it is not true.
Two things:
For some bizarre reason this turned into a left vs right issue, but that's how everything works in the US because we're not smart enough to understand anything more nuanced than two political stances.
Not correct at all. We are more than smart enough to understand nuance. The issue is that if you make the argument left vs right, then nuance is drowned. Intentionally. In short, changing the nature of the argument is a rhetorical tool designed to fluster all attempts at a rational discussion... and it apparently works. Very well. Why people agree to be boxed in like that, I have no idea, but meh. It may be just that the mainstream media is merely a mouthpiece and has no journalistic integrity of its own anymore.
There are jobs that American citizens and green card holders really don't want to take if they have a choice. If you want to get rid of undocumented workers I think the smart approach would be to reduce welfare subsidies for able bodied workers.
If the jobs paid at least minimum wage, I am sure there are plenty of desperate people who would take them. Can't provide food for the kids at $1.16/hr which is what those farmers/ranchers grudgingly pay.
On to the bolded part: able bodied workers do not get welfare. They get unemployment with its own requirements and limitations. Welfare typically goes to females. If they have children, they get even more. Regardless, I do not want you trying to set social policy please. You are only seeing things from your own perspective. No, I am not insulting you for that. Most people do it. It just makes you NOT the right person to be setting policies. Have a nice day. :)
I gave my Macbook pro to my girlfriend. I uninstalled Windows 10. There is zero chance that I will be buying anything Microsoft or Apple related.
These companies will eventually learn that they should not shit where they eat. Or, dont spy on your customers and don't sell them awful shit.
But if you're used to having money above that of living expenses, money is something you are used to planning about. You don't go straight out and spend it.
Don't worry. Someone will steal that money from you sooner or later. Either through semi-legal means or just through outright straight up theft.
The whole system is designed to part you and your money; either willingly or no.
Did you know that Israel has a 70 year history of its neighbors denying its right to even EXIST?
The Jews were never more than a racial minority in that region, they got kicked out, and they got reinstalled by force.
Gotta be careful with those "absolute" words. Never is a mighty long time.
You need to remember that the Jewish people started off in that region. They were nomads, and they were quite large. They tore up all of the societies in that region thousands of years ago.
Imagine civilizing the tribes around you and creating a city... and then imagine a million dirty nomads moving to the area just outside of your fresh city walls... and they are intent on sacking your city, killing all combat age males, and taking all of your virgins and valuables.
That was the Jews. They wandered all across the Middle East raping and pillaging all civilizations in the region. They did indeed have a prior claim to that land as they were the ones who destroyed all of the previous civilizations to take it.
And then, everyone got annoyed with them and purged them from the region. And now, they are back. Messy.
Not trying to say they have a legit claim, just that the history of the region is a bit more involved than you seem to think.
Eh? The insurance companies may be a leech but they are not the root of the problem. Why is it that going to the dentist costs roughly the same now with insurance as it did in the 1970s without insurance? The reason is, once there was insurance, all of the billers realized they could raise their rates because individuals could no longer shop. Their insurance company specified where they could go and what they could get done.
It is the same with copays. The copay that you pay today is the same as the cost of doctors visit without insurance cost in the 70s. Essentially, medical suppliers sucked up all of that insurance money and kept the direct cost to you static. In other words, your insurance premiums are an extra tax for using the medical system. They do not help to pay for anything. It is pure profit (for someone, not sure exactly who yet as the maze that the money makes it way through is quite impenetrable. On purpose I am sure.). The system is either amazingly broken or brilliantly engineered... I guess it all depends on which side of the money vacuum you are on.