It plays into the hands of the fucking cataluña nazis
Witness the new political norm in action, people. Just label your opponents Nazis or fascists and then anything you do to them--be it censorship, assault, or even murder--then becomes justified. Such is modern political discourse.
I used to be turned off by PC games because I hate playing with a keyboard and mouse. But with most games on PC now supporting controllers the same as they do on consoles, it's really becoming a level playing field. And with more mod availability, better graphics options and more hardware customization options, the PC has a strong leg-up on its console competition (for now at least).
As consoles are becoming more and more PC-like and PC's become more-and-more console like, I think it may be a dead issue soon. You'll just play you game on whatever medium you prefer, and get the same experience either way.
Did anyone seriously think for a second that a notoriously totalitarian government was going to let an underground currency designed to bypass government authorities continue to be used in their country for long with no repercussions? Shit, even non-authoritarian governments are cracking down on Bitcoin.
I've actually went back to a full-service grocery store again. It was bad enough when most stores started making us bag our own groceries. Now they want us to check ourselves out too. Pretty soon they'll be asking customers to stock the shelves and clean the bathrooms.
Fuck that noise. I'll pay a few dollars extra to get real humans helping me, thanks.
The business mode sounds ridiculous to me. Basically, it trusts your smartphone camera to do the checkout for you, and trusts the customer to video everything they take from the machine. In the real world, unless it's in a *very* secure location with someone watching, criminals will game the shit out of those things immediately. They'll open it up with a burner or stolen phone, steal everything, then toss the phone.
The fact that they're "ex-Google employees" says it all to me. So they're 20-something tech-heads who think every problem can be solved by an app. It probably never even occurred to them that an app can actually CREATE problems. It's all about the VC funding and dropping tech buzzwords to angels. Who cares if it actually works or whether it puts real people out of work? It's an appy app, so give us our money that we haven't earned!
No, now the business model is exactly the same as it was before--except some bullshit about not putting small shops out of business...because small shops will be able to buy their own bodega vending machines...which will somehow employ more people somehow.
Purely symbolic agreements like these are a symptom of the larger problem: No one wants to make the REAL sacrifices to address the problem.
I'm still somewhat skeptical of man-made climate change myself, but if you're going to accept the idea, then you also have to accept the idea that fixing it is going to require real sacrifices. Symbolic gestures, talk, commitments to make sacrifices far in the future (long after the politicians who made said promises are safely out of office), etc. aren't going to cut it.
Right now everyone wants to talk a big game, but they want someone else to make any actual sacrifices. Al Gore lectures me on energy efficiency, then gets into a SUV and drives home to a mansion that uses 10x more electricity every month than my family does. Politicians promise that some other politicians in the future will make sacrifices, but not them of course. Business CEOs promise that some other CEOs will cut emissions by 2035, but not them and not now of course.
If you believe that this is a problem, then step up to the plate and tell your citizens and businesses that they're going to have to sacrifice NOW. Because vague promises for the future isn't going to cut it. In short, put up or shut up.
As if the right wing never supported corporatism and censorship
Yes, and it's a mistake for either side. The right has taken an unfortunate "Private business should be free to do anything it wants" attitude that has played a role in this shitty situation too.
Sadly, it may be too late. We've already handed over control of almost all public discourse to private companies, companies which are free to censor that discourse at will. They're already using that power to censor ideas from the right that they disagree with. And many leftists are celebrating that, championing it even. But that's a mistake they'll regret.
You see, what these anti-"hate speech" leftists have failed to consider is "what ideas are going to be censored next?" Do you really think that this handful of super-powerful corporations who you've ceded control to are going to tolerate anti-capitalist rhetoric, or calls for higher wages, worker rights, higher corporate taxes, and unions? Ha, not for long! And you've been the one who championed them having the the right to censor, never thinking that power could be turned against YOU too. But once they've banned the "Nazis" you can bet they'll come after the "Communists" and "Socialists" next. And you Bernie bros will end up just as cut off from all the major social media outlets as your bad-guy-du-jour Milo Yianopolis.
...who gets to define who the trolls are and what constitutes Trolling?
Silicon Valley SJW liberals, of course! They will get rid of all the wrongthink from the internet. Then we can have an election in 2020 where we can all agree....or else.
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It plays into the hands of the fucking cataluña nazis
Witness the new political norm in action, people. Just label your opponents Nazis or fascists and then anything you do to them--be it censorship, assault, or even murder--then becomes justified. Such is modern political discourse.
And who gets to decide who the Nazis are, me or you?
Nah, just call them Nazis. Then censoring them or even physically assaulting them is okay.
As if thousands of smug douchebags cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
I used to be turned off by PC games because I hate playing with a keyboard and mouse. But with most games on PC now supporting controllers the same as they do on consoles, it's really becoming a level playing field. And with more mod availability, better graphics options and more hardware customization options, the PC has a strong leg-up on its console competition (for now at least).
As consoles are becoming more and more PC-like and PC's become more-and-more console like, I think it may be a dead issue soon. You'll just play you game on whatever medium you prefer, and get the same experience either way.
Did anyone seriously think for a second that a notoriously totalitarian government was going to let an underground currency designed to bypass government authorities continue to be used in their country for long with no repercussions? Shit, even non-authoritarian governments are cracking down on Bitcoin.
The best of both worlds.
They're happy to invite in any immigrant who they think will vote Democrat. But heaven forbid a Russian conservative buy an ad.
Already answered.
Apologize to poor old Two-Finger down at the bar!
Haven't those poor people been through enough already without you taking their memes away too?!?
I've actually went back to a full-service grocery store again. It was bad enough when most stores started making us bag our own groceries. Now they want us to check ourselves out too. Pretty soon they'll be asking customers to stock the shelves and clean the bathrooms.
Fuck that noise. I'll pay a few dollars extra to get real humans helping me, thanks.
The business mode sounds ridiculous to me. Basically, it trusts your smartphone camera to do the checkout for you, and trusts the customer to video everything they take from the machine. In the real world, unless it's in a *very* secure location with someone watching, criminals will game the shit out of those things immediately. They'll open it up with a burner or stolen phone, steal everything, then toss the phone.
I'm sorry.
The fact that they're "ex-Google employees" says it all to me. So they're 20-something tech-heads who think every problem can be solved by an app. It probably never even occurred to them that an app can actually CREATE problems. It's all about the VC funding and dropping tech buzzwords to angels. Who cares if it actually works or whether it puts real people out of work? It's an appy app, so give us our money that we haven't earned!
No, now the business model is exactly the same as it was before--except some bullshit about not putting small shops out of business...because small shops will be able to buy their own bodega vending machines...which will somehow employ more people somehow.
We're sorry. And we promise that we're going to immediately change our business model in no way. Did we mention that we're sorry?
Purely symbolic agreements like these are a symptom of the larger problem: No one wants to make the REAL sacrifices to address the problem.
I'm still somewhat skeptical of man-made climate change myself, but if you're going to accept the idea, then you also have to accept the idea that fixing it is going to require real sacrifices. Symbolic gestures, talk, commitments to make sacrifices far in the future (long after the politicians who made said promises are safely out of office), etc. aren't going to cut it.
Right now everyone wants to talk a big game, but they want someone else to make any actual sacrifices. Al Gore lectures me on energy efficiency, then gets into a SUV and drives home to a mansion that uses 10x more electricity every month than my family does. Politicians promise that some other politicians in the future will make sacrifices, but not them of course. Business CEOs promise that some other CEOs will cut emissions by 2035, but not them and not now of course.
If you believe that this is a problem, then step up to the plate and tell your citizens and businesses that they're going to have to sacrifice NOW. Because vague promises for the future isn't going to cut it. In short, put up or shut up.
As if the right wing never supported corporatism and censorship
Yes, and it's a mistake for either side. The right has taken an unfortunate "Private business should be free to do anything it wants" attitude that has played a role in this shitty situation too.
Sadly, it may be too late. We've already handed over control of almost all public discourse to private companies, companies which are free to censor that discourse at will. They're already using that power to censor ideas from the right that they disagree with. And many leftists are celebrating that, championing it even. But that's a mistake they'll regret.
You see, what these anti-"hate speech" leftists have failed to consider is "what ideas are going to be censored next?" Do you really think that this handful of super-powerful corporations who you've ceded control to are going to tolerate anti-capitalist rhetoric, or calls for higher wages, worker rights, higher corporate taxes, and unions? Ha, not for long! And you've been the one who championed them having the the right to censor, never thinking that power could be turned against YOU too. But once they've banned the "Nazis" you can bet they'll come after the "Communists" and "Socialists" next. And you Bernie bros will end up just as cut off from all the major social media outlets as your bad-guy-du-jour Milo Yianopolis.
A click-through doesn't do you any good unless you can give the person doing the clicking a reason to actually buy what you're selling.
a black transgendered female lesbian one-legged vegan muslim trombone player.
Ha, like they could even afford someone so diverse. Someone with those qualifications could command a CEO salary and title in Silicon Valley.
$20 says they replace her with a black Muslim transgendered gay woman with a GED in Afro-Gender Studies.
Compared to existing batteries:
1) How much does it cost?
2) How fast can you charge it?
3) Are any affordable cars going to support it?
...who gets to define who the trolls are and what constitutes Trolling?
Silicon Valley SJW liberals, of course! They will get rid of all the wrongthink from the internet. Then we can have an election in 2020 where we can all agree....or else.