I'm quite a good shot in video games, not nearly as good with real firearms. Turns out that shooting a firearm in a game doesn't really transfer to the real thing
Really? I'm a far better shot IRL than I am in games. With pistols, rifles and especially bows.
Admittedly that's only in games that properly model wind effects, or if I'm shooting indoors.
the guy who played temporary host in a brief foster-like capacity for that kid said in an interview that he'd see him playing violent FPS games for 15 or more hours a day, and that the kid was all about "kill, kill, kill, and blowing things up" and couldn't stop talking about doing so as he played those games
Let me guess: They tried to change or prevent this behaviour, thus removing a release for pent up stress and energy for which the kid couldn't find other outlets.
For kids who have trouble separating fantasy from reality, the games are a pure petri dish in which to stoke the urge and desensitize the eventual murderer.
As a child I was traumatised, autistic, violent and played violent computer games to an excessive degree.
It turned me into a traumatised, autistic, violent adult that plays violent computer games to an excessive degree.
Meanwhile hundreds of millions of children are playing violent computer games without then going outside and shooting 17 people.
Maybe - just maybe - there was something else going on with that kid. Possibly. I mean, I don't want to state for sure. It might be worth considering though.
How are you going to get video to appear on the TV without Internet?
Using one of the myriad of devices that can connect to the internet in a secure, controlled and controllable manner, then provide that content to the TV using one of the industry standard inputs.
With no fucking adverts, no camera or microphone in the TV monitoring you, no removal of specific applications because the media company stopped paying the TV manufacturer, etc.
If it's doing its invisible thing, it's using power. If it's not doing its invisible thing, it might as well not have an invisible thing. It's just a gimmick.
Not to mention being an unwanted lightsource when the room is dark. Unless you switch it off, in which case you've got a big arse tv visible in the dark.
Yet we've heard nothing for anything on the consumer end.
Nothing? So you haven't heard of Ampere or Turing as codenames for new Nvidia card series?
They haven't announced models or availability but there's plenty of discussion about what's coming down the track. It just may not be quite the same cadence as their older releases. What's a couple of months over a couple of years though..
High beams are a non-issue here. Maybe 1 in 50 cars would fail to dip them when they realise you're coming the other way. Most drivers dip them before you're even in their beam.
It's the dipped headlights that are aiming at oncoming drivers' eyes and not the road that are the problem. People coming over hills or a humpback bridge are manageable, the cock that's driving his penis extension behind you lighting up the inside of your car with his dipped lights is the issue.
Bullshit. Uber does not have complete knowledge of the expenses incurred as a result of the myriad decisions of individual drivers. Uber is under no obligation to satisfy either you
Legitimate points, well made.
these half-ass "researchers"
I'm not sure if this is trolling or just flat out actionable defamation. It's clearly not grounded in reality.
This is a debunked fake news hit-job
No, this is academic study done with integrity. That you can't see the difference reflects poorly on you.
one of the media's favorite punching bags
The media spent years going, "Uber is so great" then found out all of the company practices that range from illegal to abusive and back again. If Uber is a media punchbag then it's because they have a history of acting illegally.
your agenda driven mental gymnastics
Anybody got a mop? We have an overflow here, irony all over the floor.
You want medical professionals running two lines of BASH on a hospital computer?
Better yet, you want the cleaners doing that?
Me, I think wrapping those two lines of BASH in a user friendly UI that lets people too stupid to realise how fucking shit they are at using computers safely interact with them is a pretty sensible move.
I don't think I'd want hospitals relying on a dishwasher to keep things clean. My experience with those things is that they grow more fungus than a mushroom farm.
52% of Britons who voted to Brexit were either simpering morons or fooled by a pack liars.
Ah, the line trotted out by people that don't understand why people voted to leave and project their own ignorance instead.
since Britain is almost certain now to remain in the Common Market
The Common Market no longer exists, so it's not going to be possible to remain in it. But carry on believing and spouting utter bullshit, it's what I've come to expect from people that voted to remain.
By simple definition though, the sequel would have had to supplant the original as the greatest science fiction movie ever made for you, or inevitably be unworthy.
Me, I'd rank Blade Runner as one of the top science fiction movies (but you wont convince me it's better than Aliens) but I'm also happy to take the sequel on its own merits. I found it a visually engaging film, slightly weak in places but overall a good film in its own right. Which is kind of all I need.
I wouldn't describe it as unworthy and I certainly wouldn't call it garbage.
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No. Leadership is developing people, helping them exploit their strengths and overcome their weaknesses.
Not picking the wrong person or just sacking everyone.
Trump is many things, but he really hasn't shown strong leadership skills.
Suddenly the new law in Poland regarding Polish Concentration Camps has an interesting spin on it that I hadn't previously considered.
Oh, come on. You have no evidence of that.
We know you have no evidence of that. You're still alive.
Poe's law just kicked in.
Waterboarding, as practiced under the Bush administration, is not torture.
Yes, it is.
It is simulated drowning that does no physical harm.
People have drowned from it. Even if they do suffer no physical harm, torture does not have to have permanent physical effects.
If it had no physical effect it wouldn't be fucking used.
beat the victims belly until it burst. That is torture.
That is also torture. Torture can take many forms.
torture does work.
Sure, if you was to inflict pain, suffering and misery on someone.
As an interrogation technique? No.
That's why the armed forces have classes in how to resist torture
No, that's because they risk being captured by people that will use torture to inflict pain, suffering and misery.
The final lesson of that class is that you will break but whatever 'secrets' you have are only useful for about 24 hours.
Not everybody breaks, and a lot of people will lie to stop the torture.
Torture is morally wrong, and also just totally shit from an efficiency perspective. There are better ways to get information from someone.
Except that studies demonstrate that the death penalty is not only no disincentive, it can actually lead to crimes of greater severity.
Once you're going to be sentenced to death anyway, you've got nothing to lose..
Research shows the driving games do not increase crazy driving on the streets
Anecdotally though if I play something like GTAV I do have to consciously remind myself that RL traffic laws should mostly be followed.
The irony is that his broader point is actually grounded in statistics.
It just happens that the really efficient shooters with a high KD are of European descent.
Just pointing it out..
I'm quite a good shot in video games, not nearly as good with real firearms. Turns out that shooting a firearm in a game doesn't really transfer to the real thing
Really? I'm a far better shot IRL than I am in games. With pistols, rifles and especially bows.
Admittedly that's only in games that properly model wind effects, or if I'm shooting indoors.
Maybe it's because nobody shoots back IRL.
the guy who played temporary host in a brief foster-like capacity for that kid said in an interview that he'd see him playing violent FPS games for 15 or more hours a day, and that the kid was all about "kill, kill, kill, and blowing things up" and couldn't stop talking about doing so as he played those games
Let me guess: They tried to change or prevent this behaviour, thus removing a release for pent up stress and energy for which the kid couldn't find other outlets.
For kids who have trouble separating fantasy from reality, the games are a pure petri dish in which to stoke the urge and desensitize the eventual murderer.
As a child I was traumatised, autistic, violent and played violent computer games to an excessive degree.
It turned me into a traumatised, autistic, violent adult that plays violent computer games to an excessive degree.
Meanwhile hundreds of millions of children are playing violent computer games without then going outside and shooting 17 people.
Maybe - just maybe - there was something else going on with that kid. Possibly. I mean, I don't want to state for sure. It might be worth considering though.
How are you going to get video to appear on the TV without Internet?
Using one of the myriad of devices that can connect to the internet in a secure, controlled and controllable manner, then provide that content to the TV using one of the industry standard inputs.
With no fucking adverts, no camera or microphone in the TV monitoring you, no removal of specific applications because the media company stopped paying the TV manufacturer, etc.
If it's doing its invisible thing, it's using power.
If it's not doing its invisible thing, it might as well not have an invisible thing. It's just a gimmick.
Not to mention being an unwanted lightsource when the room is dark. Unless you switch it off, in which case you've got a big arse tv visible in the dark.
In his defence, A.
Very few people have bought a VR headset, and even fewer continue to use it as a regular thing.
Yet we've heard nothing for anything on the consumer end.
Nothing? So you haven't heard of Ampere or Turing as codenames for new Nvidia card series?
They haven't announced models or availability but there's plenty of discussion about what's coming down the track. It just may not be quite the same cadence as their older releases. What's a couple of months over a couple of years though..
Or they just came over the brow of a hill, or over a humpback bridge, or they hit a pothole, or the road just isn't as flat as Holland.
Yeah, can't imagine any scenarios in which a stupidly bright light would never shine in another driver's face.
High beams are a non-issue here. Maybe 1 in 50 cars would fail to dip them when they realise you're coming the other way. Most drivers dip them before you're even in their beam.
It's the dipped headlights that are aiming at oncoming drivers' eyes and not the road that are the problem. People coming over hills or a humpback bridge are manageable, the cock that's driving his penis extension behind you lighting up the inside of your car with his dipped lights is the issue.
You think those people use their rear view mirrors?
or the classic 'indicate right, move left' combo.
Don't forget turning on foglights at night to make sure they're looking at your car too.
Well, I do have a severe level of autism, but that aside the sequel was not a bad movie according to most people.
Which doesn't mean you're wrong, it's just that you're wrong.
Bullshit. Uber does not have complete knowledge of the expenses incurred as a result of the myriad decisions of individual drivers. Uber is under no obligation to satisfy either you
Legitimate points, well made.
these half-ass "researchers"
I'm not sure if this is trolling or just flat out actionable defamation. It's clearly not grounded in reality.
This is a debunked fake news hit-job
No, this is academic study done with integrity. That you can't see the difference reflects poorly on you.
one of the media's favorite punching bags
The media spent years going, "Uber is so great" then found out all of the company practices that range from illegal to abusive and back again. If Uber is a media punchbag then it's because they have a history of acting illegally.
your agenda driven mental gymnastics
Anybody got a mop? We have an overflow here, irony all over the floor.
You want medical professionals running two lines of BASH on a hospital computer?
Better yet, you want the cleaners doing that?
Me, I think wrapping those two lines of BASH in a user friendly UI that lets people too stupid to realise how fucking shit they are at using computers safely interact with them is a pretty sensible move.
I don't think I'd want hospitals relying on a dishwasher to keep things clean. My experience with those things is that they grow more fungus than a mushroom farm.
Thank you for telling me what I think. Thank you for revealing what I apparently didn't realise.
Or maybe you're a miserable cunt that should just fuck off because you're not telling me anything new and you don't know what I fucking think.
Yes, this is flamebait. Yes, you fucking deserve it.
52% of Britons who voted to Brexit were either simpering morons or fooled by a pack liars.
Ah, the line trotted out by people that don't understand why people voted to leave and project their own ignorance instead.
since Britain is almost certain now to remain in the Common Market
The Common Market no longer exists, so it's not going to be possible to remain in it. But carry on believing and spouting utter bullshit, it's what I've come to expect from people that voted to remain.
By simple definition though, the sequel would have had to supplant the original as the greatest science fiction movie ever made for you, or inevitably be unworthy.
Me, I'd rank Blade Runner as one of the top science fiction movies (but you wont convince me it's better than Aliens) but I'm also happy to take the sequel on its own merits. I found it a visually engaging film, slightly weak in places but overall a good film in its own right. Which is kind of all I need.
I wouldn't describe it as unworthy and I certainly wouldn't call it garbage.