If you'll forgive me for this, your behavior strikes me as the exact opposite of Stoicism:
Wait, what?
Look at the historical figures you respect: I am sure you will find large number of them acting like Stoics,
You seem to have a very poorly-formed understanding of Stoicism. The figures I respect are in harmony with change, not happy in calamity, and certainly not believers in Determinism. That does not mean just lying down when bandits are at the gate. My martial arts heroes are the Daoists, who know the importance of change and also how and when to defeat hooligans.
Thank you for your unsupported assertions. Anecdotal evidence is always fun but your opinion just does not matter.
As someone who has taught at one of the "hidden Ivies" as well as land-grant schools, I can offer some supported assertions. Yes, in my 25 years of experience, a low-income kid who had to work to get into a school will do better than a pampered legacy admit, 8 of 10 times. Also, I was one of those kids from tough backgrounds and still relish my memories of kicking Omega Theta Pi ass on the regular.
College is a series of standardized test culminating in a degree.
Where did you get the idea that college is a series of standardized tests? We're not talking about DeVry here, we're talking about the University of Chicago. Professors write their own tests. Some may use the same one year after year, but those are the lazy ones.
Population has EVERYTHING to do with it. The biggest threat to our environment today in the United States is IMMIGRATION! Don't care if your Republican, Democrat, other. If you not in favor of curbing immigration you are on the wrong side of the environmental issue whatever other policy you might support.
Do you understand that the environment does not respect borders? A wall doesn't keep out greenhouse gases, and lead found off the South bank of a river is also found off the North bank of a river.
I find it amusing that so many people like you who have such self-important opinions about immigration and porous borders have never lived anywhere near a border.
So this is a case of liberal coastal elite saying...
No, this is a case of a liberal coastal elite saying, "The next time a Republican or Conservative tries to use some bible verse to justify monstrous policies, they should die choking on their tongues." and also saying, "If you're so stupid that you think protecting the environment will sacrifice the well-being of your children, then your children would be better off if you slit your own throat."
Rather what I'm seeing seems like a pattern in which certain people who otherwise have a lot to offer act as if the Trump election has opened a great wound in their minds and hearts. And this wound they can't help poking deeper every day and causing more harm -- primarily to themselves.
It's that kind of thinking is why Obama won. Twice.
There is a difference between "opening a wound" and poking the bear, my friend. And the bear is fully awake now. There is a reckoning coming, and it won't be coming from the "wounded". There have already been 43 state congressional seats that have flipped from R to D and there hasn't even been an Election Day yet. The fat, wet, orange genie is going back into the bottle and the bottle's going to be thrown into the sea. Count on it.
And for your enjoyment on your Dear Leader's birthday, here is the video of Trump saluting the North Korean general, the day before he declared North Korea "no longer a nuclear threat".
It is probably worth your time to research the latest generation AMD, especially if the software you will be using is multi-threaded. Historically, Intel has had better single thread performance, but AMD has provided more bang for the buck if you use all of the cores.
OK. So maybe I'll try one of the fast Ryzen processors for the music production machine and hold off and use Intel for the gaming machine.
No it's still illegal because it circumvents the FOIA laws. That was the reason Clinton set that server up in the first place - so she could decide which emails would be preserved.
Read the story below, and then fuck right off. Let's stop pretending that anyone really cares if someone in a presidential administration uses personal email.
In case you can't figure out how to bypass the paywall:
"WASHINGTON — At least six of President Trump’s closest advisers occasionally used private email addresses to discuss White House matters, current and former officials said on Monday.
The disclosures came a day after news surfaced that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and adviser, used a private email account to send or receive about 100 work-related emails during the administration’s first seven months. But Mr. Kushner was not alone. Stephen K. Bannon, the former chief White House strategist, and Reince Priebus, the former chief of staff, also occasionally used private email addresses. Other advisers, including Gary D. Cohn and Stephen Miller, sent or received at least a few emails on personal accounts, officials said.
Ivanka Trump, the president’s elder daughter, who is married to Mr. Kushner, used a private account when she acted as an unpaid adviser in the first months of the administration, Newsweek reported Monday. Administration officials acknowledged that she also occasionally did so when she formally became a White House adviser."
Ah but will they? For example lets say I don't forgo all kinds of economic opportunities in the name of reducing my carbon foot print - Might my grandchildren be glad I did not squander the family wealth on feel good BS that was likely to have little impact and was able to leave them something as a result?
Oh, they'll already get a nice piece of change. They're much more likely to wonder why I wasn't more concerned about the fact that the coastal property they inherit is underwater and why they have to run air conditioning 12 months out of year.
I know. I've put in the time with Cockos Reaper, but I do miss how nice the piano roll and the clip organization was in Logic. Fortunately, I don't do as much work with clips as I used to back in the day. I'm doing more actual composing now and less playing with samples.
100% this. I gotta ask tho, why not build a hackintosh?
You know, I tried. I had problems because some of the music production software I was using at the time required hardware dongles to unlock. That's when I changed my main DAW to Cockos Reaper and once I had given up on Logic, I figured, why do I need Macs for anything any more?
I remember when I was teaching, Apple was all about the education market. They really worked hard to get our business and demonstrated that they valued our input and our business. The school I worked for even had it's own Apple rep (not regional, but specific to the school). They flew a bunch of us out to Cupertino to get our input more than once. I don't care so much about the free trip and the lagniappe, but that bite out of the Apple logo that once represented the company's commitment to education is now long forgotten. They just want to sell handheld consumption devices to hipsters.
Intel has more flaws and they are much more exploitable. Intel have put considerable effort into sewing confusion on that point, doing their best to leave the false impression that all CPUs are equally problematic.
So, you think I should probably wait before building two new Intel-based systems?
I've been burned using AMD cpus on music production and gaming platforms before. I'm not prepared to go back to try them again, yet.
The premise was to imagine -- that was a thought experiment, imagining an alternative reality so you can observe how your mind reacts, thus giving you a clue to what is going in the layers below the conscious.
Can you imagine a thought experiment where your premise is so fundamentally flawed by fallacies to make it completely meaningless?
are you as angry at President Rand Paul as you are with President Trump
Rand Paul and Donald Trump are both hot garbage, but they're different flavors of hot garbage. Imagine, if you will, a thought experiment where Trump is a flaming bag of dog shit and Rand Paul is a flaming bag of horse shit. In the world of this thought experment, which one do you stomp out first?
But the thought of cramping my current lifestyle for something that may happen well after I"m dead, doesn't really motivate me, you know?
I can understand this sentiment, but I'm also haunted by the thought that after I'm gone my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will be cursing me for being such a selfish prick. You would think it wouldn't matter because I won't be here anyway, but it still makes me uneasy.
Sometimes, I wish I could go back to just thinking about myself. Life was so much easier then.
I've owned every single model of Mac Pro, but enough is enough. I used to do music production and sound design primarily using Logic and Pro Tools on Mac Pros, but the last iteration was my breaking point. The juice just wasn't worth the squeeze any more, and I found much better tools for Windows (Cockos Reaper, Pro Tools, etc). After decades of loving the work-flow and support and quality, I just got the feeling Apple was jerking users around and just didn't care about the desktop platform any more. Happier now.
No, you are not wrong. I would go so far as to say that a modern CPU is probably one of the most complex machines on the planet. There are bound to be bugs and exploits in all of them. I'm just suffering from a case of buyers regret I believe.
I've been looking to build two new machines - one for music production and another for gaming. Do I have to worry about this crap? I was going to start ordering parts when all this started coming out. You think I should just wait?
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The citation you quoted proves I was correct. Stanford does not require an SAT.
What is it with ACs and reading comprehension?
I'm sure you also noticed that there is no cutoff score for those tests in regard to Stanford admission.
Wait, what?
You seem to have a very poorly-formed understanding of Stoicism. The figures I respect are in harmony with change, not happy in calamity, and certainly not believers in Determinism. That does not mean just lying down when bandits are at the gate. My martial arts heroes are the Daoists, who know the importance of change and also how and when to defeat hooligans.
Anonymous Cowards are not the minority.
I still have every grade I've ever given. So no.
As someone who has taught at one of the "hidden Ivies" as well as land-grant schools, I can offer some supported assertions. Yes, in my 25 years of experience, a low-income kid who had to work to get into a school will do better than a pampered legacy admit, 8 of 10 times. Also, I was one of those kids from tough backgrounds and still relish my memories of kicking Omega Theta Pi ass on the regular.
Stanford hasn't required the SAT for some time, and I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a drop in incoming student quality.
Where did you get the idea that college is a series of standardized tests? We're not talking about DeVry here, we're talking about the University of Chicago. Professors write their own tests. Some may use the same one year after year, but those are the lazy ones.
Slashdot Anonymous Cowards are living proof.
Do you understand that the environment does not respect borders? A wall doesn't keep out greenhouse gases, and lead found off the South bank of a river is also found off the North bank of a river.
I find it amusing that so many people like you who have such self-important opinions about immigration and porous borders have never lived anywhere near a border.
No, this is a case of a liberal coastal elite saying, "The next time a Republican or Conservative tries to use some bible verse to justify monstrous policies, they should die choking on their tongues." and also saying, "If you're so stupid that you think protecting the environment will sacrifice the well-being of your children, then your children would be better off if you slit your own throat."
It's that kind of thinking is why Obama won. Twice.
There is a difference between "opening a wound" and poking the bear, my friend. And the bear is fully awake now. There is a reckoning coming, and it won't be coming from the "wounded". There have already been 43 state congressional seats that have flipped from R to D and there hasn't even been an Election Day yet. The fat, wet, orange genie is going back into the bottle and the bottle's going to be thrown into the sea. Count on it.
And for your enjoyment on your Dear Leader's birthday, here is the video of Trump saluting the North Korean general, the day before he declared North Korea "no longer a nuclear threat".
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightl...
OK. So maybe I'll try one of the fast Ryzen processors for the music production machine and hold off and use Intel for the gaming machine.
Thanks, sjames.
Read the story below, and then fuck right off. Let's stop pretending that anyone really cares if someone in a presidential administration uses personal email.
https://nyti.ms/2yoxME
In case you can't figure out how to bypass the paywall:
Oh, they'll already get a nice piece of change. They're much more likely to wonder why I wasn't more concerned about the fact that the coastal property they inherit is underwater and why they have to run air conditioning 12 months out of year.
Just barely. I'm on the cusp with Gen X, so I'm not only selfish, but I'm a giant pain in the ass too.
I respect you for being willing to admit that publicly.
I know. I've put in the time with Cockos Reaper, but I do miss how nice the piano roll and the clip organization was in Logic. Fortunately, I don't do as much work with clips as I used to back in the day. I'm doing more actual composing now and less playing with samples.
You know, I tried. I had problems because some of the music production software I was using at the time required hardware dongles to unlock. That's when I changed my main DAW to Cockos Reaper and once I had given up on Logic, I figured, why do I need Macs for anything any more?
I remember when I was teaching, Apple was all about the education market. They really worked hard to get our business and demonstrated that they valued our input and our business. The school I worked for even had it's own Apple rep (not regional, but specific to the school). They flew a bunch of us out to Cupertino to get our input more than once. I don't care so much about the free trip and the lagniappe, but that bite out of the Apple logo that once represented the company's commitment to education is now long forgotten. They just want to sell handheld consumption devices to hipsters.
So, you think I should probably wait before building two new Intel-based systems?
I've been burned using AMD cpus on music production and gaming platforms before. I'm not prepared to go back to try them again, yet.
Can you imagine a thought experiment where your premise is so fundamentally flawed by fallacies to make it completely meaningless?
Rand Paul and Donald Trump are both hot garbage, but they're different flavors of hot garbage. Imagine, if you will, a thought experiment where Trump is a flaming bag of dog shit and Rand Paul is a flaming bag of horse shit. In the world of this thought experment, which one do you stomp out first?
Studio One is good. I really recommend giving Cockos Reaper an in-depth try. It won't cost you anything.
I can understand this sentiment, but I'm also haunted by the thought that after I'm gone my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will be cursing me for being such a selfish prick. You would think it wouldn't matter because I won't be here anyway, but it still makes me uneasy.
Sometimes, I wish I could go back to just thinking about myself. Life was so much easier then.
I've owned every single model of Mac Pro, but enough is enough. I used to do music production and sound design primarily using Logic and Pro Tools on Mac Pros, but the last iteration was my breaking point. The juice just wasn't worth the squeeze any more, and I found much better tools for Windows (Cockos Reaper, Pro Tools, etc). After decades of loving the work-flow and support and quality, I just got the feeling Apple was jerking users around and just didn't care about the desktop platform any more. Happier now.
I've been looking to build two new machines - one for music production and another for gaming. Do I have to worry about this crap? I was going to start ordering parts when all this started coming out. You think I should just wait?