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pinky0926 posted...

The very fact that PC literate nerds tend to be the opposite of tactful but also the only people skilled to do that particular work is the very reason I have a job. Takes a special kind of brain to be able to intimately understand SQL, and not usually the kind of brain that is good at picking up on social etiquette.

Also, if you spend a lot of time fixing PCs, you give up on being tactful and start focusing on being efficient. And the most efficient way to tackle those kinds of problems is to eliminate as many questions as possible.

That's basically Linus Torvalds to a T.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/linus-torvalds-on-why-he-isnt-nice-i-dont-care-about-you/

Lol.

He does play to that stereotype a bit though. He's not really a bad guy at all. He just cares about his profession.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

i graduated with a degree in CS&E and i have no idea wtf those guys are talking about in that discussion

I get some parts, but there's no way I could follow the whole thing through step by step.

Like, the boolean algebra isn't too bad. I'm a bit rusty though, so I'd need to brush up on it.

Norbert Blum claims that he has proven that P != NP.

https://lucatrevisan.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/on-norbert-blums-claimed-proof-that-p-does-not-equal-np/

The proof: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03486

stackexchange discussion: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/38803/is-norbert-blums-2017-proof-that-p-ne-np-correct/

I'm not totally up on what this would mean. From my understanding, there are certain applications of computer science that rely on the assumption that P != NP, such as modern cryptography algorithms. If the opposite were the case (i.e. P = NP), this would potentially allow these algorithms to be cracked (although there may be weaknesses in these algorithms anyway), which would have major implications for cyber security, so we can rest a bit easier in that regard.

More widely, I think it would mean that many common problems cannot be solved efficiently, so attention could be directed elsewhere.

Play it if only for the job system. VI is better all-round though.

That's why you should always have your specs in your sig. That ain't so laughable now, huh? :P

*trollface.jpg*

None of them, but that just shows how great the GBA library is.

My personal favorites:

Mega Man Battle Network 2/3/6
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Metroid Fusion + Zero Mission (I prefer the latter, but I love Fusion too, despite it not really being my idea of a typical Metroid game)
Super Robot Taisen series (particularly Original Generation 1 and 2, but A is decent as well)

Ronaldo just to annoy vegy. :P

HHH is the game posted...

But here's the question. Did the car driver do it because he was a nazi? Or because he was in the middle of a violent issue between two opposing , violent , and angry sides. Like gang violence as mentioned.

Maybe a bit of both, but I think that violence at that particular moment is overstated. Again, if you check the videos, the people in that area, including those that were run over, were protesting peacefully.

Iwin2013 posted...

No, he wasn't but he has classified information that tells him what actually happened. No biased bullshit like your favorite news source the Salon cites out or Buzzfeed.

Classified info from Fox News.

The talk about counter-protestors attacking the car before it rammed into them is a lot of shit at least. Have a look at the different angles on video.

On his speeches, I think it's more the way that Trump handled them. The fact that he took so long to condemn the neo-Nazis by name played right into their hands. A lot of them believed that he was on their side, and when he refused to call them out specifically, they took that as implicit support (see the Daily Stormer response to the speech, for example).

If he'd specifically condemned the neo-Nazis straight away and then condemned all violence, I don't think so many people would have criticized him. The fact that he took so long initially, and then backtracked again, emboldened the neo-Nazis.

Only one side (between the neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, that is) has given support for Trump (and criticizing them would at least answer that question) and only one has an ideology that is inherently violent, hateful, racist, etc. (at least to the extent that it is).

And yeah, what Asherlee said.

Also, some info on Antifa: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/antifa_a_look_at_the_antifascist / https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/part_2_antifa_a_look_at

The free speech argument is an interesting one in this instance. I'm generally for it, but when you're dealing with such an ideology, parliamentary democracy isn't always sufficient. It wasn't in Germany, in Italy, in Spain, etc. You may think that what happened in those countries could not happen in America, but that is underestimating fascism in much the same way as people did in those countries. Hitler only had a handful of supporters in the early days, and we know how things progressed there.

Do I support violence? Not if it can be helped. I do support standing up to the neo-Nazis though, counter-protesting, etc.

Damn, nice.

Does he use all his own hardware? I'm not sure if "pool fees" implies he's renting server time.

Confederate monuments are important
Losers shouldn't get participation trophies #MAGA

Pick one.

The games are fun. People love collecting shit. It captures people's imaginations. It came out at the perfect time.

NeonOctopus posted...

I'm glad AM2R got released first. Even though Nintendo shut it down, once it's on the internet, it never leaves >_>

I was literally just typing that lol. Removing things from the internet is like a game of Whack-a-Mole.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/261-politics/73148390

Sounds pretty bad.

ZombiePelican posted...

Nobody has ever been murdered or assaulted from being doxxed EVER.

Why would be afraid a bunch of tryhard trolls now have your address when nothing can come of it...ever?

I wouldn't be so sure about, when shit like this has happened: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11986144/Teenager-bottled-by-ex-Countdown-champion-for-giving-his-book-bad-review.html

They weren't really doxxed in that instance, but it shows you what can happen.

People have lost their jobs at the very least, so obviously that can be a reason to fear it. Yes, some of those people probably deserved it, but it still disproves the claim that 'nothing can come of it'.

Separate discs kind of had their advantages. Some games, like FF7, made good use of them. Each disc was like its own mini adventure and built up to its own climax (e.g. that famous moment that happens at the end of disc 1).

AlisLandale posted...

Reddit isn't really for discussion. You're supposed to read/watch/listen to the content. Everything below is basically a youtube comment.

It depends on the subreddit really.

r/truegaming is for more in-depth gaming discussions (r/patientgamers isn't bad either), for example. Whereas the more popular gaming subreddits tend to have shitty memes and crappy discussions.

There are some good subreddits, if you look outside the default ones.

I have to admit that the layout is a bit shit though. I think there are extensions to improve it, but I've never used them myself.

ChromaticAngel posted...

Sort > new

Holy shit that was so hard I should go do something easier like brain surgery or win the World Cup.

Haha. Also, I'm sure there's a setting to determine what it defaults to.

I'm a little bit conflicted since doxxing could easily backfire and affect innocent people.

If it affects a neo-Nazi though, I have no sympathy, especially if they show their face in public at a rally or something.

As a millennial, I much prefer natural ones. I rarely search specifically for tits, and never for fake ones. Small ones I don't mind at all honestly, but do prefer them to be a decent size.

I didn't know that about the permits.

On the other point, it doesn't take a genius to work out that the protest wasn't just about the statue, given the fucking Nazi flags and shit. If it was one or two people, maybe, but with so many people, that clearly wasn't the case. I don't see how anyone could pretend otherwise.

Define the alt-left! You define it! Define it for me!

What reason could they have for mentioning Soros. I wonder...

My phone is technically "smart", but it's a really crap Huawei one with a tiny data plan that I barely use any apps on.

UnfairRepresent posted...

So ending every other sentance literally shouting "Fake News" while decrying the "alt left" as just as bad as literal nazi murderers... Is mature?


erm... ok

Hah, pretty much. Whether he was right in what he was saying or not, "mature" is the last word I'd use to describe it.

Regardless, he's handled the whole thing badly. Delaying his condemnation has empowered the neo-Nazis. Straight after his initial non-condemnation, they praised him for it. Now that he's backtracked again, they're likely saying the same.

If he unequivocally denounced them straight away, and then condemned the violence on all sides, he'd have drawn some sort of a line under it.

He's been watching too much Fox News.

Muffinz0rz posted...

Selfless for selfish reasons

This is gold. Lmao.

Romulox28 posted...

i think we are all using the word liberal to define different groups lol

In America, it seems to be pretty much "anyone left of the (usual) Democrats".

Elsewhere in the world, the "classical liberal" definition is more common I think.

So https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States vs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism basically

Tropicalwood posted...

... so it was a subreddit about this?

Hah, pretty much (and then some).

A welcome gesture, but obviously no consolation for what happened. Anyway, best wishes to the families.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Physical_Removal/

Hahahaha.

Totally deserved BTW. Reddit putting up with their shit (including inciting violence) =/= free speech.

For an idea of what the subreddit was about, the name refers to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flights

Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) are a form of extrajudicial killing practised by military forces in possession of aircraft: victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters into large bodies of water (e.g. the ocean). Death flights have been carried out in a number of internal conflicts, including the 1957 Battle of Algiers. Most notably a great many victims were killed this way by the junta dictatorship during the Argentine 1974–1983 "Dirty War".

Rexdragon125 posted...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGp1RD5XkAEpngc.jpg

Hi LSC. :)

Unfortunately, quite a few people on the side of the murderer see women (white or not) as nothing more than child-birthing machines (and are saying the victim was childless and therefore useless). There's some vile shit going around about her. There are even some fuckers trying to find the location of her funeral.

I'd hope there isn't anyone like that here, but you don't need to go far to find them.

Pretty much all of those ways at one point or another. I've replayed the game a ton as it's one of my favorites.

CQC > all though.

"Remember the basics of QCQ."

Haha, I haven't come across that subreddit before.



Lol.

Only if they were pictured doing something equivalent to what the Neo-Nazis were doing (e.g. chanting racist / hateful slogans, wearing terrorist memorabilia, etc.). If you put yourself out there and do stupid shit like that, I wouldn't blame an employer for thinking better of employing you. Those things reflect badly on an employer.

I like the calmer tracks the best honestly.

Hometown is great, for example:

Questionmarktarius posted...

A UBI in addition to paid labor would be an ideal situation, but the taxes required to make it work would have to astronomical at all brackets.
If you're gonna sit on your ass and make $12000, or work your ass off and make $15000, may as well adopt a Negative Income Tax instead.

Supposedly an NIT is functionally identical to UBI.

To explain my point before about the gross price tag being wrong: https://medium.com/basic-income/the-cost-of-universal-basic-income-is-the-net-transfer-amount-not-the-gross-price-tag-acb8aa5eab73

I'm kind of conflicted about it, but not because I am against it in theory or think governments wouldn't be able to afford it. It's more that, if automation does lead to mass unemployment, UBI would just be a sticking plaster, and a lot of people, even low-middle earners would actually be worse off. In the event that does come to pass, I think there'd need to be a rethink on the entire economic system.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The reason UBI is a non-starter in the US, is because writing every adult (approximately 250 million) a check for $12060 (individual FPL) would cost a little over $3 trillion, or essentially 75+% of the current budget.

It would cost about a third of that, because not everyone would gain out of it. Some would gain out of it, some would lose out of it and some would be no better/worse off.

I think that's assuming no change in employment though. Depending on how it affects employment, the cost would change.

It's the most fun when it works out. It can be quite difficult to pull off though

This: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/taibbi-is-libor-crucial-financial-benchmark-a-lie-w497305

Yeah. I remember when it was a 360 exclusive. Never played it though.

The graphics looked pretty good at least. Nice use of color, unlike many "brown and grey" games back then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_v0BUuIgA&t=175s

At least you can laugh at Ronaldo. :D

Coffeebeanz posted...

I'm not coming to the defense of DS - they're truly reprehensible. That said, the drivel they pump out is no more horrendous than the shit Charlie Hebdo puts out - the only difference is which side of the political aisle it comes from.

If fucking world leaders can march for Charlie Hebdo's right to horribly offensive free speech, that needs to extend both ways.

There's no contradiction here.

TDS's free speech isn't being infringed on. They're still free to air their vile views. It's just that companies aren't obligated to host them.

Similarly, Charlie Hebdo are free to air their views, even if people disagree with them doing so (as I do), but again, companies don't need to give them a platform. If their hosting company decided one day that they don't want to do so, then I wouldn't see an issue with that either. Them being gunned down by terrorists is just a teeny bit different.

iosifsvoboda posted...

*denies someone service because they aren't straight WASPs*
MUH RIGHT!!!
*gets denied service because they are white supremacists*
MUH RIGHTS!?!?!

The two are not equivalent to be fair. One is because of who they are, the other is because of the views they're espousing.

To use the famous bakery example:

Situation 1: Denying service because they're white
Situation 2: Denying service because they want a cake with a Nazi flag

This situation is more akin to the second. Their hosting has been terminated due to the vile views the site contains. GoDaddy are not obligated to give them a platform.

Should they have to host an ISIS propaganda website that leads to people being "radicalized", for example?

The free market is great until this happens, then it's terrible.

Regardless, no-one should have to host their vile views. That's just as important an aspect of free speech.

Also, I'm sure I'm not the only person to see the irony in:

"Don't tar all white people / right-wingers with the same brush!"

"The left are happy that someone was killed!"

All white people attend Nazi rallies and wear swastikas now?

Whatever point someone is trying to make, that is obviously not how they go about doing so.