Lurker > Darkman124

averagejoel posted...

it also assumes, incorrectly, that liberals are on the left -- an idea which never stops annoying me

it must be hard being you
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

the left-hand side of it falls apart under scrutiny in a number of places

patribotics is apparently the blog of a british conservative

it's probably more like center-left (but still near-bottom credibility)

the trouble with the narrative of the u-curve is the idea that liberals and conservatives are equally susceptible to fake news

conservatives are a lot more susceptible. data proves this.

https://www.ft.com/content/611d5c90-0a87-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Anteaterking posted...

Yeah, I guess that's probably a better way of thinking about it. I still think the setup means that we'd always expect to see the curve that's drawn.

The curve is mostly a result of selecting only enough sources to fill said curve.

Infowars' audience is a lot bigger than whatever the hell patribotics is.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

AssultTank posted...

I'll be honest, I'm going on the elevation on the chart because I can't tell the color differences in the squares...
But I would classify both publications you mentioned as unfair and often extreme interpretations of the news.

As would I. Huffpost's agenda leads their reporting even moreso than the washington times, though, but both are on that same border because the washington times' bias is stronger.

The borders are not easy to read, and they overlap one another in sometimes unclear ways, but the intent is to showcase a spectrum, not define boundaries within which everything is good/bad.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Anteaterking posted...

4. Generally, I haven't dug deep into the methodology, but the fact that you get essentially an upside down U is an indication that the methodology itself is skewed. They say analysis is "worse" than just reporting facts, but that's not really what I think of when it comes to quality journalism. Otherwise most local news outlets would be scoring in the yellow/green squares, despite the fact that lots of local news sucks. It just happens to be mostly fact reporting and without clear bias, but with a lack of quality in most other aspects. Because of this the chart inherently builds in a dependence between non-centrist political beliefs and low quality scores.

the methodology isn't 'good quality news' vs 'bad quality news'

but rather 'fake news' vs 'real news'

opinion/analysis that is not presented as such and instead is woven into a reporting piece is misleading and intended to push the reader in a certain direction, hence why it's lower.

fake news like infowars is the extreme end wherein the motivation to push the audience towards a conclusion supercedes all interest in actually reporting anything. so you might also view it as an axis of "news" vs "propaganda" although infowars is so insane that it doesn't really even qualify as propaganda. honestly, it kind of needs to be off on its own deeper in the bottom.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Darkman believes Buzzfeed is more legit than CNN and then causally downplays it in the hope no one will notice.

Buzzfeed news, not buzzfeed the site, UR.

And yes, I definitely do think that of buzzfeed news.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

AssultTank posted...

Quote a few things. BuzzFeed being ranked higher than CNN for factual reporting for one...
But honestly MSNBC, CNN, and Fox are all rated either too high on the truth scale or too close to center. Fox and MSNBC should both be at the infowars level with CNN slightly above on factual reporting. I would say on the bias line CNN might be accurately placed, but MSNBC is too far right and Fox is too far left on that chart.

Also HuffPost being rated highly? LMAO

I agree with zero of the things you posted.

I'll focus on the last one though. Huffpost is shown in this chart to be comparable to the washington times. Publications on the yellow/orange border should not be seen as 'Fair interpretations of the news' but rather 'unfair, bordering on extreme interpreations of the news'

The only reason they look good here is this chart includes actual fake news sites like the gateway pundit, infowars, etc, and propaganda sites like occupy democrats.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

whats up with the trump bullshitting in the USA one

also does anyone voluntarily attend military parades
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

the idea that reapers didnt have free will after 2.9 games of reapers individually talking with you and exhibiting individual motivations and emotions is one of the more jarring aspects of starchild
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

SpaghettiCookie posted...

Some choice had to be the last one.

what they dislike was the relative weight of decisions which you are really misrepresenting

saving the entire geth civilization should not be 1% as important as picking red over blue
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

you see the faces of any squadmates that died during the game in that scene, incl those who die pointless deaths

the one unique case is anderson/illusive man
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

pretty much talk about everything except the name of the team.

this has been answered

see post 63+66

also if information is declassified (ie, retired seal's status) it can be shared publicly

declassification has a set date associated with it that depends on the information's significance.

it's also possible the retired seal committed a security violation by revealing his identity and role. which would prevent him from working with classified material in the future, something he's prob ok with.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

SpaghettiCookie posted...

Geth spared the Quarians way before the Reaper tech was in their heads.

Destroy was never the tone being set by the trilogy.
People who can only see things surface level tend to say it is; but the weird thing is nobody who actually looks into the games and plays those (so for me, ME is one of the only games I play so I read the dialogue every time, I read each line even if I remember that it wasnt important)
And Idk. Theres never a time where the conclusion seems to be pointing to destroy. Thats the surface level ending yes. But its not built towards and is actively built against.

i literally said geth were the exception- the AI that you were supposed to see you could cooperate with

destroy was always the tone set by the trilogy. the villains each game wanted to use/collaborate with the reapers. they were not shown to have any good ideas and consistently were shown to be indoctrinated, ie the message was "anyone who thinks collaboration with reapers is possible is indoctrinated by reapers and should not be trusted"

the third game even says that explicitly. that past civilizations failed to use the crucible because some faction wanted to try to control the reapers instead and mucked up the plan.

the trope of history repeating itself and you having to stop the cycle is literally the core story of the game. destroy is always what you're pointed towards; the ending even shows anderson as a reference to whose philosophy you are embodying.

destroy under highest EMS kills 0 organics so i dont know what youre even talking about. if shepard survives, any cyborg-type being would survive.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

EndOfDiscOne posted...

Look into backdoor Roth conversions. It's a blatant tax loophole that many people exploit.

i was actively describing them in this thread
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

SpaghettiCookie posted...

ME is a very clear story about working with AI instead of killing it.

this does not make sense in a world where the AI in question is committing mass genocide and has already done so on the scale of trillions of lives. it does for the geth, ofc. but the reapers were shown to be blacker than black, beyond redemption, not worth saving, etc. total tone change with the non-destroy endings. total story-fuck with the geth being killed in destroy 'because renegade'.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Alek, I don't agree. I liked the scaling damage to earth/the galaxy, and how your actions in side stories impacted how those regions turned out longer term.

What I didn't like was the existence of a control option (the entire game was about how the control option was a trap that fucked over every prior civilization) or a synthesis option (which just seems like indoctrination).

Should never have been a choice. Anderson should have uttered "I'm proud of you" as the crucible began to fire.

Destroy had enough layers to satisfy players, IMO. Earth is destroyed, earth is damaged but saved and the relays are lost, the relays are saved, or Shepard survives.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

how to enjoy ME3 endings:

1) pick destroy
2) ignore the geth destruction aspect
3) assume it triggers immediately after shepard and anderson's conversation, with the starchild chat never taking place
4) enjoy your scaling ending whose outcome depends on how well you united the galaxy
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

CharlesBronson posted...

on one hand why would you want to pay taxes on an investment that might go down in value on the other hand a 2019 recession means 2020 socialism and the democrats are going to tax the s*** out of you so i lean more towards roth but i have both kinds

you want both kinds, ideally--401k to draw down from up to the 12-15% tax threshold max, then ROTH for the rest.

the idea is paying taxes on an investment that already lost money, without actually liquidating the investment. this minimizes the taxes

i need to do this for more functional purposes. wife's income is rising too fast, we may not qualify for ROTHs forever.

this is a good problem to have.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Detective_pika posted...

Serious question: is the average trump voter that racist?

Just reading the consequences that these heroes (SEAL team) will face makes me angry. Yet the support our armed forces people dont give a s*** about this apparently simply because a guy who feels about race the way they do did it.

mix

you have single issue voters who just want tax cuts/pro-business policy that cringe at his actions but arent going to oppose him (30%+ of all republicans, basically the koch wing of the party)

you have foreign policy hawks, who would hate this (10-15% of republicans, max. dying breed)

and you have the christian conservatives who obviously dont actually care about jesus or they wouldnt have ever backed trump and are using it as a cover for racism, and the actual racists who dont try to hide it

so i guess half-ish.

my best friend is a hawk and strong conservative from fiscal conservative perspective, and he hates trump but begrudgingly voted for him. we can talk about politics in part because we can both see that trump's actions are a mix of insane bullshit and obviously political moves that lack empathy for americans. he will still vote R but supports a primary challenger in 2020. rational viewpoint.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

YookaLaylee posted...

Im 100% certain that she will never run for President. I always got the feeling that she hated living in the White House and seeing how busy Barack was. Why would she want to go right back to that kind of life?

inclined to agree, but i cant imagine her not becoming a representative. she cares about issues and does not lack in ambition or drive
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

OHP 175 (again) bench 250, squat 350, DL 450

break the upper bound for a 35 year old's retirement savings

win the terraforming mars and twilight struggle tournaments at prezcon, WBC, and euroquestcon

not be angry after a conversation with my mom
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

i mean, she hasnt accomplished nearly as much

but she is 10000x more charismatic and hasnt had 30 years of attack ads run against her, and has no publicly stated ambitions so there's not really any substance to attacks decrying her as a political animal--only obviously racist shit was thrown at her

also her marriage to barrack fits the bill for what both conservatives and liberals want to see in a public figure's marriage. conservatives loved to attack clinton for her political marriage and even liberals knew it was not based on love. barrack loves the shit out of her in such clear and overt ways that you can't call it political acting, and i think for a lot of people that is reason enough to love the shit out of her too

imo her political instincts are shit, she is literally the poster girl for democrats trying to be upstanding and getting screwed over for it. her political goals as first lady were inoffensive but also pretty inconsequential

she will make a fine house rep in 2020 and if she doesnt run she's selling herself short, but she's never going to be president. again, IMO.
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

gloomhaven 21.6 pounds
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Squall28 posted...

Trump just gave it away for free!

just because we didnt see the payment doesnt mean it wasnt made

if there was a payment he should be executed
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Ambience posted...

Original? There was another?

Yeah on the DVD releases they offered an alternate ending to pander to whiney fans.

i heard that just ended after the train scene

frankly: that's fine

the story being a eulogy was something fans expected and accepted
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

MFBKBass5 posted...

They were perfect together.

show had 8 seasons that could be summed up as "ted and robin dont work and he cant find a real partner until he learns this"

finale: 'right but we wrote them together in season 1 episode 1'

there was no moral of the story. there was a narrative written with assumption of 1 season, and a separate narrative that was written over the course of a decade, and they shot the former when they made the show and didn't consider rewriting it with the developments of the following decade, since the actors in the original cut were no longer teenagers
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

ShroomKingJr posted...

I don't understand how the families are at risk. It's not like the terrorists can enter America illegally and hide out in a Sanctuary City to plan their revenge...

because US assets are at risk from state entities as well as non-state entities
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Squall28 posted...

Jumped the gun and bought too early so I don't have extra funds to buy more

i did too, but it'll be okay man. always 2019 roths!

you could also exploit this chance to move any trad IRAs to ROTH IRAs in a rollover

less tax consequences when the asset value is lower
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

CharlesBronson posted...

lol the fed has been stealing from savers for the past 10 years that's what's destructive

the argument would be more like the commercial paper market has stolen from savers

fed's damage now is that they're removing liquidity during a time of uncertainty
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Dampproof posted...

So back on topic then.

Their post-military opportunities in the clandestine world just went up in smoke. Those videos were long enough for a facial recognition algorithm to match them in the future.

They can also spend the rest of their days never traveling outside the U.S., constantly looking over their shoulders, and worrying about their families being taken and used as leverage against them.

He betrayed the SEAL team by effectively ending their careers.

i consider this an accurate evaluation of the damage
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

earnings rises aren't 'fake', and the reactions in markets seem to be to the fed not caring whether their actions are destructive or not, rather than the fed ever taking those actions

the drop from the dec hike was nothing compared to jerome's comments that he didnt care about volatility
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

So if Trump should get in trouble for this then the news outlets showing the pictures should be shut down and everyone there fired? Damn, I'm sure a ton of places have posted these pictures, gonna be a lot of people without jobs.

once a spill has happened and cleanup determined to be impossible, only the party responsible for the spill is considered to be at fault

also news media is not obligated to obey SCG classification rules
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

BalisticWarri0r posted...

Where is the DOD policy indicating that is a requirement?

it would be in the security classification guide relating to classified asset team operations. if the identity (per facial recognition software) of an asset is classified secret by the SCG, then no photos of them can ever be posted in public alongside their operation team identification, as this confirms the identity of an asset, which violates the SCG rules.

it's probably one of the most obvious and straightforward ways you can't combine two pieces of unclassified information to make one piece of classified information. possibly the most directly damaging too. there are much more obscure ways to commit security violations.

you do know this, right? you've held a clearance and received briefings on handling classified information?
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

real question traders are asking now is whether we're looking at 1987/2011 or 1929/2001/2008

IMO we do not have conditions that mirror either case. to me it looks like a global downturn that finally reached the US and pulled us down with it

if every market except the US enters a recession it'd be huge for the US- a lot of foreign money would come here seeking returns since none would be found elsewhere
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

nasa intern 3 months
USNO intern 3 months
fusion UV systems 6 months
space systems laboratory 9 months
[REDACTED] 2 years
[REDACTED] 8 years
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

TomNook20 posted...

shockthemonkey posted...

Would probably fuck up the entire solar system

That

this is highly unlikely

the mass of mars is quite small and the space of the system quite large, on a relative basis

mars' gravitational pull is unlikely to impact any other celestial body in a meaningful way unless its orbit were specifically adjusted to impact another planet (in which case it would be the impact that would make the difference)

this would require intent and a careful plan using a resolution of the two body problem, and subject to a multitude of confounding factors.

realistically, what would happen is mars's orbit would be adjusted, but its habitability unchanged
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

brian reynolds, creator of alpha centauri, civ 2, rise of nations
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

Bio1590 posted...

You literally have to search for it to find it.

i got an email specifically announcing its release
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

but how will he enforce it with the government shut down?
---

And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.