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Topic | The Borg vs. The Terminators. |
darkmaian23 03/21/20 5:45:01 PM #23 | MeIon Bread posted... Having said THAT, good luck assimilating a shapeshifting T-1000.What's to stop the Borg from assimilating the design from Skynet itself? We don't, to my knowledge, know much about the Borg's reaction to machine life generally. If they care enough about Skynet to be interacting with it, they'll probably at a minimum assimilate all technologies it possesses. |
Topic | How did Japan have so little infections from coronavirus |
darkmaian23 03/21/20 3:28:58 AM #39 | NinjaWarrior455 posted... Most Japanese bathrooms don't even have soap.If this is true, please tell me it is because you are expected to buy soap from a vending machine or carry your own or something. |
Topic | What does 8÷2(2+2) = ? |
darkmaian23 03/21/20 3:25:54 AM #114 | The order of operations goes like this: PEMDAS Parentheses. Exponents. Multiplication and Division, from left to right. Addition and Subtraction, from left to right. As written, the expression 8 2(2 + 2) is ambiguous. If the expression represents a fraction with 8 in the numerator and 2(2 + 2) is in the denominator, then we have: 8 2(2 + 2) 8 / (2(2 + 2)) 8 / (2(4)) 8 / 8 1 If, on the other hand, 8 2 really just means "eight divided by two", then we get this instead: 8 2(2 + 2) 8 2(4) 4(4) 16 Without additional information or context, it isn't possible to say which is the correct interpretation of the expression. |
Topic | I fucking called it! Netflix urged to slow down streaming |
darkmaian23 03/19/20 10:03:15 AM #23 | ClunkerSlim posted... I mean, there is a physical limit to bandwidth.Yeah, but it's 2020. The demand for bandwidth is only going up. The EU really can't handle a bunch of people at home streaming at the same time? That's just sad. Yeah, I know, US internet is even worse but the EU is supposed to be better for things like this. |
Topic | Who here has failed with their dream girl? |
darkmaian23 03/19/20 5:34:11 AM #11 | Where is the "I met my dream girl, but she wasn't interested and now I'm forever alone" poll option? |
Topic | F*** I'm working the drive thru right now. |
darkmaian23 03/19/20 5:32:20 AM #6 | Gobstoppers12 posted... Wear gloves, don't touch your face with the gloves.Most food service jobs don't, but make sure your gloves aren't made of latex. Unless you'd like the emergency room filled with people who had a severe allergic reaction after eating something with latex particles on it. |
Topic | If passed, new legislation would lead to mandatory message scanning in the US |
darkmaian23 03/19/20 5:05:40 AM #17 | James xeno posted... These seriously! This bullshit needs to be stopped in it's tracks. On the bright side.. Don't see this lasting very long with the courts.Please contact your representatives and tell them not to vote in favor of EARN IT. The EFF has a link to take action without too much bother on your part. :) |
Topic | Where the FUCK is my $1000 |
darkmaian23 03/18/20 9:43:57 PM #7 | The provision to send money to Americans wasn't in the stuff they just passed. So, currently, nobody has a free $1000 coming yet. |
Topic | So when is CHINA going to APOLOGIZE to the WORLD for this VIRUS? |
darkmaian23 03/18/20 9:03:02 AM #14 | Resaix posted... February 28: We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical.I think this one is my favorite. Wtf is an "element" in this context? Resaix posted... Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. Theyre there. And the tests are beautiful. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.Did actually say this garbage? |
Topic | Bleach anime is returning. |
darkmaian23 03/18/20 8:57:27 AM #18 | I wonder if it will end with Ichigo marrying Rukia like God intended? |
Topic | Trump sucks but there is nothing he could have really done to prevent COVID |
darkmaian23 03/18/20 8:47:58 AM #29 | DanHaren2019 posted... Instead he told us that it will magically go away. Then once everyone stopped believing him he put Pence in charge the same guy that caused an HIV outbreak in his own state and refused to do anything about it. |
Topic | Biden won Florida and Illinois, it's over |
darkmaian23 03/18/20 3:12:44 AM #30 | bevan306 posted... biden is a dream come true because he actually has a chance of a) getting elected and b) achieving progressive policy goalsSerious question: what progressive policy goals is Biden going to pursue? |
Topic | I can't understand how people aren't FUMING at McConnel. |
darkmaian23 03/17/20 7:57:13 PM #41 | I'm not concerned about the bill being held up in the Senate. What I am concerned about is Graham pushing to have EARN IT snuck into this must-pass bill. |
Topic | I picked up Shadowrun Encounters. A press your luck dice/card game |
darkmaian23 03/17/20 5:08:07 AM #5 | Where did you find this? I can't find it listed on Amazon or Coolstuff. |
Topic | Doesn't Bernie Sanders sound like he's living in a fantasy land? |
darkmaian23 03/16/20 7:09:57 AM #9 | Smashingpmkns posted... He would provide you with health insurance even though you're unemployed. |
Topic | Is this real? |
darkmaian23 03/15/20 11:12:54 PM #26 | Yes, this is real: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online Please consider contacting your representatives to tell them not to vote for this: https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill |
Topic | If passed, new legislation would lead to mandatory message scanning in the US |
darkmaian23 03/15/20 11:00:08 PM #11 | Superlinkbro posted... I already sent messages to my local governors and senators about it through Eff but that's about as useful as getting toilet paper to combat the Coronavirus.It's an election year, and so far only 10 senators have come out in support of EARN IT. Your effort isn't wasted. Thank you for fighting the good fight! |
Topic | If passed, new legislation would lead to mandatory message scanning in the US |
darkmaian23 03/15/20 3:23:16 AM #8 | @Evening_Dragon So because not everything is scanned for known illegal porn, and because those methods aren't completely transparent to the public, you think that justifies government mandated scanning software going through everything everyone says online or posts, looking for something the police or certain private groups think is objectionable (not just illegal), is justified? Because that's what they intend to happen here, and this is why they say they need it. Thinking that maybe completely unbreakable encryption might be bad for fighting crime is light years away from what this bill is and what its intentions are. Well, one of them anyway. With 19 committee members and Barr at the helm, there is no telling what will be dreamed up. 008Zulu posted... FBI: Yes, John? We intercepted a text, where you referred to President Trump as a "fat orange chongus"... we are going to need you to tell us what that means, so we can determine whether or not we should arrest you as an anti-government dissident.Not yet, and probably not soon after this becomes law, but eventually. This is why we have the 4th Amendment, and why it is so vital that legislation like this doesn't pass. |
Topic | If passed, new legislation would lead to mandatory message scanning in the US |
darkmaian23 03/15/20 2:00:17 AM #1 | https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online I've made topics about EARN IT before, which most experts suspected was the US government's attempt at mandating the breaking of encryption. It turns out at least one of the future members of the rule-making committee that the law would establish has great ambitions:
Would you like every message you write online to pass through government-mandated software that reports you to private organizations and law enforcement if it doesn't like what it finds? What the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children considers abusive and what is illegal are two different things. Known illegal material is already scanned for and automatically flagged and reported by the big cloud providers. Don't be fooled; this is about absolute social control. God only knows what the other 18 committee members--or Barr himself--will add. This is actively working its way through the Senate right now, and with the coronavirus taking up the news cycle, you may not hear more about it until it passes in the Senate. Don't assume that the House will strike it down if it passes either: the bill has bipartisan origins in the Senate. Please, contact your senators and tell them not to vote for this. |
Topic | Trump declares Sunday a National Day of Prayer |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 8:00:45 PM #13 | Is that legal? |
Topic | Is it dangerous to enable NSFW content in your Reddit feed? |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 8:14:03 AM #1 | Like is it mostly tasteful stuff, or is illegal or disturbing content a legit concern? I largely post on only on gaming or art related subs. Thanks! |
Topic | Youtube running 15 second ads, twice in a row? |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 5:23:03 AM #9 | Get uBlock Origin. |
Topic | Things only 80s kids would understand. |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 5:20:09 AM #47 | 008Zulu posted... Being able to play outside, up to 8pm at night, without having to worry about child services abducting you for having bad parents.Is that actually a thing? |
Topic | Things only 80s kids would understand. |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 3:17:26 AM #43 | Pizza Hut is the one that hits me hard. Even through the end of the 90s, it was the place to go in town if you wanted food. It was always such a treat. I miss those times. |
Topic | NY to have prisoners make state-branded hand sanitizer |
darkmaian23 03/13/20 12:57:32 AM #38 | J E S U S posted... alternativelyThat's like saying the solution to parents beating their children is for the children to behave better. Its completely backwards. The conduct of prisoners has nothing to do with the responsibility prisons have for them. Prisons are paid money by the government to take care of prisoners. Instead of doing that, for-profit prisons pocket the money for their investors and force prisoners to work and live in squalid conditions. The very laws criminals break, and the mandatory minimums that control their sentences, are lobbied for by the private prison industry. For private prisons to make money, they have to fill beds. For private prisons to expand their business, they need to build more prisons and then fill those prisons with prisoners. The fact that our laws, and how those laws are interpreted, are influenced by a business sector that requires more criminals to exist should give everyone serious pause. High ranking politicians--including a former US Attorney General--have ties to the prison industry. Morals and what's best for society aren't considerations. The squalid living conditions in prisons aren't part of the punishment--again, they get paid enough per person to give them the necessities--it's a money making strategy. Around 59% of the US prison population have never committed any kind of violent crime. |
Topic | Who misses the golden era of Gamefaqs? |
darkmaian23 03/11/20 5:22:54 AM #20 | I miss it. There used to be enough people posting so that you could have decent conversations about a variety of classic games. There are classic gaming subs on Reddit, but it just isn't the same. It's mostly people posting pictures of their collection or showing off the final screen from a NES game or whatever. |
Topic | 2005-2008 was the golden era for the internet... |
darkmaian23 03/11/20 4:59:36 AM #3 | Alisa posted... Flash gamesPhone games provide the same mindless entertainment, just with more ads. Alisa posted... MMOs like vanilla WoWPSO2 is coming to the XBONE. I've never played it, but given its age, it might be just what you're looking for. I'm interested myself actually. Alisa posted... Hangouts like Habbo and Gaia Online where you gain currency by socialising and creating your avatarAren't those sites still a thing? I'm way past the age demographic for online socializing outside of Discord, light Reddit, and here. But I think those kinds of things still exist in some form. I'll agree with you that the internet does seem less free and more commercial these days (I still remember when you could see video of in reviews of movies and TV instead of just still images on Youtube), but part of it might just be longing for the good ol' days. |
Topic | NY to have prisoners make state-branded hand sanitizer |
darkmaian23 03/10/20 2:07:21 PM #32 | Spooking posted... People are pretending to be outraged.I'm not pretending in the slightest. US prisons are disgusting and immoral. Anyone who says otherwise really needs to take the time to read up on for-profit prisons. Many "tough on crime" policies aren't made for the benefit of society, but to keep the prison population up and that sweet, sweet cash flowing in. |
Topic | NY to have prisoners make state-branded hand sanitizer |
darkmaian23 03/10/20 1:15:03 PM #25 | Kolibri X posted... Working in prison is a choice and a privilege for inmates. It can lower their sentence and give them better living conditions.Yes, I'm sure it's such a privilege to work for far less than minimum wage to afford basic things the prison is already paid to provide you, like toilet paper, which they jack up the price on to make even more money. |
Topic | why is japanese anime so popular but their live action stuff not so much? |
darkmaian23 03/09/20 5:19:22 PM #5 | DeadBankerDream posted... Sounds like you didn't try very hard.OK then---enlighten me. Which ones are worth watching? It might just be how Korea does licensing, but every Korean film I've ever seen on Amazon or Netflix has been great. |
Topic | NY to have prisoners make state-branded hand sanitizer |
darkmaian23 03/09/20 5:12:27 PM #8 | Jagr_68 posted... This is craziness straight out of the Simpsons or Futurama universes. |
Topic | why is japanese anime so popular but their live action stuff not so much? |
darkmaian23 03/09/20 5:08:15 PM #2 | Have you ever tried Japanese live action films? I have, and I've flat out never seen a good one. I have no idea what percentage of Korean films are actually worth watching, but there is a solid lineup of amazing films I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone with an open mind. Anime is popular because there are great ones from every genre. Even if you think animation is for kids, I bet I could find you one you'd like. |
Topic | Coronavirus 2 |
darkmaian23 03/08/20 6:09:16 AM #481 | Chenmaster2 posted... I'm starting to think at this point the WHO is trying to delay calling the coronavirus a pandemic as much as possible.A UN organization is dragging its feet and being completely useless? What you say?! |
Topic | Anti-encryption and censorship legislation is still going strong in the Senate |
darkmaian23 03/08/20 6:03:15 AM #13 | ToadallyAwesome posted... Does it have a good chance of passing? If so thats a big Yikes.I have no idea. This was authored by Democrats and Republicans, but that isn't necessarily a sign it has broad support. Lindsey Graham told tech companies at the end of last year that if they hadn't given police a back door to encryption by the same time next year, the Senate would impose its will on them. If this is what Graham had in mind (his one of EARN IT's authors), it seems early to deliver on the threat. A lot of things could happen: it could be changed to make it sound more reasonable (like change the AG's role or give Congress some control), it could be rolled into the next must-pass spending bill so that everyone can vote for it while claiming they didn't actually vote for it (this happened to the CLOUD Act), or they could just pull the "think of the children card" and vote for it in droves (like they did for FOSTA). Or maybe the idea of giving such a huge amount of power to the executive branch in an election year will be seen as a non-starter by both parties. I consider it possible that this legislation is a warning shot designed to spook tech companies and pave the way for more "reasonable" anti-encryption legislation that will be proposed later this year. But it's dangerous to assume things like that. I've been told my views are optimistic, and the government will always give itself more power when the opportunity arises. =/ |
Topic | Anti-encryption and censorship legislation is still going strong in the Senate |
darkmaian23 03/08/20 4:58:52 AM #11 | Duncanwii posted... I'm not thoughI don't think you understand the scope of what's being discussed. Without Section 230, websites become liable under civil and criminal law for everything users say and do. Any website that can't completely dump all user generated content would be forced to comply with whatever the committee (or just William Barr, because the AG is free to do whatever he wants with the rules regardless of what the committee says) decides the new rules are, or stop doing business. Here is a list of some issues and what Barr and Republican lawmakers at large think about them:
Forget social issues, forget political parties, and even forget encryption: it makes absolutely no sense to create a means for a single unelected official to control the entire internet at his whim. The required committee members would almost all come from a law enforcement background given the requirements, but hell, that doesn't even matter because the AG can just ignore them all and make whatever rules he likes. The argument behind the need for EARN IT is also deceitful. Section 230 does not absolve businesses of their responsibility to federal law. All internet businesses are already required to preserve and report any child abuse material they find, and every major company actually works pretty hard at finding it (Google even scans cloud storage for known illegal porn). Facebook, for all its many faults, works with charities to identify and proactively take down abuse material. The limitations of existing tools and a finite number of content moderators means they don't catch everything, but they do a damn good job. The idea that companies don't do anything and that we need EARN IT to make them care is a flat out lie. |
Topic | Anti-encryption and censorship legislation is still going strong in the Senate |
darkmaian23 03/06/20 3:25:50 PM #4 | Doom_Art posted... Bottom lineUnfortunately, the EARN IT act is a bipartisan piece of legislation. It's too early to say how much support it will receive from either party in the House or Senate, but it was authored by a pair of Democrats and Republicans. |
Topic | i don't think there's anything worse than other cancer patients giving you shit |
darkmaian23 03/06/20 3:19:52 PM #9 | I visited a community on reddit looking for some support with a medical diagnosis and how things were going with my doctor. I'd experienced some bizarre side effects during a trial treatment, and I was seriously worried about continuing until that was figured out. I was told that it was all in my head, and that I should see a psychiatrist and take the treatment anyway. That was my first time seeing something like that. I can't believe that behavior extends even to something as serious and personal as cancer. I wonder if this sort of thing happens because the people attacking you are dissatisfied with their own lack of control and are themselves afraid, and seek to make that better be asserting control and dominance over someone in a similar position. And then others join in to reinforce other posters who see what is happening as an attack on the support group. That was my first negative experience on reddit. I'm sorry something similar happened to you too. |
Topic | CNBC's Rick Santelli suggests giving everyone coronavirus to spare the economy |
darkmaian23 03/06/20 3:09:44 PM #12 | CharlesBronson posted... he appologized leave the poor man aloneNo. The fact that those words left the man's mouth on TV means he on some level believes this to be true. |
Topic | Anti-encryption and censorship legislation is still going strong in the Senate |
darkmaian23 03/06/20 3:02:21 PM #2 | You can read more about this bill and why it is a terrible idea, and why it isn't necessary at all to protect children: https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ban-end-end-encryption-without-actually-banning-it |
Topic | Does going to a chiropractor actually work? |
darkmaian23 03/06/20 5:34:30 AM #32 | I can't believe people go to chiropractors. The "science" behind it is completely made up, and they've paralyzed or killed plenty of people. Shrewd chiropractors are careful not to do much of anything so that they don't actually hurt you, and yet get you to keep coming back. No lie, the guy in the town I grew up in would lay you down on a table face down, give you a massage, and then take a device out from his desk that made noise and wave it over your back saying it was a special tool to align the spine. I'm pretty sure the success stories from the ones who actually crack backs are stories of chiropractors getting lucky. I was once in so much referred pain that I thought I was going to die, but then I fell over, heard something pop in my back, and then felt good as new. I'd imagine a chiropractor could have gotten lucky trying to work on my back, but that would have been the extent of his or her talents. They can't even read x-rays! |
Topic | Anti-encryption and censorship legislation is still going strong in the Senate |
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Topic | Why are atheists afraid of God? |
darkmaian23 03/04/20 5:10:40 AM #6 | Wewillrocku posted... are we talking about the same god who lost to chariots because they were iron?There were three things that tanked the Bible's credibility for me when I began to ready it seriously as a teenager:
To this day, I'm amazed that anyone who reads the Bible from cover to cover can remain a believer. I think the main thing with Christianity is that most people don't read the Bible themselves. Everything they know about it comes from what the pastor tells them, and that is always embellished and laden with advice about how this or that story relates to modern living or a moral issue. If you read along in the Bible during a sermon, the pastor will immediately start in explaining and dramatizing the passage which robs you of the ability to process it yourself. The "read along" books and pamphlets that get recommended for enthusiastic Christians do much the same thing. And it doesn't help that many of the more modern and easily digested versions have been smoothed over and edited in some places to make it easier to swallow. |
Topic | 45% of teachers quit within 5 years. I might be one of them |
darkmaian23 03/04/20 3:19:50 AM #109 | Is this a new phenomenon? I'm having trouble reconciling some of these things you guys are saying you see in school districts with the fact that society continues to function. I'd imagine for college-aged folks, the need to be employed forces you to start giving a shit and act properly once you graduate. But what about the younger grades? Do severe emotional and behavioral problems tend to sort them out? Even then, I'm not sure what to make of huge throngs of children growing up without the ability to read. |
Topic | Bernie Sanders: A Loser's Life? |
darkmaian23 03/03/20 3:08:51 AM #5 | Giblet_Enjoyer posted... Not true but I wish it were, I'd like him even more. |
Topic | The IHop cereal pancakes look freaking delicious |
darkmaian23 03/03/20 3:08:22 AM #11 | AssultTank posted... The IHOP here is closed pending a health department reinspection...Dear God, how filthy must it be in there if they've failed every single inspection? |
Topic | 22-year old teacher arrested for having sex with a High School student |
darkmaian23 03/02/20 6:11:20 PM #38 | coolboy11 posted... why would any 20 something want to mess with a high schooler?All it says is that he was under 19. He might very well have been 18 and she wasn't aware there would be much of a problem. |
Topic | Saw a cute white chick with some hella super old dude at a restaurant today |
darkmaian23 03/01/20 10:08:27 PM #2 | Maybe it was her dad? |
Topic | How is healthcare so much cheaper in countries other than the US? |
darkmaian23 03/01/20 10:07:41 PM #42 | @ssjevot ssjevot posted... In Japan if you are on public insurance (tax payer sponsored) you still have to pay 30% of costs yourself, but it isn't a big deal because the costs are reasonable. A couple weeks in a hospital won't bankrupt you (a friend on public insurance did like 2 weeks here and only paid a few hundred dollars, and they allowed him to pay it off over time). I don't mean to derail this discussion, but isn't it true that Japan looks down on people with disabilities and acts like they don't exist? I saw that happen with a Japanese professor before and it was...uncomfortable. Relative to this discussion, it made me wonder if there isn't a dark side to the Japanese healthcare system. |
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