Its a philosophical crutch, putting your reason for living or being a decent person in the hands of an other entity is easier than taking that responsibility yourself.
I guess the emotion I feel when some theist is mouthing off or drawing irrational conclusions is pitty. I do try to not be judgmental, but its hard some days.
Woz continues to be the good Steve.
The reason a lot of us take issue with the age-verificarion steps is that while the stated intent is saftey, we are prtty sure none of those guard rails will be implemented. Noone will enforce the fines of telemtry harvesting and fines not high enough are just the cost of doing business.
Noone trusts the entities pushing for these changes to be good stewards of these additional data points and most tech experts are skeptical that they will be effective to begin with. The benifits are negligable and the erosion of user privacy (as pitiful as it is with everyones personal wiretaps) is unacceptable.
Parents and tech companies, if they want features like this need to go back to the drawing board and try again, use the parental control features already embedded in devices and stop trying to shove Orwellian shit into every new requirement.
Thats exactly what they did last time, ship all the fundy religious nuts overseas, the Massachusetts bay colony was full of religious exiles deemed too “extra” for post-reformation Europe… And look where we are now.
The new AmEx cards are getting out of hand.
Between this and the Cardputer-zero, im very excited for the next-gen digital swiss army knives.
Good work Fluxer team.
Full time Linux at home for gaming, home lab and services, supports enterprise Windows at work. The year of the linux desktop is almost upon us (really just waiting for the gabe-cube and the OS along with it), yes that how it be some times.
Its also a plot point in (after the recast) that he did this to himself. Evil Morty’s goal was to escape the cluster of multi-verses that Rick curated where he was the smartest person in that universe. I like the newer plot driven episodes, but writing this im noticing that while I like the show as its airing, I have never really rewatched it…
Its that the fines are fixed. For people who cant afford it an 80$ ticket means something else has to go. Your eating ramen and beans or your going to be late on a bill, and that may have additional fees. To those who can afford it, the 80$ ticket is the cost of a nice dinner you were going to anyway, its not impactful enough to change your behavior.
This is why in some nordic countries serious traffic violations fines are based on a % of your income. Plus taxes are high enough that the governentn does not rely on them as a primary revenue source.
I sometimes like to hear my local weather hippies… bout the only time I hear ads, they have been purged from most other media outlets I follow.
Oh, please do the same for my local radio. That ad is so bad I just turn it off for the rest of the ride…
Depending on your location and labor laws, you need to go after them for stolen/lost wages. “We thought you agreed” is no excuse for wage theft and if thats not in writing and you have the time sheets for it, you may have a case if you have records.
If its in MA (just a guess because its a higher-ed job), their wage theft laws have teeth to the point I would have a new job lined up while you work with your lawyer.
And is generally off to a pretty poor start, she is more of a centerist that a lot of progressives would like and with the gun law restrictions has already managed to piss off the 2A crowd (not like they were going to vote for her anyway). Overall, barring her event handling skills (see: disasters, hurricane season which we have yet too see), I dont see her policies wooing anyone new, I sorta expect her to be a 1-term gov.
[raises hand] which Fantastic Four… Last I counter there were like five… I think… I lost count.
No one, its called braindrain. Your country fucks up hard enough that the people with the education and means to do so fuck off. We made our bed, time to hunker down and deal with the consequences.
Prince Arthas Menethil from Warcraft.
[Quietly sweeps WoW:Shadowlands under the rug]
Dudes villian arc is perfect, his fall is entierly of his own making. Playing as him in Warcraft 3, you follow his reasoning and by the time the corruption sets in, its far too late. In the expansions, you play as him in full BBEG mode. Lastly, WoW:Wrath of the Lich King had him as the capstone boss of one of the best expansions and 15 years of buildup.
And they never expanded on his character ever again…
Im sure golden arches could find a way to mess up preserved cucumbers. Just give em a bit.
Its 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigerettes, its dark and were wearing sunglasses.