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Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5050/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
Posted by Yami people can say anything really, but unless you hack into the government's archives and shit, there's no way to know Posted by Baby Luigi it all depends on how much of the car is controlled by the computer ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 39/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
Posted by Yami In the U.S., at least, Social security is a federal government-controlled program that's part of social welfare (retirement pensions) but government controls as well as medicaid, ensured deposits at banks, FAFSA, CDC, EPA, and a bunch of other things that would be much harder to live without in modern society. You'll have to trust the government to pay you pension when you retire, help your kids receive a quality education, construct the roads, manage marriage and the property you're on, manage the water supply, subsidize the gas you're driving to make it affordable, maintain public parks, maintain the environment (although U.S. has a bunch of global warming deniers in Congress), administer vaccines and other health-measures. It's hard to distrust the government when it's doing so much that you can't avoid it and you already trust it to do all of these services. Even if you don't live in the U.S., your government is still probably doing a lot and probably even more since U.S. doesn't even have universal health care. Posted by Yami What makes you think the "nonmainstream" stuff doesn't have the same thing? Where are you getting your information from? I mean, that's the same argument cranks use to deny basic facts like "vaccines are good for you", and make false, outrageous claims such as "CDC lied to cover up the link between vaccines and autism". Posted by StapleButter Yeah, on that aspect, not sure what the degree of control is, but maybe it'll be like autopilot? |
Arisotura |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5052/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
which is what I said; just because it's not the mainstream media doesn't mean it's holding the truth about everything
consider why Squidgirl constantly made up wacky conspiracy theories: to get attention (and you can consider Squidgirl a nonmainstream media, but that media is full of shit) ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
LeftyGreenMario |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 41/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
Yup. I don't see the distrust in "mainstream media". Given that there is a pretty wide range of viewpoints (from Faux News to NPR to Mother Jones to CBS News) within what we call "mainstream media", exactly what makes something "mainstream" or not anyway? The only things I see are "mainstream" and "fringe" even though some networks like Faux News has fringe elements (and it doesn't consider itself mainstream either even though it has a damn high viewership).
On-topic: man, the more I look at Google Glass, the more I think it looks really stupid. Also, lol, Google Glass is getting banned in places, which includes driving because of privacy issues. What if they start making Smart Contact Lens? :o |
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Baby Luigi Level: 53 Posts: 30/749 EXP: 1116242 Next: 40877 Since: 03-13-16 From: Lost in Time Last post: 1727 days ago Last view: 1721 days ago |
I've seen Smart Contact lenses tech, it looks extremely intrusive. Contact lenses are supposed to simulate not wearing glasses, not be as intrusive as displaying UIs and crap.
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Yellow Level: 40 Posts: 99/369 EXP: 420316 Next: 20993 Since: 09-09-14 Last post: 1548 days ago Last view: 1220 days ago |
Yes, the government might provide a lot of useful services, but that doesn't mean they're being completely honest with us all of the time. Anyway, I dislike main stream media, it's always filled with some sort of bullshit, especially propaganda, like it, or not. One of the main things I dislike about the government is, when they fuck up, or have any problems, for example lets say they piss off some other country, it becomes our problem as well, and in the end, the people get hurt over the things they say, and do, even though we could careless most of the time. ____________________ MKDS Hacking & Modding Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/CAktUYP |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 42/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
I think they're designed to not be intrusive while you're going on daily lives, but how the hell are you supposed to enforce that, especially for drivers? It's already tough enough with Google Glass, but this... omg. Maybe we'll have... driverless cars to compensate.
Posted by supergamecube Never implied that they don't screw up and sometimes majorly like the Patriot Act, how they handled the Rwanda massacre, police brutality, quackery (like they allow homeopathy), super PACs, powerful lobbyists, money scandals, and more. But government isn't appreciated for what it has done for us, as many of you would find your lives much tougher if it weren't for financial aid, EPA, CDC, FDA, the U.S. Department of Education, even the IRS, and many many more. And honestly, when people say that "mainstream media has some sort of bullshit", they never specify in regards of the information AND the whatever is providing it. Yes, they may have coverage issues including self-censorship during Charlie Hebdo massacre, no coverage given to global warming whatsoever, weird priorities such as not shutting up about Donald Trump or this basketball team guy who spouted racist comments, being not very informative, forcing "balance" into science based issues such as global warming, GMOs, and vaccines where there is actually a right side and a wrong side (on the other hand not covering valid views because of bias), questionable ownership control, bad priorities like no coverage on Rwanda genocide whatsoever, and many many more, but this doesn't sound really bad compared to the "nonmainstream" stuff like cranks, conspiracy theorists, and other crazy outlets. |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5062/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 43/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
I'd like to think that it's not immediate (even though it is happening right now) or not easily noticeable but hm I don't see why mainstream media that's talking about the El Nino we've had recently doesn't say "Oh, and global warming is making it and the drought worse. Experience it for yourself and weep at your SUV before ultimately driving it to work."
And then you have politicians who don't take the issue seriously as they should (both Democrats and Republicans are guilty of this, although pretty much every Republican denies it) or even outright claim that it is a "hoax" or some crap like that probably just to score votes by these kinds of people. I also think that stuff like the Sierra Leone civil war in 2002 and whatever is going on in East Timor would also be pretty good in garnering sensation but ah well, nobody knows about those. |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5063/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
my stance on it is that, well, we can't know
climate likes to play tricks, like that year where June was absurdly cold then people like to set a 'norm' and go mad at everything that doesn't fit that norm global warming may be happening 'naturally' for whatever reason pollution isn't a good thing, maybe it's affecting it, maybe not, but we're facing forces we don't completely understand (we can't even reliably predict weather) ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
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Baby Luigi Level: 53 Posts: 32/749 EXP: 1116242 Next: 40877 Since: 03-13-16 From: Lost in Time Last post: 1727 days ago Last view: 1721 days ago |
Anthropogenic global warming is a fact accepted by all major scientific institutions, including NASA, NOAA, EPA, etc. That one month that was absurdly cold is simply just cherry-picking and magnifying in what should be a big picture thing. The overall trend is warming up, as you see from the line-graph trend of global average temperatures.
I'm not so sure about the extent we're causing it, but our burning of fossil fuels is most certainly contributing to it and hence why it's an issue that needs to be taken seriously. |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5064/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 45/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
Just to add on what Baby Luigi has said, we actually have a ton of evidence for global warming from CO2 dissolved in our oceans to global average temperatures to record heat waves in the recent years to erratic weather leading to droughts and floods alike to ice amounts in the polar caps to disrupted migration patterns. While science is always cautious, we have evidence all over the place across various, if not all, scientific fields from chemistry, meteorology, oceanography, biology and more. It's very complex, sure, but the huge amounts of data we have for global warming is consistent with it, and there's no doubt that we're causing it. And it will be disastrous since the climate is changing so quickly so the events will be extreme and drastic.
Also, unlike weather, it is considerably easier to predict trends in climate. Oil companies do have a lot of power because everyone needs petroleum and all, and it doesn't help that our own government can be controlled by these interest groups. The real conspiracy here is oil companies hiring "experts", often unqualified to argue about climatology, to deny that global warming exists or at least say that "it isn't bad" or even say that it is a hoax. And true, most of those who deny global warming not only have incorrect and cherry-picked data, they DO have oil ties. In the meantime, on with Google bashing, Google HAS funded global warming denying thinktanks and other things like that, so go them. |
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Baby Luigi Level: 53 Posts: 51/749 EXP: 1116242 Next: 40877 Since: 03-13-16 From: Lost in Time Last post: 1727 days ago Last view: 1721 days ago |
I wonder what Google has to gain from denying global warming
Is it that their products need petroleum? |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5104/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 61/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
Google is probably a poor little "job creator" and environmentalism kills job creation!
Oh man, is Google the reason Youtube takes forever to browse through? Even when I'm using a powerful 8-core computer, the damn thing takes several full seconds to load before I can do anything. Saying "it's poorly" coded doesn't seem to be enough for me. Try explaining it in layperson terms? P.S. you know how you said three embedded videos are the limit? I think it should be reduced to two, honestly. |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5112/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
1. Hipsterscript -- do everything with it
2. spread all the content over a billion separate servers 3. god forbid you run any JS before everything has fully loaded, because that's "bad" somehow et voila, you have Youtube ____________________ NSMBHD - Kafuka - Jul melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is zafkflzdasd |
LeftyGreenMario |
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Don't like politics? Too bad, it's-a Mario time. Level: 82 Posts: 62/2062 EXP: 5098015 Next: 111212 Since: 03-14-16 From: Stabbing Wario Last post: 418 days ago Last view: 417 days ago |
Was it always like this? Or only when Google arrived and mucked it up? I'm not sure because I didn't use Youtube a lot back then.
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 163 Posts: 5114/9020 EXP: 56273929 Next: 213715 Since: 07-03-12 From: in a box Last post: 9 hours ago Last view: 9 hours ago |
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Baby Luigi Level: 53 Posts: 58/749 EXP: 1116242 Next: 40877 Since: 03-13-16 From: Lost in Time Last post: 1727 days ago Last view: 1721 days ago |
I still remember the times where YouTube had personalized channels.
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