jdreyer wrote on Sep 26, 2016, 02:44:

Jivaro wrote on Sep 25, 2016, 11:44:
People are going to give up their steering wheels kicking and screaming but the roads, particularly in urban and metropolitan areas, would be safer if we all used robot cars.

Humans, as a species, can't drive for shit. Too selfish, too self-absorbed, and too aggressive. The last 20+ years or so of obscene traffic in our major cities has basically provided all the evidence we will ever need to factually state that robot cars would save lives.

Unfortunately humans, as a species, have another detrimental characteristic. We don't actually place much value on facts that don't either maintain our comfortable status quo or benefit us directly and immediately.

The robot car is the invention that could save thousands of lives annually but we will be so slow to adopt them that I suspect it will be decades before the mainstream population accepts them.

Folks in rural areas are a different thing. I can understand why Bubba Joe in a town of 1000 people in western Montana doesn't have a use for the tech and doesn't want anything to do with it. The lack of traffic, the amount of dirt roads..etc etc...that makes sense to me.

With out paying drivers, and with robot car insurance super cheap (b/c 10x fewer accidents) ordering a robot taxi or Uber is simply going to be the cheapest option for 80% of people. The cost will drive the migration, and hangers-on will have to pay through the nose for 2 reasons:

1. Cars with steering wheels will become an expensive niche item

2. With so few people in the pool, car insurance rates will skyrocket.

Zanthar wrote on Sep 25, 2016, 21:14:
I hope Hillary has a seizure on stage. Foaming at the mouth, shitting and pissing her pants suit, eyes going all wacky. Now that would be entertainment.

Quboid wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 23:15:

Beamer wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 22:08:

Quboid wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 20:48:
What a load of garbage, far right fantasy with no relevance to reality. Honestly, pointing out bigotry is demagogy? Trump isn't just an embarrassment, he is dangerous.

It's legitimately terrifying that people believe that.

I presume you meant shiho. When I say dangerous...

Trump is just Cutter with money.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Sep 24, 2016, 03:25:
This is Mozilla and their CEO all over again. I'm sure they're lining up to attack Hillary on her anti-gay marriage stance annnnnnny day now...

Annnnny day...

Quboid wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 20:48:
What a load of garbage, far right fantasy with no relevance to reality. Honestly, pointing out bigotry is demagogy? Trump isn't just an embarrassment, he is dangerous.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 16:42:

Beamer wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 15:47:
The most common complaint I see of her is "why isn't she showing this game, which doesn't have the trope?!" I mean, it answers the question - it doesn't have the trope! It's like if I watch a Youtube video about cats falling off of TVs and complained that it didn't feature any cats not falling off of TVs to demonstrate that not all cats fall of off TVs.

My complaint is her cherry picking and outright lies in order to suit her agenda. Look up the video where she used Hitman Absolution as an example. As someone who has finished that game, she straight up lied about it and the creator's intentions with the scene she uses.

I don't dislike her because of her arguments, I dislike the fact that she distorts her research and outright lies in order to be able to make the point she wants to make. It's the same kind of crap Michael Moore pulls. But at least Michael Moore didn't take a ton of crowdfunding and donations, only to never finish the project, even years after it was funded. She has still not delivered on all her originally planned episodes and Kickstarter rewards, even though she's now moved on to another project. And especially considering the production quality and hilariously bad research in her videos, it's insane that it's taken this long, given many YouTubers put out better videos on a daily basis. But getting work done means she can't collect tens of thousands of dollars giving woe is me speeches.

EndoSkull wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 15:11:
I have no respect for her at all.
Originally I was interested in the original kickstarter - I thought it might be interesting - it turned out to be an agenda with bias research and ignorance.

VaranDragon wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 13:37:

Beamer wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:39:

Ravor wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:20:
Here we go again!

No no no. I refuse to let this thread of garbage posting, generalizations, unfounded assumptions based on nearly no evidence (in either direction), Derek Smart, and accusations of "arrogant twits" steal the thunder from the Palmer-Luckey-is-funding-Trump-propaganda thread, which should be full of the exact same stuff!

Why don't you get off your damn high horse for a change, because the people you keep looking down on are no worse than you are, you hypocrite.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 13:08:

Beamer wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:39:

Ravor wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:20:
Here we go again!

No no no. I refuse to let this thread of garbage posting, generalizations, unfounded assumptions based on nearly no evidence (in either direction), Derek Smart, and accusations of "arrogant twits" steal the thunder from the Palmer-Luckey-is-funding-Trump-propaganda thread, which should be full of the exact same stuff!

Uhh, good luck with that?

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 11:48:
Wtf, I could have sworn Road Rage was a trademarked game name by EA still.

This looks okay, but I'll probably stick with Road Redemption, to be honest.

Quboid wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 11:02:
Heh, good luck Beamer. I'm just going to ignore you-know-who, you were right to call me out last time he was around.

Ravor wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:20:
Here we go again!

Quboid wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 10:02:

In 2007-2008 election period, Obama has not been subjected to 1% of the smearing and hatred that Trump has been at the receiving end of.

Obama isn't a massive bigot. Trump is. People hate Trump because Trump hates people.

Prez wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 17:41:
To me he seems he was painting with a very broad brush. I can't bring myself to feel offended though - this is Pachter we're talking about. I don't care about which platform is better; I just know which I prefer to game on. To each his (or her) own.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 15:03:

Cutter wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 11:45:

I wonder how many of those assholes decrying that cat bag are all vegans who neither wear nor use any form of animal skin. Not many I'd wager.

Probably none of them are vegans. You're a meat-eater. Do you consume cat meat? Why not? Think about it.

Creston wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 15:16:
We have now clearly established that Beamer is in fact Pachter.

ItBurn wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 14:43:

Beamer wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 14:38:

ItBurn wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 14:31:
He's saying that all PC gamers are like this.

Incorrect. It is not about all PC gamers. I mean, honestly, if I were to generalize PC gamers, I'd basically say the same thing. And I am a guy that does my gaming predominantly on, and prefers to do it on, PCs. But I acknowledge that PC gamers can be really damn annoying.

I mean, generalizations are made on this board all the time. Marketers are inept, CEOs are psychopaths, feminists are nazis, Trump fans are morons. Do people here generally think the people mean "all?"

I disagree. I think Pachter meant all PC gamers. You can only generalize when most(maybe 80%+?) of a thing are a certain way. With Pachter's claim, most of PC gamers aren't like that.

ItBurn wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 14:31:
He's saying that all PC gamers are like this.

Bundy wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 14:25:
There were 2 articles in this post. One about an old guy calling PC gamers a bad name. And another about Star Citizen. Wasn't sure what to expect when I clicked the link. This is like the lead in to the perfect storm as far as blues comments go.