RedEye9 wrote on Jul 18, 2018, 12:31:
Scratch staying at anything related to MGM Resorts for my next vacation.

Cutter wrote on Jul 16, 2018, 13:59:
I've finally reached level 50.

jdreyer wrote on Jul 6, 2018, 16:41:

Cutter wrote on Jul 6, 2018, 12:39:

jdreyer wrote on Jul 6, 2018, 12:23:
Lions eat 'rhino poachers' on South African game reserve.

That's some serious karma right there, assuming they were actually poachers.

Yeah but...

There has been a rise in poaching in Africa in recent years, to feed growing demand for rhino horn in parts of Asia.

In China, Vietnam and elsewhere, rhino horn is erroneously believed to have medicinal properties, even though it is made from the same material as human fingernails.

More must be done to combat this superstitious stupidity. Animals the world over are endangered because of it.

Supply free v1agr@ to Asia, and you'll save the rhino.

Frijoles wrote on Jun 27, 2018, 12:07:

Timmeh wrote on Jun 27, 2018, 11:18:
funcom... make AO2...

I remember running in to walls due to horrible lag in AO1's launch. You'd line the camera up with where you wanted to go (aim at a wall so you stop), push forward, then wait 30 seconds for it to catch up. Thought it was a shitty game. But man do I want an AO2. I tried going back to AO1 a year or two ago and just couldn't get past the interface.

Saboth wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 16:00:
Funny, Trump enacts moronic trade tariffs that will cause the cost of Harley Davidson motorcycles to go up thousands of dollars. In response to his terrible decisions, Harley Davidson plans on moving some manufacturing overseas so that they don't go bankrupt, and Trump attacks THEM for it. Meanwhile, crops rot in the fields because Trump is deporting all the seasonal help, and farmers are worried they might go bankrupt because of the Trump Tariffs. Prepare for massive layoffs, pay freezes and for the cost of everything we buy to rise. Republicans should strip him of this tariff power and roll back the Trump Tariffs. No one person should have the power to levy tariffs on the entire economy. That's ridiculous.

Beamer wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 18:24:

jdreyer wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 18:18:

DangerDog wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 16:37:

afka Rossini wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 14:46:

DangerDog wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 14:09:
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Right, this trade war is just a speed bump. The real threat is automation. And not just for blue collar workers either. Day traders, accountants, investment brokers, lawyers, radiologists, etc are all under threat. Any job with large amounts of analysis and low creativity requirements are candidates to be replaced with AI. Millions will be out of work, replaced by machines. It's already under way, with the results being things like the opiod epidemic and the election of Trump.

I'd say white collar workers are much, much more in danger. Not only is it easier for software to do their job than hardware do much of manufacturing (robots still aren't nearly as nimble as humans, and that hasn't been changing rapidly), but there's more incentive to cut out someone making $250,000 than someone making $45,000.

DangerDog wrote on Jun 26, 2018, 14:09:
Let's just roll over and let China gobble up all the U.S. tech firms they want to, what could possibly go wrong?

Rossafur wrote on Jun 11, 2018, 20:07:
Can't get too excited yet, seeing as how Fallout 76 is November this year, Starfield will then probably be November 2019, and this one November 2020. Even though time flies now in my advancing age (and, when you... don't do... anything), I still have the mindset of even 6 months out being too far away to get excited for anything, let alone plan for it, haha.

jdreyer wrote on Jun 9, 2018, 22:51:

DukeFNukem wrote on Jun 9, 2018, 21:42:

afka Rossini wrote on Jun 9, 2018, 18:15:

DukeFNukem wrote on Jun 9, 2018, 17:12:
Oh yeah! This is really good news for Mr. Tact and NKD.

"Hotel Influenza" would be like "FREE" money for both of them. Cuz that shit is all based on science. And we all know how dope science is, right? They've had 63 years now to perfect these "flu" vaccines. It's gotta be nearing perfection now. And since they both have a "very basic understanding" of how these things work, what could go wrong, say, 5, 10, or 15 years down the road? Nothing. I'd actually be very disappointed if they don't take full advantage of this opportunity.

If vaccines lead us to the same pots of gold that we found at the end of the anti-biotics and pesticides era's, it's not going to end well. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, right. Why worry about it today?

I am beyond baffled by this type of thinking.

What part baffles you? Antibiotic resistance in humans? Super weed resistance in pesticides? Incubation period of CJD being as long as 11-12 years before you even have a clue that you have the disease from eating contaminated meat or getting it through a needle somewhere along life's long journey? Please, explain what part baffles you exactly.

Here I'll help your mind become unbaffled by providing you your first link into understanding just a bit about where antibiotics and pesticides have taken us.

Super Weeds

Prepare thine self to be unbaffled, oh baffled one. Click with courage and educate thy self.

Then you should attack the way we use antibiotics and pesticides, not the chemicals themselves. Improper usage of these things is what cause superbugs and superweeds.

BTW Duke, if you eat meat, you're contributing to the problem of both superbugs and superweeds. Just sayin'

DukeFNukem wrote on Jun 9, 2018, 17:12:
Oh yeah! This is really good news for Mr. Tact and NKD.

"Hotel Influenza" would be like "FREE" money for both of them. Cuz that shit is all based on science. And we all know how dope science is, right? They've had 63 years now to perfect these "flu" vaccines. It's gotta be nearing perfection now. And since they both have a "very basic understanding" of how these things work, what could go wrong, say, 5, 10, or 15 years down the road? Nothing. I'd actually be very disappointed if they don't take full advantage of this opportunity.

If vaccines lead us to the same pots of gold that we found at the end of the anti-biotics and pesticides era's, it's not going to end well. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, right. Why worry about it today?

Creston wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 13:31:
Errr, you guys may want to call the Netherlands. I know, I know, it's over there in Europe, and who knows anything about freaking Europe?!

Canada's really not the first country to have legal marijuana. Now, G7 country, then yes, but the title says G7, and then the article says G20. I'm pretty sure NL is in the G20.

*Decides to look it up* Oh look, I guess the whole EU is in the G20.
(Also, why on God's green earth is ITALY in the freaking G7???)

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 13:20:

afka Rossini wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 13:06:

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 12:32:

jdreyer wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 12:22:
Speaking of suicide:

Suicide rates are up 30 percent since 1999, CDC says.

That's crazy. That should constitute a major health crisis right there. I'd be interested to know the causes. I wonder if our increasing social isolation is partly to blame.

Once again drugs and alcohol share some of the blame, 28% had substance abuse issues.
And we can always thank the 2nd Amendment, nearly half of all suicides were caused by firearms.

While I am for gun control legislation to curtail if not eliminate assault style weapons, I think blaming the 2nd Amendment for suicides goes too far. If guns were completely off the table would we then blame razor blades or rope or sleeping pills?

Vast difference between those items with other household uses that many who are consisering suicide may not follow through with given the risks/pain involved, compared to the 'easy-out' button of a trigger pull.

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 12:32:

jdreyer wrote on Jun 8, 2018, 12:22:
Speaking of suicide:

Suicide rates are up 30 percent since 1999, CDC says.

That's crazy. That should constitute a major health crisis right there. I'd be interested to know the causes. I wonder if our increasing social isolation is partly to blame.

Once again drugs and alcohol share some of the blame, 28% had substance abuse issues.
And we can always thank the 2nd Amendment, nearly half of all suicides were caused by firearms.