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adjl posted...

You don't want to do it to enough of an extent to have tried, therefore you haven't done it.

Laziness is still a separate reason from not wanting people to watch me.

adjl posted...

There are certainly cases where the added text ends up making things more confusing than it should, and occasionally cases with redundant answers, but neither of these polls are really examples of that.

You asked me what I thought was being excluded. I pointed out what I thought was being excluded. You now seem to be changing the subject to make it seem like your question was about something else.

LinkPizza posted...

While we dont get multiple choices (yet), but they also dont ask questions like that

I have seen the occasional poll where the responses were not mutually exclusive and more than one could have applied.

Does your home have a front door?
Yes, to keep people from getting in.
Yes, to keep my pets from getting out.
No, only a back door.
No, I use the window to enter and exit.

The front door can do both things. The back door can also do those things. You could choose to use the window to enter and exit regardless of having doors.

LinkPizza posted...

So, you made this be of the APotD board topic?

On APotD a topic is made to discuss a specific poll and all discussion is held within that topic. The subject of this topic is not a specific poll and is a general issue with all polls.

Monopoman posted...

How many oranges have you eaten today? Yes/No

On what planet is this a yes/no question? That question requires the response of a number.

Still less confusing than the options we normally get?

adjl posted...

That's introducing wholly unrelated information with the responses, though, in a way that's going to make it difficult to get any additional value out of them.

Yes, just like what normally happens. That is what I intended to demonstrate.

adjl posted...

you'd be better off asking "Which of the following fruits do you like better than oranges?" or giving people a list to rank according to their preferences.

What colors have you personally seen?
White
Red
Yellow
Blue
Green
Orange
Purple
Brown
Black
Grey

Only pick one. We don't get multiple choices in the poll of the day.

adjl posted...

The exact wording of #3 in particular is a bit questionable because "nobody's ever watched" should probably be interpreted as "not enough people watched to make doing it regularly worthwhile" instead of literally "nobody," but that interpretation is obvious enough that I don't consider it a major issue. What, exactly, do you think is being excluded or confused?

Same poll #5 "No, I don't want anybody to watch me play anything online"
Maybe I would be interested in doing it, but I haven't tried yet nor have I uploaded any videos.
Which option accurately reflects that response?

Current poll #5 "Eight or more - I've got a lot of locks to open every day"
Let's say I don't want to put them somewhere and forget where that was by the time I need one of them. Or I don't want to need one of them but not have it because I didn't anticipate that I would need it. This option disregards the reasons people would carry more keys than they regularly use. So where is the response that accurately reflects those reasons?

sveksii posted...

your argument is flawed and you're using a loaded example (ironic, considering it's what you're rallying against).

That was the point. I wanted to make it obvious that it was loaded.

sveksii posted...

As far as your orange example, how is that any worse than: "Jesus preached how moral people liked oranges. Do you like oranges? Yes/No?"

By prefacing the question this way it might influence people to answer in a way to appear moral. But the question asked has nothing to do with that. They can still respond by disregarding the first part. They cannot disregard part of the response since there is implied agreement with the extraneous statement.

sveksii posted...

Where as you could ask what is your opinion on oranges oranges?
"Strong like"
"Weak like"
"Indifferent"
"Weak dislike"
"Strong dislike"

All of those responses are what the question asked for. My complaint is when the responses make a statement in addition to that.

sveksii posted...

Where as with just a Yes/No "Do you like oranges", people that are indifferent to oranges and people that have a strong hatred to them will be lumped together.

I still think a simple Yes/No would work just as well. If you want to know more ask further questions.
How much do you like oranges? Yes/No
How many oranges have you eaten today? Yes/No
How many oranges can you juggle. Yes/No
Now you have 3 pieces of information you can correlate without making the responses confusing.

Don't forget the US. That's in pretty bad shape as well. I'm actually quite worried about all these countries facing problems because it might lead them to take more drastic action out of desperation.

adjl posted...

A binary yes/no indicates nothing about frequency, success rate, or people's reasons for choosing yes/no

So, just picking something at random...
Do you like oranges?
*Yes, they are better than strawberries.
*Yes, they are better than apples.
*Yes, they are better than bananas.
*No, I'd rather have apricots.
*No, I'd rather have pomegranates.

What if someone likes oranges but not as much as strawberries, apples, and bananas? What if someone is not fond of oranges but would take one if offered more so than an apricot or a pomegranate? Which response are they suppose to pick?

The maker of these options is imposing their own opinion of which fruits are better and is skewing the results to fall in line with that bias.The question never asked about other fruits. Any correlation that is created is the product of how the poll was conducted rather than the views of people polled.

I don't get why everything needs to have 5 options. Or why responses need to talk about things that aren't asked about in the question.

It wasn't what was advertised.

ReturnOfFa posted...

Was almost mad that Metroid Prime Remastered costs $50, but now I get it - I'm impressed

Oh, is that just the 1st one or is the trilogy?
Also where is Metroid Prime 4?

Zareth posted...

The decline of maritime piracy has increased the effects of global warming

Whoa, that's implying a causation.

Although, a rise in discussing correlations and a rise in people thinking there is a cause/effect relationship in the correlated subjects is correlated.

Ogurisama posted...

the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it.

I thought Spirograph lead to more gang activity.

https://youtu.be/xu3Dvb-_Txc?t=697

Buddyblade posted...

I need lithium and stalker teeth but the stalkers arent dropping teeth

I remember dropping 4 scrap (Metal Salvage) in an area with a bunch of Stalkers then sat in a prawn suit nearby for a few minutes. I might have made a sandwich. When I went to collect the teeth there was more than I could carry.

Oh, It seems there's a bug where one type doesn't work.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/2/AAC4lPAAELoy.jpg

Call the police on a home invasion.

There's something going on in the sky of Hawai too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZLed1krEEQ

I have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game that I never got past a certain level. I found out years later they designed it that way because they didn't finish programming it.

Stay away from the ocean.

I like 7 Up, Sprite, Sierra Mist, etc.
I could never tolerate ginger ale.

That... doesn't look like the hustle.

Make use of Repel.
Make use of items and spirit forges to get more items.
Send a possessed person into a spirit forge to get a lot of that item at once.
There are refill codes for health and magic.

adjl posted...

Social media algorithms tend to have a measurable right-wing promotion bias.

Ooh... you're talking about algorithms while I'm talking about administrative actions taken by people. People have bias. Algorithms just work with the information they're given.

adjl posted...

far-right content tends to be more objectionable and controversial and therefore generates more traffic

I find that right-wing content is just more engaging. Left-wing content makes everything about race, sexuality, gender, and privilege. It gets boring fast. They never offer an argument that would persuade someone who doesn't already think with that mindset. Right-wing content will provide something thought provoking. Algorithms will measure that engagement without aknowledgement of ideological leaning. The bias I'm talking about only cares about ideology.

adjl posted...

it just means files to which you gained unauthorized access.

You don't need to have direct access to the laptop to be told what is on it or what the emails say. But that doesn't matter. Was it a conservative bias to suppress discussion about it?

adjl posted...

The Jan 6th riot - an objectively violent incident - happened for one reason and one reason only: The story Trump chose to peddle about the election being stolen.

Absolutely false. The Jan 6th protest happened because the Democrat party called into question the election process for the 4 years prior as well as the support shown for similar protests in 2020.

adjl posted...

You ever notice how everyone that says "You can't express any right-wing views on twitter!" tries to avoid the question when asked which right-wing views they feel they can't express on twitter?

No, I've never noticed that. Primarily because the bannings never had anything to do with what views people wanted to express. Simply not agreeing with the regressive talking points was enough to get someone labeled as right-wing. And simply being labeled as right-wing was enough to get someone banned, or just visibility filtered, regardless of anything they actually posted.

adjl posted...

Overall, Twitter (and most social media) leans quite unambiguously to the right in that regard

Whoever believes this must be so far left that other leftists look right-wing to them.

Yellow posted...

I can only imagine what horrible things you think about trans people.

You should ask @adjl, last time the subject came up I thought I was indifferent to them but he claimed to be in a better position to know what I think about something than I am.

Yellow posted...

They proved there was a conservative bias with an undisclosed cause.

So suppressing discussion of the Hunter laptop story under the premise of "hacked materials" was a conservative move? The files demonstrate they knew no hacking was involved and that the real reason was because they acted on behalf of the FBI.

How about the banning of Donald Trump on the basis of inciting violence. When Elon Musk restores the account there are all these posts saying to be peaceful, abide by the rule of law, and don't act like the progressives. Where are the posts calling for violence? If anything old twitter hid the evidence disproving that he was involved with any violence.

How about the very premise of speech as violence? They say they didn't shadow ban but it's clear they just called it visibility filtering instead. Their justification for it was this faulty premise of limiting harm be limiting reach. Do you think that's a conservative approach?

Those are just the ones that people are talking about most. There are many others examples where old twitter just didn't like an account and suspended them despite finding no violation. When Elon Musk brings the accounts back people were asking why they were all right-wing. Why isn't he restoring any leftist accounts? The answer is leftist accounts were rarely touched unless they did something really egregious.

ReturnOfFa posted...

can I just ask you where you get your perspective?

I make it up on the spot to fit the topic at hand. I get information from a variety of sources and decide on my own what I think about what is said. Some sources are clips of news from different countries to see what they think of the US. Others are people who read an article from a news paper and give their thoughts on it. The thing I pay attention to are what values are they expressing and if there are values in conflict which do they prioritize over the other.

BlackScythe0 posted...

they argue we must give up our rights to be free when reality is our rights are what ensure our freedom.

It was the Democrats who took away people's rights in 2020. The Republicans really didn't do much of anything.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Conservative speech is not being censored, hate speech is they should not be considered the same thing.

The internal twitter files being released are proof that it is. You say "they should not be considered the same thing". Tell that to the progressives.

BlackScythe0 posted...

They believe democrats and "celebrities they don't like" are part of an international satanist cannibal pedophile ring that traffics children in the basements of pizza places that don't have basements.

Not sure about all of that but there was one conviction related to trafficking minors and another person died in his cell while awaiting trial. Still no word on who the customers were.

BlackScythe0 posted...

They think the fascist dictator actually won.

He's in the White House now. He has been for 2 years. The Republicans once again didn't do much of anything and left it to regular people to sort out if he was elected fairly. In at least 2 states there were legal issues that called into question the results.

Topic title made me think Elon Musk was the one booing.
Reading further I realized Elon Musk got booed at.

Muscles posted...

Yet all those people get shit on if they plagiarize something, look at vanilla ice as an example

I never listened to his music. I don't know what a bassline is. I do remember seeing the interview where he was bad at explaining what the difference between the songs was. My thoughts about it were were summed up by Peter Griffin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvg6gUn94FA

BlackScythe0 posted...

It's Skard he has no clue what he is talking about.

Were any of my examples incorrect? The question asked was "Do the human artists have no right to keep these AIs from learning from them?" They don't have that right in regard to other humans learning from them. They don't have that right in regard to AI either.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

So these AIs, it's cool that they're standing on the shoulders of human artists? Do the human artists have no right to keep these AIs from learning from them?

Every artist loses control of their works the moment it enters public consciousness. It's not unusual for painters to learn by reproducing famous paintings. Musicians learn by practicing well known melodies. Writers adapt and homage other authors styles.

No. If you have to connect to something or need permission to access the thing you bought you don't actually own it.

MrMelodramatic posted...

Christ's presence

I don't recall him showing up to my family's Christmas gatherings.

Hunting carries the risks of encountering bears, wolves, coyotes, other predators.
If danger is the defining factor of a sport and not physical performance then bowling is a sport because of the risk of wrist sprain and broken toes.
Chess is a sport due to the number of grand masters that have gone insane.

Cacciato posted...

it doesnt have an additional method of fire aside from semi

Yes, and people should stop using the AR-15 as an example of an assault riffle.

BigOlePappy posted...

It is illegal to own in some states under "Assault Rifle Ban" law.

It's still not an assault riffle.

BigOlePappy posted...

Or shoot a deer with an assault rifle?

BigOlePappy posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/8/AALnFuAAD-E6.jpg

The AR-15 isn't an assault rifle.

ArvTheGreat posted...

Then there should be more promotion of fist fighting

Do you want the democrats to take away our hands?
Do you want the news to start reporting on school f... oh, wait. That has a different meaning, doesn't it?

Sounds like something that happened in my father's day. When I was in school we just had the fight right then and there. I think the difference is that in my school everyone took the bus and the only common place to meet was at school.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

Race and culture aren't connected. Strong ties maybe.

Ties would mean a connection. I'm saying there are no ties.

EvilMegas posted...

That's incorrect

Can you elaborate on this?

Thanks, that really helped.

I don't think race and culture are connected. Culture has a relation to nationality but that connection can be tenuous as well.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/2/7/AAC4lPAAD9QP.jpg

AltOmega2 posted...

yeah this qeustion wasn't intended for us mustard ricers

I'm not familiar with that terminology.

Never heard of this. Looking at the website I guess it's suppose to be a water bottle that makes the water smell, or mask the original smell of the water with a different smell.

I rarely play on game systems because most of my time is spent playing on PC.
The available responses seem to be about something entirely different.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9026-what-percentage-of-the-time-do-you-spend-actually-playing

adjl posted...

I wouldn't call that "most cases." It certainly happens pretty often

Maybe it's just my own misfortunes with game ownership that makes it seem more prevalent.

PC games definitely aren't sold that way. Toward the end even the boxed copies just had the Steam or Blizzard client and you could not make use of the files on the disc.

I guess with the switch you can install from the carts without needed anything extra. For PS and Xbox some of the systems can't make use of physical media. You need a specific system that has the optical drive.

I think my physical copy of Monster Hunter: World on PS4 would not let me start the game until I connected it to a network, updated, and downloaded the Iceborn expansion.

hypnox posted...

What poll?

I linked to it in the first post.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

They are on console.

Maybe for the really expensive special editions that come with extra stuff. Even then I've seen a few where the game is not included. Other than that, the flimsy case that holds the disc is not a box. That's what use to come in the box. Also the game use to be included on the disc.

adjl posted...

I'm going to guess this is supposed to be a clever dig at Gamestop

It's about the move to digital and how in most cases when you do buy physical the disc you got doesn't actually contain the game and you still need to download it.

Nichtcrawler-X posted...

Many stores do that, empty box in stores, games in a drawer behind the counter or in the back room.

I think the last time I bought a game in a store it was in a plastic manacle, tethered to the shelf, and it took 15 minutes to find an employee to escort it to the register. After that I decided I'm just going to order online and have them shipped from now on.

new games aren't sold that way anymore?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9024-how-many-brand-new-retail-boxed-games-have-you-bought-this

He and Smithers were seen together so they can't be the same person.

adjl posted...

there was ample reason to suspect guilt there, not just some random dude on Instagram saying there might be a problem.

The House of Representatives aren't investigating because of an Instagram post.
There was an Instagram post referencing the announcement made by the incoming House of Representatives.
You've got your order of events wrong.

adjl posted...

Obviously it was stupid to blame high gas prices on Biden

The US was a net exporter of gas under Trump. Biden's anti-oil policies changed that. Given how vocal he has been in a key factor in gas prices I don't think it's so stupid to draw a connection.

adjl posted...

the GOP voted unanimously against an anti-price gouging bill that would have cut down on the extent to which oil companies are screwing everyone over

Is that what the bill was really about, or was it climate change legislation along with funding to special interest groups like is usually slipped into those things?

adjl posted...

and obviously it's equally stupid to blame prices going down on him.

I'd rather blame him for misuse of the nation oil reserve for personal and political gain.