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| Topic | Gov Cuomo again refuses to resign, says Democratic calls to quit are dangerous |
| Shadow Don 03/12/21 2:14:10 PM #30 | Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... Lol at all the "but Trump" responses in this topic I always push back against "same thing both sides" but jesus fucking christ at the dems defending this guy.... They're pulling out all the same punches republicans had for Kavanaugh and Trump and no sense of irony or shame. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Today I learned calling a black Republican a sellout is racist... |
| Shadow Don 03/12/21 1:57:15 PM #151 | Jesse Lee Peterson is one of the most amazingly revealing political commentators out there. An older black man who is a staunch conservative and a huge trumper with a massive youtube audience. He is also not very intelligent and seems to be fully aware of this. Heres the kicker.... he literally blames his low intelligence on him being black. His audience then eats it up like "yea! Finally a black guy who tells the truth how it is!" --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Gavin Newsom could be 1st CA Gov. to face recall election since Gray Davis |
| Shadow Don 03/10/21 10:19:23 AM #20 | Jagr_68 posted... I thought this guy was the ideal progressive leader for California everyone liked, wtf happened? Even though CA is a dem stronghold there are still 6 million people there that voted for Trump. That's more trump cultists than most trump culty states. So they are pretty bigly mad about trump losing and are still going with the "pandemics are fake newz!" strategy. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Alabama voted to make hormone therapy and surgery for trans youth a felony |
| Shadow Don 03/07/21 12:20:24 AM #16 | EllieWilliams95 posted...
Holy fuck this part is insane. This is why you don't let conservatives control the narrative about anything. They whine about cancel culture but their true agenda is a society in which LGBT people are shunned out of existence. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | White Republicans are most reluctant group to get vaccinated |
| Shadow Don 03/02/21 6:15:18 PM #6 | "God bless the trump vaccine!" Also "The vaccine is fake news!" --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Mandalorian actor Bill Burr defends Gina Carano, complains about cancel culture |
| Shadow Don 03/02/21 4:41:54 PM #41 | onedarksoul posted... Don't know about Burr, but Rogan does. Rogan has plenty of left-wingers on his show. Having left-wingers on his show doesn't mean he won't eat up Ben Shapiros shit about cancel culture all day. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Mandalorian actor Bill Burr defends Gina Carano, complains about cancel culture |
| Shadow Don 03/02/21 4:38:04 PM #32 | The main problem with people like Burr and Rogan is that they don't see underneath the mask of the right-wing lunatics crying the loudest about cancel culture. There is a real conversation that can be had about the harm of cancel culture. But you aren't going to have that conversation in good faith with people like Gina, who want us to be in a society where trans people are cancelled out of existence. I don't think Burr is doing this intentionally. He is just a fucking moron who is out of his depth when it comes to politics. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Texas to 100% fully reopen |
| Shadow Don 03/02/21 4:22:51 PM #53 | Wetterdew posted... Ugh why. Either they get lucky because of cases already going down and vaccines being distributed OR Covid spreads under Biden's presidency. For the GOP this is a win/win. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Boy Scouts of America file for Bankruptcy after 85,000 sexual abuse claims in- |
| Shadow Don 03/02/21 11:45:22 AM #18 | Goes without saying but those kinds of numbers don't exist without coverups from the top of the organization. Fucking disgraceful. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | How do Republicans justify the party continuing to support Trump? |
| Shadow Don 02/28/21 9:17:43 PM #15 | No justification needed. It's a cult. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Trump: We all knew Biden would be bad |
| Shadow Don 02/28/21 8:54:21 PM #15 | Lmfao are they seriously blaming Biden for the current state of the country? Totally deranged. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | I don't understand the "high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" thing. |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 6:41:27 PM #23 | ChocoboMogALT posted... What kind of monster likes DiffEQ? Maybe you had a bad teacher? I think it is the most beautiful subject. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | I don't understand the "high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" thing. |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 5:11:50 PM #17 | Shadowplay posted... Examples of things he was saying? A bunch of bullshit about Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism. Me: "I like differential equations. I'm trying to do a PhD in mathematics." Him: " LOL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS ARE USELESS" The Schrodinger equation and the Maxwell equations (which is all of QM and EM) ARE differential equations. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | I don't understand the "high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" thing. |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 5:04:42 PM #9 | There are actually people who think they are like Rick. Not even fucking joking. I actually encountered a dude trying to flex on everyone at a party with his massive brain (he is a HUGE R&M fan) about physics and the shit he said made me want to hang myself. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | So uh second degree or non degree? |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 4:52:51 PM #34 | I would say getting a masters degree >>>>>> 2nd BA but without further context this question is impossible to answer. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | So uh second degree or non degree? |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 12:58:05 PM #6 | What degree do you have right now and what are you considering? Do you have a job right now? --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Amazon is desparate as union vote looms |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 12:54:53 PM #46 | I'm all for unions protecting workers from getting abused from underpaid overtime but like... nurses should not walk away from life or death situations. That's insane lmfao. Now I have this cartoon in my head where a pilot just parachutes out of an airplane the moment the clock hits 5. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Amazon is desparate as union vote looms |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 11:54:13 AM #10 | IdiotMachine posted... I'm an engineer, and every single time I deal with a unionized employee within our company (drafters or facilities), I hate our interactions. They never have a sense of urgency to them; it takes literally weeks to get anything done (getting a desk installed, getting a door installed, getting ethernet drops, etc.). And if there are any issues (not done correctly, or way past the quoted time), we literally can't even talk to them. We talk to their managers, who talk to their union reps, and then that finally gets filtered down to the unionized employee, who doesn't give a shit. You'd be begging for a union if your company had working conditions like Amazon warehouses. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | I'm gonna watch cheesy horror movies today on Shudder |
| Shadow Don 02/26/21 11:51:43 AM #43 | These ones are more known but make sure you see them if you haven't Killer Klowns from Outer Space Creepshow Night of the Demons Gremlins They Live --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | "You would be a Nazi if you grew up in Nazi Germany" - some redditor |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 1:36:52 PM #101 | It might not have been what the reddit poster had in mind but I read that as: "Be more alert because anyone can be transformed into a nazi under the weight of enough propaganda" It's not about trying to justify the actions of nazis. It's that people have this cartoon in their heads where they themselves would obviously have the foresight to not be the ones that are nazis and yet some of these same people fall for blatant fascist propaganda that is strikingly similar to what we saw in the rise of nazi Germany. Just be aware of it and be on guard. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 10:16:41 AM #294 | Thighon posted... what, specifically, has his leadership in these companies accomplished? like what is happening to change the world specifically because of him CableZL posted... The software updates are innovative because: --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 10:02:42 AM #291 | shockthemonkey posted... lmao woke up and tried to read this topic, turns out Proudclad blocked me for saying cults are bad Sounds very cultish to me! --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 5:24:32 AM #271 | Scar clarified the point. I'm trying to clarify it as well. You seem to be ignoring that for some reason. scar the 1 posted... But what irks me about uncritically calling Musk's companies innovative (and maybe this is tied to the cult of Musk's persona? People are definitely claiming that Musk is an innovator) is that there's this idea that they are way more innovative than they are, and the related thought that you espoused, that they're pushing society forward. This is what I originally took issue with in your post. In fact, before we got bogged down in technicalities of how innovative each technical feat is, what I said was that "What he's doing isn't innovation", which I stand by. Innovation goes on in his companies, I'll concede that. Elon is not doing it. What I went on to say was reservations I had against your claim that he's pushing our society forward with his companies. The thing about Elon that I find alarming is that he overhypes what his companies are doing and then his cult following eats it up without questioning it. THAT is what is being criticized. "Well technically Tesla does software updates so that literally fits the definition of innovation" That doesn't at all address the concerns being levied towards Elon. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 5:07:20 AM #267 | CableZL posted... No, that's not literally all anyone was trying to say. scar the 1 was literally saying those companies are NOT innovative, which is false. Right. As you pointed out they do software updates that add new features and fix bugs. I'm really owned. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 5:05:12 AM #265 | CableZL posted... Yes, there are people who are fanatical fans of Tesla, Starlink, SpaceX, Apple, Samsung, etc. and their statements and opinions may be venturing into the unhinged territory. Yes, Elon Musk oversells things and has to back off at times when confronted with reality. This is literally ALL anyone was trying to say and you had a melty because of it. You actually reinforced the point being made lmfao. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 4:55:53 AM #262 | CableZL posted... I'm not "hiding behind the strict definition of innovation." I'm simply talking about what innovation is, and using its definition to support the fact that Starlink, Tesla, and SpaceX are innovative. You are running away from the point. The dude ITT who thinks Elon is Tony Stark probably doesn't think Elon is "innovative" because... *checks list* CableZL posted... The software updates are innovative because: They think Elon is innovative because they believe Elon is going to have us in fucking space colonies. That mentality is what is being criticized when we say "Elon isn't as innovative as you think he is." --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 4:47:28 AM #258 | scar the 1 posted... I feel like I'm rambling between two points: "pushing society forward" and "innovation". Sorry if I'm not making a lot of sense. To try and condense my point I think the tl;dr is that IMO innovation is often overblown Kinda what I was trying to convey a few posts ago. Elon fans don't have a tempered down or realistic view of innovation. They think he is accelerating humanity forward at fucking lightspeed. So to hide behind the strict definition of "innovation" is running away from the point. The point is that Elon grossly oversells what he is actually accomplishing and he has a cult-like following that is highly concerning. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 4:31:43 AM #253 | CableZL posted... I said people ITT remind me of that We literally have someone in this topic who thinks Elon Musk is Tony Stark. The Elon fanboy going into a nuclear meltdown probably has a different idea in mind when he thinks of "innovation" and not the tempered down version you might have in mind. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 4:07:57 AM #247 | CableZL posted... People ITT remind me of the people who said video game graphics couldn't get much better than they were in Goldeneye 64 I doubt there were many experts, if any, saying that. Which is different than what is happening with Elon. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Does the progressive hive mind like or dislike Elon Musk? |
| Shadow Don 02/24/21 3:40:27 AM #235 | Yea you're definitely showing us Elon doesn't have a cult following with this epic meltdown. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Have you heard of the mathematical paradox called "Gabriel's Horn?" |
| Shadow Don 02/23/21 2:17:33 PM #40 | Suikoden420 posted... This is answer i was looking for. So is this understanding important for rocket trajectories? If so, how does it change outside of earths atmosphere? Gabriel's horn specifically doesn't have any application. I just meant that, in a general sense, understanding infinite series and convergence was important for the development of calculus and thus important for physics and engineering. It started to become very apparent after Joseph Fourier discovered what is not called Fourier Series and now Fourier Analysis is probably one of the most important part of mathematics to engineering and physics. Literally everything piece of modern technology you can imagine has Fourier Analysis involved somewhere. So like... if you want to send signals to your rocket to tell it to not crash and explode into something you need Fourier Analysis for that and understanding Fourier Analysis, and Mathematical Analysis in general, requires a rigorous understanding of calculus. Thus we were required to sort out the kind of 'paradoxes' we found in examples like Gabriel's horn. Robot2600 posted... A paradox is something that seems untrue or unintuitive but can be proved as true. I think what that poster means is that this paradox is fully explained whereas there are paradoxes that still exist in math and physics that have not been explained yet. There is certainly a difference between those two categories. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Have you heard of the mathematical paradox called "Gabriel's Horn?" |
| Shadow Don 02/23/21 6:44:57 AM #33 | Suikoden420 posted... Whats the value is thinking about this? It was very important to figure stuff like this out actually. For 100+ years after Newton and Leibniz invented calculus it wasn't on a rigorous footing at all because they didn't understand the nature of infinity and convergent series, which is like... the heart of calculus. One guy during that time period thought he had a "proof" that god existed by showing that 0=1 using series that weren't absolutely convergent. I know it doesn't seem important but it is CRITICAL to understand stuff like this if you want things like statistics or physics to work. The tails of the normal distribution (the bell curve) also go off to infinity and yet the area under it is finite. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | UCLA Athlete Has Racist Meltdown Over Girl Getting With A Black Guy |
| Shadow Don 02/22/21 5:55:59 PM #3 | Welp he's fucked --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Resident Evil 6 - I'm enjoying it spoilers. |
| Shadow Don 02/22/21 3:12:37 PM #14 | The other two campaigns are significantly worse than Leon's. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Republicans blame Green Engry for Texas. |
| Shadow Don 02/22/21 12:56:23 PM #79 | It really is stunning the kind of lies the GOP is capable of passing through its own constituency without any backlash. There are functioning wind turbines in Alaska, Sweden, Antarctica and a variety of countries where it is below freezing on a regular basis. It takes less then a minute to find clear images and videos of these wind turbines. The GOP is actually capable of telling its base that grass is blue and water is dry. Totally brainwashed. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
| Topic | Remember when a significant portion of CE was defending brakechecking? |
| Shadow Don 02/22/21 7:17:12 AM #7 | Like... even if you were someone who brakechecks I'm not sure that idea is particularly useful when dealing with massive trucks that need to obey the laws of physics. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo |
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