|
Sagebrush posted:i never figured out how the replicators could solve the problem of universal access to desirable non-replicable goods like "a piece of land in san francisco" or "scarlett johanssen's boobs" i dunno man. how do they make a person disappear in one place and reappear at another place thousands of kilometers away with a multi-km/s inertial change? in other words, they got super-physics in the future, how come they can't have super-sociology in the future as well? at the same time though, i do think tng took it too far. it was still plenty revolutionary enough when the original series said "hey humans don't make war against each other any more and nobody goes hungry either". those are both way simpler concepts to grasp than "nobody wants for anything, man" H.P. Hovercraft posted:perhaps the same could be said of all libertarians nah libertarians are charting new depths of hilarity. i have a guy from high school on facebook who recently posted an article about one of the googlemasters (sergey?) declaring he wanted to leave all his money to elon musk, and my hs classmate posted that if he had to choose between the two, he "would [also] rather give [his] money to a good business than to a charity" because "businesses have to be efficient in order to continue to exist".
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 22:56
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 21:14 |
|
|
ahahahahha I want 2 die
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 23:02
|
|
|
VLADIMIR GLUTEN posted:ahahahahha I want 2 die same
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 23:06
|
|
|
Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i dunno man. how do they make a person disappear in one place and reappear at another place thousands of kilometers away with a multi-km/s inertial change? facebook needs a punch button
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 23:20
|
|
|
Farmer Crack-rear end posted:at the same time though, i do think tng took it too far. it was still plenty revolutionary enough when the original series said "hey humans don't make war against each other any more and nobody goes hungry either". those are both way simpler concepts to grasp than "nobody wants for anything, man" yeh tng also had gene's idiotic "no one ever argues or has disagreements in the future so the bridge crew aren't allowed to get mad or have drama" and his creepy future sex ideas like "monogamy no longer exists and everyone has sex whenever they want with whoever they want and no one gets offended or jealous or hurt ever"
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 23:32
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:yeh tng also had gene's idiotic "no one ever argues or has disagreements in the future so the bridge crew aren't allowed to get mad or have drama" because they will all be as drugged up as me at all times who wouldn't want to go space cruising on an antimatter fueled starship crewed by a bunch of roddenberries the naked now and forever!
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2014 23:42
|
|
|
syscall girl posted:who wouldn't want to go space cruising on an antimatter fueled starship crewed by a bunch of roddenberries at least he's no heinlein
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 03:23
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:yeh tng also had gene's idiotic "no one ever argues or has disagreements in the future so the bridge crew aren't allowed to get mad or have drama" everything is beautiful and nothing hurts
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 03:34
|
|
|
http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/31/snapchat-485m/ Can't wait for this bubble to burst
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 03:52
|
|
|
eschaton posted:at least he's no heinlein hot nubile redheads forever
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 08:24
|
|
|
im to flabby to go into space, apparently.
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 08:41
|
|
|
BONGHITZ posted:im to flabby to go into space, apparently. all of my aerospace dreams went out the window when someone pointed out i was 6'4 in grade 10 if i wanted to be a pilot i could maybe fly a c-130 or some kind of garbage scow, idk my grades never recovered
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 08:48
|
|
|
H.P. Hovercraft posted:if my neighbors are any indication she should teach some kinda yoga class or perhaps does freelance graphic arts work for startups if they're not citizens, they might not be allowed to do much else. a work visa lets you bring your spouse, but i think they aren't even allowed to look for their own job, and unless they're also a techie/doctor/scientist they probably won't get a job that'll sponsor a work visa application. i know several women who are basically stuck at home or taking classes forever while they wait for a green card
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 11:21
|
|
|
eschaton posted:at least he's no heinlein heinlein good, roddenberry bad
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 11:24
|
|
|
ConanTheLibrarian posted:heinlein good, wrongo
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 13:40
|
|
|
no heinlein is good hosed up but good
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 14:11
|
|
|
ahmeni posted:no heinlein is good http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/reviews/series/the-great-heinlein-juveniles-plus-the-other-two-reread
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 16:39
|
|
|
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...le-9950333.htmlquote:
the startup guy was ... right?!?
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 16:46
|
|
|
syscall girl posted:all of my aerospace dreams went out the window when someone pointed out i was 6'4 in grade 10 same but 6' in 8th grade. wanted to join the air force but that ended quickly.
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 16:59
|
|
|
born on a buy you posted:same but 6' in 8th grade. wanted to join the air force but that ended quickly.
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 17:55
|
|
|
Itt a bunch of white middle class kids act like the army wouldn't have accepted them into its ranks, shortly after 9/11 no less, because of some minor less-than-ideal characteristic "I totally would have joined, I just wasn't allowed to!!!"
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:04
|
|
|
we only wanted the badass jobs like flying big fast jets not the stupid bullshit like cannon fodder
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:16
|
|
|
my dad told me i wasnt allowed to join the military, does that count
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:18
|
|
|
my parents didnt give a single gently caress what i did, i was three signatures away from signing for nuke school and had to yank on my own leash lol
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:22
|
|
|
Jonny 290 posted:my parents didnt give a single gently caress what i did, i was three signatures away from signing for nuke school and had to yank on my own leash probably woulda been for the best if you'd done it tho
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:36
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:Itt a bunch of white middle class kids act like the army wouldn't have accepted them into its ranks, shortly after 9/11 no less, because of some minor less-than-ideal characteristic flying for the air force is not exactly "army" or "ranks." you have to be a highly educated member of the officer corps who also fits their exacting physical standards. it's the most prestigious and highly visible job in the military outside the joint chiefs of staff and theatre commands it does not surprise me that a bunch of yosposters didn't have the right stuff
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:40
|
|
|
Citizen Tayne posted:Articles like these are written by people who have no understanding of the sort of life that normal people lead, and no desire to learn. "normal people" exist to clean techies houses, cook their meals, drive them to the club etc
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:41
|
|
|
Nintendo Kid posted:probably woulda been for the best if you'd done it tho im nowhere near mentally stable enough to put up with that stint in the sub aint happen plus i'd be a republican shithead, 110% guaranteed
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:42
|
|
|
Almost my entire family is military but I wouldn't join the service even if I had more than one functioning eye. The only person in my circle of family/friends the service has really treated well in me and my brother's generation is my brother's wife because she's an officer. She's likely going to be a brigadier general here in a year or so and she's only 36. My brother is a senior engineer at a pretty large company and has like a decade and a half of machining/cnc experience and a bachelors in mechanical engineering from a really good university and her pay just crushes his.
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:46
|
|
|
Shifty Pony posted:all the tech idiots thinking things will end up more star trek and less brazil is pretty indicative of their lack of exposure to how actual humans act when backed up by unquestionable edicts, regardless of if they are issued by machine or not. we already live in a world shittier than brazil there's no loving way anyone who works for these piecework/"contractor" services actually believes the bullshit in their pr releases. if nothing else, they can see the legion of women paid $9/hr to be on the phone coordinating the contractors on the ground. remember the handybook article written by a woman who actually worked there? the barely-paid phone slaves were in the same office with the techie fuckstains. it's just that startup shitheads think their privilege can never be eroded by the grossly unethical structures they build to support themselves. uber, handybook, airbnb et al all create incentives for normal (i.e. struggling) people to obsequiously serve the needs of the professional class at the lowest possible cost
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:46
|
|
|
Fabricated posted:Almost my entire family is military but I wouldn't join the service even if I had more than one functioning eye. The only person in my circle of family/friends the service has really treated well in me and my brother's generation is my brother's wife because she's an officer. a brigadier general with a decade in service makes about as much as an entry level technology job cnc was very highly paid fifteen years ago. now it is only slightly better than fry cook wages
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 18:48
|
|
|
Notorious b.s.d. posted:a brigadier general with a decade in service makes about as much as an entry level technology job My brother doesn't actually run CNC machines anymore, but he got his start as a journeyman machinist before he went to college. He's on the design end of things now and does pretty well, but makes pretty much what you described as entry level tech job $ as a senior engineer.
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:00
|
|
|
to be clear, base pay for an experienced brig. general is 108k. housing allowance is a couple hundred a month. idk what combat pay is you spend years in college, years in training, years licking boots in the officer corps, and you get 108k in a job that could move you anywhere in the world without warning or fire you mid-career because you weren't promoted fast enough
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:04
|
|
|
Notorious b.s.d. posted:to be clear, base pay for an experienced brig. general is 108k. housing allowance is a couple hundred a month. idk what combat pay is
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:09
|
|
|
my cousin graduated 4th from the bottom of his class at the air force academy, but i guess that still counts as graduating
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:11
|
|
|
Cs get degrees
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:15
|
|
|
my dad was in the air force and got pretty mad at me when i turned down a full ride for officer's school, then forgave me when 9/11 happened a few months later
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:20
|
|
|
Meanwhile my sister-in-law's brother is in the marines and they haven't really done poo poo for him and fight him on providing healthcare after he basically got shot twice and caught in the concussion blast from an RPG
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:50
|
|
|
Fabricated posted:Meanwhile my sister-in-law's brother is in the marines and they haven't really done poo poo for him and fight him on providing healthcare after he basically got shot twice and caught in the concussion blast from an RPG Troop worship is lip service. You don't actually expect America to follow up, do you?
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 19:57
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 21:14 |
|
|
Notorious b.s.d. posted:flying for the air force is not exactly "army" or "ranks." well that's exactly my point. "i would join the military for sure but only if i get to be a cool badass flying fighter jets and not putting myself in any real danger. all the other jobs are beneath me."
|
|
#
?
Jan 1, 2015 20:33
|
|