Alzion posted:

This has gone off topic enough so I won't go through 10 billion examples and exceptions to the rule.

Here is my point, The general trend is getting to more frequent releases of full title games with with larger percentages of reused assets and smaller incremental improvements in each release. This has come to be because games have become far more complex and expensive to build from the ground up, and because publishers have found that the consumer base is willing to engage in this monetization scheme.

Alzion posted:

This has gone off topic enough so I won't go through 10 billion examples and exceptions to the rule.

Here is my point, The general trend is getting to more frequent releases of full title games with with larger percentages of reused assets and smaller incremental improvements in each release. This has come to be because games have become far more complex and expensive to build from the ground up, and because publishers have found that the consumer base is willing to engage in this monetization scheme.

McDowell posted:

In a socialist society all engines are open source and everyone is making and freely sharing assets. Great games would be made.

Your Dunkle Sans posted:

I still remember when Hilary Clinton and others were raging about video games in a moral panic in the 90s.

Hollismason posted:

All Cruz did was put a giant target on himself for the upcoming debate on the 15th. I won't be surprised if more than Trump goes after him. Jeb needs to make a impression so hopefully they'll give him a line of the emergency cocaine he has on hand from the 80s and he'll come out swinging.

Patter Song posted:

Alzion posted:

This has gone off topic enough so I won't go through 10 billion examples and exceptions to the rule.

Here is my point, The general trend is getting to more frequent releases of full title games with with larger percentages of reused assets and smaller incremental improvements in each release. This has come to be because games have become far more complex and expensive to build from the ground up, and because publishers have found that the consumer base is willing to engage in this monetization scheme.

Kro-Bar posted:

Who loving cares why are you guys talking about this please stop.

fade5 posted:

Kasich, Fiorina, Christie, and Paul are somehow still loving in it.

Combed Thunderclap posted:

Oh god what will Fiorina make up to get attention this time

More seriously, how the gently caress has the RNC not kicked out the bit players already by leaning on the networks, keeping the debate field this broad for this long makes for horrible debates and a confused party base.

...I still can't wait to watch the insanity, natch

My Imaginary GF posted:

Games are made from a motivation of profit, not a motivation of love. They are a product to be sold at a market price through the best distribution channel that the producer can find or create. Great games are those which earn a return on investment; without this return, there would be no new games coming out with widespread distribution. The only socialist game I can think of that had widespread appeal is Tetris, a game which represents life inside the bureaucratic despotism that was communist society. What socialist games have there been with such mass appeal since?

What you seem to desire is a return to the great arcade crash of the 80's.

Luigi Thirty posted:

A woman in Tennessee tried to abort with a coat hanger in a bathtub. She had to be rushed to the hospital where they delivered the baby who is now critically disabled and arrested her for attempted murder.

fade5 posted:

On that note, we have the layout for the CNN debate on the 15th:

Kasich, Fiorina, Christie, and Paul are somehow still loving in it.

But what's really notable is that Trump and Cruz are right next to each other.

Luigi Thirty posted:

A woman in Tennessee tried to abort with a coat hanger in a bathtub. She had to be rushed to the hospital where they delivered the baby who is now critically disabled and arrested her for attempted murder.

Logikv9 posted:

I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes, watch a helpless American defending his home and freedom, his heart beating, his sweat flowing, while someone says, 'We have to take his guns".

GreyjoyBastard posted:

This is only going to get more and more common. At least in Texas you can acquire sketchy abortifacient drugs across the border and risk hospitalization that way.

Luigi Thirty posted:

A woman in Tennessee tried to abort with a coat hanger in a bathtub. She had to be rushed to the hospital where they delivered the baby who is now critically disabled and arrested her for attempted murder.

computer parts posted:

But so do higher wage jobs, apparently.

Also, your first link has construction as a "middle wage" job, which probably is not a normal circumstance outside of a housing bubble.

800peepee51doodoo posted:

Catching up on the thread and this is from a while ago but construction absolutely is a middle wage job. Skilled subs like plumbers, electricians, tile, and finish carpenters charge north of $100/hr and employees in those trades working for companies can make $25-40/hr depending on skill level, experience and location. Union employees can make even more. Bust cycles can be hard but you'll absolutely never starve if you know how to wire a house. Granted, if you're a drywaller, painter, demolition guy working for someone else you're probably not doing great because those jobs pay poo poo comparatively but there is always good money to be made in the trades.

fade5 posted:

On that note, we have the layout for the CNN debate on the 15th:

Kasich, Fiorina, Christie, and Paul are somehow still loving in it.

But what's really notable is that Trump and Cruz are right next to each other.

Raere posted:

The fetus, on the table, tapdancing, its heart beating, while the doctors talk about harvesting its brain so it can vote GOP when it grows up.

Hollismason posted:

All Cruz did was put a giant target on himself for the upcoming debate on the 15th. I won't be surprised if more than Trump goes after him. Jeb needs to make a impression so hopefully they'll give him a line of the emergency cocaine he has on hand from the 80s and he'll come out swinging.

quote:

US town rejects solar panels amid fears they 'suck up all the energy from the sun'

A US town has rejected a proposal for a solar farm following public concerns.

Members of the public in Woodland, North Carolina, expressed their fear and mistrust at the proposal to allow Strata Solar Company to build a solar farm off Highway 258.

During the Woodland Town Council meeting, one local man, Bobby Mann, said solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not go to Woodland, the Roanoke-Chowan News Herald reported.

Jane Mann, a retired science teacher, said she was concerned the panels would prevent plants in the area from photosynthesizing, stopping them from growing.

Ms Mann said she had seen areas near solar panels where plants are brown and dead because they did not get enough sunlight.

She also questioned the high number of cancer deaths in the area, saying no one could tell her solar panels didn't cause cancer.

The area around Woodland is a popular choice because it has an electrical substation allowing the panels to be hooked up to the national grid.

A spokesperson for Strata told the meeting: "There are no negative impacts. A solar farm is a wonderful use for a property like this."

They added: "The panels don't draw additional sunlight."

The council voted three to one against rezoning the land and later voted for a moratorium on future solar farms.

Speaking after the COP-21 summit on climate change in Paris pledged to limit global warming below the threshold of 2°c, Pope Francis said the plan will require "a concerted and generous commitment" from everyone.

Experts said a move towards renewable power, with investment in wind and solar energy, will be required to cut down on emissions.

My Imaginary GF posted:

Question is, who's gonna pay for treatment of that baby? I think cost should be a consideration in treatment options, and if that mother lacks the ability to afford the treatment of that fetus, should be able to take that into consideration when signing off on medical procedures.

On Terra Firma posted:

A small town in North Carolina rejected solar power for a totally rational reason.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-a6771526.html


Retired science teacher. My loving god.

DemeaninDemon posted:

Too bad what you're saying isn't legal.

On Terra Firma posted:

A small town in North Carolina rejected solar power for a totally rational reason.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-a6771526.html


Retired science teacher. My loving god.

On Terra Firma posted:

A small town in North Carolina rejected solar power for a totally rational reason.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-a6771526.html


Retired science teacher. My loving god.

That article comments posted posted:

It's called the "shadow effect".

Solar systems generate energy and create shade. Solar Aspect helps make a site economic.

The reporter seems to be "itching to be smarter than you" by making the retired science teacher look stupid.

On Terra Firma posted:

A small town in North Carolina rejected solar power for a totally rational reason.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-a6771526.html


Retired science teacher. My loving god.

On Terra Firma posted:

Retired science teacher. My loving god.

My Imaginary GF posted:

Solar power causes cancer inasmuch as electricity causes cancer.


Then perhaps charges should be filed against the individuals or institutions which authorized services knowing full well there was a lack of resources to pay for them.

For any other commodity, if you purchase and consume something knowing you lack the ability to pay for it, you can end up sued and facing charges. Why should the healthcare market be any different?

Logikv9 posted:

UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.

Logikv9 posted:

One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn't possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.