Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Content:

taiyoko posted:

I think the simplest way to do an "is it even?" test would be

Java code:

if ( x%2 == 0 ) {
           return true;
}
else {
         return false;
}

(Typing on mobile, so no proper tab key)

Modulo 2 basically says "what's the remainder after you divide by 2?" So it'll always be zero for even numbers and non-zero for odd.

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

Ahh yes, Corporations, common cause allies of leftists everywhere

The Grammar Aryan posted:

Look at you savages, not commenting your code.

code:

<xsl:template name="check_evenness">
	<xsl:param name="number"/>
	<xsl:param name="traceback_template"/>

	<!-- Let's just check we haven't accidentally passed in a string by doing math on it -->
	<xsl:variable name="string_test" select="$number -1"/>

	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="empty($number)">
			<xsl:message>Hey there buddy, where did you come from? Are you lost?
			 Let's get you back to your parent template, <xsl:value-of select="$traceback_template/></xsl:message>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:when test="$number %2 = 0">EVEN</xsl:when>
		<xsl:otherwise>ODD</xsl:otherwise>
	<xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

mind the walrus posted:

Like we do all get that, right? That they don't say "BLM and Antifa are back by the media!" because they actually believe it? Like that is a concept we're all on the same page about?

They only say obviously untrue things because it's useful to sway the window of perception. It's the exact kind-of propaganda that has most of the US successfully convinced that MSNBC is as far left as you can go on the political spectrum.

mind the walrus posted:

Like we do all get that, right? That they don't say "BLM and Antifa are back by the media!" because they actually believe it? Like that is a concept we're all on the same page about?

They only say obviously untrue things because it's useful to sway the window of perception. It's the exact kind-of propaganda that has most of the US successfully convinced that MSNBC is as far left as you can go on the political spectrum.

Captain Monkey posted:

But your average everyday MAGA absolutely does believe it, because they've been getting their information from sources that claim it's true. We're talking about people that actually believe something as basic as socialized medicine has worse outcomes or is 'more expensive' than US healthcare despite literally decades of evidence and information available at their fingertips.

wizzardstaff posted:

Which "they" are you talking about? Because there is absolutely a segment of the population who believes it, including the reddit comment earlier on this page, my cousin who told me that BLM is a domestic terror group, and the people described in your second paragraph.

Sometimes this thread features those true believers and sometimes it has the propagandists like Ben Shapiro.

mind the walrus posted:

I think operating under this assumption has caused more problems than solved and comes across as more than a little haughty. MAGA aren't "poor little dullards misled by the evil politicians." Even clinical imbeciles know how to lie and manipulate to get what they want, and one thing the right-wing is empirically very good at is party cohesion and toeing a line toward a specific end, regardless of the means.

True, but operating under a blurred line of plausible deniability is how bad faith actors have gotten so much traction that we're staring down a Donald Trump re-election.

Just wanted to remind everyone that "the poor innocent citizen done in by con men" is a known exploitation that propagandists use. Many of the people saying this poo poo might really know that they're spewing lies, but they don't care because their goal is to get their "team" to win, and while it might lead to a race to the bottom... that might be the reality of where we are.

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

quote:

Lydon became an American citizen in 2013, in addition to his British and Irish citizenships. He later spoke of how he would never have considered becoming a U.S. citizen during the "Bush years" because of the "horrible" way America presented itself abroad, but the Obama presidency had changed his mind, in particular because "America has the potential to be a nation that actually cares for its afflicted and wounded and ill and disenfranchised" as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").[65]

quote:

Before his election, Lydon said in response to questions about Donald Trump's prospects for being elected President of the United States: "No, I can't see it happening, it's a minority that support him at best, and it's so hateful and ignorant."[84]

OwlFancier posted:

Read "making GBS threads butter" and thought I was in the AFP thread.

Mak0rz posted:

Evergreen comic

EL BROMANCE posted:

I'm not sure how Butters has American citizenship given that he doesn't seem to have any connection to the country via family, but I had to laugh at this part of his wiki


Funny thing is, he was a twat before 2013 and he's still a twat now so I'm not sure what gave him 5 minutes of clarity back then.

edit:

also a lol


Guessing he just wants some limelight and to be seen as controversial in his old age. Stick to shilling butter.

nexus6 posted:

I take umbrage with equating "guy who doesn't get the joke so posts a good faith solution" with "misogynist mansplainer" though

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

ultrafilter posted:

Needs a little more blacking out to cover all the names.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

dialhforhero posted:

Mitch McConnel is literally anathema to democracy.

The purest example of the stereotypical crooked senator in all of history and fiction.

I mean he's only one I AM THE SENATE away from being Palpatine.

The Grammar Aryan posted:

Look at you savages, not commenting your code.

code:

<xsl:template name="check_evenness">
	<xsl:param name="number"/>
	<xsl:param name="traceback_template"/>

	<!-- Let's just check we haven't accidentally passed in a string by doing math on it -->
	<xsl:variable name="string_test" select="$number -1"/>

	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="empty($number)">
			<xsl:message>Hey there buddy, where did you come from? Are you lost?
			 Let's get you back to your parent template, <xsl:value-of select="$traceback_template/></xsl:message>
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:when test="$number %2 = 0">EVEN</xsl:when>
		<xsl:otherwise>ODD</xsl:otherwise>
	<xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

EL BROMANCE posted:

Is this from that fake boomer group perhaps? All the posts are like that there, as a gag. Profile pic does not look like someone with a 39 year old son Bill.