Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 19, 2015, 08:20:52 AM

Quote from: guts on September 19, 2015, 08:11:54 AM

I'll just post this again since I agree with the majority the points made

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They never  evacuated the school because they though he had a hoax bomb. He pulled a big digital clock out of its case and put it in a pencil box that looks like an attache case you see used for bombs and money in old movies.

that doesn't make it any better, if that's the case then it seems like they only had him arrested in spite

Out of spite for making a fake bomb and bringing it to school?

Thanks for sharing this.

Destiny is fun as hell. More power to the people that have played the same worn-out content for an entire year. A story would've been nice but a game doesn't need to really have a traditional plot structure to be fun or good.

That said, Bungie straight up lied about many facets of the game which resulted in a lot of disappointment in what they released.

The Flood changes the host's DNA. Similarly, a severed hand or a corpse couldn't be used either.

And hunters have always been colonies of lekgolo, but the early novels were written before much of the lore had been polished.

Just a reminder, he was suspended for having a "mock bomb", not because they actually thought it was a bomb.

C'mon. The kid stuck a big-ass red digital clock in a pencil case designed like a attache briefcase and the whole situation was started when the timer went off repeatedly in class. The kid is smart, so somewhere down the line of designing it he must've realized it's kind of unusual to put a clock in a metal case and have a huge display like cliche 80s movies. He probably did it to look like a movie prop, not realizing its significance.

Worth national news? Nope.
Worth a  three-day suspension? Probably not. It's not the end of the world.

I'm a little burnt out on dark souls. I would like a game with the same mechanics, but one with a strong narrative, real cutscenes, normal co-op and maybe "puzzle" based bosses rather than reflex based ones

Lords of the Fallen?

Definitely agree on more strategic boss fights. Right now they're almost entirely predicated on the player's skill rather than ingenuity.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 17, 2015, 02:23:47 PM

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8143062

Thoughts, Meta?

Just sent that article to a couple of economists from various fields; had a reply from one in behavioural:

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"As with Senator Sanders' other proposals, the economic boom created by HR 676, including the productivity boost coming from a more efficient health care system and a healthier population, would raise economic output and provide billions of dollars in additional tax revenues to over-set some of the additional federal spending."

This is a great example of why everyone should be cautious about dynamic models.

Maybe Bernie's health plan will improve productivity so much it pays for itself.

Maybe Jeb's tax plan will improve productivity so much it pays for itself.

Neither are especially likely. Budget projections shouldn't include wacky magics.

I'm so out of touch with economics these days that all that empty jargon didn't even register. I just accepted it as legitimate.

Damn you guys have totally changed my views on marriage. As soon as she's back from the store (allowing me to do other things instead) I'll let my wife know that marriage is pointless. It'll be hard losing half my income, but that really wasn't anything important.

Thanks guys!

Marriage is pointless.

Taxes
Joint income
Child raising
Sharing household responsibilities
Sex anytime
Emotional stability

Marriage kicks ass, bro.

I actually kind of sympathize with the school. It was a huge red digital clock in a briefcase with a bunch of wires. The kid wasn't arrested, and I'm not sure how much I believe the kid's claim that the cop said "yeah that's who I thought it'd be". That doesn't even make sense since the kid admits he'd never met or seen him before.

The suspension seems unjustified but this whole thing is pretty silly.

I'd like to try it since I bought the season pass, but I haven't played since last year and I'm worried my level 29 character will be really inadequate for the content, and I absolutely hated all the grinding that was required. Is it any easier to get to the level cap?

Link doesn't work.

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on September 15, 2015, 10:21:40 PM

Just want to point out that I haven't read the article in the OP, nor have I read this one:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/15/no-bernie-sanders-is-not-going-to-bankrupt-america-to-the-tune-of-18-trillion/?postshare=4311442369518137

I didn't read the OP, but it this basically confirmed what I thought. It's not in additional expenses, it's just rearranging how we pay for what we already have for the most part.

The WSJ is once again trying to influence the debate with misleading clickbait titles it looks like.

I think there's a middle ground. The WSJ posits a fairly legitimate claim but is countered a bit by the thesis of this article that much of the proposed costs are essentially converted from private spending to taxation. Even in the ballpark of $18 trillion, that's still a massive increase in taxation, no matter how equivalent it is to private spending (which entails a high degree of fiscal autonomy).

Nothing that counters the fact that a single flight burns about 2 months worth of a car's gas budget.

Though I do return plastic bags to the store and recycle hazardous materials like light bulbs and batteries.

Yesterday she unironically spoke "le ebin shrek maymay" to my grandmother who is slowly dying of cancer in a nursing home.

no