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« on: September 15, 2015, 03:19:03 PM »
Don't see the point in killing characters if they don't have the integrity to make them stay dead.
Only one POV character has been brought back, and that's in an extremely limited and crippled capacity. It's not at all a common occurrence, and is always at a huge cost. To bring Snow back would be one of the most significant events in the entire series.
4622
« on: September 15, 2015, 09:18:33 AM »
Isn't Solas under the control of an elven god? Dread wolf I think, it's what Flemeth called him and she houses Mythal.
Also hint hint in this picture Solas is placed similarly to Judas in the painting of the last supper.
Solas is the Dread Wolf.
4623
« on: September 15, 2015, 09:13:55 AM »
Since gender is a societal concept
It is, indisputably. But k.
4624
« on: September 15, 2015, 08:25:47 AM »
We simultaneously have a very sexualized culture and one that is strangely embarrassed of it.
Pornography is a good example; basically everyone uses it, but it's incredibly taboo to talk about it in most circles.
4625
« on: September 15, 2015, 08:22:37 AM »
It's super weird that the series' biggest villain trudged around with you collecting sheep wool for random farmers for weeks on end. Seems like they could have introduced him in some other, more believable, way
4626
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:57:44 PM »
and many general retail unions are entirely unnecessary and are very predatory of their members.
Same in the UK.
As lame as it sounds, I wrote a pretty detailed paper on modern retail unions back in high school. I was really passionate about it because I was working retail at the time and my local union (United Food and Commercial Workers union) was threatening to strike based on Kroger's desire to marginally increase healthcare withholdings. The strike would have resulted in hundreds of lost jobs and severe staffing disruption at all stores. A primary argument in my essay was the fact that union fees per month actually outweighed the proposed withholding increase, meaning if the union didn't exist, the employees would simultaneously be able to keep their (competitive) healthcare coverage while also pocketing a few extra bucks each week. It was also backed up with demonstration that the proposed withholding increase was completely justified by rising healthcare cost trends. But the unions just don't give a fuck; they don't work for the companies, they're just third-party lawyers that figured out how to leech off of blue-collar workers making a minimum wage base pay. Fuck them all. Unions should still exist, but membership should be entirely mandatory and leadership should be composed entirely of company employees, not third-party bureaucrats. You'll find that many companies already have similar in-house representation through employee councils.
4627
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:47:17 PM »
Are unions really necessary anymore?
In limited capacities. In many industries they're incredibly nonprogressive and detrimental to its laborers. The taxi driver union is a great example of how shitty they can be. The teacher's union sucks, and many general retail unions are entirely unnecessary and are very predatory of their members.
4628
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:43:56 PM »
I dropped Calc 1 my first semester. Aced it in a winter session and the world didn't come to an end.
I'm a strong advocate for dropping classes that pose a risk to your GPA, though it may look slightly bad on a transcript depending on how many classes you drop.
4629
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:41:23 PM »
Well, my dog doesn't hurt anymore.
4630
« on: September 14, 2015, 05:47:25 PM »
http://pawzdogboots.com/leash/Not sure about a combination lock/GPS collar. Sounds like you guys really need to train him not to escape. Collars like that won't fix an animal attack or car accident.
4631
« on: September 14, 2015, 04:30:41 PM »
Just get him microchipped?
He is chipped, but it only says who his owner is and doesn't trap him. We're not worried about him getting picked up by animal control. We're worried about someone stealing him. He's an awesome dog.
Umm, a microchip is a tracker.
Microchips use RFID and have a very short range. GPS devices are not implanted under the skin; they're worn on a collar. As far as a collar with a lock, I'm not really sure what OP means. Here's a collar that has a GPS on it: http://www.whistle.com/tagg-gps-pet-tracker/But if anyone tried hard enough, any collar barring a metal chain can be cut or removed fairly easily.
4632
« on: September 14, 2015, 02:35:55 PM »
2bh I don't know why people are so mentally invested in guns. Like, I know your constitution specifically grants a right to have them from the perspective of a Bong, but like, if I had a gun I'd just get so bored due to the fact that I can't go all Anders Breivik and start murderstomping everyone.
What's the point if you're not a hunter or an avid freedumb lover?
Shooting is fun. It's a skill, and it's an exciting and rewarding hobby to have. It's not about using my second amendment right; if rifles were illegal, I wouldn't buy one. Plus I'm in the military, and it'd be cool to score sharpshooter when the next range quals come around.
4633
« on: September 14, 2015, 10:46:45 AM »
The first question to ask yourself is do you want a budget rifle, something simple or some special snowflake keymod shit with gucci everything.
It sounds like you want a target rifle, yeah? So like 20 inch barrel, full stock, decent optic I'm guessing?
What kinda budget are we talking?
Simple to start until I learn my way around different components. I'm not really sure how to come up with a budget. $5k over a year, maybe? I was hoping to start between $1-2k though.
4634
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:19:26 AM »
Avoid fruits or juices unless you enjoy sugar crashes on top of drowsiness. Drink a few cups of coffee until you're done with class, or just snort some coke.
4635
« on: September 14, 2015, 08:17:12 AM »
How many page views would you estimate you get each month? (This is really just for my own curiosity, by the way.)
4636
« on: September 13, 2015, 06:44:00 PM »
it seems like that should be called sex behavior, if its evinced in children unaffected by society.
Ah, see, this is the thing though. We fundamentally disagree on the definition of gender; if you define it as wholly social, then everything biological becomes sexual. Which is the same definition Verbatim uses.
Under this paradigm, my position is that most behaviour stems from sexual--and not social--pressures.
Oh, yeah I agree with that I'm just using the framework we have available. I was under the impression 'gender as a social construct' implied the understanding that behavior is almost entirely grounded in biology but is expressed in the confines of society through terms like cisgender and binary. I guess I don't even know what I don't know.
4637
« on: September 13, 2015, 06:36:15 PM »
It's no accident we see gendered behaviour in neonatals
Would those even be gendered behaviors? (To be frank I'm not even sure what that phrase means.) If we're just talking about 'girls=pink and ponies', 'guys = blue and cars' sort of thing, it seems like that should be called sex behavior, if its evinced in children unaffected by society.
4638
« on: September 13, 2015, 06:34:32 PM »
I really want to like Sanders. A guy that makes $200k, is in touch with a changing society, and a genuinely kindhearted guy seems like a good lawmaker. Unfortunately, his economic policy sucks ass, he seems incompetent in foreign affairs, and just doesn't have the gravitas needed to be president.
4639
« on: September 13, 2015, 06:29:43 PM »
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I refuse to accept the definition of gender sociologists peddle; it's much more reasonable to define gender in terms of 'gendered behaviour' relative to certain masculine or feminine traits, which arise--probably mostly--from biology.
Of course they arise from biology. Everything everyone does arises from biology. That doesn't make the gender identities we use in western society any less grounded in society. Gender roles are just a social expression of biological traits. Society itself is a biological construct. Redefining gender into something wholly social might be useful in terms of the sex-gender distinction, but it seems to lead most people away from the underlying causes of personality and behavioural differences between masculine and feminine individuals.
I don't really think anyone is uncertain about the fact that personality and behavior are caused by biological factors; someone's 'gender identity' is an attempt to reconcile their biological traits with the gender roles that exist in one's society.
4640
« on: September 13, 2015, 06:19:07 PM »
Since gender is a societal concept
Oh my God, die.
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4641
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:25:25 PM »
I really don't think anyone's calling for jail time,
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Oh. I kind of meant people that matter, like respected politicians or other secretaries. Right-wing nutjob sites aside, I suppose. According to Clinton and the State Department, the latter has ever email that was turned over and are working to release them. And apparently, the emails that were 'wiped' can potentially still be retrieved.
Well if she deleted a bunch of emails, then the state department certainly doesn't have all of them, do they? Yes, Clinton should not have used a private server. The bigger problem that this shows, aside from that, is the continued problem the government has regarding technology and the job they do with it. The fact that we continue to use email to share confidential information, despite continued worries over cyber attacks, is beyond stupid - and runs the risk of emails that are important never showing up (See: Powell)
I agree. The way we deal with classified information is archaic, but the increasing threat of cyber attacks really just reinforces the need for either more robust systems or low-tech alternatives.
4642
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:20:49 PM »
Just curious about ads on sites -- approximately how many clicks/views equates to $1?
Personally, I've never bought anything from a sidebar or banner ad, and I was wondering how ad companies justify spending tons of money on this sort of advertising if -- and I assume I'm in the majority -- most people completely ignore them. That means a small percentage of users are basically supporting the entire site (or numerous sites), and everyone else's use of it, through their purchases. Just seems kind of weird to me.
I probably posted this in the wrong spot but I figured Cheat would notice it this way.
4643
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:17:04 PM »
Smash Bros games have a ton of content.
4644
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:15:34 PM »
With a similar job? Japan, I think.
4645
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:12:29 PM »
The only problem is that if they weren't classified at the time, she technically didn't do anything wrong with them. Here in the US, I can't think of any legal cases where someone was retroactively punished for violating a future rule.
Not that I'm disagreeing with you, though.
I'm thinking anything she sends via official channels is at least considered privileged, which is an actual form of classification but is not under the 'classified' umbrella.
That comes down to political jargon and what you want to consider any email sent by government officials.
It's really not; it's a universal system used throughout the government. However, the fact is that people spouting out "She sent out classified info, send her to jail!" is just screaming rhetoric and has no idea about the entire process involving how our government works with classified material.
I really don't think anyone's calling for jail time, though it is a serious crime to have classified material on an unclassified or private network/server, and I actually do know how classified and privileged material works. The problem is that the Secretary of State is accountable to the public, and by using a private server she denied the public their right to a transparent government; she controlled what information she would or wouldn't release to the public when ordered to do so, ostensibly to avoid tarnishing her record while running for president.
4646
« on: September 13, 2015, 04:04:47 PM »
The only problem is that if they weren't classified at the time, she technically didn't do anything wrong with them. Here in the US, I can't think of any legal cases where someone was retroactively punished for violating a future rule.
Not that I'm disagreeing with you, though.
I'm thinking anything she sends via official channels is at least considered privileged, which is an actual form of classification but is not under the 'classified' umbrella. Either way, the entire purpose of using a secure server and email service is to protect all information, especially when that information is subject to classification at a later date.
4647
« on: September 13, 2015, 03:53:25 PM »
Since gender is a societal concept, then it just means the person doesn't ascribe solely to one sex's norms or the other's. So yeah, 'cisgender' and 'gender binary' are all real things, but solely in a societal context. Oddly enough, they arose out of a desire to eschew traditional societal gender roles, and did so by just making more categories/roles. Kind of silly in my opinion, but it's not really my business.
4648
« on: September 13, 2015, 03:18:38 PM »
I'm looking into building a rifle in the near future for proficiency shooting (home defense isn't an issue). I know next to nothing about going about picking components, but I do know a thing or two about maintenance, cleaning, assembly, and such, so I'm not completely new to it.
If you know of any guides or can just share your experience, I'd appreciate it.
4649
« on: September 13, 2015, 03:12:55 PM »
Overpriced case, unnecessary RAM, unnecessary PSU, overpriced peripherals, cheap monitor, unnecessary dual GPUs, unnecessary CPU fan. It's your money, but you can get a really good PC for less than $1000 and save quite a bit just upgrading a part every year or so. Unless you're trying to get into graphics-benchmark games, much of what you have is complete overkill. 'Futureproofing' is a historically pointless thing to do since the pricey components you're buying now will be made obsolete by a mid-range component in five years. I've always found the following guide very helpful, and it's updated regularly: https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds
4650
« on: September 13, 2015, 03:03:21 PM »
Thus, morality would be objective because God would define logic to make it such. If it is as God defines (in the beliefs of a single entity), then it is by definition subjective. You cannot know how God would define something, so it be his subjective position. Objective means independent of any singular entity's beliefs.
Objective doesn't mean that; it means removed from bias. Morality isn't defined by god's subjective belief, but by his nature. It's really not much of a stretch to argue that morality is objective and universal the same way the rules of mathematics are -- the anthropomorphization of the universe into a god is just an easy way for us to come to that conclusion.
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