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The Flood / Re: beautiful quotes
« on: December 06, 2014, 07:24:55 PM »

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The Flood / Re: beautiful quotes
« on: December 06, 2014, 07:16:25 PM »

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India is a hole, nothing new there. Some of it may have something to do with the caste system.

Offtopic: Check out what I found in the comment section.
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Actually, this is exactly how America does it, using violence to beat the Indians [Native Americans] to death, pushing the Asian, African, and poor out into the country, running the poor white people into the surrounding outskirts of the cities. America’s police are even more terrible than China’s chengguan. If you’re within two meters of a police officer, you have to raise your hands, otherwise American police have the right to shoot you dead.

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Serious / Re: If you had to live under a fictional government. . .
« on: December 06, 2014, 06:46:19 PM »
The Imperium of Man might be harsh and stupid, but at least I could help ensure good relations between Humans, Orks, and Demons.
heresy, absolute heresy.

purge this heretic.

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Serious / Re: What is your sexuality?
« on: December 06, 2014, 06:42:29 PM »
Sexual

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Serious / Re: How would you answer this moral problem?
« on: December 06, 2014, 06:41:53 PM »
I see this thread has simply ended up going in circles.


Questions of morality tend to do that.

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Serious / Re: Why do we still talk about Christian fundamentalist loons?
« on: December 05, 2014, 03:07:03 PM »
Cus gerd dosnt reel
stfu god u dunt reel

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Serious / Re: What is your sexuality?
« on: December 05, 2014, 03:00:27 PM »
Since we've already got helicopter posts...
Bisexuality is a psychological disorder, not a biological sexuality.
/mr. P bait

I honestly see myself as Bisexual and I don't really see how it can be seen as a psychological disorder?

Indulge me.
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Serious / Re: How would you answer this moral problem?
« on: December 05, 2014, 02:54:40 PM »
I'm beginning to think utilitarian ethics aren't all they're cut out to be, maybe I'm just dumb.
To be absolutely perfectly honest, consequentialism necessitates utilitarianism. Consequentialism, also, is the only foundation for moral thinking.

The problem with utilitarianism is when you try and make it mathematical, as Jeremy Bentham did. Then it becomes, quite literally, autistic.
i didn't think of that.

given some flexibility it does seem far more reasonable to me. I'm still quite undecided on the child though. . .

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Serious / Re: How would you answer this moral problem?
« on: December 05, 2014, 02:43:13 PM »
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Assuming a utopia is defined as 1, this hypothetical world lies at 0.9 recurring.
m8
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I know that it'd be equal to 1.

You know what I fucking mean.
lol I had to do it

Well, what do you think about it? From a utilitarian stance it might seem obvious but I'm beginning to think utilitarian ethics aren't all they're cut out to be, maybe I'm just dumb.

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Serious / Re: How would you answer this moral problem?
« on: December 05, 2014, 02:35:03 PM »
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Assuming a utopia is defined as 1, this hypothetical world lies at 0.9 recurring.
m8
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The Flood / Re: Remember, some cars need to be respected...
« on: December 04, 2014, 10:08:18 PM »
I doze off while driving to and from school, nearly hit someone's rear bumper, not too long ago.

Yea...don't drive when drowsy, wash for face and wake yourself up.
Doesn't help, besides, I get drowsy because I'm driving, its weird.
Scream Avril Lavigne songs at the top of your lungs to fight that.
I don't have the lung capacity to sing more than a several lines,
then do some different kinds of lines
Muh horrible monotone voice though,
He means cocaine.

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The Flood / Re: Remember, some cars need to be respected...
« on: December 04, 2014, 09:32:13 PM »
I doze off while driving to and from school, nearly hit someone's rear bumper, not too long ago.

Yea...don't drive when drowsy, wash for face and wake yourself up.
Doesn't help, besides, I get drowsy because I'm driving, its weird.
Scream Avril Lavigne songs at the top of your lungs to fight that.
I don't have the lung capacity to sing more than a several lines,
then do some different kinds of lines

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The Flood / Re: How does one Calculus?
« on: December 04, 2014, 09:22:57 PM »
Since we're talking about Calculus, if someone has the time to explain Riemann Sums and Riemann Integration, I will be forever in your debt. I can't do them for my life.
Well a Riemann integral is just a definite integral. Which if you've taken calc ii you've spent the entire semester doing. Any problems in particular?

A Riemann sum is basically the basis of the definite integral, if its limit as delta x approaches 0 exists. Where exactly are you seeing trouble?
I'm only finishing up Calc I.

So, we learned the Fundamental Property of Calculus, or whatever it's called, but we are still required to know the long way to prove we understand what's going on.

I understand the basics of setting it up with figuring out delta x and what-not, but I can't seem to ever get it right.
sounds like you just need some practice. I wish I could type the right symbols because I could go over one with you, but I'm too dumd to do that.

Are you taking the samples(delta x areas) the right way? Recall you can take the samples measuring f(xk) at the right, or midpoint. Doing it from the midpoint yields the closest approximation to what the integral would give you.

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The Flood / Re: If marijuana was legal, would you try it?
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:43:14 PM »
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I'm pretty sure you interpreted what was being said wrong.
Regardless, I don't need his fucking makeshift quack-ass diagnosis. That is just so obnoxious.
so you'd rather self-diagnose and live under the impression that your depression isnt treatable? here's a reality check, kid: it's all in your head.
actually clinical depression is the result of physical affliction of the brain.
I think it's best if we don't get into a debate over the cause of depression. It's kind of off topic and no one here is a doctor/professional.

edit// looks like we're going that route anyway.
never mind.
sorry, but I'll put it this way. the mind, as a product of a complex physical system, is itself physical. simply put, the mind is something the brain does. if you accept philosophical materialism/physicalism you can't get around that.

I'm well aware that I'm not, no one here is, qualified to say what that cause is.

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The Flood / Re: If marijuana was legal, would you try it?
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:33:27 PM »
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I'm pretty sure you interpreted what was being said wrong.
Regardless, I don't need his fucking makeshift quack-ass diagnosis. That is just so obnoxious.
so you'd rather self-diagnose and live under the impression that your depression isnt treatable? here's a reality check, kid: it's all in your head.
actually clinical depression is the result of physical affliction of the brain.
somehow i seriously doubt he's seen a professional.
I was just pointing out that "it's all in your head" doesn't really apply unless you mean literally, physically, rather than the usual figurative meaning.

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The Flood / Re: Jar Jar Binks > Nute Gunray
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:31:19 PM »
Hell no. Nute Gunray is actually really intelligent. The Trade Federation is a very strong organization before The Clone Wars, militarily and financially. Being the Viceroy of the TF is a huge responsibility and achievement.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InformedAbility
Thanks class, I just wasted 30 minutes reading random entries.

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The Flood / Re: If marijuana was legal, would you try it?
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:30:00 PM »
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I'm pretty sure you interpreted what was being said wrong.
Regardless, I don't need his fucking makeshift quack-ass diagnosis. That is just so obnoxious.
so you'd rather self-diagnose and live under the impression that your depression isnt treatable? here's a reality check, kid: it's all in your head.
actually clinical depression is the result of physical affliction of the brain.

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The Flood / Re: If marijuana was legal, would you try it?
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:28:54 PM »
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"I'd get that sorted out,
"IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE A DRUGGIE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU MUST HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS."

Kindly fuck off. I'm perfectly content with my straight-edge-ness. I may be depressed, but that sort of comes with the territory of being me. It's not exactly treatable.

I'm REALLY not worried about not being able to do drugs without wanting to kill myself. The solution is to not do drugs, because that's stupid as fuck. Problem solved.
drug conversation aside, it sounds like you dont even want to feel better. i dont know whether to laugh or feel pity for you.

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The Flood / Re: What's on your Christmas list?
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:29:27 PM »
Nothing.

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The Flood / Re: Brace thy selves
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:24:08 PM »
> implying Han isn't dashing af

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The Flood / Re: Most cringeworthy Christmas movie?
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:18:23 PM »
Cringeworthy in a completely different way. And Christmas-y in a completely different way.


good movie good movie

Tenouttaten
Hundredouttahundred

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The Flood / Re: Podcast Community Question Section
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:13:50 PM »
Favorite type of porn and why?

You're browsing Sep7, pants on or off?

Interesting science/tech/etc. related shit you've read recently.

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The Flood / Re: How does one Calculus?
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:12:33 PM »
It's pretty easy to learn. People make it seem like its harder than what it really is. Unless you're talking about calculus III.
calculus iii is a breeze

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The Flood / Re: Spirit Animal
« on: December 04, 2014, 04:40:22 PM »


Relevant?
I had that on VHS, I loved it.
Don't know where it disappeared to though.  : (
I've still got it. lol

OT: a transhuman utility fog based super intelligence

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Serious / Re: How much money do you think we spend on the elderly?
« on: December 04, 2014, 04:39:09 PM »
Why I don't plan on retiring until I'm dead.

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The Flood / Re: Jar Jar Binks > Nute Gunray
« on: December 04, 2014, 04:35:58 PM »
When I was a kid I was like "what the fuck is this".

This and Gungans just seemed alien (lol) to the Starwars universe.

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The Flood / Re: Terminator Genisys Trailer Dropped
« on: December 04, 2014, 04:24:41 PM »
I thought the entire point of Terminator was that going back in time just creates stable time loops that cause whatever you meant to prevent to happen anyway. :-\ You know, predetermination paradox. . .

 You'd think they'd have learned that time travel doesn't solve much.

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The Flood / Re: How does one Calculus?
« on: December 04, 2014, 04:13:08 PM »
Since we're talking about Calculus, if someone has the time to explain Riemann Sums and Riemann Integration, I will be forever in your debt. I can't do them for my life.
Well a Riemann integral is just a definite integral. Which if you've taken calc ii you've spent the entire semester doing. Any problems in particular?

A Riemann sum is basically the basis of the definite integral, if its limit as delta x approaches 0 exists. Where exactly are you seeing trouble?

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