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New comment by bluedanieru in "U.S. plans to let spy agencies scour Americans' finances"

bluedanieru — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:38:24 +0000

You misunderstand the purpose of voting. It's not so that the people can choose the government they are subject to (that would be nice, but in practice it's difficult or impossible to implement). Rather, it's to serve as a check on tyranny.

New comment by bluedanieru in "FBI wants real-time Gmail, Dropbox spying power"

bluedanieru — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:26:44 +0000

Tell that to the executive (and Congress, for that matter). they could use a good chuckle.

New comment by bluedanieru in "FBI wants real-time Gmail, Dropbox spying power"

bluedanieru — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:11:11 +0000

Even US citizens traveling outside the country, and especially residing outside the country, are on thin fucking ice. No, the US government does not consider itself beholden to any laws when operating on foreign soil. It also doesn't really define any criteria that when met allow it to operate on foreign soil in the first place. As such, you are, in essence, right now a subject of a global American Empire under which you have no rights - not even a right to life or property.

New comment by bluedanieru in "A scientific accident that could change the world"

bluedanieru — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:37:56 +0000

How important that point is depends on how much range affects viability as opposed to the cost of the vehicle itself. Electric cars are rather expensive I guess, but few people are going to make the switch to cheaper cars if they only have a range of 20km.

New comment by bluedanieru in "A Difficult Situation"

bluedanieru — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:49:20 +0000

But, then they can't push their agenda with loaded language! Did you consider that?

New comment by bluedanieru in "Diamonds Are Bullshit"

bluedanieru — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:42:00 +0000

Everybody knows diamonds are worthless rocks priced in blood. The reason they retain the status they have is your girlfriend doesn't give a shit.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Wanted: People Willing to Die on Mars"

bluedanieru — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:23:16 +0000

Take note: this kind of thinking is what being purely an "ideas guy" leads to.

New comment by bluedanieru in "SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play"

bluedanieru — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:37:41 +0000

Eh, that quote from a year ago isn't entirely clear on how they will look for a new job. I'm sure if the implications of the AI behavior were clear then, there would have been at least some raised eyebrows.

New comment by bluedanieru in "SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play"

bluedanieru — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:34:49 +0000

Haven't they been been posting pretty shitty quarterly statements for a few years now? They have a lot of money in the bank, so to speak, I'm sure, but it will catch up with them eventually.

New comment by bluedanieru in "SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play"

bluedanieru — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:31:56 +0000

There is definitely a cost but it's hard to calculate so it gets ignored. Certainly the rise of indie game developers has been aided in part by the continuing fuck-ups of AAA publishers, though.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Confessions of A Job Destroyer"

bluedanieru — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:32:56 +0000

I upvoted this. Yes, if :-)

New comment by bluedanieru in "The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales"

bluedanieru — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:02:21 +0000

Large corporations are rarely driven by profit, but rather petty political bullshit and personal crusades.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Confessions of A Job Destroyer"

bluedanieru — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:52:55 +0000

Because if your whole idea of what civilization is, is a bunch of bullshit rules enforced under the threat of violence, then I find it hard to imagine you're anything but an anarchist. Or a petulant child. Or both.

New comment by bluedanieru in "SimCity UI Code + DRM"

bluedanieru — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:15:57 +0000

They knew exactly how many users to expect, I'm sure. But you aren't going to pay for a solution to handle all of them when you expect the demand to taper off after a few days.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Confessions of A Job Destroyer"

bluedanieru — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:44:14 +0000

Do you think you would fare well under an anarchy?

New comment by bluedanieru in "Bitcoin blockchain issue - Mt Gox Bitcoin deposits temporarily suspended"

bluedanieru — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:42:19 +0000

The derived market valuation of the commodity at that price in whatever reference currency you choose, of course.

New comment by bluedanieru in "On being a girl in computer science - a confession"

bluedanieru — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:12:11 +0000

This is the standard argument against affirmative action as well. Of course affirmative action is more about addressing pay inequality and discriminatory hiring practices, while the focus of this post is more around changing cultural attitudes toward certain activities. Is it possible to separate the two? That is, to have laws in place which will address the historical wrongs while simultaneously building a culture of inclusion?

And of course, the argument for continuing to do this inclusive workshop bullshit (you can tell I'm sympathetic to the author's point), is that while the gender bias persists active effort must be taken against it. So, how do you know when you're done? And, how do you measure your progress? No one answers these questions.

New comment by bluedanieru in "What EA could have done to help Sim City"

bluedanieru — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:49:48 +0000

No shit. And let's quit going along with the fiction that the online requirement was for any other purpose.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues"

bluedanieru — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:05:06 +0000

This isn't a bad thing. EA should fire all it's developers, designers, sales people, management, liquidate its assets and distribute the proceeds to its shareholders, and quietly go out of business.

Really, the tech guys that got laid off will almost certainly go to find better jobs. Almost by definition, since they won't be making games at EA anymore.

New comment by bluedanieru in "Amazon stops selling Sim City V over game issues"

bluedanieru — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:08:34 +0000

Fought and lost.