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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Build Wall
« on: December 23, 2018, 04:49:49 PM »
https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

Don't let your memes be dreams. The Trump wall is going to be built by a man with one arm and no legs, whether you like it or not.

The Great Wall of Trump cannot be stopped. Do not even try.

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Arts & Entertainment / Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Demo
« on: August 28, 2018, 12:28:11 AM »
CD Projekt Red's newest game is getting closer to release (probably some time late 2019). They release 48 minutes of alpha gameplay today. Looks pretty good.



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Philosophy, Religion & Society / The US Northeast is Too White
« on: July 29, 2018, 03:40:20 PM »
With articles such as New Hampshire being too white hitting front page news, what are our members thoughts on such a statement?

Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire are among the whitest states in the entire US (each above 93% white population). Yet all three of them also have the lowest crime rate. Now, without slipping into an amazing argument about whether or not white = no crime, let's talk instead about the fact that they're talking about importing immigrants for "diversity purposes". These immigrants come almost entirely from violent third world nations. Is it then no surprise that states with higher immigration also have higher violent crime rates?

Should we really strive to "diversify" areas simply for the sake of diversity? Is there something inherently wrong with a state that's almost entirely white?

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IP addresses aren't personally identifiable information, and their connection status would be logged by your ISP anyway (which no doubt has Google analytics interacting with them regardless). I don't see how any of this is effective at stopping the "Google Overlords" from reaping data that's anonymized already.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Religion of Peace Strikes Back
« on: June 04, 2017, 02:12:21 AM »
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40146916

I guess these people ordered free shipping on their peace delivery. The van brought it straight away at high speeds.

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Science & Alternative Science / Solar Freakin' Roofways
« on: May 24, 2017, 02:09:09 AM »
https://www.tesla.com/solarroof

It even lets you calculate the rough cost to make your roof freakin' solar powered.

According to the calculator, it would only cost $72,500 to put solar freakin' roofways onto my house and it will generate $45,000 in electricity over the next 30 years. Wow, what a deal!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Hillary is winning by a landslide
« on: November 08, 2016, 01:27:03 AM »


All Hail the Queen

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Hello everyone. This is a poll for which candidate, if any, the Flat Earth Society should endorse on the front page. This will also mean possible media attention.

The poll is not limited to US citizens since this website is not entirely American. Feel free to vote in the poll even if you are not an American citizen.

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Technology & Information / President Obama is Relinquishing Control of ICANN
« on: September 22, 2016, 01:00:30 AM »
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/14/stop-president-obamas-internet-giveaway/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-battle-over-obamas-internet-surrender-1465770111

Unless Congress acts otherwise, starting October 1st, the US contract with ICANN will expire and the corporation will be held accountable only to what is described as "multiple international shareholders in an organization akin to the UN." Although this has been planned well in advance, it still seems like a rather strange thing to do for your last year in office. I can't imagine the ramifications of giving away control of ICANN in this manner.

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http://www.selectsmart.com/philosophy/

This is a little ten minute test that gives simple (but somewhat narrow) multiple choice questions in order to determine the ballpark of your current philosophical beliefs.

My top three are:

1. Jean-Paul Sartre
2. John Stuart Mill
3. Thomas Hobbes

It also gives a brief overview of a given philosopher's ideas, Sartre's are:
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1. When we choose something, we affirm the value of our choice because we have chosen it above other choices
2. When we choose something for ourselves, we should choose it for all people.
3. We must be consistent in our interpretations of moral situations regardless of whom the agent is.
4. Logic cannot help us in specific situations
5. Making conscious moral choices is more significant than consistently following moral guidelines
6. The conflict between the interests of two people is in the end, irresolvable

Also, yes, I am aware that Sartre is a dirty commie. Many philosophers are easily blinded by generic idealism.

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Arts & Entertainment / Overwatch
« on: May 06, 2016, 12:47:25 AM »
Just a heads up, folks. If you want to play Overwatch it is FREE to play until May 9th. Downloadable using the Battle.net app on PC/XBOX/PS4.

Also, general Overwatch discussion thread.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Transgender Rights
« on: February 24, 2016, 12:36:40 AM »
Seattle, WA recently passed an interesting new law as a man in Seattle was happy to point out. The rule allowed anyone who identified as the opposite sex to enter that opposite sex's changing rooms. This law's problem became apparent when the man entered the women's locker room and started changing. Since it is now illegal to remove him, any woman using the locker room would simply have to deal with their new changing buddy. Seattle has basically turned all of their locker rooms co-ed.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/02/17/transgender-rule-washington-state-man-undresses-locker-room/80501904/

At what point do you believe a person becomes transgender? Does it start when they undergo a physical change or do they simply have to be a "man stuck in a woman's body" or vice-verse? Shouldn't we just accept Starship Trooper style co-ed locker rooms and showers now? If women can like women and men can like men, I don't see why gendered locker rooms exist in the first place. Any arguments for or against them?

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Science & Alternative Science / Fasting intervals are good for you
« on: January 17, 2016, 02:47:16 AM »
This is some very interesting research into the effects of fasting on the body. Apparently fasting causes your white blood cell count to drop and triggers the immune system to begin regenerating them.

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“And the good news is that the body got rid of the parts of the system that might be damaged or old, the inefficient parts, during the fasting. Now, if you start with a system heavily damaged by chemotherapy or aging, fasting cycles can generate, literally, a new immune system.”

https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/


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Arts & Entertainment / Virtual Reality Headsets
« on: December 02, 2015, 12:25:47 AM »
I thought I'd make a thread dedicated to the new gadgets coming in a few weeks. The HTC Vive is supposed to release here in about two weeks, with Facebook's Oculus Rift being released Q1 2016. I'm going to be preordering a Vive, assuming I'm able to before stock runs out.

For anyone that doesn't know, the new virtual reality headsets are meant to not be entirely immersive, but offer a new kind of gaming experience for the wearer. The Oculus Rift, based on statements by the developers, will be centered on a "seated experience" with accurate head tracking similar to TrackIR. I'm not going to buy the Oculus because Facebook is just a social platform, not a gaming or consumer company. Whatever they have planned for the device, I don't want any part of it.

The HTC Vive is a headset made in partnership with Valve. HTC is a fairly popular mobile device company, while Valve is a top (if not the top) PC gaming and social platform company. Valve is the company that originally helped created the Oculus Rift, but stopped doing so when Facebook acquired Oculus. The Vive is supposed to be a standing/room experience. It will come with motion controllers and a base station that detects the position of the headset, apparently very accurately.

It's impossible to actually show a video of what virtual reality is without someone experiencing it. I haven't tried any of the headsets, so I can't say exactly how good they are, but I hear a lot of good things.


Here's a quick video of the Vive's controller seen inside the game world. It gives you an answer to "why would I even want this?"


 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Flamethrowers don't count as firearms
« on: August 03, 2015, 08:02:19 PM »
I found the most fascinating thing on Reddit today:

http://throwflame.com/products/

I can buy a flamethrower for $1600, no licensing required. Apparently flamethrowers are not regulated at all in the vast majority of the US and don't count as firearms, despite the fact that they shoot fire.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / 2016 US Presidential Race
« on: July 22, 2015, 03:50:26 PM »
As of right now Donald Trump is leading the Republican nominee polls by a lot, currently at 24 over Walker's 13 and Bush's 12.

Hillary Clinton is winning the presidential poll and nominee poll by a landslide.

A vote for Trump is a vote for freedom, democracy, and trophy wives. Don't let me down, FES. Topple the Clinton dynasty.



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Suggestions & Concerns / Terrible Wiki Writing
« on: July 18, 2015, 10:39:32 PM »
https://www.reddit.com/r/flatearthsociety/comments/3dorwf/seeming_contradiction_in_the_description_of_the/

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As a connoisseur of strange ideas I have naturally found myself here. I was looking at the flat earth wiki and can't help but want to have this explained to me.

On the page for the Bedford Level Experiment (http://wiki.tfes.org/Bedford_Level_Experiment[1] ) , it says:

"The Bedford Level Experiment remains one of the most widely-accepted examples of Flat Earth proof."

Then says "...a set of three poles fixed at equal height above water level along this length. As the surface of the water was assumed to be level, the discovery that the middle pole, when viewed carefully through a theodolite, was almost three feet higher than the poles at each end was finally accepted as a new proof that the surface of the earth was indeed curved."

So the experiment showed that the Earth is actually curved? Am I missing something here?

Some fellow on Reddit actually read the Wiki, and to no surprise, the damn thing contradicts itself because some dolt copy and pasted passages straight from Wikipedia. Is the Wiki account separate from the TFES account? I can't seem to logon as it recognizes none of my usual userids.

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