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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak@ DP - I'd imagine whatever you buy now will need to be left by for a few years for optimal drinking.
Was planning on semi posh xmas drinking.
My impulse buy finger is twitchy but dunno if a case or two of wine would last the required maturation periodPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostCould as easily counter that the people that are so terrified of companies being able to direct personalised ads at them based on the information the devices collect are equally contempt-worthy; 'oh noes, Amazon now know that I ask about Man Utd all the time, they are going to send/show me ads for Man Utd stuff, I can't say no and now I'll be bankrupt' etc etc...
Grow a spine and learn to ignore the ways that big companies use your data to sell to you!
People who don't want anyone to have any data about their lives (no supermarket loyalty cards, don't buy online unless they can be anonymous, lie on their census, and so on) and are tinfoil-hat-paranoid about how the data is being used (hint: it will be used to sell to you, attempt to influence you and to 'nudge' your behaviour in various ways. Not a tragedy. Not a big deal. Just learn to deal with it) are much stranger than people who are more blase about letting their preferences and interests out there in the world IMHO.
To me it comes across as 'yes, I am a weak minded individual, who can be easily manipulated; please save me from myself'.
Obviously some of the above is a ridiculous counter argument
These things are worse than smartphones in many ways (well maybe on par if you are one of those fools who allows google assistant or Siri to always be listening )
I’d almost understand if people were getting actual genuinely amazing time saving or life improving benefits but they are not , it’s all just cheap parlour tricks that are in no way worth what you are giving away.
Can’t believe people still bringing out the aul tinfoil references in these conversations btw we are surely way past that (and yes I do see the winking smiley at the end of your post)
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Speaking of wine, had a tasting menu lunch here in Lyon a few weeks ago. Food was decent, only 59 for 6 courses, one brilliant dish in a celery risotto, the standout item was this white though. My wife who finds wine agreeable but doesnt love it, ordered a case because it was so good. Its from outside perpignan and worth sampling for anyone interested.
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I’m completely out of touch with what’s been going on here but I assume given recent climate change reports people here have given up on the hope that our tech god overlords are gonna make all the bad stuff go away and solve it all with minimal disruption to our decadent lifestyles?
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostI’m completely out of touch with what’s been going on here but I assume given recent climate change reports people here have given up on the hope that our tech god overlords are gonna make all the bad stuff go away and solve it all with minimal disruption to our decadent lifestyles?
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostI’m a big boy I can handle myself, but people letting amazon have access to the formative years of children who don’t have the capacity to make decisions about how much data they are giving away and are not informed on how it will be used is another matter.
These things are worse than smartphones in many ways (well maybe on par if you are one of those fools who allows google assistant or Siri to always be listening )
I’d almost understand if people were getting actual genuinely amazing time saving or life improving benefits but they are not , it’s all just cheap parlour tricks that are in no way worth what you are giving away.
Can’t believe people still bringing out the aul tinfoil references in these conversations btw we are surely way past that (and yes I do see the winking smiley at the end of your post)
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Originally posted by 5starpool View PostWhat are the consequences?
This article sums it up pretty well I think https://theintercept.com/2018/05/11/...rom-your-kids/
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostYep, want there not a few musk fanboys here?
I would have thought the majority sentiment on IPB would have been that climate change is a serious problem that needs serious solutions.
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostChildren thinking their needs can be gratified instantly by barking orders at an inanimate object ,loss of the private space that is crucial to healthy development, the whole (tinfoil alert) surveillance issue(/tinfoil)
This article sums it up pretty well I think https://theintercept.com/2018/05/11/...rom-your-kids/
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Originally posted by MrsFlushdraw View PostCan someone call social services for me please? I have an echo and in the kids Christmas gift pile is an echo dot each. I am fed up with them fighting over the music and we have a spotify family account and can listen away in their rooms to their hearts content.
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Originally posted by Silver-Tiger View PostVirgin too dear. 59 a month now for standard BB. What's the wisest move?
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostThe smartest move is to ring virgin loyalty team and get 6 or 9 months half price (saying you are unhappy with the price increase and wish for a deal or to cancel), and avoid moving to the other shit broadband providers.Last edited by Guest; 30-11-18, 15:58.
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Originally posted by 5starpool View Post80 years ago you would have been warning of the terrible consequences of radio, 50 years ago, about television, and at some point too about rock and roll.
Anyhoo...on the plus side to these internet overlords this website is good for a challenge. 100% in 37seconds is the best we can manage.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostGood to see you back, we put the bat signal out for you a couple of weeks ago.
Now, where's careca?
Still read here a good bit but new job at work means I don't have anywhere like the spare time I used to.
Hope all good with everyone.
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Originally posted by MrsFlushdraw View PostThe son who plays Fortnite is looking at gaming monitors. Now, the one he initially saw was the one here
He then said it wont be any good as it doesn't have g-sync, but on reading reviews it says there wasn't much difference between this monitor and the Asus Rog g-sync.
I was just about to buy the one above and now not too sure. If any of you lovely people could look and tell me what you think/know
Cheers!
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostTBH that monitor looks fine to me; it isn't like he's going to compete in the world Fortnite championships and needs something with absolutely zero ghosting. I would buy a cheaper monitor and not give it another thought, he should be grateful for having such an accommodating mother!
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He either meant RIP, as in the one you chose would be dead compared to his or that your monitor would have screen tearing, which is something that GSYNC prevents while at the same time not increasing delay. Realistically it doesn't matter much, €40 less in your pocket may give you a lot more piece of mind though.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostI doubt anyone thought Elon Musk was going to save the world from climate change?
I would have thought the majority sentiment on IPB would have been that climate change is a serious problem that needs serious solutions.SPOILER
I suspect climate change is the most pressing issue of the next century. I can't think of anything that is more important to address
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostCould as easily counter that the people that are so terrified of companies being able to direct personalised ads at them based on the information the devices collect are equally contempt-worthy; 'oh noes, Amazon now know that I ask about Man Utd all the time, they are going to send/show me ads for Man Utd stuff, I can't say no and now I'll be bankrupt' etc etc...
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Postoh..really?
Was planning on semi posh xmas drinking.
My impulse buy finger is twitchy but dunno if a case or two of wine would last the required maturation periodPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by Mike Bullocks View PostTIGER cheating again? This time it's golf.
Scooping the ball.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostHas this prop bet been posted here? Sounds way more difficult than it appears at first
Ridiculous that he is only getting 1:1 on his money for doing it.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostDespite the fact I have three twerps eagerly awaiting the kickoff, the Late Late Toy Show has to be the biggest pile of steaming consumerist excrement known to man.
In homage to PSV's return.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by Flushdraw View PostI read the 2+2 thread a few days ago and found it quite interesting.
Ridiculous that he is only getting 1:1 on his money for doing it."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Jordan Peterson was on Joe Rogan again yesterday. He's still anti-Bolshevik and not a fan of Stalin
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_f53ZEJxp8TtlO...
The only bit I liked was near the end on kids and phones.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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The long read: Are you sitting comfortably? Many people are not – and there are some who insist the way we’ve been going to the toilet is all wrong
People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets. Through the miracle of online media, you can now discover that, in the past year, both Brisbane, Australia and Colorado Springs, Colorado, suffered reigns of terror by mystery “pooping joggers” who ran around crapping on people’s lawns. There’s a whole YouTube subculture devoted to infiltrating restrooms with vintage toilets and surreptitiously flushing them over and over again (one of these channels has more than 16m views)
Christ, mind you that would be an improvement on most of what I get sent on whatsapp groupsLast edited by Guest; 30-11-18, 21:55.
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostJordan Peterson was on Joe Rogan again yesterday. He's still anti-Bolshevik and not a fan of Stalin
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_f53ZEJxp8TtlO...
The only bit I liked was near the end on kids and phones.
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Originally posted by brady23 View PostI've read some pieces in the past around extracting carbon from the atmosphere but it appears to be a long way away:SPOILER
I suspect climate change is the most pressing issue of the next century. I can't think of anything that is more important to address
Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostLooking forward to returning to the land of the contactless paymentNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostNot in that episode, but in the previous one he claims he's only consuming steak, salt and water. Best of luck with that.
Whatever positive or negative opinions any of us may have about Peterson, he has such a massive following, it's quite incredible tbf.
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He's a fucking fraud.
Ill admit being initially taken in on the back of the channel 4 interview.
But the more I listened, the more apparent it became his need to be reactionary and court right wing viewpoints under pseudo intellectual theories outweighed any actual ideas
Annoyed at myself for going under the thrall for a whilePeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by pokerhand View PostFood shortage and the inevitable famine and wars due to overpopulation?
What land would that be? Everywhere is contactless nowadays it seems.
Said he's in east Africa.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostHe's a fucking fraud.
Ill admit being initially taken in on the back of the channel 4 interview.
But the more I listened, the more apparent it became his need to be reactionary and court right wing viewpoints under pseudo intellectual theories outweighed any actual ideas
Annoyed at myself for going under the thrall for a while
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this is a good hit piece on him, funny too
If you need a further Peterson catch-up, can I recommend a video posted by GQ magazine this week, in which Jordan is interviewed by the New Statesman’s Helen Lewis. It’s hard to pick my favourite moment from the nearly two-hour-long encounter, but I very much enjoyed the bit where Lewis reasons: “Lobsters don’t get depressed. I think you’re anthropomorphising to a ridiculous degree. These are creatures that urinate out of their faces.”
Then again, it must be said that Peterson spends most of the interview looking like he’s about to urinate out of his face. In the entire exchange, he smiles about once, at some perceived irony in something wistfully arch that he has just said. One’s primary takeout is not: here is a man who can laugh at himself. Which is such a missed opportunity. I am reminded of the time when Jeffrey Archer told Dame Edna Everage that “the most important thing is to be able to laugh at yourself”. “You’d have to do that,” came the deathlessly sympathetic reply, “otherwise you’d be missing the joke of the century.”Last edited by Guest; 30-11-18, 22:28.
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Originally posted by pokerhand View PostFood shortage and the inevitable famine and wars due to overpopulation?
What land would that be? Everywhere is contactless nowadays it seems.
That will be made of 1billion in America, 1billion in Europe, 4billion in Africa and 5billion in Asia.
Basically we're looking at a population stagnation in America & Europe while we see a 4x increase in Africa and 25% increase in Asia.
Key points and some further video explanations on overpopulation:https://fs.blog/2016/04/hans-rosling-population-growth/
Most notably that although the population is increasing, it's due to an increase in the 15-85 year olds in the world as child mortality has substantially decreased while population growth <15 year old is almost zero.
If the current indicators of population growth such as extreme poverty continue below their level which currently sits at 9% of people globally, population will continue to level off and even decrease.
As far as famine goes, figures for famine related deaths peaked around 1870 at 1,400 per 100,000 and currently sits in the single digits even though the population has grown 7 fold.
Genocide and battle related deaths peaked in the 1970s and 1950s respectively and are both <5% of their peak figures and trending downwards.
There's little evidence to suggest that although the global population will continue to rise that the rise is perpetual and we don't have the means to withstand the increase.
Climate change may seem like a less salient issue in many respects but it's certainly an issue that are become increasingly worse while the issues you mentioned appear to largely controllable.
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@CourierCollie I can send you a PDF if you'd like
Battle related deaths:
SPOILERSources: Adapted from Human Security Report Project 2007. For 1946–1988: Peace Research Institute of
Oslo Battle Deaths Dataset 1946–2008, Lacina & Gleditsch 2005. For 1989–2015: UCDP Battle-Related Deaths
Dataset version 5.0, Uppsala Conflict Data Program 2017, Melander, Pettersson, & Themnér 2016, updated
with information from Therese Pettersson and Sam Taub of UCDP. World population figures: 1950–2016,
US Census Bureau; 1946–1949, McEvedy & Jones 1978, with adjustments
Genocide:
SPOILERSources: PITF, 1955–2008: Political Instability Task Force State Failure Problem Set, 1955–2008, Marshall,
Gurr, & Harff 2009; Center for Systemic Peace 2015. Calculations described in Pinker 2011, p. 338. UCDP,
1989–2016: UCDP One-Sided Violence Dataset v. 2.5-2016, Melander, Pettersson, & Themnér 2016; Uppsala
Conflict Data Program 2017, “High fatality” estimates, updated with data provided by Sam Taub of
UCDP, scaled by world population figures from US Census Bureau.
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