It reads as if you don't consider alcohol a drug. Due to its social acceptance people tend to look at alcohol this way but when u give it a better look alcohol should be at least classed as a class 1 drug substance, especially if we're going to keep placing marijuana in the same class as heroine.
> Israelis have killed family members of mine for the crime of living in an apartment building that happened to contain a couple of Hamas members.
Reading this is heart breaking, I'm sorry for your losses. I personally do not approve of the actions Israel is taking against Palestine but unfortunately this is an entirely different conversation and going there will probably cause disagreement across the board, causing posts to be flagged and/or removed.
I am in the same boat, I dropped all Microsoft products in 2014. There is literally nothing I do with my PC for which I need Microsoft products. It's very unfortunate to keep seeing these things pop up. It's like MS does not care or value the users of the machines and their operating systems.
What a bald statement, claiming lightning does not work without anything backing up your statement.
For reference I'd like to refer to https://1ml.com/
There is currently > 1450 BTC network capacity on the lightning network, if it wouldn't work why would people provide network capacity exceeding 45 million USD.
If I understood correctly he means that you can write a simple tool that reads input from the camera, capture the eyes and as soon as you turn away the pc will shutdown.
The founder of wiki leaks forgotten in ten years?
With all due respect but the chances of that happening are quite slim.. Julian Assange will end up in multiple history books whether you like it or not.
> Blind defense of this narrow and immature notion of free speech from Blizzard would have people up on stage shouting racial slurs.
What narrow and immature notion of free speech? What the player said or what I have said?
Of course a consistent and humane stance on ethics and human right abuses would address the real issue. I do not believe for one second that its own employee's believe in the stance Blizzard has taken.
Will some not care? Of course, it is their right to not care.
Is it feasible to think Blizzard has done risk analysis on the outcome of these events depending on which stance they've taken?
What would they lose by taking a negative stance on the matter (which they have done)?
They've currently created a situation where players of their games, whom aren't even located anywhere close to China have decided to step down from any blizzard game.
What would they gain by taking a positive stance on the matter?
Say the Chinese were to cut them off entirely, revenue loss of 25-30, perhaps 35%?
I understand the decision from a management perspective, I truely do.
I do not understand the decision from a neutral, humane perspective.
Blizzard entertainment does not have roots in China
Blizzard entertainment's main focus is entertainment, fictional entertainment. Can u imagine a game, based on a pseudo-reality where free speech is non-existent? I for one can't..
I'm not sure where I'm going with my reply, I just wanted to write out these few sentences.
These studio's should not stop publishing their games in China. The issue lies that these studio's happily comply with whatever restrictions a govt is willing to oblige due to possibly playerbase loss. Think lootboxes, forbidden skins in regions, exc... exc..
Companies as big as Blizzard should be prepared to lose 5/10/15% of their playerbase to defend free speech, the thing is they do not care about free speech. All these companies care about is revenue.
Correct me if i'm wrong but it sounds like you're trying to say 'People who have a leadership role in an educational or advocacy setting are not entitled to have a certain opinion or preference that does not fall within the lines our "society" has drawn out to be normal?'
AFAIK there are plenty of high positioned people in important positions whom have a special preference to something.
Whether it be a kink or a total different view/approach on certain topics.
Does that mean we're going to hunt down every one in a high position because they think outside of the box? Because they have a preference to something society seems not normal?
Does that mean we'll need to hunt down every thought leader/high positioned CEO/CFO/COO/board member with public appearance that enjoys the occassional whipping?
This topic is pretty disturbing to me personally.
Qualified, intelligent people are criticized/publicly shamed for having thoughts/opinions/preferences which have absolutely nothing to do with their occupation.
It feels to me as if we're, as a society, doing anything we can to remove people who think/feel differently from what they're actually good at/dedicated their life to.
My thoughts/opinions might not stroke with what people here have written, if what has been reported is true the behavior is not OK but does that mean the man needs to be removed from a position he dedicated his life to?