Randomness thread, part two.

I think the poor gun safety so many people have stems from being raised in a culture that tries to extract danger from the equation and put the load onto the state. If you teach your kid that he is responsible for his own safety, he will have instilled in him the ability to assess the dangers and the solutions to those dangers in many situations. But if your kid lives in a society where the responsibility for his safety falls on everything(body) around him, he's going to become an adult with poor assessment of danger and maybe one day he'll be the guy who doesn't know better than to swing a gun around with the barrel pointed at body level.

Ofc I would take it there, since I'm the super anti-state person. But I think it's true

I'm of the same opinion.

Ugh, yeah, luckily I've been around people who have at least half a brain every time I've been shooting firearms (very few times), but I've had instances where people do that with pellet guns many times. I think the instances of barrel swinging with pellet guns increases so much because people don't take them seriously. Obviously a body shot is almost assuredly not going to kill you, but very serious damage can be done, and a crazy unlucky just right head shot certainly could kill you. The most enraging part is how indignant or dismissive people are when you call them on it.

My hunter's safety course was awesome. I was 12 years old (or some shit), and the instructor was a hard ass cunt who didn't take "but I can't help but point the barrel at a box of kittens" for an answer

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Also the chess number is significantly bigger than 52! We're talking 10^120, which is just insane.

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I see your Chess, and raise you a Go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28g...ftware_players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_and_mathematics

Cliffs:
The number of possible legal board positions in a standard 19x19 size board game of Go is 2.08x10^170
The best AI programs are only about as good as a strong amateur player

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2.08x10^170

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*swoon*

That's nearly a googol of different positions for every atom in the observable universe.

A fucking googol.

Multiplied by the number of atoms.

Mind blown.

If anyone, in text/email/etc, ever says, "LMK if you're interested." The only appropriate response is to tinyurl Martin Luther King Jr.'s Wikipedia and send it to them headed by "MLK, if you're interested."

Work those legs

http://i.imgur.com/IprhFqk.gif

Work that skirt

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Work it on that dance floor

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBX-KulgJ1o

If you didn't say, "Yes." out loud when he made it $12, then I don't get you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImEFv9FLUrg

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If you didn't say, "Yes." out loud when he made it $12, then I don't get you.

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Even though he goes on to explain some of the reasons why people would regularly turn down the bet. You have to remember most people don't have the same grip of probability & odds as the regs on here.

Also I think one thing he forgot to mention is the fact that if a stranger comes up to you and offers you a bet you have plenty of reason for suspicion because why would someone go around offering strangers a bet in their favour. Even in a simple scenario you have to expect that their is some variable they are controlling which makes it favourable to them.

I don't think I would have taken that bet before I got interested in poker. You don't really ever think of EV until it has some sort of significance to you.

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Bahahaha right in his dumb ass

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Bahahaha right in their dumb asses

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Originally Posted by ImSavy

Even though he goes on to explain some of the reasons why people would regularly turn down the bet. You have to remember most people don't have the same grip of probability & odds as the regs on here.

Also I think one thing he forgot to mention is the fact that if a stranger comes up to you and offers you a bet you have plenty of reason for suspicion because why would someone go around offering strangers a bet in their favour. Even in a simple scenario you have to expect that their is some variable they are controlling which makes it favourable to them.

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Plus what if you need those 10 dollars to make it til next paycheck. Also, the first thing I would want to know is how many flips I can get out of him.

http://i.imgur.com/uWgGPK0.jpg

Women; am i right lads?

Heath Ledger lives!

He's got hints of ginger, though.

Heath Ledger was a pureblood.

http://i.imgur.com/7vJFZFh.gif

Fox news lying to the world -



Birmingham is my home city, and I can assure you all that is is NOT an entirely Muslim area, that the majority of people in Birmingham are white British people like me, and that the Muslim areas are not no-go zones for white people. There are some rough Muslim areas that I wouldn't go to, sure. There's also rough white areas I won't go to. It's a big city with a lot of bad people, of all races. This "journalist" is talking out of his fucking arse.

The idea that we have Muslim police in London enforcing Sharia is also grossly misleading. These people are not police, they are criminals and are treated as such. Yeah there's problems, but London is a massive city, of course there's problems. Islam isn't a problem here, despite what the press would try to have us believe. Muslims run many of our grocery shops, and white people are still going and buying their milk and bread off them.

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImEFv9FLUrg

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...lol.

I guess I find it funny because as soon as I heard the part about the guy getting shot after he switched it to being full auto I knew exactly how it happened.

Alright, I sat on this comment, but the order goes: smoking, shooting, drinking, voting. You don't give 11 year old's guns. Because you aren't retarded. If you do give 11 year olds guns, I hope they shoot you.

I'm more upset that the Young Turk wannabe Bolshevik blowhards who can't be assed to get a single critical thought right is still popular

They're moving into the feelings market.

It is lucrative.

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Fox news lying to the world -





Birmingham is my home city, and I can assure you all that is is NOT an entirely Muslim area, that the majority of people in Birmingham are white British people like me, and that the Muslim areas are not no-go zones for white people. There are some rough Muslim areas that I wouldn't go to, sure. There's also rough white areas I won't go to. It's a big city with a lot of bad people, of all races. This "journalist" is talking out of his fucking arse.

The idea that we have Muslim police in London enforcing Sharia is also grossly misleading. These people are not police, they are criminals and are treated as such. Yeah there's problems, but London is a massive city, of course there's problems. Islam isn't a problem here, despite what the press would try to have us believe. Muslims run many of our grocery shops, and white people are still going and buying their milk and bread off them.

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Are the muslim police forcing you to make this post? Post once for yes, never for no.

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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

They're moving into the feelings market.

It is lucrative.

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Fortunately for us, that's all it is. When resources are too scarce, the feelings market turns into violent populism. If I had a dollar for every time Ana says "they shouldn't be allowed to do that...", I'd have a greater number of dollars than the number of people who died under communist regimes operating on the exact same principle

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Originally Posted by wufwugy

Fortunately for us, that's all it is. When resources are too scarce, the feelings market turns into violent populism. If I had a dollar for every time Ana says "they shouldn't be allowed to do that...", I'd have a greater number of dollars than the number of people who died under communist regimes operating on the exact same principle

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edit wait no

http://i.imgur.com/mpZ2WfF.gif

yeah

Yeah the Young Turks pretty much suck fucking ass.

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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Are the muslim police forcing you to make this post? Post once for yes, never for no.

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send help

The ill informed muppet just keeps on showing his ignorance.

He's issued an apology for "this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham".

Our city isn't fucking beautiful, it's grubby and seedy.

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I'm more upset that the Young Turk wannabe Bolshevik blowhards who can't be assed to get a single critical thought right is still popular

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Yeah, I never really liked TYT much, myself. But yeah, they don't go the critical thinking route pretty much ever. And that's unfortunate, because I've recently heard Cenk on several podcasts, and he seems reasonably intelligent and capable of critical thought. But like a500lbgorilla said, emotional appeal is like printing money.

I still watch TYT out of habit from my lefty days, and I rationalize that it helps me keep my thumb on the pulse of liberal america. They are mega retarded on the economy, but its hard to deny that they have an entertaining show and are having a lot of fun.

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but its hard to deny that they have an entertaining show and are having a lot of fun.

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Yeah, I definitely see this, and I admire it. They were a completely independent start up, and pioneers of the "new media." While they may seem not that dissimilar to other pundits at times, you have to remember that they sort of are the bridge from that old stale media to the awesome variety of independent voices we now have on podcasts and other "new media" outlets.

Also, while they go for the emotions, they do pull cards on all sides of the aisle and that's gotta be worth something.

I can't really stomach them anymore either. Ana is pretty much #1 at being the worst at critical thinking. Cenk comes in a close second, but he has his moments. (To be fair Ana does too but very rarely.)

I do love John Mankiewicz though. Dave Rubin is good too. Michael Shure is amazing, wish he was on more. Cara Santa Maria, Desi...

Sometimes the comedian, I forget his name, makes really incisive points. Usually he's just atrociously annoying.

They are the reason I got more interested in politics and current events though, so credit where credit is due. I've been watching since 2008. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvK-od647c

Fuck nature

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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvK-od647c

Fuck nature

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Bug in the software. They be trying to find the unified field theory but they never will succeed.

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I can't really stomach them anymore either. Ana is pretty much #1 at being the worst at critical thinking. Cenk comes in a close second, but he has his moments. (To be fair Ana does too but very rarely.)

I do love John Mankiewicz though. Dave Rubin is good too. Michael Shure is amazing, wish he was on more. Cara Santa Maria, Desi...

Sometimes the comedian, I forget his name, makes really incisive points. Usually he's just atrociously annoying.

They are the reason I got more interested in politics and current events though, so credit where credit is due. I've been watching since 2008. :P

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Me too.

I like watching them.

I do not only watch stuff I agree with though. I do like the fact that Cenk's mission in life seems to be to get the money out of politics. And mainly because of this, I support him. I also love how they troll Fox News all the time. I used to watch fox live though, back in like '08, but at some point it hit me like "WTF IS THIS SHIT" and I stopped. Nowadays, I only get news through the internet.

I wonder, if you guys do not watch TYT and can agree that mainstream media sucks in their coverage of what is going on in the world, where do you get your news (politics, current events, etc) from?

Also, fun:
http://youtu.be/DECk1zilWEs

The get the money out of politics thing is so alluring but he wants it to be replaced by public financing of elections which would be orders of magnitude worse than the way things currently are. It's a classic progressivism tendency to be perfectly on point with what the problems are (in this case, crony capitalism) but to suggest solutions that would exacerbate those problems or create entirely new and worse problems.

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Originally Posted by aubreymcfate

I can't really stomach them anymore either. Ana is pretty much #1 at being the worst at critical thinking. Cenk comes in a close second, but he has his moments. (To be fair Ana does too but very rarely.)

I do love John Mankiewicz though. Dave Rubin is good too. Michael Shure is amazing, wish he was on more. Cara Santa Maria, Desi...

Sometimes the comedian, I forget his name, makes really incisive points. Usually he's just atrociously annoying.

They are the reason I got more interested in politics and current events though, so credit where credit is due. I've been watching since 2008. :P

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Just what the world needs: another woman interested in politics.

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Originally Posted by Renton

The get the money out of politics thing is so alluring but he wants it to be replaced by public financing of elections which would be orders of magnitude worse than the way things currently are. It's a classic progressivism tendency to be perfectly on point with what the problems are (in this case, crony capitalism) but to suggest solutions that would exacerbate those problems or create entirely new and worse problems.

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Ding ding ding. Sig worthy.

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

I do like the fact that Cenk's mission in life seems to be to get the money out of politics.

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I'll make a couple points:

(1) There is no evidence that money in politics breeds success. We don't yet know if candidates who get lots of money become more electable or if the electable candidates are the ones who get more money. We have good reason to assume it's the latter instead of the former

(2) The rational voter isn't real. Voters overwhelmingly support authoritarianism. The last thing we want is an electoral system where morals beat out capital. Morals have done nothing to improve prosperity, yet capital has done immeasurable good for prosperity.

(3) Public finance would likely be the nail in the coffin for western civilization. This is because it would entirely neuter individuals' ability to affect things and instead would put all power into factions and institutions. The defining ethos of the US Constitution, as well as the defining ethos of economic policy that turned a shitty world into a highly prosperous one, is the individual to not have to kowtow to factions and institutions.

History is a good teacher: when things are controversial, it is not the masses who are right, but the few individuals. If it wasn't for an organizing principle that allowed individuals to have a big say in things when the merits can prove them right or wrong, we'd all still be poor and working the soil.



Look at it this way: who should have a say about things at the Large Hadron Collider: physicists working at the LHC or voters? Obviously the answer is the former, and if it was the latter, you could imagine how unfathomably dysfunctional things would be. Well, politics and policy work the same way. One of the last things we want is the enactment of the voters' will on policy since it is no different than if the LHC was run by voters' will.

Also, by far the best way to empower the common man is to reduce the power that government has. Public finance is just the opposite, as Renton pointed out. Public finance would make the government unstoppable

As for where to get the news, it's really fucking hard. Every organization leaves much to be desired

But do you wanna know why that is? Because the people who read the news (voters) have shitty, biased, moronic opinions and only want to read/watch things that support their version of shitty, biased, moronism. It's a great microcosm for why democracy sucks.

BTW that doesn't mean dictatorships are the answer. Capitalism is the answer. In full-on capitalism, those very same people can read their shitty, biased, moronism all they want without also having the power to impose their shitty, biased, moronism upon everybody else by law

What do we think of this?

http://thechive.com/2015/01/14/car-d...ath-16-photos/

Example:

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/r...r77/Frauto.png

Surely wuf and Renton will explain that this is capitalism working effectively and that average car prices in the local area should drop as these guys drop their prices to make up for the poor image.

It is in the interests of Google that misleading or false ads be taken down. I don't think the police needs to get involved in that. Either google polices the search outputs (their discretion of course) or the auto place asks to have his listing removed from google.

It is in the interests of Yelp that false negative (and positive) reviews be culled, otherwise their service is no longer as useful to their customers. Either Yelp does this (again, their discretion) or the auto place asks to have his listing removed from Yelp.

Really don't see why a state is necessary in this, and I'm not sure what it has to do with capitalism. I'm not even sure if any laws (as they currently exist) are being broken.

I was just being facetious.

more like FECEtious, chump

No, I'm pretty sure there shouldn't be a bunch of upper case letters there.

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more like FECEtious, chump

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Sometimes interesting things pop up on facebook. Then I think, "hmm, this is interesting, maybe I should participate in the discussion trailing said interesting item." Then I am filled with the deepest feeling of regret imaginable.

I'm not even sure why I open facebook anymore. I'm pretty sure it be adding positive value to my life.

I like the hive mind sometimes. Take that, F&R auto!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=8XFBUM8dMqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8XFBUM8dMqw

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What do we think of this?

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If they actually had to close because of this, that would make me so happy. It may seem like the punishment doesn't fit the crime, but maybe it does... How big of a dick do you have to be to harass a pizza delivery driver who has obviously done nothing wrong. To even call him back instead of admitting your mistake and just taking your loss is shitty, but then to berate him on top of that. Fuck those people.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=8XFBUM8dMqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8XFBUM8dMqw

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This makes me happy to be alive. Especially when he waves to the citizen at like 1m20s.

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Breaking news from the Associated Press: Dancing genitals clip not progressive enough for some Swedes

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/65bf9...erlay-context=

The video is below for context and improved "time to truth."

http://youtu.be/tqgGR4jDR6k

Some is exactly the number of Swedes I don't give a fuck about.

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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Some is exactly the number of Swedes I don't give a fuck about.

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Agreed.

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Originally Posted by boost

Sometimes interesting things pop up on facebook. Then I think, "hmm, this is interesting, maybe I should participate in the discussion trailing said interesting item." Then I am filled with the deepest feeling of regret imaginable.

I'm not even sure why I open facebook anymore. I'm pretty sure it be adding positive value to my life.

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Facebook is still nice to keep a general overview of what people are doing but I've had to block a few people to keep my sanity. This guy who went feminist when he married a feminist wife. This girl who keeps using it as a blog and is not very bright. A few 20-something girls who kept spamming "BFF forever" type posts and inspiration quotes. But there's a few people I still keep in contact with through facebook that I otherwise wouldn't, and that's a big enough advantage to keep it around for me.

British TV presenters are the best. The lovely Cat Deeley...

wait is that not a joke?

that's amazing

It was only after I watched it three or four times that I looked to see who produced the programme it came from...

Peter Kay.

Sorry to ruin the briliance of it, but it's a joke.

http://i.imgur.com/AllYuj2.jpg

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wait is that not a joke?

that's amazing

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If it's from Peter Kay I dunno if you could say it was a joke.

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lol

Cat deeley is so hot, shame about the inverted nipple though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyoaOOAtDI0

Fuck yes

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Cat deeley is so hot, shame about the inverted nipple though.

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I'd try and suck it back the right way out.

Fall in love with yourselves, nugs. Answer 'em.

Set I
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.
9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.
12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?
Set II
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?
14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?
15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
16. What do you value most in a friendship?
17. What is your most treasured memory?
18. What is your most terrible memory?
19. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?
20. What does friendship mean to you?
21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?
22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.
23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people’s?
24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
Set III
25. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling ... “
26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share ... “
27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.
28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.
29. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.
30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?
31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.
32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet?
34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?
36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have chosen.

7. Asphyxiation.

Anyone here hate getting blowjobs? Just curious.

Depends who off.

No. Wtf! Admittedly I expect it to be followed by a fuck, but a bj is good foreplay.