Except there is no force. If you don't like the hours, choose a different job.

Not sure this is a valid argument. It assumes the person CAN choose a different job. What if... The geographical area that person is does not have a different / better job? Either there are no other employers or all the good jobs are taken. Then just move! What if the person CAN NOT move for what ever reason? They can't afford to move because their current job and cost of living does not allow them to save enough? Maybe they have family obligation that tie them to that location. Maybe the cost of housing in the areas where the good jobs are is just unaffordable to new comers (unless you were lucky enough to have bought a house before the prices sky rocketed or inherited a property). Just get an education! Higher education is expensive nowadays, especially in the US. If you don't have enough money saved for it you are SOL. If you have to work 2 or 3 jobs just to pay the bills, you don't have a lot (if any) time to study to get good grades and compete for the scarce jobs. Yes you got on line courses that are cheaper and some times free but how many are recognized by employers? What i'm saying is "just pull your self by your boot straps" is a myth. Not always achievable, especially if you are already poor, or a minority or have a myriad of other limiting factors. So you have to take what ever job is available, Can hard work and dedication allow you to "choose a different job"? Absolutely! is it a guaranty? Absolutely not so don't talk like it is

Well i for one welcome our quadruped flame throwing overlords. Or wait... Imagine a beowulf cluster of those. (Yes i'm that old). but in all seriousness, A swarm of those assaulting trenches... you don't even need accuracy. The sheer horror of seeing those come at you would make you reconsider your life choices.

If you give the kids a decent education, if you teach them about basic computer concepts, they will understand. They will understand and they will use it and maybe make something better. If you can't do that, at least instill in them curiosity to learn it on their own.

Before i even start reading the article proper two things jump at me. " two leading scientists in the field of technology," That's awfully vague. Like saying "a couple doctors in... huh... doctoring stuff". And "(Mr. Masanet receives research funding from Amazon.) " so... it would be in his best interest to say big tech companies are not that bad. I'll still read it but... not good for the credibility.

https://xeelee.fandom.com/wiki... They stalled the reaction in the star. And now they are coming for us

Do it's made of lithium metal, carbon and an electrolyte the researchers designed. Ok i understand lithium metal and carbon but... what are electrolytes?

Too bad the education/indoctrination system has been fighting against kids having critical thinking skills for decades.

I am not a neuro-scientist by any stretch but...I think I remember something about the number of synapses being very important. I understand that more neurones means more possibility of synapses but would it be possible for say... a cat to have 3 times the density than a dog would have with half as many neurones? Would that have an effect on intelligence? I'm a dog person my self (love cats too but allergic to them so I try to stay away). Just curiosity.

I think the main issue people have with gene editing is not so much inequality in genes but wealth inequality. As in only the wealthy will be able to afford it which will give them an unfair advantage over the working stiff... AGAIN. "I'm not mad that you can edit your (or your progeny's) genes. I'm mad because I probably won't be able to afford it". It is a legitimate concern. Human nature being what it is, most people WILL do what ever they can to put them selves ahead of the pack, fairness be damned.

Really? I remember a "theory" on the use of troll. In the good old days of usenet and the likes, verbal battles on public forums were called flame wars (haven't heard that term In a while but then again I don't participate often). Seeing as the geek culture was prevalent on line in those days, D&D was a fairly common cultural reference. In D&D, trolls are vulnerable to fire (they can regenerate grievous wounds but fire realy F's them up. So when there was a troll around, there was sure to be plenty of fire too. So a forum user that was always followed by flame wars was called a troll. I don't know. I like the idea :)

i can see a kernel of truth in this. Many geeks, nerds and other various "outside the norm" kids will get rejected as youngsters. They get attacked because they are different. Nothing new here. Now if you get rejected by the main stream, you will take refuge in your own world/subculture where you are accepted. You can be as much of a big shot in the puppetry world as you are not in the general population. What looks to an insider like confidence acquired from knowledge and experience might look like "damn that dude is full of him self and for what? cause he knows all the squadrons involved in the attack on the first death star? Get over your self nerd!" to an outsider. When you have been rejected most of your life and you finally have people that recognize your worth, it is normal to look at your self a little more and like your self a little more. Then again, there are self centered assholes in all walks of life, geeks included.

Then i would have to say aggression. is contagious. The most frustrating aspect of video games (to me anyway. That is why i very rarely play multi-player) is not so much the interface but other players. Griefers, cheaters little kids with poor impulse control that scream obscenities at you through the voice chat, constant name calling and the likes. THAT degrades the gaming experience. Say you really like a game and would like to get better at it but it is multi-player only and every time you try to play, you have to contend with that. Would it not get on your nerves after a while? Sure you can pick another server but they are everywhere. And contrary to popular belief (or what my mommy told me when i was young) ignoring them does not make them go away. The only solution is to find another game to play.

When the modern recorded music industry (lets not talk classical masters here, whole different ball of wax) started, was it not tinkerers that came up with the technology? was it not amateurs and garage bands that were the pioneers? Then it all turned into an elitist closed "good ol boys" money club. Now the power is coming back to the people. New, easier technology is letting a new generation of tinkerers and amateurs give it a shot. Sure you will get sucky "artists" but they don't last long. Heck even i tried a bit with some software acquired through "unconventional means" but i am not creative enough and the results were... not good at best. Eventually the good ones rise to the top and get known. And as far as the damned purist hipsters "only notes made on a guitar made of willow bark, whale bones and alpaca sinews chewed by a secret tribe in the Andes are worth of the name music". Bite me. Culture changes, people's tastes change. Just because YOUR brand of ultra obscure neo-punk-trip-hop-nerd core jazz is not popular with the masses doesn't mean pop (as in popular with a lot of people (but i still Bieber is a talentless hack, my opinion only)) music is crap. It just means people prefer something else these days and tomorrow it will be something else. Such is life. Get over it.

What you say is very subjective. Your own point of view with your own experience. Then allow me to show you mine. After a long day of work, i like to relax a little bit before i get to my home chores. So i play a bit. One of my "basics of life" is "taking my mind off of the horrendous world outside" and i do that by blasting zombies. I will grant you that unlocking an achievement in a game is essentially meaningless in the grand scheme of things but it is by no mean useless.on a personal level. It gives a little extra good feeling. That helps relieve stress. Some times, for some people, that is all games are. Stress relievers that make your life a little better. a bit of distraction IS good for emotional balance. Sure people prone to addiction, people with nothing going for them, those that don't know anything else about the world (like say a teenager who's got little experience at that point in his life) can get hooked on that empty feeling of achievement. Shit happens. Some people fall between the cracks. That does not mean ALL GAMERS are hooked. You got as many different reasons to play games as you got gamers. As for the choice of OS... Do you think i have time and energy to fiddle with Wine and all that junk if i want to play for 30 minutes? No. I want it to work so i go with what works for me. Maturity problem? I am a soldier (a real one, i don't even like CoD et all) in a leadership position. People depend on me for guidance. I have a family. People depend on me PERIOD. Nobody in my care has ever gone cold or hungry. Where is that maturity problem you speak of?

Wow such aggression. Chill out before you pop a blood vessel. Hug a puppy. It's soothing. Have you been in a war? Have you been in a firefight where the other guy wants you dead and will not listen to reason? You have volleys of RPGs flying towards you. Are you going to try and taze the other guys or are you going to try and stop them with high explosives? War is not ALWAYS about murder but some times it is the only solution left to you. Like Entropius said "If you're using a laser, or a bullet, or a missile, or any of a myriad of weapons against a boat or an airplane, then it had damn well better pose enough of a threat to you that you are perfectly okay with everyone on it dying". If you are going to use something that is going to kill them, it better be worth it, not just for shits and giggles. You said it your self. We save lives... by any means possible. Some times to save lives you need to take lives.