clyde

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  1. Socialism

    I'll check it out. I'm watching Mine Wars right now, I'm about half-way through. When They talk about the economics of the company town (housing for workers, company stores that take the company's currency, that type of set-up) it sounds like a good idea to me in a way, but I can also see how it creates a reliance on the company and how the companies then began to not only take away rights, but took away Constitutional Rights. And when they talk about how the mine owners were all trying to under-sell each other and how that created a low profit-margin, it sounds like an argument that continues to have a lot of relevance today (immigrant labor and foreign factories). I'd say what I'm most interested in right now regarding theory is something that can supply me with the imaginative capacity see those two arguments and not default to Capitalist Realism. I'd also like to find more sources talking about the supposed economic war in Venezuela. I've seen three things on the internet that claim the manufacturers for specific items such as toilet-paper, corn-flour, and cooking oil are intentionally sabotaging either production or distribution in order to put more public pressure on the leftist government. But it all seems to come from Telesur and it doesn't compute for me; why can't the government apply state-capitalism to start a factory for corn-flour and cooking oil?
  2. Socialism

    I don't have anything remotely close to the attention-span required for reading Das Kapital. Every once in a while I look for YouTube videos that are good explainers for things like the "Theory of Value" or ... I don't know other Marxist concepts I could look up ("Capital accumulation"?). I'm interested but I prefer more digestable summaries to listen to while I play Trackmania. If anyone comes across some please post them here.
  3. I'm convinced that Chris would love pinball if he found a table with with a strong tie between an attractive theme and the modes, but I know we are all busy people with a limit to how many hobbies we can participate in. This is the table that made me understand pinball as an expressive interactive art-form that uses optimization, discovery, and dexteeity-challenges to create something greater (but totally reliant on) its parts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who's_Tommy_Pinball_Wizard
  4. Socialism

    So I'm still on this kick and digging deeper by just filling my social media feeds with socialism-oriented accounts and browsing like normal. I've come to learn that "socialism" is largely defined as a critique of (and development of an alternative to) "capitalism". This allows for a lot of wiggle room and wider involvement. The reason I'm posting at the moment though is that I just listened to the DSA's official podcast called "Rose Radio" and I found the first episode to be very helpful. It's possible that the helpfulness of tbis particular episode is completely reliant on the jist of what I've been vaccuuming up in the last month (or possibly years really). http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:313105177/sounds.rss Also the got more t-shirts in the swag area of their website and the "feminist socialism" tshirt is totally my thang and I am not an XL. So I just bought a print subscription to Jacobin instead.
  5. I'm super excited about Bannerlord and I was NOT expecting a five-on-five multiplayer mode where you order troops around. I'm so excited.
  6. Rainbow Six: Siege

    I'm looking forward to playing a lot of this next week when the new operators come out (Sept 5th): http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/848703/Rainbow-Six-Siege-operators-update-Blood-Orchid-release-date Based off this description, they don't sound nearly as interesting as Jackal or Mira, but I love traps and I have a hard time effectively using sensory-deprevation devices so I'm looking forward to trying these new G.I.Joe toys out. I'm glad I have a season-pass; I look forward to new operators rather than dreading them. Based off the descriptions I probably wouldn't unlock any three of these characters if I had to grind for them.
  7. bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

    I've heard that "block-chains" and "crytocurrency" are gonna be big from internet tech-evangelists for a while. This is the first article I've read where the market-value of those technologies aren't based solely on currency-speculation so I find it interesting. This makes sense, I could see how companies that require CPU and GPU power might start their own cryptocurrencies rather than pay Amazon (if it is cheaper). https://www.roadtovr.com/otoy-render-token-rndr-light-field-vr-ar/amp/
  8. Crota 2Day: A Destiny 2 Forum Thread

    I'm pretty sure that this type of game isn't my thing, but I'm using the beta as an opportunity to see what the talk is about. So is the cooperative mode the closest mode to the main draw of the franchise? Is the main game going to be more like Borderlands in structure?
  9. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    I had no idea this mode was in Fire&Sword until I read a RPS article yesterday. I'll wait for Bannnerlord.
  10. Socialism

    https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/socialism-democratic-socialists-of-america-convention-millennials-carlos-ramirez-rosa/Content?oid=29358708
  11. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    Here is what they wrote regarding the lack of a release-date. http://steamcommunity.com/games/261550/announcements/detail/2353548518936257594
  12. Rust

    I'm pretty sure I found your armored fortress @adsmz You are pretty close to me I just haven't been traveling North until last night. I was also surprised to see how close I am to the first place I spawned when I came onto the server. I am not the person who removed half of that wooden house but I did paint over the sign to remove the reference to a sex-crime. ...................... I made a sachel charge for the first time to blow up my own wooden door. Now that I'm getting familiar with what can be crafted in Rust I'm wanting to go spend some time on a violent server and see how well I do solo.
  13. Rust

    Playing on this server is oddly similar to playing Firewatch, mysterious break-in's included. http://imgur.com/a/5deYh
  14. Rust

    The animals not moving and not being a threat is not preferable imo.
  15. Rust

    I watched a beginner's video that explained stashes and the standard locks. I like the idea of the standard lock personally because it would be so exciting to loot my body and find a key then go around looking for my house. After I respawned this morning I got chased up a rock by a bear and ended up settling there. It has turned out to be a really neat house. I hid a key to the door in a stash nearby. I'm not sure if I want to make a sleeping bag.
  16. Rust

    I just got killed by the helicopter for the first time. I thought I had read that you would be fine if you didn't have a weapon in hand; I had an axe (which is a tool!). It was pretty cool. I heard a gunshot in the distance and didn't see the folks I recognize active on Steam so I was trying to quickly build a fortification near the launch-site. I was actually looking for the house someone stole from Deadpan but couldn't find it. I did wake up safely in Cwester's attic though which I wasn't sure would happen after a day of being off. Man, I lived for a long time, 5 hours. This game is fun. I kinda hope more thumbs join. I'm enjoying the low-pop server with mostly friendly neighbors. Going back in. This game is fun.
  17. Rust

    I'm pretty sure that the server is public so anyone can wander in and exploit our neighborliness.
  18. Rust

    I had so much fun playing with Blueberry, Deadpan, and Cwester this morning. I hadn't had a chance to learn the systems and stuff and this server is not only peaceful, it is helpful. So many awesome neighbors! If you bought Rust a while back and tried it out but decided to wait longer ( *cough* @Dinosaursssssss ) I recommend checking this out. It's at least a few hours of surreality. If you find each other.
  19. Rust

    Did you rebuild your furnace or did it survive the apocalypse? I stole some meat out of it by the way, I was hungry.
  20. Recorded Live Performances in VR

    This was a cool little performance that I watched on the Gear. Just what I wanted, stereoscopic 3d. Birds Happen https://samsungvr.com/view/Zd7QPxcRNA8 Finding this stuff is absurdly difficult. I don't even know if it is viewable on other headsets. I also think this may have been hand-stitched because like the Felix & Paul stuff, you can't find any information on what equipment was used. I wonder if this stuff will become easier to find once the Facebook cameras come out.
  21. I'm looking for recorded live performances in VR. Has anyone found a trove of plays, operas, musicals, dances, concerts where you can watch a performance? Everything seems scattered. If nothing else, it would be helpful to have a list of performances and what platform and app they can be found within.
  22. Rust

    Yeah. I couldn't figure out what to do with landmines on a friendly server. I haven't been able to get in for a couple of days either. The server needs to get updated apparently.
  23. Masculinity

    Sorry to go back to this but I have an update for y'all. I was just talking to my wife about the way I differ in thinking about the concept of self-reliance from how y'all do and she pointed out that the only television shows I watch are Korean rom-coms. I think that might have a lot to do with why I have such a distinctly different association.
  24. Masculinity

    It's so interesting to see how pervasive this perception is among y'all. If you said you know someone who lives alone, my first image would be of a woman. I'm not trying to prove anything with this search result, but I thought it was interesting what the first google results on an image search for "diy" is. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=diy&oq=diy&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l4.5507.5982.0.6080.3.3.0.0.0.0.154.154.0j1.1.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..2.1.154.ZQbRvWaaBS4
  25. Masculinity

    That clarifies a lot. I guess that I'm thinking of the perception now rather than the historical one.