Twig

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  1. Philosophy & Economics

    Link is working for me. I think one of the key things is in this system, more money would come from the rich, because the income tax would probably be higher. Since you already have the money to live comfortably, anything over that is a pure luxury. You can then justify higher taxes beyond that basic income. Convincing the money-grubbers of America to do that is, of course, the trick. (I don't know the math well enough to know how much you'd need to make that tax to make it reasonable.)
  2. Return of the Steam Box!

    Oh... That makes it sound like a bug. D:
  3. Return of the Steam Box!

    it changes monitor when you scroll the mouse in the direction of the other monitor. So if you've got them side by side and left is your default, scrolling to right will display right. Scrolling mouse back left will display left.
  4. I Had A Random Thought...

    Forgetting to flush your shit in the toilet, that's rude. Forgetting to hit the clear button on the microwave? Y'all got some priorities you need to get sorted!
  5. I Had A Random Thought...

    or you just forgot i forget all the time in my own home, and it's not 'cause i'm lazy, i just actually forget and when i see it later i'll hit the button and oh well
  6. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Oh yeah for sure.
  7. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Nobody insinuated that. I certainly didn't.
  8. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Yes I was specifically speaking within the context of GG-types. And more specifically within the context of GG-types that Milo is pandering to, there. Even if Milo is openly gay, he undeniably hums the same tune as the hostile incel-types, because he knows that's a good way to rope them in.
  9. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Why can't we go there? It's a fairly common characteristic for these types of people - or at least one they frequently vocalize, even if they don't believe it. They often blame their lack of sex on women for having "too high" standards for their potential partners.
  10. Philosophy & Economics

    Interesting. Yeah in my mind I always imagine a significant chunk of it coming from our military spending. How would we have to treat basic income re: immigrants (assuming we ever stop being shitty to people trying to move to America)? Might people see this "perfect" (haha) place where they don't have to worry about money and try to move in? Would that be disastrous or would it just work out okay in the end, 'cause more people means more spending?
  11. Philosophy & Economics

    What would it take for the US to have basic income? Also is basic income proven viable? I know we've talked about it on these forums before, but I'm wondering if it's had any long-term sustained existence in the world?
  12. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    You will not convince be that this is anything like the N64 Memory Pak, but you are welcome to try!
  13. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    But it's not talking about peripherals, it's talking about actual processing power. As in you buy a new bit and it enhances the actual power of your console.
  14. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Yeah libertarian would be pretty apt, but libertarian (i.e., FREE SPEECH ABOVE ALL ELSE!) in combination with the worst and most hateful aspects of the conservative blah.
  15. Half-Life 3

    i'm confused, what's bullshit
  16. I was in a WoW guild called Brute Squad, and it was great because we were all heavy into PvP and man I miss those days. ): (A lot of them were assholes, and hell I was probably also an asshole back then.)
  17. I Had A Random Thought...

    Isn't everybody supposed to go in for a cleaning twice a year? Or by cleaning do you mean whitening?
  18. I Had A Random Thought...

    I once heard that brushing your teeth too often is harmful for your teeth. That sounds reasonable. I was then later told that the max you should brush is twice a day - morning and night, which is what I've done for as long as I can remember. That seems less reasonable. Shouldn't brushing after every meal be fine? Maybe not every snack, that's ridiculous, but certainly every meal? This post brought to you by Twig's ignorance.
  19. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    I wouldn't say it got co-opted, since it was Baldwin himself who coined the term. And the very core of the movement is step for step with a lot of the bullshit in those circles, so it was basically the same thing from the start, if not in name, then at least in spirit. But otherwise, yeah, I completely agree with Henroid.
  20. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    I did say that! "besides how it relates to the continued survival of Nintendo" I guess no one finds that patent info interesting. I do! Like do they intend this to be their final hardware, and it'll all just be modular from here on out? Otherwise I can't see why they'd do it like this. But even if that's what they plan, that's unrealistic, as eventually there will be some big breakthrough in power or architecture and then they'll have to start over again. Curiousssssssssssss. I'd love it, though, if I could take a piece of my home console with me when I go out, then come home and plug it in and play the same game I've been playing all day, but at a higher resolution with better anti-aliasing, etc. That'd be really cool! (is there an nx thread, i forget)
  21. Half-Life 3

    It's so fun! I would legitimately much rather have a full-featured Ricochet 2 than Half-Life 3. Its only downfall is that... it's old.
  22. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    Also yeah the Wii U has an amazing library. Some really fucking amazing games! It's definitely a flop commercially, but besides how it relates to the continued survival of Nintendo, I don't really care about how their stuff does commercially.
  23. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    http://www.techinsider.io/nintendo-nx-patent-photos-2015-12 nx is lookin' nuts if this is anything to go by