A4E
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I am wondering what Joe was doing that made him deserve to live there in the eyes of the other 2.
Having new people around will make you forget about those people. This should diffuse your built up anger, which will in turn lower the negative feeling you have.
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I don't really understand how this is an issue, or a topic at all. BTW, she lost me at around 29 minutes.
For example, how is software different from books? Books can be regarded as a utility as well, as they can tell you how to do things. And where does the line go in regards to what is regarded as a utility? I could use the movie The Matrix to build a religion to banish smart robots, so is that movie a utility and I can do whatever I want with it?
My philosophical perspective is that one individual do not want to be stolen from or harmed, which means everyone implicitly agree that we need a society that does not steal from or harm us. Which means that in order to have a peaceful society we need to ostracize people who act in a way that will steal from or harm people.
I have created lots of software and games, and some of it I have probably spent a 1000 hours on. The notion that everyone should perhaps be allowed to redistribute it however they want, if I want to sell it, is very unfair in my eyes. Though I am currently handing out a free game.
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And that's all I have to say about this.
Thanks. Most people think we need reflectors, but now you provided a link to a page which clearly states that we don't need any reflectors to measure distance to the moon.
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This is one case where I will follow Occam's Razor and choose to accept that the image I see, even if counter intuitive, reflects what is seen in reality as opposed to the idea that NASA would decide to hoax this whole this thing for very little gain and tons of risk. That image being what reality recorded is far more probable.
Ok, remember that you accept Occam's Razor.
2 theories on how those images were made:
Theory nr 1 - One guy spent 2 hours rotating a 3D object purporting to be earth in any 3D gfx program, then rendering out those images. The next 2 hours he carefully pasted/drew an image purporting to be the backside of the moon on top of each rendered image.
Theory nr 2 - X amount of people, working X amount of time to build a satellite, then spending more time with other people to be able to launch it into space, and then have it go and stay and orbit in a specific 'position' in space, and then have a camera on the satellite be able to capture the earth and the moon very crisply without any distortions.
You accept Occam's Razor, so from now on I expect you to accept the least complicated theory of how the images were made, which involves that the animation does not represent anything real.
I implore everyone to stay away from this Occam's Razor nonsense, because it can be molded to fit any opinion.
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More fascinating video content from NASA's remarkable million mile lenses featuring static clouds:
When I clicked on the video, without knowing what it was ment to be, I instantaneously saw that it was made on a computer. I've worked with heaps of software and made tons of computer graphics, so I automatically recognize this one as computer made.
Then I see that it is supposed to be real. OMG!! LOOOOL!! There is an enormous reason to disable comments on the video then yes! Is that video really from nasa???? Seriously?
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First, thank you for taking the time to check out my channel and videos. Especially as many as you did. And thank you for being honest. That is what I need. I started doing these from scratch so I've been learning as I go along. Perhaps I just don't have that "it" factor to be entertaining on videos. It's weird because I have no issue with that at my job which requires a bit of entertaining with the teaching. Perhaps it's some mental block but I just cannot seem to be that way while doing videos.
Heres 2 ideas that popped into my head to solve this mental block:
-Make a doll or something that looks like a student, place the camera ontop of it or on it somehow, and imagine that you are in a class talking about the subject you wish to convey.
-Have a friend hold the camera, and imagine that you are in a class, since then you will have an actual person that you have to relate to.
If you are the kind of teacher who asks the student questions, then nothing is stopping you from doing that aswell. That would engage the viewer.
Every video I make seems to take a while to record and I do numerous takes.
I am a perfectionist myself with most things I do, but it comes with drawbacks, like the final result might be devoid of a human feel or connection, and that it takes way longer to finish anything. And the self criticism drains your energy and spirit. I am trying to get out of a perfectionist mindset.
To look at an example that most here know of, I have a very hard time reading UPB because it seems so devoid of a human connection. Though it is probably very well put togheter. So I am fairly certain Stefan spent a lot of time on it.
But honestly, on videos like the Hulk Hogan or other videos, I was not really taking it seriously and was just having fun.
But when you brought up about making a point in my flagship video, see this is where I get confused. I spent lots of time on that and felt really good about the end result (other than the numerous cuts I had to make) but I felt I put forth my case well. And to hear that I didn't make a point at all was kind of shocking to read. Perhaps I just don't see it? Am I just blind to making a good argument or even seeing it? I really want to know as that is what I am really striving for.
The point you made is valid, its just that I would not hold it up high, because painting walls can be made entertaining and motivating aswell if you just have the right mindset. Maybe I am just being overcritical, but this is why I wanted atleast one example, so that I could have seen what you ment.
I've always been interested in video making and even made a short film in college that got quite a good response from the class and professor. But it seems I lost something in between.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I'll mull over it all honestly and see what I can do.I want to help, because I myself do not even have the balls to show myself on youtube yet, even though I know more than the basics of how to do it, so instead I can help those who do have the balls to get even better.
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What does ''garbage collected'' mean?
''Monkey is an easy to learn language that's object-oriented, modular, statically typed, and garbage collected. Language features include classes,...''
I was wondering the same so I found this. A form of automatic memory management to reclaim memory that is no longer in use by the program. Hard to imagine that it could be ment to be anything else than this explanation.
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You say that the target is windows 7 64 bit, in which case there is another old 'engine' that could be used. I have been using it for many years. Blitz3d is now freeware and can be used to make anything for windows, even the latest windows versions. Though I don't know how stable Blitz3d programs are on different systems today, but it is still working for me on my computers.
The name implies that it can create 3d applications, but I have only used its 2D capabilities, because im not interested in developing 3D applications yet.
Blitz3d is a very old product made by the same guy who made Monkey x. I am slowly transitioning to Monkey x as I know that blitz3d might be doomed for future windows versions. But I dont care so much because I LOVE Blitz3d and am still using it to work on my recent big game project (and also construction set) that I have available for everyone at selfuniverse.com/games/
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The hulk hogan video was decent.
The exploring japan videos are nice.
The being authentic video seemed kind of pointless. If you are going to do something, just do it. However you do have a healthy number of subscribers, so I guess the video could be justified to tell them. But from what you say in the video, be aware that the viewers will not get (and perhaps miss) your facial expressions. But I think its an ok thing to do.
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When I clicked on the link, I involuntarily started watching the video you have chosen to be the flagship of your channel.
After 10 seconds I thought that this looks high quality, so he knows what he is doing.
After 20-30 seconds I was starting to get uninterested so I wound up looking through your videolist while listening to the flagship video.
Then I chose to start a exploring japan video to watch while listening to the flagship video.
I was wondering when you were going to give any good arguments, because "being a more motivated and engaging person who want to create a more entertaining situation" is not really a worthwile point, because it can be said about anything you do in life.
I severely wanted you to provide atleast one example. ONE example would have upped the entertaining and engaging value of that video considerably! Here is an idea, bring up a small whiteboard and start doodling away about what happened one time. Be more crazy, or relaxed. just my opinion.
Also you talk about going on and on and be boring to not help in teaching english, and you wanted honest feedback, so I have to say that was mostly what you did in your flagship video.
But, the video was high quality enough for me to atleast want to check out some of your other videos, but I cannot right now.
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This site has a list of 2d game engines.
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Tbh, just picking this one contradiction was incredibly difficult,
Could you please explain how the word "bad" contains moral responsibility? Or explain the contradiction you wanted to point out?
your article is completely invalid at almost every point
I know I make some strong claims in the article, and I recognize that they might possibly be wrong, but this sentence of yours is not an argument.
, however as your main point seems to be that moral responsibility doesn't exist, this example of you giving moral responsibility to one if the non-protected classes is pretty important.
I did not give free will moral responsibility to anyone in the article. I gave instructions on how to have a peaceful society, because everyone implicitely agree that we need a peaceful society.
Perhaps you should find out what moral responsibility is by the way? That you think it might have anything to do with the responsibility of a writer for a reader pulling on his own hair is a straw man at best and poisoning the well with arsenic at worst.
I did provide a definition of my own in the article. But please tell me what you see as moral responsibility, so that we are not talking about 2 different things.
For example, would you agree that noone is morally responsible in a hard deterministic universe?
The pulling of hair was ment to be a lighthearted humorous transition.
Tl;dr as always with these "scientific" determinist arguments, you take away moral culpability from the protected classes,
I don't understand "protected classes"
but you require (its the very reason you wrote an article) that everybody else is even more morally culpable than ever.
No I did not. You might be conflicting free will moral responsibility with instructions. Maybe you did not understand what I was trying to say in the article.
You want to stay alive right? And you need to eat and sleep in order to stay alive, because if you do not, you will die.
We want a peaceful society right? And we need to keep bad people away from society in order to have peace, because if we do not, we will not have a peaceful society.
Did you read the summary in the article? Do you disagree with anything in the summary?
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Whoever insisted on eating out. Because why should a date automatically include eating out? Can we not date any way we want? And there are many ways to date without spending money. Or are we so mentally confined and controled that we have to date the way the wind blows? I think I remember someone talking about freedom on this board...
If a date will involve spending money, aka resources, aka work, then if the insisting/asking part do not mention any terms beforehand, then that part should be expected to pay.
If a lady asks me if I want to join her to eat in a (very expensive) restaurant, and I say ok. Then I expect her to pay.
If a lady asks me if I want to join her to eat in a (very expensive) restaurant and also say that she will not pay for me, and I say ok. Then I expect to pay for myself.
Lets say I ask a lady if she wants to eat out, and she says ok. And then I tell her that she will have to pay for herself. If she now says no, then I could ask if she wants to go on a date without spending money, and if she says no because she got upset or whatever, then I just saved alot of time (and money) not spending time with a woman who clearly value money/resources/free stuff more than potentially finding a soulmate.
note: This is my opinion if we want a society where men are not expected to be the main providers in a family.
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Very well done!! Easy for people to start thinking!
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There are various stories about using diet soda as ant poison.
I tried it myself, mainly as an experiment because the ants did not bother me much, and I had long been wondering if it was true. I used pepsi max.
I did not have access to the nest, so I put some things near one of the trails going down the wall to a bench. I put one pure puddle, and one soaked toilet paper, and one soaked toilet paper mixed with regular coke, because I had read that you would likely need to mix it with something.
Nothing happened for a couple of hours, but then later they had made a trail to the mixed one. I let it go for a while, but did not want to have a big trail going to my bench, so I stopped it. The pure puddle just dried up with a few ants who got stuck in it. and the soaked non mixed one was left alone.
As I checked up on the situation, I noticed some ants were moving slower than the rest, and some others were carrying other ants.
The next day, something strange and frightening had happened. The trail that went down the wall was entirely gone, and there were a significant amount of dead ants littered in a random pattern over my stuff. Around 100 maybe, like someone had hand picked each ant and placed them down carefully. Really freaky. I was wondering if I had killed the entire colony, but they came back after about 5 days.
Anyone else tried it? If so I really want to hear it.
I saw on internet today that diet coke might have baking soda, which would kill ants. But on the ingredients for pepsi max, there should not be any baking soda, unless its under another name.
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As you meet each day and struggle with the choices presented to you in your life, do your decisions come without effort, or do you ponder, reflect, struggle? This is free will. How deep does your struggle go? Do your decisions arise as an effect of the emotion of the moment, or are they subjected to an external standard and experience? This is free will. Do you ever question your choices or are you 100% sold on every thought that pops into your head? Could you have done any differently in the past?
If we use the definition of free will that you explained in your post, would you say that most animals have this free will?
Would you also say that a lot of insects might have this free will?
If not, how about apes, monkeys, lions, elephants, dolphins?
It doesn't seem to matter. From a practical application of the theory of free will or determinism, where it matters in our immediate experience, we have free will. To look retrospectively at whether someone could have chosen otherwise seems similar to ask the question "What if... Magic?" The present moment is where we all live. We can have wildly differing degrees of insight into our own decision making processes and I think this is where the variability of free will exists. It doesn't seem adequate to characterize this experience and physical occurrence into what most feel are mutually exclusive concepts. The question seems to be analogous to asking what is 5+3+7+2.354847234? We can discard the decimals. We are apes with language, how we approach problem solving and attempt to understand that which is not immediately apparent seems to be what matters. A term adopted as a conclusion one way or the other feels like counting angels on the head of a pin. I think determinism exists... Right next to God in a parallel universe where we will never have any tangible contact. Long live free will.
No determinist will disagree that humans are incredibly complex, just as all other intelligent animals are complex, but perhaps not as much as humans. It is the idea of a free will that contains superpowers, so for you to compare determinism with a God, is misplaced imo.
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What occurred?
In the video below the sentence there is a robot using words like "I" and "my". Just curious what happens then. Does it make a split entity fallacy? I guess i'm wondering if there are restrictions on who or what can make these split entity fallacies.
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Nice article but you fell victim to the "split-entity fallacy"
In the video he speaks of an entity that he calls "The self". Does the entity called "The self" exist? If so, does it exist in all humans? If so, does it exist in animals? If so, does it exist in insects? If so, does it exist in rocks?
Why is this entity assumed to be separate from the person? (with person, I mean the whole body of the person, including the brain.)
If I say "The person in this location that is writing this now do not understand the logic from the person in the location that wrote the post that is quoted.", Did I make a split entity fallacy?
Would you agree that using words like "I" and "you" are far easier words to use instead of "this person in this location" and "that person in that location" ?
Also, I am genuinely interested in what happens with your logic when this occurs:
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Some days after this thread was created, a light bulb appeared over my head, and I started writing down my thoughts. And I've been working on it up until this day, and now finally put it up on my website. The main goal was to try to put an end to the endless debates so that everyone can use their energy on other things.
Because of the camp I am trying to prove, I am scared because I like this forum. I tried to find a 'send message' option to MMD, or some other contact option, but I did not find any. So if the article that I made is unacceptable, you can just delete this post, and I will get the hint.
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If I ever need to vomit, I know that I can watch this again.
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Edit: I dont know anything about his history or read the other posts here before I replied.
If he managed to fool himself when he was young in such a way, then I feel sorry for him.
When he watch a movie, by his own logic, he should not enjoy it because he knows it will end.
So is it a joke or what? I doubt he did not have lots of happiness at times. He might even have been happy to tell this, (or lie) to those people. He even said he laughed at other people.
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Do they have the Diet Pepsi version of this
I have warned people about diet soda for many years. Aspartame is a horrid story on its own. It took quite some time to get aspartame approved for human consumption, most likely due to bribery.
I highly advice anyone drinking diet soda to acquire information about all its effects.
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Edit: I misinterpreted a post, sorry.
Charleston Shooting Happened During Federal 'Active Shooter' Drill
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Not so current anymore, but I think its important enough since it was/is used to fire up racism and take guns.
Finder's youtube video.
Another video explaining how to open up the document on the government website.
The actual document.
Here is a youtube search for charleston shooting/drill crisis actors.
I had seen some pointers of it being staged before, but not enough to convince me. I came across this now, so thought its important to share, not just for this event, but for future events as well, as drills on the same day and location is a trademark of staged events.