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There was a post that said "wait, did Bill Clinton have multiple affairs?" I forget how young some of these cats are sometimes.
Quote from: Let's Cyber on October 09, 2016, 12:46:25 PMI always wondered if any actual historians browse those GAF threads and are just like So many posters sound like they haven't read a history book since they were 15. Maybe worse are the dudes willing to pound out several paragraphs without a single source or citation. I'd rather have a Mumei style overkill of "Here is where I gathered this information and here are 75 related books released within the last 7 months on this issue" than someone talking out of his ass and expecting the reader to take everything at face value. I have a masters in History am I an "actual historian"? In that 800 page Trump grabbing pussy thread I responded to a post that said "All of Bill Clinton's stuff was consensual" with something like "Not according to the women who have accused him of sexual harrassment and worse." And got dogpiled with "is Bill Clinton running for something?" "What Trump has said is far worse than an affair." "Bill was impeached and it turned out to be nothing." "Reading Wikipedia it seems like some of those cases never went to trial so I doubt they're anything unlike Trump admitting to assault." "Why do you people always bring up Bill Clinton when the topic isn't about him?" The last one being from the original poster I had quoted and responded to. spoiler (click to show/hide)I also pulled the "Aren't we supposed to give all victims the benefit of the doubt?" card because I'm a fucking asshole.spoiler (click to show/hide)That kinda ended it except for the original poster skimming Wikipedia and trying to come up with reasons why in this case, no, the victims are not to be trusted and why the hell do I keep bringing up Bill Clinton in a thread about Trump.[close][close]spoiler (click to show/hide)No, I'm not an actual historian.[close]
I always wondered if any actual historians browse those GAF threads and are just like So many posters sound like they haven't read a history book since they were 15. Maybe worse are the dudes willing to pound out several paragraphs without a single source or citation. I'd rather have a Mumei style overkill of "Here is where I gathered this information and here are 75 related books released within the last 7 months on this issue" than someone talking out of his ass and expecting the reader to take everything at face value.
These all happened in mid-September.
In 1998, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison called Clinton "the first Black president", saying, "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas".[195] Noting that Clinton's sex life was scrutinized more than his career accomplishments, Morrison compared this to the stereotyping and double standards that blacks typically endure.[195]
Clinton greets a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, September 5, 2005. In the background holding his jacket is then-Senator Barack Obama.
"EVERY SINGLE ELECTION has some sort of historic moment in October that sways the election!"
Just so everyone understands how bad this video is for Trump, the political fallout from this is on the same level as catching him using the n-word, and it's just a step below him being indicted for rape or murder. He's done.All but the most hardcore bigots are walking away now, and while Republicans won't vote for Clinton, they will stay home on Election Day. So, no, it's not implausible that Clinton will capture 70-80% of the popular vote. We are in uncharted waters now, but this whole election has been one for the history books, so that's nothing new.
Please name a bigger (costlier) political scandal that has hit one of the big two candidates this close to the election in the last 100 years. Just one. I'll wait.
Oh, FFS, I'm talking about when McGovern's running mate was dropped from the ticket after it was revealed that he had undergone electroshock therapy. Watergate didn't start really breaking until well into '73 when the election was over. Wake up.
You have complete lost touch with reality if you think women are going to show up for Trump after he JOKED ABOUT SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN. Seriously, like, do you even know any women?
Nope. I live in the heart of Trump country (upstate South Carolina). People here have been ecstatic about voting for Trump since he announced. I have serious doubts that you could find 10 Clinton yard signs within 20 miles of my house. So, no, I don't know a single hardcore Trump supporter. I do, however, know quite a few women who live near me who have publicly stated today that they are either voting for Clinton or staying home on Election Day. But, hey, what do they know, right? They're just women.
Again, show me where history applies to this situation that is completely unique in the last 100 years.
You can't compare a 5 point scale to a 10 point scale directly. They are measuring two separate things. A 10 point scale is an attempt to measure a game's absolute quality while a 5 point scale tries to to rate how much the reviewer enjoyed the game.
Implicit in the 5 point scale is that the middle score of 3 represents an average enjoyment, but enjoyment isn't a neutral term in an absolute sense. That's why it is wrong to try to equate a 3 on the 5 point enjoyment scale to a 5 on the 10 point absolute scale.
That rational sounds like you are trying to be a promoter of games instead of a reviewer. Do you doubt that the reviewers who rated No Man's Sky around a 70 actually thought it deserved about a 70? If you don't, which I hope you don't, then why try to hide that information from the readers?
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Assuming a game has Story, Gameplay, Visuals and Sound, the lowest I would ever rate a game would be a 2.0: (1x3) + (1x3) + 1 + 1 = 8/40 = 2.0. To go lower than that would assume the game didn't come with one of those categories (with the exception of games with no Story, which has a tweaked scoring system above). A game can be total trash but to give something a 0 out of 10 discredits the various artists and their efforts that went into developing the various aspects of a game.
If I see someone rate a game a 4/10 or a 2/5, that tells me that... on average... they thought every one of the four above categories "could have been good." However, as stated at the beginning of my post, most reviewers using point systems don't explain their math. A 2/5 they rate one game may not be the same as a 2/5 they rate another game, but without the math behind their score it's hard to see why that would be. Was it because the story really sucked for one game, while the gameplay in the other is what brought it down? Someone going straight to a score may not care about Story, but seeing a 2/5 they decide not to get the game when it might have been something they would have really enjoyed.
I think it would help if reviewers gave each aspect of a game a score and then showed the math that explains how they came up with their final overall score.People who only care about numbers still get their final score.People who only care about words still get their write-ups.But people like me who love logistics and want something in-between will finally have a system that will help them understand the subjective mentality put forth by reviewers.
Despite Google (perhaps unintentionally) shunning obvious sexism in its AI, it still fell into the gender bias trap by giving Assistant a female voice. And that's a problem, a problem that will require the collective effort of the industry's powerhouses to fix.[...]Using a woman's voice for a bot named "Assistant" is a problem because it ties that subservient role directly to gender. But the thing is, it's not Google's fault. It's not even really the tech industry's fault. Studies have shown that people prefer female voices for biological and historical reasons. The modern generation has also grown used to them -- in-car GPS units and plenty of other audio devices have long used calm-sounding feminine voices to talk to us. It's so ingrained in our collective subconscious that, even though you can already change Siri's voice to a male one, the female version is the one that's become iconic.[...]Creating options is a good first step, but it's important for these tech titans to work toward crafting a gender-neutral assistant. Startup Kasisto has proven it's possible with its androgynous MyKai chatbot, although, like Facebook's M, it doesn't have a voice.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/07/google-assistant-desexualize-ai/QuoteDespite Google (perhaps unintentionally) shunning obvious sexism in its AI, it still fell into the gender bias trap by giving Assistant a female voice. And that's a problem, a problem that will require the collective effort of the industry's powerhouses to fix.[...]Using a woman's voice for a bot named "Assistant" is a problem because it ties that subservient role directly to gender. But the thing is, it's not Google's fault. It's not even really the tech industry's fault. Studies have shown that people prefer female voices for biological and historical reasons. The modern generation has also grown used to them -- in-car GPS units and plenty of other audio devices have long used calm-sounding feminine voices to talk to us. It's so ingrained in our collective subconscious that, even though you can already change Siri's voice to a male one, the female version is the one that's become iconic.[...]Creating options is a good first step, but it's important for these tech titans to work toward crafting a gender-neutral assistant. Startup Kasisto has proven it's possible with its androgynous MyKai chatbot, although, like Facebook's M, it doesn't have a voice.
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Hi guysSince yesterday every time I load a page from NeoGAF Chrome downloads an "undefined" file with no extension, this is only happening on NeoGAFAny idea why is this happening?....
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1291757QuoteHi guysSince yesterday every time I load a page from NeoGAF Chrome downloads an "undefined" file with no extension, this is only happening on NeoGAFAny idea why is this happening?....Those 160 hours work weeks must tiring for 'Lore, so excuse him if a few ads that tries to downloads weird files in your computer slip through the cracks These people need to consider that 'Lore either cannot or will not fix the ad situation. He had more than enough time to get something done. They should not feel guilty for using adblock to protect their PC from malware ridden ads.
That moment when Trump started screaming about how bad Muslims are to that poor Muslim woman was the most disgusting moment of the campaign and literally no one cares.There is going to be genocide in the United States in the next 20 years, this is horrifying.
I was speaking some more with my mother about the debate and pointed out Trump's body language, especially the period where he was just...looming behind Hillary, staring at the back of her head.She hadn't noticed it consciously, but when I pointed it out to her, she realized that during that period she was really put off by Trump (well, more than usual). It reminded her, and me, of my father during his worst years. I'd rather not go into too many details (i can ramble about it for way too long) but my father got extremely emotionally and mentally abusive in his later years, due to dementia that went undiagnosed for years.It got bad enough that we all had to go into therapy. It took me years to stop waking up at the slightest sound, to stop having nightmares of my father. My father's been dead for five years and I still have to stop myself from having a panic attack at the sound of someone yelling in anger.Trump's body language reminded us of my father at those times.I imagine it will for others, too.
okay one moreQuoteI was speaking some more with my mother about the debate and pointed out Trump's body language, especially the period where he was just...looming behind Hillary, staring at the back of her head.She hadn't noticed it consciously, but when I pointed it out to her, she realized that during that period she was really put off by Trump (well, more than usual). It reminded her, and me, of my father during his worst years. I'd rather not go into too many details (i can ramble about it for way too long) but my father got extremely emotionally and mentally abusive in his later years, due to dementia that went undiagnosed for years.It got bad enough that we all had to go into therapy. It took me years to stop waking up at the slightest sound, to stop having nightmares of my father. My father's been dead for five years and I still have to stop myself from having a panic attack at the sound of someone yelling in anger.Trump's body language reminded us of my father at those times.I imagine it will for others, too.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=219700025Star Citizen will be the best game ever by certain metrics
Quote from: benjipwns on October 09, 2016, 11:55:34 PMokay one moreQuoteI was speaking some more with my mother about the debate and pointed out Trump's body language, especially the period where he was just...looming behind Hillary, staring at the back of her head.She hadn't noticed it consciously, but when I pointed it out to her, she realized that during that period she was really put off by Trump (well, more than usual). It reminded her, and me, of my father during his worst years. I'd rather not go into too many details (i can ramble about it for way too long) but my father got extremely emotionally and mentally abusive in his later years, due to dementia that went undiagnosed for years.It got bad enough that we all had to go into therapy. It took me years to stop waking up at the slightest sound, to stop having nightmares of my father. My father's been dead for five years and I still have to stop myself from having a panic attack at the sound of someone yelling in anger.Trump's body language reminded us of my father at those times.I imagine it will for others, too.This genuinely made me sad
Any "top 10 gaming mascots" or "top 10 franchises from the 90s" has bonk somewhere. If you know about vidya, you end up knowing about fucking Bonk.
Quote from: kame-sennin;219749582It is off topic, so I'll note that we got here because Ekai told a Clinton critic to check their privilege. I think it's appropriate to end this tangent by responding to this post thusly;Check yo damn privilege.You want to pull the "privilege" card? You want to die on that hill, go right ahead. You know nothing about me, what my "privilege" is, OR my experiences in this country before and after the bill as a minority. you know nothing of where I grew up, nothing of my career, and I'm willing to bet you know a fuckload less about mass incarceration than I do, since I've spent the past 4 years working in a maximum security prison after leaving the private sector. I could very easily make more elsewhere, but I believe in the work we do here- stressful and dangerous as it is. You want to spout off from a position of ignorance, go right ahead. Please, tell me more about my "privilege". We're all waiting for you.
It is off topic, so I'll note that we got here because Ekai told a Clinton critic to check their privilege. I think it's appropriate to end this tangent by responding to this post thusly;Check yo damn privilege.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1291916GAF idol Jim Sterling says he thinks console/PC VR is toss, too expensive and limiting to people without the space or who are unable to physically enjoy it while mobile is a much better option for people who want to try it because mobile games are small and digestible, less hassle free since its wireless and has porn.You better believe GAF is shook hard since they already sunk $499 upwards into VR. That thread is going to get better than the "60FPS is better than 30FPS Deal With It" video and thread the other night
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I mean, comparing VR to mobile is mostly a troll. They are so completely different.Jim is probably just messing with GAF. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
VR owners that spent hundreds of dollars to play Wii games with a headset VR and gaming might never be a real thing, not now, not in the future. VR would be better utilized by students, doctors, teachers, ect. than anything entertainment related.
Quote from: Take My Breh Away on October 10, 2016, 01:49:00 PMhttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1291916GAF idol Jim Sterling says he thinks console/PC VR is toss, too expensive and limiting to people without the space or who are unable to physically enjoy it while mobile is a much better option for people who want to try it because mobile games are small and digestible, less hassle free since its wireless and has porn.You better believe GAF is shook hard since they already sunk $499 upwards into VR. That thread is going to get better than the "60FPS is better than 30FPS Deal With It" video and thread the other night I mean, comparing VR to mobile is mostly a troll. They are so completely different. Jim is probably just messing with GAF. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1291916GAF idol Jim Sterling says he thinks console/PC VR is toss, too expensive and limiting to people without the space or who are unable to physically enjoy it while mobile VR is a much better option for people who want to try it because mobile VR games are small and digestible, less hassle free since mobile VR is wireless and has porn.You better believe GAF is shook hard since they already sunk $499 upwards into VR. That thread is going to get better than the "60FPS is better than 30FPS Deal With It" video and thread the other night
The dumbest thing about PC VR is that they're pushing motion control so hard and yet the headset is tethered to the computer by a dumbass cable that's very easy to trip over, get tangled up in, etc.Cart before the horse.
I remember thinking when I saw PC VR for the first time I was like "Oh, I guess they'll get rid of the tethering thing because that's never going to work."Now I'm like "I guess not..."
Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on October 10, 2016, 02:52:15 PMI remember thinking when I saw PC VR for the first time I was like "Oh, I guess they'll get rid of the tethering thing because that's never going to work."Now I'm like "I guess not..."(Image removed from quote.)Look at this shit. I get they're into the whole "Matrix" idea but this is a bit much.
