BigSqwert

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 18, 2017 -> 02:51 PM) That's a stretch to say the least. You're making it easier for one group of people to get a job than another group of people. That's discrimination. Simple and plain. If African Americans (your example) were being desegregated in 2010 your argument would be relevant. We're talking about discrimination in hiring and college and you provide a link about the genocide of American Indians from hundreds of years ago with a smartass comment... Discrimination against minorities hiring/applying in the workplace, in University, in America, in this decade. Relevance...consider it. I am sure there's an instance of an individual claiming racism here and there but there's multiple people in this thread implying there's widespread systemic racism that needs to be made up for it. Where is it? What's the basis? Maybe you should have read the article instead of skimming only the first paragraph. It covers hiring discrimination as well. Here's a snippet:

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 18, 2017 -> 02:31 PM) Which discrimination are you speaking to? Where do I begin? The history of this country is wrought with racism and discrimination. I'm surprised you were not aware of this as it's common knowledge. Here's a simple google search result that could give you a high-level overview.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 18, 2017 -> 02:13 PM) When you create specific policies that mandate that only people of X color or X religion qualify, it is the definition of discrimination. You can justify it all you want, but it's a discriminatory policy that we're ok with. I look at it as an attempt to neutralize existing discrimination.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 01:31 PM) What rationale is there that Drumpf Admin would want to reverse this. Who knows. This is a very petty and unpredictable buffoon.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 01:28 PM) Sentence is commuted and I don't think a future President can revoke the commutation. I wouldn't put it past them to make up some bogus stuff. "She tried attacking a prison guard. That's 20 more years!"

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) President Obama will commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning and she will be released later this year. Why not release her today? I expect Trump's administration to foil this somehow.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 01:13 PM) It is, and I thought about the cable but I just recently got a batch of Amazon Basics cables and they all say they're ARC compatible. Maybe I got an old one for some reason, who knows. Sometimes only certain HMDI ports on the TV are ARC compatible. You should pull up your TV model's manual online or check AVS forums. EDIT: If your TV has Android TV, the recent software upgrade has created your exact issue for some folks who own the TV model I have.

Is that Onkyo ARC compatible? And my dumb question, are older HDMI cables capable of ARC? Maybe the cables need upgrading?

QUOTE (brett05 @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 06:25 AM) Americans voted in conservatives knowing full well that ACA was going to be repealed. You mean 62 million out of the 300 million Americans did. 65 million Americans voted to keep it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 16, 2017 -> 10:17 AM) Is it easy to have on multiple computers, so that my wife and I can have everything aggregated together. I love mint and the ability to get my financial picture without going all over the planet, but then when I need to get something changed on some random account I never use, it takes forever? My research seemed to indicate lastpass was really good (although it had gotten hacked about a year ago...which was one concern about using one of those companies vs. just like a google drive doc that I password protect...at least then someone would have to look for my google drive and know I had the file there). Not sure if that is really much different or not. So whenever you go to various websites, the lastpass password and login automatically populate (on your devices you have it up...iphone / android phone / apple computer / PC, etc?). Asking more cause I don't want to go through the effort of pulling this all together and then not liking whatever tool / option I go with (cause figuring out all my passwords will be a pain in the ass in and of itself). Mainly for those random things you never ever access or hope to never access. You can definitely install lastpass on multiple devices. I don't share with my wife so can't comment on that. Might need two lastpass accounts for that but I would check into it. Yes, you can have it auto populate your logins across any device and it plays nicely with fingerprint scanners on phones. Whenever I sign up to a new site, lastpass will prompt whether I want to generate a new password and save the site. The beauty is in creating the password. You can have it generate up to a 100 character password and of course you never have to remember it. It's quite easy to use. I'm aware of their hack. I went ahead and changed my master password right away. Probably a good idea to change that one periodically.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 16, 2017 -> 10:05 AM) Anyone have a good, secure way of managing all your passwords. And when I say "secure", I mean in the relative sense, where it is secure, but you can keep everything in one spot without it being a giant pain to ever access, etc. Oh and I want free. Do people just use googledrive with a protected spreadsheet, or does anyone use the fancier tools that are out there (which auto remember, input, etc). I'm tired of going to certain accounts every once in a while to only have to struggle to ever remember how to get on. I use lastpass. I have the premium version which is relatively inexpensive ($1/month) but they have a free version you can check out. I basically have one super complex password to lastpass. Every other password is randomly generated for every site I use and they are extremely complex. I love not having to remember any of the other passwords anymore. Works with moblie devices too.

Prior to today, crooked Trump's only MLK tweet (he has over 34K tweets) was when he tweeted in 2013: "My question is did MLK Jr. use the 'N' word? No, only Paula Dean used it!"

Even an insincere gesture is too much for Trump:

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 15, 2017 -> 05:57 AM) So he should just sit there and let a political hack who was famous 50 years ago belittle him and the Presidency? He publicly questioned Obama's presidency for years. Obama actually acted presidential and ignored him. We now have the first internet troll as president.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 13, 2017 -> 09:18 AM) Plan on watching Jim Gaffigan's new Netflix special tonight. Not sure if I'm just burned out on his act or if this was just a weaker set. I'd give it a C.

Draft dodging, orangutan man kicked off MLK weekend by attacking civil rights hero John Lewis on Twitter.

Plan on watching Jim Gaffigan's new Netflix special tonight.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 02:59 PM) How is Obama responsible for CSPAN? He is not. Dude was just trolling per his M.O.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 02:51 PM) Things that you want to believe are coincidences but you wonder how the Hell... Power goes out on Senate Democrat during questioning of CIA director nominee just as he's about to say the word Russia C-Span suddenly switched from broadcasting C-Span to broadcasting 10 minutes of Russia TV, the state propagandist channel. How the Hell? Hackers?

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 02:32 PM) I've ordered a couple card games from Kickstarter with good results. I probably wouldn't back any project by people who didn't have a solid track record though. This is the last one I've backed. Seemed legitimate since the US Olympic Team were sponsors and it had so many accolades. Maybe I'm just overreacting since it's only a few months late (was supposed to ship in October). edit: and just realized they provided an update earlier today. perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel!

http://yourkickstartersucks.tumblr.com/

Dammit, I knew this wi-fi enabled toilet brush was too good to be true!

Is kickstarter basically a vaporware scheme? Has there even been a product on there that was released with a few months of the original ship date? I've only backed 3 or 4 things on there but it seemingly turns into a mutiny from the backers every time.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) So confession time. Today is day 52 of my sobriety. Some random combination of an always-brewing controlled alcoholism plus lots of nights where wife and kid were in bed nice and early had me drinking like a mad man. I came to a point where it just had to stop yay those days ago, and needless to say life is pretty good. Anyone else out there ever struggle with booze? I just always wanted 10 after I had one and kept finding reasons to have that one which led to the 10 and so on. While I was a high-performing gentleman prior to quitting drinking, I think I'm only now starting to realize the very real benefits of not drinking the massive amount of booze I was consuming on a most-of-the-time nightly basis. I'm pretty stoked. Anyway, likely TMI for an internet message board, but y'all's my peeps! Congrats dude! Genuinely proud of you.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 11:06 AM) It's a weird market they cater to still, I guess, but I've read before that the attached pizza places (I think they all pretty much have one?) are a big part of it. They still make 'movie night' an event in and of itself that the whole family gets involved in. And while it's less convenient than streaming, new rentals can be had for cheaper than you'd pay on Amazon plus they have free kids movies. Some of it's gotta just be last-man-standing. All of their brick-and-mortar competitors are pretty much gone, both chain and small mom & pop stores. But also porn. (Didn't click the link as I'm scared I'll get a warning here at work) Why would people rent porn? Seems absurd. Is this for old people who are not tech savvy? Porn is free everywhere online and you can be 100% anonymous about your consumption.