The Off Topic Topic

[The Brain]

In all fairness you never had to face what they have to face, Mart.

[Eddie Teach]

In all fairness you never had to face what they have to face, Mart.

He's had people be mean to him online.

[lustindarkness]

Boston Dynamics' next-generation humanoid robot. Ex-military company now owned by Google X. Watch from 1:20 onwards – that guy's just triggered the Rise Of The Machines! "Don't be evil"? Yeah, right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

We'll pay for that someday.

[Monoriu]

Boston Dynamics' next-generation humanoid robot. Ex-military company now owned by Google X. Watch from 1:20 onwards – that guy's just triggered the Rise Of The Machines! "Don't be evil"? Yeah, right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

Of all the shapes that they could have chosen for the robot, they picked the two-armed, two-legged variety.  I wonder why.

[Eddie Teach]

They should have picked one with four arms, like a Hindu god.

[The Brain]

Boston Dynamics' next-generation humanoid robot. Ex-military company now owned by Google X. Watch from 1:20 onwards – that guy's just triggered the Rise Of The Machines! "Don't be evil"? Yeah, right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

Of all the shapes that they could have chosen for the robot, they picked the two-armed, two-legged variety.  I wonder why.

They would have picked three-legged, but I hold the copyright.

[derspiess]

So, apparently Milo Yiannopoulos is hosting an event at University of Michgan and the official website of the university posted this:

It has come to our attention that an event titled, "Does Feminism Have a Free Speech Problem?" is taking place this evening on our campus. We recognize that the rhetoric of the speakers featured in this event is incredibly harmful to many members of our campus community. The Spectrum Center will be providing a supportive alternative space this evening and holding extended staffed hours until 9pm. There will be no program; our intent is to offer a relaxing, positive space for students who want to gather in community.

Full story here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/24/another-group-therapy-session-for-students-following-milos-umich-visit/

If presence of a speaker with whom you disagree "threatens your mental health" and you are an adult and not institutionalized, perhaps it's time to consider whether your atoms cannot be disassembled so Mother Nature could put them to better use...

Seeing a lot more of this these days.  Wonder how bad it will be by the time my kids are in college.

[crazy canuck]

Boston Dynamics' next-generation humanoid robot. Ex-military company now owned by Google X. Watch from 1:20 onwards – that guy's just triggered the Rise Of The Machines! "Don't be evil"? Yeah, right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

[Josquius]

When the robots rise up they will point to the infamous video of the douche with the  hockey stick as the reason why

[crazy canuck]

When the robots rise up they will point to the infamous video of the douche with the  hockey stick as the reason why

Hopefully they will be intelligent enough to realize that only the hockey players should be eliminated.

[PDH]

When the robots rise up they will point to the infamous video of the douche with the  hockey stick as the reason why

Hopefully they will be intelligent enough to realize that only the hockey players should be eliminated.

Being human is a gateway to hockey playing.

[Martinus]

So, apparently Milo Yiannopoulos is hosting an event at University of Michgan and the official website of the university posted this:

It has come to our attention that an event titled, "Does Feminism Have a Free Speech Problem?" is taking place this evening on our campus. We recognize that the rhetoric of the speakers featured in this event is incredibly harmful to many members of our campus community. The Spectrum Center will be providing a supportive alternative space this evening and holding extended staffed hours until 9pm. There will be no program; our intent is to offer a relaxing, positive space for students who want to gather in community.

Full story here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/02/24/another-group-therapy-session-for-students-following-milos-umich-visit/

If presence of a speaker with whom you disagree "threatens your mental health" and you are an adult and not institutionalized, perhaps it's time to consider whether your atoms cannot be disassembled so Mother Nature could put them to better use...

Seeing a lot more of this these days.  Wonder how bad it will be by the time my kids are in college.

That's why I don't have kids - by the time shit really hits the fan I will be dead and I don't have to care for my kids living through it.

[derspiess]

I guess I could do what my cousin did with his oldest and send them to Liberty U

Talk about getting cheated out of a fun college experience...

[Liep]

So apparently Denmark paid out about $2 billion too much in tax refunds to foreigners who owned stocks in Danish companies. Why? They didn't verify that people who asked for the tax refunds actually owned any stocks or actually had paid any taxes on stocks they owned. Much of the money was paid out to the same people who just kept asking for more money.

[crazy canuck]

So apparently Denmark paid out about $2 billion too much in tax refunds to foreigners who owned stocks in Danish companies. Why? They didn't verify that people who asked for the tax refunds actually owned any stocks or actually had paid any taxes on stocks they owned. Much of the money was paid out to the same people who just kept asking for more money.

Where is the link to the request form?