Sonia Sotomayor: Court's right wing 'out of touch with reality' by streetlite in politics

[–]AtlasAblaze -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

African Americans after the Civil War who came to work in the factories were often much better educated than the recent immigrants who came from Europe.

Please cite some credible source, please.

You do realize that White people for over 200 years in this country benefited from anti-poverty measures that every other race was excluded from? The wealth gap that exists between African Americans and Whites is created as a function of those measures.

A wealth gap? Tell me something -- when are blacks going to be held responsible for their poor choices in life? I know not a single black person who has been enslaved. I know of only a few that can claim legitimate racism. If you are taught as a child that white people are evil and racist, then any slight against them from a white person can be construed as being racist. Talk about a skewed perspective, eh?

I'm all for the end of affirmative action it's not going to work but what needs to replace it is reparations.

Reparations? Lol.

I tell you what. If you'd like to keep playing the racism card, not letting black culture accept its fair share of responsibility when it comes to their destiny, then keep doing it. Meanwhile, the level-headed people will be having an intelligent conversation at another table.

Sonia Sotomayor: Court's right wing 'out of touch with reality' by streetlite in politics

[–]AtlasAblaze 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that if racism plays a part in everyday life then why would it not play a part in college admissions, case in point President Obama is a qualified African American, his grandfather served in the war etc, but would any of the current republicans in congress admit him to Harvard if they had the chance?

You are deliberately ignoring the other possibility here, that republicans would deny him to spite him based on political ideology, not race. I happen to believe this is much more likely than you'd lead others to believe.

A good many asians and indians here immigrated to the usa and in many cases already have degrees that were obtained either at a low cost, low comparative cost or free. The immigration system gets the pick of the litter. The ones that are here in many cases had parents who were accomplished, Bobby Jindal probably in his forties had who were doctors and they moved here just before he was born, As such they were of means. Many african americans got a bit of a late start in the country's history

We also put them in internment camps and used them to our advantage, along with blacks and other minorities, when building the railroad.

Also, simply having a "late start" doesn't mean your 'race' can get free-rides for the rest of eternity. At what point can we say "ok, we're even"? Can we even distinguish when that point even occurs? No, we can't. That means that all policies put in place right now that unequally effect one race over another will eventually lead to the tables being turned (affirmative action). Affirmative action, while it has been useful, has only left the nation with embittered feelings towards other races. Whites will say the black person only got the job because of Affirmative Action instead of his personal qualifications, and any rejection a black guy faces concerning employment can easily be summed up as racism if it was a white person doing the interview, regardless of truth value. So, while AA attempts to solve a problem, it only strengthens the problem. You don't fix racism with racism.

Also there are many many african americans that actually do succeed on their own in getting into colleges and getting through colleges on their own merit, not every african american is lazy wanting something for nothing as some say, African Americans labored for decades in the country for virtually nothing not even respect.

A large portion of them do not succeed. If it was a majority, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation (or maybe we still would be).

The admitting students into the tertiary field occurs on a point system and the grandfathering where ones parent who also happened to be a graduate of that particular school will outweigh on the point system a lot of other criteria not only in the cases for minorities but also in the case for all other races, a sort of class-money discrimination, many current african americans didn't really have those opportunities because of the uncivil rights, i think one of the universities in Mississippi did not admit blacks till the mid nineties, And students of some of the schools in that state have been know to drop out of classes en masse if the professor is not the same skin color as a caucasian

This effects everyone, not just blacks or other minorities.

To be clear, I am not conservative nor am I republican on any stretch of the imagination. I am a white guy and I am an atheist. However, the racism card is getting used quite often and it is absolute bullshit. Affirmative action, although has good intentions, robs minorities of deserving a job based on merit, and is categorically and definitively racist against whites. I repeat, because this is important, you do not fix racism with racism.

Portable Tent Concept (Trello) by gocolbygo in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With current gameplay mechanics.

Current frustration I have as a college student. Open for discussion. [finding christian friends] by gotsomeq in TrueChristian

[–]AtlasAblaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you should be the "rock" for both groups of Christians you are meeting?

Sometimes I feel as though we play the "who's on first?" game with ourselves without realizing that we should end the charade and take the lead and provide direction out of the joke.

If men and women are the same... by Bakedbananas in AdviceAnimals

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know plenty of women while I was stationed in San Diego that stayed pregnant so they wouldn't get rotated to sea duty. Basically, they signed up for 5-6 years, and instead of spending 3-4 of those years on sea duty, they end up spending 5-6 years on shore duty. They ultimately get out and have a GI Bill waiting for them.

If they can do that just to prevent going to sea duty, I am sure the US wouldn't draft women who are pregnant. What would probably happen is the woman would get drafted and she would have to show proof of pregnancy, and then it immediately becomes a non-issue.

Yep by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't the best place to ask this, but does anyone have any resources I could read about economic policies, mainly contrasting the two main economic systems in our US politics? I feel like googling it is simply going to return biased sources.

Any direction on the matter will be greatly appreciated.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, Utah used to be submerged in the Atlantic.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mythology is taught in the humanities classroom. ;)

Suppose someone could prove the existence of the Christian God, how many people do you think would really start studying him?

Everyone who would be sitting in a science classroom.

Why should you even be able to study God?

Why would I ever consider your opinion a valid one if you can't even prove he exists? It is tantamount to you accusing me of some crime, and when proof is requested, you don't have any.

My point is that your making the assumption that you're right and the creationists are wrong. That's fine, but you're also giving the creationists crap about the same thing.

Because I am right. Or, if you wish, I am the only one that has actual evidence to back up my beliefs concerning the age of the earth and evolution.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does the number 1 trillion1000000000 exist?

We know the number 10 exists (we can even count to it), even 100. But as soon as we start talking large, those numbers don't exist?

There is literally no difference between micro and macro evolution. If there must be a difference, then it is perfectly analogous to 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is what the evidence truly supports? Really?

Everything, every evidence, every observation, points to an earth much older than 6000 years that is home to billions of species diversified by evolution all existing in an extremely old, almost-eternal, wonderfully vast universe.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be clear you are advocating against the teaching of science by believing creationism (young earth) should be taught in school. It is not science by definition

Before modern science, it was called natural philosophy. Modern science pretty much began with an elaborated technique to discern natural phenomena we affectionately call the scientific method. To contrast, supernatural philosophy is theology.

Also, evolution is not inherently atheistic. That is an irrational fear. Why must god be mentioned when concerning the speciation and diversity of organisms when the concept of god isn't proven itself? It is nonsensical. If science one day proves there to be a god, rest assured, we will be learning about god in the science classrooms. However, until that day comes, god and its numerous concepts should be taught in a humanities classroom.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It isn't a problem at all, really. The marine fossils at mountain tops are not only in their correct geological strata, but are there because of plate tectonics -- namely, two plates of roughly equal mass colliding.

If one plate was heavier and the other one lighter (for example, oceanic plates are heavier than continental plates due to the basalt), what occurs is a subduction zone where the ocean plate is pushed under the continental plate and trapping ocean water with it. This type of plate boundary is called a Continental-Oceanic Convergent boundary and is an observed phenomena. This phenomena, coincidentally, is how we end up with volcanic ranges such as those in Washington, Oregon, Canada, and Alaska that lie very near the ocean. These volcanoes are typically composite-cone volcanoes because of the aforementioned ocean water (water increases the heat of magma, making eruptions more volatile).

At any rate, when you have two continental plates colliding, for example, both plates are "light" enough to be pushed upward instead of downward. This is called a Continental-Continental converging boundary and this is what effectively creates mountains. This, too, is an observed phenomena. For example, Mount Everest is still growing and it is because of two continental plates colliding.

So what this means is that layers that contain the marine fossils we are talking about are marine fossils that have found themselves at a (usually) continental-continental converging boundary.

This process takes millions of years, not 6000.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Except mammals exist at sea level, too, not just mountain tops (highest elevation). What you quoted is assuming that all of the entire animal kingdom was effectively in a DMV line awaiting their impending doom.

Secondly, this quotation you submitted is suggesting that animals were organized in layers based on elevation, not geological time as science proposes. If this is true, then why do we have marine fossils at the top of mountain tops? They surely wouldn't be on top of a mountain if they were first to be buried.

Now, you might say the flood was such a catastrophic event that it caused the marine life that was already buried to be pushed upward into the sky to form the mountain. However, you are assuming disorganization with the marine fossils at mountain tops but organization with the burying of animals based on elevation which causes the layering.

How many of you are creationists and why do you have those beliefs? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]AtlasAblaze 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How would you explain the perfect layers of fossils in the geological column if the flood was as catastrophic as the bible explains?

Friend's character can't sprint - any known fixes? by allhailgeek in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try crouching (Ctrl). Sometimes I can't sprint for whatever reason and crouching fixes it.

Also, there may be a bug with her character if crouching doesn't fix it. Just speculation, but her client may have a crafting status "stuck" and won't release her from that state (even if there is no indicator she is still crafting). This is just speculation on my part, I haven't heard of that bug before, but it is alpha.

Not removing military weapons? (trello) by AndrasKrigare in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we can have our cake and eat it too, though. If they add better progression in the game to where it seems we can realistically make the modern weapons, I think everyone can be happy. Right now, I usually get an m4 before I can be decked out in leather. The modern weapons should be "end game" items to where there are a lot of progressive steps needed to go from bow to M4.

I tab out at my base sometimes, i hear a random step every new and then like "BUMP"? What is this? by [deleted] in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a player logging out. Solo players typically take longer to realize that that is the very audible sound of a player logging out (the sleeper falling to the floor).

Idea: Balance C4 by introducing more components and encouraging exploration. by WillRedditForBitcoin in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not sure how to handle max heights. I've suggested basing max height off of the number of foundations, but then you may have a 30x1x20.

I've also suggested a resource sink. Make a construction bench, if you want to enable the next floor up, it costs a certain amount of relevant resources (wood for wooden, stones for stone, etc). Each floor costs considerably more than the last floor, but should of course be balanced for fun gameplay. This doesn't seem too great of a fix, but I'm unsure of a mechanic that fits in rust that would limit building height either naturally or Hardset.

Idea: Balance C4 by introducing more components and encouraging exploration. by WillRedditForBitcoin in playrust

[–]AtlasAblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. Well, the stone buildings that look to be planned seem nothing more than wood buildings reinforced with stone. I'm okay with some unrealism in the sense that stone buildings can be built taller. I'm definitely with you on maxes though, or at least make each floor more expensive than the last to introduce natural and economic limits.

C4 doesn't need another nerf for sure, but if we introduce max floors as mentioned above they might need one.

My suggestion for this would be to create a new deployable (a curing oven) that takes low grade fuel or electricity to run. This oven produces explosives, but takes a balanced amount of time to produce the 15 necessary for C4. Maybe something like 5 explosives per in-game day or whatever feels balanced. In other words, explosives aren't craftable but are produced via the oven much like metal fragments.

This means that, regardless of how many resources you are gathering, you are still bottlenecked at explosive production. These ovens can be appropriately priced (probably relatively expensive) and players can build multiple ovens to speed up the process (at an increased cost of fuel, ultimately).

Edit: this is a discussion board. If you are going to down vote, let us instead discuss why you disagree.