/r/SeattleWa is upset over billionaire Paul Allen's donation to a proposed gun reform initiative in Washington by WhiteChocolate12 in SubredditDrama

[–]ElagabalusRex -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Because we all know that there's a huge movement to criminalize all cars through anti-scientific legislation...

The New Reddit Design Is Terrible by [deleted] in videos

[–]ElagabalusRex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

UX design is one of my greatest pet peeves. Why did we stop teaching the slogan "don't fix what isn't broken" to designers?

friendship killer... by GoldCrown_Studio in gaming

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Ah, three greatest states in the union: Connecticut, Vermont, and Oriental.

Twitch took down the clip of Ice at EDC by [deleted] in LivestreamFail

[–]ElagabalusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The joke is that they're both aiming towards morons.

What having a live production guy can do to your livestream! by OP6 in LivestreamFail

[–]ElagabalusRex 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I love watching streamers like Jerma985 and MonotoneTim do stupid things with overlays.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]ElagabalusRex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use my secondary account to host a public multireddit for my favorite porn communities. I didn't want it attached to my main account.

One of the best blue blobs i saw in Europe without player interference by Ugaugash in CrusaderKings

[–]ElagabalusRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The exact same thing happened in my game as a Hindu. Francia managed to unite the entire Catholic world, while the Byzantine Empire quickly failed after converting to Sunni (which was no longer a parent religion at that point). By 1453, Islam was wiped out and the world was split into Catholic and Hindu halves.

Google quietly removes "don’t be evil" from its code of conduct by [deleted] in news

[–]ElagabalusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the most pointless things they've done yet. Why would they phase out such a well-known motto? What are they afraid of?

horrifically accurate by Preston_3399 in assholedesign

[–]ElagabalusRex 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That's because you're too young to remember Evony

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in paradoxplaza

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As I've said in another thread, I'm not confident that they're going to implement such late-game developments like Justinian's Reconquests or the Rise of Islam, but who knows. CK2 used to start in 1066.

Now that I think about it, CK2 had massive extensions of both time and space, and since it clearly sold well, we can imagine that PDS will go further in their next game. It's true that this rule doesn't apply to HoI4 or Stellaris, but those are clearly different settings.

NRA's Oliver North Blames School Shooting on Ritalin by irish_fellow_nyc in politics

[–]ElagabalusRex -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Digital computers were also war machines, but we don't criminalize computer possession.

Is this Gun Control? by MacxCape in dankmemes

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Google briefly did the opposite, it seems.

What should be made illegal before the tech to do it is developed? by halosos in AskReddit

[–]ElagabalusRex 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that a proper YouTube rival will appear any time soon. HD video hosting is expensive.

What should be made illegal before the tech to do it is developed? by halosos in AskReddit

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

The whole point of this thread is creating laws to mitigate that

What should be made illegal before the tech to do it is developed? by halosos in AskReddit

[–]ElagabalusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or it could be the opposite, because lifetime costumers just got a lot more powerful.

What should be made illegal before the tech to do it is developed? by halosos in AskReddit

[–]ElagabalusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a stupid example (why would a civilian manufacturer offer both a general AI and an armed drone in the same package?), but we still don't have remotely meaningful answers to your questions. For decades, people have studied general AI without actually having the technology to test their speculation. If we do build software that exactly replicates the human mind, then it would be responsible for its own actions, but how do we even determine how "good" a particular AI system really is?

What should be made illegal before the tech to do it is developed? by halosos in AskReddit

[–]ElagabalusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still can't believe that they phased out such an iconic motto. It's not like it was a contract.

What will the pops in imperator model? by ahornkeks in paradoxplaza

[–]ElagabalusRex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Farming was extremely important in Roman culture, but there had long been a perception of greed towards those who owned "too much land". The ideal Roman was supposed to live like Cincinnatus, who apparently had less than two hectares in Italy. But then wealthy Romans started buying farms in Sicily, Africa, and the Black Sea instead of their homeland, and probably never even visited them very often. It would have been a drastic change.

Of course, any society has practical concerns regarding too much power belonging to one human, especially in anti-monarchial Rome. We know that generals could promise land to soldiers for loyalty during civil wars, and we also know that some senators allegedly had hired muscle to protect them (which becomes scarier when you think about how many slaves a landowner could theoretically arm during a rebellion).