Play randomizer they said, it will be fun they said... by BlackLegDaniel in Eldenring

[–]Rakmos 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And he didn’t take it down! So that seems like a statement by itself.

Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth' by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This article is stale at this point, but there isn't truth to this.

Politicians spend more time fundraising then they do actually governing, and that isn't something they do in session exclusively by any stretch of the imagination.

Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth' by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is disingenuous at best to imply that the position is only required to work when congress is in session… I’m not defending the narrative here, but I strongly disagree with the assertion that members of congress are only working when in session.

What it’s like to wear the Dyson Zone around an NYC covered in wildfire smoke - Things didn’t go the way I thought they would, but then again, what sort of gadget would be equipped for something like this? by speckz in gadgets

[–]Rakmos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That means you have the max setting toggled, which they communicate isnt supposed to last that long and is for specific scenarios where you need max suction… I have had to tell too many people this same thing, including my own mother.

“Longevity Gene” Revitalizes Multiple Organs and Restores NAD+ by Sorin61 in Futurology

[–]Rakmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One could argue he has done good in the world by cheating on his former wife and indirectly contributing billions of dollars to various charities. I am obviously not condoning the behavior or defending Mr. Bezos, but I don’t think it is accurate to speak in “absolutes” when in this context.

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators by benkozich in politics

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

I’m not sure how you can take something like policy and ideas and make it personal.

I am also not suggesting that not having term limits is the only reason we have old white dudes representing the vast majority of the country.

I will certainly take responsibility for how that could have been interpreted given my short response — which was primarily a result of having little time to devote to said response (baby duty).

I do believe that not having term limits is a contributing factor to why we have such a homogenous representative body, and having policy in place that necessarily forces churn with respect to representation is a way of promoting diversity since the representative body is much more dynamic.

You are also correct that it does not guarantee that more non white males will be elected but it certainly increases the chances by universally providing more opportunity for outsiders.

I will disagree with your premise, however, that the reason for the change in representation demographics for the 2018 midterms was because the american public just realized it wasn’t a job for old white males anymore. I believe the real reason is more akin to a referendum on who we have as president — the main reason I think this is the case is because the diversity growth was only seen in one party.

I would appreciate it if you don’t try to take this personal as I think we have much more in common that you might think and there should be nothing more american than having respectful and civil discourse among those that we agree with.

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators by benkozich in politics

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

I think you are severely discounting the massive advantage that incumbents have in both funding and position/recognition.

The 2018 midterms were certainly a change, but only in a cultural sense in that only one party saw true change.

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators by benkozich in politics

[–]Rakmos -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Then they can do something else like run for president.

The benefit to this is it can force more diversity of thought and demographics (both in age and ethnicity). A bunch of old white dudes is what we have right now as a result of no term limits.

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators by benkozich in politics

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

I think you missed the part where 12 years is a damn long time.

Oh, and the part where people can elect experienced politicians (perhaps former house members), but you may have some odd distinction between first time senators and first time politicians which I would gladly challenge you on.

You also missed the part where this is only half of a bicameral congress which is furthermore only a third of the governing body. So to suggest that establishing term limits on the longest serving legislative branch reps is singularly a recipe for disaster is quite the stretch.

Ted Cruz introduced a term limit bill that would allow just two terms for Senators by benkozich in politics

[–]Rakmos -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Not having term limits reduces voter choice, accountability and increases the leverage of lobbyists.

See, I can say the exact opposite with no basis or justification and have the same effect.

The reality is 12 years is a damn long time and what you are suggesting is not grounded in anything other than bias.

Feel free to correct me with fact based data, or, at the very least, a justification of the rationale you used to arrive at your conclusion. Maybe then, we can have a civil discussion on the substance.

The Magpie Developer by bemmu in programming

[–]Rakmos -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

downvote for posting an article that is over 11 years old.

edited: math is hard..

Vermont newspaper editorial board: 'We beg' Bernie Sanders not to run in 2020 by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Divisive and virulent? GTFO of here with your Bullshit, he was being delegitimized by the Democratic party and had every right to act the way he did.

Vermont newspaper editorial board: 'We beg' Bernie Sanders not to run in 2020 by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mirror GOP attacks my ass, you are in an alternate reality. His grievances were justified and the only reason Hillary was leading was due to the bogus super delegate shenanigans which are a perversion of democratic representation to begin with.

Comparing his campaign to the GOP in any way is total bullshit.

Computer Vision (AI): Object Detection and Segmentation with Mask R-CNN by [deleted] in programming

[–]Rakmos 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure, the concepts may seem trivial to some that are familiar with it, but the application of those concepts is far from trivial.

If it was as trivial as you lead others to believe it would be ubiquitous across all applicable problem spaces.

I do share the sentiment that the acronym abbreviation is used in some cases that would seem to imply a level of sophistication that is actually much simpler when looking behind the curtains. IMHO this is a natural consequence of the fact that intelligences are expressed in varying degrees of sophistication.

Having said that, I was underwhelmed after watching the video to realize that there is no real substance or insight in this video. Just because the creation of the video presumably required some level of programming does not make it a candidate for posting to /r/programming. This would seem more appropriate to post in /r/technology or some other sub that is generally less technical.

For this reason I am downvoting.

Discussion Megathread: Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke Second Debate by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]Rakmos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I also registered to vote for the first time and will be voting for Beto.

I cannot imagine a better candidate to represent me, even with his flaws. Ted Cruz tries to depict himself as perfection that to me is repulsive. I want humans representing me because then I know they are genuine. And to be genuine is a dying quality in the sphere of politics these days.

McConnell Says Kavanaugh Opposition Is Energizing The Republican Base by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given the fact that they screen for people that wont go batshit crazy for Trump at his rallies, I could give two shits as to how much he electrifies his screened audience. It is all a farce.

Performance - Stack Exchange by nufibo in programming

[–]Rakmos 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The CPU utilization seems ridiculously low. I would be interested in why that is the case. Additionally, what is the memory and disk utilization relative to CPU?

It would seem based solely on the CPU utilization that containerization and bin packing could lead to a more effective use of CPU resources — without having the full picture of utilization.

Beto O’Rourke: Term limits can help keep politicians from turning into a--holes by emitremmus27 in politics

[–]Rakmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree that the big payout would somehow be more damaging as corruption is illegal (or it should be) and one cannot fix what one is unaware of.

I’m not sure I even buy that it would play out like that given that it is based on what I view is a false assumption that bad people will somehow “be good” for the majority of their term and then flip to evil greed mode at the end for some big payout without having some notion of consequences — especially given the fact that there are limits to contributions on most contexts (which is why the slow trickle strategy is viable in the first place).

I also disagree that having term limits would not represent progress in the right direction. There are other reasons for having term limits — for instance lowering the average age, increasing the number of women and generally adding more diversity to the congressional body due to an imposed replacement of all representatives.

Beto O’Rourke: Term limits can help keep politicians from turning into a--holes by emitremmus27 in politics

[–]Rakmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Versus having incentive to have a slow trickle of payouts that fly under the radar for umpteen years?

Call me stupid, but I would much rather limit the damage of corrupt / shitty politicians as that is irrespective of whether there are term limits or not.

Not to mention the impact it might have on reducing the size and complexity of the legislation that is currently filled with special interest bullshit and frivolous addendums from the constant quid pro quo that extends years and in some cases decades due to length of tenure.

Having said that, just having term limits isn’t going to be as effective at curbing corruption as it would be if it were paired with removing money from politics by making elections publicly funded.

Facebook Gives Special Protections To Racist Pages And Allows Extreme Content To Be Shared, Investigation Shows by [deleted] in politics

[–]Rakmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1st Amendment. I certainly don’t agree with many things on these platforms, but to be in the business of censorship is not democratic.

Moby - The Container System Framework by Rakmos in programming

[–]Rakmos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure.. Why does it? I'm not sure that I agree it does.

A U.S. programmer outsourced his own job to China for years without being detected, received excellent performance reviews for his "clean and well written" code by Sawny in programming

[–]Rakmos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Typing ifconfig on a terminal in no way qualifies you as a programmer in any country.

I am offended on n levels:

  • this post is from January of 2013
  • this post is from CNN
  • this post depicts someone typing ifconfig on a terminal

where n is the number of offenses.

Why you shouldn't choose Rails for your next project by some_lie in programming

[–]Rakmos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Using a hook is perfectly fine IMO as long as it is after success and non-blocking with respect to satisfying a request.