Amazing how many people are suddenly big fans of the GOP.

Do I think Elon's party will be any better? Probably not, because political parties are dominated by incompetent social climbers and criminals.

But am I going to pretend that he's somehow betraying MAGA even more than the GOP already has? For fuck's sake, no.

this is the guy who told Americans "fuck your own face"

Which was CLEARLY A JOKE no matter how much people want to ignore it.

if morality is a "consequence of civilization" then what is civilization a consequence of?

They're the consequence of a circular refinement process of each other.

Evolve to live in groups. Evolve to behave morally to work more smoothly in groups. Groups that work smoothly together are more likely to survive.

Better cooperation allows larger groups. Evolve to behave morally to work more smoothly in larger groups.

Groups that do not evolve/exhibit sufficient morality do not grow or die off. Individuals who do not behave in sufficiently moral manner are denied opportunities to procreate.

It's all tied together. It's not one then the other, it's many factors in a complex system all interconnected.

Only Canadian city with an NBA team. Coincidence?

Hey, get it straight. This is an ethics in gaming journalism site, thank you very much.

Bellevue might as well be in India.

Wasn't that part of Mein Kampf?

I'm sure it's a decent game, just like TowerFall and Celeste.

But the developers hate you, so don't give them money.

Necrodancer

These dudes were all-in on the Sarkeesian train. Don't give them money.

They're a front for the same thing that controls the porn sites, so sort of.

An AI trained to recognize symptoms or even perform treatment is completely orthogonal to one that would make actuarial determinations.

He was forced to erase the source code for Fallout

I'd ensure that the source code managed to leak anonymously to the internet years after the game released if I were ever subjected to a demand like this.

Well yeah, Microsoft is occupied by hostile Indian forces, like most of the rest of the tech industry.

Wait -- there are people who still think you think you have online anonymity now?

I sincerely believe that was a heist, and the ,"glitch " was how it was obscured.

You don't understand what a ledger is?

Although I do find that a bad movie from 80s and 90s will seem really good to me in this day and age for simply having things like men who act like men and women who act like women lol

Agreed, but that was kind of the problem with this one-- the main character acted like a worthless, entitled, incompetent, whiny bitch. And for some reason I'm supposed to root for him and somehow he ends up with Jennifer Connelly despite never actually accomplishing anything.

Also they're trapped in a Target and can't get out. But somehow a couple of thieves managed to get in.

I just watched Career Opportunities. It's got a cameo by John Candy.

He was probably the only decent part of that mess of a movie, aside from Jennifer Connelly's presence.

But guys! It's all the unelected parliamentarian's fault!

Also, the parliamentarian has no real authority and could be removed at any time, but we're not going to do that!

It's all theater. The Democrats had the numbers and could have pushed through single payer health care with any rules they wanted, but instead chose to "negotiate" with the Republicans ... so that they could blame every problem with the bill on the "compromises" that they made.

Then the Republicans could have done away with Obamacare during Trump's first term, probably the worst piece of legislation since the CRA, but ... they chose not to.

Nobody wants to be responsible for anything. They all just want to have problems that need solving and people who they can point at as the cause of the problems.

I don't think very many people are truly going to be able/allow themselves to fathom the depths of the evil that has been done to the Western world over the last 100-150 years or so by our "leaders".

I'd rather he have 46 years of being used as a squat toilet.

Unfortunate that he's not facing execution.

You, apparently.

"The planet's lungs are on fire because of climate change! We have to do something!"

"Hey, quit trying to put out the fires I set in an attempt to prove that climate change is killing the planet!"

Especially when you're programmed to change you opinions whenever the nice man on TV who never lies tells you to.

These people constantly talking about representation are unhappy if those rules are applied to white Americans.

Only non-whites are allowed to enjoy seeing themselves represented in the things they invented.