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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #85740 on: September 15, 2015, 05:01:08 pm »

Someone has been spreading a conspiracy theory that CERN is going to open a portal to hell next week. Some stuff relating to adding locations on Google Maps and then writing about it in the Google reviews.
Why is this even a thing.
I, for one, welcome our new hellspawn overlords.
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« Reply #85741 on: September 15, 2015, 06:07:54 pm »

Someone has been spreading a conspiracy theory that CERN is going to open a portal to hell next week. Some stuff relating to adding locations on Google Maps and then writing about it in the Google reviews.
Why is this even a thing.

Another portal to hell? How many have they opened up now?
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« Reply #85742 on: September 15, 2015, 06:09:35 pm »

Considering we haven't tapped the pits for easy thermal energy yet, obviously not enough.
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« Reply #85743 on: September 15, 2015, 06:13:47 pm »

Speaking of geothermal, me and one of my friends came up with a cunning plan a few years ago.

Step 1: Take over the UK.
Step 2: Invade Iceland.
Step 3: Construct an extremely long undersea power cable between Iceland and the UK.
Step 4: Harness Iceland's massive amounts of geothermal energy.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit.
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« Reply #85744 on: September 15, 2015, 06:16:37 pm »

There is a thread on /g/ (and has been regular threads for this on /g/, going by archive links) for "waifu-bot generals". Threads consist of people wanting android waifus, and general discussion on robot waifus. I'd say a better description for it would be "a humanoid companion robot possessing human-esque AI", although there are also anons looking for something as simple as a program to run on a phone, like a virtual buddy or "chatbot".

I'm not super surprised there's a demand for this. On the upside, it means my decision to try to major in artificial intelligence or robot stuff probably won't go to waste. Seems like an easily marketable product could be made to meet this demand.
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« Reply #85745 on: September 15, 2015, 06:18:07 pm »

Went to work, had them cancel the paycheck that never arrived. They give me a debit card for that paycheck. Fine, except it's Visa, who have always had problems with not believing I am who I say I am. Fortunately activating it went fine and all, and I think I can use it for non-US purchases, so GOG is probably no longer off-limits to me(US cash gift cards cannot be used for GOG, which is based in Europe), though I have not checked yet.


I get home today, and I find my paycheck had arrived in the mail. >_<

Threads consist of people wanting android waifus,

Wouldn't it be more appropriately "gynoid waifu"? Unless, you want a waifu that looks like a dude.
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« Reply #85746 on: September 15, 2015, 07:01:58 pm »

Was browsing the dream thread's old posts for laughs, and, uh.
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« Reply #85747 on: September 15, 2015, 07:04:33 pm »

So I am watching Phantom Pain

and a thought occurred to me... Remember when having a game take place in Africa with Africans in it was considered racist?

Goodness what happened?
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« Reply #85748 on: September 15, 2015, 07:05:46 pm »

...When was that? Only time I remember was...Resident Evil 5, I believe.
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« Reply #85749 on: September 15, 2015, 07:06:48 pm »

So I am watching Phantom Pain

and a thought occurred to me... Remember when having a game take place in Africa with Africans in it was considered racist?

Goodness what happened?
Well, not that.  That's not a thing that ever happened :P
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« Reply #85750 on: September 15, 2015, 07:10:27 pm »

So I am watching Phantom Pain

and a thought occurred to me... Remember when having a game take place in Africa with Africans in it was considered racist?

Goodness what happened?
Is this one of those things where tumblrites are going all "it's racist because white people" and everyone else is ignoring them because they're dumb?
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« Reply #85751 on: September 15, 2015, 07:14:45 pm »

Threads consist of people wanting android waifus,
Wouldn't it be more appropriately "gynoid waifu"? Unless, you want a waifu that looks like a dude.
Android as a robotics term just means "robot designed to look humanoid and act humanoid", rather than a robot design that looks like a car or a spider or a ball or what-have-you. It's not gender-specific. At least not any more gender specific than the term "mankind" is to refer to the human civilization as a whole.

And depending on the consumer user person, maybe they would want a robot companion that looks like a dude.
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« Reply #85752 on: September 15, 2015, 07:17:30 pm »

Is this one of those things where tumblrites are going all "it's racist because white people" and everyone else is ignoring them because they're dumb?
The depiction of Africa was somewhat... nasty, even before the zombies are revealed.  A lot of morons jumped on this, on both sides, and moved the argument to "White guy shooting black people, racist!"  "Nuh-uh!".  It got really dumb really fast.  Depicting a portion of Africa as impoverished isn't actually bad anyway.

IDK, I couldn't stand the game for other reasons so I didn't get far.
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« Reply #85753 on: September 15, 2015, 07:18:21 pm »

I would want a android waifu. I am lacking in the shame department.
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« Reply #85754 on: September 15, 2015, 07:19:55 pm »

morons
Okay. Idiocy all the way down, then.

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I would want a android waifu. I am lacking in the shame department.
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