Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
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    micnd90
    3h ago 100%

    Trumpo is obviously a fascist, racist, power-hungry, idiot, but his visit and photo op was kind of endearing. He's so dumb that he doesn't know and had never give an ounce of thought on how a large scale deep fryer works, and he was genuinely amazed. He kept asking what these and that buttons do, and at the end he acknowledge that working in McDonalds is hard work and "a process that is beautiful." It helps that he actually likes eating McDonalds. Hillary could never pulled off something like this.

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  • Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
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    micnd90
    7h ago 100%

    That is a little bit different, international students in American universities do not get a US Social Security number. Working part-time in university library, dining hall, or other business is common way for international students to get US SSN - which makes you more integrated to the system and feel less of a 2nd class citizens. For example, you cannot get a mobile phone plan other than prepaid without SSN.

    Kamala is a US citizen, I would believe if she claimed she worked McDonalds part time in the summer as a teenager. But Law grad school is a highly stressful time, I doubt she's working in McDonalds unless her relationship with her parents already fell apart (Kamala doesn't talk to her dad these days, her dad is a Marxist economist and probably embarrassed that his daughter is a lib queen).

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  • Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
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    micnd90
    7h ago 100%

    He did work the fryer as promised... Usually a political stunt like this is gross, but this one is kinda funny because how much of a genuine fan of McDonalds Trumpo is, and how offended and skeptical he was when he heard Kamala's claim that she worked for McDonalds part time when she was studying for her law degree in the 80s. To be fair, I'm also skeptical, like how a daughter of Stanford economics professor had to work in McDonalds part time to pay bills for her law degree.

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  • WWE legend The Undertaker tag teams with Trump in message to voters: 'Choose wisely'
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    micnd90
    20h ago 0%

    You can go with Trump and VINCE, or you cringe with Harris, Big Dave, and Waltz, or you can vote your conscience against genocide

    That should be an easy choice

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  • https://archive.is/3AjQX tldr; Trump outsourced his NV and AZ ground game to Elon's PAC. Canvassers at Elon's PAC gamed the canvassing georeference app and faked knocking doors

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    Just Terrible
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    micnd90
    23h ago 100%

    When you say the first element of a matrix, first implies one and not zero. This is how linear algebra was invented (on paper, by a human mathematician), taught, and passed down to fellow humans.

    Starting indexes at zero stem from the lineage of C programming and binary nature of computer. For example,

    Computer memory addresses have 2^N cells addressed by N bits. Now if we start counting at 1, 2^N cells would need N+1 address lines. The extra-bit is needed to access exactly 1 address. (1000 in the above case.). Another way to solve it would be to leave the last address inaccessible, and use N address lines.

    This is why, math and physics people who learn linear algebra and matrix calculus learn to index at 1 (on a piece of paper) while computer science programmers index at 0.

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    micnd90
    1d ago 100%

    MATLAB is for matrix calcs. Matrix indices start at 1, fight me. Given a matrix X of m x n size, you write

    Matlab has many issues, amongst other accessibility (which can be remedied by piracy), closed-software, but as a program designed to do computational matrix manipulation, starting at index 1 is literally correct. This is how you learn matrix indices in intro linear algebra. How is it make sense then you use a software to assist computation and start indexing at 0, while you write the equations and indices on a piece of paper you start at 1. CS majors go home.

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  • news
    news micnd90 1d ago 100%
    WE ARE SO BACK

    https://x.com/auroragberry/status/1847338731876778131 >The board of trustees are thought to be meeting in a nearby building. Nearly 200 protesters are gathered on the lawn. Demonstrators are calling for the university to divest from weapons manufacturers.

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    Trump expected to work the fry cooker at McDonald's
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    micnd90
    5d ago 100%

    feast

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken

    A light from the shadow shall spring

    Renewed shall be the blade that was broken

    The crownless again shall be king

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  • Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
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    micnd90
    5d ago 100%

    Where is Punxsutawney Phil when you need him? Instead of these grotesque media campaigns, each swing state should just have 50/50 pagan ritual involving cute critters to decide the electoral winner.

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  • One side pretends to be the most moral army in the world™ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    micnd90
    6d ago 100%

    Good for you, taking one for the team, bearing witness to the ongoing genocide that is occurring, so that future generation can learn. I'm sorry, personally cannot handle it, so would just scroll past any gore clips or clips of Palestinians crying (which is basically a daily happenings these days)

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  • https://archive.is/PEyFd ![crab-party](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F91da3b7c-6c07-4c00-ae72-3c1c43294af2.gif "emoji crab-party")

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    Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked
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    micnd90
    7d ago 100%

    Sounds great! Literally nothing bad will come out of this, except some excellent Gen 4-5 RomHacks down the road from the community... Pokemon in itself is not really hard to code game-wise. What people care about is Pokemon (TM) brand - so it is not like 3rd party devs can expect to gain anything from this leak. What we will get is more unlicensed fangames

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  • Battle of Virden (1898) - New General Megathread for the 12th-13th of October 2024
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    micnd90
    1w ago 100%

    What is the point of consooming news these days? Why waste time being an informed public citizen. All there is is wall to wall ongoing genocide in which you can't do anything, and horserace electoralism where your vote does not matter. What is the fucking point.

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsHknC27lI

    Remember when youtube was fun and the content was made by genuine people who just want to express themselves?

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    ELON FIX YOUR ALGORITHM What is the point of this website anymore other than personal clout. When was the last time you interacted with actual human being on X

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    https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CeepdbYoWRo

    He had a slide up about "Perceptions of the Economy and Impacts on Election" - he deserved all the heckling coming to him

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    Officer Brendan Sullivan first used the breathy voice of a seductive woman. Then he panted. Then came the animal noises. Paul Vogel, a 52-year-old Brooklyn man, was the recipient of the menagerie of voice mail messages. For years, he had been frustrated at police cruisers and Fire Department vehicles parked on the sidewalk and in crosswalks in his Prospect Heights neighborhood, which drove him to call the city’s 311 complaint line hundreds of times. Officer Sullivan retaliated, calling him and leaving voice mail messages for 10 months, according to city records. On May 16, 2021, the officer used his department-issued phone and left a voice mail of dolphin noises, according to the records. Nine days later, he escalated the harassment, adding seal barks and the bleating of sheep. The six messages that Officer Sullivan left between March 2, 2021, and Jan. 24, 2022, came to light after the city’s Department of Investigation began looking into retaliation by the police against people who had complained about illegal parking. Streetsblog, an online news organization, had been publishing stories about the allegations, including one that quoted Mr. Vogel. Last month, Officer Sullivan agreed to pay the price: a $500 fine to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board, which concluded in a disposition that Officer Sullivan had “sought to discourage a citizen from exercising his constitutional right about government action.” He also had to give up 60 days of annual leave, which is worth about $25,000 in pay. The officer, who joined the force in 2007 and was posted to the 77th Precinct, “should be held to a high standard of compliance with the conflicts of interest law,” according to the disposition issued by the board. He also had to attest to his misdeeds in a sheepish first person: “I left a voice mail for him in which I pretended to be a former romantic partner,” Officer Sullivan acknowledged. Mr. Vogel said Tuesday that the punishment felt “pretty significant for what are ultimately some prank calls.” “On the other hand, the guy is a cop and he harassed a civilian,” he said. “The idea that someone who would do that in their official capacity still has a badge and a gun doesn’t make me feel very great.” Officer Sullivan was placed on modified duty, which means he is not patrolling, the police said. He could not be reached for comment, nor did his lawyer respond to messages. “The department is dedicated to ensuring pedestrian safety for all New Yorkers,” the police said in a statement. For years, residents throughout the city have complained about illegally parked cruisers and emergency vehicles, posting photos of offenders on social media and pointing out the problem to City Council members and at precinct meetings. The complaints became so frequent that this year, the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York sent a letter to the city, threatening a lawsuit if officials did not put a stop to the practice. The police said Tuesday that the department was “working internally to review and address the concerns raised in the letter.” The first, on March 2, 2021, claimed to be from an ex, who, in a whispery voice, told Mr. Vogel, “I hope you still dream about me.” “Just want to let you know that I miss you,” the voice said, calling him “Paulie Vee.” “I hope you pick up my call next time. You’re still the best I ever had.” The second voice mail featured heavy breathing. The messages did not stop at the animal sounds. Officer Sullivan called back two more times, saying “Paul, pick up” and “Paulie, answer my calls.” The Brooklyn district attorney’s office previously investigated the case and determined that there was no criminality. It was not clear how the Department of Investigation traced the voice mail messages to the officer. The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent oversight agency, found he had engaged in sexual misconduct by sending the harassing messages, had abused his authority and was untruthful with investigators when he denied leaving the messages. The board recommended the loss of 60 days of leave and on Sept. 11, Edward Caban, then the police commissioner, approved the discipline. John Kaehny, who pushed for the 311 system and is now executive director of the watchdog group Reinvent Albany, said using information derived from a 311 call to harass a resident could have a “chilling” effect. “This is an abuse of power,” he said. “And it wrecks the efficacy of 311, which remains and is the most important accountability tool, short of voting, that people have.” In a statement, the city’s Office of Technology and Innovation, which runs the system, said that “protecting the public trust and integrity of the millions of NYC311 calls received annually is a priority.” “Any conduct inconsistent with the city’s 311 privacy policy is handled accordingly,” the statement said. The 311 service “only collects identifying information needed to work on your service request,” which is supposed to be shared only with “city agencies, city workers and vendors,” according to the system’s website. The system “fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may access services for illegal activities,” according to the website. Mr. Vogel said he would not be deterred from calling again.

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    https://archive.is/FXIV4 MANY SUCH CASES

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    Source https://swopec.hhs.se/lunewp/abs/lunewp2024_005.htm

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    >https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/most-muslim-americans-are-voting-jill-stein-or-kamala-harris-poll-finds By Umar A Farooq in Washington A new poll conducted this week shows that the majority of Muslim voters in the United States are evenly split on who they plan to vote for as president in the upcoming November election, with roughly 60 percent planning to choose either third-party candidate Jill Stein or Vice President Kamala Harris. The new survey, part of a report published on Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), shows that the majority of Muslim-American voters have decided against voting for either Republican candidate Donald Trump or the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris. Twenty-nine percent of those Muslim voters polled said they were planning to cast their votes for Stein, leader of the Green Party who has made ending Israel's war on Gaza and its occupation of the West Bank a key policy priority. "We're grateful for the strong support of Muslim voters who share with us an ironclad determination to end genocide in Gaza, as well as the endless wars in the Middle East, and the discrimination and injustice faced by our Muslim neighbours, immigrants and refugees," Stein said in a statement provided to Middle East Eye. "We urge all people of conscience to resist the propaganda telling you to hold your nose and vote for genocide. If you vote for genocide, you are actively consenting to it and enabling it. Don’t let them talk you out of your humanity. Stopping genocide is the moral imperative of our time." A new poll conducted this week shows that the majority of Muslim voters in the United States are evenly split on who they plan to vote for as president in the upcoming November election, with roughly 60 percent planning to choose either third-party candidate Jill Stein or Vice President Kamala Harris. The new survey, part of a report published on Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), shows that the majority of Muslim-American voters have decided against voting for either Republican candidate Donald Trump or the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris. Twenty-nine percent of those Muslim voters polled said they were planning to cast their votes for Stein, leader of the Green Party who has made ending Israel's war on Gaza and its occupation of the West Bank a key policy priority. "We're grateful for the strong support of Muslim voters who share with us an ironclad determination to end genocide in Gaza, as well as the endless wars in the Middle East, and the discrimination and injustice faced by our Muslim neighbours, immigrants and refugees," Stein said in a statement provided to Middle East Eye. "We urge all people of conscience to resist the propaganda telling you to hold your nose and vote for genocide. If you vote for genocide, you are actively consenting to it and enabling it. Don’t let them talk you out of your humanity. Stopping genocide is the moral imperative of our time." Another 29 percent said they are planning to vote for Harris, who some Muslims and pro-Palestinians have claimed has been more sympathetic to Palestinians but has so far said she would maintain support for Israel and has rebuffed demands for an arms embargo on Israel. The poll also showed that around 11 percent of Muslim voters surveyed are planning to vote for Donald Trump, while four percent are choosing third-party candidate Cornel West and 16 percent are still undecided. The survey consisted of responses from more than 1,000 registered Muslim voters and was conducted after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. The survey is part of a larger Cair report chronicling the political attitudes of Muslim voters. This report included an additional survey that polled 2,850 Muslim voters between May and July, prior to Biden dropping out of the race. "Our latest survey reveals that American Muslim voters are highly engaged in the upcoming presidential election, open to supporting a diverse range of candidates and political parties, and deeply dissatisfied with the current state of the nation, particularly US support for the war on Gaza," Cair national director Nihad Awad said in a statement. Jill Stein on America's democracy crisis, movement building and ending Israel's war on Palestinians Read More » "The poll also shows that an unusually high number of American Muslims are planning to vote for third-party candidates." The report reveals the increasingly visible electoral fault lines inside the Muslim-American community, with more Muslims choosing not to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate than in previous years. A 2020 poll by Cair found that 69 percent of Muslims voted for Joe Biden in the previous presidential election. However, the survey conducted before Biden dropped out found that only 26 percent of respondents planned to vote for the Democratic Party in the upcoming election, and 60 percent plan to vote for either a third-party candidate or an Independent. That's a 43 percent drop in Muslim support for the Democratic Party. The Biden administration's support for Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and labelled a genocide by rights groups, scholars, and several countries, has outraged Muslim and Arab-American communities. That outrage has emerged in a number of ways, including mass protests in major US cities and across university campuses, as well as voter outreach efforts. One such effort, the Abandon Harris (formerly Abandon Biden) campaign, is urging Muslims, Arabs, and voters against the war on Gaza to cast their ballots for a candidate other than Harris - a protest vote to show their widespread disapproval of her administration and campaign's support for Israel. "While we don’t want to overly rely on polling as a definitive marker of the mood in our communities across the country, if these numbers are statistically accurate, they confirm what we've been saying for almost a year: the Democrats have lost Muslim Americans due to their support and funding of the Israeli genocide in Gaza," Hudhayfah Ahmad, communications director for Abandon Harris, told Middle East Eye. Cair said this is the first national poll of Muslim voters that was conducted since Harris replaced US President Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket. When Biden was still running for president, an unreleased Cair poll of 2,500 Muslim voters found that the overwhelming majority, 61 percent, were planning to vote for third-party candidates Stein and West. Biden, meanwhile, only garnered seven percent of the Muslim American vote. Cair has reported previously that there are more than 2.5 million registered Muslim-American voters in the United States, engulfing previous estimates of 1.2 million voters.

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    Jbegun post >https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1b9ueyx/after_last_nights_state_of_the_union_speech/ NYT article >https://archive.is/FpWJK

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    >She's gonna take your hamberders >No, he's gonna take your hamberders https://archive.is/556SR

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    Why does it read from the bottom? Some McGee consultant must have thought that this is what people read as they go up the stairs, but normal people have their heads up when walking up the stairs, and English reads from top to bottom. This is complete dyslexic gaslighting and my OCD is personally offended.

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