Posts by feralcrane5
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Jacob Cook65 said:😁
So you wanted to edit the wiki despite saying you've never done it before. I guess you can't actually edit anything unless you're logged in anyway. 😁
Maybe just ask Wikipedia why you were banned. 🙂
Actually, editing without logging in is possible.
I would ask them myself, but I guess my system won't let me send the same thing twice.
fadedorca66 said:Some providers try to "save" on IP addresses by using CGN, so a ton of users end up sharing the same one. I guess you're with a provider that does that?
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William Palmer7 said:None of those points actually serve as an indicator.
1. IP location data isn't reliable anyway; at most, you might see if the ISP matches your
2. An IP ending in /xx means the entire subnet is blocked on Wikipedia.
In plain English for those of us who aren't tech-savvy, what does that actually mean?
I'm currently connected to my home Wi-Fi. However, when I check IPStack, it displays an IP address and a location that isn't even remotely where I actually am. I suppose you might wonder if this is somehow normal?
On top of that... when I attempted to edit an article on Wikipedia, a message popped up stating that editing is temporarily blocked for my IP address. The strange thing is, the address listed there isn't mine at all, and the number doesn't match what I see on IPStack. On Wikipedia, it shows this odd format that looks like xxx.xxx.xx.x/xx. What kind of IP address ends with /xx, and why would I be blocked when I haven't even edited anything on Wikipedia yet—not to mention my current IP isn't even the one they're mentioning?? 😕
Maria Wells14 said:Given everything going down over the last few days, I’m starting to feel like America is sliding straight into an Ochlocracy.
(Ochlocracy—basically mob rule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochlocracy
For those who aren't political science nerds—and look, no offense intended, I don't pretend to know anything about nuclear physics, so it's perfectly normal that most people aren't experts in political theory—there's a real difference between this and a true democracy. In a democracy, the government responds to the *demos*—the political body that actually functions through established institutions and reaches conclusions based on actual arguments.
We’re seeing it now with the teacher strikes, we saw it recently with the Madonna drama, and before that with Caesar... you name it. It’s like faith in our institutions and in basic logic has just evaporated. Everything is being driven by raw emotion. The people winning the arguments are the ones who are the loudest and most aggressive, not the ones who actually have a point.
Our institutions are weak—most people don't trust them, which basically makes it impossible for them to do their jobs.
Anyone who’s unhappy with a decision can just rally a mob or find a powerful connection, and the officials will fold because they don't want to deal with a public lynching or the wrath of some big-shot politician.
At its core, society is built on economics—the whole system of how we produce, distribute, and consume stuff.
Right now, the tax share of our GDP is around 47%, though if you factor in the shadow economy, it’s realistically closer to 36%.
The shadow economy is inherently immoral; people dodge their obligations to society while still reaping all the benefits. Then you have the "white" economy—that 47% goes to the budget, but when you add in at least another 19% of business activity that relies on corruption-riddled government contracts, you end up with a situation where only about a third of reported income isn't tied back to state influence.
If you crunch all the numbers, it drops to maybe 25%.
The bottom line is that this 66% within the formal economy is all about distribution.
In a society like this, the most important thing isn't producing goods or services on a free market—it's making sure you're positioned correctly within the distribution chain.
And when institutions are weak, massive corruption sets in. It eats away at the social fabric, and the people with less power band together in groups to try and force their interests through non-institutional pressure.
Sorry for the lecture; I'm just genuinely worried about the country I love.
I remember the grand ideals we held when we were first building this nation, dreaming of creating something successful and truly democratic. We haven't hit that mark, and now it feels like we're drifting even further away from democracy itself.
Question for you guys.
Which way is America heading? Toward true democracy, toward Ochlocracy, or some other kind of social arrangement entirely?
Regarding ochlocracy—well, I'd say two main groups are primarily to blame for that, namely the government and the media, rather than the "uninformed masses." A mob mentality is really just the final stage of an ochlocracy.
If you look at the examples mentioned—the chaos surrounding the teacher strikes is the fault of the administration, while this situation with Madonna and that little incident in San Francisco is down to the media, because sensationalism is the core business model today. They present a case in such a bombastic way without providing any actual context or background in the initial report. Honestly, newspapers, TV news, and web portals these days feel like piles of junk; maybe 90% of what they report isn't even capable of being conveyed objectively to the public.
And I guess that eventually leads straight to ochlocracy, especially when you combine it with poor decision-making and government corruption.
My brother’s Dell laptop had a total meltdown with Windows 10, and the whole system just refused to boot up. I managed to migrate all his data to a different drive, then went ahead and completely wiped the internal disk—including those pesky Windows 10 recovery partitions—and installed Windows 7 since that's what he specifically asked for. The OS boots up just fine now, but it’s acting like the touchpad and mouse don't even exist. It's as if they aren't even plugged in.
What do? I'm kind of stuck on how to go about installing individual drivers when I can barely navigate anything without a working touchpad or mouse...
That's just because I'm curious, really. Does anyone happen to have any info on this?
Hi there, does anyone on the forum happen to own a Dell Precision workstation Dell Precision? Or maybe someone here tracks when those specific models started hitting US retail shelves (was it around 2007, 2008, 2009, etc.)? I'm also curious about what the typical retail price range looked like back then—you know, looking at the minimum and maximum depending on the hardware specs and the OS installed.
Thanks so much.
If a younger person, someone who is more or less perfectly healthy, starts experiencing occasional heat flashes or overheating episodes while just sitting still—you know, not during a workout or any kind of intense physical activity—the kind of thing people usually associate with menopause or hot flashes, I wonder... could that actually be a symptom of something else?
Raymond Peterson81 said:Multiculturalism is such a heated topic lately—honestly, anyone who considers themselves civilized (and isn't just picking their nose) and isn't a hardcore American nationalist tends to back the idea of multiculturalism (s). Forgive me if I sound full of typical prejudices, but it seems to me that the push for multiculturalism mostly comes from leftists, liberals, and that crowd. It’s hard to find a conservative who actually advocates for it, though I suppose there might be one or two here and there. So... can someone actually explain to me what a multicultural society is supposed to mean?
I’ll throw out a simple, abstract example here—don't take it too literally unless you're looking to troll the thread or turn this into some ridiculous joke that would make the whole discussion pointless.
Let’s imagine a little multicultural village consisting of five houses.
House 1 — a couple from Scandinavia
House 2 — a couple from Maghreb House 3
House 3 — a couple from Argentina House 4
House 4 — a couple from Australia House 5
House 5 — a couple from Japan
So, what exactly is the goal of a multicultural society? Is the idea to keep each house exactly as it was originally, preserving the specific customs those couples hold dear while working to bridge differences through tolerance... or is the goal to just blend everyone together, erasing those "outdated concepts" of nations and geographic identities because, hey, we're all living on the same planet anyway?
If the people from these five houses all mix together, then it isn't a multicultural society anymore. How can it be called multicultural if everything gets blended? After a few generations, you'll just have a massive mix of everything—it doesn't matter what you call it, but it won't be "multi," it'll just be "uni."
In the US, you won't find a single mainstream conservative fighting for multiculturalism. Honestly, if a certain leader from a group like the Heritage Foundation were in charge, she’d probably just scatter them all out into the rural Midwest; she doesn't really care about these newcomers unless they're messing with her own interests or heading toward Canada.
Raymond Peterson81 said:Multiculturalism is such a heated topic lately—honestly, anyone who considers themselves civilized (and isn't just picking their nose) and isn't a hardcore American nationalist tends to back the idea of multiculturalism (s). Forgive me if I sound full of typical prejudices, but it seems to me that the push for multiculturalism mostly comes from leftists, liberals, and that crowd. It’s hard to find a conservative who actually advocates for it, though I suppose there might be one or two here and there. So... can someone actually explain to me what a multicultural society is supposed to mean?
I’ll throw out a simple, abstract example here—don't take it too literally unless you're looking to troll the thread or turn this into some ridiculous joke that would make the whole discussion pointless.
Let’s imagine a little multicultural village consisting of five houses.
House 1 — a couple from Scandinavia
House 2 — a couple from Maghreb House 3
House 3 — a couple from Argentina House 4
House 4 — a couple from Australia House 5
House 5 — a couple from Japan
So, what exactly is the goal of a multicultural society? Is the idea to keep each house exactly as it was originally, preserving the specific customs those couples hold dear while working to bridge differences through tolerance... or is the goal to just blend everyone together, erasing those "outdated concepts" of nations and geographic identities because, hey, we're all living on the same planet anyway?
If the people from these five houses all mix together, then it isn't a multicultural society anymore. How can it be called multicultural if everything gets blended? After a few generations, you'll just have a massive mix of everything—it doesn't matter what you call it, but it won't be "multi," it'll just be "uni."
That's the idea, I guess.
Raymond Peterson81 said:Multiculturalism is such a heated topic lately—honestly, anyone who considers themselves civilized (and isn't just picking their nose) and isn't a hardcore American nationalist tends to back the idea of multiculturalism (s). Forgive me if I sound full of typical prejudices, but it seems to me that the push for multiculturalism mostly comes from leftists, liberals, and that crowd. It’s hard to find a conservative who actually advocates for it, though I suppose there might be one or two here and there. So... can someone actually explain to me what a multicultural society is supposed to mean?
I’ll throw out a simple, abstract example here—don't take it too literally unless you're looking to troll the thread or turn this into some ridiculous joke that would make the whole discussion pointless.
Let’s imagine a little multicultural village consisting of five houses.
House 1 — a couple from Scandinavia
House 2 — a couple from Maghreb House 3
House 3 — a couple from Argentina House 4
House 4 — a couple from Australia House 5
House 5 — a couple from Japan
So, what exactly is the goal of a multicultural society? Is the idea to keep each house exactly as it was originally, preserving the specific customs those couples hold dear while working to bridge differences through tolerance... or is the goal to just blend everyone together, erasing those "outdated concepts" of nations and geographic identities because, hey, we're all living on the same planet anyway?
If the people from these five houses all mix together, then it isn't a multicultural society anymore. How can it be called multicultural if everything gets blended? After a few generations, you'll just have a massive mix of everything—it doesn't matter what you call it, but it won't be "multi," it'll just be "uni."
That is just how things work in practice, I suppose.
I was wondering if anyone might have a recommendation for a psychiatrist—private or otherwise, I don't really mind either way—located in either Washington, D.C. or Seattle. Ideally, I am looking for someone who comes highly recommended, or perhaps someone who specializes in working with younger adults, maybe in that 20 to 30 age range? I guess it would be helpful to find someone with a particularly good track record for that demographic.
Does anyone happen to know where I might be able to pick up some of these large-format paper stands? They’re the kind you usually see being used during corporate presentations or big business meetings:
http://pallottadesign.files.wordpres.../presenter.jpghttp://whiteboardsetc.com/images/Por...on-easels1.jpgAnd does anyone know what that thing is actually called? I have this nagging feeling there’s just one specific word for it, but I guess I just can't seem to wrap my head around it right now.
If anyone here is an expert on this topic, I would truly appreciate some insight; it would be worth its weight in gold:
I'm looking at buying a new laptop and found one I'd really like to order, but there's a catch—it comes with a 64-bit system. My previous laptop, which ran a 32-bit system, served me well for the last six years, and I have several quite important programs that I really don't want to give up. I'm wondering if it's actually possible to install those old 32-bit programs onto a laptop running a 64-bit system?
Does whether a system is 32-bit or 64-bit depend entirely on the processor and hardware, or is it strictly about the operating system that's installed? The laptop I'm planning to order comes (unfortunately) with Windows 8.
I tried searching Google for answers to this, but I'm finding so many conflicting opinions out there that I'm feeling a bit lost... 😕
I have one more question: if the laptop originally shipped with a 64-bit system, is it possible to change that? For instance, could I wipe Windows 7 and install Linux instead, then run Windows virtually on top of it? Is that even technically feasible, especially if the laptop arrives with Windows 8 already pre-installed?