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Off Topic / Re: Why do the predators on Dateline NBC get arrested

« on: November 04, 2016, 06:05:41 PM »

It's not entrapment. Entrapment is when a police officer coerces you into breaking the law when you wouldn't have otherwise. For example, if someone has drugs for personal use but doesn't sell, and an undercover cop begs them to sell drugs to them. They wouldn't have sold otherwise, so it is entrapment. However, drug dealers selling to an undercover cop does not qualify as entrapment.

These predators are more like the 'drug dealer' in the above scenario. They are actively seeking ways to engage in illegal activity, so it isn't entrapment.

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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: November 04, 2016, 05:58:21 PM »

hey whats up my hair is still dead and the wrong color kill me

Not light enough for you? I lightened my hair from a pretty dark brown to a normal blonde, then lightened it again for as long as I could, until my hair started to melt, then gave it some time to rest and dyed it blue. It feels great now. Only pic I have of it seems to be the one I posted earlier:

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Off Topic / Re: Need some metals that dont corrode but conduct electricity

« on: November 03, 2016, 09:26:01 PM »

um
energy = light = heat
also this probably isnt an experiment of "Make Wire Go In Water But Make Water Not Go"
its probably just "Will Unprotected Wire Make Both Water And Wire Go?"
and you just respond with "Yes Unprotected Wire Like Aluminum Or Bronze Or Other Wire Make Water Go"
unless the goal is to make wire go without water going but needing specific wire-to-go and if that wire goes AND the water goes then its a failed test but it needs to be unprotected wire to go aswell in water but without making the water go is loving handicapped

Wtf am I reading? "Yes Unprotected Wire Like Aluminum Or Bronze Or Other Wire Make Water Go"? What? How do you make water "go"? Why did you capitalize every word?

Anyway, jesus, Zinc. It's cheap and doesn't corrode. Just don't zap yourself when you go through with whatever this terrible experiment is.

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Off Topic / Re: Need some metals that dont corrode but conduct electricity

« on: November 02, 2016, 05:55:26 PM »

If you want help with the assignment, why don't you tell us what the assignment is? I find it hard to believe your teacher told you to go home and run an exposed wire through water and attach it to a battery. If they did, they should be fired.

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General Discussion / Re: is AI bot learning possible? how hard would it be?

« on: October 29, 2016, 06:40:10 PM »

There's not really a finite 'goal' in Blockland to train towards. Yeah, there's "not dying" but that's not how these things work. These things reward progression towards a defined goal in selective breeding. If 'not dying' is the goal, then the simplest solution is to not move, which is most likely what it's going to do. If 'total distance travelled without death' is the goal, moving back and forth between two points is an elegant solution that almost positively assures survival. If 'total distance from origin point' is the goal (which is roughly what the goal is in the examples) then you would likely have progression if you set an end point (e.g. each 'run' is timed for 5 minutes or death) but that's not useful AI behavior. Your best bet for a pathfinding, anti death AI algorithm would be to directly code in a death avoidance system mixed with A*.

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Off Topic / Re: Sure seems like Apple doesn't like ports.

« on: October 29, 2016, 06:24:31 PM »

s/genius/idiocity

oh man how cool it is you know how to use vi/vim

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Off Topic / Re: The Rec. Drug Thread - FAQ, Q&A, General Information

« on: October 28, 2016, 03:40:01 PM »

what do you mean what? are those the same thing? forgive me, ive literally never done something like lsd before and dont know anything about it

Sorry, I didn't mean to come off rude. LSD stands for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, so you can probably guess where the slang term 'acid' comes from.

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Off Topic / Re: Sure seems like Apple doesn't like ports.

« on: October 28, 2016, 11:44:08 AM »

My post got ignored, so I'll condense it because it still contains information that it seems most of you are grappling with.

The port supports the latest generation of USB devices. Yeah, USB-A won't fit, but it will get better over time with expanded USB-C support. Also, we're talking about a laptop here: who plugs periphery devices into laptops nowadays? It's 2016 and printers, mice, keyboards, external hard drives, and any other common periphery device can all be operated wirelessly.

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Off Topic / Re: Sure seems like Apple doesn't like ports.

« on: October 27, 2016, 04:18:13 PM »

Every time we watch a movie on the TV we have to use my moms windows laptop which is slow as stuff. She always bitches about how slow it is and how macs are so much better. But guess what? We sure as stuff can't use my brothers macbook air because theres no loving HDMI port. So it's PC or bust.

Wheres your god now maccigarettes?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dynex-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-adapter/8720358.p

Anyway, calm down:

The updated Thunderbolt 3 now supports speeds up to 40 gigabits per second, four times faster and with twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while still being able to supply power. With its full support for USB 3.1 it delivers power based on the USB spec, able to push 100 watts for notebook charging and deliver 15 watts for bus-powered devices. Thunderbolt 3's 40Gbps also allows for dual 4K monitor support over a single cable, as well as speedy 10-gigabit Ethernet networking.

The port supports the latest generation of USB devices. Yeah, USB 3 and earlier versions won't fit, but it's the same deal with the iPhone swap to the Lightning connector from a while ago, at first everyone will be pissed off and there will be that confusion of "Do you have a cord?" "Yeah." "Ah, man, I got a new macbook, can't use your mouse" except less annoying because instead of a charging cable it's just a periphery device. Also, we're talking about a laptop here: who plugs periphery devices into laptops nowadays? I use my USB port for one thing: plugging in a flash drive to transfer music to my DJ turntables. Aside from that, I don't think I have ever used them. And guess what, I don't even need to use it for that if I don't want to, because it's 2016 and my DJ turntables can sync over wifi to my computer without needing a USB drive or other cable to connect them. Just like printers, mice, keyboards, external hard drives, and any other common periphery device.

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Off Topic / Re: The Rec. Drug Thread - FAQ, Q&A, General Information

« on: October 26, 2016, 06:05:39 PM »

i know a few dealers for bars, acid, and bud - but not lsd.

what?

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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: October 26, 2016, 04:20:01 PM »

I'm going to miss my view when that tower comes up.

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General Discussion / Re: How do I get my activation key back?

« on: October 19, 2016, 06:39:02 PM »

https://blockland.us/keyRecovery.php

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Off Topic / Re: create a "forumula"

« on: October 06, 2016, 04:51:15 PM »

Code: [Select]

If {User = New;
If { firstPostTitle = 'I'm New';
Post = Alt!;
Else
Post = Alt!;
}
Else
Post = friend!;
}



what a nice syntax for a programming language

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Off Topic / Re: How cheap is stuff in america (20 CHICKEN NUGGETS FOR $5!?)

« on: October 05, 2016, 05:51:47 PM »

Man, if I could get a house for 150k where I live I would be sitting clean. The cheapest houses that I'm looking at are about 400k.

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Off Topic / Re: Car thread

« on: October 03, 2016, 08:46:12 PM »

Should have pointed the front tires at the camera.