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  • With the ever-increasing obsolescence of jobs due to computers and other forms of technology, how should we deal with the pool of unemployed, unskilled labor?
    What you refer to has sometimes been referred to as economic ephemeralization. Basically we do more and more work with less and less labor.

    In My distopian RPG setting:

    They'll mine gold for food in our entertainment empires. Millions of traditionally "unskilled" laborers will be reduced to farming resources in various online universes. Their proceeds will "hopefully" feed them for the next day. Depending on the game and the nature of the players, they might serve as foot-soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, pilots, assassins, spies, scouts, or more - all barely out-competing scammers, bots, and worse to survive.

    :P
  • So your Dystopian RPG takes place in the world of Ready Player One?
  • Kinda, it was invented before that and is less... "fun". :P
  • Wondering what people think about the methods employed by various companies/industries to evaluate potential employees. I've been on both sides of the resume (more times as the interviewer) and I can see the merits of a variety of different approaches to evaluating candidates.

    Here, this will provide some context to what I am thinking about:
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/working_on_wall_street/
  • Not education grants, educational socialism. We need higher education that doesn't suck and is free.
    But as other people point out, "it doesn't suck to be a plumber." Not everyone is cut out for higher education nor should everyone get higher education. If you're happy with and have the aptitude to be a plumber, mechanic, etc., then you probably don't need anything higher than a vocational high school education to do well at that. Perhaps you may also need some sort of professional apprenticeship afterwards, but those are typically paid, I think.
  • I totally forgot that I have this ASUS P5ND2-SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard. I don't want to throw it away, but it's never been used. What do people do with old mobos?
  • Make a PC for your folks. Cases and PSUs are the hard part in that equation.
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    What if you're not happy as a plumber? It's not that everyone should get higher education, it's that everyone should get the oportunity for higher education. The well off still have the chance to go to vocational school, it should work te other way around too.

    EDIT: Ninja'd. @Lou
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  • Make a PC for your folks. Cases and PSUs are the hard part in that equation.
    Yeah, my father barely knows how to use a cell phone. My mom has a laptop and PC already. Aren't there places I can just donate this shit too other than places like thrift stores?
  • edited June 2012
    Fundamentally reform our political and economic systems.
    Pretty much this. Eventually, we won't be able to sustain ourselves with the ruthlessly capitalistic, corrupt systems that we have established globally. But I'm sure that, when that time comes, society will be able to react and adjust itself in a fitting and progressive way...

    ...jokes aside, we could still do significantly more in the short term. The question I always ask is "Why hasn't the quality of life risen dramatically with the rise of technology?" A WPA-like program could potentially improve the way of life of towns across the country. Much like the Great Depression-era program provided libraries, universities, and hospitals to places that desperately needed it, today's program could sway the culture of the country by building recreational centers, cowork spaces, and other important facilities.

    I know there have been stimulus funds to improve the economy, but they just seem to be used on roads - primarily because a road has a very specific, measurable value. I believe to really improve the country, we're going to need to be more intuitive than that.

    Even if manpower is growing increasingly obsolete by technology, I believe we need to keep people innovating, socializing, and learning. Seriously improve the way of life for the lowest class of people and you improve it for everyone by making the streets safer, the workforce smarter, and the nation more competitive. In addition, you make it that much easier to find the great people hidden in the crowds. And those Great People can be redeemed for an instant, free technology (or to significantly increase the boundaries of a city!)


    Only real problem is, my WPA program would require people do physical labor, and we all know every American just wants a cushy "knowledge worker" job... sigh...
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    Yo, does anyone know where I can host a flash file accessible with a link that will keep the native resolution?
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  • Amazon, if you don't mind the link being long.
  • edited June 2012
    What is the appeal of Kingdom Hearts from a gameplay perspective? I started playing the original game and it felt very dated in terms of gameplay. I just tried the Dream Drop Distance demo and, while there was a lot more meat in the combat there, it didn't feel like anything very engaging. It still mostly boils down to button mashing by way of running around and hitting things.

    Also, the camera suuuuuucks.
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  • Kingdom hearts was always a shit game. The only one that was any good in the first place was the first and that was just because it was a unique idea
  • I recently replayed the first Kingdom Hearts and it hasn't aged up too well. Of all the Kingdom Hearts games I've playd (First, Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days and Birth By Sleep) Birth By Sleep is my favorite. The skill system in that is made so it encourages heavy use of skills so fights don't end up being just press x to hit.
  • Amazon, if you don't mind the link being long.
    bit.ly on top
  • Is New Zealand Australia's Canada?
  • There's not really that much in New Zealand. I don't remember it being really like a "Canada" when I lived in Australia.
  • There's not really that much in New Zealand. I don't remember it being really like a "Canada" when I lived in Australia.
    Sounds like a great place to live. Lots of nice people that are too far away to bother you.

  • edited June 2012
    New Zealand was really cool when I went to visit. Not a place I could live though.
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  • How many people do you need to make a front row crew?
  • One front row's worth. Duh.
  • Depends how many seats you have I guess.
  • It is certain, however, that I can't lift ten.
  • Well I've got a possible growing one here in Kentucky.
  • A front row crew is usually measured in decibels.
  • A front row crew is usually measured in decibels.
    eeeyup
  • Why is bear driving?

    Also "What useful purpose does elitism serve?"
  • Also "What useful purpose does elitism serve?"
    I wouldn't expect you to understand.
  • My Uniqlo alarm didn't work this morning. I deleted and re-installed, restarted my phone, and still not working. :(

    Has this happened to anyone else?
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