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    • dafyreD
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      Helping a buddy stop a spreading crypto bug...

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22
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        @dafyre God's speed.

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        • thwrT
          thwr @dafyre
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          @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Helping a buddy stop a spreading crypto bug...

          good luck

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre @wirestyle22
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            @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @dafyre God's speed.

            Thanks @wirestyle22 and @thwr ... They seem to have a handle on it now.

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @dafyre
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              @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @dafyre God's speed.

              Thanks @wirestyle22 and @thwr ... They seem to have a handle on it now.

              I hope they have good backups. That's really the key to mitigating it.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre @wirestyle22
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                @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @dafyre God's speed.

                Thanks @wirestyle22 and @thwr ... They seem to have a handle on it now.

                I hope they have good backups. That's really the key to mitigating it.

                Yea, they do. Gotta get it stopped first.

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @dafyre
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                  @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @dafyre God's speed.

                  Thanks @wirestyle22 and @thwr ... They seem to have a handle on it now.

                  I hope they have good backups. That's really the key to mitigating it.

                  Yea, they do. Gotta get it stopped first.

                  I proposed a lot of policy changes in regards to e-mail and spam has been a much higher priority for me than it ever was before ransomware was so rampant.

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                  • J
                    Jason Banned @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    Seriously why should you work?

                    That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Jason
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                      @Jason said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Seriously why should you work?

                      That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

                      While it's hard to disagree with you, at the same time I ask - are we suppose to work? as creatures of this earth, are we meant to deal with the troubles that we have? I don't think so. No other creature on this planet does, at least not in the same way. Instead they spend the majority of their time just looking for food, shelter and procreation. But if our technology can give us all those things, do we as a species still really need to work? There will always be those who want to explore and go forth, and that's great, but do the rest really need to? and if you think so, why?

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @Jason said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Seriously why should you work?

                        That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

                        While it's hard to disagree with you, at the same time I ask - are we suppose to work? as creatures of this earth, are we meant to deal with the troubles that we have? I don't think so. No other creature on this planet does, at least not in the same way. Instead they spend the majority of their time just looking for food, shelter and procreation. But if our technology can give us all those things, do we as a species still really need to work? There will always be those who want to explore and go forth, and that's great, but do the rest really need to? and if you think so, why?

                        You trade hours of your time for credits (currency) to purchase the things you need first and the things you want second. If we lived in a world where mankind banded together to solve all of the worlds major problems then maybe but it's still a hard maybe. If you didn't do this you'd have to worry about your survival in the same way animals do.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @wirestyle22
                          last edited by

                          @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Jason said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Seriously why should you work?

                          That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

                          While it's hard to disagree with you, at the same time I ask - are we suppose to work? as creatures of this earth, are we meant to deal with the troubles that we have? I don't think so. No other creature on this planet does, at least not in the same way. Instead they spend the majority of their time just looking for food, shelter and procreation. But if our technology can give us all those things, do we as a species still really need to work? There will always be those who want to explore and go forth, and that's great, but do the rest really need to? and if you think so, why?

                          You trade hours of your time for credits (currency) to purchase the things you need first and the things you want second. If we lived in a world where mankind banded together to solve all of the worlds major problems then maybe but it's still a hard maybe. If you didn't do this you'd have to worry about your survival in the same way animals do.

                          But if we had technology that made it so you could be self sufficient - thinking replicators here, and power was free, again because out technology makes it so, why would you need to work?

                          I'm not going for Scott's model where 20% or less of the earth works, and the rest of just just live off them.

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                          • MattSpellerM
                            MattSpeller @nadnerB
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                            @nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            After much deliberation and pondering, I selected a new GPU yesterday (I'll get the other parts later).
                            AND IT'S HERE!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
                            MSI GTX 960 2GB Gaming Edition

                            Only 8 hours to go before I get to go home, and about 12 before I get to install it 😞
                            Most importantly, it's here 🙂 🙂 !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!

                            And this is the last anyone will hear from @nadnerB for a week or three heheh

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22 @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Jason said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Seriously why should you work?

                              That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

                              While it's hard to disagree with you, at the same time I ask - are we suppose to work? as creatures of this earth, are we meant to deal with the troubles that we have? I don't think so. No other creature on this planet does, at least not in the same way. Instead they spend the majority of their time just looking for food, shelter and procreation. But if our technology can give us all those things, do we as a species still really need to work? There will always be those who want to explore and go forth, and that's great, but do the rest really need to? and if you think so, why?

                              You trade hours of your time for credits (currency) to purchase the things you need first and the things you want second. If we lived in a world where mankind banded together to solve all of the worlds major problems then maybe but it's still a hard maybe. If you didn't do this you'd have to worry about your survival in the same way animals do.

                              But if we had technology that made it so you could be self sufficient - thinking replicators here, and power was free, again because out technology makes it so, why would you need to work?

                              I'm not going for Scott's model where 20% or less of the earth works, and the rest of just just live off them.

                              I think that we will eventually get there but I wonder who would be motivated to learn anything at all at that point. Who would be left to maintain everything that makes it all possible?

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender
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                                There will always be those who don't want to sit around and play Xbox all day long. Some people (I'm thinking Scott as an example here) who nearly always have to be doing something. Sure, there will be tons of people doing nothing, but why should they be enslaved to work, if our technology can do it for them and take care of nearly everything else too?

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                                • thwrT
                                  thwr @MattSpeller
                                  last edited by

                                  @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  After much deliberation and pondering, I selected a new GPU yesterday (I'll get the other parts later).
                                  AND IT'S HERE!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
                                  MSI GTX 960 2GB Gaming Edition

                                  Only 8 hours to go before I get to go home, and about 12 before I get to install it 😞
                                  Most importantly, it's here 🙂 🙂 !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!

                                  And this is the last anyone will hear from @nadnerB for a week or three heheh

                                  Famous last words, eh? 😉

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                                  • travisdh1T
                                    travisdh1 @Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    There will always be those who don't want to sit around and play Xbox all day long. Some people (I'm thinking Scott as an example here) who nearly always have to be doing something. Sure, there will be tons of people doing nothing, but why should they be enslaved to work, if our technology can do it for them and take care of nearly everything else too?

                                    You're trying to apply technology to a social issue. We could have completely automated farms and housing construction and we'd still have the same problems.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @Jason said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      Seriously why should you work?

                                      That is the problem with America. That attitude right there..

                                      While it's hard to disagree with you, at the same time I ask - are we suppose to work? as creatures of this earth, are we meant to deal with the troubles that we have? I don't think so. No other creature on this planet does, at least not in the same way. Instead they spend the majority of their time just looking for food, shelter and procreation. But if our technology can give us all those things, do we as a species still really need to work? There will always be those who want to explore and go forth, and that's great, but do the rest really need to? and if you think so, why?

                                      You trade hours of your time for credits (currency) to purchase the things you need first and the things you want second. If we lived in a world where mankind banded together to solve all of the worlds major problems then maybe but it's still a hard maybe. If you didn't do this you'd have to worry about your survival in the same way animals do.

                                      But if we had technology that made it so you could be self sufficient - thinking replicators here, and power was free, again because out technology makes it so, why would you need to work?

                                      I'm not going for Scott's model where 20% or less of the earth works, and the rest of just just live off them.

                                      Switzerland actually voted on this this week. Sadly they turned down this model, but it was so popular that it made it to the vote. They said... they have so much automation and so much money and so many resources that people don't need to work anymore and considered going that route.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                                        @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        There will always be those who don't want to sit around and play Xbox all day long. Some people (I'm thinking Scott as an example here) who nearly always have to be doing something. Sure, there will be tons of people doing nothing, but why should they be enslaved to work, if our technology can do it for them and take care of nearly everything else too?

                                        You're trying to apply technology to a social issue. We could have completely automated farms and housing construction and we'd still have the same problems.

                                        Maybe I missed something, but what is the social issue?

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                                        • MattSpellerM
                                          MattSpeller @travisdh1
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                                          @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          There will always be those who don't want to sit around and play Xbox all day long. Some people (I'm thinking Scott as an example here) who nearly always have to be doing something. Sure, there will be tons of people doing nothing, but why should they be enslaved to work, if our technology can do it for them and take care of nearly everything else too?

                                          You're trying to apply technology to a social issue. We could have completely automated farms and housing construction and we'd still have the same problems.

                                          One of my favourite series of books deals with some of these themes

                                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series

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                                          • thwrT
                                            thwr @travisdh1
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                                            @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            There will always be those who don't want to sit around and play Xbox all day long. Some people (I'm thinking Scott as an example here) who nearly always have to be doing something. Sure, there will be tons of people doing nothing, but why should they be enslaved to work, if our technology can do it for them and take care of nearly everything else too?

                                            You're trying to apply technology to a social issue. We could have completely automated farms and housing construction and we'd still have the same problems.

                                            Already there: http://www.gizmag.com/hadrian-brick-laying-robot-fastbrick/38239/

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