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Evenimentul Zilei renunta la ultima umbra de impartialitate (si de jurnalism) by Zeulodinin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 -2 points-1 points ago

De unde downvoturile? Ce-am zis atât de grav?

Evenimentul Zilei renunta la ultima umbra de impartialitate (si de jurnalism) by Zeulodinin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 -3 points-2 points ago

Associated Press e agenție de presă, Libertatea e cotidian. Compari mere cu pere.

Felul în care raportezi o știre poate fi părtinitor, de asta nu mă aștept să existe jurnaliști care să nu fie imparțiali. Medifax cică e agenție de știri, dar predomină la ei știrile de la trustul MediaPro (ce mai face Abramburica sau bucătarii de la MasterChef) sau cele senzaționale.

Mie mi se pare absolut normal să existe ziare pro-putere și ziare de opoziție, dar să nu ascundă lucrul ăsta ca ceva rușinos, să și-l asume, ca să putem alege ce citim în cunoștiință de cauză. Ar trebui să terminăm o dată cu ipocrizia asta cu "presa imparțială", pentru că este evident că nu există așa ceva, nici la noi și nici la alții.

Evenimentul Zilei renunta la ultima umbra de impartialitate (si de jurnalism) by Zeulodinin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 -13 points-12 points ago

De ce trebuie un jurnalist să fie imparțial? De ce trebuie ca mass-media să fie imparțială? Mie mi se pare perfect normal să nu fie imparțial și fiecare să scrie așa cum simte. E treaba noastră să citim ce ne place. Nu discutăm despre jurnalism științific, despre compoziția scoarței Pământului sau despre cromodinamică cuantică, ci despre ideologii, unde nu există opinii corecte. Nu vă place EVZ, citiți National Geographic sau Știință și Tehnică. Nu vă place ce-i pe Antena3? Schimbați canalul pe mezzo sau TVR Cultural.

Missing woman by LegioXFretensisin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 0 points1 point ago

Seriously, why Patriarhia, for Christ's sake?

TIL Steve Jobs shut down all philanthropic efforts at Apple when he returned to the company in 1997. by 996hurtin todayilearned

[–]rawbeef64 1 point2 points ago

He finally became convinced in January 2009, just after he claimed his “hormonal imbalance” could be treated easily. But there was a problem. He was put on the wait list for a liver transplant in California, but it be- came clear he would never get one there in time. The number of available donors with his blood type was small. Also, the metrics used by the United Network for Organ Shar- ing, which establishes policies in the United States, favored those suffering from cirrhosis and hepatitis over cancer patients.

There is no legal way for a patient, even one as wealthy as Jobs, to jump the queue, and he didn’t. Recipients are chosen based on their MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease), which uses lab tests of hor- mone levels to determine how urgently a transplant is needed, and on the length of time they have been waiting. Every donation is closely audited, data are available on public websites (optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/), and you can monitor your status on the wait list at any time.

This fragment from his biography will probably clarify things a bit.

TIL Steve Jobs shut down all philanthropic efforts at Apple when he returned to the company in 1997. by 996hurtin todayilearned

[–]rawbeef64 0 points1 point ago

He was on two transplant lists, one for every of the two states I mentioned, since he had an airplane so he could afford to get to any of that two hospitals in time. The lists were public, AFAIK (I'm not from US, so I have no idea how this stuff works there), but if you can prove that you can reach in time in two states, you can join two lists. You'll need a personal airplane for this, so a lot of money.

TIL Steve Jobs shut down all philanthropic efforts at Apple when he returned to the company in 1997. by 996hurtin todayilearned

[–]rawbeef64 4 points5 points ago

gaming the organ donor system by getting put on a list in every state

gaming the organ donor system by getting put on a list in two states. FTFY.

TIL Steve Jobs shut down all philanthropic efforts at Apple when he returned to the company in 1997. by 996hurtin todayilearned

[–]rawbeef64 -4 points-3 points ago

Up until his death Jobs was an unrepentant douchebag.

Guess what? Jobs didn't care.

Star Trek: Cardinal Being Pitched To CBS Tomorrow! by Bovice1in scifi

[–]rawbeef64 40 points41 points ago

That ship is awful.

Launched in a more optimistic time, a hybrid of different technologies, and sporting an experimental engine that was as spectacular as it was dangerous, the ship was heralded as the dawning of a new age, and its launching was considered a chance to rescue its program from the public relations nightmare that had plagued it after cost-overruns, work stoppages and failures integrating components had turned the public against its grand new program.

This sounds good, but I was thinking more at USS Excelsior, not at a flying medusa contraption.

New to LaTeX. Software advice and general tips are welcomed. by rawbeef64in LaTeX

[–]rawbeef64[S] 0 points1 point ago

It looks really good on KDE, but Qt applications on OSX... meh...

Can't help but think SpaceX is the opposite of what should have happened. by HollywoodMetalin startrek

[–]rawbeef64 13 points14 points ago

Even if SpaceX is only a space trucking company that only follows profit, I'm still happy for that. It will reduce the cost of rocket launches, it will crate jobs in this field, people will once again want to be rocket scientists. On the long run, I'm happy with that. More companies will figure: "hey, space could really be a profitable sector" and more money will flow towards space. The process already started with Planetary Resources and with billionaires pouring money into that venture. Trucking at first, NASA contracts, but it will get the ball rolling. Companies will begin to innovate and they will reach higher and higher grounds, with more ambitious mission. Today: a capsule like the ones form the 60s orbiting the Earth, tomorrow mining platinum from 241 Germania. Even Elon Musk said a few times about Mars and his plans towards it, since Dragon capsule has an ablative shield that could withstand re-enty from above LEO.

Our history doesn't have to be exactly like Star Trek. Space commercialization could be the kick we, as a whole, need to start once again be enthusiastic about space. Rockets are launched, we dream at various vehicles with astronauts in them. Even my wife, who is not really into space that much, watched the replays of today's launch with me and she like it. She liked the young team of SpaceX engineers cheering for excitement of having a toy up there, orbiting the Earth, after years of work.

I love space exploration and if someone is putting their millions for buildings rockets, I'm excited. That's why I think Elon Musk and the whole SpaceX ideea is awesome. Because they launch rockets and because they create around them excitement about space. And that's inspiring and awesome.

New to LaTeX. Software advice and general tips are welcomed. by rawbeef64in LaTeX

[–]rawbeef64[S] 1 point2 points ago

No they don't, unfortunatelly. There is no strict template you should follow while writting your thesis, just some general guidelines.

New to LaTeX. Software advice and general tips are welcomed. by rawbeef64in LaTeX

[–]rawbeef64[S] 1 point2 points ago

Uhm, I'd rather not :) While vim is an excellent tool for managing my servers' configuration files and such, I can't see myself using vim (or, God forbidds, Emacs!) to write LaTeX documents, at least not now in 2012.

/r/Europe, introduce us to European fiction or non-fiction writers that we might never heard of by krattrin europe

[–]rawbeef64 3 points4 points ago

Jan Weiss (Czech writer), wrote, in 1929, an excellent novel, called Dům o Tisíci Patrech (House of Thousand Floors). It's surprisingly actual, I had no idea it was written so long ago when I first get my hands on it, it's really one of those eastern european gem worth reading.

A friend of mine meeting Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell yesterday by KonaCoilerin space

[–]rawbeef64 0 points1 point ago

I've met Rust Schweickart last year, I even have the meeting filmed on camera, he is such a great person.

Saturday could be a great day in history. If all goes as planned, 4:55 that morning will see the launch of the first private aircraft to dock with the International Space Station. by vajavin space

[–]rawbeef64 3 points4 points ago

Ms. Shotwell said in the pre-launch press conference that they have a tight window and only 50% of SpaceX rockets launched on time, on first attempt. Considering the complexity of this mission, I'd say that the launch will be scrubbed and my money is on one of the next occasion, the closest being on 22 of May, if I recall correctly. However, I hope I'm wrong and I hope we'll have a flawless launch in just a couple of hours.

O chestie pe care am observat-o în public la Românii au Talent (shameless plug) by andreiknoxin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 1 point2 points ago

Da, e Gallium, dacă ai sistem periodic în engleză, d'oh! Ia vezi în tabelul tău, sub Au ce scrie? Aurum? Gold? Aur?

N-am înțeles analogia cu prăjinile, poți detalia?

Ponta întreabă populaţia dacă este bine ca Guvernul să nu aprobe ACTA şi să reducă taxe la angajator by Zeulodinin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 14 points15 points ago

iPhone au doar sărăntocii care nu-și permit un iPad...

Noaptea Muzeelor coincide cu (Mini) Meet în București by brutalistuin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 4 points5 points ago

Cine vrea să vadă meteoriți, este așteptat la Cluj, nu doar în Noaptea Muzeelor, ci oricând dorește. Just sayin'.

Sofer de Cluj by chiri988in Romania

[–]rawbeef64 0 points1 point ago

Deci polițaiul care mergea cu 180 km/h într-un Porsche, filmat de televiziuni, a scăpat de amendă pentru că nu a fost filmat cu un dispozitiv omologat, deși este evident că evenimentul a avut loc?

Pe voi nu va enerveaza dacomanii? by azdoidin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 1 point2 points ago

Și ce te oprește? Sunt închise granițele? Nu ai bani de pașaport?

O chestie pe care am observat-o în public la Românii au Talent (shameless plug) by andreiknoxin Romania

[–]rawbeef64 3 points4 points ago

Galiu. Cu g mic, adică galiu, pentru că nu e nume propriu. Era greu în românește?

Sau tu folosești "bare de Iron" și "lanț de Gold"?

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