Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Oct 2008 19:26 UTC, submitted by SK8T
In a rather unusual move, both Google and Apple have publicly backed the fight against "Proposition 8", both by words as well as by donation. Proposition 8 is an initiative measure in the state of California that would ban same-sex marriages in California by amending the Constitution of the state to include that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". Both companies gave out their reasoning for supporting the fight against 'Prop 8'.
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"Marriage" isn't a religious act anymore. That lost it's soul the moment government stepped in and monetized it.
People who fight on behalf of "that's the way it's suppose to be" has no basis for their argument, imo.
If you want to preach about gays getting "marriage" than why not preach the bible 100%? We won't even go into all of the things that people do now that do not follow the 'traditions' of the bible ....
Thankfully, California is PROGRESSIVE. Unlike most of the United States.
Member since:2005-07-06
>Thankfully, California is PROGRESSIVE. Unlike most of the United States.<
I will likely be marked down for this but I have to say it.
When you call California "Progressive" what you really mean is California is largely Marxist, anti religion, anti moral, and anti capitalism.
I understand calling people Marxists is not popular, but if you don't believe me, read up on Karl Marx and decide yourself if your views line up.
I may also add, if you wish to expand your horizons, read the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Edited 2008-10-26 13:14 UTC
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Linked by fran on 05/18/13 1:38 UTC
Google added, among other features, C/C++ support to its new version of AIDE. From Android-IDE, "Now you can write parts of your app or your whole app in C/C++ on your device. AIDE supports the Standard Android NDK toolchain (GCC 4.6 + Bionic, STL, ...). No changes are necessary if you want to build an app developed on a PC with Eclipse. C/C++ development is fully integrated: Build errors appear in the error list and files can easily be navigated to with Go to file. The editor supports C/C++ syntax highlighting."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 23:35 UTC, submitted by kragil
Ars nails it: "The answer is that Google did announce what amounts to a fairly substantial Android update yesterday. They simply did it without adding to the update fragmentation problems that continue to plague the platform. By focusing on these changes and not the apparently-waiting-in-the-wings update to the core software, Google is showing us one of the ways in which it's trying to fix the update problem."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 22:15 UTC, submitted by Tom
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 21:41 UTC
Glass is getting some love at Google I/O as well. New applications have been released - Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Elle, Tumblr, and CNN. Perhaps more interesting: the newly announced Google Glass Developer Kit will allow offline applications and direct hardware access - great for hacking and expanding Glass' potential. This kit will really allow hackers to put Glass through its paces.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 17:04 UTC
"But Beck and Merrill decided that simply banning toxic players wasn't an acceptable solution for their game. Riot Games began experimenting with more constructive modes of player management through a formal player behavior initiative that actually conducts controlled experiments on its player base to see what helps reduce bad behavior. The results of that initiative have been shared at a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on panels at the Penny Arcade Expo East and the Game Developers Conference." Absolutely fascinating stuff. I'm a League of Legends player, and to be honest, the community isn't nearly as bad as some make it out to be. I'm happy Riot games has the guts to employ science to address the issue.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 13:17 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 12:06 UTC
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The first point of this is the involvement of corporations in societal problems. Whether you like it or net, it happens all the time. It's their marketing department that told them that supporting such a view will benefit their stock holders. Indeed, this is true. In this day and time, it is good for your brand and for your image to support gay marriage. Half a century ago, you could make a young and good image for your corporation by employing women and black men in your business. Your business instantly looked cool. Now that we have matured a bit, employing women and black people is normal. Not doing so would make your brand be boycotted. Today, supporting gay marriage makes your brand look cool. Teen years from now, it will be mandatory to support that view as it is mandatory today not to support sweatshops and slavery.
Now the second point is about the gay marriage itself. This is a strange thing if you ask me. Marriage is a Christian thing. The Muslims support multiple marriage (with several women). I don't know how the jews view it, but in California, I believe they do it the Christian way. Over the last century, we have been gradually moving away from state religion to secularity. Than gayness is not a Christian thing at all. I believe the church doesn't support it at all. So we are mixing a Christian thing with something that isn't. So why do the gays want to do Christian things? In my opinion, this is because society is still very Christian, whether people realize it or not. Marriage is part of Californian current culture. It will fade away with time, but in this transitional period, we will mix secular things with religious thing until we get rid of religion all together (maybe in 1000 years).