A Star Is Born: Directed by Frank Pierson. With Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark. Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the c
When Joe Biden was vice president, The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler took him to task in his Fact Checker column for making the “absurd” claim that “more people will be murdered or raped” if a jobs bill being pushed by the Obama administration weren’t passed. During the 2012 presi...
Exclusive games have always been a manipulative and predatory business practice for players. Those who could only afford to buy one console each generation would miss out on a whole library of games due to that choice. That, or they’d be forced to purchase an expensive piece of hardware to...
An optimist about the power of AI and its potential uses for good, he is nonetheless a realist about its possible downsides. So, his insight into the ‘unbridled power’ of global capitalism being at the heart of the predicament of AI safety should be taken seriously. In the end, a ...
What is one downside to being high in conscientiousness? They are even found to live longer. Although Conscientiousness is generally thought of as a positive trait, there are some downsides to being high in Conscientiousness. HighlyConscientious people can sometimes be overly serious and may need so...
The line that summarizes the grandmother in the story “ A Good Man is Hard to Find” is “ she would have been a good woman if someone was there to shoot her all her life.”The grandmother is a typical human being. In many aspects she is selfish. She wants her way and is willing...
The concept of being a “good” person has painted the picture of how people have handled their lives throughout history. On the same note, this concept has also been the subject of much debate; such is the case in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. The protagonist...
He continues, suggesting that the academic freedom that doesn’t exist is merely a manipulative ploy. https://twitter.com/jasonHoyt/status/1059784604855558144 The illusion of academic freedom — perhaps that’s why Hoyt keeps putting ‘Academic Freedom’ in scare quotes — is being used by a min...
Codependents have trouble being direct and assertive and may use manipulation to get their way. They may say whatever they think someone wants to hear to get along or be loved, but then later they do what they want. This is also passive-aggressive behavior. Rather than answer a question th...
This kind of manipulative social engineering is how phishing scams convince you to disclose personal information. As mentioned, there are several different types of spoofing. Spoofing at the DNS or IP address level is different from phishing, because it uses technical methods to trick a computer ...