FeloniousHam

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by FeloniousHam 9mo ago
I understand existing-tool-holder opposition to a new measurement system, but sweet mother I hate fraction math.
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by FeloniousHam 9mo ago
For me, Wave was the most exciting thing Google ever tried. The requirements exceeded most corporate hardware, but the whole "email as a wiki page" struck me as the future. Replay the messages in order to follow the responses. (
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by FeloniousHam 9mo ago
When in American history have we had more free time for civic participation?
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by FeloniousHam 9mo ago
yes?
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by FeloniousHam 10mo ago
This is also a crutch. Take the time to learn the kludgier tool. It will make you a better developer. /s (I'm a big fan of fish)
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by FeloniousHam 10mo ago
It's not that Linux is "bad" when the hardware is incompatible, it's not "Linux's fault". It's that, at a certain age, I don't want to spend my precious few hours of free time working _on_ my co
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by FeloniousHam 10mo ago
"big capital" does not have the monopoly on violence (except in a dictatorship, through connections to the "big man").
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by FeloniousHam 10mo ago
I've been around a while, VSCode is a goddamn miracle.
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
What happens if I lift crates for an hour, get $10, then lend that $10? I risked my hard earned money by lending it, have I "earned" the interest?
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
> I think the fanboys self select for above-average risk tolerance As an admitted FSD fanboy, I think this is correct. You know within a couple of days (or as some have mentioned, one drive) your comfort level with the technology. My w
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
> If you can't bear to pay back even a tiny, tiny fraction of what you've been ~~given~~earned then you shouldn't have it at all. FTFY
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
> Nothing brings down a conversation as quickly as someone like you, trying to justify your purchase by insulting everyone who doesn't agree with your sunk-cost-fallacy-driven opinions. I don't have any sunk cost in FSD. The c
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
I'll grant that the marketing oversells the capabilities of the system, but (as I have commented repeatedly in these FSD threads): anyone using it knows within a couple days their comfort level. I'm utterly unconvinced that any
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
Writing as a conservative, the marketplace is also a huge win. I have an employer-subsidized plan I got through healthcare.gov.
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
I am confuse. I don't know how much Amazon cares about what's sold on their site (probably more than eBay?), but they have most liberal return policy on the internet, and from the one seller I've personally met, they're
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by FeloniousHam 11mo ago
@modeless is essentially arguing for self-insurance, which is perfectly sensible. You don't need insurance for things you can plan for, or have savings for (make sure you're analyzing your total financial tail risk). Dental &quot
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
And said greed (by both founder and shareholders) produced a company that so enriched them BY BEING FAVORED BY BILLIONS(!) of customers worldwide to provide access to range goods with a convenience, price, and speed experienced only by the
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
Ambiguous antecedent. Which "this"?
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
I'm barely a whisper on the Internet, but let me repeat my own daily lived experience with FSD: it's amazing, useful, and a better driver than me 90% of the time. I use it every day on my commute, most days driveway to parking sp
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
There was a time, probably before Reagan came to office, that the cutting/reforming taxes yielded positive returns. But fifty years on, the high-hanging fruit has all been picked. This is widely acknowledged by "true conservative
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
Ugh, capitalism
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
The superiority of democracy is not that it will produce the best leadership. It's that bad leaders can be removed by the governed.
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
I think you underestimate the influences on your own thinking. #renégirard
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
Just want to say thanks for a great app. It's one of my favorite tools, even though I don't get to use it that often.
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
I don't like tipping (in most cases) either, but who is greedy here? The owner, who is following social norms and separating the optional service charge from the cost of the food, or the server dependent on the tip for their wage?
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
No one, and I mean NO ONE who has driven 2 days with FSD has the misconception that a Tesla will drive itself under all conditions, 100% of the time. It _is_ "full self driving" in the sense that it fully, by itself, drives me to
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
I'm not arguing whether fresh food tastes better or is healthier. What I want to see is evidence that "quality" food is (relatively) more expensive in the United States than it is anywhere else in the world. And then maybe
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
> but good quality food is expensive (in the US -- many other parts of the world have their quality food cheaper but I digress Let's digress. I read this frequently in various forms on this forum, and it's always "just so&
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
Ah yes, the greedy sleazeballs. If you knew that the total cost of the meal would be the same, say $20 for the meal, does it to you matter if: 1) you pay $20 "no tip" and the owner pays non-tip minimum wage, or b) you pay $16
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by FeloniousHam 1y ago
I'm proud of your decision to "opt out". I think the incremental improvements that have brought liberal democratic societies to a place of affluence unimaginable to my grandparents will be best sustained and advanced without

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