GrinningFool

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1501.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
Came across Rudy's during a visit to TX a few years back. Last year I finally ordered one of their briskets shipped - it was nearly as good delivered. (Even as the last of its dry ice evaporated upon arrival.)
1502.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
I once tried to send a brisket email. It... did not end well.
1503.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
If you fail to pay taxes that you owe (and I have not heard you dispute owing them), then you are in violation of the law that you agree to when you remain in your country of residence. If you ignore liens, you have forfeited the right to l
1504.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
As someone raised where I was raised, I agree with you. As someone firmly rooted in reality - I can't. When we participate in a community (be it religious or otherwise, be it of our own informed choice or not) we are bound by the rule
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
I agree that the things MIT did were wrong no matter the outcome. So as we do bring focus on back to it, I only ask that we do so without clouding the issue by branding them as murderers for their wrong actions.
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
Well, yes. Again - the mentality that leads to suicide does not develop in isolation. It is not "weev has picked on me and I am a loser and have no choice or other way out". That may be back-breaking straw, but it's not the
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
This is probably going to cost me karma, but here goes: "Aaron would be alive today if MIT had acted as JSTOR did" So he has no responsibility for the decisions he made, up to and including the final one? Yes, MIT's action
1508.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
It seems like a lot of these comments are missing the point by discussing virtues of various packaging systems and auto-start behaviors. It seems to me that the author was saying that consistency is important - installed services are expect
1509.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
Picture having been left outside while your SO goes to figure out what's going on. She tells you she'll be right back. Two hours later, she comes back. "Sorry, I had to give my talk. They didn't give me a choice. I hope
1510.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
That really is the problem with that kind of situation - I've been there, though not to that extreme. I'd work maybe an hour or two a day, and folks thought I was doing great. When something was really broken they'd call me
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
Indeed. And there is a long and respectable history of journalists doing just that: http://www.rcfp.org/jailed-journalists The list is neither exhaustive nor particularly recent, but certainly it shows this is nothing new
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
Excellent to hear, thanks.
1513.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
Have you driven I95 near Philadelphia lately? I think the contingent of electronic animated, image-changing, and even occasionally flashing billboards carries a slightly higher distraction factor.
1514.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
I typically am more direct re: 1) and it's worked well so far: "Let me give that a bit of thought." Yes, it's followed by silence - but the only person who will be uncomfortable with that is you, if you let yourself be.
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by GrinningFool 13y ago
Looks great - any plans to offer self-hosted for those who want behind-the-firewall solutions?
1516.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
They forgot the most obvious reason of all: Increasing prevalence of tight-fitting clothing for both genders.
1517.
by GrinningFool 13y ago
"I get the sense that people really do believe that tech startups are actually a different beast, that the basic rules do not apply, and that we really are not building businesses as the rules just don't apply to tech startups...