JohnFen

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by JohnFen 9mo ago
The cognitive dissonance is strong with those guys. ICE is doing exactly what Trump wants them to do, in the way he wants them to do it. It's not logically tenable to condemn ICE's actions and also praise Trump.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
I don't think it makes sense to call winners and losers before the battle is anywhere close to being over.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
> Perhaps if someone is misusing their access to an administrative or law enforcement database to ‘run plates’ and report on who owns the vehicle, this could be unlawful. But that's not an example of something that would be illegal
844.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
That may be true in the abstract (although it doesn't matter if the cops think you're breaking the law. What matters is whether or not a judge does). However, neither Border patrol nor ICE have been exhibiting thoughtfulness or pa
845.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
It's because the operations are intended to punish the citizens of states that Trump is mad at. The lie that it's mostly about immigration is revealed by the very facts that you state.
846.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Yes, that's one of the main reasons why I loathe automatic updates.
847.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Frequent releases are very annoying, it's true. But unless automatic updates are being forced on you, nothing says you have to stay in sync with a project's update schedule.
848.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Did it backfire? I thought that the whole reason for the RTO mandate was to encourage people to quit and discourage people from applying. A less painful way to reduce headcount.
849.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
> I see a future where real creatives simply don't post stuff online, and anything online is not trusted. This shift is already well underway. I know a fair number of artists of various sorts (most are writers), and almost half have
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
> These are very, very common problems; not edge cases. Honestly? Over the course of my career, I've only rarely encountered these sorts of problems. When I have, they've come from poorly engineered libraries anyway.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
I agree entirely. C doesn't need this. That I don't have to deal with such a thing has become a new and surprising advantage of the language for me.
852.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Never forget or forgive those companies that are helping the the federal attack on our nation and its citizens.
853.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Nobody knows, particularly not those who are sure that they do.
854.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
I'm not going to feel sorry for powerful CEOs who kiss the ring of the people trying do so much harm not only to the US, but the world.
855.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
> (he's been compromised since the 80's) I think "corrupt" is a better term than "compromised".
856.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
If it's taking more than a few minutes to explain something, write an explainer paper about it rather than writing the explanation in the message itself. Then publish that paper (or at least keep it handy) and point people to it when t
857.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
> How do you deal with this trade-off between being clear and being fast? Clarity is much more important than speed.
858.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Well, of course. That's because ICE is being used as a weapon against those US citizens that have the unmitigated gall to refuse to bend at the knee to our wannabe tyrant-in-chief.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
Some boredom is good for everybody. "Chronic boredom" is bad for everybody. The two things are not the same. The whole point of the "boredom is good" realization is that the opposite -- needing to be distracted and enter
860.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
> (I'm accustomed to seeing Reason accused of leaning right, so it's a little disorienting to see all of this.) We're well past these issues dividing on a left/right line. They're dividing on a freedom/tyran
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
> Even if it’s not “who he is” We are what we do.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
> "boycott all these goobers" is not the _only thing_ in the world a person can do at once. This. Boycotts can be effective and important tools, but they aren't sufficient all by themselves. No tool is.
863.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
For me, the immediate question isn't "should I pay to use Linux" (I already do). This is a nonstarter for me simply because I don't do software subscriptions, and especially not for operating systems. However, this appea
864.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Remember, kids: any data being held by any company is data that is available to any government agency.
865.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Well, it at least used to not suck nearly as bad even if you're only looking at first class.
866.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
I have electrically heated gloves that work very well. That seems like a much simpler solution.
867.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
Except that you can't. Yes, you can have a substantially better experience by paying more, but it's still not a great one.
868.
by JohnFen 9mo ago
> According to the message, despite a constructive discussion on the topic during the most recent DebConf, no new volunteers came forward. Wait... The team all left in a short period of time, and at a Debian conference nobody expressed a
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
> So if you're looking for U.S. Top 40, it's gone-that's what no one cares about except people who want to write articles about music. Ahh, that makes sense. I'm in the "don't care about Top 40" camp.
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by JohnFen 9mo ago
Musk is a liar.

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