LordKano

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by LordKano 9y ago
For me, that happened when I became the father of two little girls. My radar is up whenever I am in public with my daughters. I notice if strangers look for too long in their direction or if I see someone hanging out where children are, wit
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by LordKano 9y ago
Thank you, that's a great example. I'm sure that they don't call it a "dood paneel" but in effect, it's a death panel.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Every system does. They're not called "death panels" but that's the function. There's a reason why a 97 year old with terminal cancer isn't going to receive a liver transplant ahead of a 12 year old with no oth
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by LordKano 9y ago
>But I think that having a utilitarian view toward delivering healthcare is frequently unethical once you start rationing care (eg, I’m 75 and not working at all, living off social security, $300k heart surgery is detrimental to society’
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by LordKano 9y ago
One could call this "eugenics" in the same way you could when women disqualify short men as romantic partners for concerns about having short children.
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by LordKano 9y ago
>I think that any large bureaucracy, including ones in big corps, attract people like this. This is certainly true of my last employer. Let's just say it's a famous Fortune 500 company, in heavy industry. I have seen a great ma
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by LordKano 9y ago
I know there's a joke to be made here. "TP" link firmware is peeing in the pool of ntp servers... I think I need more coffee first.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I teach my elementary school age children about the Latin and Greek roots of the words we use to give them a better understanding of things. I won't know how effective my instruction is until they're much older but it's my be
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by LordKano 9y ago
I completely understand that Google has to retire products that are not profitable. I'm speaking only of my own frustration. There are ripple effects that impact Google's other businesses. I wasn't willing to switch to Google
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by LordKano 9y ago
After the frustration I faced when google killed iGoogle, I decided that I would never again become invested in anything from Google other than search and email.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Common sense would say that it should be an allowed reason to reject an applicant but the law says what it says, not what it should say.
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by LordKano 9y ago
When that day comes, it'll be too late. You'll be the frog who was slow boiled in the pot.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Reinforcing their role as revenue generators instead of peace officers.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I'm a black guy in tech. I have never had a problem in the industry solely because of my race. I have had personality conflicts that may have been exacerbated because of culture differences but it was the personality conflicts that wer
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by LordKano 9y ago
Their complaint about this is that it's hard to do that. Well, that's good. I think that law enforcement SHOULD be hard. It should be hard and complicated and time consuming. One of the worst things I can imagine is idle law enf
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by LordKano 9y ago
Mmmmmmm. BBS glory days. Sometimes, I miss that era. I could tell the speed of the connection by the sound of the handshake.
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by LordKano 9y ago
No. I wasn't being sarcastic. Yes. It is precisely what I said it was. The existing market wasn't being responsive to the wants and needs of their customers so the underground market sprung up to meet those needs. It's not th
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by LordKano 9y ago
This is an example of market forces at work.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Just wait until they discover the people like me, who want Über Ultra Extreme End to End Encryption. ÜUEE2EE is the future.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Is it fair to label it "anti-government paranoia" after Snowden let us know that they really are spying on all of us?
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by LordKano 9y ago
> they also get to sink their heat into adjacent and highly conductive components like the screen and battery. And the screen provides a much larger surface area for both conductive and convective heat transfer than that little IC. His q
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by LordKano 9y ago
There aren't a lot but some really stand out. For example, what's known as the "habitual be". In SAE, one would say something like "Sam is walking that route to the store and does so regularly." In AAVE, an equ
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by LordKano 9y ago
Sometimes, you have to do the needful to get ahead at work.
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by LordKano 9y ago
There is a very big aspect that people overlook in this conversation. There is what is known as the "dialect of power" and in the US that is Standard American English. It's not necessarily "wrong" to speak AAVE but
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by LordKano 9y ago
It remains a thing now. What makes a bigot crazier than anything? Seeing one of "our" females with one of "their" males.
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by LordKano 9y ago
Humans are also Ferengi. Acquisition of wealth over all else. Humans are Vulcans too. Out logical selves in conflict with our emotions. I have always loved how Star Trek aliens are a reflection of some part of humanity.
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by LordKano 9y ago
You can never underestimate the creativity of people who have virtually unlimited time on their hands. For all but the most violent of offenders, it's not worthwhile to spend the kind of money one would need to regulate their every act
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by LordKano 9y ago
6-7 years ago, someone stole my debit card number and bought a bunch of random items. I found out within a few days, was able to have my money returned to my account and a new card issued, then three months later it happened again. Again, I
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by LordKano 9y ago
Somehow, I feel like I should have something more profound to say here. I have been considering getting one of their kits for my children to build and learn.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I bought a Lifetime PlexPass earlier this month. I regard these developments with cautious optimism. I get off of this train when they start introducing plug-ins to integrate DRMed services. Like a Netflix or Hulu pass-through. No thank you

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