MrMcCall

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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I moved a three-foot-high stack of 4x8' sheetrock from one section of strip mall through the gap in the uncovered metal studs to the next one over, maybe 10ft away. Sheetrock is heavy and unwieldy. Such mindless (but necessary) work.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Very much true, but your experience carries you up a level, so it's really an upward spiral. I like to imagine that the sun is hurtling around the galactic center so the Earth is tracing a spiral around that giant black hole out here i
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
And Shatner is utterly perfect for it, in a very, very strange way.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I waited tables for a few different places, none of it fine dining, but I did try to choose places with good food. Two of the best were a homestyle italian place; I learned that smoked gouda is the best cheese for BBQ chicken pizza, and not
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> The kitchen was easily 110 degrees and had a single comically small fan that did absolute fuck all. I worked as a server at a Golden Corral (large all-you-can-eat buffet here in the States). One summer Sunday, the AC went out early aft
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
And love your kids, folks.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> I'm talking about the time analyzing, not the time executing. I see, and I agree. > And when programming. No words involved, until I write the documentation. Your variable names must be horrible ;-) I do get your point about vi
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
They have been doing really impressive work for some years now. "There's God's side and the other side." --Katt Williams
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> The ability to understand the physics behind how objects work is abstract, but it's a low enough level of abstraction that even simple animals are capable of it. No, it's a physical coordination of our body's neural net
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> I'm curious why you're picking on Gates. Because I felt like willfully ignoring the precept that I should not be talking bad about another person who is not present. I am not fully submitted to the Divine Will, therefore I st
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Writing is far older than that.
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> 1. Clearly false (what words do you use when you plan to throw a ball to a target?) That's physical, not abstract. Our entire body's neural net is used to develop those physical skills. When it comes time to catch or throw a
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Spacial dynamics don't need abstract thinking because they're concrete. For example: throwing a ball, or catching a ball. Understanding the physics or logic behind complex moving pieces does require abstract thinking, but that&#x2
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Thanks for the details. I guess she got what she wanted; it would make sense that he would end up with a person just as cutthroat as himself. And, yeah, it stands to reason that Epstein is the real reason for his radio silence. My point sti
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Abstract conceptual thinking cannot be separated from our language ability, both of which are dependent on our access to mind. [Our brains are the tuners we use to select which realms of thought we are attempting to focus on. Some people ch
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
If there's a person who used ALL his power to win every skirmish, no matter how unscrupulously, it was BG. A guy that powerful and unscrupulous and also unattractive with that horrible voice only gets women because of money and power
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
People still play the lottery, which one of William Gibson's characters in "The Peripheral" calls "the stupidity tax".
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I mean, he wasn't wrong, but he couldn't foresee the positives that would come of the new tech. But sometimes the new tech is a hot x-ray foot measuring machine.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
"Pay a lot, cry once." --Chinese Proverb
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I love how the ignorant go out of their way to prove their ignorance. Their words are worth less than the fleeting vibrations they emit into the ether. All that matters in this world is our compassionate service to humanity. Our happiness,
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
We have been enjoying Massive Attack. The same culture that hatched Banksy is my kind of folks and the music has a good edge, IMO. For modern stuff, I've enjoyed SomaFM's Groove Salad out of San Francisco. They have net streams di
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The problem is that the rich have been getting govt charity for decades, and getting more by the year thanks to the GOP and top Dems. The corporate tax rate is a joke, as are Elmo's tax subsidies and backroom dealings. But it doesn&#x2
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
They won't because they can't. That they're making such absurd arguments is that they refuse to admit they've been and are wrong about the direction this world needs to take. Only the cruel vote for a cruel bastard, only
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That's why this Trump 2.0 is not at all bothering me. I mean, I'm sorry to see the loss of America's unrealized potential, being a great theoretical govt framework, the best in the world, looks to me. But when it gets really
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Only Paul. ;-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> I did wonder if it was pure coincidence. "There are no coincidences." --Master Oogway "There seems no plan because it is all plan." --CS Lewis > that I twigged there was more to its behaviour. :-) Peace be with
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
All scientific exploration begins with the humble acknowledgement that there are aspects of our wonderfully mysterious universe that we simply can't explain (yet). Curiosity then leads us to discover!
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
It's so cool for you to have been blessed like this. You may very well enjoy David Attenborough's series "The Life of Birds". I know my family has. Of course, all of DA's nature series are fantastic. "The Priva
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Here's the one that blows my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq-yQ It's from one of (our honorary Uncle) David Attenborough's nature series, where a Lyre bird is imitating an analog professio
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
If anyone wants to watch one of me and my teens' favorite documentaries ever, check out the story of art forger Mark Landis ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Landis ), named "Art and Craft" ( https:&#x2

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