Spearchucker

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by Spearchucker 6y ago
Love it. Sadly scratch-building from styrene is an art that's losing ground to 3D printing. Here's a guy who scratch-builds toy trucks https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Rc/FordF5Coe.html
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by Spearchucker 6y ago
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic. Taking someone to court for not paying a debt and then (if severe enough) sending them to prison ends up costing the state, and tax payer, a lot more than just writing off the debt. It&#x27
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Demonstrate that you're open to another way and I'll happily debate this. For example saying that the employed would be taxed because it's easy is based on what, exactly? There are economic models that support a variety of li
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Those who work wouldn't necessarily be taxed, so they don't need to support those unable or unwilling to work. The world today has the wealth to pull this off. The government (or some other entity) could employ people to generate
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
There's a halfway house. Give everybody a basic living wage. If somebody wants to do more, sich as being a doctor, engineer or farmer, then pay them commensurately more. Change taxation to suit.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Pretty certain he described his generalized perception - I doubt he'd stand by it as an absolute.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
The Russians also thought victory in Afghanistan was possible. Their humiliation was absolute. The US' mistake was not capitalizing on Russia's failure, choosing instead to make exactly the same mistake.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
HERE WeGo (erstwhile Nokia Maps) does bicycle directions. Unbelievably brilliant in Europe with pretty much all cycle paths included.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Many in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (I'm sure other countries too, just no personal knowledge) buy more and more second hand clothing because of the envirnmental impact the fashion industy makes. I do the same. There's some q
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Maybe because just a few short years ago Google was the darling of the internet because search and chrome were better than anything else. People believed the do no evil spin. And back then why wouldn't they?
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Data is encrypted (or not) by the client. The server is a zero-knowledge sync service. I have an open source client that does client side encryption. I hope that once released people will use it, or ideas from it, to create their own client
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
There are a whole lot of products and services in that list I haven't heard of so will be checking those out. Notable about the list is the absence of anything from Microsoft. I cannot (will not, truth be told) do without Office and Ex
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Multiple clients sync to/from a server. Server syncs with other servers. Part of the sync with clients is a list of all servers so clients can cycle servers until sync succeeds. Eventual consistency. I'm doing this with a small da
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Soooo this. Recently bought a place (attached house in a row of 3) that won design awards. It's beautiful to be sure, but it's COLD. I made a garden gate with a village of 4 birdhouses above it. I hung geraniums from the balcony,
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Used to be borderline militant in avoiding anything Google. I've calmed down a bit in that I no longer preach at my girlfriend about it. But I have to this day not used any Google app or service other than when mandated by work. And ne
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
It's a shame that the origami association folded.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Many people if asked can't articulate what they want, and yet know or recognize it when they see it.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
This blog post addresses two issues - cost and support. There are a few more that are more important to me and why I won't move to LO. Which I was forced to use for almost a year a year ago - In order of importance (to me) : ● Document
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
This gets complex fast. The access control list needs to travel with the data. Revocation can theoretically take forever (until all offline clients get back online). Onwer signing content is great but breaks rule 4 (It should support collab
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
The distinction is meaningless. My data, and data about me is collected against my will without my consent for a third party's financial gain. It. Is. Wrong. There is no nuance that legitimizes any, or even any part of it.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
The distinction is meaningless. My data, and data about me is collected against my will without my consent for a third party's financial gain. It, ALL OF IT, is wrong. There is no nuance that legitimizes ANY of it.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
I use 10 daily and see no ads. Where does windows 10 show ads?
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
All true. There are other realities worth considering too - one being that if sex workers are driven from Amsterdam, that they'll simply go elsewhere. Ostend and Bremerhaven are both served by ferries from the UK. What might the financ
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
Maybe a stretch to equip F18/As with a USB plug, but could make sense in airplanes, floatplane and helicopters.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
I had around 10 years' experience by then. Found a dream job in London but they imploded two days after I started. Took me six months to find something else. And that turned out to be an OK job with EDS, but at half what I was earning
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
This is exactly why I moved my personal web site from the US to Germany and not to Iceland (which was my original plan). The thing of it was that GDPR provided better protection than no GDPR, and the cables negate any other benefit anyway.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
So they want the app store but as soon as it gets comlex or difficult to manage they kick up their heels and ban apps rather than stepping up to the plate and owning thier problem.
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
So you want two devices that communicate via a network? Or one device with muitiple monitors? Which are both already possible...
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
It's called workplace bullying in the UK. When I started my career I put up with it for the money. About 7 years in I walked out (quite literally) after the most amazing amount of verbal abuse I've seen delivered in an unjustified
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by Spearchucker 7y ago
History is written by the victor.

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