StarGrit

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by StarGrit 11mo ago
People "roll coal" it because it is kinda amusing to do it, and it is a middle finger towards people they perceive to be preachy. I accidentally "rolled coal" in my 90s Landrover because I was in totally the wrong gear g
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
It is following a magazine style. This is partly to elicit an emotional reaction and partly I suspect because the copy writer is bored and wishes they were writing novels instead.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
Thanks. I was vaguely aware of who this person was. I was more referring to the schizophrenia.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
No I am not.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
Is there any direct evidence of what you claim? Otherwise this is speculation.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
You become an expert by tinkering and experimenting. I understand a lot about how bicycles work because I tinkered and built my own. It isn't exactly the same as hacking, but it is very similar. When you work on old bikes, motorbikes,
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
I'm am aware of this raid and similar ones. It doesn't make you the main character or really that important. Whenever the EFF post something, I know it will be ignored by almost anyone that has power .
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
Believe it or not if you are an expert in almost field you will understand things that other people do not. A lot of people in those fields will feel that way you are describing. There is nothing special about this because you happen to be
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
I think the Ninja stuff tbh comes from like a lot of pseudo-eastern philosophy that people buy into when it comes to programming and/or videos games e.g. the CSS Zen Garden.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
There is significant overlap between the two groups.
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
It literally isn't whataboutism. It is a statement of fact about the nature of the US state (and would apply to most western ones tbh). Freedom of Speech is simply a privilege that those in power grant you when it is convenient to do s
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
Freedom of Speech has and will be suppressed by various governments, with various reasons being given. This has been going on for longer than any of us have been alive. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
Maybe I am too dismissive/cynical, but my impression is that people who write stuff like this really want to think they are the main character in a movie. The way it is written is a bit like the the Navy Seal, GNU-Linux copy-pastas. If
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
I feel that you are being deliberately obtuse. It is pretty obvious how they are intertwined. I actually spoke to a friend of mine who basically knows a huge amount of history (he is at University doing some sort Masters in a related subjec
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by StarGrit 11mo ago
> Regardless why is it strictly relevant what happened 250-800 years before the Iberian kingdoms expelled or exterminated their Muslim and Jewish population? The Reconquista partially led to the Inquisition. The Reconquista started 711 a
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by StarGrit 1y ago
Why do people always ignore what happened before a few hundred years before? The Moors invaded Spain and were advancing into Europe and moved into what is modern day France. It also ignores that Muslims and Christians would in-fight between
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by StarGrit 1y ago
> London has pretty much a bit of everything. And even next door boroughs can be polar opposites. People say this in defence of the city. But I was an occasional visitor (usually seeing Uni mates). My experience as someone that occasiona
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by StarGrit 1y ago
> The Spanish state (crown, army, church) had just gone through several centuries of horrific mass-murder of non-Christians in Spain, where the most brutal and sadistic thugs were politically elevated. That is one hell of a gloss over of
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by StarGrit 1y ago
TBF you couldn't pay me to Live in London.
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by StarGrit 1y ago
I've heard stories of like high level Gaming PCs and other expensive items just being left in University Halls after those Students leave.