barneygumble742

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by barneygumble742 9y ago
The lobbyists never stopped advising. In fact his administration is filled with former lobbyists that are now on the executive branch's payroll. That's one way to drain the swamp.
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by barneygumble742 9y ago
Why does the density matter since any plastic in the ocean will eventually get broken down to smaller pieces by the salt water?
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
Trump says abortion and transgender bathroom use should be a states issue, then what about recreational marijuana? His lapdog Chris Christie even called it months ago when he said "enjoy it while you can..."
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
We did up until it all went downhill. Circa 2001, they went from hand-drawn to digital animation so the quality of the writing took a back seat to getting quick jokes on the air in a few weeks instead of months. Hand-drawn required more mon
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
How is Annapurna and A24 disrupting Hollywood?
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
Obama has said that the two cases are different in that Manning has gone through the legal system, sentenced, and serving time, whereas Snowden is in a country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US and hasn't been tr
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
It would be great if I can buy my physical line (to the interconnect) from my current ISP. Then I'm responsible for getting someone to service the quality of that connection between my house and this connection.
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
The fastest and laziest way of gerrymandering is by strictly using party affiliation. One can correlate party affiliation with race/gender/household income/county tax rates. At the state level, all this information is availab
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
I know. In the past whether it was a republican or a democrat administration, they have always taken the counsel of the DOD very seriously. But like many things after this consequential election, the country is in uncharted territory. The U
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
Apparently, trump and his entourage are keeping an enemies list.
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
It comes down to the DOD having a serious talk with Trump. They have been taking it just as seriously as the EPA.
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
Yes and no. Depends on the project's importance and funding. It's always about funding.
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
The problem with F/OSS in the DoD is supportability. If the software is fielded, there has to be someone (person or company) that's on stand-by that is available to support the product. This includes code maintenance and informati
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
My dad's family in India are very anti-gay, anti-muslim and they are elated at the result. When my aunt came for my wedding, she asked "Why is an African the president?" There's a amount of people inside and outside of t
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by barneygumble742 10y ago
How would drone strikes have saved the americans inside the compound? How can drones be deployed so quickly at a moments notice, let alone get near their target in a reasonable time? You're thinking of Iron Man. We're not there...
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
Self-doubt and fear of getting audited leads many for paid second opinion.
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
I really hope companies like Lockheed Martin do not get into the autonomous infrastructure or self-driving vehicle business. LM already has their tentacles into federal/state governments with traffic monitoring programs, 911 operations
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
To me the extra year in a job is trivial because I spent close to 9 years in school, working part-time to pay for college/grad school. And who knows what the future holds? However, I am hoping that by the time they're in high scho
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
This is very timely for me. Just this morning I was on the phone talking to the school district about how strict the cutoff date is. Most of US is set to Sep. 1 (9 months after the new year). My kids were born in mid-Sep. I read two lengthy
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
I wonder if Google Trends is confusing 'basic income' with people searching for 'basic income tax'. There tend to be mini-spikes always in February and March; when most people file their taxes.
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
Also it can be visualized to see which USC's have the most, least, common, contradictions. Talk about 'big government.' This can easily be solved. Most importantly, we can see if there are any gaps rather than waiting for a c
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
That caught my attention as well. Why not send some to the east coast to de-ice in the winter?!
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by barneygumble742 11y ago
This is happening now in many third-world countries where it's more profitable for Pepsi and Coca Cola to sell bottled water.