chkaloon

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Steering Into the Iceberg [audio](dancarlin.com)
14 points by chkaloon 6y ago|4 comments
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by chkaloon 6y ago
You must not be from around here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
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by chkaloon 6y ago
The useful thing about seeing 'Democrat' in a comment is that it is immediately obvious which way their bias leans.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
BGP and its associated tools is beginning to look like a national, actually global, systemic risk.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Wonder if that's that why Feedly is down
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Just fire their ass, and walk them to the door. Simple. Of course, lock their internal accounts first.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
I don't know, Gordian II's bust looks more like Pete Townsend than the ML version would indicate. Maybe it's the eye color.
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The World That China Wants (III): Taking Chinese Communism Seriously(scholars-stage.blogspot.com)
4 points by chkaloon 6y ago|0 comments
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Just spent 3 months in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Intel construction work there is full speed ahead it seems. Of course that could change pretty quickly, but right now it sure looks like they intend to keep fabs going in the US.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Very cool. Always amazed at how much cloud cover there is. Using Google Earth and maps, you forget about that.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
TWIV - This Week In Virology
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Dr. Fauci interview 7/16 on TWIV podcast(pca.st)
1 points by chkaloon 6y ago|1 comments
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The World That Twitter Made(scholars-stage.blogspot.com)
52 points by chkaloon 6y ago|15 comments
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2020(peterturchin.com)
1 points by chkaloon 6y ago|0 comments
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Printing on Windows has been a dumpster fire for 25 years. Nothing new.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
I wonder if I ran this through Google Translate a few times it would become easier to read.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
"that journalism needs to be rebuilt around that moral clarity, which means ending its attempt to see all sides of a story, when there is only one, and dropping even an attempt at objectivity" So, what all encompassing media are t
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by chkaloon 6y ago
And before someone says "what about the bots!", the mayhem I'm talking about is leaked documents, emails, phone calls, etc.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
I find it interesting that groups like Anonymous and Lulz Sec, whatever that is, aren't more active right now. Seems like there's lots of opportunity for causing mayhem at the moment. Maybe anti-cyber criminal work has gotten real
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by chkaloon 6y ago
If you want to get out of CA altogether, the Willamette Valley in Oregon is beautiful and reasonable. Vinyards and nut farms, mountains, hiking, skiing, and beaches within 90 minutes. You can live as rural or urban as you like, depending ho
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Churches are indoors, protests are outdoors typically.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Shorter answer - yes. Some Ham radios won't transmit by default on those frequencies, but it typically can be overridden. And yes, it goes against the rules of your license, including the playing of music over the air.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
You can actually get some pretty quality handguns in some Walmarts, and Fred Meyer for that matter. And yes, background checks are required for most purchases. But not for private purchases or gun shows in most states. Doesn't need to
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Sorry, what is an OTA? Travel Agency?
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Google Voice is still around, but that's got to disappear at some point. What could be keeping it alive are lots of small businesses and sole proprietors that use it.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
"how revolutions start: when members of the elite try to overturn the political order to better suit themselves." - Kind of against the conventional definition of a revolution.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
November, to be more precise
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Great analogy. I just finished "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", and your concept of animal spirit sounds similar to Phaedrus' concept of quality.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Right now, sure. But I think we're talking longer term. We've been in an asset/debt bubble for quite a while. Some would argue decades. Inflation may be the least painful way out.
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by chkaloon 6y ago
Regarding #2, or rather inflation, is it a hidden way to transfer wealth from one generation to the next? Older savers see their wealth dissolve away due to inflation, while the younger generations are held somewhat stable by rising wages.

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