chrislynch42

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   by chrislynch42 8y ago

   Abortion, Gun Rights and Religious Freedom are low hanging fruit. To my mind, as a nation we are becoming less tolerant rather than more tolerant across the board. One of the reasons I have largely disconnected from Social Media.
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   by chrislynch42 8y ago

   I had already read it and didn't see anything compelling. Basically it says its hard to maintain a tolerant cohesive society with intolerant nincompoops running around. We have intolerant groups on both sides of many issues. Are we g
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   by chrislynch42 8y ago

   Same here. Paid for 2.0 and it was unusable between by Win 10 and Ubuntu boxes. After fighting with it for several hours I just uninstalled and wrote it off as a loss.
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   by chrislynch42 8y ago

   Slippery slopes are real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_.. .
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   by chrislynch42 9y ago

   I was surprised by the responses about Optionals. Will have to look into it. As an alternative I have been looking to use the following to guarantee that certain methods cannot/will not return null (below). Maybe that is the better
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   by chrislynch42 9y ago

   var seems like a bad idea to me. One of the things I like about Java is (strong?) typing. Recently learning C# and was put off by 'var'. Why is it a good idea?
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   by chrislynch42 9y ago

   This is my reasoning as well. Also I am currently returning Optionals from any method that can result in a null.
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   by chrislynch42 9y ago

   I don't agree. If sexism refers to the negative issues only then what is the word for the positive issues of dividing people up by sex?
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   by chrislynch42 9y ago

   No. Having separate bathrooms for men and women is sexist, by definition. What I hoped for was discussion on whether all sexism is bad.
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    by chrislynch42 9y ago

    Being a rapist is illegal, while identifying as a man is not. I would think a better analogy is that a rape support group would not allow male victims as most rapists are men.
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    by chrislynch42 9y ago

    As defined by merriam-webster.com I certainly do. Why do we consider all sexism bad?