dirtmerchant

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by dirtmerchant 7mo ago
Amazon does not claim to be “pro-consumer “ Instead they claim to be “customer-obsessed “ Obsession is rarely a net-positive for the target of the obsesser.
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by dirtmerchant 1y ago
Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.
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by dirtmerchant 1y ago
Imagine a world where Joseph Smith had chosen to lean into his undeniable skills as a writer of historical fiction. Instead he chose the path of religious charlatan, and western literature is all the lesser for it.
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by dirtmerchant 1y ago
Imagine a world where Joseph Smith had chosen to lean into his undeniable skills as a writer of historical fiction. Instead he chose the path of religious huckster, and western literature is all the lesser for it.
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by dirtmerchant 3y ago
I can’t believe someone wrote an article about Neopets without mentioning the founder, Doug Dohring’s, ties with Scientology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dohring
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by dirtmerchant 4y ago
Please enlighten us. What do you mean by "clean up"? Keep in mind, we're all engineers here, so details matter. I'll wait.
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by dirtmerchant 4y ago
Let's leave aside the atrocities committed by British Colonialism. In fairness, those crimes are far bigger than any one person. Instead, focus on the individual. This is a woman who brow beat her daughter in law to the such a degree,
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by dirtmerchant 7y ago
A lot more. Despite the fact that the US already imprisons a disproportionate percentage of its populate, AG Barr is a vocal advocate of vastly increasing the use of detention. https://www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice&#x
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by dirtmerchant 8y ago
I have enough in my todo list without adding “learn emacs” to it.
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GM is going All Electric(wired.com)
2 points by dirtmerchant 9y ago|0 comments
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UtahWatch evaluates and rates the HTTPS support of almost 300 Utah websites(secureutah.github.io)
1 points by dirtmerchant 10y ago|0 comments
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Say Allo to Insecurity(pthree.org)
3 points by dirtmerchant 10y ago|0 comments
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by dirtmerchant 11y ago
Where can I send donations to the political party that proposes a license to breed?
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by dirtmerchant 11y ago
Check the fine print. Even with the self-hosted version, Atlassian is scraping the chat data for analytic purposes. This was confirmed by Atlassian support via a HIPPA audit at my last gig.