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by eej71 2y ago
I mainly use microsoft terminal now just beacuse it did a better job handling more of the font decorations (italic was one that I recall). My one gripe though is that it seems like microsoft terminal is still kind of slow at scrolling. If I
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by eej71 2y ago
Maybe some day we can come full circle and bring imake back to life and have it generate cmake files.
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by eej71 2y ago
I've often wondered if our complete demonization of all smoking was a bit of a disservice to the sporadic smoke that likely helped with managing one's weight which has its own health benefits.
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by eej71 2y ago
I had initially ignored the show because they had cast Keri Russell which I had assumed to be a total light weight. So I missed it the first few years and then I realized after its fourth renewal - gee maybe its good - and well - I was comp
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by eej71 2y ago
The Atlantic ran an interesting piece about the details of how that op-ed came together. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tom-cotton...
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by eej71 2y ago
We will likely disagree. My perspective is that you can only regulate things out of production. You can't regulate things into production. If that were true, politicians could have made us all rich by their wise words and actions. But
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by eej71 2y ago
I don't think that's what's being proposed. The thesis being offered - which you will likely disagree with - can be read as - the economic capacity certainly exists, but the regulatory regime prices it out of the market.
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by eej71 2y ago
It would be great if its true! Perhaps its really there and we're all just blind to it? Unlikely, but I'm willing to be surprised.
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by eej71 2y ago
I think the great architectural challenge would be - how does one add that byte to the IP header in a non-breaking way?
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by eej71 3y ago
Agreed! Grew up in Illinois. Live in CT now. Miss those summer thunderstorms in the midwest.
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by eej71 3y ago
I agree with what I think is the implied premise of your question - which - I'd make explicit as - its not clear we can agree what the lessons even were? For example, was it good that we closed parks? Remember when sand was poured into
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by eej71 3y ago
On the flip side, I think religion has had a monopoly on the idea that only it can provide that kind of space for such relationships. I don't think that's true.
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by eej71 3y ago
I'd make the case your viewpoint is symptomatic of the power of bad ideas. In this case, specifically accepting the idea that individuals do not have responsibility for their own actions or for how they relate to the people around them
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by eej71 3y ago
I think the "Peak Oil" mindset peaked in the 70s. While solar, wind and hydro seem infinite - they don't just magically reach the end user. Solar requires solar panels which have a finite life span. Same for all the other ene
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by eej71 3y ago
Everything is a finite resource. No?
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by eej71 3y ago
I like the space, but I think that's because it loosely resembles a Frank Lloyd Wright space. https://franklloydwright.org/frank-lloyd-wrights-larkin-and-...
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by eej71 3y ago
You have provided, perhaps unintentionally, a wonderful concretization on the difference between political power and economic power. In even simpler terms, its the difference between the gun and the dollar.
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by eej71 3y ago
I think you'd have to be very clear about how this is different than the previous attempts at such "rationally planned democratic societies".
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by eej71 3y ago
Your usage of the word "hoarding" implies a Scrooge McDuck view of wealth where its just stashed away in some vault - never put to use. Yet nothing could be further from the truth.
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by eej71 3y ago
I've always drifted back to the terminal based emacs for two reasons. While I've been using X11 off and on since the 90s, I still do not understand how to deal with fonts beyond helplessly googling for a constructive command I eve
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by eej71 3y ago
The ideology of Islamic Fundamentlism is responsible for these terrorists. If Israel deserves any blame, its for listening to The West's constant demands for appeasement.
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by eej71 3y ago
If Israel is guilty of a sin, they are guilty of moral appeasement. They need to stop giving sanction to their destroyers.
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by eej71 3y ago
When I was in high school - many years ago - I had embraced more of the pro Palestine views espoused here. But as I’ve watched these events unfold over the last 40 years, I now see the errors in my thinking. If that means I stand alone, I s
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by eej71 3y ago
As one source, I'd highly recommend Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam. Yasmine Mohammed provides some first hand experiences here. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49645708
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by eej71 3y ago
They don't have to go away. But, I think its reasonable to assert that the Arab world desperately needs to become more secularized. Most of the Arab world is deeply anti-semitic, deeply tribal (even amongst themselves), and deeply back
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by eej71 3y ago
I think its reasonable to expect the same level of adherance to such a ceasefire that was also in place prior to Oct 7th.
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by eej71 3y ago
I think the premise of "the law of retaliation is a moral dead end" is just a high minded pathway to endless violence and anarchy.
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by eej71 3y ago
You aren't the only one who has noticed.
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by eej71 3y ago
I think in the history of warfare - especially when looking at wars that successfully and positively changed the course of history - winning usually requires one to "take it to the people" - especially when its a populace that at
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by eej71 3y ago
Leaving aside whether or not that's a good goal, these venues NEED trading to happen through them in order to survive. It's a bit like being a newspaper opposed to publishing new news articles everyday. That can be a goal, I guess

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