eplanit

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by eplanit 5y ago
Godspeed to framework! When you have a linux version I'll buy one.
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by eplanit 5y ago
That review is indeed lukewarm, but lists not one specific gripe as to anything wrong or not working. It's really a worthless review.
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The California Dream Is Dying(theatlantic.com)
3 points by eplanit 5y ago|1 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
And feels like it still is.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Indian-American: An American citizen whose family came from India. American Indian: same as Native American.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Wasn't K-Pop bombardment working well enough as a downvote mechanism? /s Twitter is a sewer.
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The Decadence of Economics(thepublicdiscourse.com)
2 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's tiresome. You can't use the image of a Native American as a symbol of strength and bravery as was done by sports teams and clubs -- despite the explicit intention of honor, it's cast as an insult (the Washington Redskin
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by eplanit 5y ago
So if I go on an ocean cruise I'm a Sailor?
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by eplanit 5y ago
Hmmm.. the photo seems to indicate otherwise: https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1417251070989029376
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's intersting (sort of) to contrast Bezos with Musk on this: Musk wants to colonize other planets, and in his other work to convert from fossil fuels -- truly moving the species forward. Bezos, on the other hand, fancies himself as
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by eplanit 5y ago
Yes, water dowsing is bullshit, and that has broad consensus. So, the author uses that to basically make the argument that journalism should no longer be objective (the current prevailing trend amongst journalists, it seems), and to report
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by eplanit 5y ago
He handled that gracefully, which shows very good people ("soft") skills. One "consultant" technique I use in such situations is to say the correct thing, but while giving "credit" to the person who was actuall
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by eplanit 5y ago
I'm guessing the Android Launcher is next to have banner ads.
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by eplanit 5y ago
"Diet soda, dunno what to do with that one." Let people decide for themselves? Alcohol is unhealthy, so it should be banned. Hamburgers are high fat and environmentally impactful, so those should be banned, too. Let's not fo
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7777 Days(youtube.com)
1 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's like how Nevada residents _insist_ on the incorrect pronunciation of the name of their state[1]. I go with the "when in Rome..." philosophy -- I say it wrong when I'm there, too. [1] https://www.mentalfl
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Feminism’s Last Battle(thepublicdiscourse.com)
4 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
For me, it would be because of a great ("great" as in Ed Wood style film-making) movie "The Monster that Challenged the World" (even the title seems low budget). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050722&
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by eplanit 5y ago
I didn't define race in any sociopolitical way -- precisely the opposite, in fact. The socio-political aspect comes from the Nationality+Ethnicity parts. My wife is Chinese, and feels a racial kinship to Asian people from many countri
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by eplanit 5y ago
The definitions I've known have remained stable until very recently. I'll stick with Race: genetics; Ethnicity: the group/tribe one "grows up" or is most shaped by; Nationality: the country you're in/from
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by eplanit 5y ago
Wrong. Try Japan. They're clean, polite, and courteous. Crowded trains in August (like all year) are surprisingly absent of body odor (and litter, and noisy people, ...). Different folks are indeed different in some ways.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Those are examples of a morally conservative society, in which a Judeo-Christian value system was in place, and when there was a stronger emphasis on conformity. I guess the sensitivity was in breaking those rules. In those times too, how
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by eplanit 5y ago
And true in Europe today. Ever been on a train in Germany in the summertime?
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by eplanit 5y ago
That's true. It was the 1970s when we were pressuring the stepfather.
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by eplanit 5y ago
I think you're conflating race with ethnicity and nationality, which makes all three concepts meaningless.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Allies, not buddies.
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by eplanit 5y ago
"US soldier were rude, assertive and agressive towards women, and this was caused by racism and too much ego" Do you regard French and Americans as different races?
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by eplanit 5y ago
To me it is logic and wisdom, with some (appropriate) bias towards its audience.
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by eplanit 5y ago
The French love insulting Americans nearly as much as the Brits enjoy insulting the French (it's like a sport there).

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