fatbird

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by fatbird 14y ago
Isn't MariaDB the fork by Monty, the original developer of MySQL who sold it to Sun in the first place, setting off multiple rounds of cashing out?
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by fatbird 14y ago
From what I've heard, it's because we've now got decades of experience engineering uranium fission reactors, during which we've learned tons about the practical engineering challenges involved. While thorium looks great on paper, engineers
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by fatbird 14y ago
What's the fallacy?
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by fatbird 14y ago
Whether or not they exist anyway, it seems obvious to me that a supportive peer group is going to increase their effectiveness at predation. Perhaps they talk about it so much that they don't get around to doing it--studies on violent porno
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by fatbird 14y ago
You don't think that enabling them to discuss it, enables them to carry it out? Who's the more effective child predator: the one who does it alone, with little guidance or feedback from others; or the guy who spends time discussing it with
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by fatbird 14y ago
He knowingly deposited a fake check, expecting that the exact clearance mechanisms you mention would catch it, and the deposit rejected. As evidence that he wasn't committing fraud, he didn't endorse the check, so no intent to commit fraud
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by fatbird 14y ago
Generally, negotiations favour the prepared. By ambushing him, FB was hoping to trick him into negotiating unprepared. Dalton, by experience or judgement or both, recognized the ambush and dealt with it well. Someone else might start tal
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by fatbird 14y ago
It was an ambush that was designed to give FB an advantage in negotiating with him. It was hardball tactics, carried out in bad faith. Why should Dalton feel neutral about being on the receiving end of that?
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by fatbird 14y ago
I started with Shaw and then switched to Novus in my building.
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by fatbird 14y ago
And yet I have cheaper, faster broadband in Vancouver than I did in Milwaukee, set up with far less hassle and without continual talk about capping usage or filtering torrent traffic. Having lived both countries, I feel far better served a
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by fatbird 14y ago
http://cryptome.org/cia-iran-all.htm The CIA, in its own words, seems to feel that it was responsible for the "overthrow" of Mosaddegh, in a "coup" (their words). At the time of the coup, Mosaddegh was more popular than before, enjoying m
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by fatbird 14y ago
The CIA was responsible, under Eisenhower's direction, for overthrowing Mosaddegh in Iran, leading to the Shah, and then the hostage crisis and the current regime. When you wave your hands and pretend to be adding up wins and losses like t
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by fatbird 14y ago
Okay, that's my reading comprehension going astray right there, that is. Good catch.
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by fatbird 14y ago
If I donated $200,000 to worthy causes, I'd feel like my life had gotten better.
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by fatbird 14y ago
Ego gratifying false dichotomy.