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by freedude 4y ago
It is incomplete and inaccurate. i.e. current service I have is not reported in the map, service drops we no longer use but still exist in the demarc are not reported. Perhaps one day it will be useful, but in the 6 locations I could use it
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by freedude 4y ago
"I feel disappointed, jealous." Perhaps this is why you don't understand what being extraordinary is all about. I didn't get where I was by feeling sorry for myself. I spent the time and energy learning where I failed an
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by freedude 4y ago
If I am doing wrong in order to perform good deeds I am setting myself up for a lifetime as a failure. This is like the mafia leader that gives to the church. Good deeds can never pay back the evil anyone has ever committed. The solution is
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by freedude 4y ago
>With that said, what does this title have to do with the article linked to which is titled: >Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales Yup, I didn't click the link to read the article. Mo
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by freedude 4y ago
Many years ago I drove truck on the weekends. I delivered cannery waste (pea pods, cauliflower leaves and ends, corn husks and cobs, etc...) to sheep ranches, dairies and feed lots. I would arrive at the field and open the gate to drive int
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by freedude 4y ago
In any environment synchronous communication can be an interruption. My desk phone is one for instance. You essentially have 100 desk phones ringing at any given time. Yup I see the issue. 1. Unplug from slack for 20-30 minute intervals (se
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by freedude 4y ago
Hydrogen production is a way for excess electricity from nuclear power to be stored. Is it the best way? In some circumstances it may be. At the consumer level, when I read about the dangers of lithium batteries catching fire, hydrogen soun
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by freedude 4y ago
Yes, brain growth and learning/remembering stuff for instance.
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by freedude 4y ago
One "cost savings" will come in the form of employee layoffs and then the following payroll reductions. IF twitter retains it's advertisers and continues to add additional advertisers this will make it profitable in short ord
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by freedude 4y ago
This is not customer service. For pushbullet or for the end user. This is not fair or just. This is not artificial intelligence. This is not freedom. This is abusive. This is capricious. This is arrogance on the part of Google developers. T
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by freedude 4y ago
In the cities yes. I live outside the city. Some of the biodiversity near me is deadly and city dwellers haven't a clue. Regardless, fish outweigh mammals by at least an order of magnitude. then calculate arthropods, mollusks, bacteria
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by freedude 4y ago
now add bacteria, fungi, and ants...
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by freedude 4y ago
Good point about birds. Add them to amphibians, fish and insects and it would make this look less impressive.
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by freedude 4y ago
::knock:: ::knock:: "Who is it?" "This is Guido and my buddy Johnny Boy. We just want to talk about your negative Paypal balance and your recent injury to your kneecaps." "My knees are fine..."
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by freedude 4y ago
A CDBC tracks every transaction and creates a system rife for abuse by tyrants at large organizations. They say that reasonable people have nothing to be concerned about. Ok, Just define "reasonable" by who's standards on whi
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by freedude 4y ago
The mistake is that Paypal doesn't "understand" what a customer is or how to retain them.
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by freedude 4y ago
When a business decides it must live your life for you to "protect" itself there are significant problems. Little brother is watching you...
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by freedude 4y ago
When you consider both at the same time it is cause to pause and speculate on how malware might take advantage of this built-in tool.
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by freedude 4y ago
Have you thought of a "retirement" career as a troubleshooting consultant. Hang out your shingle and have two weeks of "fun" every other month and keep the ball rolling. Incidentally, I have learned much by closing my mo
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by freedude 4y ago
If the writing is on the wall then the wise heed the warning.
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by freedude 4y ago
Rarely but it has happened. When properly diversified this is only an inconvenience.
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by freedude 4y ago
It probably depends upon you. Is AI a tool or a trap? Can it make some of your jobs iterate more quickly and weed out the cruft or heavy lifting? Or is it only something that gets in your way of production? It is up to you.
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by freedude 4y ago
"No one said it is wrong to question the results of the election" This is actually a lie. Many have claimed this on both sides of the fence.
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by freedude 4y ago
Bingo! The business I work for specializes in and caters to edge cases. It is why we are profitable and we let the big boys do all of the big easy jobs that aren't as profitable.
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by freedude 4y ago
For everything other than $100, $20, & $5 I use a teller. Translates to I use a teller every week or 2. Why? because in many parts of this world cash is still king. Get out of the city for a change. Bring Cash.
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by freedude 4y ago
An old-timer I used to work with once told me, "A warranty is only as good as the company selling it." There is more truth to the saying then I want to believe. Many of you have proved this by your comments. In many states the &qu
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by freedude 4y ago
Often I will write a comment to steer others away from a treacherous subject. It is usually not the person I am answering that is most benefited. Because of ego that person usually will not change, at least not in the near term. However any
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by freedude 4y ago
It is not capitalism then. It is a bastardized state sponsored social-fascism. The Society that owns it is small and not benefiting the entire population but it is still state sponsored and state encouraged.
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by freedude 4y ago
you could be on to something here given recent news headlines. Who doesn't want immigration advertised? https://www.npr.org/2022/09/13/1122671582/twitter-whistleblo...
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by freedude 4y ago
Good point if the community is only on twitter then gamers like myself and others like me would not participate. As the politics of twitter are antithetical to my way of thinking.

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