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by jimt1234 2y ago
There's been a narrative in the US over the last 40-or-so years that a "job" is the answer to all social problems. At best, that's half-true. Money is the real solution to social problems. And maybe it was the case 40 or
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Back in my college speech class, a woman gave a presentation basically supporting the "welfare today is a disincentive to work" myth, with emphasis on "today" (or current), while totally destroying the notion that welfar
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by jimt1234 2y ago
This! ^^^ The powers-that-be have watched commuter times and experiences go to shit and real estate costs skyrocket (forcing people to live further and further from offices) in the last 25 years. Best case, they've done nothing, comple
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by jimt1234 2y ago
The more I think about it, the more I like the mixed-ticket idea. It would take the media spotlight off Trump for at least a few minutes.
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Or Adam Kinzinger.
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Because old people vote.
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I love this ^^^ However, you forgot one particularly disgusting tidbit: the Supreme Court blessed Florida's poll tax, basically concluding that, even though it looks like a poll tax, it's really not, so it's all good.
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I watched a presentation by someone representing "I Am The Cavalry" at B-Sides, Las Vegas, a few years ago. Very interesting stuff, gave me a whole new perspective on "cyber security". https://iamthecavalry.or
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I often wonder about this. I'm older (50s!), and fondly remember my younger years, with a vibrant social circle. However, things are different now, the vibrant social circle is gone. But is this because we were all young and energetic
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I worked at a PBM back in the late-90s/early-2000s. It was where I was introduced to the value of customer data and the strange world of lawyers, all in a single corporate meeting: - The company is launching a new service. We already s
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Sort related: there was a story here in Southern California from a few years ago about a drone that kept circling a family on the beach - a guy, his wife and two daughters. According to the story, the guy got mad and threw a wet beach towel
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I don't know about NHS, but I do know about Michael Jackson. He was a rich person and got treated like a king; and how did the for-profit health care system treat him? (It killed him.)
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Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that Tesla (and most modern cars, I guess) is the only one with access to these log files? Is there any independent verification of authenticity of these files?
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Me too. Paper-printed tickets have an amazingly long battery life.
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Don't get my Boomer mother started on this topic. Apparently, "the country is going to shit" because cursive isn't being taught in schools anymore. LOL
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Sorta-related: manual-transmission cars. About a year ago, my girlfriend found a VW Jetta that she liked on the BMW lot with a manual-transmission. She offered the dealership about 60% of what they were asking. The dealer strongly rejected
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Does anyone know exactly how we got to this situation ( required car dealerships)?
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Back in the late-90s, I did datacenter support for a large company. I used to get calls all the time, asking for some sort of hardware support. However, it was almost always impossible to find the caller's server because most people ne
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I care. I think a lot of people care about using language that isn't offensive or promotes asshole-ism. For example, the other day I heard my 7-year-old nephew say "wife beater", referring to one of those sleeveless undershir
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by jimt1234 2y ago
> Bitwarden has been lagging in implementing any consumer features for some years now... This is actually the reason why I like Bitwarden. They don't seem to be constantly trying to push unwanted features on me. I've always bee
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by jimt1234 2y ago
This is a mystery. My guess is that the Chinese censorship system (The Great Firewall) knows my account is not associated to a Chinese National, so they don't care. Or, there could be legal restrictions/complications because I&#x2
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Much of Chinese society revolves around WeChat. Chat/phone/payments. I'm told WeChat is pretty much required for one to function in China.
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We poke at one another about the Tiananmen Square protests because we have such different perspectives. Like me, she was in high school during that time, and was told the protests were minor, and that they were instigated and largely conduc
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by jimt1234 2y ago
This will absolutely work. My friend is from China, but lives here in the US. Most of her friends and family are still back in China. We communicate primarily over iMessage, but also on WeChat. About 2 years ago I sent her a video about the
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Sophomore year of high school, riding the bus to school, I realized I was weak, too weak to stand up for what I knew what right, but didn't because of peer pressure. I hated myself for it; the realization fuucked me up for weeks. Durin
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by jimt1234 2y ago
After my little sister had her first child and realized how expensive baby stuff is, she started a lucrative side-hustle and ran with it for years. Basically, she bought baby stuff from a warehouse that got their inventory from returns at l
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I think this describes almost all AI products being promoted these days. They all seem rushed-to-market, in an attempt to get a boost to the company's stock price: "They're an AI company! BUY!"
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I put all my "decade from now" files on three separate 500GB USB drives, each storing the same data, and each drive from different manufacturers/dates. Two drives stored in a safe at my house, and one in a safe at my brother&
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Sorta related. A friend has worked for CPS since the 90s. She told me that CPS (in California) has the right to enter a home without a warrant or any real judicial oversight. All they need is evidence there's child abuse going on at th
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Has p0rn been successful with VR headsets yet? Asking for a friend. ... Seriously, though, p0rn has been remarkably successful in predicting tech/internet adoption.

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