joel_perl_prog

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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Thank you. That's a really informative and inspiring reply.
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Definitely. And as I have lamented in several places online, as well as verbally in discussions about it, I really love Perl, the language, despite its warts. (For example, I view the slurpy subroutine argument style to be an advantage, if
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Yeah, just use soy instead of almond milk. According to wikipedia, almonds aren't nuts, but I'm guessing that's what you mean? Hopefully you're ok with flax seeds... I don't use soy because of the conflicting inform
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Isn't the study (not the blog, because...honestly, who cares about a blog reference) about supplements, though? My smoothie is made from whole foods, only. Supplements are a very complicated thing. I can't even venture to say whet
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
I guess I'm not allowed to participate in the discussion, I've had to delete several comments already that were getting steadily down-voted. It's not a claim to be a miracle or cure-all. This is exactly the type of cynical,
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Isolated quotation: "We see our pasty, doughy, sickly selves in the mirror and somehow just deny the obviousness of the truth. We then armor ourselves against anything that might pierce our bubble of denial, so as to protect our inflat
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Instead of seeking that "evidence," consider this: is the average geek not supposed to be smarter than the average person? (Is this generality more acceptable because it's flattering? For that matter, is there any evidence of
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Also, serious question: why is sharing something in a higher bandwidth format than just typing "promotion?" Do you not promote your own thoughts and agenda any time you enter a comment? When I have no product, nothing for sale, no
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Lol. Well you got me on a technicality. Fine. "Everyone who has tried this, and it's about 20 people at this point, from local people (my family, for example, local friends) to those I only know online--every single one of these p
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
It is not a claim about the future. It's a fact, referring to the past. Of course I will not, but I could easily fish out thank you letters and comments about positive change from a private forum. I promote your health, sir. Not myself
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
I think it's both. I see both happening. I see major attitudes of helplessness or victim mentality. Or just ambivalence. Go to any mall. We all know this story. But also, it then becomes a thing where those who do have their head in th
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTuJ6r1F2hA I've been helping my family and friends with this recipe, and it's changing lives. Literally. My father, who I taught how to eat vegetarian, has stopped needing insulin!
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Yes. I am very simply saying that if certain vices (not sure how I even feel about employing that word, actually) were made legal, then by definition many of us would cease being criminals. Sure. It's pretty simple. Seems almost stupid
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Well, so some of them moved on to other activities that also shouldn't be criminalized, then. I speak about gambling. Which is de-facto legal now, because of how many Indian casinos there are in so many states. Prostitution? We have a
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
But that is where the violence occurs. That's where the anti-social consequences occur. Are felt most directly. Impose most directly on peoples' lives. So while it's true those big shots will move (or attempt to move) to othe
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Sure, but even if some number of drug dealers moved on to other crime, would there not necessarily be less crime, overall, if a major aspect of normal human life were to suddenly be decriminalized? In other words, when everything is a crime
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
I can see that were not going to connect here. And I shouldn't have called you naive. I should have said your position is naive. But is it really such a stretch to expect alignment between swiftly declining rates of violence and declin
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
That's exactly why it's so important to decriminalize (or outright legalize). Because the theory behind criminalization simply doesn't work. It is you who are naive, sir. Please see my other comments above. I explain this. I
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Sure. But you assume there's a permanent class of criminals whose only interest is crime. The principle interest in the drug game is money. It's a business. What I'm saying is, there's not a "fixed amount of crime,&
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Just ask yourself one question: what did all the bootleggers do after alcohol prohibition was dropped? Exactly. There's a sort of twinge of classism (or even racism) in your comment, by the way. The assumption that people who participa
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Simple. The answer is "yes." So-called hard drugs are ... well ... they ain't health food. But presumably I'm writing to an audience of utilitarian thinkers, so it should be trivial to load up the arguments onto a balanc
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
For the record, I like Ridley Scott's cuts. I guess I'm specifically alluding to Blade Runner here, as another example. Second note: I'm noticing already other comments focusing on how much knowledge we have outside of Alien,
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Lol. Sure. I used to have the special edition DVD...before I let go of all my DVDs. I would just say: don't worry about that. Just soak in the beautiful ambience of a film which features prominently the art of Giger, both in set design
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
What a great genius. What a great loss. Celebrate his life today by watching Alien!
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Yeah. I mean. Thank you for your reply and interest. Unusual at this thread depth... But what I'm saying, very simply, is that it used to do what I want. I used to double click, in my usual manner, nothing unusual, and Google Maps did
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Yeah, I experienced a similar timeline. That's when the Maps API stopped working for the Java app on my feature phone, roughly. Then the cascade or rot hit the PC / tablet experience, piece by piece, until it was just completely t
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Just gonna jump to your last thing. No, my complaint is not about drag to zoom. It's about double-click to zoom (the words I used, but I know sometimes things can be looked as maybe just an expression or sloppy language). Double-click.
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Yeah I hear ya. Whoever guided this Titanic into the iceberg...well he ain't no Steve Jobs. That's for sure. It's hard to overstate how just plain awful Google Maps is now. It's amazing, in a way. I literally cannot unde
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
Is this where we get to complain about how horrible Google Maps suddenly is? Because wow. I can speak about this. It's terrible. First and foremost, and they have their "reasons" of course, but my Samsung Rant (yeah just a fe
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by joel_perl_prog 12y ago
I've often wondered about that. For me, the development environment is extremely minimalistic, by some types of standards. Linux itself, including tools like ack + vim. I use various vim tricks, not up to the point of it being my de-fa

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