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by kcplate 1y ago
> The Covid vaccine was, and remains, very effective What is your definition of “effective”? The public’s definition was “I get the shot and won’t get covid or be able to spread Covid”. I posted a compilation of our leadership saying th
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by kcplate 1y ago
> Why do you want less protection? I dont. I am not antivax and will not defend that position. What I am arguing here is that our government mandated and oversold (lied about) the effectiveness of the vaccine. Because of that, public
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by kcplate 1y ago
Here are a bunch of “Nobodies” talking about vaccinated folks not getting sick (or very low chance of getting sick) and not being contagious and spreading the virus. We know now that this was all bullshit. We all can look back on this time
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by kcplate 1y ago
I have plenty of criticism for Trump on Covid, but my comment was originally talking about actions that influenced publix antivax attitudes. On this topic whataboutism might apply to Trump platforming RFKjr, but that is still a reaction to
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by kcplate 1y ago
No, that’s not what I said at all. RFKjr’s public prominence rose much higher in 2021 and 2022 because the previous administration publicly lied about the vaccine’s efficacy. He was the most vocal and well known antivax person in the pu
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by kcplate 1y ago
Luke: “I don’t believe it…” Yoda: “And that is why you fail…”
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by kcplate 1y ago
Lied about its efficacy primarily. Both Biden and Fauci are on record as saying basically “if you get the vaccine you won’t get Covid and can’t give Covid to another person”. People got the vaccine, vaccinated people still got Covid, vacc
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by kcplate 1y ago
It doesn’t matter that Biden et al. are pro vaccination and that RFKjr is antivax. What matters is that Biden et al. influenced more antivax attitudes than RFKjr could have ever hoped to in all the time he evangelized it. That is the r
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by kcplate 1y ago
Nope, they don’t get a pass for being incompetent from me just because a job is difficult. I’ll also never accept a “well their intentions were good” type of argument—-If the results suck, the results suck. Our country moved towards antivax
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by kcplate 1y ago
Trump didn’t mandate them to federal workers and to the military. Trump didn’t get up in front of the populace and lie about their efficacy. For what it’s worth…I am not a Trump supporter…but I am not going to make excuses for Biden and th
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by kcplate 1y ago
Well… I am not antivax but can we please stop pretending like our government and health authorities didn’t royally screw the pooch as it related to the COVID vaccine communications, mandates, etc…? People became more anti-vax largely due
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by kcplate 1y ago
I agree that they probably would benefit more from food sales off EV charging on a per vehicle basis, but they would need to turn over the chargers to new customers much quicker than what happens now for that to really benefit them.
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by kcplate 1y ago
> often you can pay by card at the pump. That’s definitely an innovation that creates convenience but does it really change the commercial function of the station much? You are still essentially transacting for fuel, which is what gas s
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by kcplate 1y ago
IMO gas stations haven’t changed all that much over the last 50 years (forget the 15) beyond: - now having larger buildings to incorporate more convenience products (mostly foodstuffs) for sale - more pumps
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by kcplate 1y ago
I am aware of the history and used the term intentionally. Historically, one of the chief complaints from those English workers (along with their compensation concerns…but there are always compensation concerns when human labor is changed
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by kcplate 1y ago
I am sure there were a lot of proud telegraph operators back in the day who refused to adapt to radio because it made it too easy for “lower skilled” people to communicate over long distances . I imagine some were critical of their fellow
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by kcplate 1y ago
I read the point to be that was the kind of coding that was the current equivalent of functional sharpness.
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by kcplate 1y ago
There is a concept in tools, particularly knives, chisels, and other cutting tools used for work called “functional sharpness”. Basically it’s the concept of sharpening a tool to be “good enough” to do the job it needs to do and no more ,
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by kcplate 1y ago
That’s not what the commenter said. My guess is they were referring to this: https://youtu.be/Kn9iznJZ9Do?si=3a_LALC2Yx0KEE1z
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by kcplate 1y ago
You laugh, but… https://theaviationist.com/2013/12/06/exint-man-carrying-pod...
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by kcplate 1y ago
A while back (22+ years) I worked with a vendor on a very specialized amazing image processing workflow product. I noticed at the time that all of his devs were these older guys from former Soviet nations. I figured it was a cost thing bu
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by kcplate 1y ago
Do you agree that it could be possible to find someone who could prove whether a name was left off a list without resorting to breaking the law to do it? Do you agree that a reporter could write a story about a deportee’s name being left of
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by kcplate 1y ago
> Who would provide communication and awareness on this specific issue, then? Maybe a good start is someone who doesn’t break the law to do it? I mean the issue is caused by a government breaking its own laws, correct? Isn’t that what’s
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by kcplate 1y ago
According to the Homeland Security tweet actually linked in the article as evidence of his deportation…he received due process when a federal judge ordered his deportation. After which…he was deported. So…like I said…who you going to trust
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by kcplate 1y ago
Well that’s easy—People who I know for a fact who haven’t: lied to me, done bad things, or are willing to do illegal things. Can you say that about the government, media, or activist hackers? I know I can’t.
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…or stay.
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by kcplate 1y ago
Just what exactly is “good”? People on both sides of this think they are doing good by their actions (even justifying the bad they do because of their “virtues”). Also, both sides have lots of people agreeing with them so I really don’t t
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by kcplate 1y ago
Meh…I trust nothing. Not the government, not the media, and definitely not activist hackers. If you are unscrupulous enough to hack someone else’s data, you are not trustworthy enough for me to trust that you haven’t manipulated the data y
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by kcplate 1y ago
Sure it’s a shit job, but let’s face it…AI and automation wouldn’t be able to replace it…probably ever. I don’t see too many people talking about “vibe plumbing”. We will never reach a point in society where people will not pay handsome
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by kcplate 1y ago
I will likely retired within the next 5-7 years and by that point after nearly 45 years in tech I will be damn happy to be gone. I believe the coming AI shift in tech will definitely benefit society, but will devastate many/most tech

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