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by lsiebert 6y ago
Are there any vim or emacs plugins that utilize these?
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Probably easier to become a bail bonds person instead of a PI, in states that still have cash bail.
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I'm not an expert on Utah or on racism, but I know that SLC and Ogden, both cities in Utah, had HOLC maps with redlining. There were Black people in Utah before the LDS church. There were Black slaves owned by members of the LDS church
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Building developer enthusiasm and passion? that's great. That's what Stripe is doing, and I'm happy about that. Please don't call that a cult though.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Black people couldn't participate fully in the LDS church, as a matter of policy, until 1978, and the church has published materials suggesting against interracial dating and marriage in the last 20 years. Combined with governmental po
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Nature is peer reviewed right? Who in the genomics community is saying that this is BS?
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by lsiebert 6y ago
I don't consider that selfish. It's like Triage. Healthy doctors and other medical professionals are of special importance in a pandemic, and preserving supplies of protective equipment for them was especially important.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
I would note that bandanas aren't necessarily the best material for DIY masks. Still better then nothing, but folks may want to take a look at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-materials-diy-face-masks...
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by lsiebert 6y ago
You can say it to them yourself. I feel like one thing I learned as I got a little older is that, even if it's uncomfortable, it's important to tell people when they could do better.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Admission is a privilege. It's not punishment to withdraw a privilege from people who do harmful things. Racist speech and actions are harmful and hurtful, and preventing people who have demonstrated such extreme disregard for others
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by lsiebert 6y ago
One of the reasons I like Metafilter is the community.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
This is the hex value for 670 nanometre red. #ff0000 Per https://academo.org/demos/wavelength-to-colour-relationship/
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Vagabond, Wanderer, Wayfarer, Rover, Roamer, Drifter
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by lsiebert 6y ago
The name IS problematic.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Gypsy is a racist term for an ethnic group called the Roma or Romani, who have long suffered from prejudice in Europe, and whom the Nazi's killed in the Holocaust along with Jewish people and other groups. https://en.wikiped
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by lsiebert 6y ago
NAL, but the resulting style isn't, as there are many ways to generate the same style, but the specific code is.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Unfortunately Briar only handles direct connections, and doesn't work on IOS.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Lately I've been wishing Signal had a bridgefy type mesh mode that enabled operation peer to peer over wifi direct or bluetooth, either directly or via a mesh of such devices. First I think it would be useful at protests, to preserve p
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by lsiebert 6y ago
I'd also point out that while slavery may have supposedly ended after the civil war, crimes were created and applied selectively to black people. Combined with racial violence, sharecropping that kept black people in constant debt, an
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by lsiebert 6y ago
This is a civil rights lawsuit, not a criminal case.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
reminds me of this honestly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Aren't Austin and Raleigh state capitals too?
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by lsiebert 6y ago
It's Turtles all the way down.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Mindhunter not Mindhunters fyi
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by lsiebert 6y ago
Several people who worked on the show are on the Pennsylvania Film Industry Association Board, and it was filmed in and around Pittsburgh. Maybe that had something to do with it. That said I believe I read an article suggesting that Netflix
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by lsiebert 6y ago
They make perfect sense if your goal is to enrich the wealthy in the short term.
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by lsiebert 6y ago
So basically they said the same thing as the CDC and the NHS? This seems to be something I hear a lot of in the anglosphere, ignoring that the WHO is arguably why things aren't way worse, especially in countries that don't have p
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by lsiebert 6y ago
I like to tell people that Perl is like shell scripting but with actual package management, proper data structures and flow control, easy testing, and a thoughtful and supportive community. I mean, that's like saying C is good for embe
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by lsiebert 6y ago
To be pedantic, serious offenses now require unanimous juries. They didn't examine less serious offenses in this case.
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Michael Murphy “Old Hippie” Doxxed After Being Accused of Astroturfing(motherjones.com)
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