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by markoman 4y ago
The stories are in the NY Times Magazine and not the mainline NY Times and are a 'reframing' of historical events viewed in the context of slavery. I get that this is a sensitive topic and often is interpreted as an attempt to m
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by markoman 4y ago
The "They hate us for our freedom" line was merely a hamfisted attempt on G. W. Bush's part to pander to disciples of 'American exceptionalism' while his search for WMD had foundered & we faced the disgust of th
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by markoman 4y ago
Trump kept CNN in the public eye, too, with all his outbursts against Jim Acosta and near constant mentions of 'fake news CNN'. Thereafter, anyone who opposed Trumpian tyranny would seek out CNN.
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by markoman 4y ago
If you're thinking that Fox is the home of American Wholesomeness and Truth, you should note that CNN hired Chris Wallace from them, after all, just for CNN+.
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by markoman 4y ago
CNN is bland news. That's one reason why it does so poorly. Fox News is entertainment and it is entertaining. Rupert Murdoch wanted to indoctrinate Americans and he knew just how he'd do it when creating Fox News in the early 90
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by markoman 4y ago
Have you seen Netflix's stock this week? It's also just a really poor time to start up a streaming service.
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by markoman 4y ago
CNN lacks 'marquee talent' because they wanted their programming to be less about the personalities reading the news and more about drilling down into the stories themselves and finding experts who can offer insight. Fox News, on
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by markoman 4y ago
The '1619 Project' is peddled clearly as an essay project -- quite clearly differentiated from a pure news orientation. The essays were pretty light fare and nothing like overly sympathetic eyewitness reporting from the deck of
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by markoman 5y ago
Given your comments about your Spring Boot 'bread and butter', it looks like you changed to Python & FastAPI. If so, why? Was it due to a reduction in overall complexity (despite the apparent rise in line of code)? Curious, th
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by markoman 5y ago
How does making donations to a charitable activity constitute an interest ? On the other hand, Mrs. Thomas was coordinating with POTUS's Chief of Staff Meadows in illegal activity (a coup attempt) that her husband may likely have to d
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by markoman 5y ago
As long as the experience of the candidate lines up with the position, I don't think not having a degree will be a deal-breaker.
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by markoman 5y ago
I'm in my mid-50s and while I'm definitely not a high-flyer, I've found work for the last 15 years as an FTE of state gov't in the U.S. I've had friends who've been let go in the private sector as they passed 5
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by markoman 5y ago
Exactly. This article on Rolling Stone only gets published because there is a market for it, i.e., there are Right-wingers out there looking for 'evidence' that CNN is just as bad as 'fair & balanced' Fox News. In a
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by markoman 5y ago
CNN does have adverts semi-disguised as news stories but they are labeled as either 'Paid Content' or 'Paid Partner Content' and put in their own sections. And, of course, the Fox News site does something very similar. W
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by markoman 5y ago
Any consideration of Biden's mental state should also factor in the fact that he has always been gaffe-prone (speaking without a filter) and has suffered from a stammer/stutter. This is one reason why dementia testing includes a w
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by markoman 5y ago
Why is it that those who want to fear monger about the current inflation and how long it will last are so resistant to the fears about sea level rise? Wait until its determined how high the loss in real estate (especially as a tax base) wil
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by markoman 5y ago
Specifically, no, I'm not giving him credit for violating federal law and I don't dispute that the order lacked statutory authority. However, since a president is the only official tasked with protecting the country, he has
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by markoman 5y ago
You are certainly correct that Trump didn't refer directly to COVID as a hoax, but only in the literal sense and especially when given the chance in the following days to clean it up. However, applying literalism to Trump's word
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by markoman 5y ago
Nobody blamed Trump for the pandemic even after he downplayed it and referred to it as a 'democrat hoax' at a rally. Now, it seems like Biden is left holding the bag, simply because he claimed to have a plan to address it. A pande
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by markoman 5y ago
I have to agree with the 'adorable' comment, me being someone in his 50s and wishing I could have had the same experience. While I, too, thought that the blog started a bit uneven, it was cool that you then focused on the technica
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by markoman 5y ago
So, the solution is to live with employer-controlled and -connected healthcare and watch them as they cut the coverage and hike the costs year after year. This might be fine when your a SWE in your 20's and not on any meds but for thos
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by markoman 5y ago
Yes, this is "the Llama book" -- Learning Perl. Next to read would probably be Intermediate Perl, and then probably "the Camel book", which is Programming Perl.
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by markoman 5y ago
What technology are you in, if I may ask? (I'm curious for whatever technology or field would allow you to take such a pay cut yet still make enough to make life interesting.)
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by markoman 5y ago
I'm a Perl guy too. May I ask what Perl technology you're using? Dancer perhaps?
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by markoman 5y ago
This project will make a great blogpost once you complete it. I for one would be interested to hear more. My power meter was replaced a couple of years ago (to a more modern remote-read version) and I would definitely like to directly acces
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by markoman 5y ago
What type of actions on behalf of a John Q. Public would qualify as this 'pulling' that you're referring to? Just go solar, since wind really isn't feasible for a single family? That 'bootstraps' is an old term
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by markoman 5y ago
Going bankrupt on a hospital bill isn't freedom, either.
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by markoman 5y ago
Oh, does this mean that you're anti-death penalty? White collar crime can exact costs on society close to a Bundy or Gacy type level. Too bad we don't have the death penalty for Corporate crime. Think of what opioids and Purdue Ph
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by markoman 5y ago
If you deplore the left-wing politics of academics because (perhaps) they live in an impractical, protected world, do you also deplore the right-wing politics of the clergy -- who also certainly live in a protected, isolated world? And what
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by markoman 5y ago
Why is it that the politics of academics is found to be so distasteful, when we accept the politics of businessmen such as Peter Thiel and Rupert Murdoch as a matter of course? In a country that had always worshiped technological innovation

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