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by metadope 11mo ago
I confess I haven't paid much attention to privacy issues in my laziness and indifference over the years. But as I witness the development of escalating violations of personal space and the invasive seizures of sensitive data by corpor
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by metadope 11mo ago
The honourable thing? More importantly this is the smart choice, the only thing, to do: Shake the dust from your sandals, walk away, don't look back. This is the ongoing horror of the overbearing state, which wants to rule efficientl
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by metadope 11mo ago
Racism, it seems to me, is often applied selectively, an active prejudice that is formed over time, using personal experiences and sometimes exposure to loudmouths. You can be a raging racist and still participate and express respect for Ot
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by metadope 11mo ago
>5) goto 1 This. Here is your main Microsoft engineering failure, using a Basic goto statement in their implementation of a marketing algorithm. Shame!
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by metadope 11mo ago
This fashion fad proves the adage "Some People just have too much money". We need this accessory, or something else like this, because of the phatness of phablet-sized phones. But we don't need the overpriced fashion. This st
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by metadope 11mo ago
Steve Cutts < https://www.stevecutts.com > explains American unhappiness and tendency to complain (even though we've had it better than almost everyone ever). The Pursuit Of Happiness is humanity's universal right,
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by metadope 11mo ago
How do you feel about legal immigration?
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by metadope 11mo ago
This was a good read and I thank Fraterkes for posting it. I commiserate with the author, and his sense of self-chastisement: He might as well title the piece Pearls Before Swine and brush the dust from his shoulder. This is a dilemma for t
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by metadope 11mo ago
Here's the current US administration's goal-- to revise history and gaslight the world. The Blaze is joining the not-so-subtle effort to "recast the entire story" and "unravel the carefully crafted, zealously defend
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by metadope 11mo ago
Agreed. The speculation is telling and reflects on the speculators more than reflecting a reality we understand. No one knows what will happen next. I remember the days when Facebook and Google and other familiar giants were painted with th
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by metadope 11mo ago
Jumping up onto a stage, approaching uninvited, while wearing a full backpack... this kind of political stunt is ignorant and irresponsible. Not as intrusive and obnoxious as a shaving cream pie-in-the-face, but actions like these lead to
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by metadope 11mo ago
I do all of my browsing with Javascript disabled. I've done this for decades now, as a security precaution mainly, but I've also enjoyed some welcome side-effects where paywalls disappeared and ads became static and unobtrusive. I
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by metadope 11mo ago
Also, the hole in the wall will make it easier to locate the studs onto which you mount.
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by metadope 1y ago
I am elderly and I am an addict. But my screen addiction is only a small part of my lifelong problem. The real, root cause, my major malfunction, is an ongoing aversion to reality, a constant urge and willfulness to escape, an addiction to
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by metadope 2y ago
The crime is broadcasting without a license. We are all guilty, making waves, swamping the spectrum with antagonistic signals that often interfere with each other. We have too many signals in our society. The resulting noise, the cacophony