poo-yie

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by poo-yie 4y ago
"Talk me off the ledge" I don't get this. Do what you think is best for yourself and your family. What difference does it make what strangers on the internet think?
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by poo-yie 4y ago
Sorry to hear. I was just laid off 3 weeks ago (3rd time I've been laid off during the last 10 years). It can be very stressful. Here's a tip from the book "How to stop worrying and start living" (Dale Carnegie): live in
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by poo-yie 4y ago
This part bears repeating: "you can enroll in COBRA retroactively for some period of time".
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by poo-yie 4y ago
I came to make same comment about Don Henley's song Dirty Laundry. The song sums it up perfectly. It's also a great song musically.
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by poo-yie 4y ago
Brief is an understatement! For those who have never heard of Rexx, it was developed in either late 60s or early 70s at IBM. It is a powerful scripting language. I first encountered it in OS/2 where it was the default (built-in) script
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Similarly, I have a hobby of restoring vintage and antique tools. Same observation regarding how disposable many modern items are.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
That was my guess. However, couldn't they make new brown bottles out of old brown bottles? Maybe not big enough incentive to sort by specific colors.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
What's the significance of the glass being clear? I'm guessing this means that green or brown glass is not recyclable. Why is that?
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by poo-yie 5y ago
US stamps of today seem to be far less decorative (talking about the design on the stamp itself) than ones I've seen from days gone by.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Good point! And there are many fantastic film cameras from long ago. I just bought a Nikon F2 film camera (my second) yesterday. Many of those old film cameras and such a joy to shoot with.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I love physical books too (and for the same reasons).
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by poo-yie 5y ago
You're right that material things can weigh you down. However, in the case of stamps they're probably one of the smallest and lightest physical items one can collect.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Well said! Now they need to do the same with macOS.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Here's a fascinating and inspiring article about a man who is confined to an iron lung who is an attorney and uses his computer while in his iron lung: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articl
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Please correct title - it's how to prepare for a PHP technical interview.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I completely agree on getting consent. Always! The only exceptions are when the subject is so far away that you can only tell it's a person, and cannot determine the identity of the person. Besides, it's all too easy to be perceiv
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I would think that it largely depends on the age. I would agree with you for ages 3-9 years old and probably disagree for 12-18 years old, with the 10-11 year olds being a toss-up.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I generally agree with your comments. I did a fair bit of film photography (mostly B&W) decades ago. From digital photography perspective, I'm an average Joe who mostly takes snapshots with smartphone. I just wanted to make a comme
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by poo-yie 5y ago
How often do you see them cruising at 75 MPH on the interstate?
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Two different things. Driving a farm truck on a rural road in Nebraska is very different from driving a tractor-trailer loaded in heavy traffic on the interstate.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Completely agree. Big rigs with full load can weigh something like 80,000 pounds (40 tons)! They're much more dangerous to begin with due to the size and weight. Add to that dangerous road conditions (fog, rain, ice, snow) and it'
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by poo-yie 5y ago
True, but it says that the guy owns his own truck. Those are not inexpensive to pay for (purchase price, insurance, and maintenance). I can't imagine what it costs just to replace a few tires.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Really impressed by the new MacBook Pro. Part of me would really like to order a 14" model with M1 Pro and 32GB RAM. However, I really don't like Apple's direction with macOS. I'm still running a 13" MacBook Pro fro
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Of course you're right. My frame of reference is for a civilized society in current times, where the individual is not subject to torture or death.
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I agree with you. I would not hesitate to use bear spray, wasp spray, etc. for self defense when I thought that my life is in imminent danger. However, it would be foolish (IMO) for a law enforcement officer to recommend it. Also, if I were
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Any police officer that recommends bear spray for self defense would be putting themselves in legal hot water as such products typically have warnings printed on them that say "Any other use of this product is in violation of federal l
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by poo-yie 5y ago
I don't disagree that there would be attempts to force them. Hopefully, the individual scientists would be able to maintain their ground and refuse to be part of it. There are many tragic examples in the history books of 'just fol
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by poo-yie 5y ago
Put yourself in the shoes of that police officer. What would you have advised?
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by poo-yie 5y ago
For starters, it would be a great first step to see the scientific community come out and denounce any and all gain-of-function research as immoral, unethical, irresponsible, and incredibly dangerous. After stating this publicly and repeate
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by poo-yie 5y ago
It's even worse than that. The news articles said that he had a bat colony living in his house.

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