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by pstuart 7mo ago
One of the most challenging aspects of being a parent (at least for me) is dealing with the kids not interested in cooperating or listening/learning. Their mother and I spent a great deal on music lessons and it was a challenge to get
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Other open source command line spreadsheets: https://github.com/drclcomputers/GoSheet https://github.com/xi/spreadsheet/ https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im https:
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by pstuart 7mo ago
A win-win in this regard would be to repurpose the empty office space into living spaces so that the local businesses would have local people and those tenants would be able to possibly abandon the need for car ownership if the density of t
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by pstuart 7mo ago
There were a lot of downstream effects as well -- local businesses that depended upon those office workers being in the area. Those ripples hurt a lot of people. That said, it shouldn't be the driver of RTO, it should be the need to ac
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by pstuart 7mo ago
That's good to know. The second sentence you gave was superfluous because the first one told us that -- I add this not to dismiss your efforts but to highlight them.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
I love how the article talked about the big claims for improved flight capabilities without a single word describing what that supposed secret sauce may be.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Until recently I felt the opposite way -- what they could do with that was more targeted advertising. The government currently in power is demonstrating that they can do far worse, and plans to.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Do we make contractors do age verification on their supplies when building a liquor store or strip club? The OS is a tool used by Meta, just like the utilities and the compute itself. Meta Apps can have age verification but it should be a
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by pstuart 7mo ago
None of it makes sense but it's somewhat understandable. People are angry and they should be, but the anger is misdirected. People want to "burn this shit down" but they don't give any thought to what might rise from t
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Yep. But the War on Drugs has been around much longer and is more relevant to people's day to day lives. And people buy into it. I hear this all the time "Sure, weed should be legal, and cocaine too because I like to party now and
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Everybody thinks the War on Drugs is about "keeping people safe". It never was, it was always about manufacturing a tool to oppress "others".
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by pstuart 7mo ago
For those interested in this and preventative measures, there's been reports about lithium helping prevent Alzheimer's: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/could-lithium-explain-treat-alz... Standard disclaimers app
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by pstuart 7mo ago
A thought that recently came to mind about this was an article about a local homeless camp that was literally trashing the area in which it was set up. Those people have effectively been discarded by society -- so why should they care about
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by pstuart 7mo ago
BYD Auto is the worlds biggest, and their cars are affordable and their battery tech is evolving rapidly -- just recently announced batteries that can effectively recharge in the same time it takes to fill up one's gas tank. They are a
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Thanks for that. The trajectory of this timeline is beyond disheartening.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
It's a weird world where one's hopes are in the incompetence of their leaders.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
It was effectively quashed but not debunked: https://www.cato.org/blog/mueller-report-faqs https://www.acslaw.org/projects/the-presidential-investigation-education-project/other-resources&#
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by pstuart 7mo ago
I'm all for having conversations with those having other viewpoints, but it doesn't seem to be possible when they don't argue in good faith (or even grounded in reality). I take zero pleasure in saying this, but "the o
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by pstuart 7mo ago
The irony of this would be quite amusing if it wasn't so dangerous. Where are all the "free speech absolutists" now?
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by pstuart 7mo ago
He has followers -- takes all kinds, eh? That said, I'm going to guess that some feel like it's the best choice they have -- the devil they know.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
I'm curious if the switch was for dev ergonomics or the mindshare of the languages?
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Don't forget the destruction of USAID and countless projects that had the word "diversity" in its work.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
https://archive.is/nwxkh That was from a quick search, no doubt there's more. Now it gets down to trust issues on reporting.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
Having it be cheaper would make it a real game changer -- if "chicken nuggets" and "burgers" were functionally equivalent (nutrition, appearance, mouthfeel, etc) and cheaper, then we'd start to see serious changes
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by pstuart 7mo ago
The goal is to privatize these things and have their buddies own it, while taxpayers still pay for it. So yes, fascism. https://www.notus.org/health-science/trumps-privatization-of...
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by pstuart 7mo ago
"civilized" implies that everybody is playing by the rules. Those clowns were not playing by the rules.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
I think it's both. The Right excels at grooming and propaganda and has effectively trained its flock that DEI is Affirmative Action v2, and that its goal is to take away jobs from white people who are the ones that deserve them, becaus
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by pstuart 7mo ago
The "law and order" crowd seems to be ok with it being selective in it's application -- those in power always seem to get a pass except if it's the other team's player.
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by pstuart 7mo ago
I worked at Arthur Andersen when Lotus 1-2-3 came out. It was like crack to accountants. VisiCalc was in use but this took it to a whole new level. One of my jobs was making bootleg copies so everybody could have a copy, until the NY office
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by pstuart 8mo ago
There's plenty to criticize about China, but as far as energy production goes they are a leader and have demonstrated what can be done when the country is aligned (albeit by force in this case) to provide cheap and clean energy to po

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