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by ratsmack 6y ago
I believe there is more fault with our regulators that allow the big guys to engage in naked shorts with impunity. There is an incestuous relationship with our regulators and Big Wall Street, so what would one expect.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Were you possibly abusing their Day Trading rules? FYI: they will get a little testy if you have more than three round trips without registering as a day trader.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Looks reasonably active: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>... all the people accusing him of being a nazi. This is no different than schoolyard name calling and is so juvenile. I just can fathom the thought process of someone that takes it to this level. If this is how someone believes they ca
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It seems that everyone wants to talk about science until it involves race and IQ... why is that?
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by ratsmack 6y ago
At a minimum, they should regularly publish their static IP address via Twitter and/or email until they are certain the reliability of domain name provider has returned. Edit: They did publish their IP's this time. https:/&#
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by ratsmack 6y ago
They need to improve the reliability the their DNS by partnering with a provider that won't back stab them.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It makes me wonder if they will learn their lesson this time around.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
If you have a pressure fed (septic) sewer system, you need electricity for it to work. Usually if you avoid excessive water use, your holding tank has a bit of reserve.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Got it... yes, orientation is a PITA.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I guess I don't understand what plugging in a USB incorrectly entails.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
This feels like bait for a class warfare flamefest, so I'll be a devils advocate here. Is there any evidence that some shenanigans was afoot here? Is it possible that they had a backup system?
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by ratsmack 6y ago
The "This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer ..." warning is so common that I'm sure most people just ignore it.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
"Speaking truth to power" is a popular way to describe taking a stand, but my take is that Fauci just stood with the WHO.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
People will think twice about posting threats, child porn, and other illicit things when they have some skin in the game. This definitely cuts down on moderation requirements.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Everyone should browse with the "showdead" set to yes. I also would like to be able to comment on the dead posts, but I guess I'll just have to be happy with viewing them.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Good (added) examples. Most of those verge on personal attacks and definitely don't add anything to the conversation.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
There's nothing wrong with energetic conversation as long as it remains civil, but I have to guess that your experience is that the incivility comes quicker in these cases though.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I generally reserve down votes for personal attacks and comments that are excessively off topic.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>having your tally of meaningless internet points decrease When you're flagged dead, you effectively disappear. This is wrong in my opinion.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>it disappeared to the 5th page despite its quickly gained popularity I have seen this happen many times and have wondered the same thing. It is within the within the rights of whoever runs this site, but I not sure why they believe it w
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Let's just say there is a specific slant to the politics here and far too many people would rather down vote than refute an argument.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>post communist memes until they banned me I really doubt that would happen.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>Russian firm that once worked for the Russian government and a Seattle firm that once supported a neo-Nazi site. They just can't give it up.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I always worry about the objectives and goals behind the people in the shadows injecting money into projects like this. Twitter started off as an open forum, but look at it now.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It's more of a bot prevention mechanism than identification, however, I believe it encourages people to be more responsible for what they post also.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>For example when that at&t network center was bombed there was a fake image going around that it "wasn't the van that exploded". The same thing was plastered all over Twitter and Facebook... your argument doesn't
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by ratsmack 6y ago
The funny thing about "value" stocks is that they go up only if someone desires to buy them more then you want to hold them. In the case of "income" stocks, their value is intrinsic in their dividend yields. Buying &quot
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It is, but so is Tesla, Apple, Amazon and others. Value stocks are almost always driven by cult believers.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Works fine on Firefox/Debian 10.

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