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by ratsmack 6y ago
Why was user 72ha99ahsbc7's comment flagged dead? I don't know what the merit of the comment is, but if someone has a problem with it, why not just refute it.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>hate speech It is amazing that this term is used so frequently while being entirely undefinable. Hate is an emotion that is unquantifiable in the general sense but is used ad nauseam throughout the media without regard to it's unde
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Albeit rarely, and with the diversity of commodity hardware out there, I would say that Microsoft has done pretty well with updates. (P.S. I despise Windows from a technical standpoint though)
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by ratsmack 6y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/world/asia/thailand-hotel...
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It is my position that Amazon reviews are pointless. All I want to know is the number sold and the number of issues or returns and the reason.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
It seems that we, as a society, have embraced mediocrity as a an acceptable norm. I'm 66 years old and have seen this trend for many years and has always troubled me. Just take a look at the school requirements of the 1960's compa
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by ratsmack 6y ago
And that is why the only innovation large corporations create is through acquisitions of smaller companies, which still have a creative spirit. Then they just consume the specifically desired parts of the acquisition and discard the rest.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I believe Robinhood is the only recent one with any significance in the industry.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
TD Ameritrade consumed Scottrade and now Charles Schwab is in the process of consuming TD Ameritrade. It seems that consolidation of online trading platforms is accelerating.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
The most fulfilling thing I've had in my 66 years on this planet is raising my three boys. Even with all of the bumps in the road along the way it was well worth the effort, and especially now that I have four grandkids.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>such as making room of package handling I read an article this morning on exactly that. It said that package handling had surpassed general mail volume and that they needed to shift their focus, so they are retiring some of the sorting
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I'm totally lost, because I can't see why this rule is a problem. It seems logical to only include a subjects race, only when race is relevant to the article.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I've never made a Twitter or Facebook account. Many people pressured me over the years and even one company tried to force me into a Facebook account, but later relented. Seeing what a dumpster fire they are today, I'm happy that
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I'm wondering what's going to happen when the reality sinks in on the real estate market, especially with all of the restaurants and retail that have closed shop for good. I think all of the REIT's are in for a world of hurt
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>He can do and has done whatever he wants Do you have some examples of what he's done?
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I have a problem with the greyed out posts because they are difficult to read with my poor eyesight. I usually select them with the mouse so they are highlighted, which makes them easier to read.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I have a problem with people down voting things that they disagree with and up voting things they agree with. I had always assumed that voting was for "quality of post" and not for agreement. I see this same scenario played out in
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by ratsmack 6y ago
We are burying ourselves in piles of obsolete gadgets. I buy very few computers or phones, but I look at the pile of stuff I've collected over the last 15 years and wonder how big the pile would be if I always bought the latest trendy
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>Which is why I have no confidence calling it AI... That's because it really should be called Simulated Intelligence, and would be a much more accurate description. The marketing team wouldn't like this though.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I wish everyone would use per capita when referencing the number of infected and deaths for comparison. It makes no sense to compare total numbers.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>Intel has confirmed a newly disclosed security flaw that opens a seemingly critical vulnerability on millions of commuters . I think they meant "computers".
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I've been running in dark mode for a year or so using Tampermonkey. It works pretty good except minor flashing as the CSS is swapped, which is a little annoying. A built in dark mode will be welcome.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I would think that if you are going to disparage it, you would at least give one example of why it's unnecessary.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>systemd still remains poorly understood and understudied from both a technical and social level despite paradoxically having disproportionate levels of attention focused on it. This statement makes no sense. It is well understood and ha
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by ratsmack 6y ago
Never miss the opportunity of shilling for a few more bucks on the back of a crisis... every corporations marketing department motto.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
This is not unusual or unexpected in the current environment. In addition, when you are invested in stocks, you don't loose anything until you sell. I'm sure Mr. Buffett has been at this point before and actually see it as a buyin
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I have never found anything faster then mawk. GNU awk (gawk) is orders of magnitude slower. For a proper comparison you would have to note which implementation of awk you are using.
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by ratsmack 6y ago
I thought the convention was to separate local variables with three spaces like this: function CharCount(ch, line, n)
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by ratsmack 6y ago
>People should be allowed to do, almost, whatever dumb things they want with their money. Are you saying that a bank should make irresponsible loans for people that make irresponsible decisions?
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by ratsmack 7y ago
Many people don't have smart phones and, like me, many people don't always take their phone with them everywhere they go.

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