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by ratsmack 7y ago
It's kind of funny that you should mention that.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
I'm sure it would have been a lot more cost effective to have done due diligence before the catastrophic failures that cost the lives of so many. I worked in the aircraft industry for 45 years and know Boeing well. With the Boeing cu
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by ratsmack 7y ago
Like I stated here[1], it seems a bit hypocritical for them to cancel service to 8chan when some of the large sites have been complicit also. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20607635
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by ratsmack 7y ago
In many of these shooting instances, I have noticed a bit of hypocrisy in that small sites like 8chan are attacked as being highly nefarious and evil, but the mainstream sites that have hosted accounts of several mass shooters are mostly gi
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by ratsmack 7y ago
The problem seems to be a general lack of morals... regardless of some perceived justification.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
It seems that sensible judgements in cases like are few and far between. Hopefully we will see a trend in this direction instead of the hysteria usually surrounding hacking where the perpetrator is viewed in the same category as a mass murd
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by ratsmack 7y ago
The interactive 3D orbital graphic is great for visualizing the orbits and how they cross the Earth's path.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
This was my industry for 40 years and I got to watch it die.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
I agree as long as it can be done without degrading the experience for everyone. Most importantly, it needs to be implemented by people with the knowledge of what is possible instead of a being designed by the bureau of wishful thinking.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
If it's so crystal clear to everyone, why hasn't it happened yet?
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by ratsmack 7y ago
I don't believe everyone's definition of success and happiness is the same. Some people feel successful with simple achievements where others need large achievements to meet their goal of success. It's a similar situation wit
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Congress' Latest Move to Extend Copyright Protection Is Misguided (2018)(wired.com)
8 points by ratsmack 7y ago|0 comments
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by ratsmack 7y ago
Bringing a lawsuit is not an option for the vast majority of people, but it seems this is the first option many people suggest. Situations like this are more of a problem with our laws that largely protect the interests of large corporation
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by ratsmack 7y ago
The Electoral College is one of the most significant aspects of our electoral system and hopefully will never be supplanted by popular vote.
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by ratsmack 7y ago
I believe we, the US, is a Constitutional Republic, and we vote Democratically.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
I would think the Wikimedia would stand on principle and refuse to remove items that are factually true. This capitulation to the whims of globally driven censorship needs to come to an end, and will only happen with an organization with a
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by ratsmack 8y ago
If the US went to a flat tax, would the "poor" still be taxed unfairly?
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by ratsmack 8y ago
> ... are not maintained ... Section 8 housing must be maintained to minimum standards which are well defined. If not, the renters can report the facilities for being deficient.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
"News" today is a "for profit" enterprise and they will take advantage crises and public outrage to bolster their bottom lines when the opportunity arises... it's nothing personal, it's just the nature of the b
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by ratsmack 8y ago
I look at this in the same light as Tesla and their autonomous driving systems. When software becomes sufficiently capable, there is a tendency for people to put too much trust in the machine to make the right decisions. And in such cases,
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by ratsmack 8y ago
I think the tone of the article was pretty stoic and so I didn't take it as "whining". I believe he just sees no future in an ever growing Debian bureaucracy and decided to voice the reason he is moving on. I've been wit
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by ratsmack 8y ago
Why not just leave the time alone altogether. If companies want to start work earlier, let them change their schedule at their own discretion.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
When some people in Congress have been there for over 40 years, term limits certainly do sound reasonable.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
Let's take a look at Democrat vs Republican fund raising: https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/
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by ratsmack 8y ago
The only time they "appear" to care is when they are campaigning and saying all the right things you want to hear. But on return to Congress, it is just business as usual.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
And you say that as if the Democrats are concerned about the will of the people. The problem is that Congress, in general, is bought and paid for by their favorite special interests and no one in congress really cares about what the people
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by ratsmack 8y ago
That had nothing to do with journalists and was specifically about protesters who attempted to disrupt a rally.
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by ratsmack 8y ago
> encouraged violence against the press at his rallies Could you give a specific example of this?
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by ratsmack 8y ago
Here is the FreeBSD announcement of their move to ZoL. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-Dec...
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TurboTax Hack: Intuit Says There Was No Data Breach, Users Are Not at Risk(newsweek.com)
1 points by ratsmack 8y ago|0 comments

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