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by scoggs 8y ago
> We’re talking about PAC spend, which doesn’t go directly to candidates. A billion in small donations to an issue-focused PAC is indistinguishable to a single $1 billion donation. It’s a billion dollars available to conduct advertising
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by scoggs 8y ago
Their silence comes off at best as "saving their own asses" and at worst as "saving our own asses while doing as little work as possible to retain clients and customers". Neither make for a feel good story.
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by scoggs 8y ago
I'd buy this hook-line-and-sinker (especially since I've lived it as a developer) except for the fact that the author stated they hadn't even been contracted 2 months yet when this issue came up. There's no way in even 2
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by scoggs 8y ago
It could just be a stopgap in the meantime while they write the true solution? Just a thought.
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by scoggs 8y ago
> At least he managed to publish a few books. Beyond that he released a number of them in rapid succession. For a while there the ideas must have just been coming as quickly as he could jot them down. Then, for those who are in the know,
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by scoggs 8y ago
Great points. Another thing I think may have contributed is the odd way (odd to me at least) that information trickled out. Things were released in a way where the story wasn't able to be buried. New details emerged seemingly daily and
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by scoggs 8y ago
I wonder if studying to become an astronaut around the world (like for NASA or JAXA, etc.) there is required reading on Jahn or if they just become fans of a cult hero like him?
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by scoggs 8y ago
I've requested thousands from all over the United States, big and small municipalities. The responses and individuals ranged from a small contingent of extremely professional, organized, helpful, and all around wonderful people to many
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by scoggs 8y ago
Yes, I was going to say here is not the place so if you are interested make a suggestion or I can leave information on how you can find me (and I'll delete it very quick after you obtain it).
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by scoggs 8y ago
Agreed. I hate saying this but it seems like Usenet's downfall may have been the rise of anonymity? Or at least it played a large part in it. Of course using your true identity to participate in online social platforms isn't requi
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by scoggs 8y ago
Maybe it was off putting to the less tech savvy? In a similar way to how people react to reddit the first few times they see it. You know, something like "How do I use this website? It's just tons of text. It's confusing and
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by scoggs 8y ago
You are not rude at all! Your English, while not 100% perfect, is very close to perfect and still easy to understand. If you want some help understanding where you made mistakes I'm glad to help. I'm always envious of non-English
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by scoggs 8y ago
I definitely didn't approach it exactly how I wanted it to come off but I mean I'm not saying to go say this stuff verbatim to them but you have to take a stance where you are attempting to meet half way, work with them, and try t
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by scoggs 8y ago
It's odd how right after that era the design stuff we're getting nostalgic about was derided more often than not. Is that something you remember as well? It's not that it was pointed out as being terrible and nasty like, let&
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by scoggs 8y ago
I think they might mean nailing specific people down to a tech company specifically. I could be wrong, though.
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by scoggs 8y ago
> you will be blamed for everything Yes. I'm going to venture to say that if you sense this at all or you can already feel like you know that your co-workers / superiors aren't very tech savvy and you suspect they hired yo
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by scoggs 8y ago
The nostalgic web designer / graphic designer from those years in me is really fond of and misses the old conventions of web interface and application design. I don't know if anyone / everyone remembers phong photoshop tutori
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by scoggs 8y ago
I think, without saying that things were "fine" or "tolerable" prior to this, that the feeling is akin to "I can't believe things have become so blatant, obvious, and delivered / met with this total lack o
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by scoggs 8y ago
It's scary as shit. It seems to be sending a message of, "Your government not only can't protect you, they won't.", when journalists, politicians, key figures in ongoing trials, and famous people are being rounded u
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by scoggs 8y ago
Sounds like she needs to use some of that left over money to get the fuck out of China with everyone she loves and is able to. I'm sure she can find work elsewhere but I'm also aware picking up everyone you know and love is not th
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by scoggs 8y ago
Also of note (this is not confirmed, just something I read elsewhere online provided by an Apple aficionado): ---------- "While Apple does not currently explicitly list Turkey as a supported country, many users report being able to use
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by scoggs 8y ago
I'm not saying this is a definite thing but he's also a journalist of a notable and large publication who is doing international news stories abroad in the Middle East. Would he not be a person interested in tech and savvy ways of
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by scoggs 8y ago
Anything to make them look worse, I'd say. It's really a shame because they were definitely savvy there. How many people can claim to have taken out a fraudulent $30,000 loan and got away with it for a decent amount of time? Seems
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by scoggs 8y ago
> Soyuz is a proven reliable spacecraft, it’s not a shitbox. I was going to say... It might not be flashy and shiny and new but what else is really important when you are doing space travel? Personally I'd rather have the indestruct
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by scoggs 8y ago
Thank you so much, drinchev!
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by scoggs 8y ago
Thank ya! I edited my comment as well to be more involved in the conversation, since my comment asking you about the spelling is a moot point.
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by scoggs 8y ago
> It's possible that grounding "crewed" flights doesn't mean grounding all flights This is what I figured / assumed but I didn't want to act like I actually knew as basically everything I'm saying is an
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by scoggs 8y ago
I definitely agree. I'm very worried about the potential for a World War 3 scenario where not only has the warfare technology in combat, the weaponry and ammunition, the missiles and bombs and such becoming more precision and deadly co
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by scoggs 8y ago
Thanks! If you want to watch the entire take-off itself as well it starts @ 3:03:20 https://youtu.be/O8d9CqS2cvc?t=11000
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by scoggs 8y ago
What does this mean for people at the ISS? There are definitely people there now, right? I'd imagine this doesn't change their schedules for return?

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