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by scott_w 1y ago
> it just depends on the skill level of the players as to whether that is interesting to you or not. The people denigrating football are referring to the Premier League, La Liga, etc. It’s nothing to do with skill and everything to do wi
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by scott_w 1y ago
Sadly I suspect they are. There’s an entire culture of denigrating anything fun by absurdly reducing it to its basic components. I’ve seen a lot of people denigrate football by calling it “kickball” and “just 20 men running around chasing a
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by scott_w 1y ago
Dropping DB on day 3 of your business? Probably fine. Dropping it on your day 3 but on day 300 of your business when you have paying customers? Seriously?
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by scott_w 1y ago
Once you’re at a point where some of your business depends on it, you probably want the things like backups they provide…
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by scott_w 1y ago
It’s relative. No, I’m not sitting on the shoulder of the team that manages that (nor should I, there’d be 40 EMs bothering them!) but I fully expect my CTO has done it. And if not? Well, one day it’ll blow up and I’m looking for another jo
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by scott_w 1y ago
True, the times I see him go fully mental, it’s pretty justified. Stuff like out off date food, uncooked food, vermin in the kitchen, unclean, etc. This is the kind of stuff that can make people seriously ill and kills multiple people every
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by scott_w 1y ago
And that’s fine, just pointing out that if you were part of a sports club, parents group, whatever, you’re relying on someone keeping you in the loop and making your life harder if you want to be part of it. I don’t judge, I just don’t see
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by scott_w 1y ago
Then you’ll be excluded from a lot of groups and social activities without even knowing. That might be an acceptable trade off for you but it's a trade off nonetheless.
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by scott_w 1y ago
Well since you asked nicely, Legal Eagle obliged and reminded me that the NG shot at protesters during the Vietnam War: https://youtu.be/CT8_IV42AM8?si=HCyQNBpJ7T9pfodS Skip ahead to about 10 minutes. So yes, I’m still righ
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by scott_w 1y ago
Maybe check them yourself? I see nothing but sealioning in your line of questions.
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by scott_w 1y ago
I’m just using it to point out the stupidity of your argument. Don’t think too deeply about it, you might hurt yourself.
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by scott_w 1y ago
Good point, in that case, let’s open it up and let it be a free for all. May as well let them take the drugs in through the front door, while we’re at it.
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by scott_w 1y ago
I’m going to stick up for him on this point. It’s likely there’s no way to get the right person in the room to argue on his behalf. Much as I think it’s not a good organisational structure, it’s very likely that the CTO title was the only
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by scott_w 1y ago
It's likely a bug on HN's side that either caused the comment to get posted twice, or for the parent to think it hadn't posted and retry.
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by scott_w 1y ago
> No, you didn’t lol. Just because you don’t like getting schooled doesn’t change the fact that you were. > Also, are you under the impression that a random soldier going on a killing spree against innocent Americans would be treated
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by scott_w 1y ago
> They simply aren’t that trigger happy I already addressed this with my comments on American troops lighting up British tanks during Iraq. > and with no civil war and a strongly enforced set of national laws Er… have you read the new
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by scott_w 1y ago
This is true for emulation and for rebuilding from scratch, so I'm still not sure what you're arguing for or against.
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by scott_w 1y ago
Ok let me tell you a story from the British Army where my friend was an officer. Officers have to be driven everywhere by a squaddie for insurance reasons (to keep it simple). One day he’s being driven in Germany and a cyclist is keeping pa
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by scott_w 1y ago
Where’s your evidence that he’s blocking ICE agents from doing their jobs?
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by scott_w 1y ago
The government of California is not preventing ICE agents from working, so under what authority, with evidence, does the President justify using the National Guard?
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by scott_w 1y ago
Evidence please.
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by scott_w 1y ago
> My understanding is that the National Guard are being deployed because ICE is being impeded from carrying out their operations. If California were allowed to constructively block the Federal government from carrying out policy of democ
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by scott_w 1y ago
> Being terrified of progress means you're likely to kill far more people. I'm not really sure what you're arguing for, or against, here. Nobody denies that changes are needed. The hardware is failing and buying new isn&#x
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by scott_w 1y ago
Bad as these things are, the Governor of California currently believes their own law enforcement can handle the situation without the National Guard. If he felt he needed support, he'd have requested it using the provided legal mechani
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by scott_w 1y ago
Speaking as a Brit, there were regular jokes about how bad US troops were during the Iraq war as a result of numerous friendly fire incidents. You also only have to go on Youtube to see jokes around US Marines and sticking crayons up thei
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by scott_w 1y ago
> If it works, then don't change it. As the article points out: the hardware is at risk of physically failing and it’s getting harder to replace like for like. That’s the reason for looking at an upgrade. Hell, even turning the mach
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by scott_w 1y ago
I know of no bus routes that completely separate from cars beyond a strip of paint. I also know of no countries that give buses automatic priority over cars outside of bus lanes.
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by scott_w 1y ago
I would have hoped it was clear that I never stated infrastructure was never ripped out, since there have been numerous examples of this happening, including my own home city. I’m merely making the point that tearing up tram lines is more c
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by scott_w 1y ago
You missed this part: > Also, because of the expensive infrastructure that can only be used by trams, there’s a permanence there that prevents future politicians from ripping it out to put more cars on for a quick political win with driv
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by scott_w 1y ago
Not for all of the route, typically. Metrolink only in the city centre then it turns into a Metro line for the rest of the commuter route.

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