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by sep_field 6y ago
All the land in the Bay Area was stolen from indigenous peoples as part of a pogrom of genocide. Many other areas in the United States have a similar issue. Until reparations are paid to the people who were here first, I have zero sympath
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by sep_field 6y ago
The issue is that there is a power imbalance: since, in the United States we are living in a white supremacist society, ethnic solidarity among whites exacerbates the power imbalance, whereas ethnic solidarity among non-whites helps correct
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by sep_field 6y ago
All fines should be scaled to the net worth of the offender. It is not fair that a fine that would ruin the poor is treated by the rich as a game.
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by sep_field 6y ago
birth families are a terrible way to form communities. I despise my birth family and have nothing in common with them other than genetics. My real family is my friends.
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by sep_field 6y ago
Yeah I will. I mean, I like him I just didn't really associate him with humor in particular. Will be interesting to see what he has to offer.
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by sep_field 6y ago
I don't watch tv. I'll check out the novels you've pointed me to, thanks.
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by sep_field 6y ago
I always read the comments here before the article. Usually the comments tell me everything I need to know and are more interesting. Most of the time I never end up clicking on the actual article because I've gotten enough info from
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by sep_field 6y ago
I agree with you, though, there is no reason we need to eat meat at all. The cost to the planet is way too high. Vegetarian diets are far healthier for us and our Earth.
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by sep_field 6y ago
Only once it gets publicized. You have a window to sell and make an enormous profit before people notice and then the entire bit-conomy gets wrecked. I hope this happens as it is a much better outcome to this mess we've created than
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by sep_field 6y ago
Which ISO-8601 format though? There are a variety to choose from. You want the date-only format? or the date+time format? you want the T separator or space? Is time zone represented? All these are allowed according to the ISO standard.
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by sep_field 6y ago
What has Gaiman wrote that is funny? I've read a few of his things but all serious-business graphic novels.
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by sep_field 6y ago
ooh neat! i never knew there was an audiobook for it. found it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oemVk3PYyoU
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by sep_field 6y ago
Looks like they've fixed that -- my pen has a "03" marked on the top of the cap and the nib itself also has 03 engraved on it.
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by sep_field 6y ago
For anyone interested in fountain pens but unwilling to plop down a huge amount of money, these Japanese "Preppy" pens by Platinum are pretty fun to play with. It's my first fountain pen so I can't say whether its as sm
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by sep_field 6y ago
this sounds cool! what are you using for the automatic timekeeping?
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by sep_field 6y ago
Yeah, I thought the promotion of Agile was pretty lame in this context. But overall still thought the article was thought provoking and had some good points that would make an interesting discussion here.
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by sep_field 6y ago
Don't let the people in charge skip out on accountability. If their excuse is "the computer", well, they are after all the ones that put the computer system in place and hold responsibility for its outcomes. Take action aga
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Robert’s Rules Suck: Why We Can’t Make Change Until We Change the System(aninjusticemag.com)
28 points by sep_field 6y ago|35 comments
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by sep_field 6y ago
The Earth does not belong to us, rather we belong to the Earth. The Earth is more important than we are, we should put the Earth's needs ahead of our own needs. We must stand up for the rights of the Earth, or else human rights will
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by sep_field 6y ago
some cool articles with more rare pictures and info about the game: https://www.filfre.net/2013/11/hitchhiking-the-galaxy-infoco... https://www.filfre.net/2013/11/the-computerized-hitchhi
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by sep_field 6y ago
information about the sequel that was never finished: https://waxy.org/2008/04/milliways_infocoms_unreleased_seque...
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by sep_field 6y ago
I loved this as a kid and am excited to be able to play it again. They let you create an account to save your progress.
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – 30th Anniversary Edition – Free Play Online(bbc.co.uk)
249 points by sep_field 6y ago|62 comments
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by sep_field 6y ago
yes, that is awesome! thank you!
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by sep_field 6y ago
Appending lines of json or csv data to a file is very, very fast. Also takes up much less space because sqlite can't keep pages completely full. Also sqlite becomes quite slow on large datasets. For some applications these properties
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by sep_field 6y ago
Not to mention the family separations, forced sterilizations, and extrajudicial killings perpetrated on Hispanic people directly by the United States.
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by sep_field 6y ago
I deleted it because it was overly emotive and didn't constructively add to the conversation. It being deleted, you were welcome to have ignored it. Since you didn't, however, you should know that your advice is pointless. Everyt
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by sep_field 6y ago
...and be on an FBI watch list.
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by sep_field 6y ago
Requires solar fuel, which is free... Many months is ok, because it can happen in parallel with the spacecraft being prepared on Earth.
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by sep_field 6y ago
It's the kind of typo a spellcheker would overlook. Maybe the article could have used more proofreading but so what? Somtimes content is more important than presentation.

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