smitty1e

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by smitty1e 2y ago
I interpret your total avoidance of my point as tacit acceptance.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Maybe we just stop viewing the internet as the ultimate human end and return to the culture that existed for millennia before: local interactions; live performances; physical media; in-person elections on a single day with physical ballots.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
> Trump is easy to hate. The mainstream media has instructed the hatred. There is plenty to criticize about Trump in a dispassionate manner. For example, he is no financial reformer, and offers no specifics about reforming much of anythi
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by smitty1e 2y ago
> not going to make America great unless you take America to mean only the top 0.1% and all his friends This assertion runs contrary to the lived experience of 2016-2020 for the overwhelming majority of Americans.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
"Make America Great Again" is self-explanatory. As is the source of any "bigotry" on offer in this thread. One hopes that you have an excellent weekend.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
You: - assert without evidence - rationalize This does not refute my point in the slightest: calling someone a 'ghoul' is pejorative, even if one finds their platform unattractive.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Sqlite is public domain, but not open for contributions => https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html
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by smitty1e 2y ago
I find "MAGA ghoul" offensive.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Done at "...another CEO-turned-MAGA ghoul". Snark-as-a-Service seems oxymoronic.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Caricature works, but I maintain a visceral disklike for seeing the human form distorted in imagery. Cur that noise out.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
The toothpaste of that ship was squeezed out of the open door of the horse barn, sails and all.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
I like: "The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory."
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by smitty1e 2y ago
> P.S. I have no idea what the original source of this map is. If you happen to know, please tell me! There is scatological adage: "Whoever smelt it, dealt it."
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by smitty1e 2y ago
There are various usage patterns I have in feedly. If I have time, I walk through the list of titles with the vi keystrokes. If I don't, I'll just roll through the list with a mouse. One killer feature is filters. I can drop &quot
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by smitty1e 2y ago
There are plenty of perfectly legal reasons to crave privacy. One anticipates a business model where proxies manage the public transactions for people who want to have some private market without all of the Monday-Friday data trail associat
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by smitty1e 2y ago
s/spell/supply/
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by smitty1e 2y ago
That is a fair cop.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, we could not afford to vanquish all of the antiques in the architecture. We do have an infinite spell of Ben Gay, however....
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by smitty1e 2y ago
A better phrasing might be "keep your local copy because your server-side copy is gone". Communication is hard. Welcome to people.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
If buyers want features, this implies a demand in the market. If capitalism is {buyer; market; seller} then demand in the market should draw product from sellers. The market is regulated, so wildly unsafe demands should go unmet. But if the
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Needs a (2014) in the headline.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
SQLite and Python are the peanut butter and chocolate of software.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
OK. So, capitalists: why is there no business model built on selling people products, from phones to cars, that lack spying capability? Understood, there would be a premium. But, as we all know, freedom isn't free. It costs $1.05.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
RES IPSA LOQUITUR
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by smitty1e 2y ago
I think the economics of being decorative make it hard. However, one wonders if 3D printing may allow the return of detail work that would be cost-prohibitive otherwise.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
I subscribed to pythonmorsels, and I must say that Trey Hunner gives great product. Simple, one-page exercises that nevertheless make one think, and a polished user experience. Worth a look for anyone who'd come here.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
> What is the meaning of life? The question always makes my mind go blank. At some point I questioned the word "mind" here as the ultimate scope of the question. Whatever meaning one will find could prove (babble follows) &quot
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by smitty1e 2y ago
My first, too. I went ahead and joined the PSF on the strength of the experience.
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by smitty1e 2y ago
IHNVLFP--"I have no verve left for peacocking." A bittersweet symphony I share https://youtu.be/1lyu1KKwC74?si=OaL8ZjSTlCDuHjis
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by smitty1e 2y ago
Nit: > The web service what3words maps every three cubic meters (3m²) Those are square, not cubic, meters.

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