thebigjewbowski

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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I completely agree with you and that’s the thing; he was sentenced to 7 years in 2019 but he’s already out of prison and has a passport. He was free in less than 3. He is presumably out on some kind of supervised release which is probably g
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
Taking the sentence at face value, even the initial 7 year sentence seems really extreme given the actual damages but from the article: > Over a period of more than 10 years > Precisely when King began serving his initial prison sente
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I’d say my main concern isn’t strictly “banning books” but open access to information. How do you determine literary value? The catcher in the rye at least was considered risqué and had been banned. It isn’t some great novel unlike any othe
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
> I could buy a motorcycle/scooter and gear for similar money I did a similar calculation myself recently. I sold my car for a profit given I was driving very little. The furthest I’d been driving most of the time was 3 miles away &
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
Those are anecdotes and I have one of my own that really has me questioning this; I’ve lost 85 lbs since the beginning of May. I lost 40/85 just since the beginning of December through today. When I exercise I clearly lose weight more
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I love flying first class. The seats are just so much more comfortable. I can’t justify the extra $300-500+ per ticket for what is at most 5-6 hours though. I’ve only done it once but we sat on the runway for over an hour and I didn’t care
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I’d like that. I’d hate to live through something like “The Troubles” in Ireland.
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
Yes. I only downloaded Spotify after he went exclusive.
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
It was a weird feeling when the news started to report on popular YouTube videos and later social media posts. More lately social media TRENDS. The media landscape has become so strange in the past decade. The more I think about it, adverti
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I still listen to every other podcast through the Apple Podcasts app. The nice thing about the Spotify exclusive podcast was it is much easier to skip ads. JRE is the only podcast I’ve listened to on Spotify that has first party ads you can
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I didn’t mean to imply that they were always honest or aren’t agenda driven. Unlike Joe Rogan of late, it doesn’t come up too often / isn’t something I want to inject into every conversation I have. For example I’m always annoyed when
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I love Joe. I use Spotify exclusively to listen to his podcast. I listen to every episode… I wish there was a way to tell them if it wasn’t for his show I’d never use their app but I suspect they already know that. Unfortunately I think att
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
New York City and New York State have both made this illegal except for employees who have to register with the DOT. https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/marijuana-drug-tests-a...
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
You could say our ISPs are free to make deals with whomever wrt bandwidth. Is free, unlimited HD Netflix steaming worth more than private relay? I’m guessing most people would say yes. I’d consider switching. Oddly enough though I was able
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I was thinking along the same lines. My coworkers get tested all the time, mostly for no real reason. Ironically one guy was out with covid for a few days after being vaccinated and boosted. All indications are that omicron is more often th
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I definitely get what you mean. I was always able to do math to a satisfactory level but it didn’t come quite as easily until I learned how to think about it properly. Only my calculus teacher in college’s methods really clicked with me and
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
As a clueless shareholder in CSCW I was pretty shocked and amused by this. Awhile back (2/24) I bought $200 each of several bio/Pharma/blockchain penny stocks based on little to no research So I had 200 shares of ColorStar at
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
And absolutely don’t give anything away. It’s a trap for someone with €7M. You’re not that rich in the grand scheme of things. You only have enough for yourself.
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
I know I’m an anonymous dude on the internet but I think the best advice is to make sure you don’t throw it away chasing the high of gambling (investing). I’ve seen several men do that, it never ends well.
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by thebigjewbowski 5y ago
Very good advice thanks. I pretty much run the platform for my current client — I’ve been the only real developer on the project aside from short term contributions from friends I’ve hired and took it from a sales demo to just about ready t
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