wernercd

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by wernercd 6y ago
Reminds me of Fuck You, Pay Me. https://creativemornings.com/talks/mike-monteiro--2/1
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by wernercd 6y ago
I didn't imply YTDL was illegal. My response was directly to your implication that "committed code to a repo" (or however you want to phrase it) is a protected class like race or sex. > "Oh, you committed code to a re
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by wernercd 6y ago
Show where in the list of protected classes (race, sex, ethnicity, etc) "your choice of programming projects" is covered? Two of those are protected classes... the third one isn't.
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by wernercd 6y ago
Trek (1985)? https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/trek http://exodos.the-eye.us/public/eXoDOS/Games/Trek%20%281985%...
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by wernercd 6y ago
And next year, when the political winds change... businesses can stop working with you because insert random reason here . Nice standard of intolerance we are building here.
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by wernercd 6y ago
Got any proof of actual loss of business because Mastercard/Visa/Paypal took a credit card transaction from a "hate group"? no one is going to stop using those platforms...
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by wernercd 6y ago
"it's now commonly suggested" a lot of things are commonly suggested today that have no basis in reality or no representation in real history. This is no different than Ancient Aliens where all of history is changed to be ful
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by wernercd 6y ago
I'm the reverse... I haven't seen memento. I think the main difference sounds like... is 50 first dates involves someone else writing things down and using a VCR for when the Amnesia victim wakes up. Friends, family do the "h
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by wernercd 6y ago
My problem with "life" is all the... nickle and dimes... $10 for Nextflix, $90 for Amazon, etc. On top of Gas, Electric, Phone, Internet, Car, Insurance, Gas, etc. It's easy to watch the money flow in... and right back out.
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by wernercd 6y ago
Acting?
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by wernercd 6y ago
"Air bags is amortized over 20 years" Cars don't last 20 years, generally... 5-10. And airbags are one of hundreds of "improvements". TVs are an example of the plethora of technology that most homes have. From micro
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by wernercd 6y ago
And neither of you are focusing on the "extra" stuff you don't "need" - high speed phones, large TVs, cars with air bags, etc. Want to compare to 1970? Then live with those restrictions and you'll probably have
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by wernercd 6y ago
Simple... I stop working after 6. There are some exceptions (late night releases - but those are planned). Otherwise, it's simple work is 9-5 and 6 is a hard cut-off. Games, outside yard work, podcasts, etc. at 6 - if not earlier - a h
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by wernercd 6y ago
Looking deeper, it looks like you're right. It would take the right spray paint and wouldn't be a zero effort as I remembered reading about it. With that said... there are a few good resources out there that probably weren't
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by wernercd 6y ago
Or you can always remove the keys... and a can of flat black spray paint. Same effect - but with less sanding.
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by wernercd 6y ago
So... if all countries at once said "Pay us for listing news.com" at the same time... and google said "go stuff yourself" and de-listed news.com globally... How would that be different than 1 country at a time? If Google
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by wernercd 6y ago
And you'll replace Christianity with what? Another religion? Atheism? Other religions have the same problems and Atheism is its own religion - requires faith to believe. Humans are religious beings... you won't get rid of it by on
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by wernercd 6y ago
> at least not for a long time The very next part of his statement covers that... It could be decades before "society" sees fruits of the research. > To me, it isn't necessary for every research to have social relevan
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by wernercd 6y ago
> Obama jailed a journalist? Who? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/shocked-by-th... I don't see anything about jailing them - and I remember reading a story awhile back about but can't f
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by wernercd 6y ago
Exactly this. Never give "your guy" powers that you don't want the "other guy" to have. Because the powers you give to Obama... will end up with Trump - and vice versa.
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by wernercd 6y ago
Can't challenge ideas if you are so afraid that you hide them. The only way to actually change someone is conversation. Only those who don't want honest change fight to prevent actual conversation from happening.
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by wernercd 6y ago
And yet Obama jailed journalists and worked towards instituting Socialist ideas - which include a ruling class. Meanwhile, Trumps only "autocrat" proof is words? He talks snit... What has he done to become a King? Nothing he'
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by wernercd 6y ago
I'm opinionated and if I can get something to change my mind I try to keep an open mind. But I've seen higher death rates in public threads as a common theme. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/us&#x
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by wernercd 6y ago
"Which models" the ones projecting 2.2 million deaths... the ones based on 4% fatality rates. "do you think it would be safe" With the data thats coming out? Yes. Absolutely. COVID is turning out to only be a little more
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by wernercd 6y ago
"The rationale was incredibly clear" If you trust the same kind of "Scientific Modeling" that create Hurricane Path Predictions. Notorious for being hysterically wrong. Then sure... that's wonderfully "clear&qu
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by wernercd 6y ago
Why? not everyone needs an overlarge and authoritarian government baby sitting them. We became great as a nation without having to rely on a nanny-state to "protect" those poor poor people who are "obviously" unable to d
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by wernercd 6y ago
I'm 40 and had no issue finding a job as a .Net Developer with a decade of experience.
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by wernercd 6y ago
My point is about rates... COVID is less lethal than the Flu even if it's temporarily causing more damage because it's new. You said nothing about death rates? I did... the rates are very important when it comes to decisions about
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by wernercd 6y ago
I'm talking fatality rates COVID vs FLU. Right now, more information continues to come out showing that COVID has a roughly .5% fatality rate when you try to add in the massive number of people with no symptoms. Iceland, California, Ne
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by wernercd 6y ago
50,000 deaths... out of how many infected? 50% rate AT LEAST based on research out of Iceland. Backed up by research out of Stanford and New York. Are you going to claim that the massive number of people who show no symptoms is fake? Perhap

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