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by wernercd 3y ago
I assume "pave over" is an alliteration to the fact that even if there isn't square miles of pavement you are in fact destroying ecosystems. Who honestly thinks that solar panel farms involve actual square miles of pavement?
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by wernercd 3y ago
Or, the world continues on even if it is a little bit warmer. No proof that "all tortoises die" this side of a meteorite or nuclear war. Dooms Day Prophecies have a wierd way of being bullshit just like the religions that surround
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by wernercd 3y ago
some fashions never go out of style - especially ones that remain true.
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by wernercd 3y ago
but that would fall into the realm of enshitification. Linux has always been lackluster on the Desktop - fragmented, lacking features, lacking important applications, etc - and MacOS is attached to overpriced mediocrity.
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by wernercd 3y ago
Just as a personal opinion: I hate the way kale tastes. I also hate coffee. I love broccoli and tons of other greens. I love tea. The only way I enjoy kale is having it as garnish that gets tossed away. my better half loves steamed kale. no
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by wernercd 3y ago
Raw or cooked... the only way kale tastes good is when it's the garnish on a steak that gets thrown away at the end of a meal.
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by wernercd 3y ago
... all of them? Ice caps are still there and the world still isn't that much hotter than it normally is. and "thousands of scientists" lol sure... thousands of priests say that miracles happen. Meanwhile... those same "
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by wernercd 3y ago
> It's mentions a potential collapse as early as 2025 "DOOM ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!" is a tale as old as time... revelations has been screaming the end is near for thousands of years now. It's "accurate to say&
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by wernercd 3y ago
"the everyone whose income is from investment is stealing" So if millionaires are bad for investing and doing good... does that mean "poor" are bad for not investing? Does that mean that the poor people should suffer whe
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by wernercd 3y ago
Imagine saying that you working hard, providing for your kids and doing good in life is less because someone else has it better/easier/"doesn't deserve it". Imagine saying that the only way things can be fair is if
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by wernercd 3y ago
But the parents did and, as such, get to decide where to put that money. Again: Always time to take money you didn't earn. Greed is an ugly emotion and socialism/marxism/theft is a fail no matter how you try to dress it up.
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by wernercd 3y ago
> Education doesn’t have this kind of contagion. It's never been more true that education is overpriced and underdelivers. The contagion may not be "house goes bust and my house value goes down"... but there is a contagion
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by wernercd 3y ago
"I do not think this web designer would be helping anyone sin" This seems to be where we differ. The designer/cake maker/etc is implicitly supporting if one of their products has the message in support of it. When Target
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by wernercd 3y ago
I'm a Christian too... but that's not the topic at hand here - love the sinner, hate the sin. I can love you and hate the decisions you make because the are "wrong". I support family and love them end when they are dipsh
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by wernercd 3y ago
Is it there fault if you don't read? or it your fault? Likewise... who's to blame if a rogue addon isn't responded too? Same arguments get bundled about stuff for iOS and it's absolutely responsible for companies to be p
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by wernercd 3y ago
Its not working because you're not accepting reality. You're attempting to attack my religion and 'but the bible' argument is a sideshow of the fact: Religion is a protected right and individuals can't be forced to
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by wernercd 3y ago
I would hope the solution would be both... humans augmented by computers so that the humans aren't overloaded and overly burdened.
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by wernercd 3y ago
Location: US Remote: Preferred. Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: C#. Sql. Windows Services. ASP.Net MVC. Web API. Razor. Some Angular. Windows Server. Linux Server. Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wer
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by wernercd 3y ago
What religion do you follow that you can't accept the fact that freedom of religion doesn't depend on my personal religion? Show me where in the constitution that it says that you can force others to not follow their religion? Sho
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by wernercd 3y ago
So few words to say "I don't have an intelligent response". My points stand no matter if you run from them or not. Freedom of religion is a protected class no matter how much it hurts your feelings that that freedom means you
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by wernercd 3y ago
'you don't have an answer' and you don't have a valid argument for me to answer. I've given you my answer. "religious basis" for what? freedom of religion? Your just an unintelligent person trying to ignor
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by wernercd 3y ago
The same part of the bible that you seem to think gives gay people the right to force religious people to support their lifestyles. Your rights end when other peoples rights begin. You may not like it... but at the end of the day? Religion
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by wernercd 3y ago
I block ads because they are annoying and YAAV (Yet Another Attack Vector) https://www.techdirt.com/2016/01/11/forbes-site-after-beggin...
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by wernercd 3y ago
"no one forced your speech" if you support forcing independent artists or businesses to make stuff with messages they dont' support then you support "forced speech". "this form of discourse" what form? def
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by wernercd 3y ago
"it's funny how quickly you ran" in response to you claiming support of religious protections is support of segregation. I literally responded to your escalation with an equally stupid response. I responded in kind. "pro
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by wernercd 3y ago
Ah, the "if you disagree, you're literally hitler" response. Nothing in my statements endorses racism in any form. The only reason to bring that as a response is to strawman and attack what you think is said and not what real
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by wernercd 3y ago
In the case in question the lifestyle in question is gay marriage. A large portion of the world - an overwhelming majority - still support "traditional" marriage as between a man and a woman. What other lifestyle do you think is o
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by wernercd 3y ago
Simple: if you force me to make something I don't agree with then you are compelling me to support your lifestyle - and that infringes on my freedom of speech. On faith? Majority of the world believes marriage is man+woman. If you forc
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by wernercd 3y ago
You expect good articles out of WashPo? Scientific journalism... from... WashPo? WashPo is many things... but good journalism and scientific journalism is not two.
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by wernercd 3y ago
> Nope. If it works and it's stupid, it's still stupid. Successful businesses with successful and profitable products say otherwise. The fact that stuff gets done means that it's not dumb, at a base level. You may not like

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