GJim

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by GJim 5d ago
Good Lord! I can only suggest that your education system was in a state of failure.
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by GJim 5d ago
Yes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
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by GJim 5d ago
> Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship. I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there? (As an aside, my employer
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by GJim 5d ago
If you are worried about 5 Volt electric shocks (!), I presume 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is also something you worry about?
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by GJim 6d ago
Thanks. Though surely to say a system or process is 'retarded' means something is holding it back? To equate this to a derogatory term for a learning disability (worthy of self-censorship!) is, frankly, bizarre and rather smacks o
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by GJim 6d ago
> Hitting a tied up animal until it breaks is clearly a violent affair, I think you will find it isn't a real animal.
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by GJim 6d ago
> the supposed injustice Mercator has perpetrated upon Africa over the centuries Centuries of injustice! Good god. I simply fail to understand such a choice of words.
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by GJim 6d ago
Are you saying that as a kid, you never had a globe in your geography classroom? Seriously?
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by GJim 6d ago
> In 2026, crypto scales and its extremely cheap. And is helping fry the planet. No thanks.
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by GJim 7d ago
> the R-word ??
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by GJim 7d ago
> My point is that the satire doesn't work "If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up" -Barry Humphries
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by GJim 7d ago
> Floppies were always on the verge of dying all the time, even in the 80s and 90s THIS! Gen-X here..... 3.5" Floppies were notoriously unreliable, even good quality branded discs had a fairly high failure rate. Were were always car
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by GJim 9d ago
> Nobody who wants to bootstrap a business wants to deal with any of this. It's an enormous time sink I doubt anybody wants to deal with fire safety inspections either. Though I'm quite sure you will change your mind when your
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by GJim 9d ago
> The problem is that it applies to small organisations, even non-profits, that do not trade that information which is proportionately a much bigger burden. Eh? Collect only the personal data you need (with permission) and keep it secure
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by GJim 9d ago
Whereas, given a large part of the HN demographic works in the AdTech industry..... Being in favour of the GDPR will bring out downvotes and FUD from the people whose very salaries are dependent on invading your privacy.
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by GJim 9d ago
> No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed LOL! Everybody who has played Pokemon Go knows it can be spoofed!
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by GJim 9d ago
> I'd say advertising has fucked up the Internet Nothing wrong with honest advertising per se..... back in the day we bought computer magazines mainly for the adverts. Rather, the problem is the SV AdTech industry which seeks to t
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by GJim 12d ago
Ironically, the US Miliary appears to be supporting the GDPR.
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by GJim 12d ago
> Everyone knows video footage can be faked. Everyone also knows GPS can be spoofed. Your point?
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by GJim 12d ago
> I cannot envision what a traditional, but smart toilet may do "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't flush that".
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by GJim 12d ago
> just in a degraded form that wasn't very useful Differential GPS was already in widespread use in many counties by 2000, which made "selective ability" pointless at it provided automatic corrections to the 'degrade
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by GJim 12d ago
Your society needs help.
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by GJim 13d ago
If you automatically assume somebody approaching a child is a kidde fiddler (!) then your society has problems.
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by GJim 13d ago
> I guess if you're young enough it is a totally legitimate question! I find it extraordinary that you assume a young person is incapable of understanding the concept of a map!
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by GJim 13d ago
> it would be nice if the electorate were actually properly informed when they vote Which is why a balanced free press is vital for democracy. Yet the USA abandoned its 'fairness doctrine' in broadcast media some decades ago.
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by GJim 13d ago
Personally, I respond by winking and asking the cashier for their phone number. This does rather quickly establish the fact that, no, neither of us are giving our personal details to people who don't need them..... and asking for the
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by GJim 13d ago
> GPS mapping tools You mean GPS (or rather GNSS) navigation tools. GPS != map
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by GJim 14d ago
> How does one locate Saturn in the night sky without an electronic aid? Seriously? You mean that _really_ bright star that is out of place on your constellation map / planisphere? It's a planet. Look at it and see which one it
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by GJim 14d ago
You really need to ask? Lets just say there is no need for a compass!
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by GJim 14d ago
Please explain?

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