MikePlacid

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by MikePlacid 2mo ago
I can understand why the Western media calls something that has an official name of CPC (the Communist Party of China) as CCP (Chinese Communist Party? Not sure here). What puzzles me is - why ordinary people always repeat this wrong abbrev
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by MikePlacid 2mo ago
I see zero difference between verbal asking, verbal request and verbal demand. Probably that’s because English is not my native language. Could you please provide a sample of each one? Your second text creates the impression that if the cop
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by MikePlacid 2mo ago
I do not sell tourism services. I sell software. If there is less foreign tourism in the US, nice places will be less crowded. So, what are my incentives to ask my government to ease foreign entry to my country?
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by MikePlacid 2mo ago
That answer would mean that you’re are on drugs. And your being on drugs means that the cop can request your id. America is a free country. Everyone can ask you for everything. I can ask you for money. A cop can ask you for an id. No need t
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by MikePlacid 2mo ago
In my time it was “27/VII 1986” in Russia.
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by MikePlacid 3mo ago
Could not gisagree more. Nobody can harm me much by knowing my ITIN. But government surely can torture me in prison by depriving me of my favorite ice cream brand. I have a right to keep it private!
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by MikePlacid 6mo ago
> to silence her. That’s a lie. That’s not silencing. That’s taking back some money if she speaks. I know a guy who is sentenced to 15 years in jail for posting a YouTube video about the Ukrainian government. That’s silencing.
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by MikePlacid 6mo ago
> there is absolutely no denying that Famous last words. https://t.me/kcpn2014/3890 The [Russian] Analytical Center of KCPN has conducted a large-scale study of the [Ukrainian] hidden military infrastructure, which
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by MikePlacid 6mo ago
> Is there really SW that's limited to (Linux) ARM and not x86? MacOS? (hides)
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by MikePlacid 6mo ago
Is it not enough to add to your prompt “use memory efficiently”?
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by MikePlacid 7mo ago
Programmers and their managers need food. And other nice things.
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by MikePlacid 9mo ago
If left alone I can argue with myself indefinitely.
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by MikePlacid 1y ago
These days if something isn’t labeled as Russian propaganda it’s probably not true.
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by MikePlacid 1y ago
Grok makes a better, more coherent text when asked to explain the steps involved in money laundering based on this article.
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by MikePlacid 1y ago
It’s entirely possible that creating a brain capable of controlling itself is more costly (in an evolutionary sense, measured by the number of generations needed to achieve this goal) than equipping a brain with the ability to check itself
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by MikePlacid 1y ago
I would rather watch a black screen than a majority of YouTube ads. Because: - they are for a product that I just bought x 20 times; - they are for a product that I do not need x 20 times; - “we know you are old, so do this stupid thing… (h
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by MikePlacid 1y ago
I see around 80% of videos on X (Twitter) to be from TikTok originally. Probably because TikTok allows you to save - and so to spread - videos you like but X doesn’t.
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
I simply clarified the current state of affairs without saying a single negative word about it. Still, you rushed to defend it. It appears (just my guess) that you recognize flaws in the situation and feel compelled to justify it to yoursel
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
> teachers are overworked to squeeze out performance for the 90%, and cases like hers are the ones that fall through the cracks. However, the opposite is true, at least in California. Special needs students receive exceptional attention,
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
I lived in a country where housing was provided for free (the Soviet Union), but monetization is so far superior—you wouldn’t believe the difference.
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
Oh, the shipping! Now, from the customer’s point of view. My youngest worked in a furniture chain over the summer. And they got sent a big, heavy furniture set from the central warehouse, which the store actually didn't want. So, they
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
> If you select the sane option ("other"), you get to explain to technically inept bean counters why you did so. Tell them it’s for preserving diversity in the field.
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
When we presented our pediatrician with our third child who could urinate in a sink on verbal command at just six months old, she remarked, "We should write an article for a medical journal!" We explained that such an article woul
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
> I already predicted that changing the number would prove to be either impossible, or have all sorts of cascading effects, ultimately terminating in official records no longer recognizing that the car is mine. Oh my, I can feel that pai
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
> …the PCBs fabricated in China … waiting for the delivery Is it that bad already? Last time I’ve checked there were a lot of US options for 3d printing. No for PCB fabrication?
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
I do not think you need a philosophical degree to handle this. A law degree is enough. Just add “legally” before “exist” and everything makes its perfect legal sense again. Indeed, since this person… I mean message - is not in the list of o
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
I would rather prefer a round clock design: mathematically it’s linear but more stylish and simpler to implement (no reverse movement needed). But then you’d probably want to mount it vertically))
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The most Northern railroad in the world(gelio.livejournal.com)
17 points by MikePlacid 2y ago|1 comments
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
There was a Mini C (C subset) compiler written in Mini C and running on a Russian version of z80 in the beginning of 80’s. It was small and very observable (I’ve changed the code generator there to produce code for IBM/370 - and so we’
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by MikePlacid 2y ago
How to resist commenting on "Darling, would you mind terribly if I spent £1000 on Kazakhstani emoji domains?" ? ))

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