derrickdirge

6 ms·

1.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Can you think of something that's sufficiently 'disproven' so as to make those labels appropriate?
2.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
So you know if it works in space.
3.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
And here I thought this was a prime example of it 'happening'.
4.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
In what sense is pink the worst color? I rather like it. I like purple better—more regal—but pink is a fine color. And pink is only the color of breast cancer, not all cancer, since it's seen as a 'women's issue'.
5.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Do you have a problem with all privately funded art? Because every private entity that funds a work of art has an agenda. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the artist's agenda. Should an artist be expected to turn do
6.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
I wish this kind of stuff was being resurfaced more aggressively in the face of all of this absurd backlash about 'the meaning' of a piece of public art.
7.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
The thing is, once you put a piece of art out there, you give up control over what that piece 'means'. Di Modica's bull meant one thing to him when he made it. Now it means millions of different things to the people who consi
8.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
I have a hard time imagining how Apple Store level service wouldn't be a big improvement over what I currently receive. Also there's nothing routine I do at the Apple Store that requires me to wait any significant amount of time.
9.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Boy this sounds familiar. It's not just banks; many state (and presumably federal) angencies have this exact problem. The agency I work for now has a large COBOL code base that's been in the process of being converted to Java for
10.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Just the cost of a computer and internet access. Which I pay for with money from...where, exactly?
11.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Seriously. Every day I go in I think about how much more productive I could be if I could literally shut out distractions with a real live door.
12.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Honestly I don't see how it's any different than a prospective employer running a background check on me, which has been a relatively common practice since before google achieved ubiquity. Do you find that gauche as well?
13.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
What an excuse. He describes a very poor practice that they still failed to follow.
14.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
My experience with old people is they take a shocking amount of time to consider googling something or they have me google it for them.
15.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Some people just don't take kindly to being tricked.
16.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
So is Smalltalk a joke language now?
17.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
So who will survive? And what will death look like for those who don't?
18.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
So is it time to kill myself yet?
19.
by derrickdirge 9y ago
Louis CK edits his show on a MacBook. I don't know if you consider that serious, but it's a pretty good show.
20.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
Just because it's always been irrational doesn't mean it isn't especially irrational now.
21.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
Best short term economic interests, maybe. But building a reputation as brilliant whitehat surely confers significant economic benefits as well.
22.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
To the parent's point, it's probably generally considered slightly 'cooler' to work at In-N-Out than at McDonald's. In-N-Out certainly seems to be trendier amongst young people than most other fast food restaurants.
23.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
I'm still not convinced the Classic has ever actually been on a store shelf.
24.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
TFA is literally all about how GFM is based on the CommonMark spec.
25.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
Do you have any specific criticisms of this site?
26.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
I figure prayer is essentially meditation. There are many distinctions to be made between them, but no difference that I can see.
27.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
That's giving them the benefit of the doubt, to say the least.
28.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
Can you demonstrate that the 'disenfranchised voters' argument requires fewer assumptions than the 'meme' argument?
29.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
Except that there is a consensus on those things. It's just not unanimous.
30.
by derrickdirge 10y ago
I just think that's a very reductionist outlook. Humans are complicated. They have a lot of different needs that all have complex relationships with one another. Everyone experiences theses needs to varying degrees. If the needs that a

More ›