justadeveloper2

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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
I don't think, in general, that self-respecting white Americans are going to fall for this attempt to connect Trump to white nationalists. I also don't think white people need to feel ashamed because it's just another angle
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
It bugs me that engineers spent countless hours perfecting these killing machines and yet we still don't have a cure for most forms of cancer. It's ludicrous.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
True, but I feel that lately Apple is cutting corners with parts. I'm using the new MBP to type this and the keyboard stinks and lately my spacebar has been sticky. The "need a dongle for everything" situation is a nightmar
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
We got rid of cable tv years ago and tv watching dropped off sharply after that. These days we barely turn it on, although the kids play XBox here and there. The iPads they have are a nuisance, though. We excised the worst demon, but You
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Technology does not care about human values.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
China.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Which is just another example of how government expands its scope and rarely ever contracts.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
That is what terrifies me--people who are ostensibly conservative but then are all pro-military and pro-big-government and you find out all they want is some tax break or other stupid consideration that benefits them personally. Democrats
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
It's an ugly, ugly exercise of power. I have the odd tie in of having lived near an airport in NC where the CIA was operating small jets to conduct those "renditions" (read: kidnappings) overseas during the Bush II years. The
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Psychology--people will try to remain close to places and people they know. There are many examples such behavior especially during natural disasters when they are commanded or know they should flee but don't.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Look at how much gets taken out of a grant for "overhead," too! Stunning.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
So you don't think the financialization of higher education has played a significant role?
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Having also worked in higher ed for quite a long time (I've been out since 2004) I always quipped that young people really just want "lifestyle camps" or "lifestyle towns" where they can have the experience they wan
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
If that is the case then something is out of whack.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Is cc theft lumped in with "identity" theft? I have had my cc stolen numerous times, but nobody has assumed my identity in order to obtain lines of credit or travel with a passport in my name. My information was in the massive U
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Maybe they could install bicycle cranks so the pilot and passengers can all pedal their way through the air.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Catapults don't save energy--they shorten runway. The jet is at full throttle on takeoff and military aircraft are not exactly fuel misers.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Man, I just see massive heartache and disappointment for them at some point in the future.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
This is crap--someone is always warning about a downturn coming. The game is as the game has always been--scare the rubes into doing something stupid with their money so the people who know the play can keep making big bucks off the uninit
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
All that extra tech is unnecessary junk, though. I like the backup cameras, but just recently had an near-incident where that didn't help either. It's up to you what you want in a new car, but I'll tell you from experience,
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Smart people are often the easiest to scam because they believe they can't be scammed.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
I had an uncle who used to "carry money" for numbers rackets in NY which I think means he was involved in racketeering. I don't claim to understand how it worked, but I know the winning numbers were related to the winners of
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
We're still in the "attract as many rubes as possible phase" which is always followed by the "slam the trap shut phase"
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
I'm glad to hear skepticism--I always considered these e-coins to be the perfect scam to attract Millenial technocrats and then fleece them.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Small, localized governance. True representative government (no career politicians like the sleaze John McCain and Nancy Pelosi). Strong adherence to property rights. Government not picking winners and losers. Government not accepting b
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
I still mind paying taxes and always will--anyone who doesn't is a doormat. It's just that I also no that a certain amount of expropriation is going to happen no matter what. I still don't support in collectivism or collect
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
Why the downvote? Do you have any experience with the RV world? I'm telling you--most of the fun is in driving the thing and self-driving takes even that away. People imagine they can hop in some self-driving motorhome and read bo
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
That's just where you are. Out west, RVs are the thing for traveling the vast distances and there are tons of RV parks. It's a weird subculture.
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
That, and all the mechanical issues that go along with them! The RV I'm familiar with has three different heating systems, a generator, a huge battery bank, miles of wiring, and no way to get at anything to work on it. It's wors
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by justadeveloper2 9y ago
I'm skeptical. Class A motorcoaches are already very complex beasts and the people who operate them are in no particular rush to get anywhere from my experiences in Montana and Idaho the last couple of weeks. They're mostly reti

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