ricksplat

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by ricksplat 10y ago
This is the essence of white privilege. A belief that you got there through your own hard work, smarts and gumption. Stand back a second. Many third world countries have this in spades, but just never had your opportunities. There is a poss
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Right, yet more examples of the celebration of white american culture that is celebrated and isn't in any way curtailed.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
> living our lives in despair over the "privilege"? Feeling constantly guilty for being born? Which is partly my point. Are these the worst things you have to worry about? You're complaining that you no longer have the r
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by ricksplat 10y ago
citation needed
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Seems like a very expensive way to do it. Look at most of the big cities. All are flanked by swathes of agricultural land. San Francisco, New York, Chicago, London, Paris ... Yes you can trade - but it's no substitute for having your o
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by ricksplat 10y ago
>Somehow it feels "frowned upon" to celebrate that you're a white male. Clearly it isn't.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
How would they feed themselves?
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Have you actually checked your privilege? As a white male you are the wealthiest, healthiest, most celebrated segment in modern society. If you feel otherwise it's likely something going on in your own head. EDIT my point is that you
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by ricksplat 10y ago
> are not allowed to cultivate, maintain and respect our own (American) culture. - Hollywood - Pro Wrestling - Super Bowl - "World" series - The Internet - Silicon Valley - Petro Dollars - Big Cars - Rock n' Roll - Hip
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Annoying that they didn't actually provide anything useful that could help us all avoid this (fairly obvious IMHO) exploit. This basically applies to any Wi-Fi hotspot where you first are redirected to a web page to sign in (called a
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Hackers and Law Enforcement Could Hijack Wi-Fi Connections to Track Cellphones(theintercept.com)
1 points by ricksplat 10y ago|1 comments
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Just like with any lit review.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
I noting that more and more meta-analyses are kind of falling out of fashion. They're increasingly being viewed as having dubious scientific merit and should be viewed similarly to "lit reviews". As well as some obvious biase
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by ricksplat 10y ago
> in the early days > high-quality components and a great form factor Yep you could have made do with a cheaper mac.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
> The hall mark of the pro has always been the form factor, battery life, screen, mousepad. Form factor was always a secondary factor. First and foremost was high specs in CPU, memory, storage, connectors and screen. i.e. for a Pro -f
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by ricksplat 10y ago
What's there to argue about? You think you're right and I think you're wrong.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
The beauty of trump is he has no encumbrances. He can literally say whatever he wants with no consequences. When his analysts tell him "this will really get the yokels going" he can just go ahead and say it. He doesn't have t
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by ricksplat 10y ago
I don't agree. Many wouldn't.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Downvoted clearly because somebody thinks I misused btq. Read again parent poster clearly assumes the premise .
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Begging the question: What exactly does "ceasing to be a member of the European Union" mean? What I mean is, there was a whole sales pitch during the campaign about what it might mean (e.g. more money for the NHS) which we all fou
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by ricksplat 10y ago
Have a look at this https://dominiccummings.wordpress.com/2016/10/29/on-the-refe... It makes for fascinating reading. It covers the data science angle of how the "Leave" campaign operated. Basically
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by ricksplat 10y ago
The same reason anybody stays with any archane system: entrenched interests.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
My take on this is that it was a "qualified" majority to "Leave" but no specific plan was outlined as to what "Leave" entailed. "Remain" is easy: Status quo. "Leave" means many different thi
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by ricksplat 10y ago
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7me25aNtI
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by ricksplat 10y ago
>I'm struggling with defining the genuine distinctions between operating system, application server and applications. Two important concepts are abstraction as you go up the stack (towards the application) and generalisation of fu
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by ricksplat 10y ago
So much good stuff in here it's hard to know where to start. If it's not true it's simply great science fiction! If you want to make big improvements in communication, my advice is – hire physicists, not communications peo
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Vote Leave’s ‘Voter Intention Collection System’ (VICS) Now Available for All(dominiccummings.wordpress.com)
1 points by ricksplat 10y ago|1 comments
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by ricksplat 10y ago
> iOS has a number of far more meaningful integration points with OS X, including iCloud and Messages. both of which are atrocious.
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by ricksplat 10y ago
In my recollection a micro-USB has never failed. If it has failed it wasn't an issue because I've a heap of them lying around and could just grab another one. I have had a number of lightning connectors fail on me. They're de
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by ricksplat 10y ago
heard that yeah! Kind of ironic in a way?

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