uk_programmer

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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I dunno what you are trying to prove. I haven't been rude.
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Why do I have to demonstrate anything? I've made my argument and nobody has refuted anything I've said. They've just kept on with their post-hoc rationalisations. Tell me why it is okay to take from those that do work and fun
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Spot on. Doom Eternal while it works pretty well does have significant artifacts in some levels. There is also some weird bugs that don't exist on Windows and significant performance drops (game goes into single digit framerate) which
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> Just admit that your idea of good politics is putting people out in the street and let them figure it all out. Apart from that, we're probably on the same page. When people like yourself start putting words into my mouth. It is ti
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> Neither does getting money without labour mean that a UBI is wrong in principle. Yes it is. Because they are taking wealth from people who do work. Everyone sidesteps this and tries to justify it as being virtuous by citing things that
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> Those who work wouldn't necessarily be taxed, so they don't need to support those unable or unwilling to work. We all know that those who work will be taxed more highly as that is the simplest way. It will have to be quickly
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I love how people can post-rationalise that right is wrong. It is very clever, but you are being dishonest with yourself. It is simply wrong to take from others who work to those who cannot be bothered to work. Everything you do afterwards
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
They can find another job, they can start their own business, they can get contracts for their labour, if they are talented they can get patrons. There are alternatives, just because you have fallen for the siren song of UBI doesn't me
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> You aren't seeing the forest for the trees. That bit of welfare going to people who maybe don't deserve it? It's nothing compared to the money that goes to corporations to keep people working in jobs that make no economi
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> We should bare the burden together. No. I am fed up of this pathological altruism. They should be looking for employment. End of discussion.
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I don't see it that way though. I have many relatives that are government scroungers. Some of them are criminals. These people just don't want to work and will do anything they can to not work. No amount of coaching will help the
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
That is wrong as well. Just because huge amounts of money is spent somewhere else, it suddenly doesn't make it okay to give money away to those that are unwilling to work. In short: two wrongs don't make a right.
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
As I said previously it is a matter of principle. UBI takes from those willing to work and gives to those that are unwilling . I am not talking about people that are unable to work. I don't care if someone or some studies say that i
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
> It's also wrong to maintain a poorly working system just to prevent that scenario. I agree. But that still doesn't mean you have a right to take from those (through the form of taxes) to give to those that are unwilling to wo
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
No. It is wrong to take from those who want to work to give to those that don't want to. I already pay almost good portion of my earnings to the government to see it squandered on nonsense (e.g. look up the HS2 project in the UK). I am
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I would just use another payment provider. If they don't want your business go somewhere else. It sucks but there isn't much you can do really.
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Some places are super locked down when it comes to what software you can install. For example it took me a month to have pandoc, vim and a few other tools (GNU Tree) and a few other pieces of software installed by IT because it had to be ap
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I assume if the PC isn't mine e.g. machine provided by employer, or the box isn't mine (router from ISP) It is probably has telemetry of some sort. I also expect device s like a phone/pager etc from an employer to be monitore
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
While retro-brighting does make it look nice, it can make the plastic brittle. Also on some old computers (Atari STs) you can damage the look permanently if you use even slightly the wrong solution (many people use the Hydrogen Peroxide fro
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
You can do this with just the serial port and a USB to serial converter with something like a RPi that will emulate a modem for you. http://podsix.org/articles/pimodem/ However that can be replaced with a plipbox
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
I've been using XMing for years (there are probably better options out there but it works for me) and there is of course vcxsrv as other people have mentioned. It looks nice and all, but there are plenty of free options available that
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
If one searches around youtube there is quite a lot of films reels people have uploaded show the devices in action. e.g. This is a fire control mechanism for ships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4 Very clever st
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Also can't script the client, you can't run your own server. Also with MIRC IIRC correctly you could layout the chat windows pretty much anyway you wanted and even have like a desktop background. Discord is a lot easier to use, bu
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
IRC is still used massively. It is a relic of the days before corporations took the internet. When it was was still fun. TBH Discord is the closest modern equivalent and the only thing that discord really does better is the embeds and voice
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Yes. For a lot of smaller (web) applications where it is obvious if it isn't working correctly it just become a time sink. Everything in engineering is a set of trade-offs. With regards to TDD specifically. It isn't for everyone a
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
It just how the community is. I've spent far too much money on my Amigas and almost everything costs a fair bit. TBH though when projects are successful they do tend to do quite well (the new Amiga 1200 cases must have sold a fair bit,
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
One of the things that is of constant annoyance is trying to find out when something was posted. Sometimes the time when it was posted is important, it allows me to ascertain how relevant the information therein is.
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Journalists in general have been covering up stories where it not convenient for the narrative, have done hit coordinated hit pieces on members of the public and are generally a bunch of scumbags. No I won't ever be supporting these pe
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
The UK Gov actually has an overview for you to inform yourself as to what they consider far right: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overview-of-the-f... (The report itself doesn't do a particular go
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by uk_programmer 6y ago
Weinstein isn't far right. You have no idea what far right is if you think he is. He is centre-right maybe centre. His brother and his sister-in-law are both lefties. There is nothing far right about Weinstein or his family. > He&#x

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