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Comment Re: Physical addresses vs. mailing addresses (Score 2) 44

The USPS is also pretty crap about it. They regularly just don't bother to add new addresses to their databases for months or sometimes even years. At work we're having to use an alternate address for a multi story residence with dozens of units because of this. It's really quite irritating. Their address validation system is also shit. They will tell you for example that an address has an invalid secondary (unit number type, e.g. suite/apartment/whatever) but then won't tell you what the correct one is even though they have to know in order to tell you that the one you used is invalid. And this is when you PAY for validation! I don't know how much of this is due to DeJoy but it's shit.

Comment Re: The Point (Score 1) 86

"If Beijing wanted, they could just send the PLA to occupy Siberia, and Putin couldn't do a thing about it"

China is not stupid enough to tip their hand. They will continue preying on Russia by doing sleazy business with them (like selling them the tires that got their advance stuck in the mud) as long as they can first.

Comment Re:That seems way too long (Score 1) 51

The network hardware usually lasts longer than the servers unless you get unlucky. For example if you bought a Cisco Catalyst 5000 then you only had max 5 years before you probably got rid of it due to y2k issues. (The switches WOULD keep working after y2k, but logging of dates wouldn't work correctly.)

Comment Re:The Point (Score 1) 86

We don't like what Russia is doing in Ukraine, but also, Leftist governments in the West disapprove of Uganda's anti-LGBTQ policies. So they then get to sanction Uganda?

Yeah, that's how it works.

What we are observing is a neo-colonial trend by Western countries to force others to toe their line.

Sure. But is it wrong to refuse to do business with a regressive country? Should a nation be forced to do business with a nation whose goals run counter to their ideals?

If the West has such a problem w/ Russia, greenlight Ukraine to bomb Moscow: that alone should bring Russia to its knees

1) the US promised to protect Ukraine if they gave up nukes
2) Russia still has nukes

Comment Fukushima Volume 2? (Score 4, Interesting) 19

Thanks for the heads up. Middle of the night here, but if you want to follow it in English, https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworl... has a live feed. I'm watching it now. Haven't seen the epicenter, but the tsunami warning zone indicates the same area as the quake in 2011 that killed 20 thousand people and led to the Fukushima #1 fiasco.

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Journal Journal: Is this a test or a circus?

The #JLPT (Japanese Language Proficient Test) was actually quite hilarious this year, at least in my testing room. Call it the fiasco of new Rule 12. Or perhaps better to call it a circus?

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