Go get a conclusive study proving that you aren't having psychosomatic symptoms or eye disease and I'll be interested.

Holy shit. I think we just witnessed a bipolar transition from sane to teabagger in 30 seconds.

It's not incredible, it's just good.

You're too used to bloodsucking modern corporate behavior. Our grandparents would not have been surprised at an inflation-adjust 20k pension.

You have to assume things. I assume there is solid ground under my desk chair. I don't stare at the ground nonstop for confirmation.

I assume my family loves me. I don't act like an insecure teenager and seek confirmation every day.

I assume the people around me act in good faith unless demonstrated otherwise. That way I don't come off as a paranoid bastard.

I assume my car will start, my PC will boot, and my health will continue to be good. I can't function otherwise.

Sometimes I make an ass of myself and others. It's better than being stodgy and difficult.

I like professional-quality creativity. It ain't the only kind, but most of my favorite things were made by people who were paid to make it.

I can't see a damned thing wrong with keylogging your kid's computer.

The place where it would go wrong is if you act on every little thing. And many dumbass parents would.

A keylogger that got filtered through some software that would alert the parent if their 11-year-old was cybering on IRC or their 15-year-old was making travel plans to Russia would be useful.

There is a deep bottom line that is only now becoming apparent:

The Chinese have had more than enough access to better technology. They've shown what they're capable of. That is, not much. China does not have competent engineers, and the minute they're off the US's tit they will being to shrink again. All their muscle is pure manufacturing muscle, not brainpower.

You know, the kind of work we build machines to do here.

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Naw, dead serious. I swear to god.

Creative people have to be paid, or they can't/won't create.

If you think that somehow musicians need to come up with loads of great songs (intead of a few good songs), you aren't thinking straight.

OH MY GOD not you again.

Why do I cower? What am I afraid of? When I close my eyes I see your dumb ass asking what I'm cowering about.

Good point. Also, sadly, not going to get looked at very closely due to the glennbeckishness of it.

That's like having possession of the ultimate supervirus, which will KILL ALL HUMANS who have blond hair, brown eyes, a beard, and a vagina.
The thing is so damned specific it's useless.

Error near "That is not an IDE. Try this.": antecedent expected

Ever read Chaucer?

What the hell brother. Arduino is just another chip on a board. The reason why it matters is because it has a BIG FUCKING ECOSYSTEM around it. You don't have to reinvent the bloody wheel every time you want to do something. Kinda like how Linux is better than Minix - not because it is better by itself, but because thousands of people are using it and sharing their work.

So while you're whacking off to an STM32 dev board, everyone else is building cool stuff.