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Comment Re:Good to see intelligence rewarded for once. (Score 1) 241

Got caught by my mom after a rocket explosion left one of my hands completely covered in black soot. That happened after I regained vision, hearing, rummaged through the debris and headed home (too soon after the bang! it seems).
Never found the gerbil "riding" in rockets's nose though...

Comment Re:Not always! (Score 1) 368

Plumbing used to be great in the UK £50-60K was possible. Then Europe opened up and Eastern Europeans started cutting into the wages considerably, it still pays better than the median wage, just a lot less than before.

Damn! You stole all the good ones! I have to do all the plumbing and electric works in my house myself because all the "professionals" are full of shit (pun intended).

Comment Re:FOSS (Score 1) 318

The difference was that under the Third Reich and Communism your neighbor who did not like you for some reason could also report you and have you put into a concentration camp. Unless there is a huge culture change in the US, where squealers and informers are still looked down upon, that system is not likely to work, because there would not be enough squealers and informers.

Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, informers can report anonymously and then everybody fears everybody. I lived the first 22 years of my life in such a state and I was taught early about things that must not be spoken. It was sad to find out after the Cold War that in the East Germany it was much worse, almost every 3rd comrade was an informer for STASI.

Please don't say "It can't happen to us" because it can - and then it's too late.

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