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Comment Re: Stasi (Score 1) 129

Ick, dude! How did you come up with such a hateful, specific example?

Since when has it been wrong to hate rapists and pedophiles? Why are you in favor of them?

How many people on the entire planet fit this description? 2, maybe 3?

1 is too many, but since you asked, I did a quick check... How about at least 60 trans sex offenders in England alone. Source: https://fairplayforwomen.com/t...

How many have to fit the description before it's a problem to you?

Setiously, you need to clean the MAGA out of your ears. I know it's difficult scince Trump's mouth flooded the country for the past 4 years, but still.

Sure, pretend the 8 years of Obama never happened... and 4 years of the mainstream media peddling the Russian Collusion... and over half a year of Democrat Brownshirts burning cities and beating up anyone they don't like. History clearly began in 2016 in your world.

You have nothing but contempt for my religion, why should I have any respect for yours? A religion where you can't even coherently define "woman" without running afoul of your own blasphemy laws. (AKA "Hate Speech") No way that pile of nonsense is gonna stand the test of time.

Comment Re:Stasi (Score 1) 129

I have ZERO DOUBT I will be burying my cousin in the next 2 years as he is now chasing those pathetic Tylenol 2s with Jack Black just so he can walk to the toilet without pissing himself and its fucking nanny staters LIKE YOU that will be helping put him in the ground and I only wish I could force you to dig the hole.

That horrible. I can absolutely relate to what they are going through. Vodka was my choice before I finally got my back fixed. It's not good to be mixing alcohol with those, but what other option do they have? What other choice has our government given these people? This country can give pedophiles "gender transition" surgery and be put in a women prison, but God forbid someone with chronic pain be able to have their pain be properly managed with inexpensive drugs that actually work.

I disagree with a lot of what you say. On this we can agree. It is truly evil what these people are doing. I don't want to wish them the sort of pain your cousin is going through, but there will not be one ounce of sympathy shown if they ever do. Reap what they sow and all.

"Then change the laws to something rational", seriously, go slam your hand in a car door. How seriously out of touch can you get? That's like Anne Frank showing up to your door in 1942 and you telling her to go organize a protest march. What's next. Going back and telling MLK to stop causing so much trouble and just run for Congress?

Comment Re: Be aware of acetaminophen (Score 1) 94

I can confirm from several years ago. I would have LOVED to find this "Opiate Epidemic" people talk about, with doctors giving out Oxy PEZ dispensers. Even with the MRI of my blown disk pushing hard on my nerves, I could get little more than Oxy flavored Ibuprofen. I normally don't drink, but was soon pounding 80 proof vodka to make the meds go further while at home. (Actually quite effective, but not recommended.) Of course, the actual problem is illegal heroin and fentanyl. You can't shakedown a drug kingpin like you can a drug company though. So activists put the blame where they can make the most money.

Thankfully surgery fixed my back after 3 tries, but anyone who wants to restrict these meds from people in chronic pain can go get bent. You might as well be withholding insulin from a diabetic.

BTW, I easily quit the pain meds after getting out of the hospital. The trick is to quit them ASAP. When you already feel like crap and are sleeping 16 hours a day anyway.

Comment Re: Another year of Linux Desktop? (Score 3, Insightful) 214

Of which there are many "standards" out there for Linux.

The point here is that there is no unifying standard for Linux desktops. You are free to roll your own any way you like. THIS is why Linux desktops won't ever be the norm. It's not a failure of Linux, it's just that you cannot herd cats.

Comment Re:Shame Crypto mining doesn't pay.... (Score 1) 70

yea? I knew that. Seriously.. Nobody was suggesting it was good idea to mine with these new cards.

My point was that for the short time miners used GPU's to mine with, they put money in Nvida's pockets by buying up every card in sight. This cash bolstered the company's R&D budget and we are now seeing the fruit of that investment.

Comment Shame Crypto mining doesn't pay.... (Score 1) 70

Oh wait.. Didn't Bitcoin hit an all-time high the other day? How long would it take on average to mine $399 worth of coin with one of these?

You all understand that the previous rush to buy Nvidia hardware for crypto mining is responsible for this right? All those R&D dollars that got spent are bearing fruit. Yea, I know the industry has moved on, but at least something good came from all this hoopla.

Comment Re:Really concerning this failed, very bad estimat (Score 1) 216

I don't know how long those cables had been in place, but it doesn't take very long for unprotected/unmaintained steel cables to rapidly decay to a fraction of their original strength. Given that this stuff had been seriously damaged by a hurricane over a year ago and that another cable had already succumb, its a wonder that it lasted this long. (despite what the engineers may have thought)

Comment Re:Good Riddance (Score 0) 103

While I really wish this issue wasn't a political one (and for years it wasn't), it's a safer bet that whoever Biden picks will be more pro-consumer.

If the Senate even confirms them. If the GOP wins both runoffs in GA (the likely outcomes, honestly) I wouldn't be surprised to see them (or at least a strong minority of the party) stonewall or play hardball on most of Biden's appointments/nominations, since "stolen election" and all that bullshit. The old "he's not my president" game, but played on a Congressional level.

The house and Democrats have been playing almost the exact same game with Trump for 4 years, except they didn't have the Senate's "advise and consent" role to mess with him with. They impeached him for Pete's sake, over the interpretation of a phone call which pretty much requires that Joe Biden is guilty of corruption if you really think it's a problem, and even with the Mueller investigation didn't find anything they went looking for...

Also, I don't think the Georgia run offs are a shoe in for Republicans, not even close. Of course they only have to win only ONE of the two contests to keep their majority in the Senate, but if you thought a lot of money got spent for the last election, you ain't seen nothing. The dollars per vote is going to be HUGE for this one. Sadly, Dollars can buy votes, well up to a point anyway. This isn't a done deal either way.

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