Here is the American Solidarity Party (ASP) statement of principles:

Statement Of Principles
Sanctity of Life: Human life is sacred, from conception to natural death. We thus oppose abortion, euthanasia, and any direct and intentional attacks on innocent human life. We oppose the death penalty as an unnecessary measure to protect human life.
Social Justice: We affirm a special collective responsibility to the most vulnerable members of society and call for societal structures that uphold the equal value and dignity of each person, regardless of any personal characteristics. This requires efforts to address systemic and historic injustices, including long-standing racial injustice, in a way that confronts inequalities that disparage innate personal dignity.
Community-Oriented Society: Humans are created to live in communities, and the proper organization of our communities is necessary for the flourishing of our societies. Society consists of various institutions and communities, like families, governments, and religious groups, whose primary authority over their own affairs should be respected and defended. Higher levels of government should serve to empower and support lower levels of authority, rather than replace them.
Centrality of the Family: Natural marriage and the family are the central institutions of society and must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. As the family provides for the nurturing of children, it is the imperative of the state to advance the wellbeing of all families, while respecting the duty of family members to fulfill their roles freely.
Economic Security: The state and subsidiary organizations must act to remedy economic injustice by creating conditions for widespread ownership of property and production. Personal, cooperative, and social ownership are all valid in a just society. Workers’ rights and a family wage must be ensured, and those who cannot work should receive income adequate for full participation in society.
Care for the Environment: Cultivation and good stewardship ought to characterize the relationship between humanity and creation. The earth and its fruits are universally destined for the benefit of all people. Both government and civil society have a responsibility to protect natural resources, now and for future generations.
Peace and International Solidarity: Peace is the fruit of justice and requires solidarity among peoples and nations. Aid and trade policies must advance justice, sustainability, and human flourishing. Diplomatic and nonviolent means of resolution must be exhausted before violent means can be considered. Military action must strictly adhere to just-war principles.

20 years and that's all we get?! The console with DOS 25 years ago was more powerful than what we have today! After decades of waiting for something _at_least_ as good as we had back then, I got sick of waiting and found ConEmu. It's a wonderful console. I can't imagine ever going back to the built-in Windows console.

Uh... I spent over a decade in the advertising industry. The eyeballs always are the product. This shouldn't be a shock to anyone. Yelp is no different than any other advertising platforms in this regard. We never referred to users as "customers". That's a totally backwards concept. Customers are those that pay you, that is, the advertisers. Users are sometimes given the impression that the company cares about them, but internally, we never did. We cared about the customer, the advertiser.

Here's a concrete example. It was often the case that the search results for my company were TOO relevant. That is, the precise results that user was looking for showed up as the first listings. This hurt our bottom line quite a bit as users' eyeballs would focus on the top listings, ignoring advertising. We fixed this by decreasing the relevance of the search engine. Eyeballs covered more of the page, including our customers' advertising. It was a win-win for the customers and for the company. That's just how the world works.

I was an OS/2 evangelist and apologist, a major fan. I mourned for OS/2 during it's slow, agonizing death and was likely in a state of denial for a while after it did die. However, at this point, anyone who thinks that OS/2 is viable for anything is really just engaging in necrophilia.

enough animals have died in the process.

As a member of the American Solidarity Party, I advocate for an exploration of a universal basic income / citizen's dividend. It may or may not work, but it's worth exploring. Finland is currently experimenting with this.

This reminds me of an article I read saying that most people in the U.S. have never actually tasted cinnamon, that the product sold in the U.S. is actually cassia a relative of cinnamon, but not actually cinnamon. Supposedly, once you try the real stuff, you'll never want this fake stuff again.

Another similar issue: I grew up putting what I thought was maple syrup on my waffles and pancakes. It was only after I got married that my wife told me that she's not down for that corn syrup and that we needed to get real maple syrup. Once I tried the real stuff, yeah, it's hard to go back.

It has a strong resemblance, but it's not identical.

I, too, am against capital punishment. I have absolutely nothing against corporal punishment though.

"Get his ass whipped with 20 lashes like that dude up in Singapore"
-- Ice Cube

Yeah, that would be a better headline, except if they did a 360, they would still be walking forward. ;)

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Couldn't agree with you more. Have you read Laborem exercens? It perfectly conveys the argument that you're making.

It's really interesting that this article just came out. I just got back from Walmart where I was attempting to pickup my son's birthday gift. It took me over an hour of waiting to get it. The online system never sent me an email that it was ready for pick up, but instead said that it had already been picked up. It even gave me the option to return it. I went into the store to figure out what was happening. It hadn't been picked up, but it took them over an hour to find the item.

What more disappointing is that this wasn't an isolated incidence. Over half of the time that I have items shipped to the store, I have a similar experience. Last time it took them two hours to find my package, and that was after I had received an email asking me to go pick it up!

As I wait, I see other customers having to go through the same thing.

I'd love to have a browser that blocks ads, but I wonder if it's going to be a resource hog. I used to use Chrome, but had to ditch it because it would end up consuming 300 - 400 MB on my 4 GB phone (2 GB usable space). Now I use CM Browser and have never looked back. Fast, low resource utilization, and still very featureful.

How is the Android Firefox browser on resources?

You guys are focusing too much on the game. The Minecraft, as an icon, is valuable in and of itself. Disney has Mickey. Nintendo has Mario. Sega has Sonic. Microsoft could possibly be buying Steve. If Steve, as an icon, can last decades into the future, it will be well worth the price tag to Microsoft.

Think Nintendo has made at least $2 billion off of Mario? They certainly didn't make that much off of Mario Bros. or even Super Mario Bros., but has an icon, I'm sure Mario has been worth way more than that.