kkeller

HOKKY and CURLING

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me: https://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
hockey: https://www.iceoasis.com/adult-hockey/adulthky/

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2024-08-30 23:48:01

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what, you don't think casual misogyny is fun?!?

2024-08-30 22:09:25

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I have told my friends that I don't particularly hate Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett, even when I think they are very wrong. I respect their opinion and legal reasoning even when I vehemently disagree with them. If they were the far right wing of the Court, I'd be pretty okay with that.
Having those voices gives us balance. Having intellectually dishonest voices like Alito's or Thomas', or flat out liars like Trump and his MAGA cult, gives us a dangerous imbalance.

2024-08-26 18:48:15

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in fairness, Kemp is a bad guy

2024-08-26 17:56:00

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a CNN article said Harris wanted no muting of microphones, Trump's campaign wanted mikes muted when not their turn, but Trump himself wanted no muting. Not sure why Harris flip flopped, but no surprise Trump is.

2024-08-23 16:39:26

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if Musk shot someone on Fifth Avenue, would anyone leave Twit?

2024-08-22 22:46:38

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and what many folks here seem to have missed is, the problem wasn't that Google dropped support for 18, it's that they did it completely silently.

2024-08-22 18:01:16

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even if there is no expectation of notification, Google's own support page is still wrong. Please tell us why Canonical should be responsible for that.

2024-08-22 16:44:08

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we should not *demand* that Canonical cover for Google's mistakes. The problems of not providing enough lead time to users, and for still not updating their support page, are both 100% Google problems.

2024-08-22 16:06:24

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but clearly Canonical should have hacked into Google, realized that Google was dropping support for Ubuntu 18, and defaced the Google support page to change it to 20+! We clearly can't expect Google to do that!

2024-08-22 00:36:38

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your last sentence applies to way too much of what Google has been doing lately.

2024-08-21 01:46:04

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...or is it that China, Russia, and Iran have business interests in Trump?

2024-08-19 17:16:10

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that's fine for us, but as Lauren notes, doesn't help those who don't know of or know how to change their default search engine.

2024-08-16 23:52:25

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I sure hope they get rid of the cap on state and local tax deductions!

2024-08-15 19:28:06

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this may sound paranoid, but if I don't want something discoverable, I don't post it anywhere public at all. I certainly haven't gotten death threats, but I've had my share of internet stalkers over the years (mostly on usenet, ages ago).
And since I'm an old codger, who isn't used to using hashtags, I don't feel strongly if someone wants to tag my posts. (I think I'm not popular enough for that to happen anyway.)

2024-08-14 16:58:48

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some of us can run a third party Android on our phones, but that's probably beyond most people's technical comfort.

2024-08-13 16:23:57

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lol, a properly working platform with sufficient staff should be able to fend off such an attack, but Moleman fired everyone who could do that.

2024-08-13 08:43:46

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in theory, it's possible that Twit's tweet infrastructure was okay but it's Spaces infra is separate.
OTOH, it probably wasn't an attack, just Twit being stupid.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes

2024-08-08 21:46:29

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the sad thing is, all he's ever had is fear mongering, and it's only now that people are starting to realize it.

2024-08-07 19:57:54

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don't tell Elon! We want him to waste money on losing lawsuits.

2024-08-06 19:34:12

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it would be super if you can share it when appropriate!

2024-08-05 17:59:31

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that doesn't make much sense. Districts are (roughly, yes I know they vary a lot) equal populations.

2024-08-05 17:40:56

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I would love to see RCV for presidential elections, but it's very untenable in our existing election framework.

2024-08-05 17:40:07

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my primary objection to national popular vote is it may also concentrate campaigning, this time to large and/or wealthy population centers.

2024-08-05 16:53:04

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the usual challenge to ending Electors is that it would require a Constitutional amendment. I can't see any amendment passing right now.
I would really love to see all states do what NE and ME do, and assign electors by district. Yes that would exacerbate gerrymandering problems, but it would encourage candidates to campaign in purple districts in deep red or blue states, instead of focusing on just a handful of swing states.

2024-05-16 16:39:24

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of course it's on Wikipedia (so it must be true!).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Make_a_Deal
"Though usually considered joke prizes, traders legally win the zonks.[21] However, after the taping of the show, any trader who had been zonked is offered a consolation prize (currently $100) instead of having to take home the actual zonk."

2024-05-16 07:39:44

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when my kid was younger I told him the Monty Hall problem, with the car and two goats.
He says, "but what if I want a goat?"