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Yeah, but I'm missing the Airbus connection. ... 1,070,959 Views / 1,392 Replies  
Yeah, but I'm missing the Airbus connection.

Having a Boeing QC whistleblower testify would benefit Airbus, no?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 13, 2024 at 02:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Huh? 1,070,959 Views / 1,392 Replies  
Huh?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Zuse Z1 Hut 8, Bletchley Park 337 Views / 16 Replies  
Zuse Z1

Hut 8, Bletchley Park
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 12, 2024 at 03:42 PM, in MacNN Lounge
There is ZERO reason for Constitutional Amendment... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
There is ZERO reason for Constitutional Amendment if the text is not intended to apply to all future generations.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 8, 2024 at 05:57 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Inasmuch as the wording lends itself to... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Inasmuch as the wording lends itself to interpretation, sure.

Which part of this is subject to context, in your opinion:

“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 7, 2024 at 06:43 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Agreed entirely. 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Agreed entirely.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Mar 2, 2024 at 08:10 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Blaming the currently ruling party/parties for... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Blaming the currently ruling party/parties for the problems caused by former administrations (and/or external circumstances) is basic opposition politics.

Using all available means to hinder a...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 28, 2024 at 07:28 AM, in Political/War Lounge
A shutdown will be used as indication of how... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
A shutdown will be used as indication of how broken the government/swamp is, how the system isn't working, and how Only He Can Fix It™.

It's the fascist playbook; they're doing it here in...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 27, 2024 at 04:54 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Anybody who didn’t see that coming…? ... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
Anybody who didn’t see that coming…?

…anybody? Show of hands?

…Bueller?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 24, 2024 at 09:31 AM, in MacNN Lounge
:lol: :lol: :lol: That's…amazing. ... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's…amazing.

Obligatory Steve Jobs quote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KdlJlHAAbQ
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 22, 2024 at 09:18 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Oh fucking hell. WHAT FECKIN' MORONS! ... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
Oh fucking hell.

WHAT FECKIN' MORONS!

In the 35 years I've followed/had to deal with Microsoft, there has seriously never been a phase where they haven't done something head-slappingly...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 20, 2024 at 02:30 PM, in MacNN Lounge
16-year-old me vehemently disagrees. 715 Views / 15 Replies  
16-year-old me vehemently disagrees.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 18, 2024 at 09:29 PM, in MacNN Lounge
No, because there is no comparing the two. ... 715 Views / 15 Replies  
No, because there is no comparing the two.

Is a '54 300 SL a better car than a Lamborghini Countach?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 18, 2024 at 08:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I'm not going there. Trevor Horn made a monster... 715 Views / 15 Replies  
I'm not going there. Trevor Horn made a monster record. I don't think a comparison is legitimate, or appropriate.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 18, 2024 at 03:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
When you have an orchestra play a short, sharp... 715 Views / 15 Replies  
When you have an orchestra play a short, sharp chord, that’s an „orchestra hit“, or a „stab“ — feels like stabs are more a horn-centric thing, though.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 17, 2024 at 08:21 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Which effect exactly? There's a bunch of... 715 Views / 15 Replies  
Which effect exactly? There's a bunch of orchestra stabs all over "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (which are a standard Fairlight sample), including a whole clump of them in the bridge before the guitar...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Feb 16, 2024 at 08:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
You're just missing an "of whom"… 822 Views / 8 Replies  
You're just missing an "of whom"…
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Jan 16, 2024 at 01:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Is this a fictitious "Where might they now be?"... 822 Views / 8 Replies  
Is this a fictitious "Where might they now be?" thread, or an actual "Where are they now?"
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Jan 15, 2024 at 12:41 PM, in MacNN Lounge
No, these people hold decidedly progressive... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
No, these people hold decidedly progressive views: ecological conservatism, green energy, science-based approach to life and society (including climate consensus and views of gender based on...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 30, 2023 at 02:21 PM, in Political/War Lounge
It's an antiquated concept where the purchase of... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
It's an antiquated concept where the purchase of a physical object or bundle of data included the license to play the content of that object for personal use in perpetuity. In the case of physical...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 30, 2023 at 01:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I've seen the theory seriously uttered several... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
I've seen the theory seriously uttered several times by people who would consider themselves in the left side of the political spectrum (actual left, not center-right U.S.-Democrat "left") that...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 30, 2023 at 12:23 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Honest fascists aren’t really better than those... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
Honest fascists aren’t really better than those unwittingly manipulated into supporting their agenda.

The ones that are honest about their intentions and convictions are arguably more dangerous.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 25, 2023 at 01:11 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Are you basically saying, “It’s not scary that I... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
Are you basically saying, “It’s not scary that I hold this position, because I’m aware I hold it — what’s terrifying is how I and millions of others were manipulated into holding this position”?
...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 25, 2023 at 05:38 AM, in Political/War Lounge
It’s pretty terrifying that your answer to civil... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
It’s pretty terrifying that your answer to civil disorder is the elimination of freedom.

But I suspect you’re not the only one, which goes a long way to explain the tacit or even explicit support...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 24, 2023 at 05:17 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Yeah. Trauma doesn’t fix that easily, in general.... 1,081 Views / 11 Replies  
Yeah. Trauma doesn’t fix that easily, in general. Or really „fix“ at all. It’s more about knowing it and learning to live with it.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 19, 2023 at 04:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I'd argue that it reinforced a distrust and... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
I'd argue that it reinforced a distrust and destroyed some of the basic assumptions about how democracy works (because it only does if everyone who participates has an interest in keeping it...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 17, 2023 at 05:26 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Most of the things Republicans are doing simply... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
Most of the things Republicans are doing simply to get one up on the Democrats (a.k.a. "owning the libs", D.C. style), are incredibly dumb.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 17, 2023 at 04:47 PM, in Political/War Lounge
If you’re apologising in the sense „oh hay guys,... 1,081 Views / 11 Replies  
If you’re apologising in the sense „oh hay guys, I broke my leg, that’s why I haven’t been around“, cool.

If you’re apologising in the sense of feeling guilty, you can fuck right off, because we...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 17, 2023 at 11:26 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I wouldn't be so sure. At the moment, it... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
I wouldn't be so sure.

At the moment, it sure looks like it's more important for the GOP to make the Democrats LOSE than to actually win, themselves.

They're almost literally burning down...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 13, 2023 at 03:15 PM, in Political/War Lounge
One of the principal ways democracy is... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
One of the principal ways democracy is accountable is by documentation and public record.

Even if it’s just pro forma.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 12, 2023 at 05:45 PM, in Political/War Lounge
I figured that would be your argument. But... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
I figured that would be your argument.

But their first duty is to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, regardless of whether their constituents elected them expressly because...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 10, 2023 at 04:24 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Shirking on your duty and delaying the actual... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
Shirking on your duty and delaying the actual function of the government until you eventually have a majority to stack agencies in your favour is not how representative democracy needs to work.

I...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM, in Political/War Lounge
That should not be possible. It violates the... 16,168 Views / 211 Replies  
That should not be possible. It violates the basic idea of representative democracy.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Dec 10, 2023 at 09:28 AM, in Political/War Lounge
So you're actually seeing ads for, say, a... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
So you're actually seeing ads for, say, a particular brand of Amoxycillin carrier, in case that happens to be the appropriate antibiotic the doctor might prescribe?

I had to check who made my...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 29, 2023 at 06:35 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Advertising prescription drugs is completely... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
Advertising prescription drugs is completely pointless here, as the doctor will prescribe specific medication (and specifies the package size), and that specific product is what the health insurance...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 28, 2023 at 03:59 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Wow! 43,213 Views / 242 Replies  
Wow!
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 26, 2023 at 02:53 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Yup. Love the new features and the changes... 952 Views / 2 Replies  
Yup. Love the new features and the changes they’ve made, but battery life is shit on my Series 6.

Supposedly, the next update will bring improvements.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 23, 2023 at 07:20 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Either that or… [whispers] Deep State 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Either that or… [whispers] Deep State
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 11, 2023 at 03:04 PM, in Political/War Lounge
’Twas the ghost of Hugo Chavez using those Jewish... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
’Twas the ghost of Hugo Chavez using those Jewish space lasers, tuned to the microwave spectrum and aimed at the tallying computers to flip bits.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 11, 2023 at 03:03 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Heh. "Santorum". That's a funny name for a... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Heh. "Santorum". That's a funny name for a politician. I wonder if he knows what it means.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Nov 9, 2023 at 10:55 AM, in Political/War Lounge
This hasn't worked since the Autosave system was... 624,571 Views / 1,820 Replies  
This hasn't worked since the Autosave system was revamped a second time — since Monterey or so? (Autosave itself was introduced with Lion IIRC)
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Second in line to the White House. I stand... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Second in line to the White House.

I stand by my assertion: I felt better knowing nothing about these people.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 29, 2023 at 08:34 AM, in Political/War Lounge
I felt better knowing nothing about this Johnson. 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
I felt better knowing nothing about this Johnson.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 28, 2023 at 04:33 AM, in Political/War Lounge
There were two hundred and ninety-eight mass... 2,908 Views / 44 Replies  
There were two hundred and ninety-eight mass shootings (4 or more people shot) in the United States in between your post and the last post before that.

If I counted correctly.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 26, 2023 at 07:41 PM, in Political/War Lounge
So the power of a single representative to call... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
So the power of a single representative to call for removal would no longer be applicable?

Asking for 330 million friends.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 26, 2023 at 12:53 PM, in Political/War Lounge
And what could happen then? 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
And what could happen then?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 26, 2023 at 08:11 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Another thought: Speaker of the House is... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Another thought:

Speaker of the House is second in line to the presidency. Imagine, for a second, the President falling ill while the Veep is on vacation.

A single House Rep can oust the...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 26, 2023 at 06:24 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Well, "bring it on," I guess. 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
Well, "bring it on," I guess.
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 25, 2023 at 08:24 PM, in Political/War Lounge
So does he come with the same built-in ejection... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
So does he come with the same built-in ejection seat as his predecessor?
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 25, 2023 at 06:38 PM, in Political/War Lounge
No, the clowns in the House are only on one side... 2,906,265 Views / 3,902 Replies  
No, the clowns in the House are only on one side of the aisle, in this case.

The Democrats are in no way to blame for the complete dysfunctionality of the Republican party.

Obviously, there's...
Posted by Spheric Harlot, on Oct 25, 2023 at 02:09 PM, in Political/War Lounge
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