@taiwan_girl said in “Freedom Truckers” Convoy: I see that @Aqua-Letifer was out yesterday enjoying a bike ride. One biker slows down Truck Convoy That was absolutely me. Just a couple of differences: It was today, not yesterday. It wasn't in DC. It was a beamer, not a truck. Motherfucker almost hit a woman with a stroller and two parked cars because he didn't want to deal with the anguish of being behind a bicycle. (I was going 32 in a 25.) Take any social situation, I don't care what it is. In that situation, upper-middle class people who think they're upper class are going to be the worst.

Much higher than 90%. But yes. In the post civil war era “civil service reform” was one of the main political themes. Prior to that the president appointed just about everyone. Even local post masters at literally every US post office. We even had a president get assassinated by a frustrated office seeker. That probably tipped the balance toward reform.

that was interesting and very fun. I have never hear of that guy before. (I like travelogues and travel guides, but it is interesting on how they have changed over the years)

@Jolly I use Straight Talk, which for $35/month is unlimited talk/text and more data than I ever use. Thanks, Jolly. I've bookmarked this, for use in the extremely unlikely event I will figure out how to use the phone.

@Jolly said in From Brayincandy: Asbestos suit stuff, isn't it? More like rubber suit

Great video.

Spring has sprung The grass has riz. I wonder where The birdies is.

I totally disagree with the video. If anything, we will see a "return of the digital". By that I mean computation with symbols, like in classical programming and logic. This is opposed to the neural network / deep learning stuff, which is basically simulating analog things with digital circuits. There's recently been an interesting article that explains my point in much greater detail. https://nautil.us/deep-learning-is-hitting-a-wall-14467/

Chicago man and Florida man be all crazy and shit.

@Mik said in Up to $1500 a month: Funny timing for me to read this. Let me guess, you just flushed $75 down the toilet?

@taiwan_girl said in A Ukrainian Translator Moved To Tears: I think to be a UN translator, you have to be able to simultaneous translate at least three of the six official languages. https://www.asta-usa.com/united-nations-translations-accreditation/ The UN considers the main language to be the language of an internal candidate’s post-secondary education. For external linguists, this generally means the “target language” into which an individual works. Each of the six official United Nations languages – Arabic, English, French, Mandarin-Chinese, Russian and Spanish – are tested. The United Nations Translation Accreditation process is stringent. At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in the relevant area is required, but an advanced degree is preferred. Most candidates have additionally earned a degree from an accredited translation school. All candidates usually must be able to translate into their main language from at least two of the other official UN languages.

Cool story.

That looks really good!!

Although I dont understand the full law proposal, they are not sewing gun owners, but the makers of the guns.

Is he playing Prelude in Ab Tire?

@George-K said in Hay, Twitter users. Whom do you follow for news, etc?: Also, not those people who are interested in specific things. eg, I follow several anesthesia-related people. That would put me to sleep. Posting for a friend.

It was kind of funny. He was sitting on the bed in the front bedroom, at the foot, and I wanted to read. So, I laid down on the bed, sorta pushed him over with my feet, and he stayed there for about 10 minutes. Then, he decided he needed some cuddles, so he came up and laid down next to me. Spent about half an hour there, purring away. Boris is definitely not a "cuddler," yet. In his head, at age 2 ½, he's still a kitten and still has some growing to do. I'd love to see more of this.