@george-k said in Dropped: They should build their own app. A smartphone app is unnecessary. NodeBB/TNCR does just fine without one. They should build their own app store. An app store is also not necessary when the smartphone app is unnecessary. They should build their own web-hosting platform. Yes, they are not entitled to use someone else’s web hosting platform, no one owes them a web hosting platform. They should build their own internet. No, that’s why I defend “net neutrality”, so everyone get to use the Internet equitably. They should build their own country. Interesting thought. If you don’t mind the time and effort, kindly elaborate why you think they should build their own country. Samizdat is difficult when you can't even buy the paper, let alone the printing press. Yes, good thing nobody refused to sell them paper or printing press (or physical server hardware). Actually it might be interesting to think through whether “equitable access to blank paper” should be guaranteed as a corollary to the First Amendment; maybe that is analogous to “net neutrality.”

@horace Nashville?

@axtremus I'm aware that hardware makers customize Android, but AFAIK they customize the version with all the Google stuff on it. That is, they add extra stuff to the Google stuff. But they don't usually remove things. Are Google apps and services merely blocked on Chinese phones or are they not even installed on the devices?

A clue? Definitely need a full investigation. https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?s=20 Read the “to be clear” part from the DC mayor. Why this hasn’t really made the news of late is a good question.

One interesting thing is that, in our condo, we have individual A/C compressors on the roof for each unit (22 in the building). If I set the thermostat to keep the temp at 68 at night, and it gets warmer because of whatever, the last thing I need is for the A/C to kick in in the middle of January. I reached out to tech support this Sunday afternoon, and they were very helpful with an obscure setting that disables the A/C if the outside temperature is less than a minimum you set. So far, pleased. Of course, our condo, with neighbors on two sides, and heated spaces above and below, tends to stay warm during the winter, and we have a fireplace as well for heat/ambiance. Summer will be the time when it'll be cooling.

@axtremus thanks! And no...no piano to move. Will either buy a new one there or maybe look at moving a Baldwin grand (6’?) from the DC area that has been in the family since the 1920s although it needs a ton of restoration.

@kluurs said in "I will not attend": @taiwan_girl said in "I will not attend": I am one that thinks he should be there. Not only for the office of President, but to show the transition is as "smooth" as it could be after all that has happened. A coup attempt seems to suggest it wasn't as smooth as most. Yeah. That train already left the station.

I literally just fast forwarded through the gratuitous sex scene with the big-handed love interest doctor who he'll eventually marry. I must be approaching 50.

@jon-nyc said in ICYMI two years ago - Charges against rioters...er, protestors dropped: That’s true, but then I’ve never shed crocodile tears about any death outside my immediate family. Surely you must know that the tu quoque charge is going to fall flat on me. I was critical of the Floyd riots and at least as critical of the ‘racist cops’ narrative behind them as anyone here. Lots of narratives are falling flat these days. Must be the power of the internet.

@george-k Wood

@jon-nyc Last year I read Stephen Walsh’s Debussy “A Painter in Sound” biography. I liked it. Probably has everything you will want to know about Debussy. My admiration for this innovator (especially in piano writing) grew after reading this book.

@loki said in The Lawyers: If Lin Wood is crazy like a fox it’s past time for someone to give us all a hint. I think he's mastered the crazy part.

When do the comparisons start as to how the BLM protesters are treated by the legal system when they break the law? When do we see how the cops let the protesters loot and pillage all the retail establishments. I don’t think my mind is playing tricks on me when I say the article has a narrow point of view. It starts with a thesis and only presents info to support it. This is not an analysis but a stump speech.

@jon-nyc oops sorry! I figure I usually have a 50/50 chance when I post something “new” here that it hasn’t been posted before. Usually by you or @George-K

I’m still surprised the Secret Service hasn’t visited him.

@george-k said in 28x: Jon said, earlier today, that my clip of incitement to violence was unfair, because it was dominated by media types. I definitely didn’t say that.

Indonesia Boeing 737 passenger plane crash site found https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55606599

The $12/hr human burger flipper should be worrying about this other "robot" instead: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinatroitino/2018/06/21/meet-the-worlds-first-fully-automated-burger-robot-creator-debuts-the-big-mac-killer/?sh=50c5d21c6a89

@taiwan_girl said in Senate trial could happen after Jan 20?: @copper said in Senate trial could happen after Jan 20?: Calmly and dispassionately review the problem and fix it. Is that how President Trump handled it? Lol In the beginning, even before the election, yes.