Testing Chat V: The Final Mysterious Island: Miami Beach

[zhaktronz]

I dunno, it seems like a pretty shitty strategy to me shrug

I don't think that the gay community made any progress against homophobia and towards equal rights by hating on all straight people. I'm not sure if thats applicable though, or if that's even really the case

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

By 'shitty' I'm pretty sure Zak is thinking in terms of 'do you want to win'

But like I said that's more their business than mine

[zhaktronz]

By 'shitty' I'm pretty sure Zak is thinking in terms of 'do you want to win'

I may possibly have a hammers view of the world

Yeah I meant what ford said

[Losonti Tokash]

whoa i was super tired and was mostly perplexed by the sidekick thing

[RogueIce]

Anyone have recommendations for a GPS? I'm currently leaning toward the Garmin 40LM but given that it's two years old, I'm not sure if it's worth it or not to choose it over the 42LM. Do the maps matter more?

Buy newer devices.

Doesn't Garmin have that lifetime updates thing you can buy? So if a 40LM+LU is cheaper than a 42LM+LU (or even just the 42LM if you don't care for the LUs) what's the point in getting a newer device, since you can update the maps on the older one anyway?

[Bakustra]

I think that the biggest issue with pop-social justice is a lack of barriers between general cases and particular cases, and/or between the systematic and the individual, because the two largely overlap. That is, 90% of transphobia from "radical" feminists comes from assumptions about the general nature of trans women from particular individual trans women, with the Randian and narcissistic pseudo-religion blatantly built atop that frame. Going in the other direction, one particular trans lady explained that she didn't trust GLBs because of Stonewall. Assuming that patriarchy is consciously maintained by 90+% of men, that you shouldn't date bis or gays or lesbians because of the author's failed relationships having a universal political character (hilariously, Camille Paglia has claimed her philosophy is based on tie same thing), etc.

I call it the biggest issue because it's so broad, but most manifestations of it are harmless, the consequence of people thinking in new ways and trying to make a difference. It's hardly unique either. All kinds of people have difficulties with this, myself included. Take it away, though, and then the problems become cranks writing diatribes about never forgiving or how realism in fantasy novels is a social justice issue, both of which are more funny than frustrating.

[Agent Bert Macklin]

Anyone have recommendations for a GPS? I'm currently leaning toward the Garmin 40LM but given that it's two years old, I'm not sure if it's worth it or not to choose it over the 42LM. Do the maps matter more?

Buy newer devices.

Doesn't Garmin have that lifetime updates thing you can buy? So if a 40LM+LU is cheaper than a 42LM+LU (or even just the 42LM if you don't care for the LUs) what's the point in getting a newer device, since you can update the maps on the older one anyway?

I was thinking that the 42LM would perform better given it's newer and likely has better specs. But I;m going with the 40LM.

[Agent Bert Macklin]

I think I may fly instead of drive, especially if I use my little Corolla when there's a lot of snow on the ground on the way to Michigan.

[Jung]

90% of transphobia from "radical" feminists comes from assumptions about the general nature of trans women from particular individual trans women

I've had the impression it's one part objection to anything that looks like it might indicate gender being biological, one part religious prohibition-like thinking ("transwomen inherently attack women because SYMBOLISM!"), a few parts hilariously stupid, paranoid, and bigoted ideas about the motives of trans people ("it's an insidious plot by men to get access to our safe spaces!"), one part essentialist ideas about gender (which directly contradicts 1 but there you go), one part general all-around arrogance, and possibly one part unthinking reactionism by people who came of age before the seventies and were raised with what by modern standards is hilariously horrible ideas about non-cishet people, whose retrograde ideas the younger acolytes parrot loyally.

[adr]

so i just read a few more things about that movie "gravity"

it strikes me as very interesting

i'll have to add it to my list to get once the price for vhs home video is acceptable

[The Spartan]

That's actually one of the few upcoming movies I want to go see in the theater.

[Oxymoron]

So...

http://www.rememberthe13th.com/

Are we even sure that thing is a real Nasa website ?

[zhaktronz]

NASA is furloughed

[Losonti Tokash]

yeah those viral marketing dudes didn't pick a great time

[adr]

in open source news i just spent like 15 minutes arguing with someone about a one line change

he's like it'd take you like 5 minutes to fork it and git clone it and do a pull request

and i'm like it'd take like 5 seconds to do it yourself on your existing git clone


after the argument i'm like fine i'll just do it myself and it actually took like 3 minutes

but still i stand by my original statement that it is ridiculous that one of the core devs couldn't just do it htemselves. i already did the slow part of finding the problem and developing the fix, all they had to do was type it up (7 characters! just type 'static '!)

but nooooo the bug stayed open for 4 months until i decided to do it myself tonight

[Flagg]

Well, six years since my maternal grandmother kicked it. So glad that psychopathic bitch is dead.

[Agent Bert Macklin]

The Affordable Care Act is not lining the pockets of insurance companies, no sir!

My choices:

[Gands]

... $128 a month? Is this because of some special requirements?

[Agent Bert Macklin]

... $128 a month? Is this because of some special requirements?

These prices are based off of questions I answered, including a "yes" for a disability that limits work ability (my hand). I have $0 income this year and that may remain the same for next. Yet, for some reason, I can't get Medicaid or something cheaper than what's there. $128 isnt bad, but the deductible is where you're fucked. A routine visit to the doctor will cost me over $100 every time I visit. If I need some form of scan, blood test, colonoscopy, surgery, etc, I'm fucked even more.

[adr]

that reminds me, i gotta try the NYS one again....

...and now it is down for scheduled maintenance. god damn it

[Phantasee]

that remember the 13th website got blocked by my av

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

It turns out it was just some guy's elaborate prank for his bad parody hip hop song

Here

[Phantasee]

I just watched 9 Rota and it is depressing as fuck.

[adr]

blargh AOL shut down their text based aim servers (last year but i'm just noticing it now cuz i was about to change clients!)

maybe the time has come for me to start moving away from aol

[phongn]

AIM is pretty much on life support at this point.