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Post by theCryptofishist » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:00 pm

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Post by BBadger » Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:00 pm

Scientists kill oldest living animal (507 years old).

Fortunately, the sacrifice was not all for nothing. It gave "some insight into climate change." Yeah. Great.
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Post by theCryptofishist » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:05 am

Plus, spaghetti sauce...
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Post by tatonka » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:00 pm

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Post by FIGJAM » Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:08 am

"Is that your lunch, or are you just a racist?" :shock:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... acist.html
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Re: "It's news to me!"

Post by Ugly Dougly » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:56 pm

Watching China and the Senkaku Island dispute.
Do they really think that Japan and the US will let China throw their weight around?
The Japanese are in the process of re-militarizing their government again for the first time since 1945 - because of this bullshit with China.
China is really fucking with the wrong countries.
I hope we don't have to throw down, China was doing so well. It would be a pity for them to have to climb up from the Stone Age again...
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Post by theCryptofishist » Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:25 am

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Post by theCryptofishist » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:55 am

Yeah. Pretty much how a lot of techies feel about women, too, as far as I can tell.
They are a group out of touch with reality.

And this whole winner-take-all economy is bad for the winners, too, because it encourages that sort of thought...
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Post by forty_eight » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:06 pm

I've witnessed some chauvinism among the software engineer set. Could be cultural or whatever - but totally unprofessional.

Related to glass ceilings and what have you, this was a feel good moment for equality in manufacturing industries.

Who is Mary Barra, the next CEO of GM?

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Post by FIGJAM » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:15 am

All the scary stuff!!! :shock:

http://www.earthfiles.com/
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:38 am

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:59 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Yeah. Pretty much how a lot of techies feel about women, too, as far as I can tell.
They are a group out of touch with reality.

And this whole winner-take-all economy is bad for the winners, too, because it encourages that sort of thought...
You're sort of generalizing (we call it stereotyping) about "techies"?

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Post by theCryptofishist » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:41 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:Yeah. Pretty much how a lot of techies feel about women, too, as far as I can tell.
They are a group out of touch with reality.

And this whole winner-take-all economy is bad for the winners, too, because it encourages that sort of thought...
You're sort of generalizing (we call it stereotyping) about "techies"?
Just how many modifiers do I have to use? Is "Pretty much how a lot" and "as far as I can tell" not enough to indicate that it's not universal?

How about
There's a microscopically small, iotal, smidgen of a chance that one in a million of those who work with computer software might, on two or three days a year, isn't as skilled as with women as he might be and he might make a mistake and not worship women to the full extent that he might actually inadvertently, accidentally brush against a woman's feelings and ever-so-slightly bend one, and that woman with elevatorgate is just nuts.
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Post by Canoe » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:12 pm

4.669
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That's one word I regret googling during breakfast.
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:22 pm



you sir are OBVIOUSLY a GODZILLA-DENIER and probably work for THEM...
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Post by FIGJAM » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:37 pm

You mean THEM?

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:27 pm

the proof is in the radioactive pudding...

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Post by ZaphodBurner » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:58 pm

Oh, great. Somebody says "Don't Panic" which compels me to read some article all about how all of my hipster Portlandia buddies aren't going to die from this after all, and so now if I quote any of this to them, they're going to call me things like Neocon and Teabagger.

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:43 pm

Don't worry, besides the US being destroyed, not many countries will be affected. It will be a party.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 90171.html

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Post by theCryptofishist » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:48 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Don't worry, besides the US being destroyed, not many countries will be affected. It will be a party.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 90171.html
Yeah, a party with so few hors-de-ouvs that billions will starve... You're a fun guy, Dougly.
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Post by Ugly Dougly » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:32 pm

I know you like macabre shit, that's why I shared it.

Moving on:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57616 ... stop-wars/
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This is weird...
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Post by Ugly Dougly » Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:18 pm

A whale catamaran!

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:35 pm

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:49 pm

Ay Papi!
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