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Lemmy_2019
Lemmy_2019 @ Lemmy_2019 @lemmy.one
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  • "I think you'll find..."

    • A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates

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  • That's how YOU say it. Personally, I would say the 10th of March, the 2nd of June. But then, I'm not American.

    • It will happen eventually

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  • And literally the most famous programming joke, I would wager.

    • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • The way the book was explained to me, if your dad is a working stiff he'll just tell you to work hard at whatever high paying job you can get. If your dad is a high finance type of guy, he'll show you that the real money is in managing money.

    Good concept, and true I guess. The book is useless though!

    • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • I actually liked The Fountainhead. Rugged, taciturn individualist architect slowly overcomes all the scheming poseurs. It appealed to the younger me anyway. I didn't pick up on any deeper message at the time and this was pre-internet so I didn't have a clue who Ayn Rand was.

    • It's best not to dwell on it

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  • And Irish -- míle.

    • It's Groundhog Day, but everyone's experiencing the loop. What are some daily patterns that would begin to emerge?

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  • I haven't read the source material but the movie is one of the best sci-fi films of the new millennium, and certainly one of the most enjoyable. Films like Arrival, Dune, Blade Runner 2049 are visually striking and thoughtful but Edge of Tomorrow is also great fun.

    • What stand up would you recommend?

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  • He's a genius and so am I because I like him.

    • Name something the Germans invented without googling

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  • They draped one over the back of Poland that time.

    • I'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?

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  • And youse in Dublin.

    • Office dwellers, what software/website or system do you use to keep track of tasks you need to do?

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    • Office dwellers, what software/website or system do you use to keep track of tasks you need to do?

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  • Can you expand on your wiki usage?

    • Trump's staff is saying that Trump kept quoting Hitler, praised him, and generally looked up to him

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  • Five separate serious attempts, I reckon? Might have been as many as 20 altogether.

    • Are you a computer/tech person?

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  • Same here. Reminds me that Reddit was mostly techy posts for the first while too.

    • They know exactly what they are doing

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  • I think he/she is on a mission to reform English orthography. This is their personal evangelism. I'm ok with it.

    • What duration of time do you connect to intellectual property?

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  • Art, as the old adage goes, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. It certainly is work, if you've ever sculpted an eight foot block of marble, or memorised one of Beethoven's piano sonatas. And it doesn't leave much time for paying the rent. The question is whether we compensate people for art, such that they can keep doing it. Does society invest in it, so that people of limited means can participate and have their voices heard? This debate has existed for thousands of years.

    • What duration of time do you connect to intellectual property?

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  • I'm sure astronauts love their work too, but they still get paid. Artistic endeavours cannot be reserved solely for the idle rich.

    • What is something people you encounter at your job say that makes you want to scream? (Job, person & quote)

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  • Livin' the dream!

    • ‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza

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  • It does remind me of the US intervention in Haiti, not making a political point, just noting the similarity.

    • What generation are you?

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  • Hello fellow kid. I remember Pepsi Generation and MTV Generation. But you're right, Gen X didn't start in earnest until the 90s, I'm pretty sure.

    Fun fact, Generation X originally applied to Boomers.