The flag of our dreams

filbs111 · 2021-10-23T20:36:39+00:00

This flag excludes blind people. It should make unpleasant noises.

filbs111 · 2021-10-22T11:18:19+00:00

I wonder whether they'll have this kind of knife in the airport restaurant.

The video is fun. Needs a bit more work before it can fully replace metal nails!

filbs111 · 2021-10-21T00:28:58+00:00

That it's unwise to answer such questions.

filbs111 · 2021-10-20T12:51:34+00:00

It's illuminating to count the fraction of responses beginning with "I ", "I'm" etc.

filbs111 · 2021-10-19T12:21:09+00:00

welcome.

filbs111 · 2021-10-18T20:44:48+00:00

Hello, fellow saiditors. Shill accounts are great!

filbs111 · 2021-10-14T10:06:00+00:00

They're not all assholes. Presumably it is some small percent of the 3%.

filbs111 · 2021-10-12T20:01:00+00:00

Appears to be limited to 10 results. The same searches for other users have at most 10 results. Perhaps there is intended to be some paging feature.

By adding &count={number} , i can get a broken "prev" button to show on the page, for n>0 https://saidit.net/s/programming/search?q=author%3Afschmidt&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all&count=1 , but cannot get more than 10 results. Clicking the "prev" button gives an idea to try.

I can add &after=t5_{id} , for some id returned in the search results, and get fewer results, but can't get it to actually show anything not in the original 10 results https://saidit.net/s/programming/search?q=author%3Afschmidt&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all&after=t5_8cdb

In summary, yes, this seems to be broken. The code for Saidit is open source. From a link at the bottom of Saidit: https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit .

filbs111 · 2021-10-09T13:21:29+00:00

Illegal emigration? You're living in a prison!

filbs111 · 2021-10-07T13:10:44+00:00

The standard rule should be "say what you want".

filbs111 · 2021-10-05T10:56:53+00:00

Regardless of veracity, the government shouldn't be jacking it to our PP pics.

filbs111 · 2021-10-04T19:29:06+00:00

I'm offended by the actions of the British government. But why should they care? I only pay for it.

filbs111 · 2021-10-04T19:23:32+00:00

Ed Sheeran wasn't supposed to be an instruction manual!

A funny kind of vanity, this. I suspect this individual see a scruffy appearance as a masciline trait to be proud of, and works hard to achieve the imperfect look. Won't have the skin lump off that gets in the way of seeing things, because people think it's ugly. Lop off the norks though please, (make the scars extra big if pos!) because people might think they look nice.

filbs111 · 2021-10-04T18:06:51+00:00

This is funny, but the government shouldn't really be doing this, even if they're not whacking off to it.

I wonder how Wang filed these. Subdirectories or tagging?

filbs111 · 2021-10-03T20:33:22+00:00

Looks amazing. They didn't need the state, so the state did what the state does.

filbs111 · 2021-10-03T15:40:46+00:00

Not satisfied by reclaiming the word "queer", some wish to reclaim all negative concepts that anyone ever associated with the word. It's not enough to be out and proud. One must be outwardly ridiculous, vain, self-obsessed, catty, weak, entitled and proud!

filbs111 · 2021-10-03T14:05:47+00:00

Good vid. I happened to stumble across a similar video yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JurplDfPi3U

I suppose in some cases it's wilful misrepresentation in order to secure funding - both from states and private investors, and in other cases, like science writers, it's a case of not really understanding the situation.

The Wikipedia article is predictably confusing. It's not enough to distrust Wikipedia on political matters. It's also important to not trust it when there's a lot of money involved.

filbs111 · 2021-10-03T13:33:38+00:00

Dogs don't see colour.

filbs111 · 2021-10-02T20:04:44+00:00

This is interesting. And a great many "official" documents may now contain incorrect information!

filbs111 · 2021-10-02T00:55:30+00:00

https://me.me/i/you-do-not-fit-in-here-okay-we-will-make-b529dabf913e4b8eb2db01d36f7aa460

filbs111 · 2021-10-02T00:51:33+00:00

Which hobbies do it for you? A bit of knitting? Phwoar! Collecting stamps. Coomtastic!

filbs111 · 2021-10-01T18:37:32+00:00

The idea is to make everyone a criminal, so that the state can victimise whoever it chooses. It's not insane. It's part of a logical process towards a goal.

filbs111 · 2021-10-01T09:46:34+00:00

It's incredible how slow basic programs are now, when they're ostensibly doing the same thing they were 20 years ago.

filbs111 · 2021-09-30T10:34:20+00:00

The people who thought this was a good idea might have thought it was a good idea.

filbs111 · 2021-09-29T22:05:40+00:00

Listen to the shit I've had to put up with: "In the past few weeks, Commander Krill has become increasingly hostile to the crew, possibly due to anger over my last reviews of his performance. I recommend he be given a psychological evaluation before taking over his next ASSIGNMENT!".

Do I look like I need a psychological evaluation?

filbs111 · 2021-09-29T21:30:25+00:00

A number of Labour MPs have been asked these and similar questions recently. They appear to expect the questions, but give more or less the same non-answer. Whoever is writing the party line isn't doing a very good job of it. (assuming their job is to get the Labour party elected - if they're an undercover Tory, then great job!)

filbs111 · 2021-09-29T14:41:02+00:00

IMO the Beatles band is overrated. Is it still worth a click?

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T23:59:58+00:00

If the company name suggests we should trust them, then we should trust them.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T23:56:37+00:00

this person can go bun bunself.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T22:24:12+00:00

She should have taken a leaf out of Adele's book.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:57:49+00:00

"Nigel Fryer, defending, said his client had an IQ of 68 "... " and a reading age of only 10."

In the Kingdom of Wales, etc.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:46:27+00:00

What did they do? Sex realists?

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:39:52+00:00

You never know!

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:39:25+00:00

A flash in the panfish.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:31:38+00:00

Wasps are scarier than their furry cousins, which could earn them the moniker "boo! bees".

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T21:29:25+00:00

Aliens hiding in plain sight by making their UFOs in the shape of giant fly swatters.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T20:35:20+00:00

As we get older, other people look younger. Also, he might associate young people with saying dumb stuff on social media, pronouns in the bio etc.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T20:31:37+00:00

Without wanting to be rude, I don't think Ellen's appeal has or ever had much to do with that. What exactly the appeal of Ellen is I don't really know either, but I don't think many of her regular viewers watch her show it for prurient reasons.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T20:25:38+00:00

Good for him.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T20:24:28+00:00

If you are entertained by this content, check out your local park run to have your mind blown.

filbs111 · 2021-09-28T20:18:37+00:00

These are the sort of people who buy Live Laugh Love signs.

filbs111 · 2021-09-26T22:20:19+00:00

I suspect the 280 character limit is painful for this person.

filbs111 · 2021-09-23T23:00:45+00:00

You can imagine the helicopter hovering by considering one of the images repeatedly.

filbs111 · 2021-09-23T21:22:53+00:00

Furthermore, if you want to gain an appreciation of what it's like to take off from a yate in a helicopter, consider these images in reverse order.

filbs111 · 2021-09-23T14:56:31+00:00

Sure. I mean, I had an expectation that this would include some kind of double standard because it was posted in saidit.

filbs111 · 2021-09-23T12:50:09+00:00

...Tumblr

filbs111 · 2021-09-23T10:40:19+00:00

The ACLU are like this now.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-disintegration-of-the-aclu-james-kirchick

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T21:34:20+00:00

Partly it's predictable what the article is going to be from where it's posted. If I saw the same article posted on reddit news, I'd assume the article would be about some "incel". To what degree different kinds of people do crimes I don't really know - i just have an idea of what tends to get reported in different places.

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T20:44:57+00:00

What I don't understand is how people these days decide to have such lengthy text conversations on mobile devices.

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T20:27:18+00:00

It is a bit of a wierd question. Why didn't she ask him why Windows 11 is coming out when they said Windows 10 was forever, and when is Windows 12 coming out?

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T20:20:08+00:00

My mistake. The site isn't available in the EU. I searched for the topic in a popular search engine and saw that most articles were as is expected of them.

Perhaps they didn't know whether the AP capitalisation rule still applies in this context, because arguably murdering a lady counts as metooing them.

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T19:44:55+00:00

The omission of a picture is worth a thousand words.

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T19:42:11+00:00

Perhaps if it was a fun set, but this is so profoundly depressing it would drive any child that survived it to ask what had happened to society, and to seek to burn down society, and build a new world in its ashes, in which no child has to suffer this present again.

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T09:48:26+00:00

Imagine a child being given a Lego set like this for Christmas, what they would turn into. Someone like that could bring down the system!

filbs111 · 2021-09-22T01:33:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/java/ in the page header states: "No programming help, no learning Java", and on the right hand side of the page, states: "NO programming help, NO learning Java related questions"

Reddit leaves something to be desired, both here and generally. However, taking the time to post something to reddit and expecting a useful answer might be considered a foolish exercise.

try: https://www.javaprogrammingforums.com/ https://coderanch.com/c/java

filbs111 · 2021-09-21T22:06:33+00:00

And his name was Albert Einstein.

filbs111 · 2021-09-21T22:03:13+00:00

Incredible. Both the skills and the amount of work involved. I feel embarrassed to put off contemporary repetitive tasks.

filbs111 · 2021-09-21T21:51:53+00:00

Even hosting a link to that kind of stuff is probably illegal in much of the world. Unsurprised that reddit would remove it.

filbs111 · 2021-09-21T10:49:33+00:00

This tells you something about why people in the US might be fat and stressed out. They also don't drink tea much.

filbs111 · 2021-09-20T21:14:17+00:00

I used to vote Lib Dem because they stood up for free speech. Ha!

filbs111 · 2021-09-20T09:58:10+00:00

My balls swell with admiration for this lady.

filbs111 · 2021-09-20T09:56:05+00:00

Perhaps it would have been simpler to have bought a dishwasher.

filbs111 · 2021-09-16T20:04:37+00:00

She's surprisingly likeable for someone with a blue checkmark.

filbs111 · 2021-09-16T19:58:03+00:00

Maybe Biden is lucid, but needs to get yeeted for something, or the powers that be will do it for him.

filbs111 · 2021-09-13T20:10:06+00:00

Good for her! I like McGowan. Seems genuine.

Interesting that this is news on the daily beast. I guess Newsom and co will go the way of Cuomo. The system decides they're no longer worth propping up, and given they are on the way out, far better for the reported reason be that they were involved in Metooing people, rather for some failure of policy that people associate with the party.

filbs111 · 2021-09-12T12:18:58+00:00

Reading the thread (now locked, I guess it was too much work to purge thoughtful comments), it seems that being tactful is now "dogwhistling". The 21st century version of a witch having the gall to float! I wonder whether the contrapoints video was convincing to the father and brother who, blinded by hatred, think about things.

filbs111 · 2021-09-12T11:55:59+00:00

You are thinking of the question "have you stopped beating your wife", which is quite a neat example because if answered accurately with the word "no" by someone who has never beat their wife, is interpreted by the casual listener as an admission of wife beating.

I'm not sure to what extent her question qualifies as a leading question. Certainly it implies an opinion on the part of an asker, and failing to answer it at all conveys something to the listener!

filbs111 · 2021-09-11T23:09:26+00:00

It's probably true that the circle back lady was leaving already, rather than leaving in response to that question, as the title might lead people to believe. However, it seems like a valid question, and one which wouldn't get through official vetting. The state's pretence of being open to questions , put forth by an honest media who attempt to convey what's on the mind of the general public, is highly objectionable. This kind of clickbait is also objectionable, but since they can't actually get an answer from the state, seems relatable.

filbs111 · 2021-09-11T13:16:21+00:00

I expect this is what those who are pushing mandatory vaccination want. A force to disproportionately disempower those who are their political opponents.

filbs111 · 2021-09-10T12:22:59+00:00

"I wish I could be genuinely excited over something stupid or trivial because it makes me happy."

Follow sports.

filbs111 · 2021-09-09T16:46:58+00:00

Sure. They can just wear whatever they wore for presumably many years before the assholes in the media kicked up a fuss.

filbs111 · 2021-09-09T16:38:31+00:00

Peace be upon he/him

filbs111 · 2021-09-09T16:17:13+00:00

In answer to the question, about zero.

filbs111 · 2021-09-08T14:45:56+00:00

They just need to up the propagandanda a bit so more of the female students feel it's fashionable to tick the other box on the form.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T22:42:48+00:00

Tactically, a parade is a pointless, worthless thing - a waste of time and money. The purpose of a parade is for show, for morale, pride etc - both that of the troops and the civillians watching. Looking cool helps towards that goal. Admittedly, fancy uniforms might seem a bit silly unless you know to expect them. Having the tanks painted gold would look silly to me, and it's the same kind of idea. They do paint planes fancy colours for air shows though. Do you object to that?

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T20:33:55+00:00

It looks cool I guess. Soldiers get to wear drab green baggy clothes every other day and risk getting shot for their country. Being able to look fancy once in a while doesn't seem like too much to ask. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_dress_uniform

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T20:21:21+00:00

I think that you may have been misled by the picture on that article, which I expect shows training for the parade. I imagine the intention is that the actual parade involves full dress uniform, but wearing full dress uniform for practice means things getting dirty and requiring cleaning, ironing etc. It's important to practice in the shoes that will be used on parade day to check people aren't going to get blisters, fall over etc, and polishing shoes is relatively straightforward.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T17:36:56+00:00

Interested to find out, but would require 19 clicks. I'm satisfied with knowing #20.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T17:00:21+00:00

Ha ha, but you really should add in curly braces and a semi colon. Maybe not strictly necessary, but if someone else comes along and puts another line on there, it's more obvious whether or not it's inside the loop.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T16:56:59+00:00

Looking good in uniform is part of the appeal of becoming a soldier. Why take that away from people? It would be great if they got the boffins who invent weapons to invest some time in the problem. A lot of human effort has been invested in making trainers and hiking boots etc performant, and a lot of effort has gone into optimising the appearance of high heels, to great effect. I wonder what kind of performance could be acheived within certain aesthetic constraints?

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T16:51:48+00:00

Flew too close to the Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Lvv1f5Qu4

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T12:11:59+00:00

You'd think they'd go for a real boob transplant first. Seems like running before you can walk.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T12:10:07+00:00

neither do guys, FWIW.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T12:09:18+00:00

I'm no expert. I have watched some internet videos about female bodybuilders. I understand they are sort of morphs of eachother, similar to how a bird is like a dinosaur, or how a human fingernail is like a horse's hoof. Whether they are "the same thing" is semantics.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T10:40:58+00:00

Why do people assume her progeney are girls? Could be mum of some masterful lads not ready for commitment.

filbs111 · 2021-09-07T10:36:46+00:00

buy a leather jacket.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T23:36:37+00:00

"Buy Bitcoin"

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T23:35:57+00:00

Completely off his Chris Crocker.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T22:32:14+00:00

That guy comes across as a bit of a twat, but to build big muscles like that takes a lot of effort. Kudos.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T22:29:29+00:00

This seems like the "colonialism" that certain people deride in other contexts.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T22:24:00+00:00

AFAICT, Peter is an "old school" kind of liberal person who believes in free expression, open exchange of ideas, sunlight is the best disenfectant etcetera. Modern types who suspect that their ideas might get disinfected don't like that.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T20:30:08+00:00

Just 2 more weeks to flatten something I forget.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T20:14:36+00:00

Emotional manipulation. Histrionics. Delusions of grandeur. None of us are perfect I guess.

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T20:06:36+00:00

money can't buy taste

filbs111 · 2021-09-06T00:05:02+00:00

horrifying. The warning was warranted!

filbs111 · 2021-09-05T22:22:13+00:00

Suspect one of these is a Poe, but still funny.

filbs111 · 2021-09-05T22:17:32+00:00

That subreddit makes Saidit look busy.

filbs111 · 2021-09-05T21:57:21+00:00

Statism is bad. Another drop in the ocean.

filbs111 · 2021-09-05T21:51:25+00:00

Just turn Alice into Bob, and Bob into Alice. Any criticism of Alice and Bob convention can then be punished by the full force of the state, payment providers, corporate media etc.

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