I think the school needed the student to catch mice/
vxbush
1/18/2022 6:08:05 AM
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Good morning.
In #2 Kosh's Shadow said: Sub Teacher Claims She Was Fired for Not Meowing Back at Student Who Identifies as Feline
I saw that article yesterday, and I've decided I should now have my pronouns be Princess, Her Felineness, and Her Felineness'. It's only right that everyone should refer to me this way.
In #1 Occasional Reader said: Texas synagogue attacker was a known wolf. (To MI5, anyway.)
There's also some chatter that the FBI knew about him, too. Did I see correctly that he just arrived here two weeks ago and of all the places he goes to do this, he goes to some podunk city next to a Federal prison? I have to ask--did he declare that on his plans when entering the country?
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 6:08:33 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:
Also notable: The rabbi brought a chair to a gunfight - and won. (Or at least, won enough.)
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 6:16:48 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 3: And he somehow bought a gun. Probably not legally, but they'll call for stricter gun control anyway.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 6:29:54 AM
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In #3 vxbush said: my pronouns
It's time for "unpronounceable" to acquire a new meaning.
We must clean out the dens of "inequity!"
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 6:32:35 AM
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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: And he somehow bought a gun. Probably not legally, but they'll call for stricter gun control anyway.
I find myself wondering whether he connected with a domestic jihadi sleeper cell, and got the gun from them.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 6:47:49 AM
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In #7 buzzsawmonkey said: I find myself wondering whether he connected with a domestic jihadi sleeper cell, and got the gun from them.
I would be surprised if he did not. (Or jihad supporters, at the very least, if not a "sleeper cell" per se.)
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 6:52:03 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:
Curious how there has been little---by which I mean no---speculation about this in any news organ that I am aware of.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 6:58:48 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 9:
NYT print edition apparently had no coverage at all of the entire thing on Sunday.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 7:03:27 AM
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In #10 Occasional Reader said: NYT print edition apparently had no coverage at all of the entire thing on Sunday.
In #12 lucius septimius said: Remember those mass graves in Canada that were supposed to hold the remains of hundreds of "First Nations" folks that led to burning churches? Turns out they were tree root holes.
Whatever... look, he important thing is, WHITE PEOPLE ARE BAD, okay?!!!!
JCM
1/18/2022 7:20:39 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 10: Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 7:36:12 AM
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Reply to JCM in 14:
Walter Duranty actively suppressed information about the Holomodor, including disparaging reporters who reported on it.
The Times also reported Poland invaded Germany - straight German propaganda, not believable to anyone with half a brain.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 7:42:37 AM
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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Walter Duranty actively suppressed information about the Holomodor
Well, that was a pretty flimsy recurring plot device on ST:TNG, so I'm just as well with them not having covered it.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 7:46:50 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 15:
I note, however, that the Holodomor is said, in the video, to have slain "5 to 7 million people." That may be true---but the generally-accepted number from 30 years to as little as 5 years ago was 3 million. I find it interesting how this number has grown, particularly on allegedly-conservative sites, mostly promulgated by people who, if not actually engaged in Holocaust-denial or -minimization, are flinging about the recently-increased Holodomor numbers as a stick on which to lean their Jew-hate. It is a fairly common thing now, it seems, among a certain stripe of "conservative," to blame the tyrannies of the Soviet regime entirely on "the Jews," as a launching platform for justifying their Jew-hate directed at fellow-citizens and others.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 7:51:35 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 15:Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 17:
If you haven't yet watched the movie Mr. Jones, I do recommend it. Frankly, I'm astonished it was made at all.
Burn Seattle to the ground and salt the earth. (Sorry, JCM. We can keep the suburbs.)
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 8:43:50 AM
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Just to report one small, local piece of possibly good news:
While it's true that DC's "show us your papers!" vaccine mandate for most private businesses came into effect this past weekend, so far I've not been in a single business establishement that showed any signs of actually enforcing it. They have signs on the doors, yes; but no actual enforcement of having to show proof of vaccination.
Is this "Irish democracy", or mere laziness/short-staffedness? I don't know.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 8:46:35 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 19:
Psychopaths can often be very convincing---possibly because any uncertainty is squeezed out of their minds by their own monomanias.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 8:54:19 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 20:
What is "Irish democracy?" Never heard the term.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 8:59:07 AM
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In #22 buzzsawmonkey said: What is "Irish democracy?" Never heard the term.
Basically, just widespread, quiet noncompliance with obnoxious laws.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 9:10:54 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 23:
So, Irish democracy is basically a matter of taking French leave of your legal obligations. I'm sure a little Dutch courage helps...
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 10:29:02 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 24:
We need to Scotch any rumors of a pun thread here.
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 10:38:21 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 25:
Can we still Yankee chain or two?
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 10:43:52 AM
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In #26 buzzsawmonkey said: Can we still Yankee chain or two?
You've already Welshed on your promise!
buzzsawmonkey
1/18/2022 10:49:40 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 27:
I guess that makes me an Indian giver...
JCM
1/18/2022 11:16:32 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 19:
Seattle schools are a total disaster area. Over 50% of the budget is administrative overhead.
The school board actually tried suing the city when the city planned removal of a homeless camp off of an elementary school grounds.
It's not going to be long before the money dries up and all the big corporations pull up stakes and move out.
JCM
1/18/2022 11:25:31 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 19:
This line.....
“Why/how does [sic] data-driven processes prevent liberation?”
Just don't let any kids from Seattle schools build a bridge.
Occasional Reader
1/18/2022 11:42:50 AM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 19:
I read things like that, and I despair that we will not be able to rid our country of the stranglehold of these hateful maniacs without a massive bloodletting,
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 11:46:06 AM
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In #30 JCM said: Just don't let any kids from Seattle schools build a bridge.
I suggest they do build one, over an active volcano, and all those promoting DEI show their appreciation by walking across it.
doppelganglander
1/18/2022 11:53:49 AM
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Reply to JCM in 29:
I can't even conceive of the insane mental gymnastics these people go through to end up with ideas like this. The sooner Big Tech leaves Cali and the PNW, the better. Starve the beast.
So far big tech has fed the tiger, despite all the attacks on them, they still haven't figured out they are on the menu.
vxbush
1/18/2022 1:04:02 PM
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In #35 JCM said: So far big tech has fed the tiger, despite all the attacks on them, they still haven't figured out they are on the menu.
It will take a while longer for it to happen, although I did hear a story from someone inside Big Tech this weekend where they said it is all DEI, all the time. The company is basically coasting on the coding work it did years ago and hasn't built anything new in over a year. Several hires were made with diversity in mind, and those people were not presented in a good light.
JCM
1/18/2022 1:11:33 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 36:
Although I'm working at one the biggest now, and we have to deal with some of the training. I'm fortunate that it is a serious, hardcore engineering project. We are just heads down, solving engineering problems, making things work, and working toward the goal. A high speed circuit doesn't care who designs it. It has to be right, end to end or it doesn't work.
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 1:12:53 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 36:
Big Tech will do what they are largely doing, outsource the work to China and India and H1B visa people, and use their DEI hires for virtue signaling.
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 1:33:20 PM
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In #38 Kosh's Shadow said: Big Tech will do what they are largely doing, outsource the work to China and India and H1B visa people
Before I got my current position I had a phone screen with one of the Big Tech companies. I had no idea why, since I don't use it. To protect their identity, I'll refer to them as ArsePamphlet/
The phone screen described all the work they do in their Boston-area office. It was largely "been there, done that" for me - video, networking, network acceleration, content delivery network,.... but they decided not to proceed anyway. I think especially at my age, a lot of the interviews I had were just so companies could say they didn't find anyone so they had to hire H1B. Like the company that interviewed me for a Python position, and then all they could say was in the coding test, I didn't format the comments well enough. And if I had taken the time to do so, they'd say I took too long.
JCM
1/18/2022 1:50:28 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 39:
A difference for my project is that it is ITAR / EAR restricted. Only US persons can work on it.
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 2:07:55 PM
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Reply to JCM in 40:
Same with my work. And it can go to higher restrictions as well.
Back in the 1990's, I worked for a company that developed image processing software. All the work there was unclassified, but they supported NITF - National Imagery Transmission Format - for the images. About what you'd expect for a format designed by a government committee; very complicated, and they had a test suite to check compliance.
JCM
1/15/2022 12:43:05 PM
Kosh's Shadow
1/18/2022 6:01:50 AM