Tangential question. How do people communicate electronically these days?
Here in Ecuador, land lines are gone except in the cities. Text messages
are almost never used, and I think the USA must be about the only country
that still uses them. Email for anything official. No postal service - it
Similar cost structure here in Ecuador as you describe for India.
On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM Sarbajit Roy wrote:
> Some observations
>
> We consumers fought for and got the following rights
>
> 1`The right to get the utility meters inspected by an independent agency
> for approx US$3 per
Must be heavily subsidized?
On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:03 AM Sarbajit Roy wrote:
> Sorry, a correction. I paid US$ 15 (not 150) for consuming 3,600 units.
>
>
> Sarbajit Roy
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM Sarbajit Roy wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruno
>>
>> Smart meters were mandated in New Delhi
The snake would change the flow, making the experiment meaningless. Is that
why you can’t see the value of a qbit without changing it? or something
like that in the quantum realm?
On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:02 AM glen wrote:
> …
>
> You could also get one of those fancy snakes with a camera on
“hairball heterarchy of metaphor“
Now there’s a Wikipedia article in need of writing.
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 9:14 AM glen wrote:
> Yeah, Sutter triggered me when he said "but you don't have to worry about
> that if you don't know what an integral is". I mean ... maybe? This stuff
> is like
I read perhaps two thirds of Blood Meridian a few years ago. My memory
is a little hazy about it now, but I just remember it feeling a little
"disjointed", and quite bloody and violent (unnecessarily so, IMO). I
might give it another go someday. Meanwhile, perhaps I'll try reading
The Crossing on
f your site may vary
depending on your specific settings.
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 12:01 PM Gary Schiltz
wrote:
>
> I haven't signed up for ChatGPT or similar, so I tried Google Bard to
> get an answer to a practical question to do with WordPress
> development. I knew that the answ
I haven't signed up for ChatGPT or similar, so I tried Google Bard to
get an answer to a practical question to do with WordPress
development. I knew that the answer that it gave me was incorrect, and
said so. Here is an abridged version of the second conversation:
Gary: I asked Google Bard the
What David said.
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 8:49 AM Prof David West wrote:
> The opinion of an "advanced layman."
>
> I claim the status because my Computer Science MS was in AI. My first
> professional publication was in *AI Magazine*, then the journal of record
> for the discipline. I have
I love the graphic! I've had the misfortune of twice jumping on that roller
coaster just before the Peak of Inflated Expectation - once for the AI
boom/bust of the mid 1980s and once for the dotcom boom/bust of the late
1990s. Jumped on too late to make a killing, but didn't get too badly
damaged
Just my opinion, but I believe Linux is generally well suited for any
server task. Especially on older and slower hardware
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:42 AM Sarbajit Roy wrote:
> Hi Friamers
>
> Can any guide me if a Pentium PC server at 1,.5 GhZ with 4 GB RAM on a
> Linux version is capable of
A... looking more closely, Grant wrote CxO not QxO. Google quickly
enlightened me on the former. Sorry for the noise.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 2:19 PM Gary Schiltz wrote:
>
> I must admit my ignorance here, not aided in the least by a cursory
> Google search: What is QxO?
>
>
I must admit my ignorance here, not aided in the least by a cursory
Google search: What is QxO?
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:59 AM Grant Holland
wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
> I'm wondering why no-one seems to raise the specter that AI could start
> replacing management personnel. And I’m including CxO’s
Though I'm a pretty rusty, out of practice programmer, I certainly
echo Frank's response pointing to readability. Not just the code
itself, but also (mainly?) in the documentation of the software
artefact, a straightforward diagram and discussion of how it fits into
an overall architecture.
A few really do want our species to go extinct, but many believe that we
are already overpopulated and need to level off or reduce population. I
lean only slightly toward the latter.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Agreed. But if we don't construct any new ones and the
support the hypothesis that back then, Latin American countries had a
> big potential for convergence. Argentina, for example, was thought to be so
> promising that it could join the innovators’ club (Castaldi et al.,
> 2008(16)). Then, what happened during the Golden Age (1950-1975) tha
Despite living here in the middle of the world, I'm afraid I don't
give these ideas enogh serious thought these days. I interact mostly
with people who are retired and avoid deep political thought, and with
locals who don't have the education or experience to see much beyond
the local community. I
Amusing indeed (the PV magazine article). The pump “reportedly
produces 3 kW to 4 kW of heat for every kilowatt of power it
consumes”. Say what?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM Roger Critchlow wrote:
>
> I was amused to see an announcement of a thermoacoustic heat pump the other
> day:
>
>
>
I keep meaning to attend but seem to always be busy. I promise to try next
Thursday.
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:20 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> As of 10:15 no one has arrived. Last week Barry attended for about an
> hour. Jack came briefly. Nick arrived after the others had left. I made
> him
We humans tend to think of such long-term thinking as silly, frivolous mind
exercises for the elite educated. I would applaud such thinking. But
western civilization has trouble with seven generations, let alone seven
million generations.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 3:21 PM David Eric Smith
wrote:
Instead of digging into the guts of Excel with Visual Basic, I think
it would be about as easy (and maybe more fun) to import the
spreadsheet into a database that you could query. If I were to take a
first crack at it, I would first export the Excel file to a comma
separated values file (CSV
I get by with a two year old iPhone SE. I also hate typing on glass,
but I have a laptop for typing.
On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 11:01 AM Gillian Densmore
wrote:
>
> Hello, all looking for phone recommendations. My pixel 4a is 2 years old
> feeling closer to 4.
> Are there any phones you can get
Where in Santa Fe do you live? I ask only out of idle curiosity, since I
now live 6378 km from Santa Fe (check out the cool earth distance
calculator at https://keisan.casio.com/exec/system/1224587128). But having
lived in Pecos for 10 years and being in Santa Fe most of those days for
work,
I wonder what proportion of people worldwide, like me, see "urban" places
as mainly, at best, necessary evils. Maybe it's mainly an American
phenomenon, maybe a bourgeoisie idea for only those who can afford land.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 8:23 AM glen wrote:
> At the top of my LIFO stack of
I see that 22 years after Y2K, I've already forgotten how to spell
millennia, and that the singular is millennium. Maybe I need to write a
WhatsApp message to myself as a reminder :-)
On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:14 AM Gary Schiltz
wrote:
> Here in Ecuador, group chat is very widespr
Here in Ecuador, group chat is very widespread. Unfortunately (?) it is
mostly through informal WhatsApp groups. Email is *so* last millenia, and
even FaceBook has mostly given way to Instagram, TikTok, whatever. Yuck. I
especially dislike WhatsApp groups because it has even taken over some
ompany of Ecuador, founded under
> Rafael Correa's administration and responsible for the over-development and
> destruction of indigenous lands."
>
>
> On 7/27/22 09:50, Gary Schiltz wrote:
> > Yes, it’s for the birds. The IT infrastructure for the group is a
> ch
I should mention that the website is in need of serious updating.
On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 11:50 AM Gary Schiltz
wrote:
> Yes, it’s for the birds. The IT infrastructure for the group is a chaotic
> mess. I’m trying to bring a bit of order to the chaos. Both IT wise and
> organization w
I volunteer for.
mindocloudforest.org
On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:16 AM Stephen Guerin
wrote:
> Gary,
>
> I bet that Microsoft software is for the birds. :-)
>
> or is your nonprofit dealing with community broadband?
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 8:42 AM Gary Schiltz
>
I am the geek guy for a small nonprofit foundation here in Ecuador and I
must say that at least a few software companies are fairly generous with
licensing for academic and nonprofit organizations. Microsoft has been
particularly helpful.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 8:48 PM Jon Zingale wrote:
>
I imagine they are, but don’t call me Surely.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:23 PM glen wrote:
> This was a good presentation. If I get a minute later today, I'll try to
> find the slides. Shirley they're available somewhere?
>
> https://youtu.be/r7ubPjYHHYQ?t=913
>
> --
> ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ'
Same for me, Frank. The bit.ly link itself points to the unsubscribe link.
On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 1:20 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> When I try to select the link for copying the "un/subscribe" comes with
> it. Does anyone else experience this?
>
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>
I’ll try to make it some Thursday. That time works for me. Please send the
link again.
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 2:23 PM wrote:
> Sounds good to me. Soon that’ll be noon, my time. Breakfast.
>
>
>
> N
>
> Nick Thompson
>
> thompnicks...@gmail.com
>
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>
>
I’m in favor of what you describe, David. Good luck getting legislation in
the USA passed that would enable that. (sarcasm mode on) Speaking of the
word “enable”, I believe the pushback would be that such laws would be
enablers by decreasing the risk of taking drugs. The risk makes drugs less
While I’m not particularly a big fan of Bezos the cowboy billionaire, I do
like Amazon the marketplace. Lots of small and large retailers offering
goods from all over the world (okay, China) with buyers’ ability to comment
on and rate the products. With a behemoth at least sort of standing behind
That’s pretty darn cool.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:50 PM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> In case anyone is forced to use Windows: I do believe Microsoft finally
> figured out a nice way to handle X11 with WSL2 in Windows 11.
>
> Ubuntu can be installed from the Microsoft Store and when the terminal is
I vote to induct Nick into the Friam Hall of Fame (INFame?)
On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:56 AM wrote:
> Ahem. Speaking as the “Dean” (oldest surviving member) of this
> distinguished mostly geriatric community, I think respect goes both ways,
> or it goes nowhere. So, those of us who seek to
I have to agree with you, Nick. If we as a species are to survive, we've
got to stop this reversion back to our pre-civilized roots. I'm not really
a bleeding-heart liberal, but I do want to evolve beyond survival of the
fittest.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM wrote:
> Ok, So, Marcus,
>
>
>
>
Is that quote by Cormac McCarthy? One of his novels?
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 9:55 PM Jon Zingale wrote:
> """
> So, Jon, and all of you other ex-perts, Is it the case, or not? I can see
> that it might be the case for those of you who, unlike me, MIGHT become
> massively important to others
A skill that many never seem to outgrow.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 1:26 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Yeah, among other things they can all put their feet in their mouths.
>
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>
Jochen - I'm sorry that you feel as unsafe as you say about guns in the
USA. My own feeling, based on living in the States from birth until age 49
(13 years ago), is that the danger and direct impact on society from
firearms is much exaggerated by the news media. Like so many issues of our
time,
I don't know Jon, except from a single VFriam during the peak of the
pandemic last year. I really hope that he meant that as some sort of a
joke, though even that would be in very, very bad taste. If he was serious,
then I would say "shame on you". At the ripe young age of 63 years, I've
begun to
I frankly can't imagine our "species" (Homo faber) surviving our own short
sightedness long enough to make it to posthumanism. I suspect that Homo
sapiens will survive the environmental apocalypse to come, but that the
majority of our highly interdependent society will quickly fall apart. IMHO.
Piggybacking on Gillian's question, are N95 masks commonly available in the
USA? I've never seen one in Ecuador, but the KN-95 (Chinese version) have
come down in price from initially around $2 each to around $0.25 each.
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 3:00 PM Gillian Densmore
wrote:
> What masks does
Great Searle videos. I knew his name, but had never listened to him.
On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:57 PM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> We are just stuff and stuff can be simulated.. on quantum computers if
> necessary.
>
> > On Sep 18, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have watched
; ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/140+Calle+Ojo+Feliz,++Santa+Fe,+NM+87505?entry=gmail=g>
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/140+Calle+Ojo+Feliz,++Santa+Fe,+NM+87505?entry=gmail=g>
>
> 505 670
Maybe I missed something, but what prompted you to dig up a 16 month old
comment from Marcus to respond to?
On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 3:29 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Pollyanna! (ironic)
>
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>
That idea (not Dave, but the idea that someone who might be in fact a bot)
reminds me of one or more trolls that used to, and maybe still do, hang out
on comp.lang.lisp under a variety of pseudonyms.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 10:26 AM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I’m already convinced Dave is bot. I
Culling is easy, and they are delicious! Kung Pao Meow!
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:23 AM Marcus Daniels
wrote:
> I have seen what happens when ferals proliferate. Out in the country it
> is common to have a few non-domesticated cats around, but they can
> proliferate amongst households. Look
By the subject, I thought this would be about the Taliban.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 9:45 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
>
> ‘Kill it!’ US officials advise no mercy for lanternfly summer invasion
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/24/pennsylvania-lanternfly-summer-invasion
>
> Am I so wrong
Is it right? Is it right that I can eat steak and some can’t afford enough
rice and beans? The world is grossly unfair I’m sure I’m not the only one
who struggles with the unfairness of the world. The question is what to do
about it. How much social disruption would occur from a governor dying in
Glen, that has to be the comment of the day winner. Well said!
On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 9:07 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote:
> I appreciate that. But while I'm taking her and her ideas seriously,
> discussing them calmly while holding a cup of coffee, people who hold those
> very same ideas are carrying
It’s one I’ve always intended to read, but somehow never got around to it.
I’d be interested, but need to read it soon.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 8:46 PM wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
>
>
> I wonder if Pirsig’s *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance *was a
> thing for any of you, and if you would be
I don’t know who Larry Elder is, but I believe he is incorrect. The right
wing of today in the USA believes, or at least says, that liberals are both
misguided and really, really bad people. God told them so.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:40 AM Pieter Steenekamp
wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Your "The Wrong
I remember seeing a Smalltalk implementation that allows running code to be
suspended, sent over the wire to another VM, and continue where it left
off. It may have been Squeak, I’m not sure.
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 5:51 PM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> Yes, mobile code and distributed computing. It
I don't know what you like to do to relax, so my recommendation may be
completely off base for you. For me, Florida is too crowded to enjoy. I
don't know California well enough to comment intelligently, other than to
say that given its size, it is practically its own country in so many ways.
I
I couldn't have said it better myself. Fires are very much a part of dry
land ecosystems. The only reason they are "catastrophic" is that they have
been suppressed in the US for the last century or so.
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:32 PM cody dooderson wrote:
> I might be entering into this
As much as my wife and I loved NM, fires and the accompanying smoky air
were a large factor in our decision to move to the cloud forest. Pure,
clean, oxygenated air all day 365 days of the year.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:40 AM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> HEPA air filters in every room..
>
>
>
>
Interesting that you should send this (I haven't had a chance to look at it
much yet). Someone just sent a link to something rather similar:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_Without_Growth.
On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 2:01 AM Pieter Steenekamp <
piet...@randcontrols.co.za> wrote:
> Finance
A very insightful and humane comment, David.
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 8:50 AM Prof David West
wrote:
> I find anthropology to be fascinating because it is complex,
> interpretative, dynamic, highly contextual, and, ultimately anecdotal. "The
> ways of humans" are not reducible to formulae,
First of all, it's just a metaphor (ducking, the shoe barely missing my
head) :-)
Second of all, that description of animal development sure sounds to me
like "following a script".
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 2:23 PM wrote:
> This struck me:
>
>
>
> When animals develop, they don’t follow a script.
Here is one reason to be interested: much of the world is still months,
maybe years, away from getting access to vaccines. My adopted country of
Ecuador as a case in point.
On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 12:52 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> This does not seem interesting to me. The vaccines have been
It's hard to imagine UBI in the United States, when you (we, before I left)
can't even get a universal health care system.
On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 6:47 PM Gillian Densmore
wrote:
> We have a globe getting pimp slapped by a virus. People getting shit
> canned for no other reason than breathing.
Cool conversation about octopus. While not scientific, I really enjoyed the
move “My Octopus Teacher”. Insightful and thought provoking.
On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 9:02 AM Prof David West wrote:
> Octopi probably do "see" the ground behind them. They have more neurons in
> their skin than in their
I suspect, to use an open source software aphorism, you are speaking of
"free as in beer" and Glen is speaking of "free as in freedom".
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 5:04 PM Pieter Steenekamp <
piet...@randcontrols.co.za> wrote:
> * "But a contract-governed market isn't any more "free" than a
Neither. We have an overpopulation (of Homo sapiens) problem.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:17 PM wrote:
> Merle, and all,
>
>
>
> A naïve question: Do we have an energy supply problem or do we have an
> energy distribution problem? For starters, let there be a solar collector
> on the roof of
anta Fe, NM
>
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 9:50 AM Gary Schiltz
> wrote:
>
>> Serious question, since I didn't make it to vfriam yesterday. With the
>> advances in CGI these days, I don't know if this is computer generated or
>> real. Which is it?
>>
>> On Sat, A
Serious question, since I didn't make it to vfriam yesterday. With the
advances in CGI these days, I don't know if this is computer generated or
real. Which is it?
On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 10:02 AM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> For those who haven't seen the video that was mentioned in yesterday's
>
I don’t know Eric, but I had hoped that his fingers had just inadvertently
slipped when he was trying to type “Nick”. Otherwise, he should be ashamed.
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 12:10 PM wrote:
> Dear Eric,
>
>
>
> Use your words! Tell me how you FEEL! (};-)]
>
>
>
> N
>
>
>
> Nick Thompson
>
>
Thanks for bringing some more reality into this discussion. I’ve never been
a CIO, but having been a software engineer in the real world for 25 years,
it triggers something in me when someone dismissively claims that a small
group of developers / hackers could turn out software for a gargantuan
Rather tangential, but I wonder what percent of people in the USA are
computer literate? Here in the "third world" (Ecuador), many, many people
who use the internet almost constantly have never touched a "computer". For
them, a computer is an Android phone.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 6:35 PM Barry
I don't agree with your premise that someone on this list could build the
website over a weekend. I do agree with the wager, that the federal
government will hire some large contracting firm and spend millions of
dollars, and it will still suck. I have the feeling that that is simply the
nature of
Nick says: “There followed an eerie silence. Scientist strained at their
earphones to ear, examined their screens for any anomalous squiggle.
Finally, the director sighed, ‘I guess there is no life in outer space.’”
That sounds like an interesting beginning or ending to a scifi novel. Is
it, or
I would have thought that most members of FRIAM, when speaking of logic,
are referring to the mathematical and/or computational concept of
propositional logic, which has little if anything to do with a human
dimension. You know, modus ponens, modus tollens, etc. Logic in that sense
would exist
I agree with what you're saying, Marcus. I haven't seen any kind of
empirical studies, but my gut feeling is that mobs reinforce people's
willingness to be violent, and that willingness to participate in violent
acts, and the level of violence exhibited, grows exponentially with mob
size. If you
I don't understand the lack of security around the Capitol building. I'll
bet that if 100+ BLM protesters had tried to get into the White House, the
results would have been very different, with multiple people being killed
or at least incapicated before even reaching the walls. If someone had
I would say that it is possible because it is allowed. The American mythos
has always emphasized the individual over the collective society, freedom
(with responsibility in theory, but usually lacking) from government
interference, and generally a distrust of government in general. There is a
very
When I studied biology at university back in the 1970s, my recollection is
that most biologists in those days thought of species as an interbreeding
population of individuals. Over the years, I've seen this definition give
way more and more to defining species by genetic differences alone. Though
I may be able to make it. Is it at 9am MST?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 10:44 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> I'm more interested in whether anyone wants to meet then because I have to
> start the meeting. If that happens I will stay in the meeting for a
> reasonable amount of time.
>
> Frank
>
> On
Kind of makes you wonder if the "deep state" conspiracy theories have a bit
of merit.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 3:29 PM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I do wonder what work will look like after most of the small businesses
> fail.
>
> "Didn't respond to police presence" -> "Didn't listen to the boss."
>
For what it's worth, Frank, it's hard for me to even imagine you being
abusive to anyone, let alone a friend like Nick.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 2:45 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> This is not about lumbago but may not be of general interest. Please read
> a little and then stop if it is not a topic
I had to Google it as well, and won’t give the answer. Just a minor
correction (pun intended) - the product was not the brand “Wite-Out”, but
was a competitor. Cool trivia.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 12:35 PM Prof David West
wrote:
> In 1967 this band was on tour and Jimi Hendrix was the opening
Speaking of Owen, did he just decide there was insufficient signal to noise
ratio?
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM Steve Smith wrote:
> On 11/11/20 8:57 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
>
> > How do the names of these threads get changed?
>
> I changed this one manually... I simply edited the Subject
I think the rural vs urban split is one of the main factors. Rural people
tend to be a lot more independent, less educated, and perhaps by a bit of
an inferiority complex, more prone to denying science (think climate change
and the Paris Accord). I also believe we Americans have a sense of
The version I have heard is "If you aren't liberal when you're young, you
don't have a heart. If you aren't conservative when you're old, you don't
have a brain."
On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Steve Smith wrote:
> I appreciate this point of view. In 2016 it seems like there was a lot
> of
What source indicated those numbers?
On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:09 PM Marcus Daniels wrote:
> Biden has got a 270 vs. 267 last time I checked, assuming he can’t take
> Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> *From:* Friam *On Behalf Of *Gary Schiltz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, Nov
Nick, I was rather wondering the same thing myself. Frank, please toss us a
thread-thin lifeline to help buoy the spirits of us bleeding heart liberals
haha. Is your optimism somehow based on the number of uncounted mail-in
ballots?
On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:33 AM wrote:
> Frank,
>
>
>
> I am
For me, neither is scary. It contributes to my personal policy of avoiding
densely populated areas.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 11:01 AM Prof David West
wrote:
> Which is scarier?
>
> -- 41 out of 50 states show an increase in COVID cases.
> -- 105 out of 3,141 counties show an increase in COVID
Arghhh, I meant to write that I’ve warmed to the idea of mandatory voting,
not warned. The perils of typing on a phone.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:40 PM Gary Schiltz
wrote:
> I think that Republicans make up way less than half of the population, but
> the people who are traditionall
t; *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Political compass teest
>>
>>
>>
>> Econ left/right: -0.88
>>
>> Social Lib/Auth: -6.1
>>
>>
>>
>> davew
>>
>> NOT a Libertarian
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2020, at 5:56 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Do we all agree at an
I was pretty much dead center in the lower left quadrant, which was
surprising to me. I would have thought I would be in the middle of the
whole graph.
On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 4:52 PM George Duncan wrote:
> Jon, I took it. I'm barely left on economics and strongly libertarian on
> social issues
I don't think that one has to be an 'ultra-liberal Democrat' to share that
view. Both sides of the political spectrum have exploited fear of the other
to their advantage to the extent that there is little to be gained by
taking centrist views.
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:38 AM Prof David West
Mr. Cynical checking in here. Does he really have Covid, or is this a ploy
to get sympathy votes?
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 3:52 AM Pieter Steenekamp
wrote:
> The outcome of this might be some perceived indication of the efficacy of
> the hydroxychloroquine treatment. I'm not saying a sample size
This isn't in response to Nick, just a convenient place to hit "Reply" in a
thread in which I've already deleted most of the past messages. My own take
on why to hate religion and/or religious people is based on my upbringing
in and around a population of fairly uneducated, intolerant religious
Since Karen and I both live outside the USA, but are eligible to vote and
last voted in New Mexico, we started the process of voting by absentee
ballot. I was pleasantly surprised to find that we could send our signed,
scanned request forms to the county clerk (we last lived in San Miguel
county)
Which, by transitivity must mean animosity toward the 40% of idiot citizens
who keep such radical ideas from having a chance in hell of happening.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:38 AM Marcus Daniels
wrote:
> I guess I don't get all this animosity toward Amazon. If it is too big,
> then use the
I assumed it was some sort of late or early April fool’s joke.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> (327*10^6)*10^6 = 3270*10^12 is a lot more than Bloomberg has. Didn't
> anyone notice this during the broadcast?
>
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> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>
It appears the title of the book is actually "Go Set a Watchman" (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Set_a_Watchman).
On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 4:27 PM wrote:
> Steve,
>
>
>
> Your story, like so many of your stories, cuts to the heart. If you
> haven’t already, I recommend you read *Go Call a
I'm sure there are studies showing the dangers of exposure to second hand
sushi. I know the smell lakes me want to barf.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:10 AM glen∉ℂ wrote:
> I think the standard rhetoric is that the Dems limit positive freedoms,
> where the Reps limit negative freedoms.
>
I too have some fear about Trump/Biden debates, but I don't think Biden
could get away with refusing to debate (I could be wrong). Regardless of
how much Trump lies, Biden needs to stick to the facts and avoid stooping
to Trump's level of personal attacks. That said, it wouldn't hurt to
practice
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