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And true in Europe today. Ever been on a train in Germany in the summertime?

That's true. It was the 1970s when we were pressuring the stepfather.

I think you're conflating race with ethnicity and nationality, which makes all three concepts meaningless.

Allies, not buddies.

"US soldier were rude, assertive and agressive towards women, and this was caused by racism and too much ego"

Do you regard French and Americans as different races?

To me it is logic and wisdom, with some (appropriate) bias towards its audience.

The French love insulting Americans nearly as much as the Brits enjoy insulting the French (it's like a sport there).

People weren't as fragile and sensitive then. It was better in that way.

It's true. Europeans of that era did not bathe everyday. My stepfather escaped nazi Germany, and moved to the us in the 40s. He grudgingly adapted to daily bathing (my mother's insistence), but remarked how very American that is. He was very 20th century European, for sure.

That's me. I don't regard it as an advantage, but I've come to be okay with it. I've quit before, for months at a time, and once for 2+ years. I used to go to Japan regularly for 2-3 weeks at a time, during which I'd have none. What I found is that I'm not more productive without it, and the quality of my work was not affected by it.

I found that indeed I am able to concentrate more deeply with it. Without it, I find myself far more tempted to drink to relax -- which breaks my personal rule for alcohol use: never for stress relief, only for celebration.

They're allowed to in investigations: "we have a witness who saw you do it" will sometimes cause actually guilty people to confess, or to start naming accomplices, etc. Or, "we think this was an accident" can elicit "it was, I didn't mean to do it" as a confession.

The piano is very interesting, and Molly McGee singing "Life on Mars" is fantastic.

The "Law of the Jungle" prevails, indeed.

I love the Kipling poem. A (lesser) companion for it is Wintle[1]

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1033193-if-you-think-you-ar...

I'm glad he made it to the US. Of course because it's The Atlantic, they were obligated to implicate the US as a co-conspirator: "Islamophobic discourses that gathered strength in the U.S. have been central to China’s efforts to justify its Xinjiang policies". Yeah, of course it's all really our fault, of course.

Keep in mind, The Atlantic is a lifestyle magazine.

The main reasons in his conclusion are: Harvard doesn't support Palestine, he's displeased by the level of sympathy he received at his mother's passing, and general issues with the underlying politics of the curriculum.

It all seems a bit self-centered. Why publicize the letter, other than to signal and cue the outrage mob?

The letter helps make the point of how absurd these heavily-endowed universities have become.

I think we learned this past year that at least a few teachers are quite exceptionally spoiled (disappointing, and for me a bit surprising). Maybe I'm biased by the witnessing the antics of the California teachers union, but their ranks have been an embarrassment to the profession. Their continued push-back against returning to regular classes has grown tiresome (California has decided, with union pressure, to defy CDC guidelines and require masking and distancing despite vaccines and low risk -- "follow the science" is no longer spoken by them).

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-school-board...

https://meaww.com/alissa-piro-california-teacher-zoom-rant-h...

I've used the sniper fantasy for decades (since I was a kid). I guess I discovered it by accident, but it has _always_ worked. The key (for me, at least) is trying to concentrate on the imaginary target...waiting for it to appear in the imaginary scene. I'm out like a light in no time.

The solution: leave New York. The idea of having to get permission to operate a business (unless it causes pollution, etc.) is anti-American. Don't accept such rules, and move to where that kind of nonsense doesn't happen. Vote with your feet/wallet.

A war against people recognizing that social media like Facebook and Twitter are today's Big Tobacco equivalent?

It's stopping reading at a sentence dripping with pseudo intellectualism. When writers try too hard to sound intelligent and erudite it's off-putting, and a "bullshit" indicator.

Austin Powers in Space.

This is just what Mike Rowe talks about, and something that he's personally working on: https://www.mikeroweworks.org/about/.

More power to him!

Very sad to hear that. I guess all [good] things certainly do come to an end. I haven't been back there in a few years, so I'm recalling the "good ol' days", I guess.

It's true. From my own experience, Starbucks in Japan is far superior than in the US, too. 7-11's are _wonderful_ in Japan.

For the sabotaged code base, point them to Atlassian.

I like the new mascot.

People need to stop referring to the product name Github, too, as it causes confusion. It's _Microsoft_, which should serve as a deterrent.

I was 8 years old when I saw it -- no movie has influenced me like that one. At that age, the star gate scene was kind of scary; but, yes, the HAL 9000 had a _huge_ impact on me. One of the best films, ever.

In 2001:A Space Odyssey, the "star gate" sequence is quite psychedelic; and this was 1967.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DNbkKBW0K8

She started off with a decent explanation and defense of her work... but then fell off completely with the complaints about the photo and the worries about getting 100% credit. I don't know if it's due to the pressures she faces, or if that was her personality to begin with.

Was gaining fame part of her goal?

University of California doing "studies" to defend the state of California...right before a recall election of the Governor -- color me skeptical.

I personally know > 10 people who have left (in disgust) in the past 2 years. I have a sister in Texas who is getting personally wealthy selling houses to Californians moving there. She's been selling for > 30 years and has never seen an influx like this from a single state, ever. California even lost a seat in the US Congress due to population decline.[1]

[1] https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-26/census-dat...