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ratsmack

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ratsmack··on A rash of nearly lethal mushroom poisonings in Ohio
There are many paths: https://mises.org/wire/legacy-corruption-fda-and-big-pharma
ratsmack··on A rash of nearly lethal mushroom poisonings in Ohio
With the FDA, you need to follow the money.
ratsmack··on FDA Confirms Widespread Shortages of Adderall
But the over achieving, stress encumbered society we live in requires it. Maybe it's time to slow down.
ratsmack··on New system retrofits diesel engines to run on 90% hydrogen
>Hydrogen production is the family of industrial methods for generating hydrogen gas. As of 2020, the majority of hydrogen (∼95%) is produced from fossil fuels by steam reforming of natural gas and other light hydrocarbons, partial oxidation of heavier hydrocarbons, and coal gasification.

Unless there is a something I'm missing, it seems that large scale hydrogen production isn't very 'green'.

ratsmack··on Can God Be Proved Mathematically?
Conversely, you cannot disprove it.
ratsmack··on Monster Energy wins $293M false-advertising verdict against rival Bang
All of these drinks are poison to your system and in my opinion should be banned for consumption for people under 18 years of age.
ratsmack··on Bash one-liner to produce a list of HEX color codes that read like English words
I don't like using multiple commands.

    mawk 'BEGIN{b = "[abcdefois]"; l = "[a-z]"; W = "^" b l l l l l "$"}; $0 ~ W {print "#" toupper($0);}' /usr/share/dict/words
ratsmack··on Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps
I think a more accurate title would be "Numerous organizations succumb to social engineering and unknowingly install compromised open source apps". "Hacked", to me, indicates that someone has compromised an insecure and poorly installed service or exploited some bug in the software.
ratsmack··on Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar
"The Origin Of The Word 'Earth' is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words ‘eor(th)e’ and ‘ertha’ ."
ratsmack··on America Has Lost Its Oil Buffer
We sold to China only to hurt Russian oil sales, but it didn't work. China still bought large amounts of oil from Russia and then resold it to Europe.
ratsmack··on Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
>lunatics

I would classify them as eccentric rather than that term.

ratsmack··on Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
Hopefully you're not serious... do you believe some post about the Kardashians would be more appropriate?
ratsmack··on Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
The final comment

>"Edit: I guess my tone-projection is off. A lot of people seem to be put-off by my usage of the word "insane." I intended that as tongue-in-cheek and did not mean to imply that any of them literally have diagnosable mental illnesses. I have a lot of respect for all of the individuals I listed and they seem like nice people, I was just trying to make a point about how unusual their behavior is."

ratsmack··on Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
It seems that I would do the same after a frustrating day at work. It's a great outlet to just yell into the void.
ratsmack··on Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
Could you elaborate on what effect that is?
ratsmack··on Price Controls Have Failed for 4k Years–and Humans Still Haven’t Learned
>heavily regulated

Just another form of price control, without calling it price control.

ratsmack··on Handsomely-paid techies splurging lakhs on 'leg lengthening' surgeries
The internet has created a class of people with obsessive vanity and overly zealous expectations in others.
ratsmack··on Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of speech (2020)
Any collage or institution receiving government funding must not censor speech in any form, as they are government institutions via proxy. Also, in my opinion, all publicly traded companies should not be allowed to censor speech as they are essentially "owned" by share holders, not the management team.
ratsmack··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
If you know that for a fact, maybe you can elaborate.
ratsmack··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
Supporting Kiwi Farms right to exist is not the same as supporting the content.
ratsmack··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
>I actually don’t want my kid to be exposed...

We used to call this parenting. Censoring the internet at large because some people don't actively police their children's access is not a solution.

ratsmack··on Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard terminates service
It seems that this is accepted behavior with the large corporate internet infrastructure companies, though. There are many in powerful government positions worldwide that applaud this behavior, because it is in vogue.
ratsmack··on Cloudflare blocks online forum citing 'imminent threats to human life
Kiwi Farms was back online early yesterday with a .ru domain... FWIW.
ratsmack··on IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of Power
People see what they want to see and are offended by perceptions driven by their own biases, even in cases where no offense is portrayed or intended.
ratsmack··on IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of Power
>European fantasy stories

European history should be portrayed accurately, be it fantasy or reality. It seems that those that shout loudest about cultural appropriation are the first to glorify cultural appropriation when it suites their world view.

ratsmack··on What Shopping on Amazon Feels Like (2022)
It may be humorous, but it spot on for when you're searching for some item on Amazon. I've been there and done that so many times... it's just so tiring.
ratsmack··on Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election
>Unionization is one of the best things happening

Some unionization works out well, especially when the union actually has the best interest of both the workers and company in mind. There are many times that self serving unions bleed workers through dues and protect non-productive workers to the benefit of no one, and in some cases, driving companies into bankruptcy.

ratsmack··on Goldman Sachs orders all personnel to return to work
I would think that the vast majority of people have a job "just for the money", or am I missing something.
ratsmack··on Tool beeps every time data is sent to Google
I wrote this a number of years ago to accomplish same:

    #!/bin/ksh                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    Die() {                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        echo Bad IP                                                                                                                                                                                                
        exit 1                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    }                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    [ $# = 1 ] || Die                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    [ ${1%%?*.?*.?*.?*} ] && Die                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    I=$1                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    until [ ${#I} = 0 ]                                                                                                                                                                                            
    do                                                                                                                                                                                                             
        J=${I#[0-9.]}                                                                                                                                                                                              
        [ ${#I} = ${#J} ] && Die                                                                                                                                                                                   
        I=$J                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    done                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    I=$1.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    typeset -ui N=0                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    while [ $I ]                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    do                                                                                                                                                                                                             
        J=${I%%.*}                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        I=${I#$J.}                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        [ $((J>>8)) = 0 ] || Die                                                                                                                                                                                   
        N=$(( (N<<8) + J ))                                                                                                                                                                                        
    done                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    echo $N                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    # End
ratsmack··on We don't know how the universe began, and we will never know
>religious babble

Why is religion held in such contempt when there is so much science that is just as much "babble", but held in high regard?

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