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An on-demand heater doesn’t use power when you’re away either, and it doesn’t require giving privacy-thieving cloud providers access to physical objects in one’s home.

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Why not? Because a lot of the cheaper stuff is cloud-focused junk. Imagine not being able to control your lights if your Internet went down. Fun times.

Honestly, I’m not crippled — it’s not that hard to flip a switch when entering or leaving a room.

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Define “wrong person”. If you have common interests, enjoy each others’ company, and get along well, then it’s the right person, regardless of whether you work with them or not.

Rules as far as relationships between consenting adults are stupid. Fifty years ago, people were still being jailed or shot for being in a relationship or marrying the wrong color human.

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Outside of work, it should be none of society’s business, unless there’s some form of quid-pro-quo or physical coercion involved.

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zk – men (or women, or anyone) should certainly NOT be required to avoid any advances or personal relationships with others in their field(*), though they should be required to observe rules of reasonable politeness and decorum. People with the same interests tend to date, have sex, and occasionally even get married. Deal with it.

American society is way too Puritanical about the whole thing. And the Puritanism coming from the left is as bad as that coming from the right.

(*) – same field is insane. That would mean that two lawyers or architects couldn’t date, even if working for different companies. But I don’t have a problem with dating even in the same company — what goes on outside of working hours is none of HR’s business. (And, in fact, dating policies have been ruled as illegal as a violation of privacy rights.)

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Nothing is simple and black and white…

There could easily be consent between co-workers. I know a few couples who met at work and ended up married. Even if one is a supervisor and one isn’t. There isn’t necessarily coercion — it really depends how much each of them actually needs the job, what other options they have(*), how much they care about “career.”

(*) – depending on circumstances, the supervisor could actually have fewer options than the subordinate.

Is dating at work always bad? No.
Should employers prohibit it, butting into private lives? No.
Should everyone respect consent? Yes.

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On the one hand, we have a borderline inept president and executive.

On the other hand, we have a lot of members of Congress and the Executive who LIKE the idea of soaking blue sanctuary states (where prices have primarily risen).

Neither of these facts are good news, but they might at least be exploitable.

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The foreclosures aren’t done in the Northeast — in CA, they kept coming well after 2009, till at least 2012-13.

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Borax. (Assuming no pets or kids who lick the floor.)

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Hunter-seekers from Dune … hmmm – maybe we’d be better off if North Korea did the EMP thing 🙂

Anyway, we should be working on EMP weaponry to fry the brains and sensors of those things.

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DMCA is used to protect parasites who profit from content made by long-dead artists. Trash it, burn the paper it’s written on, dump the ashes down the sewer.

As to five years, let’s make it five years after the creator dies, or till their heirs attain majority (age 18).

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I’m of the opinion that copyright should be strictly limited to five years at most. Allow producers to profit, keep the parasites from milking old content for decades. Then get rid of the DMCA.

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What does two Echos in one room do for you anyway?

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I don’t think Echo goes as far as optical or S/PDIF out, but it does have a 3.5″ output to connect to a decent amp/speakers.

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I suspect that more suburban/urban women voted for Trump than you’d think. Why? Because he promised to keep their children safe from terrorism and crime — playing on parenting instincts is brilliant psychology.

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