Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@qoto.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
I get it mildly, as a free gift with a T2 Diabetes medication I take. A very high pitched singing noise; about 9 - 10 KHz, I would say. Only mildly irritating and only very rarely really intrusive
depending on the severity of his prostate cancer, He may not receive any treatment at all!
I have to inject insulin every day but I live in a civilised country where such medication is considered to be 'essential' and is therefore entirely paid for by the government (assuming that you are registered with the social security authorities.)
I have no personal experience of Israel but friends who have visited say that they hated the place and couldn't wait to get out of it. If that is the view of the majority of Israelis then I can understand why.
What the state of Israel is now perpetrating against the Palestinians is exactly the same as the horror perpetrated on the Jews by the Nazis; the only difference is scale not intent. It is without a doubt a crime against humanity.
I believe learning to meditate effectively and doing so regularly (daily) may be one method to recover from such trauma.
I held exactly the same view. In fact, the Israeli propaganda machine worked so well (with a lot of help from the murderous idiots who have run Palestine since the creation of the state of Israel), that my views have only just swung round to supporting the Palestinian cause rather than the Israeli one!
What the state of Israel is perpetrating now is genocide with no legal or moral justification whatsoever.
Paul Brownjohn
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“People in the UK who did not receive all the doses of the vaccine for which they were eligible had up to 4 times the risk of being hospitalized or dying from #COVID19 compared with those who were fully vaccinated.”
Paul Brownjohn
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What Jesus said: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
What Christians heard: "Build a wall and shoot anyone who gets past it."
Paul Brownjohn
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Researchers estimate that if the top 1% of Americans paid the full amount of taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion a year.
That’s just UNPAID taxes. Not new or higher taxes.
This is the real looting in America.
#JustPayYourFairShare #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #GOPTaxCutsBankruptAmerica
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But... most homeless US folk are still white? Facts. Unaffordable housing combined with a lack of social programs or safety net lead to homelessness in the US in general. Because in the US, most white people will oppose social safety nets if they believe that Black people will benefit, or if you remind them of "changing demographics." Because racism.
https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/sf/soy046/5002999
Convince a racist white US citizen that "Black people receive welfare!" and they'll oppose their own benefits🙃
Paul Brownjohn
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Listen to Carl Sagan’s thoughtful response to “are you a socialist?”
@ritchiepage2001 @lowqualityfacts
Isn't "Libertarian-Socialist" a total contradiction in terms?
@ttarchala @cstross @Ruskin_Marc @boggin @ChrisMayLA6
The key phrase in your post is
"With a bit of discipline, it's entirely possible to make robust, maintainable spreadsheets."
The problem is usually that the spreadsheets created by users, as opposed to IT professionals, are normally undocumented, amateurishly designed, implemented to no particular standards and are thus virtually unmaintainable.
I would absolutely echo the views of the expert commentator! There is no way you will get me into a Boeing 737 Max series of aircraft unless it's at gunpoint!
Paul Brownjohn
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“Florida has banned Pride Flags in classrooms because clearly Florida has nothing to be proud of.” - Stephen Colbert 🙌
Paul Brownjohn
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Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as #uBlock Origin will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/
Having said all that - since when do customs check people who are boarding outbound flights with sniffer dogs?
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
