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  1. Comment on Vladimir Putin approves changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine in ~society

    redbearsam
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    Ahhhh, it's just marketing at this point. I'm sure the actual doctrine remains "I dunno just do whatever daddy putin tells you".

    Ahhhh, it's just marketing at this point. I'm sure the actual doctrine remains "I dunno just do whatever daddy putin tells you".

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

    redbearsam
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    I guess that makes sense of a sort. Objection withdrawn your honor. Proceed.

    I guess that makes sense of a sort. Objection withdrawn your honor. Proceed.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

    redbearsam
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    Uuuuh, come again? I think i missed a logical step here....

    Uuuuh, come again? I think i missed a logical step here....

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    It's disappointing that the plural of phoenix isn't phoenices.

    It's disappointing that the plural of phoenix isn't phoenices.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

  6. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

    redbearsam
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    Spiders are daemons, ergo you like daemons. I hope you wanted a mortal enemy, cause you got one now, heretic.

    Spiders are daemons, ergo you like daemons. I hope you wanted a mortal enemy, cause you got one now, heretic.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

    redbearsam
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    Thanks! Good post up and down this one.

    Thanks! Good post up and down this one.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

  9. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

    redbearsam
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    I always read your username like Sam explaining spuds to gollum. Every. Time.

    I always read your username like Sam explaining spuds to gollum. Every. Time.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    My cousins and I (there are quite a lot of us) used to do puppet shows for eachother using our various soft toys. When the parents were starting to get firm about "go to bed" it became tradition...

    My cousins and I (there are quite a lot of us) used to do puppet shows for eachother using our various soft toys. When the parents were starting to get firm about "go to bed" it became tradition for the story teller to have this super shitty across-stitched red bear come in and kill all the characters in funny ways over a few scenes to tie things off.

    So when I started gaming and was wondering what name would strike fear into my enemies...

    Oh, and my name is Sam.

    10 votes

  11. Comment on Sorry for the mess (post mortem for a Topic that went sideways?) in ~tildes

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    Omg wow. Turns out there are bad ideas in a brainstorm. That is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen, and yet somehow it looks like they put quite some effort in. I'm embarrassed for them.

    Omg wow. Turns out there are bad ideas in a brainstorm. That is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen, and yet somehow it looks like they put quite some effort in. I'm embarrassed for them.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Work life balance in a startup in ~life

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    I've mostly worked startups over an 8 year tech career. With larger startups - 20+ devs it's basically a lot like a more typical job. With smaller startups, as I'm in right now (4 devs) overtime...

    I've mostly worked startups over an 8 year tech career. With larger startups - 20+ devs it's basically a lot like a more typical job.

    With smaller startups, as I'm in right now (4 devs) overtime just makes more sense, as you can feel and see your impacts so much. I think those of us who do it unfortunately put implicit pressure on those who don't, but I feel enough ownership of the codebase that I'm content to work late to change that thing that's bugging me, and I'm empowered to do it by process that has a lil more wiggle.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Morrowind doesn't have any rivers in ~games

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    Mr bttongue's "but what do they eat - Shandification in Fallout" video is like the best on all or YouTube. Great reference. Majestic.

    Mr bttongue's "but what do they eat - Shandification in Fallout" video is like the best on all or YouTube. Great reference. Majestic.

  14. Comment on My voter registration name keeps getting changed/misspelled. Should I complain to the state or my county clerk? in ~society

  15. Comment on Jeff Bezos vetoed Washington Post plan to endorse Kamala Harris, paper reports in ~society

    redbearsam
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    The guardian ain't perfect, but it is good. And their investigative journalism is second to none.

    The guardian ain't perfect, but it is good. And their investigative journalism is second to none.

    11 votes

  16. Comment on Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status in ~comp

    redbearsam
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    It was an update BTW: Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about. It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to...

    It was an update BTW:

    Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about.

    It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to
    "grass root" it by Russian troll factories isn't going to change anything.

    And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US
    thing.

    If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian
    state-sponsored spam.

    As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be supporting Russian
    aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too.

                      Linus
    10 votes

  17. Comment on Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status in ~comp

    redbearsam
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    Never mind, wow. Classic linus.

    Never mind, wow. Classic linus.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status in ~comp

    redbearsam
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    Wait, what comment specifically?

    Wait, what comment specifically?

  19. Comment on Ängelholms FF went invincible and didn't concede a single goal during the season and still didn't win the league in the sixth tier of Swedish women's football in ~sports.football

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    Joining the hallowed arsenal halls. Rarified air indeed. But both slightly better and slightly worse at the same time poor bastards

    Joining the hallowed arsenal halls. Rarified air indeed. But both slightly better and slightly worse at the same time poor bastards

    2 votes

  20. Comment on US study discovers toothbrushes and showerheads covered in viruses new to science in ~health

    redbearsam
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    Not as a mega regular thing, but as folks have noted, if you're sharing food and drinks etc with folks.... Why not share brushes? My most frequent lil group of buddies don't go out of our way but...

    Not as a mega regular thing, but as folks have noted, if you're sharing food and drinks etc with folks.... Why not share brushes?

    My most frequent lil group of buddies don't go out of our way but if we're at eachother's places and there ain't easy spares about....

    3 votes