skelterjohn.bsky.social
Programmer, guitarist, gamedev, husband, dad.
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Napster baaaaayybyyy
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I joined Google on a Monday. That Friday, they killed reader. I was devastated.
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I hate the idea that we should roll over on whatever cultural wedge Fox News pushes for a given cycle. It will ALWAYS be something. SOME "othered" group will be targeted because that's how they rally. That's literally all they do. That and protect business interests. We need to protect PEOPLE.
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@n1ckthecat.bsky.social maybe next year?
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Are there any stories related to religious traditions that aren't apocryphal?
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This seems fairly off topic and unrelated to anything I was saying. I'm going to stop engaging.
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All I've done in this thread is clearly state that the issue people were having is the disregard for civilian casualties and connect it to the accepted definition of "war crime".
Only one person here has been self-righteous.
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I don't know. The US and its allies regularly commit acts that fall under the definition of war crime. There is no authority to hold us accountable.
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I didn't anticipate you having trouble looking up the Geneva convention if you wanted to refer to it or read it. I still don't.
The situation you describe is not like the one we're discussing.
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No, it seemed common sense to me that callous disregard for civilian life would be a war crime. But before I labeled it that way here I literally read the Geneva convention. It's not long, and this issue is spelled out very clearly.
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It means that you know way less than would justify the statements you made.
Making an attack with explicit knowledge of likely civilian death is an explicit war crime per the Geneva convention.
You seem to try to change the subject a lot. It's disingenuous.
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Take that thought and carry it with you in future threads regarding civilian casualties.
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You're making false equivalences. War is brutal enough, but its inevitability is recognized. Collectively, we decided some acts are over the threshold and we call them war crimes. Bombing a residential building full of civilians to get a single person is one of them.
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People are pointing out that this all falls under the realm of "war crimes". Violence begets violence.
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Yep they're bad. So is rocketing an apartment building to get one guy.
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The indifference to collateral damage.
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I'm 100% certain that is not the complaint.
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Wait - should I prioritize this or the tar remote execution issue?
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We're already living in the darkest timeline so this should be easy.
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Recruiter's first day, run with it.
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That's rough. I don't know if I'd tell her or not. Depends on how close we are I guess.
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People get to choose how to say their own names.
I'm sure my ancient German ancestors would cringe at how I pronounce Asmuth, but it doesn't matter.
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So I was imagining hair 1/2" on your head after finishing chemo :)
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Unfortunately their correlation is a common cause: chemotherapy. I actually do have a lot of hair back but it's very thin compared to a year ago. I'm doing ok all things considered. Family still smiling so I keep swimming. Chemo continues till it stops working or I can't deal.
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:) it's a bit removed: I found you because you found a thread where I mentioned neuropathy, and your profile says neuro-spicy. My neuropathy and my hair loss have the same cause, and one coming back represents a recovery of sorts. You probably meant a different type of neuro-spicy so, a stretch.
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Does that .5" represent a recovery?
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Lots of growing pains making it do what I want, which is to be expected. I'll probably still do the final draft with lilypond.
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I need something to hear to make sure it's working, harmonically, and Musescore has that gross midi playback. Which is fine I guess.
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For "Fools rushing in", which my orchestra is playing this year!!! I used my guitar and Ableton. I recorded segments, mixed them together, played with my recording, and wrote it after things were fairly solid. Not feasible now.
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My big challenge here is that I can effectively no longer play guitar, at least not to my own standards, due to neuropathy. And in the past I've always composed ON the guitar.
I am still using it to make sure things are playable and to find melodies. But for the rest... Musescore?
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Draft title is "lupine space-laser sunset" which is a reference to several composers I'm thinking of with this piece. Far too silly to be the actual title. maybe "Breakfast around the sun".
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You post on your fb wall that you hereby rescind permission for them to use or store your data.
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Things you don't want to hear from your oncologist.
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Don't forget how it felt when he was finally out of office.
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They're there to tear it all down, whether they realize it or not.
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If this can transition into real constitutional reforms then I'll take it.
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I'm leaving Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. Already left Twitter but I also intend to delete my accounts.
Funny enough, staying there would probably make me less anxious as I'm force-fed propaganda.
But yeah I feel you. It was such a relief when he was gone and such a gut punch for him to return.
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Why does your oboe reed need its own website?
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You're only old once all your good years are behind you.