Among the changes to the current tax code would be an end to the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Credit.
I can't say that I disagree.
Folks who can afford electric vehicles tend to be much more affluent than the normal folks who need to bust the piggy bank for the small change to barely scrape it over the price finish line. So, in this case, the plan would actually stick it to the rich.
However, I would really like to see an end to agrictulture subsidies.
Folks involved in "industrial agriculture production" tend to be even more affluent, and have a bigger budget for hiring lobbyists. They own your Congress Critter. So agriculture subsidies will remain the dug up, stitched up drunk and disorderly Frankenstein Monster that they are.
The lobbyists can cry rivers of guaranteeing food supply stories and price stability stories, but when push comes to shove, the subsidies benefit rich producers. So the rich win this one.
Me personally I am either a large or xl for shirts depending on cut a co with a tight fit might be better than a large loose fit or sometimes the companies large slim fits best.
Personal preference also has a lot to do with it. Some folks like tight fitting stuff; others like loose fits.
Back in the original dotcom boom, a start up sold shoes that were custom made to fit the customer's feet exactly. They scanned the feet. Folks were nevertheless unsatisfied, because some folks liked "barefoot freedom" while others prefer a tight, controlled feeling.
The US can't force laws on any other country by any meaning of the word.
Oh, no . . . ? Tell that to the folks in Iraq and Afghanistan . . . when the US military invades a country . . . US law becomes the norm there . . . even if the natives would prefer Sharia Law.
Hell, even "civilized" countries like New Zealand let themselves be steamrolled by the American legal system: Kim Dotcom. He is definitely no angel, but allowing the American FBI to conduct tactical operation there . . . ? What, like New Zealand doesn't have their own cops . . . ?
It even gets thornier with the USA and the EU. The EU can refuse extradite any person to the US if they could face the death penalty. Which should have made Julian Assange safe, but he wisely only trusts folks as far as they can throw them.
So if the Las Vegas shooter had successfully escaped to Europe, and was arrested there . . . a major steaming pile of political fudge would have resulted.
Where your data can get deleted by a click of a button by a disgruntled employee and even the fucking president of the United States can't be spared nor can his data be restored in less than 11 minutes.
. . . and just how much do you pay for your Twitter account . . . ? It's just like the rest of life: you get what you pay for.
Imagine if you weren't the president, would they even care?
Obviously, they don't even really care if you are president . . . otherwise, his account would not have been deactivated in the first place.
Oh, back in '73 it didn't just stall, but came to a sputtering stop. The gas tank was empty. OPEC turned off the tap to the US for "supporting" Israel in the Yom Kippur. The economy was on the ropes, and a space program an unnecessary luxury. It was kinda sorta what happened to the "American CERN", the "Superconducting Super Collider.
Flag on the play. Overuse of the word "super". Penalty: Cancellation because the word "super" sounds expensive to Congress Critters.
And there is no political interest in space any more. Maybe raising the fear of AI like the fear of Sputnik will loosen up the purse strings . . . ?
"Mr. President, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. It would be quite easy at the bottom of ah... some of our deeper mineshafts. The radioactivity would never penetrate a mine some thousands of feet deep. And in a matter of weeks, sufficient improvements in dwelling space could easily be provided."
"It would not be difficult mein Fuhrer! Nuclear reactors could, heh... I'm sorry. Mr. President. Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plantlife. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country. But I would guess... that ah, dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided."
"Well I... I would hate to have to decide.. who stays up and.. who goes down."
"Well, that would not be necessary Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross section of necessary skills. Of course it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years."
"Mr. President, we must not allow... a mine shaft gap!"
Most folks don't want to mine their own bitcoins. The Facebook-Intertubes news has educated them to know that they only need to speculate with bitcoin to become as rich as the next President of the United States of America, Mark Zuckerberg. He earned so much money with bitcoins . . . that he can pay all Russians to vote for him in the next election!
Ok. I'm a mathematician, so I think I have some degree of expertise relevant to comment when someone says that they have a mathematical proof of something.
Well, then again, Kurt Gödel told us that there is stuff that is true, but cannot be proved to be true . . .
How do we know it wasn't a weaponized asteroid intended to clearing and terraforming this planet for the new human species to evolve and be monitored?
If the asteroids were potshot by the helium squeaky Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, the craters would have a "Made in Germany! (Kinda sorta)" Qualitätsstempel stamped on them.
On the other hand, dinosaurs, with all their pointy spines and body armor, were not very tasty for ancient aliens.
Humans are a more attractive dining option . . . most are just soft, lean meat . . . no fur or pointy spines. Obviously, the ancient aliens killed off the dinosaurs to replace them with a Las Vegas style all you can eat human buffet.
Yeah, nowadays, folks tend to get abducted by outer space aliens and disappear forever. Most of us must taste really fine to outer space aliens!
The folks who get abducted, anally probed, and then returned . . . well, I guess they don't taste that great to aliens.
I'm terrible at picking stocks. But I'd say buy now.
It really makes no sense.
The famous Economist John Maynard Keynes was once asked if he thought that the stock market would rise or fall. His answer was something like:
"It doesn't matter what I think, if the stock market will rise or fall . . . what is important, is what I think, what other people think about whether the stock market will rise or fall."
Whether a company has a functioning business model, or even the remotest notion of ever even having a functioning business model it a moot point these days.
All you need is the cash of venture capitalists . . . the type of folks who fund Über.
So, yeah, AMD . . . ? A very technical geek question . . . unfortunately, like the UK defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, which was won on the "Playing Fields of Eton" . . . the IT industry isn't about technical achievement any more.
Folks who work on Wall Street for institutions "too big to fail" decide which technology companies are "good investments" . . . or not . . .
If he was asked to put in a backdoor "by court order", would he....
Governments already require telcos to implement backdoors under the guise of "Lawful Interception": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I developed for an ISP platform of "a major provider" in Europe a while back, and guess what . . . ?
Yes, it was conform in providing this LI service to the folks, um, "entitled" to it. It was even implemented so that the platform operators could not see who was being tapped. This was because the spooks feared that "criminals" would smuggle in their own folks to work as operators, who could then tip off the criminals when the spooks were tapping them.
The spooks are supposed to have the proper judicial approvals . . . but it's like a dubious dance club catering to underage drinkers . . . no one is checking IDs at the door.
Someone should directly ask Blackberry how they assist "lawful" organization trace and tap communications on their systems.
Whoops! That pesky little National Security Letter Gag Order, again . . .
So if the management engine isn't actually necessary what actually does it provide?
It provides an excellent opportunity for your government to get to know you better! Your wants, your needs . . . your seditious thoughts and deeds . . . whether you voted for President Zuckerberg or not . ..
What country is Purism based in or owned by?
Does it even matter any more . . . ? The British share their "intelligence" with the Americans, who usually just buy it from some "leaky" old German SED folks who are still working on the taxpayers' dime to undermine the evil capitalist system. A better question would be to ask which companies own which countries.
The Clintons sell stuff to Russia; Trump "makes business deals" with Russia, but in Putinist Russia Parlance, it looks like "Russia dealed him!"
Hey, the various leaders of the world are deeply divided on social and political issues, but they are united in one common goal . . . to keep an eye on, and control their populations.
I'm American, grew up there, and lived there until I graduated from college, but have been living and working in Europe since then. (It wasn't really planned; it just kinda sorta happened). On one business trip to scenic Austin, Texas, I drove by a car dealership and something unsettled me, but I couldn't determine what it was . . .
. . . until I realized that there were signs advertising "Pre-Owned Cars!" Um, wouldn't that be what we used to call, "Used Cars" . . . ? Isn't that what they really are . . . ? At any rate, why call this critter the "Intel Management Engine"? To be honest, Intel should call it, "The Intel Secret Backdoor To Your Computer, Allowing Access For Folks Who You Do Not Want!"
How about allowing the NRA, gun accessories, sport fishing, Christian services, ACLJ, right-wing news, etc to sell advertising.
What exactly would be Christian services, and why would anyone want to buy any?
"Crucifixion? Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each."
So while I think its nice Facebook is trying to have disclosure in advertising, I find it dubious with their history of promoting their social agendas.
This will develop into being most problematic when Zuckerberg announces his candidacy for the President of the United States of America.
Hmmm . . . will Facebook be counted as one big political advertisement . . . ?
It's not the snow you want to worry about so much, it's the ice and slush and freezing rain on the roads...
My parents both grew up in Canada, driving in snow. Then they moved to the US, to an area that only got snow a few times a year.
Both always told me, that the things you need to really worry about the most, that pose the most danger . . . are the other drivers on the road, who do not know how to drive in snow.
Many years ago, while I was on a business trip to Austin, Texas in December . . . the thermometer actually went below freezing! The local TV station set up some cameras on overpasses, because they knew what was going to happen.
So you got this big-ass honking truck, and it starts to slide on the overpass. What do you do . . . ?
Well, you got plenty of horsepower, so just floor it!
. . . and demand a 394% salary increase from your manager!
The real gag here, is that I am actually working with Blockchain at the moment.
But no, if I ask my manager where my 394% salary increase is . . . well, the language he would use in his answer would not make it through the Slashdot posting filters.
Or at least you can learn what Blockchain can't do, which these days is more important, since marketing folks are running around claiming that Blockchain can cure toenail fungus.
What is NFC, and why is that related to clicking noises?
If you google on "TCP/IP Over Bongo Drums", you'll find that NFC on smartphones clicks because the phones are so small. If the Pixel was the size of a Bongo Drum, the NFC would sound like a Bongo Drum, but the test consumer target group wasn't very comfortable with Bongo Drum sized smartphones.
On the other hand, test consumer target groups have responded very positively to shoe phones, the only complaint being the whining emitted from Agent 13 hiding in the shoes.
Maybe they're just coming back to pick her up after her failed mission to destroy the Earth.:)
What do you mean "failed"? She personally managed to get Donald Trump installed as the President of the United States of America.
I'd say that her mission to destroy the Earth is right on track.
And what's more, she is very humble and does not claim all the credit for herself, and is very thorough in citing the contributions of others who helped her get Trump elected so that he can destroy the Earth. Groups of people like white males, white females who think like white males, women of color who think like white women, Bernie Sanders, people who like Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, James Comey, Vladimir Putin, Sexism, Sex, people who like Sex, The New York Times, Russians, Uninformed Voters, Her Own Campaign Staff, The Democratic National Committee, Jill Stein, The Electoral College, Anthony Weiner, a Basket of Deplorables, Wikileaks, Women Under Pressure from Men, Partially Inflated Under Pressurized Women, Polygamous Ranch Kids, . . .
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Among the changes to the current tax code would be an end to the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Credit.
I can't say that I disagree.
Folks who can afford electric vehicles tend to be much more affluent than the normal folks who need to bust the piggy bank for the small change to barely scrape it over the price finish line. So, in this case, the plan would actually stick it to the rich.
However, I would really like to see an end to agrictulture subsidies.
Folks involved in "industrial agriculture production" tend to be even more affluent, and have a bigger budget for hiring lobbyists. They own your Congress Critter. So agriculture subsidies will remain the dug up, stitched up drunk and disorderly Frankenstein Monster that they are.
The lobbyists can cry rivers of guaranteeing food supply stories and price stability stories, but when push comes to shove, the subsidies benefit rich producers. So the rich win this one.
Me personally I am either a large or xl for shirts depending on cut a co with a tight fit might be better than a large loose fit or sometimes the companies large slim fits best.
Personal preference also has a lot to do with it. Some folks like tight fitting stuff; others like loose fits.
Back in the original dotcom boom, a start up sold shoes that were custom made to fit the customer's feet exactly. They scanned the feet. Folks were nevertheless unsatisfied, because some folks liked "barefoot freedom" while others prefer a tight, controlled feeling.
The US can't force laws on any other country by any meaning of the word.
Oh, no . . . ? Tell that to the folks in Iraq and Afghanistan . . . when the US military invades a country . . . US law becomes the norm there . . . even if the natives would prefer Sharia Law.
Hell, even "civilized" countries like New Zealand let themselves be steamrolled by the American legal system: Kim Dotcom. He is definitely no angel, but allowing the American FBI to conduct tactical operation there . . . ? What, like New Zealand doesn't have their own cops . . . ?
It even gets thornier with the USA and the EU. The EU can refuse extradite any person to the US if they could face the death penalty. Which should have made Julian Assange safe, but he wisely only trusts folks as far as they can throw them.
So if the Las Vegas shooter had successfully escaped to Europe, and was arrested there . . . a major steaming pile of political fudge would have resulted.
Sounds like a major problem.
This could be easily solved with a government hardware giveaway: "One shotgun per child!"
A .410 and birdshot should be enough, unless the cockatoos are wearing body armor, in which case I'd recommend a Heckler & Koch MP7A1.
Where your data can get deleted by a click of a button by a disgruntled employee and even the fucking president of the United States can't be spared nor can his data be restored in less than 11 minutes.
. . . and just how much do you pay for your Twitter account . . . ? It's just like the rest of life: you get what you pay for.
Imagine if you weren't the president, would they even care?
Obviously, they don't even really care if you are president . . . otherwise, his account would not have been deactivated in the first place.
sometimes progress just stalls
Oh, back in '73 it didn't just stall, but came to a sputtering stop. The gas tank was empty. OPEC turned off the tap to the US for "supporting" Israel in the Yom Kippur. The economy was on the ropes, and a space program an unnecessary luxury. It was kinda sorta what happened to the "American CERN", the "Superconducting Super Collider.
Flag on the play. Overuse of the word "super". Penalty: Cancellation because the word "super" sounds expensive to Congress Critters.
And there is no political interest in space any more. Maybe raising the fear of AI like the fear of Sputnik will loosen up the purse strings . . . ?
"Mr. President, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens. It would be quite easy at the bottom of ah ... some of our deeper mineshafts. The radioactivity would never penetrate a mine some thousands of feet deep. And in a matter of weeks, sufficient improvements in dwelling space could easily be provided."
"It would not be difficult mein Fuhrer! Nuclear reactors could, heh... I'm sorry. Mr. President. Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plantlife. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country. But I would guess... that ah, dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided."
"Well I... I would hate to have to decide.. who stays up and.. who goes down."
"Well, that would not be necessary Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross section of necessary skills. Of course it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years."
"Mr. President, we must not allow... a mine shaft gap!"
Now we need to fight against an AI gap . . .
If you want mine your own bitcoin
Most folks don't want to mine their own bitcoins. The Facebook-Intertubes news has educated them to know that they only need to speculate with bitcoin to become as rich as the next President of the United States of America, Mark Zuckerberg. He earned so much money with bitcoins . . . that he can pay all Russians to vote for him in the next election!
Ok. I'm a mathematician, so I think I have some degree of expertise relevant to comment when someone says that they have a mathematical proof of something.
Well, then again, Kurt Gödel told us that there is stuff that is true, but cannot be proved to be true . . .
. . . so there!
Maybe.
Faites vos jeux! Faites vos jeux, s'il vous plait!
How do we know it wasn't a weaponized asteroid intended to clearing and terraforming this planet for the new human species to evolve and be monitored?
If the asteroids were potshot by the helium squeaky Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, the craters would have a "Made in Germany! (Kinda sorta)" Qualitätsstempel stamped on them.
On the other hand, dinosaurs, with all their pointy spines and body armor, were not very tasty for ancient aliens.
Humans are a more attractive dining option . . . most are just soft, lean meat . . . no fur or pointy spines. Obviously, the ancient aliens killed off the dinosaurs to replace them with a Las Vegas style all you can eat human buffet.
Yeah, nowadays, folks tend to get abducted by outer space aliens and disappear forever. Most of us must taste really fine to outer space aliens!
The folks who get abducted, anally probed, and then returned . . . well, I guess they don't taste that great to aliens.
I don't have any problem with it, but it just seems like a weird thing to do.
Toss out a big, juicy net that fish can just not resist.
Have "Osama bin Laden, Director's Cut" phone home when downloaded and installed.
I'm terrible at picking stocks. But I'd say buy now.
It really makes no sense.
The famous Economist John Maynard Keynes was once asked if he thought that the stock market would rise or fall. His answer was something like:
"It doesn't matter what I think, if the stock market will rise or fall . . . what is important, is what I think, what other people think about whether the stock market will rise or fall."
Whether a company has a functioning business model, or even the remotest notion of ever even having a functioning business model it a moot point these days.
All you need is the cash of venture capitalists . . . the type of folks who fund Über.
So, yeah, AMD . . . ? A very technical geek question . . . unfortunately, like the UK defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, which was won on the "Playing Fields of Eton" . . . the IT industry isn't about technical achievement any more.
Folks who work on Wall Street for institutions "too big to fail" decide which technology companies are "good investments" . . . or not . . .
If he was asked to put in a backdoor "by court order", would he....
Governments already require telcos to implement backdoors under the guise of "Lawful Interception": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I developed for an ISP platform of "a major provider" in Europe a while back, and guess what . . . ?
Yes, it was conform in providing this LI service to the folks, um, "entitled" to it. It was even implemented so that the platform operators could not see who was being tapped. This was because the spooks feared that "criminals" would smuggle in their own folks to work as operators, who could then tip off the criminals when the spooks were tapping them.
The spooks are supposed to have the proper judicial approvals . . . but it's like a dubious dance club catering to underage drinkers . . . no one is checking IDs at the door.
Someone should directly ask Blackberry how they assist "lawful" organization trace and tap communications on their systems.
Whoops! That pesky little National Security Letter Gag Order, again . . .
. . . the "SkyHawk Blockchain" . . . but it will cost 400% more . . .
. . . maybe they will also offer a hybrid model: "SkyHawk Blockchain AI" . . . ?
So if the management engine isn't actually necessary what actually does it provide?
It provides an excellent opportunity for your government to get to know you better! Your wants, your needs . . . your seditious thoughts and deeds . . . whether you voted for President Zuckerberg or not . . .
What country is Purism based in or owned by?
Does it even matter any more . . . ? The British share their "intelligence" with the Americans, who usually just buy it from some "leaky" old German SED folks who are still working on the taxpayers' dime to undermine the evil capitalist system. A better question would be to ask which companies own which countries.
The Clintons sell stuff to Russia; Trump "makes business deals" with Russia, but in Putinist Russia Parlance, it looks like "Russia dealed him!"
Hey, the various leaders of the world are deeply divided on social and political issues, but they are united in one common goal . . . to keep an eye on, and control their populations.
I'm American, grew up there, and lived there until I graduated from college, but have been living and working in Europe since then. (It wasn't really planned; it just kinda sorta happened). On one business trip to scenic Austin, Texas, I drove by a car dealership and something unsettled me, but I couldn't determine what it was . . .
. . . until I realized that there were signs advertising "Pre-Owned Cars!" Um, wouldn't that be what we used to call, "Used Cars" . . . ? Isn't that what they really are . . . ? At any rate, why call this critter the "Intel Management Engine"? To be honest, Intel should call it, "The Intel Secret Backdoor To Your Computer, Allowing Access For Folks Who You Do Not Want!"
Can't I not just put tonic in my gin?
Try adding some Cryptocurrencies to your gin tonic . . . they seem to be very efficient at intoxicating folks beyond sanity.
Actually, the reality is that the USA has left space behind.
"From this moment on, it's going to be America First."
"For many decades, we've enriched foreign space industry at the expense of American industry."
"Subsidized the space armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military."
"We've made space rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon."
"I'm gonna build a big-ass honking wall between us and space!"
One Laptop Per Astronaut . . . ?
No space left behind . . . ?
How about allowing the NRA, gun accessories, sport fishing, Christian services, ACLJ, right-wing news, etc to sell advertising.
What exactly would be Christian services, and why would anyone want to buy any?
"Crucifixion? Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each."
So while I think its nice Facebook is trying to have disclosure in advertising, I find it dubious with their history of promoting their social agendas.
This will develop into being most problematic when Zuckerberg announces his candidacy for the President of the United States of America.
Hmmm . . . will Facebook be counted as one big political advertisement . . . ?
It's not the snow you want to worry about so much, it's the ice and slush and freezing rain on the roads...
My parents both grew up in Canada, driving in snow. Then they moved to the US, to an area that only got snow a few times a year.
Both always told me, that the things you need to really worry about the most, that pose the most danger . . . are the other drivers on the road, who do not know how to drive in snow.
Many years ago, while I was on a business trip to Austin, Texas in December . . . the thermometer actually went below freezing! The local TV station set up some cameras on overpasses, because they knew what was going to happen.
So you got this big-ass honking truck, and it starts to slide on the overpass. What do you do . . . ?
Well, you got plenty of horsepower, so just floor it!
The results were rather comical.
The company is either corrupt (complicit in the hacking) or incompetent (unable to protect their own stuff).
Gee, that's what I would say about the NSA.
Both are extremely good reasons not to use their software.
With the NSA software . . . you do not have a choice:
In Putinist Amerika, NSA software uses you!
At any rate, the NSA will be happy to see them gone. One less company to worry about that will discover NSA Hanky Panky.
. . . and demand a 394% salary increase from your manager!
The real gag here, is that I am actually working with Blockchain at the moment.
But no, if I ask my manager where my 394% salary increase is . . . well, the language he would use in his answer would not make it through the Slashdot posting filters.
Hey, y'all give it a try: http://hyperledger-fabric.read...
It could be worth 394% to you!
. . . and even more!
Or at least you can learn what Blockchain can't do, which these days is more important, since marketing folks are running around claiming that Blockchain can cure toenail fungus.
What is NFC, and why is that related to clicking noises?
If you google on "TCP/IP Over Bongo Drums", you'll find that NFC on smartphones clicks because the phones are so small. If the Pixel was the size of a Bongo Drum, the NFC would sound like a Bongo Drum, but the test consumer target group wasn't very comfortable with Bongo Drum sized smartphones.
On the other hand, test consumer target groups have responded very positively to shoe phones, the only complaint being the whining emitted from Agent 13 hiding in the shoes.
Maybe they're just coming back to pick her up after her failed mission to destroy the Earth. :)
What do you mean "failed"? She personally managed to get Donald Trump installed as the President of the United States of America.
I'd say that her mission to destroy the Earth is right on track.
And what's more, she is very humble and does not claim all the credit for herself, and is very thorough in citing the contributions of others who helped her get Trump elected so that he can destroy the Earth. Groups of people like white males, white females who think like white males, women of color who think like white women, Bernie Sanders, people who like Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, James Comey, Vladimir Putin, Sexism, Sex, people who like Sex, The New York Times, Russians, Uninformed Voters, Her Own Campaign Staff, The Democratic National Committee, Jill Stein, The Electoral College, Anthony Weiner, a Basket of Deplorables, Wikileaks, Women Under Pressure from Men, Partially Inflated Under Pressurized Women, Polygamous Ranch Kids, . . .
How appropriate!
Well, I sure hope that the UN Security Council is working feverishly on creating a stockpile of young virgins and candy . . .
. . . just in case the aliens stop by the Earth, ring our doorbell, and demand a "trick or treat" . . .
You mean Composable Shell?
No, the Compostable Shell has been in the Microsoft Developer's Code Suppository for a long time now.
They have only just recently pulled it out of their ass.