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  1. PKD was a speed freak. No doubt he did some LSD, but the speed was what made him batshit.

    It's also why at least half his stories don't have endings.

  2. Agreed. Fuck the downside, speedy, 'trips over' part. No fun at all, boring as fuck.

  3. I haven't done acid in decades. But I can still recognize a 'cocaine idea' when I see one.

  4. Re:The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes, for business that has been co opted and made dependant by government. Same as 'serving people'...only those attached to the tit and guaranteed to vote for more government.

    Government is run by 'power grubbers', not 'money grubbers'. Look at how easy the money part happens when they have power (Clinton), note how fast the money went away once the power did.

  5. Re:Okie from Muskogee on Silicon Valley Avant-garde Have Turned To LSD in a Bid To Increase Their Productivity (1843magazine.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Maybe he was, in 1960.

    You think that cities/towns so boring that tipping cows is a pastime don't have acid and everything else available?

    At to the main point, no. Acid doesn't give you 'profound' thoughts. It lowers the standard for 'profound' until stupid ideas seem profound to you. Write your profound insights down, so you won't forget, read them when you're sober. You'll just shake your head.

    The 'Book of the Subgenius' says it best: People get no insight into the universe on LSD, they are just 'Drunk as a lord'. Fooling themselves into thinking it makes them 'more creative'. Fact remains, most 'creatives' aren't. Being creative is not wearing a 'cat in the hat' hat, that's what passes for creative in grateful dead parking lots.

  6. Re:EBT... a good idea, but... on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You have a choice about where to work, clueful management is rare, but it exists.

    Choosing nations is a little more difficult. (I have a small advantage, dual citizenship, not a difficult choice. Fuck the EU.)

  7. Re:EBT... a good idea, but... on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The squeamish don't go on Craigslist to find food. But the ads are always there.

  8. Re:The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Government serves itself. You sound like you've chosen to remain ignorant of that fact.

  9. Re: The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    How do the two American political parties explain Monaco? Luxemburg? Ireland?

    You're going to have to look wider than that to find an explanation.

  10. Re:EBT... a good idea, but... on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It's basically meant for people with dependant children.

    Considering how much bad nutrition in childhood can affect a person it should pay for itself long term. But of course it's abused to hell and back, so who knows.

  11. Re:how about killing food stamps? on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    The tit suckers aren't responsible enough for cash. That's how you get malnourished poor kids and 22 inch rims on the parents junker.

    They had to convert to cards to stop the routine sale of food stamps. Which just changed it to sale of food. But at least the kids get a chance to grab a bite before the food is sold to a neighbor with a job.

  12. Re:The key with businessmen like Trump on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tax credits are given out to get companies to do specific things the government wants more of. But the government is clueless, so it works out as usual. I agree they are mostly terrible ideas, but because the government should be minding it's business, not picking winners.

    They aren't the same thing as deductions, which are just expenses.

  13. Re:EBT... a good idea, but... on How Techies Rescued Food Stamps (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It's even better than that. You can get your food at a good 25-50% discount by buying it from them for cash.

  14. Re:Yep, he's right. on How Proprietary Software Lets Companies Cheat (locusmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a great source for below market cost LEDs. Are they better than 1 watt whites?

    Sure stupid people are stupid. Do you have a deeper point or a possible solution? Just want to ban all 'snake oil'?

  15. Re:dipshit propaganda on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, you just set a new low bar for stupid. Congratulations.

  16. Re:One active season and now everything is differe on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    Very short historic records except of the ones that made landfall. Shorter than one cycle.

  17. Re:Pay what I pay. on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe the whole EU thing wasn't such a great idea?

    I've got an alternative solution, get your government to lower its tax rate to a reasonable level or go broke. If they refuse, move to Ireland, vote with your feet.

  18. Re:Couple of thoughts on Four EU Countries Seek Higher Taxes On Google and Amazon (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The Germans are still looking at WWII bunkers that are too expensive to remove.

    IIRC the spent millions cutting windows into the one in downtown Hamburg. But it's still an obvious 'highrise bunker'.

    Just one of the downsides of building everything to last forever. Costs a fortune to build, cost another when you need something different after 20 years.

    Plywood? You haven't seen recent American construction. They hardly use chipboard anymore. Too expensive. Just use zig zaged plastic strapping, cover that in chicken wire and stucco over that. Good enough.

  19. Re:Simple And Apparent on Kodi Is Fighting Trademark Trolls (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Fosters sold in America is made in Canada. It's actually worse than Australian Fosters. I know, hard to believe, but true.

    The Canadians also make a _terrible_ version of Kingfisher. There is nothing the 'fifty first staters' can't screw up. Have seen what they do with french fries (chips to you)?

  20. Re: Bobcat rental on An Intelligent Speed Bump Uses Non-Newtonian Liquid (businessinsider.com) · · Score: -1

    I bet you can just fix/drain them with a pocket knife. Double plus good. Kind of messy though.

  21. Bobcat rental on An Intelligent Speed Bump Uses Non-Newtonian Liquid (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    I bet these speed bumps are easier to remove than standard ones. So good.

  22. Re: Well, I'm not glad he is gone, but I am not sa on SciFi Author (and Byte Columnist) Jerry Pournelle Has Died (jerrypournelle.com) · · Score: 2

    You've got nothing but pretend dude. Look at the #s of people in the KKK. It basically no longer exists. About the same number of idiots as Antifa. Lunatic fringe is lunatic, duh.

  23. Re: Well, I'm not glad he is gone, but I am not sa on SciFi Author (and Byte Columnist) Jerry Pournelle Has Died (jerrypournelle.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The grave dude. If they're still voting, you can bet it's D.

  24. Re: Sadly he became a Trumpist in his last days on SciFi Author (and Byte Columnist) Jerry Pournelle Has Died (jerrypournelle.com) · · Score: 2

    Every R candidate for president back to Eisenhower has been Hitler...

    Haven't you been paying attention? Swallowing bullshit takes practice, 'they' have lots and lots of practice.

  25. Re:Maybe A Wrong Number on India Aims To Put One Million Electric Vehicles On the Road By Mid-2019 (indiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    When they say 'cars' we'd say 'golf carts'. But that's actually a good vehicle for many uses and roads.