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Pablo Escobar was among the richest people in the world.
Crime pays A LOT if you do it right.
It's a high risk, high reward[^] kind of thing.
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Originally I thought it to be junk news but sure enough someone proposed it . . . copying a "successful" program in a neighboring community. In the article I read, there's the following paragraph:
Quote: It's being funded through the Dream Keeper Initiative, which is San Fransisco's effort to redirect funding into the Black community. The initiative supports a variety of programs, including an art complex, youth development and education, guaranteed income programs, and homeowner promotion says Mayor London Breed's office
What does that say . . . . rhetorically speaking? Will there be protests and objections or, since it's money-into-the-community, No Problem.
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What can I say?
Current policies in California have turned what used to be jewels of cities (admittedly, with a nasty underside) into lawless slums that I wouldn't dare visit, even with a Special Forces unit backing me up.
The squandering of so much treasure and potential with so dismal a result is beyond tragic.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Maybe if SF had actually managed their police force better they wouldn't be paying criminals.
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Of course! Pay the cops, not the criminals! Is that so difficult to understand?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Welcome to the military-industrial...-criminal complex!
Night City is just around the corner! 
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Do cats ask for a drum kit when they want to make some mewsic?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Purrfectly possible
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I thought cats were best on a piano.
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No, cool cats play Sax!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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No, on a hot tin roof. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I always thought that cats were naturally muley.
If cats read to their kittens, do they start with a mouse tail?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Cats are mostly into meowdeling.
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Doesn’t have to be a drum kit. Any purrcussion instrument would do.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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What cat wouldn't want to create a nice tuna.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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My cat plays with Tom Tom she never misses a beat
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Time's up...
and I know at least three people know the solution but for various reasons didn't want to post.
BEELINES + XT => EXTENSIBLE
And yes, inspired by a headbanging session dealing with some horribly (dis)organised XML.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I didn't get XT, which made the anagram impossible ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I was going to say to another Peter that I didn't mention the brand name because it would have given things away too easily. But to my mind IBM pretty much "owned" the term PC in those days.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It seems you are too early for that reference... 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
modified 2-Sep-21 8:47am.
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I have two reasons not to post (and nothing personal)
1. I'm awful at setting them
2. Tomorrow is weekend and I have neither time nor will to set it
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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OK, it's not bad, but it has a few flaws.
The "speeding" indicator is visual, not audio - which is a pain. In Here WeGo, you can set how much over the limit you will allow, and when you reach it, it gives you three "bongs" to let you know. In traffic, that means you don't have to keep one eye on speed limits, one on the speedo, and open your third eye for monitoring traffic; you can just watch the cars and keep up with them, hearing a "slow down" warning instead. You get used to it really fast, and it's a big help.
The voice directions are clear, as are the displayed ones - but the voice is a little "muddy" and if you select the "Loud" option all that appears to happen is she develops a serious lisp making it much harder to hear.
The HUD mode is nice to see, and probably works well at night - but it doesn't work even when overcast in my car - there is nowhere I can put the phone and angle it for the reflection is clearly visible.
The traffic / holdup support looks pretty good!
It doesn't appear to support What Three Words, which is a pain, but not a deal breaker (Maps does, Here WeGo doesn't seem to)
Do I like it? A qualified yes. A bit of work on the voice, and adding audio to the speed warnings and it would be a "YES!"
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: The voice directions are clear, as are the displayed ones - but the voice is a little "muddy" and if you select the "Loud" option all that appears to happen is she develops a serious lisp making it much harder to hear.
Is there an option to change the voice in which directions are given? Waze does, for example, and my wife & I have different settings on our phones.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Beelines around an early PC can be stretched. (10)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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