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Mark_Wallace wrote: I had no idea who he was, until the missus asked me about him,
So you lied then. Fair enough.
Mark_Wallace wrote: your attempt at being insulting toward me falls somewhat flat.
Good. Because I wasn't trying to insult you. You don't need my help. 
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Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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You are Really bad at trolling! Jeeze, it's embarrassing!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: You are Really bad at trolling!
I agree. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
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Take it to the Soapbox guys.....oh b*gger!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Soapbox
Ahhhh, the good ole days. Where men could be whiny children. 
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Let me remind you that this isn't the soapbox.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Let me remind you that this isn't the soapbox.
I will not let you remind me of that.
Serious!!?? What was wrong with my post?
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I've been reading the whole thread, could have answered any of your posts.
We all know how much you're missing the soapbox. Still no reason to revive it.
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You are way too sensitive.  
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Generally speaking, those one to two hour press conferences make me sick. We have a saying, "Boasting stinks". I have had a need to air out my living room every night the last week or two, even though I usually turn off halfway.
Tonight I decided to sit through it to the end. So that it wouldn't be at total waste of time, I switched my wireless keyboard off, so that I could first brush it off on the surface with a stiff brush. Then, section by section I flipped the keytops of - I can't do then all at once; then it would take the whole night to get them all back in the right place.
If you haven't done it before, you'd be shocked by the amount of hairs, breadcrumbs, and soils that have collected under the keytops! Especially if you've got a dog or a cat in your household. (I haven't had a dog for fifteen years - after that, my keyboard cleaning has been reduced from once every six months to once every three years.)
In an abstract sense, there is a connection between the sound from the press conference and what my stiff brush removed from the keyboard. After I got all the dirt out, the operation of my keyboard has become much smoother, much more reliable. I like it a lot more that way, after brushing out the dirt.
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Member 7989122 wrote: the operation of my keyboard has become much smoother, much more reliable. I like it a lot more that way
See?
He really is making the world a better place.
I's great! You'll love it!
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Member 7989122 wrote: If you haven't done it before, you'd be shocked by the amount of hairs, breadcrumbs, and soils that have collected under the keytops!
You know there's a huge potential for youtube fame there: Tasty Things to Put on Your Sandwich
Member 7989122 wrote: ...Especially if you've got a dog or a cat in your household. (I haven't had a dog for fifteen years...
lost it in the keyboard?
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It's a sad day. The little breadboard Zwölf is only a few weeks old, but it's days are already numbered. Elves are immortal, so that's only an inconvenience. Without any work to do, I spent the whole day drawing schematics, programming a PIC microcontroller and drawing up a circuit board. Once I have that PIC running and tested, the BreadZwölf will be scraped off the breadboard and be reborn as the ProtoZwölf[^].
How do you like the picture of that pointy eared supermodel that I found stole in the internet?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Normally, I don't post links to "paid for" games / books bundles, but ... this time 100% of the payment goes to "go to support organizations responding to COVID-19. For example, delivering protective gear to safeguard healthcare workers and providing medical care to infected patients."
The games aren't new and shiny, and nor are the books, but you may find enough to keep you amused while on lockdown - especially if it lasts as long as they are suggesting ...
Humble Conquer COVID-19 Bundle (pay what you want and help charity)[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Or you could just search for "covid-19 how to help" + a location, and give money or assistance where you know it's really needed, rather than to whomever this American company decides to give your money.
Besides, all the games I (know that I) want out of that lot, I've already got on GoG, and I can't read, so I don't want books.
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Why do you hate America so much, and love communist China? I'm sure most of the members on this site will find this disturbing, whether they say it or not. 
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Slacker007 wrote: Why do you hate America so much, and love communist China? I'm sure most of the members on this site will find this disturbing, whether they say it or not.
Don't count me on that one.
I like China as few as I like America  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I don't hate America (particularly South America). I'm certainly not overly fond of US corporations, or of a certain-coloured person who lives in a certain-coloured house, but they, as far as I'm concerned, aren't the perfect representatives of "real" US citizens (who are 90-odd per cent good people).
As for China, the idea that I "love" it probably stems from the fact that I don't have the immediate knee-jerk "CHINA BAD!" reaction that US citizens have had drummed into them (which, by the way, I see as being both distasteful and racist), so if I say something that is honestly good about the country or its people (who are also 90-odd per cent good people), the reaction from US citizens is that I'm a commie-lover.
But, for example, there's nothing commie-loverish about stating plain truths like: Chairman Xi has saved a lot of lives by being a hard-nosed pragmatist and making the right decisions, while the "ME-ME-ME!" activities of a certain-coloured person who lives in a certain-coloured house will probably lead to the unnecessary suffering of a lot of his own people.
Actually, if given a choice between communism and the kind of ardent capitalism that the West is currently suffering under, I'd choose option C: "Just leave me the f*** alone!" -- I don't subscribe to newsletters from either.
So don't expect me to insult the Chinese, every time I open my mouth, because I haven't been subjected to the same anti-Chinese propaganda that you have; and don't expect me to say too many nice things about US corporations, which mostly don't deserve nice things to be said about them.
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"American corporations" covers millions of entities, 90-odd per cent good.
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American corporations are individual entities, by law.
The way that people behave as representatives of these entities is not the same way that they behave outside the office.
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Quote: and don't expect me to say too many nice things about US corporations, which mostly don't deserve nice things to be said about them.
There are thousands and thousands of examples of "bad" corporate behavior, more of it emanating from the US than I'd like, but certainly lots of examples from every other country where corporations exist. But to condemn all or most American corporations is little different from the Quote: immediate knee-jerk "CHINA BAD!" reaction
My wife works for a very large US insurance company. They were way out in front of getting their employees into a work from home set-up and they've donated an awful lot of money to fight COVID-19. I retired from a large bank and have heard from people I used to work with there that the bank has been similarly aggressive about protecting employees and about charity. These 2 corporations are not alone.
My point is simply that you are using a REALLY broad brush when you condemn the behavior of most US corporations
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Duke Carey wrote: to condemn all or most American corporations is little different from the Quote: immediate knee-jerk "CHINA BAD!" reaction
True enough, but this is the CP Lounge, where exaggeration and jokes are the norm.Duke Carey wrote: My point is simply that you are using a REALLY broad brush when you condemn the behavior of most US corporations
I won't apologise for it, but you're right, and I wouldn't make such sweeping statements in a place where accuracy was more important.
Don't mention rose gardens! Don't mention rose gardens! Don't mention rose gardens!
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As an citizen of the United States, I echo this.
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