RickJWagner

Hacker News paydirt!

Inexcusable. No person-- black, white, otherwise-- should use that word.

I love Consumer Reports. It's the best way to decide which car, tires, appliances, etc. to buy. Good luck to them.

An expensive chance is probably better than no chance at all.

That's disturbing. Step one on the SPLC trail.

Sounds delicious. (Maybe I shouldn't read when I'm hungry.)

I remember late in 1999 I overheard a guy talking to his friends about how he just quit his job to become a daytrader. I saw a note on Quorum yesterday saying pretty much the same thing. Makes me thin…

You're on the right track. Keep on, you'll build the future you want.

Hacker News paydirt!

Nice graph. Yeah, it looks like it is a decline but far less than 50%.

Yet another reason to choose Open Source. There will be other political skirmishes. How to decide what to take a stand on? What if time reveals you made a mistake (i.e. NOW supporting Bill Clinton)?…

So sorry for the family. Please call the suicide prevention hotline (1-800-273-8255) 24x7 if needed. You are needed.

Do you know how you can tell a crocodile from an alligator? It depends on when you see it. If it's later when you see it, it's an alligator. If you see it after while, then it's a cro…

There's a finite amount of money available for social programs. It's a zero sum game. The more new immigrants that require resources, the less available for other underprivileged folks. Be …

I bet they cheat. :) Seriously, it seems like it would encourage discipline, a good thing.

Last season should have been a good one for me-- I'm a Vikings fan. But since the NFL became embroiled in politics, I quit watching-- and found I was fine without it. I look forward to more free…

Yes, I agree. In the late 70s, it was thought there would be a period of global cooling. Time and Newsweek ran cover stories on the next coming ice age. Climate change is real, but we have to be mor…

The Holy Bible. Especially in times of stress, bereavement, worry, etc.

Wow, this post gives me perspective. I'm 53 this year, and I welcome the next few years ahead as I look forward to retirement. (I hope it's as good as I think it will be.) I don't rec…

I remember the hoopla about SOAP web services when they were still emerging. Lots of promise, eventually they had their place and now pretty much bygone. I feel the same about serverless. It just do…

Hacker News paydirt! Awk is a great tool. Glad to see this.

Wow, 10 years in jail! Be careful, friends.

I just give my manager my honest best 40 hours for that week. I don't want to work beyond that (though sometimes it just has to be done), and I sometimes have weeks where I'm just tired/…

First, sorry you're in this spot. I hope you have friends/church group/family support to help you in this time. If it were me, I'd probably have both myself and my wife take whate…

Hollywood has no foundation for offering opinions about morals, family, love or anything else.

Hackernet pay-dirt! Turning the 10x scenario on it's head was brilliant. I work hard to improve myself, but the low-lying fruit has been picked. This article just gave me several ways to boost …

I like the comparison to Jim Carrey. Some of his work is brilliant. (Dumb and Dumber, The Grinch are two of my favs.) Carry, like King, seems plagued by personal demons. Both have immense talent, b…

I really like some of King's writings. But it's a mixed bag-- some are really good, some are really bad. When he's gone, I'll miss his best fiction. But I won't miss his pub…

Truth on such matters gets you downvotes!

Unemployment sinks to record levels, is this celebrated? Not at this 'news' source. Here the argument is twisted to be about tangential issues. Odd, there was none of this a few years ago.…