RickJWagner

Why is this flagged, and why are some of the seemingly innocent remarks downvoted?

No, I don’t think so. Just because you think the government isn’t to your liking you shouldn’t declare yourself the implementir of justice and start vandalizing things. Study American political histor…

No, it does not. Social contract allows cigarettes, alcohol, pornography, etc. These are not overall beneficial to society, yet we allow them, by law. When individuals decide they alone get to decide…

Concentration camps were obviously against international law. Flock cameras are not. When people decide they get to decide what’s allowable and what’s not, they break the social contract that says th…

Undecided on Flock. Totally decided against vandalism. Violations of the social contract suck. Edit to invite explanations. If you approve of vandalism to flock cameras, what are your feelings about …

Good for Morris! 40 years ago I was exiting the US Air Force and selected the University of Minnesota at Morris as my college. It’s a tiny campus, they advertised themselves as a ‘small college, like…

“ The man has some time and uses it in a non destructive manner to do what he thinks will help his community rather than just posting nonsense online “ Best comment this week, so far.

Please explain ‘unipolar world order’.

You’re right. Casinos are exhibit one. With the right tribal leadership, generational wealth building is a real possibility.

String setters are on the way. They’re far cheaper to buy and run. Bowlers hate the idea, but bowlers hated synthetic lane surfaces, urethane lane surfaces, and even lacquer surfaces before that. Th…

If Magnus concluded every match with a rowing/dancing motion, it would be different.

This may be localized. I live in a LCOL area, my oldest son is 27. He and his wife have modest salaries ( teacher and clerical ), own 2 newish cars and a midsized house. They eat out a lot, subscri…

There’s a great ( and true ) story about the song “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright”. Art Garfunkel had studied architecture, and asked Paul Simon to write a song about Wright. Paul Simon didn’t know anyt…

Supply chain security is not easy, but it’s an important defense. Red Hat has done some good work in this area.

My favorite gadget watch is my Soundbrenner, with powerful vibrating metronome. I don’t actually use it for practice much ( I use a phone metronome for that ), but if I’m going to be idle for a while…

It was chilling how government and courts squashed musical piracy by making very public examples of a few violators. Here’s an example, a Minnesota woman who was fined $1.9 million dollars for 24 down…

Retired Red Hatter here. When IBM bought Red Hat in the late twenty teens, they offered us a 10% discount on the stock as an ESPP. At the going price, the stock already had a 5% dividend. It seemed …

Reminder: Jack Bogle, the man who popularized the index fund, democratized wealth accumulation, and made more millionaires than anyone in history, has a famous saying for those pondering this situati…

Should’ve mentioned the famous tv Hemi Cuda driven by Nash Bridges.

I lived for a while in Tucson, Arizona. Days could be brutally hot ( easily over 100 F ), but there was little humidity. My transportation was a motorcycle ( with additional heat radiating off the en…

I read a very interesting AMA from an Indian woman that had lived in India, Canada and the US. Takeaway: Canada is great cost wise, but poor in wait times. India offers a smorgasbord— you can pay very…

Congratulations, and welcome to America. Now you have an interesting story to tell your grateful descendants. :)