Curious_Canid

I love all these responses, but that one deserves a special shout-out for brilliance. I’m still laughing.

The character was intended to be a thoughtful conservative, and I thought they did pretty well with that. I’m somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders, but I don’t mind watching intelligently written characters who I disagree with.

Also, I will watch almost anything with Jeff Daniels. He is one of the most versatile actors of our time and he brings depth to every role. His performance is what made “Pleasantville” for me. (I hate Dumb and Dumber, but he added something to it.)

One of the best quotes from “The Newsroom”: “I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.”

I hadn’t heard of Sileo. I’ll mention it to our guest dog’s owner.

My dog Denali is a remarkable guy. He’s too bouncy to make everyone comfortable, but he really tries and he often succeeds. His intentions are always good. Another of his adorable habits is to bring a stuffed animal to anyone who’s having a rough time.

We occasionally take care of a friend’s small dog. He gets along well with ours, so we just bring him home for those stays. In most respects, he’s pretty relaxes, but he is scared of sudden loud noises. Holding him and petting him doesn’t seem to help much. He just hides in his crate and whimpers. Poor little guy!

On his last visit, during a storm, I noticed that he had stopped making noise. I went to take a look, and found him in his crate, but with our 90lb husky-mix wrapped almost all the way around it. Evidently that was a form of protection that he trusted, and he had calmed down. Our big guy is a great caretaker who just wants everyone to be happy.

I’m giving it a try. It does look like a good option. My only concern is that there don’t seem to be many source options for the US. There were several that showed up as unavailable when I first started, it that no longer show as options now that I’ve configured it. I’m puzzled.

I don’t think that is a characteristic of our species. It is not universally true across other cultures.
And studies strongly suggest that the characteristic that was most important to the early survival of humans was altruism. There are always a lot more people who are basically good than basically bad. Only around 4% of the population are sociopathic.

Unfortunately, promoting sociopaths is a built-in characteristic of capitalism. Without controls, it rewards managers who are willing to sacrifice other people for profit (or power). The people who do that the best are those without empathy. So we end up with the worst of us making the decisions about how the world should work.

I’m not sure why either. He didn’t even say those things can’t exist. He just said there is no clear evidence for them yet, which is true enough.

I find Hancock entertaining, and he may even be right, but don’t find any of his evidence sufficient to support the claims he is making. That could always change, in either direction. It is fun watching new evidence emerge.

I hope you appreciate your good fortune.

I don’t see anything unusual here.

You’re right, but a lot of apps work the same way, and only serve ads to unpaid users. I’m hoping for the best.

If they stick with ads only for unpaid use, I’m okay with that. Software authors need to make a living.

Overall, I’m happy to see Nova Launcher getting support again. I’ve tried a half-dozen other launchers without finding one that really does everything I want.

I am also a software developer. The interview process in our industry has become increasingly offensive over the last 30 years. That started out with high-prestige companies who provided exceptional pay and benefits. Some people were willing to put up with that, so they mostly got away with it. Now most companies assume they have all the power and can demand whatever they want from applicants.

Refusing to participate is perfectly legitimate. It may keep you from finding a job, at least in this industry, but that may be better than giving up your self-respect for basic survival. And there are still decent software companies to work for, although they are hard to find. Changing careers is also a viable option.

Our overall economy is so broken in favor of the super rich and their corporations that individuals really do have very little power. Organized actions, of various types, give us some counter-leverage. Collective bargaining, strikes, and political efforts to push for better regulations all have the potential to improve things, at least in the middle- to long-term.

We all need to keep the big picture in mind while we do what we need to get by individually.

This is genius! Deeply disturbed genius, but still genius.

I someone brought that cat inside as soon as that picture was taken. It deserves a fireplace and a comfy blanket.

I hope you are suitably proud. What a smart cat!

I’ve tried a lot of alternate keyboards, but I hadn’t heard of Heliboard. I just gave it a try and I really like it! Thanks for posting about it.