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 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Am…

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WGroleau
Jan 15 21:38
@FraserOrr, you are entirely correct (in my opinion). However, it appears you are here to persuade rather than get an answer. Q&A is the purpose of this site. Our concerns about this might better be served by harassing a Congressman or writing to EFF or ACLU or some such.
 

 Discussion on question by somethinggo…

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WGroleau
Oct 29, 2024 15:53
Anecdotal: I know a fellow who in high school would study each class syllabus and figure out which assignments he could ignore and still get an A+ in every class. He learned the hard way that that approach doesn't work in college.
 

 Discussion on answer by JBH: How many…

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WGroleau
Aug 23, 2024 18:15
Would the moon and those orbiting hotels actually survive the shrapnel from the destruction of earth? If they do, what happens to them when the thing they were orbiting is no longer applying the same gravitational pull?
 

 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Do…

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WGroleau
Jul 22, 2024 21:47
"universally waived contractually in software licensing agreements"—almost universal. I was pleasantly surprised when IBM's ViaVoice explicitly guaranteed that the software would perform to its specifications. And although that was thirty years ago, it performed BETTER than what my local TV stations are using today to generate captions!
 

 Discussion on answer by OrangeDog: Ho…

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WGroleau
Apr 22, 2024 15:12
I don't recall the exact command (long ago) but when it encountered circular links, instead of being infinite, it eventually stopped when it encountered the path length limit. Another command (also years ago) actually stopped and explicitly stated it had found circular links.
 

 Discussion on question by Someone: Wh…

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WGroleau
Jan 6, 2024 21:34
Bobby will change his name the same day that he becomes legally eligible. Because otherwise, he cannot do submit ANY online form that has one of the forty assumptions on @LSerni's link. That's most if not all, including the ridiculously huge number that don't have protection against SQL injection. My legal name violates none of those assumptions but is not accepted by most web forms. And there are sites where "exactly as shown on passport/credit card" is actually enforced when the Javascript before submission prevents that entry.
 

 Discussion on answer by Michael: Why …

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WGroleau
Jan 27, 2023 09:44
The difference is not the office. the difference is the response: "oops" vs. bluster and defiance.
 

 Discussion on question by Skies: Is o…

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WGroleau
Dec 22, 2022 19:49
I once asked someone to start over on a school report. I explained that copying a Wikipedia article and then rewording every sentence is still plagiarism even though the AI probably would not detect it. Obviously, the human (me) did detect it!
 

 Discussion on answer by Schwern: Did …

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WGroleau
Dec 22, 2022 10:42
@Shamshiel: Here on the west coast, we had people bragging about defying the mandates. Also, locally (and judging by TV, nationwide), the masks many were wearing ranged in efficiency from 7% to 60%. I even had hospital "greeters" make me remove my N95 and put on one of those useless things that leaks on all sides.
 

 Discussion on question by Hilmar: Why…

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WGroleau
Dec 12, 2022 11:32
(Conversely at one airport, I spotted a large unattended suitcase many meters from any people, wall, or furniture. I watched it for ten minutes or more, and saw numerous people—including flight crew and airport employees—walk past it as if it weren't there.)
WGroleau
Dec 12, 2022 11:32
In at least one place, I had to leave the gate area to get to baggage claim, take the bags through customs, and then go through security, to get back to the gate area. In another, there was a second security check to get out of the gate area to board the plane. And at a third airport, a security team came TO the gate area to do a surprise search of all the bags folks had with them there.
 

 Discussion on question by Zuriel: Why…

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WGroleau
Nov 30, 2022 06:37
Don't know about anyone else, but that kind of behavior tends to reduce the amount of any tip from me.
 

 Discussion on question by forest: How…

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WGroleau
Nov 29, 2022 03:09
I would say the answer depends on the creativity of the writer and the cooperation of the reader. You're already making quite a stretch with a machine that can detect water, find the nearest land, and automatically move him there without being there itself, and able to work on the wide variety of substances in a human body but not able to work on clothing or supplies.
 

 Discussion on answer by gerrit: Why d…

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WGroleau
Nov 9, 2022 21:06
The local word for "stop" is on the signs in Mexico, but in Spain, they actually use "STOP." I can't remember seeing any stop signs in the three other Spanish-speaking countries i've been in. In Rome and Andorra, they seem to prefer yield signs (without words) at intersections. But here's one with Italian words on the signs behind it: live.staticflickr.com/65535/48645683352_1008089db4_b.jpg
WGroleau
Nov 9, 2022 21:06
Hint: it's in a language that a majority of the country are in favor of, even though they don't understand it. :-)
 

 Discussion on answer by littleadv: Wh…

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WGroleau
Nov 9, 2022 02:17
"Stop" may be a word in some languages, but that doesn't make it "not an English word." It definitely is not a Spanish or Basque word except to the extent they put it on their stop signs. Mexico uses the Spanish word "alto." I don't recall even seeing any stop signs in Honduras, El Salvador, or Perú. (But it's been a while.
WGroleau
Nov 9, 2022 02:17
@Polygnome: and yet Spain and other countries put the English word "STOP" on red octagonal signs at intersections!
WGroleau
Nov 9, 2022 02:17
@littleadv: "simplifying things for those writing the rules" yes, but they complicate things for those reading the rules!
 

 Discussion on answer by Franck Dernon…

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WGroleau
Aug 31, 2022 10:33
@DavidMulder, very little difference. But getting the fee reimbursed cost less than not getting it reimbursed.
WGroleau
Aug 31, 2022 10:33
I mention Schwab as the card I have, but it's not the only bank that reimburses ATM fees
WGroleau
Aug 31, 2022 10:33
I've heard a lot of people bragging about N26 but I don't know anything about it.
WGroleau
Aug 31, 2022 10:33
If it doesn't reimburse the ATM fees, then it's not cheaper than a card that does reimburse—unless you never use it in an ATM. But many places I've been, that's not practical. I was also a bit miffed at Revolut for advertising that they were available in USA when the fact was they had only just applied.
 

 Discussion on answer by Franck Dernon…

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WGroleau
Jun 9, 2022 15:36
@muru, 54% of new sales implies that almost half the cars available are manual. American expatriates in a Facebook group I follow have complained about the difficulty of finding an automatic to buy. When I was there, I did not own a car (I prefer bike) but I sometimes drove cars for friends and they were all manual.
WGroleau
Jun 9, 2022 15:36
Actually, 54% of sales being automatic is not the same as Spain. In Spain finding an manual seems more difficult than "almost half" would suggest. And the increase suggests that the preference is opposite.
 

 Discussion on question by Dragongeek:…

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WGroleau
Jun 3, 2022 19:34
You're asking whether something that doesn't exist in physics will break physics?
 

 Discussion on question by k mason: Do…

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WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 09:09
Not sure how good an example comes from the law of a country that has no coastline.
 

 Discussion between Jan Murphy and WGr…

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WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 06:29
The title is accurate. The statements in the description and in the index that St Albans is the place of immigration are not accurate.
WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 06:29
That Wiki table and the index of the collection incorrectly says it is people entering at St. Albans, Vermont. Near the top of every card it states where they actually entered. The one I put here says Sweet Grass, Montana. I have several others in Montana and some that say Portal, North Dakota.
WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 06:29
I don't know why the link wouldn't work. The code only hides living people … Oh, I forgot it also hides sources. So you wouldn't be able to see the card. But you should have been able to see the other info. Hmmm.
WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 06:29
@JanMurphy, well, actually, I have a lot about the person. It's just the place of birth that's suspicious.
WGroleau
Apr 24, 2022 06:29
I don't know the NARA citation because I pulled it from the Mormon search site.
 

 Discussion on question by feklee: Tra…

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WGroleau
Mar 30, 2022 14:41
When I first retired, I left Indiana and traveled. one year, I stayed for a while in Oklahoma. But due to the two states not having the same definition of residence, Oklahoma law made me a resident of Indiana, but Indiana law said I was not. I was in Spain much of the time, but I had no physical home. The USA/Spain tax treaty made me still a USA resident due to the "last resort" test of where my passport came from.
 

 Discussion on answer by colombien: Ho…

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WGroleau
Sep 25, 2021 05:32
@EricDuminil, like I said, very bad.
WGroleau
Sep 25, 2021 05:32
I'm not a classical vocalist, but an amateur linguist who apparently got the hand of the accent when in a six-week French class fifty years earlier at age seven.
WGroleau
Sep 25, 2021 05:32
I once said "Mon français est très mal" and the response (in English) was "with that accent, I don't believe you."
 

 Discussion on question by cal: Questi…

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WGroleau
Jul 1, 2021 17:46
I congratulate OP for pursuing realism, even if the accusation of trying to influence is true. Too many many people on both ends of any controversy seem to think their cause is more important than truth.
WGroleau
Jul 1, 2021 17:46
I can’t be quite so complementary about attacking OP for what they’re suspected of believing.
 

 Discussion on question by Anthony Joh…

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WGroleau
May 30, 2021 16:20
"may" as in allowed. I am well aware that actually honoring the constitution puts one in the minority.
WGroleau
May 30, 2021 16:20
@DavidSupportsMonica, IF they have "probable cause" to believe there is a crime, they may confiscate the money AND hold the suspected offender. But unless convicted of a crime, both have to be released. Supreme Court has ruled that all constitutional rights apply to anyone (citizen or not) on US soil, including the fourth amendment.
 

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WGroleau
May 8, 2021 16:58
The Monaco link is useful 8nformation, but doesn’t answer the question. “Could be” isn’t all that helpful either. No reason to doubt what you say, but it would be a better answer with a citation or an explanation of how you know each statement.
 

 Discussion on question by Franck Dern…

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WGroleau
Mar 15, 2021 05:27
What’s in some law 99% don’t know about does not make us a metric country. When I can say “eight kilometers” without a snooty “what the heck does that mean?” then we’ll finally be starting to get out of our attitude problem.
WGroleau
Mar 15, 2021 05:27
@phoog, we're not exactly famous for being accommodating to others. Most of us have no clue how big is a kilogram, meter, liter, or Celsius degree. And most don't want to know.
WGroleau
Mar 15, 2021 05:27
I suspect that picking 23 vs. 25 is an accommodation to America’s stubborn resistance to the metric system or anything else Not Invented Here.
 

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WGroleau
Feb 8, 2021 18:00
It’s only “proof” if you accept as premises that the surface is perpendicular to the pull of gravity and that the pull is toward the center of the earth.
 

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WGroleau
Aug 26, 2020 08:03
"The threat" does not depend on whether they get caught. The threat is the knowledge that more get caught than not.
 

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WGroleau
Mar 10, 2020 22:35
Well, I was getting ready to suggest it is a valid question even though I disagree with the reason. But after reading the comments, it's obvious you only want to argue.
 

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WGroleau
Mar 10, 2020 14:27
I worked ten years for a large non-profit provider (eight hospitals, ~100 clinics). I created software to help us comply with a federal law that makes it illegal to turn away an ER visitor before they are “stabilized.” (That law fails to define “stabilized”.). In USA, if you are uninsured, an ER is your primary care physician, and if your town has a non-profit like ours, you go there rather than the for-profit that boots you out as fast as the law allows. (while traveling, I had a hospital violate that law by grilling my wife about insurance before even looking at me.)
 

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WGroleau
Mar 7, 2020 03:51
Hope you can get a true review. We ALWAYS had a code review—half a dozen people saying “I didn’t look at it. I’m sure it’s fine.”
 

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WGroleau
Mar 2, 2020 11:54
@MatthewGaiser, perhaps I should have phrased it “management is already aware that the meeting is an incredible waste of time.”
WGroleau
Mar 2, 2020 11:54
If anyone is on a phone during a meeting and management doesn’t object, then obviously management is already aware that there is no good reason for the meeting.