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[x86] Announcements / Re: New server + update

« on: October 15, 2013, 10:03:13 pm »

I'm going to file that one under, "too goddamn bad"

Yeah, I know what most of the blank buttons are, anyway.  #yoloswag

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[x86] Announcements / Re: New server + update

« on: October 10, 2013, 06:44:13 pm »

The theme I'm using, "Classic YaBB SE Theme", has a ton of missing string table entries.  It has been this way since SMF 2.0, though.

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[x86] Announcements / Re: Moving!

« on: October 06, 2013, 11:44:40 pm »

But.. but.. what about your hacker space!  And all your friends!  And.. and.. umm.. family I guess?  Oh well.

Congratulations!  Hope your move goes smoothly. 

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[x86] Announcements / Re: Moved to a new ip address

« on: September 19, 2013, 01:20:17 am »

Yeah, the quote button appears to be returning nothing for me, as well.

Looking at the response it's this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<smf>
   <quote></quote>
</smf>

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General Discussion / Re: Bradley Manning

« on: September 11, 2013, 07:40:18 pm »

What makes it necessary?

To me, when I think of necessary surgery for a lifer, I'm thinkin stab wound, cancer, etc. When I think of necessary surgery for a death row I think well, just give him the shot now. Going-to-be-released prisoners should get the best treatment, but I'm not so sure about surgery for nonlifethreatening things.

I think it'd take a lot of convincing to get me/most US citizens to believe that hormones + genital surgey = absolutely necessary for Manning to stay alive.

If the person wants the surgery, it's generally thought of as important to their psychological health, as if they had a mental illness, and deserves the same amount of attention / health care.  Every time they use the bathroom/dress/etc, they are reminded of their physical disposition, which is hugely traumatic to some people; they truly and deeply hate parts their bodies and that has a huge impact on mental health.

Having had friends go through this, I am incredibly in support of anyone desiring the surgery to be able to get it, and it be covered through standard health care; the impact it has had one their lives is incredible.

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General Discussion / Re: Bradley Manning

« on: September 10, 2013, 10:28:49 pm »

Canada/England and quite a few other European nations provide free sexual reassignment surgery (srs) to their citizens after fulfilling the required psychology requirements.  Generally these surgeries are viewed from the health care provider as necessary surgeries (as opposed to optional or cosmetic), if actually desired by the patient.  It's treated the same as any other non-emergency surgery, with the exception of the psychological assessment involved.

I believe if she wants it, she should absolutely get it, even as a prisoner.

I have a few trans* friends, and America is one of the worst countries for them to be citizens of (as far as "first-world" nations go, anyway).  None of anything is covered, with the exception of a very few choice health insurance plans on the west coast (generally universities).  It is pretty hard to manage as trans in general, and American society does not help in the least.  :/

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General Discussion / Re: Let's update!

« on: August 13, 2013, 03:16:48 am »

I moved to Michigan and work as an Senior Online Systems Programmer for the video game studio S2Games.  I work in a high-uptime, several hundred thousand concurrent user, codebase.  Fun fun.

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[x86] Announcements / Re: Moved to a new ip address

« on: August 13, 2013, 03:11:02 am »

I, for one, welcome our new server house.

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General Discussion / Re: Let's hear it!

« on: February 02, 2013, 01:58:17 am »

I've done that twice now, and while it worked both times, it's really expensive.  Exercise with a gradual reduction in calories (never do sudden drops!) is far more manageable and you can still eat out easily.

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General Discussion / Re: Coding, Security, and Other Blogs/ Sites

« on: September 08, 2012, 08:07:27 pm »

I try to follow smart people on twitter and just click on stuff they link.  I kind of stopped using RSS managers and all that sort of stuff a while ago.

Thanks for linking that Starcraft blog, though, it's a great read so fat. 

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General Discussion / Re: Quick infrastructure note...

« on: September 07, 2012, 03:49:05 pm »

I prefer FedEx.


Bazinga!

how do you stab someone in the face over the internet?

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Gaming / Re: Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (PC)

« on: September 06, 2012, 06:52:10 pm »

Don't buy it if you don't have a pc-compatible controller of some sort; the mouse/keyboard controls are worse than hitler.

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General Discussion / Re: Request

« on: August 06, 2012, 06:18:04 pm »

Homeless people: the next politicians.  I vote for this to be made into a reality TV series.

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General Discussion / Re: Request

« on: August 06, 2012, 04:57:34 pm »

I know, let's build an all-knowing AI and make it in charge of things!  I'm probably the first person to think up this foolproof idea!

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General Discussion / Re: Request

« on: August 04, 2012, 02:27:18 pm »

I believe that cities and towns should have the right to reject for-profit businesses they don't deem a positive influence in the community, but it should always come down to a vote.  If a city doesn't want a casino built, they should have that right.  The issue comes becomes "more interesting" when it's something like bigotry, but I still feel it should be up to the community.  I'd be far more interested in a community banning all fast food restaurants rather than just the bigot ones, though. The exception to this should be that there be no discrimination to the well being people or a group in a community; there shouldn't be towns banning abortion clinics, as that potentially affects the health and well being of women, but I'm okay with towns banning gay bathhouses.  It is a slippery slope though; I don't disagree.

I'm sure I haven't thought out all the different parts of this, but yeah.  It would be a lot easier if everyone just stopped hating everyone.