Twitter Accepts Musk's Bid
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Paul Sanders (the other one) wrote:
There's something wrong with BLM and LGBTQ+?
There is when they start looting the place, or when 6-year olds get a sex change, or when (biological) men win women's sports, or when (biological) men get access to women's prisons or women's shelter, or when people get fired for calling it out. Other than that, absolutely not.
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OK, there might be something in that, but those are extremes, that's not what the movement is really about. And to lump BLM into the same category does not sit well with me. Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk "Life is a minestrone" - sure thing, but what does that actually mean?
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Paul Sanders (the other one) wrote:
There's something wrong with BLM and LGBTQ+?
There is when they start looting the place, or when 6-year olds get a sex change, or when (biological) men win women's sports, or when (biological) men get access to women's prisons or women's shelter, or when people get fired for calling it out. Other than that, absolutely not.
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[Message tweaked and reposted, because new sig] OK, there might be something in that, but those are extremes, that's not what the movement is really about. Homophobia still exists. And to lump BLM into the same category does not sit well with me. I think a lot of people hope that George Floyd didn't die in vain. I certainly do. Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk "Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
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I couldn’t care less. I never signed up for Twitter. I don’t know how to sign up, how to use it. I don’t care if Elon Musk now monetizes Twitter with ads, extra charges for services, etc. I am trying to stay away from social media. As it is, Farcebook is sending me friend requests from friends of friends of friends…..ad infinitum. I don’t know many of these people and I don’t need them as my friends. My life is complete without them. It cannot be more complete with their addition; more complex maybe, but certainly not more complete. God only knows how many FBI or CIA files I am on because of these interconnected spider webs of people who have tenuous if not non-existent connection with me. I really hope someone nukes the data centers of Twitter, Farcebook, Google, Amazon and anybody else who collects data on unsuspecting people.
Have you gotten any friend requests from dead relatives yet? Kinda creepy when you see those.
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I would strongly suggest that you remove the link to your company from your signature before someone decides you are just a spammer and your account closes ...
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OK Griff, tweaked my sig. Probably you meant well, but the way you phrased it pushed all my buttons, sorry. Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk "Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid[^] head's be exploding I tell you. exploding. :laugh:
If people think that allowing one person to be in control of "Free Speech" then they are not thinking clearly. The "Free Speech" he promises will only last until he thinks something posted is not to his liking. And by then it will be too late. Yeah, true free speech would be great but only when it is controlled by all and not when one person controls whether your speech is truely free!
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OK Griff, tweaked my sig. Probably you meant well, but the way you phrased it pushed all my buttons, sorry. Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk "Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
Sorry if I pushed your buttons, that wasn't my intention. I was trying to bring you attention to this: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] which is where accounts which post site links go to die. Most of them post more links that you, but one is often enough. It is pretty likely that your sig link is going to push other people's buttons - and that you account would be added to that list. And then it would in all likelihood close. Because it is very close to spam: you are "an independent Windows and Mac developer working from home" so adding your URL to every message you post is going to look like spam to quite a lot of trigger-happy members, particularly if they notice the "buy" button on the menu bar ... I think we need some official clarification: @Sean-Ewington Can you advise please?
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If people think that allowing one person to be in control of "Free Speech" then they are not thinking clearly. The "Free Speech" he promises will only last until he thinks something posted is not to his liking. And by then it will be too late. Yeah, true free speech would be great but only when it is controlled by all and not when one person controls whether your speech is truely free!
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Paul Sanders (the other one) wrote:
There's something wrong with BLM and LGBTQ+?
There is when they start looting the place, or when 6-year olds get a sex change, or when (biological) men win women's sports, or when (biological) men get access to women's prisons or women's shelter, or when people get fired for calling it out. Other than that, absolutely not.
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100% agreed. Would be >100% if possible. I am unapologetically old school when it comes to believing that the government, including the public school system, needs to stay in its lane. Corporations need to stop making asinine decisions that alienate half of their customer base. Special groups need to stop getting bowed down to out of fear. Our colleges and universities need to stop being institutions of socialist propaganda. And finally, (and back on topic), the ultra-liberal movement that espouses "free speech", but has a cow when someone uses free speech to take a stand against what THEY believe, THAT movement needs to be squashed like a bug, and the whole world brought back into reality by social platforms that actually embrace free speech. Say what you want about Elon, but he is indeed a free speech advocate.
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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid[^] head's be exploding I tell you. exploding. :laugh:
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[Message tweaked and reposted, because new sig] OK, there might be something in that, but those are extremes, that's not what the movement is really about. Homophobia still exists. And to lump BLM into the same category does not sit well with me. I think a lot of people hope that George Floyd didn't die in vain. I certainly do. Paul Sanders http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk "Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
Sure, I also fully support feminism. What I don't support are the feminazis who aren't pro-equal rights, but anti-men. The same goes for BLM and LGBTQ+, I fully support equal rights for anyone. What I don't support are the people who abuse these movements and who shout the loudest (which, unfortunately, have become synonymous with the movements). People of color can be racist and I should be able to say so without being called a racist myself. Black people are more likely to commit a crime, that's statistics and not racism (I'm not talking about the problems leading to these statistics, which may well be racism). When we can't call out these facts in fear of being demonized or canceled, we can't solve their underlying problems. The result is that the whole BLM movement has been reduced to "black person good, white person bad" (or the opposite, when you don't agree). Or even "white straight male bad, anything else good." Unfortunately, these movements, be they "left" or "right", are currently polarizing and unconstructive. The same goes for the terms "left" and "right", by the way. You're either the one or the other, there's barely an in-between anymore. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have greatly helped in polarizing these movements, yet they change society as a whole. That's why you really should care whose behind these platforms even when you don't have an account.
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Sorry if I pushed your buttons, that wasn't my intention. I was trying to bring you attention to this: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] which is where accounts which post site links go to die. Most of them post more links that you, but one is often enough. It is pretty likely that your sig link is going to push other people's buttons - and that you account would be added to that list. And then it would in all likelihood close. Because it is very close to spam: you are "an independent Windows and Mac developer working from home" so adding your URL to every message you post is going to look like spam to quite a lot of trigger-happy members, particularly if they notice the "buy" button on the menu bar ... I think we need some official clarification: @Sean-Ewington Can you advise please?
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Thanks Griff, I appreciate the effort to communicate more clearly, and now that I've calmed down a bit I can see that you have a point. You know the way the community here works much better than I do so I should listen to you, and I certainly don't want to offend anyone or come across as some sort of self-serving jerk. So I've added some context to that link (which I should have done a long time ago). Hopefully, that will give a better impression, let me know what you think. I don't see that including the link per-se is an issue, and I don't feel at all guilty for charging money for software I put a lot of time and passion into. It does what it sets out to do and I have a lot of happy users. And now that people know what the link is actually there for, they can ignore it if they have no interest. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. -
Sorry if I pushed your buttons, that wasn't my intention. I was trying to bring you attention to this: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] which is where accounts which post site links go to die. Most of them post more links that you, but one is often enough. It is pretty likely that your sig link is going to push other people's buttons - and that you account would be added to that list. And then it would in all likelihood close. Because it is very close to spam: you are "an independent Windows and Mac developer working from home" so adding your URL to every message you post is going to look like spam to quite a lot of trigger-happy members, particularly if they notice the "buy" button on the menu bar ... I think we need some official clarification: @Sean-Ewington Can you advise please?
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... and I see that account is gone, good riddance. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. -
Sorry if I pushed your buttons, that wasn't my intention. I was trying to bring you attention to this: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] which is where accounts which post site links go to die. Most of them post more links that you, but one is often enough. It is pretty likely that your sig link is going to push other people's buttons - and that you account would be added to that list. And then it would in all likelihood close. Because it is very close to spam: you are "an independent Windows and Mac developer working from home" so adding your URL to every message you post is going to look like spam to quite a lot of trigger-happy members, particularly if they notice the "buy" button on the menu bar ... I think we need some official clarification: @Sean-Ewington Can you advise please?
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Oh, and just to say (sorry to pepper you with replies!), I've been something of a 'lurker' up to now but I plan to participate a bit more actively in future. In particular, I will follow a couple of areas in which I have some expertise to see if I can make a contribution there. You gave me a wakeup call Griff, and that's never a bad thing. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. -
Oh, and just to say (sorry to pepper you with replies!), I've been something of a 'lurker' up to now but I plan to participate a bit more actively in future. In particular, I will follow a couple of areas in which I have some expertise to see if I can make a contribution there. You gave me a wakeup call Griff, and that's never a bad thing. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.I look forward to seeing your stuff! If it helps ease you in gently, then Tips were added to Articles since your 2007 contributions, which are a "simpler", "shorter" article which takes a lot less to prepare (or at least for me it does!)
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Of course. He is taking the company back to private status.
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Rage wrote:
sending twits to the loading station.
That's a great idea. Reduce the population, increase the average intelligence and provide sustainable power, all in one! :-\
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Is that the loading platform for the phone sanitizers to get on board? 😁
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I look forward to seeing your stuff! If it helps ease you in gently, then Tips were added to Articles since your 2007 contributions, which are a "simpler", "shorter" article which takes a lot less to prepare (or at least for me it does!)
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OK, thanks. Yes, it does tend to be a bit 'all or nothing' with me. I think, initially at least, I will follow a few relevant tags (OK, done that) and see if I can leave any pertinent comments. See you around. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I've got it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. -
Sure, I also fully support feminism. What I don't support are the feminazis who aren't pro-equal rights, but anti-men. The same goes for BLM and LGBTQ+, I fully support equal rights for anyone. What I don't support are the people who abuse these movements and who shout the loudest (which, unfortunately, have become synonymous with the movements). People of color can be racist and I should be able to say so without being called a racist myself. Black people are more likely to commit a crime, that's statistics and not racism (I'm not talking about the problems leading to these statistics, which may well be racism). When we can't call out these facts in fear of being demonized or canceled, we can't solve their underlying problems. The result is that the whole BLM movement has been reduced to "black person good, white person bad" (or the opposite, when you don't agree). Or even "white straight male bad, anything else good." Unfortunately, these movements, be they "left" or "right", are currently polarizing and unconstructive. The same goes for the terms "left" and "right", by the way. You're either the one or the other, there's barely an in-between anymore. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have greatly helped in polarizing these movements, yet they change society as a whole. That's why you really should care whose behind these platforms even when you don't have an account.
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M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Sure, I also fully support feminism. What I don't support are the feminazis who aren't pro-equal rights, but anti-men. The same goes for BLM and LGBTQ+, I fully support equal rights for anyone. What I don't support are the people who abuse these movements and who shout the loudest (which, unfortunately, have become synonymous with the movements). People of color can be racist and I should be able to say so without being called a racist myself. Black people are more likely to commit a crime, that's statistics and not racism (I'm not talking about the problems leading to these statistics, which may well be racism). When we can't call out these facts in fear of being demonized or canceled, we can't solve their underlying problems. The result is that the whole BLM movement has been reduced to "black person good, white person bad" (or the opposite, when you don't agree). Or even "white straight male bad, anything else good." Unfortunately, these movements, be they "left" or "right", are currently polarizing and unconstructive. The same goes for the terms "left" and "right", by the way. You're either the one or the other, there's barely an in-between anymore. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have greatly helped in polarizing these movements, yet they change society as a whole. That's why you really should care whose behind these platforms even when you don't have an account.
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I do care. I didn't say that I didn't. I don't like the *platforms* any more than you do. > Black people are more likely to commit a crime I think that's more to do with social deprivation than ethnicity, don't you? [Edit] Still fiddling about with my sig. I'll get it right eventually. Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I get it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind, a quick plug for my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. -
I look forward to seeing your stuff! If it helps ease you in gently, then Tips were added to Articles since your 2007 contributions, which are a "simpler", "shorter" article which takes a lot less to prepare (or at least for me it does!)
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And yes, I last contributed an article an awfully long time ago! Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - sure, but what does that actually mean? Oh wait, I get it. It means it's full of different bits and you have to savour them all. And so you do.
And if you don't mind, a quick plug for my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk.
