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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
@tedherman hahah we woukd call that "not having a quorum" if you were curious.
No one claimed they need to compromise in all situations... what is it with people co fusing "any" and "all" qualifiers.
@BigMcLargeHuge @freepeoplesfreepress @TruthSandwich @wiseguyeddie
> People often ascribe a negative definition to the word “comprise,”
Ya know who have a negative definition of it? People and grouos incapable of comrpomise :)
"Teeny majority"
Yea just gonna leave that little gem there.
Excellent work. Dems take actual action, while Repubs just whine, complain, and cry to their deranged voters and can’t even find a Speaker for thei...
As i said i didnt read the article. There was so much bias in the first line i couldnt stomach it.
@kdorse I went there to try to learn about that.. but my god the obvious bias and lack of journalistic integrity I couldnt even get past the first few lines...
Who starts a "press" agency announcing their bias right int he name of the agency... Thats not news.
That said, I am sure whatever the fuck the GOP or alt-right is doing here is probably some pathetic nonsense... but i just cant read something written with no journalistic integrity, I want to form my own opinions, even if i might agree with yours when I do (and probably would if its GOP bs)
Let me try to explain myself a bit better, after reading a few opinions on this and thinking about it myself...
So as an example in america the following would be a normal usage of the term:
Someone: "Would you consider giving me a raise"
Boss: "Sure its on the table, tell me why you deserve one?"
Here we are using "on the table" to mean "It is something i am willing to discuss, I havent dismissed it"
Which is totally in line with the british usage.
In congress it is used more formally to "discuss a thing later".. it is partly used this way because it is intended as a contrast to being "on the floor" which means whatever is currently being discussed. But it is not being used to say "we are dismissing this" we are saying the same thing "sure this is something open for debate, so lets add it to the list of things that we need to resolve so we remember to come back to it later"
Its pretty much the same meaning in terms of every day use, in fact identical. It is only in the formal rules of congress/parliment it is applies slightly different despite still sorta meaning the same.
Reading a bit further and thinking about this. It actually isnt a difference in language at all. Americans use the british version of the pjrase and meaning in every day life. It is only in congress itself the phrase appears to be used different. Though even then it is in a sense the same meaning from a certai pov.
Sorry i misspoke. Wasnt saying it didnt have meaning. Was trying to say the meaning may not be as different as they appear on the surface.
Who could we pick who has a track record of sidning equally with both sides? I dont know anyone.
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TL;Dr for anyone reading the thread
Me: Both the DNC and the GOP lack any ability to compromise with anyone that criticizes them even a little
wise guy: NO we dont! <lists a bunch of reasons the GOP sucks> You are a GOPer, your bothsidism is showing
Me: So my response to you not taking criticism is to prove me wrong by not taking criticism from me and lumping me in with the GOP?
@wiseguyeddie You and me both... bullet dodged!
@wiseguyeddie Ahh, going after typos... yes that will certainly make you look like the mature one in this conversation... good job. I see this is a battle I could never win against such towering intellect.
@wiseguyeddie I suppose thats one way to admit your wrong with out actually admitting your wrong...
As far as dying on hills go you are almost as good at that as you are at compromising.
TL;Dr for anyone reading the thread
Me: Both the DNC and the GOP lack any ability to compromise with anyone that criticizes them even a little
wise guy: NO we dont! <lists a bunch of reasons the GOP sucks> You are a GOPer, your bothsidism is showing
Me: So my response to you not taking criticism is to prove me wrong by not taking criticism from me and lumping me in with the GOP?
I was actually thinking about this a bit and I wonder if they really means anything at all...
In both cases the "table" represents "an angenda for a meeting".. when americans say "table the motion" they mean, "put it on the next agenda".. when brits use it they mean "put it on the current agenda"... but in reality they are both just saying "lets put this on the agenda".. they only differ on what agenda they are implying.
Not saying your wrong, just pointing out despite having opposite meanings they are kinda the same meaning in a weird way too.
Spot on accurate yea.
"table a motion" is a new autoantonym for the list :)
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Just realized workaround is a phonetic auto-antonym workaround - a shortcut to avoid work work a round - to do a round of work Auto-antonyms are ...
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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
