🎓 Dr. Freemo 
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@freemo@social.cleverlibre.org
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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
Trump handled covid poorly in a ton of ways, not the least of which was his completely idiotic statements he made on it.
But Im a numbers man, and we are talking unemployment. The truth is he had the biggest unemployment improvement rate post lockdown that has ever been seen in USA history, not to mention combined with achieving the lowest unemployment rate seen in a century...
He may have been an idiot who handled COVID bad in a lot of ways, but the economic impact was not one of them, in fact, his economy was record breaking on unemployment in 2 seperate ways.
Biden would have bankrupted us for sure and while he would have tried to cure COVID more than Trump he likely wouldnt have had too much success as he is a bit of a populist and said what people wanted to hear, rather than what scientists know worked.. for example he probably would have extended the lockdown despite it being ineffective and ultimately harmful long term.
Sorry should have been more clear, im not counting the lock-down spike under trump since that was out of his control. Also considering under trump that the recovery rate of unemployment was the highest ever in recorded history, and well on its way to reaching 3.2 again before biden took office (3.6 he got it back down to) I cant fault him for that.
Under trump pre lockdown he got unemployment to 3.2%. Biden caused it to skyrocket again when he got elected, trump post-lockdown got it down to 3.6 and then when biden took over it shot up past 8% in the first month. It then tried to go down again but he never got it below the 3.6% value at the end of trumps reign and never got even close to trumps 3.2%. Right now it sits at 3.8% which overall is a 20% increase from trump's pre-lock down number, and an increase from trump's final numbers as well.
@LouisIngenthron Sure, like I said there are plenty of things Trump did that were bad... it has little relevance now unless he actually winds up on the ballot.
Its not like im saying Trump was much better (or any better, he was just different, not better or worse they are both horrible)
@LouisIngenthron I was only gone in israel for 2 years. I was here for the last year at least of Trump... Some things like enviromental stuff like i mentioned has improved under biden... but so many things have gotten worse. Healthcare is the worst I've ever seen it (and there are a few actions biden's administration took that led to this), and that is a big one for me... Economy isnt looking great with unemployment up 20% under biden and inflation is still out of control... But the biggest issue for me, and the most important for the USA seems to be the polarization which biden and trump seem to make a pair at fueling that.
@LouisIngenthron Trumps? Sadly I was here for a good deal of that, more than Bidens. But I do spend a hell of a lot of time out of country.
Trump was a horrible president but most of what he did horrible was stuff like ruin the environment and other shit. While thats a major issue for me and I'd never support Trump either, it doesnt hurt my life directly so much (maybe the next generation) so it stings a lot less.
@LouisIngenthron Sadly I am not sure I can trust him to do even that... I left for most of his reign and when I got back so many things got so so much worse that I dont think I can stomach another round.
I am not saying everything getting worse is his fault per se, but a lot of it, some in very indirect ways, others direct, is his fault.
@lowqualityfacts As much as I'd like to find a candidate other than Biden that I like I just cant... Biden is still the worst but I feel like I have no options.
Fair use for satire is very well protected, much more so than any other form of fair use. Its the only form of fair use you can profit off of for example.
Thats not a copyright thing. Copyright isnt preventing you from flashing the firmware, that would be perfectly legal and cant be stopped by copyright. In fact copyright law cant even stop you from reverse engineering the existing software and hacking it.
The EULA itself that you signed is what is stopping you. That isnt related to copyright in any meaningful way.
Im not sure i see any glaring problems with most copyright law personally.
Protection should be universal, it should not favor the weak or the strong. You should not be punished for being strong by having less protection
That aside, copyright just means that something I created cant be stolen, and yes that should exist beyond death. The fact that copyright doesnt protect Ideas themselves makes it totally fair to me.
Patents are the bigger issue for me as they protect ideas and that can be far more problematic.
Seeing as copyright doesnt protect ideas it seems perfectly rasonable you shouldnt have the right to steal my actual work. Like you can write a book with all my ideas in it but written from scratch and its not a copyright issue. You just cant steal my book and sell it directly.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Something I own is mine and not yours.
I usually assume he cut off his ear cause he had a ringing sound that was driving him mad.
what do you mean "reasonable copyright is unknown to date" you mean no one supports copyright law without being extremist?
If by that you mean people who support some sense of copyright law (though perhaps not in its current form).. and also assuming you dont mean patents... then hunt me, cause I do think copyright law is needed to function as a society.
I havent seen my girlfriend in a while, and its so damn hard to get her a visa.. We wanted to move in together for 6 months so we can see if we want to get more serious and consider marriage.. but the USA doesnt provide any sort of a boyfriend visa and they are damn near abusive in how hard it is for most foreigners to get in.... Fuck the USA.
@admitsWrongIfProven Two rules to cannabilism:
1) Make sure whoever you eat is evil
2) Cook them well!
@gpowerf Maybe not for the one doing the eating, but its an amazing meal for everyone else!
@admitsWrongIfProven Only after I cook it to disinfect it and kill putin in the process.
@Baley I despise the man.. he is one ego trip away from becoming hitler.
- UFoI Member
- http://UFoI.org/u/freemo/
- Website
- http://JeffreyFreeman.me
- Gitlab
- https://git.qoto.org/freemo
Admin
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
