I keep saying this....

[OAITW r.2.0]

DU is the best managed forum for intelligent convo as the news happens real time - on the innertubes. 24 years DU has helped, in keeping me sane. A Big Thank You folks!

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. Agree.

In spades😛

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Count me in

I agree 100%!

[NewHendoLib]

3. Absolutely. Having DU made me able to turn my back on TV. The important stuff ends up here

[Roy Rolling]

29. TV is entertainment

It’s a circus media…keeps us distracted.
Information of importance can be shared by any number of mechanisms, though TV is now a universal language itself.
We shouldn’t blame TV for misinformation any more than we can blame sunlight for illuminating criminals who steal in the dead of night.

As James Carville once panned, “it’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity”.😂

[magicarpet]

4. The adhesive that keeps us all glued together and not unraveling or fraying at the seams.....

[BOSSHOG]

5. Roger that My Friend

I thoroughly enjoy the varied repartee on wide subjects. It’s an education and a helpful tool every evening when I tune in.

[FalloutShelter]

6. Hear, hear!!!

I depend on all of my DU friends for keeping me sane too.

Thank you DU community.

[Deuxcents]

7. That goes for me, too. Thanks for the time I get to spend with you

I learn something all the time and I appreciate that I get to put in my deuxcents 🙏

[cachukis]

8. Exactamonde.

[patphil]

9. I'm so glad I found DU; It feels so comfortable being here.

[OAITW r.2.0]

16. That's a great point. DU is comfortable.

Glad you are here!

[Arne]

10. I also come to DU first.

[2naSalit]

11. Can't argue with that!

[ms liberty]

12. Definitely the best news aggregator as well, IMO.

If someone tells me about something they've heard in the news, I usually already know more than they do about it. If I have to look it up, it's usually a fake story from the RWNJ's.

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. Exactly. I am better off for reading DU daily;

In every way,

[Cheezoholic]

13. A post I never get tired of seeing and TY for for being an important part of it! n/t

[oasis]

14. I"ll second the motion.

[bello]

15. Wait!

I’m supposed to be sane? Shit, I missed that boat.

[Silver Gaia]

18. Absolutely! Same here!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, DU!!!

[c-rational]

19. Completely agree.

[usonian]

20. Every time I blast "social media" for being a cesspool, DU is the counter-example.

A big trash list helps, but thanks to the admins, it works.

🗑️

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. The admins don't think like Elon Musk.

Someday soon they may be tempted to sell out......and I couldn't blame them.....but what next?

[usonian]

22. I can still code!

So can many others here.

[OAITW r.2.0]

23. God bless the coders...

because I have no clue on their code.

[usonian]

24. A VERY long time ago ...

I called the boss that I'd be a bit late (OK, later than usual).

I was running some tradeoff's on the home computer (when you had to build one from kit parts).

So, I got this dirty look when I made it in to the office. Showed him what I was doing.

WOW, you did about a week's worth of work here.

Of course, that was followed by "Your work is GREAT. When you actually do it."

We're still friends after over 40 years.

Via email.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. I built and ran the BOM / inventory program on the EST 4D smoke sensor, We eventually built millions.

Off line on a Dell 325 B/W laptop, before we deferred to the COPICS system we were running in manufacturing. Was the fastest and smartest manufacturing team I have ever been associated with. We were hot shit., world class in our thinking and execution.

[usonian]

28. We're both in trouble if the admins decide to retire.

Worst damn job is reading someone else's code and trying to figure it out.

May the admins live (and work) forever .... Oh, they can train some people to run and update it.

One job, a guy would refactor our code overnight, so that it was completely unrecognizable the next day.

Job security for him, I suppose.

I wrote a little program to create and format the documentation for the various program functions IN HYPERCARD.

It was so freakin easy to use that the boss stole it and wrote all the documentation himself.

It output the documentation in beautiful PostScript.

When the boss steals the program and does all the tedious entry, you've won.

The last year at that company, I think I coded in 6 different languages.
It was a trip.

[mopinko]

25. if they sell, it will only b to someone they trust.

i can’t see them not keeping a piece. i can totally see them getting sick of running this place.

[Grown2Hate]

26. 100% agreed. Also correlated to my

political awakening (W, Iraq War; before that, never knew the difference between R & D).

Found through Bartcop (RIP & a shot of Chinaco Anejo!).

[Seinan Sensei]

30. Yes, yes, and yes !!

[sl8]

31. Plus, we're just so darn humble. nt

[malaise]

32. Confrats

Rec

[highplainsdem]

33. Definitely agree!

[ChazInAz]

34. It's kept me about as sane as I ever get!

Started lurking during the Shrub Maladministration, after following a link from The Smirking Chimp. Finally joined in 2009, and start every day right here...even before breakfast. Nowadays, hoping to see TSF's (The Stinking Flatulant's) obituary. That will be a wonderful day.

[lark]

35. This is a great community because of folks like you are here.

That is the strength and value of DU to me, it's people!

[AllaN01Bear]

36. hear. hear. has done the opposite for me, insane. but i love uall du.

[calimary]

37. Same from me!

It reminds me of a VERY large newsroom. Loads of correspondents reporting and opining from all over the world. Lots of credibility from almost every field of endeavor you can imagine. Whatever the subject, invariably it’ll bring out people who’ll post with very credible background experience, not just tooting out their backside. And it’s 24-hours on watch.

[liberalla]

38. I agree!

It's wonderful!

[mamacita75]

39. Absolutely

Ditto!

[dlk]

40. DU is my daily dose of sanity

It’s the best!

[senseandsensibility]

41. Who can argue with that?

Well said, my friend!

[Sugarcoated]

42. Word