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by rode_kater
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Changes at the Cafe
Topic: Why no 'save/retention' function on delay of posting new messages
Replies: 5
Views: 359

Re: Why no 'save/retention' function on delay of posting new messages

There must be a browser specific component to this, because if I type something, leave it for a day and hit submit, I get a warning about the session being invalid and to try again. And the text is still there.

Which I guess is a roundabout way of saying Works for me(tm). This is Firefox on Linux.
by rode_kater
Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Single Sex Spaces
Replies: 19
Views: 802

Re: Single Sex Spaces

I appreciate there is a naturist view where mixed nakedness is the norm and unremarkable, but most of us aren't naturists and do not wish to be. Well that escalated quickly. How can you possibly compare a changing room where you can take off your underwear and put on your swimmers in under 30 secon...
by rode_kater
Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Single Sex Spaces
Replies: 19
Views: 802

Re: Single Sex Spaces

The attitude towards this does seem to vary across countries and cultures. A male former colleague told me of him being in the Netherlands some years ago and, having been swimming in a Center Parcs resort, he had taken a shower in the male changing area and had barely finishing dressing when a grou...
by rode_kater
Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Welcomne to 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 638

Re: Welcomne to 2024

Happy New Year every one.

I wish I didn't have to care about who the Americans elected as president.
by rode_kater
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Does the dog die
Replies: 5
Views: 436

Re: Does the dog die

1) Comedy will always bet at someone’s expense I find this is mostly true of American comedy. I find British comedy much better in that regard. Take for example the IT Crowd, or Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Or Monty Python. They're quite funny, and IMO not at anyone's expense. American comedy ...
by rode_kater
Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Dr Who
Replies: 14
Views: 845

Re: Dr Who

Your friend is not wrong about the wokiness of Dr Who , although I have no beef with the Dr being black. A black women or a transgender teenager. He can be whatever they choose. But I watched the Christmas Special and at one point it turned into a musical! What the Hell??? Just watched Doctor Who U...
by rode_kater
Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:35 pm
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Christian Bretheren lumping us in with the crossdressers again.
Replies: 45
Views: 1837

Re: Christian Bretheren lumping us in with the crossdressers again.

That’s the part I’ve been struggling with - because I do think in 100 years it will be more common, and what’s so wrong with being a trendsetter? Does that mean true christians are to avoid trends, and blend into society? What does that say of people who buck those trends, are they heathens to be d...
by rode_kater
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: The boy in the dress
Replies: 12
Views: 754

Re: The boy in the dress

A fairytale indeed because it would not have been true even fanciful. Had they done that though and Dennis had lived happily ever after in trousers and dresses as the mood took him; then everyone would have been able to try the principle on for size? The problem here is that the "happily ever ...
by rode_kater
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: The Beskirted Man
Replies: 88
Views: 3621

Re: The Beskirted Man

When I saw the description of this video I thought it was going to be all weird, but it was actually a nice interview and good questions and he was given the time to give good answers. Well done.
by rode_kater
Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 109
Views: 3891

Re: New Technologies

3-D printing (additive manufacturing) is good for some things, not so good for others. It is great for prototypes, demonstration pieces, small runs of things where machine setup costs would be prohibitive, and things were strength and precision aren't critical. [snip] So in some areas it could be s...
by rode_kater
Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: In the News / Advocacy
Topic: Reddit: Fashion Highlight: Men in skirts and dresses
Replies: 2
Views: 373

Re: Reddit: Fashion Highlight: Men in skirts and dresses

That's an impressively long list. With some pretty good looking ones too.
by rode_kater
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 109
Views: 3891

Re: New Technologies

5. Super AI. For me the jury is still out on this. You can feed them all the training data you want and they will learn that steel is heavier than water. But since they are non-corporeal, do they really understand what "heavier" means? Can a blind person understand what a rainbow looks li...
by rode_kater
Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:46 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: hello from Portland Oregon
Replies: 24
Views: 1207

Re: hello from Portland Oregon

couldn't agree more. interesting about your comment about how church and sate are separated differntly in Europe v America. what is that differnce? Ah, should have clarified. And with the usual caveats regarding generalisations, Europe is a big place, etc, saying goes: In Europe the state is protec...
by rode_kater
Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: hello from Portland Oregon
Replies: 24
Views: 1207

Re: hello from Portland Oregon

I am not religious. if anything I believe a number of our founding fathers were spot on as deists. they knew "this" all didn't happen on its own, that there must be a higher power. but they were beyond organized religion boxing their thinking into a tight, regulated package. they were too...
by rode_kater
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New Technologies
Replies: 109
Views: 3891

Re: New Technologies

Anyway, the likely expense of the thing puts it well beyond the means of "mere mortals" in the realistic sense. It'll be the purview of the ultra-rich. I hope it brings them damnation in the most bizarre of ways. Some things Should Not Be Screwed With. Whither ethics? This is where the co...