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Why the heck would "Independence Day" be a "meaningful event"?
It wasn't even a good movie!
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I think you'll find most Chinese, Jews, and Moslems (if there are others with their own calendars then please consider yourself included) more than happy to celebrate both the Julian New Year and their own!
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Independence Day is just as arbitrary, by the way. On one occasion it was celebrated on July 5th, and could equally well be celebrated on 2nd July or an unknown date a month or so later on which the final signatories added their mark (most of them having apparently suffered a bout of amnesia later when claiming to have signed it on 4th July).
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Why dislike resolutions?
IMHO, resolutions define an aspirational state, an idealization, for a person. 'This is what I want to be, one day'. These keep a person hopeful of a 'brighter future', giving a purpose for life. If broken, they may be revisited, revised, etc.; but they are needed, I feel.
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I meant new year resolutions. Having an objective in life is a good thing, but it usually is not decided on any specific day. New year resolutions are rather pointless because from what I have observed, they are generally forgotten within a couple of weeks.
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Which Independence Day?
There are loads of them.
And plenty of us have never been dependent.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Whichever is appropriate for your region.
Some of us are the reason others have independence days.
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The dates are also arbitrary to begin with. A year is not an integer number of days, so the dates move around. The whole notion of "the same day but a year later" is nonsensical, that day is not in any real way "the same", it's just "roughly near", near enough to predict the weather (a bit) but other than that it has no interesting consequences. Years and days have nothing to do with each other unless you live on a tidally locked planet. It makes more sense to celebrate the solstices and equinoxes, like we used to. They actually mean something, though of course they don't have any "effect".
But I don't think people care about this, they just want an excuse to eat too much and get wasted, so they can pretend it's OK because "it's social" and there was "an event".
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harold aptroot wrote: they can pretend it's OK because "it's social" and there was "an event".
Ah.
You spent the night at home, alone, again?
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I find it interesting that you have recently defended absolute freedom of speech yet this doesn't appear to apply to celebrations. I'm allowed to be racist but not express the belief that the ticking over of the calendar is worthy of celebration? An interesting qualification, to say the least.
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No, celebration is definitely allowed. I'm just commenting on the silliness of attaching so much meaning to things such as dates.
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Really, the subject says it all. Congratulations everyone.
This space for rent
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 Aw, thanks!
Pity @BillWoodruff didn't get one again - he's been doing some sterling work this year.
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Very kind of you to think of me, Griff, thanks ! Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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I thought you deserved it again - perhaps next year! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: he's been doing some sterling work this year
Indeed.
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Thanks, it is a first time for me.
How many MVPs every year ?
What is the criteria to be MVP ?
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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ppolymorphe wrote: How many MVPs every year ?
Is 40 MVP awards since 2008...
ppolymorphe wrote: What is the criteria to be MVP ?
You...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Is 40 MVP awards since 2008...
That's 40 per year or 5 per year ?
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: ppolymorphe wrote: What is the criteria to be MVP ?
You...
I was thinking about an amount of reputation points or something.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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40 per year, but before 2008 it was less (20)...
And it's all about what you give...It is true that your reputation points will be greater if you give more, bit for instance OG made over 400K points last year and I made only around 50K, but the hamsters decided pick both of us, so it is probably more than the points itself...
(I for instance know the best place to buy fresh seeds  )
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Thanks for those informations.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I for instance know the best place to buy fresh seeds
There's your problem: I buy the fermented ones, so they give me extra points!
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They are up on GitHub: did you want the C# or the Assembler? 
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