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erronis

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5. And I never graduated from high school, but I agree with you. Just quoting the title from the news.

Reply to CaptainTruth (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 05:06 PM

Apr 2019

Since you have an engineering background (and mine is EE/CompSci), couldn't we make language be more consistent by requiring a full set of parsing notations? I'm thinking phrases should be bracketed and boolean operators used to connect them. Or maybe RPN (reverse Polish notation)?

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Ex-Florida policeman gets 25 years in prison for killing black motorist [View all] erronis Apr 2019 OP

The cop was not white, which is in keeping with stats that juries are more likely to convict POC. nt SunSeeker Apr 2019 #1

An "ex-Florida policeman?" So he moved out of FL but is still a policeman? CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #2

My peeve? I hate ex- anything. "Ex" just seems so colloquial. How about Florida former-policeman? hlthe2b Apr 2019 #3

And I never graduated from high school, but I agree with you. Just quoting the title from the news. erronis Apr 2019 #5

But, he should be able to vote, amirite? cwydro Apr 2019 #4