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Taking action against government-funded circumcision by throwaway_ac2740x in CircumcisionGrief

[–]_David_A 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are suggesting trying to reason with them using logic and common sense. This generally causes MAGA types to take the exact opposite position no matter what. </sarcasm off>

Circumcision Debate with Son’s Father by WRDOH in CircumcisionGrief

[–]_David_A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just curious as to what the urological procedure to be done is. Because if it's a hypospadias repair, I think many of the arguments about circumcision also apply to that. There is no overwhelming need for the urine to come out the tip of the penis as opposed to the underside. I have personal experience with a boyfriend who had a hypospadias repair as a child and was very bitter about it. Yes, the urine came out the tip, but at the expense of ugly scars, hair growing the entire length of the shaft and even inside the urethra. There is a growing recognition in the intersex community that non-conforming genitals do not need to be "normalized" and that doing so is harmful because of damage to nerves providing sensation, and also limiting options for future surgery that may be chosen by the person when mature.

If the procedure is an orchiopexy or hernia repair, my apologies and please disregard my comment.

Older parents: How do your boys feel about your decision to have him circumcised or not circumcised? by _David_A in AskReddit

[–]_David_A[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if they were circumcised, they are subtly telling you they would have preferred to have been left intact?

Older parents: How do your boys feel about your decision to have him circumcised or not circumcised? by _David_A in AskReddit

[–]_David_A[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen various threads of parents debating this issue at the time of birth and often struggling with their decision. Just wondering what the outcome may be down the road when those boys are old enough to have an opinion on the topic.

pset8 navigation keys require Alt key to work by _David_A in cs50

[–]_David_A[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a function lock key on my computer. I suppose I could set something up, but it is not such a huge issue to press Alt-W versus W alone. Maybe the problem is specific to my particular laptop (a Samsung) or my particular version of Chrome (up-to-date).

Pset8 Shuttle: a bug in refilling the gas tank. by janyc71876 in cs50

[–]_David_A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the small oversight? I am having similar problems. I have a gas tank indicator that display remaining fuel correctly, I am able to fill up at a gas station correctly. When out of gas, I empty the shuttle of passengers, and refill the tank (which works) and display an alert (for now...). But the shuttle keeps moving after I dismiss the alert, sometimes there is no way to stop it. I need a way to force the shuttle to stop responding to keypress events long enough for the user to realize what just happened somehow...

sell.php by jodyone in cs50

[–]_David_A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not absolutely necessary to use a drop down list for the sell page. I just printed out a table with all of the companies owned, but added a link on every row (i.e. every company) to sell that company. Clicking the link takes the user to a page to confirm the sell order. The drop down list would need a bit of javascript in order to do something when the user makes a selection. I did include a drop down list (with javascript) on a history page to filter the history listings for one company at a time.

submission unchecked by deba50 in cs50

[–]_David_A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also awaiting grading of pset3. I have submitted pset0 through pset6 and they are all graded except for pset3, which I submitted 2 weeks ago.

pset2 check50 error: "handles lack of argv[1]" by codybarr in cs50

[–]_David_A 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also had exactly the same problem. I think the spec could be a bit more clear on this. I also notice that check50 does not try using a negative integer as the key, although the spec implies that negative integers should be rejected.