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Rare agreement
When both “parties” agree on something GOOD it’s a rare and precious event. We know that both “parties” always agree to make war on Russia, or make war on anyone Israel dislikes. Aside from genocide, they usually plan their fake disputes to guarantee perpetual evil. One side will pretend to pass a good law, knowing…
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Always fussing in the wrong place
Seen at Substack. All I want is (world peace and) the universal adoption of the Oxford comma, is that too much to ask?! Grammarrhoids enforce made-up “rules” while missing real rules. The Oxford comma is just a placement that helps clarity in some situations. There’s a straightforward rule about commas vs semicolons. Should be: All…
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More things learned from others
Recently I gathered up some learnings acquired from others. It’s time to add one more, which really should have been part of the previous listing. = = = = = START REHASH: Most of my learning comes from painful experience. I couldn’t have figured out these facts on my own, and I’m grateful to the…
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Solomon
An old-fashioned story with a satisfyingly old-fashioned ending. I hadn’t heard of the Douglass family until this year. Harlan Douglass was Spokane’s only billionaire. He built and owned lots of cheap apartments, the places where you expected crime before the current homeless lunacy. As he got senile his children started playing the classic heir games.…
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Max cool.
Coolest man in history. Can retire the word now. Seen in Reddit. After the horrendous 1938 hurricane that devastated New England, they set up temporary open morgues to identify bodies. Charles Keville walked up to a body that was tentatively tagged with his name. Said “Nope, that ain’t me.” and walked away. = = =…
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Wasn’t forced
Obvious comparison: Constant software updates are the modern version of Forced Obsolescence, previously practiced in cars for men and clothing for women. Better thought: No, it’s not the same. GM changed the looks of its cars every year so status-seekers could lord it over lesser neighbors. Fashion changed hemlines and colors and shapes every year…
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Foy Rebellion rerereprint
France learned a major lesson from the 1789 revolution. After the EXTREME dose of Innovative Disruption in every aspect of life, the French became the world’s best PRESERVERS. They tried to maintain everyday objects and skills instead of discarding them. Wars and revolutions and depressions often induce this healthy immune response. America was in skill-preservation…
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RAAS
Mark Tooley writes a clear account of the rapidly declining mainline religions. Made me think about offshoring and subscription software. The older mainlines followed Rome’s locked-in subscription model. Individual churches sent part of their money to headquarters and in return got stability and assistance. The churches didn’t fully own their property even when they were…
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The ultimate troll
Continuing the series of bullshit standard stories. This one is especially peculiar because it was firmly debunked a LONG time ago, then continued as truth. Timothy Dexter lived around the time of the American Revolution. He was the Luckiest Entrepreneur Ever, held up as an example for youngsters who wouldn’t try new businesses. The official…
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Zuck is hopelessly dumb.
Latest example: A jury in Santa Fe fined Facebook $25 billion, payable to the state of NM, for a vague set of charges that aren’t properly fraud, and aren’t offenses against the state of NM. Headlines say the case is about “privacy”, which is also a nonsensical charge, but the “privacy” crap wasn’t in the…
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Y no hydroponics?
Elon’s stupid flying car stunt didn’t even impress his fanboys. Like everything else he does, it’s a rerun of an old technology that didn’t get very far the first time for good reasons. We were supposed to have flying cars in the future. Why didn’t they arrive? Not for technical reasons. Flying cars were fully…
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CAPS LOCK DAY REPRINT
TO OBSERVE CAPS LOCK DAY, I’LL REPRINT MY TRIBUTE TO THE ORIGINAL SHOLES TYPEWRITER. EARLY TYPEWRITERS WERE ALL CAPS WITH NO CHOICE. THE UC/LC CHOICE CAME LATER, SO IN A HISTORICAL SENSE CAPS LOCK IS THE STANDARD, NOT THE OPTION. AND EVEN FARTHER BACK, LOWER CASE WAS AN ACCIDENTAL OUTGROWTH OF THE NEED FOR SPEED…
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Another official reason
Continuing yesterday’s theme of fake official reasons…. Seen on Reddit, a former Minuteman missile operator has built a web resource to listen and track the network of messages going to missile sites. The messages are coded but the transmissions are openly audible on SHORTWAVE, 11175 KHz. According to him the network itself isn’t secret, just…
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It’s usually personal
My dad told me this back in the 60s when “communists” were the big bugaboo. When a professor is fired for communism, you can be pretty sure the real reason was personal. The dean can’t put “I don’t like him” on an official form. This applies in all areas of life, not just hiring and…
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