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Protos is fucking stupid.
This is the stupidest article I’ve read in many moons. = = = = = START STUPID 1: Politicians will promise a lot to get votes. Despite candidates for the US presidency spending most of their time talking about broad public interests like healthcare, employment, inflation, and national security, they’ll occasionally make a narrow pledge…
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Indirect futility
Thinking about the plight of the younger generation, I’m reminded yet again of the magnificent quote from Schwellenbach: Futility is the nemesis of democracy. More accurately, futility is the nemesis of trust and civilization. When you’re punished for doing the right thing, you revolt. You vote and nothing ever changes. You work hard and can’t…
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Hard question
SpokaneNews asks: Question: Would you prefer law enforcement to chase fleeing vehicles until caught or allow them to go free for public safety. Not an easy question. My basic rule is that it’s better to bore a criminal than excite a criminal. Pursuit pushes criminals to drive faster and wilder, leading to crashes with innocent…
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Win-win
One of the idiotic “trials” of Trump for every fake crime in the world (except his real crime of imprisoning and torturing the entire country, which should have led to execution already) has reached a guilty verdict. Both sides got what they want. The D side can now officially treat Trump as a nuclear bomb.…
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Usable acronym for a movement
BreakingPoints headlines a poll of 18-30 voters. They’re HARDASS realists. Most agree with the accurate statement that ‘No matter which party is in charge, nothing changes.’ Most agree with the accurate statement that ‘America is a dying empire led by bad people’. Dying Empire Led by Bad People = DELBP. DELBP = DELETE BOTH PARTIES.
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How witch hunts die
Via Bloomberg: The trade association of Romance Writers lost 7000 of its 10000 members after one of its biggies accused another biggie of “racism” or something. Now it’s filing for bankruptcy. Witch hunts always die when the torch starts burning the lighters.
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More of the same
Continuing on previous item. This piece from 2019 is closer to the current problem than the techie stuff I reprinted earlier. = = = = = START 2019 REPRINT: Farage’s newly branded party needs to gather a BIG LESSON from what happened to Austria’s nationalist party. An obvious honeytrap sting by fake “Russians”, as always.…
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Same old game
Activists are still throwing fake outrage about new “laws” and “treaties”. This week they’re motivating us to fight the WHO “treaty” which will supposedly enable what happened in 2020. 2020 SHOWED FINALLY AND DEFINITIVELY THAT NO LAW CAN STOP OR ENABLE MONSTERS. If 2020 didn’t teach you, you’re either incurably stupid or playing a game…
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Thanks
We just had a quick ministorm, typical of spring weather here. Two minutes of HEAVY rain, two minutes of moderate rain, and then Thanks, Ma Nature! I’m having a bad week and needed a positive sign. = = = = = The Weather Bureau got a better picture out in the country.
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Good question about food
One substack food writer asks a good question. = = = = = START QUOTE: Is wine an ultra-processed food? Ultra-processed food is generally defined as: Having five or more ingredients Using additives that are not typically used in home cooking Designed for a long shelf life = = = = = END QUOTE. Well,…
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Different jobs
Headline says it all: Harvard will no longer make public statements on political, social issues, administration says Starting to get a teensy bit smart, starting to relearn the Fairness Doctrine. Schools and businesses are NOT politicians. Schools and businesses and politicians have DIFFERENT JOBS. A school is supposed to generate profit by training people. A…
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Geography and language
In language we pin down the consonants, which are really absences of sound. Many writing systems, from Sanskrit to Arabic, write only the consonants. The majority of meaning is carried by the chords of vowel formants, which are shaped by the mostly absent consonants. Consonants are moments when the formant vector changes its direction. In…
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I’d rather
More random pointless thoughts. Before the web, newspapers were divided into Serious Publications and Tabloids. Serious Publications had pictures of Serious Men Doing Serious Things, which was usually a meeting to conjure up a new unjustified war. Tabloids had pictures of pretty girls. The same division happens in the web, with one addition. Serious Publications…
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When tools were tools
Random pointless thought about algorithms and such. A tool is supposed to be a servant, not a master. It’s supposed to be an extension of your muscles and senses, not a battering ram to club you into submission. Before 2010 most of our tools were servants. The most basic tools like clothing and houses adapted…
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Got my wish
A while ago somebody was writing about presidential debates sponsored by the Commission for Presidential debates, or CPD. The writer was complaining that the current candidates weren’t going through CPD. I wrote a “clever” comment: I don’t want CPD debates, I want CBD debates. Force both candidates to eat gummies, then let er rip. You…
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