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Another historic first
DailyMail wants us to be SHOCKED that rich assholes are losing their houses to erosion. The pictures tell the whole story. The houses were built on the EDGE OF A CLIFF MADE OF SAND. Of course nobody ever imagined that this could conceivably happen, not in a trillion years. Maybe sometime in the future somebody…
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No, wait
As usual I was doomscrolling, noting that many colleges are dropping “humanities” courses, which really means torturer training courses. I was pissed because all the online writeups were bemoaning the loss, blaming Deplorables. No, wait! WHY AM I PISSED? THE ACTUAL TREND IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. The bitching from well-paid devils is a…
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Just tickled
Just a trivium that tickled my fancy. In 1958 Chrysler made only two special racing-equipped 300Ds. One was bought by famous racer Norm Thatcher, who souped it up even more and set several major speed records. The other was bought by Herbert Magee, a California chiropractor with no known connection to racing. He picked it…
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Fine. When will you start?
Yet another survey finds the public no longer trusts “journalists”. This one was done by something called the Reuters Institute, which is apparently not quite the same thing as the dying Reuters “news” agency. It polled US, UK, Brazil and India, and found the same distrust in the first three, while India still trusts its…
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Packard’s cheapness
Packard missed many chances to display quality in its cars and its advertising. This isn’t enough to explain their failure; more likely they should have done the smart niche switch after WW2. Their unique skill at that point was aircraft, not autos. Cadillac OWNED the luxury market, so there was no room for another luxury…
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Credit where due
Now that the courseware world is mostly turning to Canvas, my publisher set up a paid testbed account, which was a long and tangled process. Canvas is the fussiest of the various learning systems, so a fully usable testbed there will be sufficient for the other more resilient systems. I no longer need the generic…
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If you have to verify…
Dembski writes about his experience with LLM crap. He claims that AI is a “useful assistant”, which means he’s already addicted to the crap. He admits that it’s only useful if you take the time to verify all of its claims and citations, most of which are fantasy. Well then, why bother? The old-fashioned secretary…
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New ESL Sucker
This is the champion Sucker Filter for stupid click-gathering spam. In recent years the English has improved a bit, but not this one. = = = = = START QUOT-BE: Your Account Prime well-be Remove Today ! Dear Prime Costumer, Your Subscription has expired! Your Subscription for Prime expired on Wed,03 Apr-2024 We tried to…
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Why so innocent?
Younger activists are more innocent and shockable than we were in the ’60s. Even though we had MUCH less information available, we talked and rumored and gossiped among ourselves and figured out who was a nark or a spy. We understood Agents Provocateurs, we knew who was an Agent, and we tried to warn each…
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Not up to Capone standards
Trump’s gangster training and innate gangster nature show up in EVERYTHING he does. He commits crimes every second. He brings in foolish accomplices who believe he’s Jesus. Then he fires the accomplices and either sues them or jails them when each criminal enterprise fails. Unlike his mentor Roy Cohn who led the NYC Mafia for…
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At the moment…
At the moment this strikes me as a pretty good metaphor. In the crazy countries birthrate is declining FAST. Youngsters aren’t interested in reproducing. Lots of explanations are offered. Some are sensible, some are stupidly partisan. It’s all Trump’s fault or it’s all Biden’s fault. Simpler: Nature takes care of business. This is cultural menopause.…
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More actual change!
When a person ALREADY IN POWER changes course, things move. Until now, Jerome Powell was the only current example of this rule. Now JK Rowling has joined. Via BBC: The idiots who tried to declare an obvious lie as law have backed down in the face of Rowling’s commercial popularity and unrelenting firmness. Rowling has…
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An actual change?
Oregon recriminalizes drugs! This won’t immediately solve the fentanyl problem, because the problem is equally bad in states that DIDN’T decriminalize. But it signals a shift in political mood among the crazy devils who misrule this part of the country. One part of the law COULD lead toward a solution: = = = = =…
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Is it a problem?
Most of our institutions have rejected their own customers. This is described as a problem. In most cases it’s not a problem at all. When a business (eg Bud Light) offends its customers, the pressure of profit corrects the error. As long as QE/ZIRP was providing endless cash input via Share Value, the natural feedback…
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Donating
Continuing the theme of Trump as LBO artist and gangster. Every company or country he touches goes bankrupt so he can grab the assets. Even if he DOESN’T grab the assets the company or country goes bankrupt. The Ankler included these numbers in one of their articles about developments in the media business: = =…
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