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Skill pension
Amortizing pays. Storage pays. Never toss a possibly useful product! Now that I’m older and less energetic and less capable of complex programming, I can still USE the thousands of graphics items and Python tools I made during my peak period from 1995 to 2015. It’s a skill pension.
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Makes more sense
Today I learned! On Quora a car dealer tells a story about a Karen who got violent and got a day in jail. He finished with “The customer isn’t always right!” Several commenters clarified that the original saying was, In matters of taste the customer is always right. That makes a LOT more sense than…
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EHD = UFO? EHD = GOD?
Two years ago I was on a UFO kick. I animated Armstrong’s electrohydrodynamic generator, speculating that it might have been the power source for the disc-type UFOs. The same generator led to a different form of speculation in a wonderful 1860 book by Rev Sidney. He explores all the known principles and uses of electricity,…
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If votes mattered…
Playing the “democracy” game for the sake of argument, assuming that my “vote” would make a difference. I judge rulers by what happens when they’re in charge, not by what they say. What happened when Trump was in charge? He imprisoned and waterboarded the entire nation, and the central bank poured 20 trillion dollars into…
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Idiot city
The idiot leaders of this fucked “city” received a 10 million dollar federal grant for “Traffic Calming Infrastructure”. Now they’re setting up a project to bring Traffic Calming to even more intersections. A Traffic Calmer is an extension of the curb into the outer lanes of the street at each corner, making it impossible for…
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The Person of the King
We’re seeing the medieval Personality Cult up close this week. The press and other courtiers are always devoted to the Person of the King. The actions and behavior of the King are utterly irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if the King is a baby or an incompetent imbecile or an evil monster. Everyone must sacrifice and…
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RFK Lite
RFK just jumped the Bud Light shark. He writes a long intellectual account of the current turn toward populism, mostly** valid. When he makes the case for himself, he skips the beer and talks instead to people who don’t like beer. = = = = = START QUOTE: Unfortunately, the man the working class has…
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Fairness Doctrine comes first
I have absolutely no reason to defend ANY politician, let alone Biden. BUT: DailyMail makes some unfair evaluations of his performance in today’s interview. Assuming their transcripts are accurate: (1) They say Biden claimed to be the inventor of the computer chip. He supposedly said: “We used to have 40 percent of computer chips. We…
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Up the down flation
Still thinking about upflation, repurposing a product for a higher price. The largest upflators were American cars made in other countries. It’s a good illustration of BASELINES. The same product has a higher status measurement when the yardstick starts at a lower altitude. The Willys Aero succeeded here for only two years. It beat Rambler…
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Perfect nickname
The Ankler has a fascinating biography of Jeffrey Katzenberg, considered the main money power behind Biden’s North Korean eternal youth and omnipotence. From a caste viewpoint Katzenberg is unique. He’s the Courtier to beat all Courtiers. From birth he urgently needed to be the Power Behind The Throne. Most powerlovers seek the TOP and can’t…
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Gets SKILL-ESTATE
Here’s an important essay on the new shape of the world after US crumbles. This author understands the KEY role of SKILL-ESTATE. = = = = = START QUOTE: While money and the military are indispensable, soft power is more crucial in a world of 8 billion people, who have easy access to diverse and…
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Reprint on Soviet skill-estate
Linked in previous item, worth reprinting. = = = = = START 2014 PARTIAL REPRINT: What’s the moral of the story? Self-sufficiency. (1) When kids are educated through HANDS and MUSCLE MEMORY, they gain a deep and unremovable knowledge. Soviet math and science education did this. American math and science education relied on rote memory,…
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He could WFH
Politicians are praising or mocking a new proposal from Biden, per party instructions. He says he can do the job if he doesn’t need to work in the evening. If we take the job description in the 1787 constitution, a president could work from home. His actual duties are (1) approve or veto bills sent…
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From fences to commons
When computing changed from the Private Property model of the separate PC to the Deepstate Property model of web-based apps, tyrants won the battle for our memory. Brendan Eich played a major part in this loss when he designed Javascript for use by tyrants. Let’s follow the long trail of long term memory vs no…
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