Living offgrid in a campervan since 2018 w/ pibble+boxer Muffin.
LIKE dogs, books, thoughtful people of all flavors DISLIKE bullies, sh1tposters, partisans, noise
A recent ad for a “sell your ring” service uses the tagline “Get What You’re Worth”, which suggests how deeply the diamond brainworms are embedded in American culture.
Eisenhower warned us about the engagement-wedding-kids-mortgage-divorce-childsupport-legal-industrial complex, but did we listen? Noooooooooooo
I live offgrid in a campervan, which places limits the amount of power and interior space I can devote to computing. So a vanilla laptop for me.
the keyboard and touchpad make me angry
External kb/mice are allowed. :-) Using a mechanical kb with my laptop right now.
“What you want is…”
I want people to stop telling me what I want.
Well, his name was Ferry before he took it to flavortown.
99% Invisible had a mini-episode about movie novelizations. I think the Star Wars novelizations were mentioned in it, and the whole thing was rather interesting. Particularly where the author has limited info and has to guess about what might happen in the movie.
I’m seeing a pattern here…
Snow Crash is on my “to read” list. I keep running into references to it.
Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith (project gutenberg)
It’s slow going because of the archaic style, but will be a revelation to anyone who thinks Smith doesn’t care about humanity.
Superpower: catching dropped objects in mid-air, including objects dropped by other people standing near me.
Unfortunately it’s a function of hypervigilance, which is quite hard on my nerves.
What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?
What goes good with American Cheese?
diabetes
I heard a podcast episode about a guy who homebrewed insulin in an area of Nazi occupation and saved a bunch of people. Warsaw ghetto perhaps?
Downvotes = “I disagree” or “this is bad and you should feel bad”?
I withhold downvotes until it means “this is disinformation, or misinformation so wrong-headed it could mislead those new to the topic”
“Specialization is for insects. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.” – Heinlein
in terms of time I spend in it:
What’s it like working night shift?
source: worked night shift for many years
He’s absolutely correct.
He said it was racist, so I’m gonna stick with he’s not correct.
The mistake that you are making, is thinking that all forms of discrimination are bad.
I am aware of the formal and common uses of the word.
I would know because I have a PHD
Also “I’m an engineer”. People with specific vocational training (EE, MD, whatever) think because they know one thing well enough to get a professional license they know all things well.
I once had a b2b customer (store owner) tell me that having different pricing for wholesale and retail customers was racist.
I’m pretty sure meant discriminatory but even that doesn’t make much sense.
I am not a sportsball fan, but in the 90s worked in a couple (completely unrelated!) places where I met/interacted with a bunch of NFL dudes in a relaxed setting
I also once was in a group dinner with Wayne Hussey (Mission era, rather enjoyable, center of attention but didn’t demand it, if that makes sense). Met Vince Neil at an EM club in Germany in the 80s (box of rocks and kinda rude).