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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.
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I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
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I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Category Archives: Politics
Updating the Ignored Wisdom
In the age of “AI”, a graphic is now going around, which allegedly shows a slide from a presentation at IBM circa 1979. It makes great sense, which, of course, means that companies couldn’t care less. My prediction is that … Continue reading
The Death of the Promise of Equality
This case isn’t really about child trafficking or pedophilia. It’s more than even that, as if that’s not big enough already. It’s about holding people in power accountable to uncontroversial and unequivocal laws. It’s about the supposed blindness of our … Continue reading
Reddit is a Psyop
“Reddit is a CCP-funded deep state psyop against a very specific demographic, and nothing on it should be taken at face value.”
Report: Former trustee allegedly amassed $1.12 million in personal charges on township credit card – The Republic News
A special investigation by the Indiana State Board of Accounts has found that former Columbus Township Trustee Ben Jackson amassed more than $1.12 million in personal expenses on a township credit card over an eight-year period. Source: Report: Former trustee … Continue reading
Our Future is Becoming Clear
Sigh. Add this to the list of datapoints that show we are headed towards a cyberpunk version of our inevitable dystopian future — rather than a post-apocalyptic one — where the company you work for is more important than the … Continue reading
MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors
Justice John Roberts said that “Congress is fine with the expression,” but “not fine with a foreign adversary … gathering all this information about the 170 million people who use TikTok.” Source: MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors So you’re trying … Continue reading
Today, in Mark of the Beast News
Larry Ellison is the CEO of Oracle, the 19th most valuable company in the world. They make a database. The FBI were Larry and Oracle’s first customer, and the FBI/CIA/NSA all use it for everything. So when Larry Ellison brags … Continue reading
The Middle East Problem
When the US invaded Iraq, I read about the history of how the US installed Saddam Hussein to control what was going on in that country, and ostensibly to be a foil to Iran. Then we went in and deposed … Continue reading