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Huge fan since the beginning. Has gotten me through insomnia, high stress, and so much more.

I really want to believe this is another "Sokal Squared" attempt.

Left Bay Area in mid-2000s. Cannot go back. Not sure if I want to.

[speaks in fry register]

"You're, like, a literrrrrrallll Notzeeeee..." /s

"Harper presented to the leadership committee and they were confused."

Is 'they' referring to Harper or the leadership committee?

From my blog, no.

From the work that my blog has linked to (like whitepapers and stuff I've written elsewhere), then absolutely.

The real "minimum wage" is actually "zero."

I find Rand tragic.

She had a real opportunity to educate people about a proper relationship between people and their government, during a time of creeping totalitarianism and collectivism.

Sadly, she also wanted to create a cult.

The chapter about her in Brian Doherty's "Radicals for Capitalism" most certainly bore this out. My favorite part was when she sat her husband down and informed him that the Objectivist philosophy dictated that she should be allowed to bang her assistant.

The problem is that Twitter doesn't have a philosophical core beyond "PLEASE DON'T HATE US!!!"

It had an opportunity to develop narrowly drawn rules that could have formed the bedrock of digital free-speech norms.

Instead, it engages in selective whack-a-mole-style enforcement, with a strong bias that favors a progressive point-of-view.

This is nothing but a ham-handed patch.

I fear for the folks coming into the workplace who think that HR exists to be their advocate.

When I was in the Bay Area during the '90s dot-boom, it took me 90-100 minutes to get from Fremont to Palo Alto. During the dot-bust, it was more like 40 minutes. I cannot imagine what it's like now.

I regret that I didn't use that time to learn Japanese or something.

"Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography..."

Because saying "We're using x-rays" just sounds too scary right now...

Unfortunately, too many will look at this as a rationale to tax more rather than spend less.