smitty1e

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Comment · 9 hours ago

I would need to spend some more time on this to get my mind around it.

My Wordle pimp hand is strong, but this seems an order of magnitude harder.

Comment · 9 hours ago

All this talk of "truth" and "duty" implies some larger context in which such abstractions would be evaluated.

One continues to be fascinated by the very human dichotomy in which (the global) "we" want to allude to, or leverage, these concepts, while stridently avoiding evaluating them in any way that might lead to behavioral conclusions.

For a specific example, consider: International Law, in all its emphemerality.

Comment · 11 hours ago

I backed down to a three letter one and found some joy.

Comment · 15 hours ago

> never to come back again.

Now, you know that bad ideas have an immortality all their own.

This sort of thinking may take on new life in the context of the overall European economic situation => https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/29/europea...

Comment · 3 days ago

That kinda rings true here.

Would we have obtained the same "confession" after next Tuesday had they remained unexposed?

Comment · 5 days ago

One hoped to find the definition of obliterated, but those hopes were obliterated.

Comment · 7 days ago

Needs a (2021) in the title.

Comment · 7 days ago

The Danish effort to emancipate themselves did not last as long as Munich's => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux

Possibly some of the newer technologies (to avoid the first and third vowels in the Roman Alphabet) will one day bring liberty.

Comment · 7 days ago

Maybe generalize and be thoughtful about all dependencies across the board.

Comment · 10 days ago

At the other end of the spectrum, I have never written a line of assembly code, much less used a punch card.

Comment · 12 days ago

My chief grief with flatpak had more to do with the composition policy than the mechanism.

If one's use case for a tool (e.g. QGIS) requires extensions that sit outside of how the flatpak was composed, well, sorry.

Comment · 14 days ago

“America has the best politicians money can buy.”--Will Rogers

And look at the mod cost of telling the truth. #hahahaha

Comment · 14 days ago

1. Elect Claude.

2. Prompt Claude for a balanced budget.

...

??? Profit!

Comment · 14 days ago

It take a hero to dive on the grenade.

Such dives tend to be fatal.

Until AI can produce a blast-management plan to ensure the hero's survival, the necessary courage shall remain elusive.