Category: Daily Life
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History, Science, and Animals
Short list today. I’ve been too busy to really take in as much as I usually do. I’ve never been interested in being a programmer. At least not since the “good old days” of BASIC where I toyed with the idea briefly, just like everyone else, until I realized just how much ridiculously complex work…
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Sleep, Misogyny, Sun, Movies with and by People I Know, and Kids Today
There’s… a lot going on. Not directly with me, mind you–work is busy and stuff–but in general, with people I know and things that I follow, there’s a lot going on. Just saw a movie tonight made by and full of people I know. And I even had the chance to help make it happen…
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Tell His Mom, Conspiracy Closure, Environmental Pope, Helium, Slow-mo Nature, and Raccoons
Not too long after I got home form work on Friday, I turned right back around and went out. Then didn’t come back until nearly sunrise. The only Memorial Day type thing I did this past long weekend was that barbecue on Friday night. Saturday and Monday were spent mostly just zoning out, letting my…
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My Generation, Celebrity Humor, Cute Overload, World Goth Day, Jobs, and Job Numbers
As Gen X hits its collective mid-life crisis, we wade through a country that’s undergoing a political crisis. More extreme views appear to the left and right of a seemingly silent (and often bewildered) center. That polarization causes wild swings–accentuated by whatever will bring the media the most eyeballs or ears–causes more of a feeling…
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Lots of Questionable Government Decisions, VR for Chickens, Public Fiber, Vocal Range Ranked, Netflix Glitched, and Why I’m Amazed We Still Any Money in the Bank (Computer Security)
There’s a lot of stuff in this world that amazes me. Some of it in good ways, some of it in very bad ways. On the list of “bad ways” is how utterly broken our ideas (and implementations) of security are. There’s a good (and terrifying) article about that, focused on computer security, in the…