LinkedIn Posts Are Decadent and Depraved
The fact post like this go viral is why I said LinkedIn has the lowest level of collective empathy of any social network.
Monthly Archive: June 2022
Weekend Plans Post: The Triumphant Return to the Renaissance Festival
I last went in 2019. Then a whole bunch of stuff happened. So it is time, finally to get back to the Renaissance Festival.
POETS Day! Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis became a known member of a literary movement known, fittingly, as The Movement. Theirs was a rejection of the modern movements
Bipartisan Gun Legislation: Read It For Yourself
The full text for the bipartisan gun legislation that the US Senate has been working on since the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo is now up for consideration.
Mr. Jones Doesn’t Go To Washington
Not only do I not have to face the embarrassment of having Vernon Jones as my Congressman, I get to go to bed early.
On Energy Independence and Oil Prices
Donald Trump brought us energy independence and low gas and oil prices; Joe Biden has destroyed that. It’s a good slogan but is it true?
Supreme Court issues 6-3 ruling on Carson v. Makin
In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court ruled on ideological lines that Maine’s nonsectarian requirement for tuition assistance violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Texas GOP Platform & Resolutions: Read It For Yourself
All kinds of controversy is spilling out over the Texas GOP platform and resolutions from their weekend convention.
The Best Cat I Never Wanted
I told Patch “you know, YOU’RE the grumpycat! Except that you’re orange – which makes you a TRUMPYCAT!” And thus a cat legend was born.
Should Americans Be Able to Recall Politicians?
Boudin’s removal has also touched off a discussion over whether or not Americans should be able to recall their elected officials as well as enact laws by initiatives and referendums
Saturday Morning Gaming: So You’re Creating a Character
Elder Scrolls II is not only free, it had the best character creation, like, ever.
Overdue Announcements (Also: Leaguefest!)
An announcement, along with some info and questions about Leaguefest.
POETS Day: Ezra Pound
X may be a bigger marker of character than Y, so we’ll decide based on X w/a dismissal of Y. Meet Ezra Pound, & good luck with that formula
No More Pencils, No More Books: An Academic Computer Science Adventure
What this tells me is that academic computer science is still largely ignorant or uninterested in how to create quality software.
