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> Further down the social hierarchies, there are plenty of "Santa Claus fans" - really Wanting To Believe that their FBI / CIA / police / etc. are paragons of morality and competen…

That's Lao Tsu, I just happen to be reading him right now.

> Few developers know how to code software that is nice to install and maintain anymore. NetBSD is refreshing for precisely this reason. I'm not sure why it doesn't get more love t…

> and allows for new metrics without the most serious issues present in the Alcubierre solution. ...like violating causality?

What did anyone expect? Everyone's been getting smoke blown up their ass for years now by 'revolutionary' app makers that did very little except skate around regulations and make s…

I agree with you but it shouldn't be overlooked that industry makes shortcuts which are disastrous for the environment to pad their margins very slightly so the executives can get …

I'm a little perplexed by the ISBN system. The whole centralized affair, where you have to purchase ISBNs seems like a racket. ISBNs cost more in some countries (America) than they…

Wikipedia for almost the past decade has reminded me of those televangelists that would beg for donations to keep the lights on and that Uncle Sam was kicking the door down to seiz…

Police are people and people make mistakes, this needs to be recognized on some level, but QI as it is now is positively un-American. We're supposed to have checks and balances and…

Let's get rid of qualified immunity and add stronger protections against eminent domain while we're at it. Also, we need to address corrupt judges, we have very few legal mechanism…

It reads funny, but fewer people drive at night and still make up about half of accidents.