Today’s illegal political ad, paid for by taxpayers amidst economy-crippling stagflation, features an old man slumping down a hallway, bitterly remembering his favorite things he said over the course of his failed life, not realizing how small and weak they reveal him to be.
Currently reading: null: $cat /dev/null_ by Dienw Neb đź“š
I found this in the back of a 2600 Magazine and it intrigued me.
Side note: I wrote a post about turning this Amazon ebook into a PDF. I emailed the author, and they emailed me a proper EPUB back. Bonus points for being a nice person.
I just finished reading “Lonesome Dove”. I see why so many people say it’s their favorite: it’s near the top of my list now, too. Wow. I hate that I’d passed it by for so long. I had it in my head that it was a romance novel of some sort, like “the lonesome dove sought her true love in the American West” or such. And in a way, it is. Even more, it’s a brilliant exploration of hopes, fears, motivations, and survival in a brutal environment.
Go read it. It’s great.
The US government paid for a campaign ad for Trump, featuring — I am not making this up — a chorus singing “love me” repeatedly in the background.
The national debt is at record levels, the price of diesel is skyrocketing, inflation is making everyone poorer, and we’re wasting tax money running an ad for a tired old man to literally beg a country to love him.
Long Island woman rescued after plunging into hole in her backyard on her birthday
New flavor of quicksand just dropped. My inner Gen X child smiles and nods, vindicated.
Last time I bought a new phone a few years ago, UPS lost it. I had to go physically pick one up from the store while Apple and UPS argued about it.
This year I bought another new phone. UPS lost it. They’re not saying that yet, but originally it was supposed to come between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM yesterday. At 3:45 PM they bumped that to 9 PM. At 10 PM they bumped it to between 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM today. At 3:15 PM, that turned into 9 PM tonight. Were I a betting man, I’d stake money that tonight they’ll change that to some time Monday, two days from now.
Oh, I’m sure they’ll say that they tried to deliver it, although my presence next to the front door the whole time and my doorbell camera both agree that it never happened. Of course, they won’t be able to use that to explain why they can’t find it now. Somehow they’ll claim it was my fault they lost it.
My eyes momentarily misread something as “Manipulati”, and I accidentally fell into my new favorite word for propagandists, influencers, and other ne’er-do-wells.
Security engineering in the movies: Fighting off attackers with a katana.
Security engineering in real life: It’s time to draft the Annual Review of Operations Security Policy Report.
Yes, o passive Siri. Someone was seen.
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Factory raises $200M at $5B valuation | Factory.ai
Factory raises $200M at $5B valuation | Factory.ai:
Factory gives enterprises control over how their software factory learns, which models it uses, and where it runs, whether deployed in the cloud, on-premises, or in fully air-gapped environments.
I’m at an amazing company with cool products and astonishingly brilliant coworkers, and it’s taking off like a rocket. Building neat things is great. Having customers lining up to buy them is even better. This is the most excitement I’ve felt in my career.