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The idea that humanity is going to reach out and settle other planets and bodies in the solar system or beyond is cool from a sci-fi perspective and a bit of letting you create societies to study our own nature with, but it is ultimately just not a practical goal or even really achievable.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The idea that humanity is going to reach out and settle other planets and bodies in the solar system or beyond is cool from a sci-fi perspective and a bit of letting you create societies to study our own nature with, but it is ultimately just not a practical goal or even really achievable.
Excel is the bane of my existence in the data world and I wish it died in a fire. SQL? Nice to work with! CSV can be fine to work with as well. Hell, flat files and binary files are perfectly cool. But excel files? Screw that noise!
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Excel is the bane of my existence in the data world and I wish it died in a fire. SQL? Nice to work with! CSV can be fine to work with as well. Hell, flat files and binary files are perfectly cool. But excel files? Screw that noise!
If you are a professional employee in the private sector and you think federal holidays are mandated as PTO by law, you are delusional. Not saying that it shouldn’t be a thing, just that it isn’t a thing under the law as it is written now.
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
If you are a professional employee in the private sector and you think federal holidays are mandated as PTO by law, you are delusional. Not saying that it shouldn’t be a thing, just that it isn’t a thing under the law as it is written now.
As much as I like grim dark settings they do tend to become quite fascist in theme. The whole ”eternal war against all” in a hopeless setting tends to produce that feel. 40K definitely has that issue from time to time, but so does trench crusade.
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As much as I like grim dark settings they do tend to become quite fascist in theme. The whole ”eternal war against all” in a hopeless setting tends to produce that feel. 40K definitely has that issue from time to time, but so does trench crusade.
Despite being hot garbage myself, I never quite understood why blatantly incompetent people get kicked up to management. Is it an attempt to reduce harm? To be nice? I’d rather work with a slow yet competent person than a silver tongued, fast working incompetent fool.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Despite being hot garbage myself, I never quite understood why blatantly incompetent people get kicked up to management. Is it an attempt to reduce harm? To be nice? I’d rather work with a slow yet competent person than a silver tongued, fast working incompetent fool.
Warhammer 40K has a great visual style, some pretty good story telling elements, and perhaps one of the most garbage game systems in wargaming. Truly it is the dnd 5e of war games.
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Warhammer 40K has a great visual style, some pretty good story telling elements, and perhaps one of the most garbage game systems in wargaming. Truly it is the dnd 5e of war games.
It feels like a rite of passage, at least in the states, for young men (especially white men) to suddenly develop a deep fear that they are going to be drafted into the military. The most hyperventilating type will compare it to slavery which is, to put it mildly, utterly insane.
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It feels like a rite of passage, at least in the states, for young men (especially white men) to suddenly develop a deep fear that they are going to be drafted into the military. The most hyperventilating type will compare it to slavery which is, to put it mildly, utterly insane.
Windows is in that zone of operating systems where its not quite bad enough to make me want to rip my hair out, but it grates on me day by day.
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Windows is in that zone of operating systems where its not quite bad enough to make me want to rip my hair out, but it grates on me day by day.
Sometimes I look at the state of the IT industry and think it needs to be burned to the ground. Just dear lord how much misery and pain we have inflicted on both developers and users because of the structure of it all!
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sometimes I look at the state of the IT industry and think it needs to be burned to the ground. Just dear lord how much misery and pain we have inflicted on both developers and users because of the structure of it all!
Having started to play mass effect 2 again, I’m not surprised to say that the game has aged poorly. Not graphically (It’s mostly ok), but rather gameplay and story telling. To be brutally honest, the characters are mostly bland and generic.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having started to play mass effect 2 again, I’m not surprised to say that the game has aged poorly. Not graphically (It’s mostly ok), but rather gameplay and story telling. To be brutally honest, the characters are mostly bland and generic.
So you decide to do a shutdown for 40 days in order to create pressure to get something on ACA subsidies and instead...you get none of what you were asking for in those 40 days. I may be a massive idiot, but dear GOD. Maybe they really like flying around? I sure as hell don't!
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So you decide to do a shutdown for 40 days in order to create pressure to get something on ACA subsidies and instead...you get none of what you were asking for in those 40 days. I may be a massive idiot, but dear GOD. Maybe they really like flying around? I sure as hell don't!
The more I use Python outside of data analysis/data science, the less I like it. Dear God does it just chug and make me want to rip my heart out. Maybe I just need to switch to Rust or C or Java for anything not data science aligned.
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The more I use Python outside of data analysis/data science, the less I like it. Dear God does it just chug and make me want to rip my heart out. Maybe I just need to switch to Rust or C or Java for anything not data science aligned.
Reddit seems to absolutely cook the brains of everyone who dwells on it. There are a few sub-reddits that are useful, but for the most part? Straight toxin injected into your brain.
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reddit seems to absolutely cook the brains of everyone who dwells on it. There are a few sub-reddits that are useful, but for the most part? Straight toxin injected into your brain.
The 1990s were, in some horrible way, the golden age of the internet. Lots of it was bad and not particularly good, but things somehow got worse.
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The 1990s were, in some horrible way, the golden age of the internet. Lots of it was bad and not particularly good, but things somehow got worse.
It is quire terrifying right now.
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It is quire terrifying right now.
It feels like we are actively living in an age of decadence. Not the notion of hedonism or the like, but actual decline.
September 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It feels like we are actively living in an age of decadence. Not the notion of hedonism or the like, but actual decline.
I don’t get it: you spend all this time and effort to say you are going to be a leader, “fighter” for the needs of your constituents and when an honest to god fight comes you…show your belly and act skittish? I don’t get it.
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I don’t get it: you spend all this time and effort to say you are going to be a leader, “fighter” for the needs of your constituents and when an honest to god fight comes you…show your belly and act skittish? I don’t get it.
It’s idiots all the way down. Not that I’m claiming not to be an idiot, but JFC there are even bigger idiots than me running things while other idiots think they are clever or have a point. No!!! They are just idiots! Take it from one of them: don’t think they are smart!!
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It’s idiots all the way down. Not that I’m claiming not to be an idiot, but JFC there are even bigger idiots than me running things while other idiots think they are clever or have a point. No!!! They are just idiots! Take it from one of them: don’t think they are smart!!
The ending of US hegemonic power via self inflicted wounds is not going to lead to some utopian world. Instead it’s going to lead to a world dominated by authoritarian regimes that will be more dominant and aggressive than in the past. Seriously doubt Europe can become the new liberal pillar.
September 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The ending of US hegemonic power via self inflicted wounds is not going to lead to some utopian world. Instead it’s going to lead to a world dominated by authoritarian regimes that will be more dominant and aggressive than in the past. Seriously doubt Europe can become the new liberal pillar.
Beware of white young professional men who think they are clever and grow resentful that society isn’t rewarding them the way they think it should. They may start off left leaning but frequently fall into fascism at some point because it promises them validation.
August 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Beware of white young professional men who think they are clever and grow resentful that society isn’t rewarding them the way they think it should. They may start off left leaning but frequently fall into fascism at some point because it promises them validation.
I am going to say it loud and clear: Newsom is most likely not going to be the Democratic candidate for President in 2028. While there is a lot of support for him being tough and active against GOP overreach, his actual support is not particularly deep.
August 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I am going to say it loud and clear: Newsom is most likely not going to be the Democratic candidate for President in 2028. While there is a lot of support for him being tough and active against GOP overreach, his actual support is not particularly deep.
Ahem, its sparkling progressive left in these here parts!
August 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Ahem, its sparkling progressive left in these here parts!
While Rust as a language can be painful, I find that I enjoy it more than higher level languages. The pain of the language makes me feel that much more giddy when I solve something as compared to say Python or C#.
August 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
While Rust as a language can be painful, I find that I enjoy it more than higher level languages. The pain of the language makes me feel that much more giddy when I solve something as compared to say Python or C#.
Youtube has become actively hostile to anyone who uses the site. Except for Premium users...sorta? Still pretty terrible site!
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Youtube has become actively hostile to anyone who uses the site. Except for Premium users...sorta? Still pretty terrible site!
I hate that so much of my tech stack is built on tools created to suck as much money and time out of me as possible.
August 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I hate that so much of my tech stack is built on tools created to suck as much money and time out of me as possible.