Ron Hitchens
@ronsoft.com
Girl Dad. Java Champion, Software Architect, Consultant, Curmudgeon. Mostly retired. Boomer, but one of the good ones. American, living in Spain after 12+ years in the UK, after many years in Silicon Valley (when it was cool).
Don't obey in advance.
Don't obey in advance.
Elderly special needs gentleman with tiny hands given shiny toy to placate him, prior to medication and nap time.
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elderly special needs gentleman with tiny hands given shiny toy to placate him, prior to medication and nap time.
Donald Trump: "I don't need prizes. I need to save lives."
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Donald Trump: "I don't need prizes. I need to save lives."
Wait what?
Did CNN commit a journalism?
A little tiny one, but still.
Did CNN commit a journalism?
A little tiny one, but still.
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wait what?
Did CNN commit a journalism?
A little tiny one, but still.
Did CNN commit a journalism?
A little tiny one, but still.
For 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 drug smuggling, that is.
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 drug smuggling, that is.
How do we know that you are not actually an AI?
Or is this the kind of question an AI would ask?
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
Or is this the kind of question an AI would ask?
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do we know that you are not actually an AI?
Or is this the kind of question an AI would ask?
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
Or is this the kind of question an AI would ask?
Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
You don’t have to be a racist to be a Trump supporter.
But if you are a racist, TrumpWorld has lebensraum for you.
But if you are a racist, TrumpWorld has lebensraum for you.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You don’t have to be a racist to be a Trump supporter.
But if you are a racist, TrumpWorld has lebensraum for you.
But if you are a racist, TrumpWorld has lebensraum for you.
Face muscles, run simulation of human expression. Smile level 4.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Face muscles, run simulation of human expression. Smile level 4.
Too obvious. It's got to be something much stranger.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Too obvious. It's got to be something much stranger.
I don't get it. Internet Protocol (IP) means ... ooooohhh.
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I don't get it. Internet Protocol (IP) means ... ooooohhh.
Beautiful. Sublime.
It's one of those rare songs that makes you feel hope and breaks your hard at the same time.
Jimmy has crossed the final river. RIP Mr Cliff.
It's one of those rare songs that makes you feel hope and breaks your hard at the same time.
Jimmy has crossed the final river. RIP Mr Cliff.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Beautiful. Sublime.
It's one of those rare songs that makes you feel hope and breaks your hard at the same time.
Jimmy has crossed the final river. RIP Mr Cliff.
It's one of those rare songs that makes you feel hope and breaks your hard at the same time.
Jimmy has crossed the final river. RIP Mr Cliff.
If she misses the deadline are there any meaningful consequences?
Would that be grounds for impeachment (any more than all the other laws she's broken)?
Would that be grounds for impeachment (any more than all the other laws she's broken)?
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If she misses the deadline are there any meaningful consequences?
Would that be grounds for impeachment (any more than all the other laws she's broken)?
Would that be grounds for impeachment (any more than all the other laws she's broken)?
Same deal with emails. I often get emails from bigcorpemail.com or similar.
Makes me think a spammer is spoofing with an address that seems legit at first glance.
And if it contains a "Click hear to login to your account" link I never follow it. If email seems ok, I log in w/browser to verify.
Makes me think a spammer is spoofing with an address that seems legit at first glance.
And if it contains a "Click hear to login to your account" link I never follow it. If email seems ok, I log in w/browser to verify.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Same deal with emails. I often get emails from bigcorpemail.com or similar.
Makes me think a spammer is spoofing with an address that seems legit at first glance.
And if it contains a "Click hear to login to your account" link I never follow it. If email seems ok, I log in w/browser to verify.
Makes me think a spammer is spoofing with an address that seems legit at first glance.
And if it contains a "Click hear to login to your account" link I never follow it. If email seems ok, I log in w/browser to verify.
Sadly, I think that was the plan. Russell Vought and the rest of the Project 2025 libertarian post-democracy lunatic posse want to destroy government. Because taxes, or freedom, or something.
They're good at the destroying part. Not so good at the considering ramifications part.
They're good at the destroying part. Not so good at the considering ramifications part.
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sadly, I think that was the plan. Russell Vought and the rest of the Project 2025 libertarian post-democracy lunatic posse want to destroy government. Because taxes, or freedom, or something.
They're good at the destroying part. Not so good at the considering ramifications part.
They're good at the destroying part. Not so good at the considering ramifications part.
Tom, buddy. I love your work, you’re a great writer.
But unclench, it’s just a plot device.
If you can take onboard the premise of an alien virus and the joining of global consciousness, then you can accept a minor misrepresentation of the blast radius of a fictional hand grenade.
Roll with it.
But unclench, it’s just a plot device.
If you can take onboard the premise of an alien virus and the joining of global consciousness, then you can accept a minor misrepresentation of the blast radius of a fictional hand grenade.
Roll with it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tom, buddy. I love your work, you’re a great writer.
But unclench, it’s just a plot device.
If you can take onboard the premise of an alien virus and the joining of global consciousness, then you can accept a minor misrepresentation of the blast radius of a fictional hand grenade.
Roll with it.
But unclench, it’s just a plot device.
If you can take onboard the premise of an alien virus and the joining of global consciousness, then you can accept a minor misrepresentation of the blast radius of a fictional hand grenade.
Roll with it.
Trump doesn’t know any legal scholars.
Trump doesn’t know any scholars.
Trump doesn’t know anything.
Trump doesn’t know any scholars.
Trump doesn’t know anything.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump doesn’t know any legal scholars.
Trump doesn’t know any scholars.
Trump doesn’t know anything.
Trump doesn’t know any scholars.
Trump doesn’t know anything.
Beautiful tree, well done. And congratulations on finding a tree taller than Bob (I’m guessing).
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Beautiful tree, well done. And congratulations on finding a tree taller than Bob (I’m guessing).
I think you mean yet another train wreck.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I think you mean yet another train wreck.