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The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

I mean, engineers really just want to use standards when it comes to the boring stuff. So, Kelvin for everything and then convert to user-locale in the UI. Minimize conversion errors where you can.

Man, Fears is dirty

I give up.

@gruber.foo Long time listener, first time caller, etc.

Your “The Name They Calm Themselves,” is really good.

As in, foward-to-friends-and-family good.

I liked it so much, I started reading DIE

Strong Teletubby vibes

Now if you dont mind me, I'm going to take a big sip of this hot coffee and Google "what is Candace Owens doing these days"

In every way that matters

Or they set up a EU arm of the fediverse. That’s a more interesting timeline, I think

Lots of more important things going on in the world today but it’s nice to see our Bears get the W.

Holy crap

is this about the bears game?

Following Chicago sports is a character building experience.

This is the most Bears game that I’ve seen all year. Be still my heart.

Again, very different men! Both appear to be in good company nonetheless

Cover of About Face, by Colonel David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman

A friend, retiring this year from the Air Force, recommended Hackworth’s About Face to me and I’m about 60% through it. And, while Kelly and Hack had very different careers, I can’t help but see similarities in how their vocal opposition to the establishment’s excesses.

No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!

Yeah, I figured as much too. Was hoping you knew something I didn’t.

Gail is delightful. Just continually choosing chaos, but with a kind heart.

Be like Gail, even if she’s wrong about the Dr.

What are the odds that this sticks and changes something at twitter/x?

BigTen ascendant

Solid burns, all the way down

Goodbye, 2025

I think that psychologists call that “projection.”

He‘a missing misogyny as a key driver in both 2016 and 2024. And the idea of, “it’s ok to go after the bad ones.”

That’s not a dig or a point scored or anything. It’s what the (Hispanic, Texas) People I’ve talked to were telling me at the time. So, I guess, take it with a grain of salt.

I mean, launching hardware is an expensive endeavor all around. Which, I think we agree, the author of that funny image does not understand.

To be fair, high beta orbit effects on power gen were also due to operational constraints re: potential thermal issues. So, not just drag.

it’s an issue way 100x higher than that: ISS flies at ~400km and regularly has to reboost due to drag couple of times per year or it will fall out of the sky.

Power gen at high beta orbits (again, couple of times per year) is *significantly* reduced because of drag.

Like, it’s a huge deal.