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Daily Archives: June 13, 2023

Pratchett Philosophy: absurdity and duty.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Fundamentally secular. I have read almost everything he published including his earliest books.

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flies that had seen corpses were avoided by other flies as if theyd been marked by death

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. “a specific set of serotonin-receptor-possessing neurons are used” by living flies to perceive dead ones”.

Activate these and the fly ages faster. A suicide switch.

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“The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free” – 2020 reference.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Current Affairs is still paywall free. Has a few examples that remind me of Project Xanadu payment schemes. (Via a Mastodon referral – @joe@appdot.net).

See Docuverse: https://bit.ly/3Cq8vgj. I think there was a micropayment transaction tracking scheme. From 1960s?

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Boomer PSA: messages.app supports conversation muting.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. IWTYA when I learned this.

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there may even be one or more stars that are shining several quintillion years from now: billions of times the present age of the Universe

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Red dwarfs from merger of brown dwarfs formed in late stage galaxy collisions.

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It bodes ill for our democracy that those who cannot pay or choose not to are left with whatever our broken information ecosystem manages to serve up

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. NPR is the important exception (despite their terror of GOP wrath)

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APA poll on substance use: 16% think cigarettes not unsafe

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. I’d love to interview those who think cigarettes are “safe”. The survey responses are mostly not credible; I wonder if it was a badly designed poll.

Maybe credible and startling: only 7% use alcohol daily but 13% use cannabis daily.

APA framing focuses on opioids and tobacco use, less concern about cannabis and alcohol.

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“Cellphones are the worst thing thats ever happened to movies…”

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. As in story telling rather than mobile calls disrupting movie watching.

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If trade diversion is a problem then Japan is in luck because it could be a big beneficiary of the scramble to get electronics production out of China.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Everyone loves Japan now. I do.

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Using a friction shifter on a 10 speed cluster.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Surprisingly it can work well.

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By making the feasibility of full-time motherhood a purely biological issue Clark and Kirk and the rest allow the movement to redirect the rage and disappointment many of these women will feel at a target they can actually hurt: the LGBTQ community.?

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. The warped world of Red womanhood.

“… the pride flag waves peaceful and steadfast in front of the convention center, against the blue Texas sky”

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Jedeed: Turning Point USA is in my opinion one of the most dangerous organizations out there

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. “… TPUSA feels fresh and new and fun, and they care less about the truth than any org I’ve encountered so far”

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Microsoft Edge Removes Button to Remove browsing history.

Posted on June 13, 2023 by jgordon

Link. Tsai: “you can use the special edge://sync-internals URL to access a hidden button to Clear Server Data”

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