it’s time to return to the roots, FORTRAN and LISP and COBOL – C is the new technology

from four months back: Drug-resistant Trichophyton fungus represents emerging threat in US – talks about Trichophyton indotinea (same genus as athlete’s foot, ringworm, and jock itch …

“Copyright should protect the artist, not the publisher.”

Instant Remedy – Ocean Loader

demo scene

no need for piracy – largest collection of scene music, freely available for over 28 years now

EDIT: and another twenty thousand OG scene tracks

EDIT: yet another OG collection still going strong and still collecting music

pile on layers of cultural norms – some cultures place a priority on punctuality, and some cultures it’s downright rude to arrive at the time stated – and then there’s the US where workers are required to be on time but bosses don’t even need to show up

why would you want to go back? they did you a favor

being mildly inconvenienced for your ragebait is not censorship

• reversible fan
  • blow hot air out during the day
  • bring cool air in a night (night flushing)

if you download Boy and the Heron but end up watching Fight Club, you know they can’t be trusted

• “let’s abandon our industrial base and move manufacturing overseas”
• “we can’t use overseas products because of national security”

looking for some sort of stability / comfort / normalcy in life

Meet the “digital parents” giving millions in China a vision of family love they never had

no “Last Train to Cis Central” either

“We don’t appreciate you stealing our stolen data!”

(also keep an eye out for where you’re stepping)

• handwriting is pretty much pure muscle memory – regardless of which direction you head, it’s going to require practice to learn a new style and practice to break old habits
• cursive was based off of drawings (copperplate etchings), not writing, which is why it comes across as hard to read and feels artificial
• italic is an older style out of the Renaissance that has the advantages of being based off of writing, is far more legible, looks just as elegant, and (with practice) can be faster than both print and cursive
  • Rosemary Sassoon and G SE Briem, Teach Yourself Better Handwriting
  • Gunnlaugur SE Briem Handwriting
    • Free books

Banana republic – “Chiquita, formerly known as United Fruit”