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Texas is the most un-American State. State sponsored religion is anathema to religious freedom. The priority is freedom to carry arms, but minds - they must be caged.
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Some voters, it seems, selected Trump because they felt they were better off 4 years ago. Acting on selfishness is not a way to honor America, our values, and what we stand for.
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Disappointed in SciAm for letting their editor resign after, apparently, speaking the truth.
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It's astounding to consider that, for a second time, we have elected a man whos personal brand includes sexual assault. Now the party leader, we finally know what the R party stands for.
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It sure looks like Musk is vying to replace Trump's own children as successor. The love fest fits: they're both scam artists with solid credentials for racism, sexism and other evils.
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Like many others, I feel this election exposes how deeply sexism is ingrained in American society. Trump's personal views on women (or race) are irrelevant - bigotry is the Trump "brand".
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Text messages declaring slavery is being reestablished have been sent to some black Americans. This is what we voted for. It is who we are now.
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So many made the incomprehensible choice to vote for Trump; such a hideous alignment is beyond the limits of my compassion for the human condition.
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The race isn't close because the choice is unclear, but because the inhumane are counted among humanity. That so many rally behind Trump's disgusting behavior leaves no doubt.
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Twitter rebranded and weaponized as "X" by an Apartheid Exploitationist, with an actual evil agenda for his uber-wealth, I am tempted to boycott those who display an "X" logo...
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Twitter was always a shiny-tech version of the permanent marker graffiti found in bathroom stalls.
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Trump's misogyny is back on center stage. It's old-world and ugly, but remember the "Central Park Five." So many individual, reprehensible, acts. For his supportors, do they cancel out?
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Trump's love for dictators, and his apparent dream of becoming one, has made supporting the Republican party as un-American as it comes. Any claim to patriotism is ignorant or ironic.
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Whatever the outcome of the election, Trump seems to be promising civil war - either rejecting the outcome or something like martial law to utilize the military against his opposition.
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It has held little appeal to me before now, but I'm starting to explore Math Art as an extension of interest in Puzzles and Recreational Mathematics
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Plowing through a reworking of my first Python code - should be a better foundation, but isn't very pretty...
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I am starting to think about a post-Python era for my projects. It's a long way away, but it also means I've dropped any pretense of concern for performance.
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I keep hearing the programming language Rust is a vast improvement over C and C++, but I can't trust any new block-structured language that still uses curly braces! 🫢🤣🤔
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My pace is picking up a bit, making progress on Mathematical Logic through Python - recommended for anyone interested in Symbolic Logic or recreational programming.
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Focusing on shorter term goals - things I might accomplish within a year. More puzzles, less Math...
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Cryptocurrency always seemed like a scam and the choice of keynote speaker at a bitcoin conference confirms it.
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Weird is the wrong word to describe the batshit crazy wing of American politics. The leadership is literally insane, the views of the party ignorant and grotesque - narcissism is idealized.
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Now that the owner of "X" has shared fake videos in support of his kindred spirit, I hope people will start to recognize the evil they represent. Sadly, both still have fans and supporters
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Scanning a news article led to a mugshot array of the Supreme Court - the majority look like the freaks of an 80's horror movie. The power that malign cabal have is truly grotesque.
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A somewhat distracted watchthrough of Deadloch (programming with TV in background) leaves me wanting more - I hope there's a second season! Totally Completely Fine is distracting me now...
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Updating my build system: I always screwed up makefiles, but am finding my own build system equally finicky
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At the moment, I'm creating C and Python code with a generator so the input can styled to my preferences. Maybe one day, the input format will be its own language(s).
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Lots of fiddling - at least I'm doing something - but main projects are moving slowly...
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We binge watched Ahsoka last night and, like all the Star Wars live action series, the pacing seemed deliberately slow, the pauses in exchanges of dialog palpable. Is it me, or the shows?
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The Python UI for my e-Reader uses a Pimoroni Display Hat Mini; it launches C process to memory map packed 4 bpp pages and send them to the Waveshare it8951 e-Paper controller via USB
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My e-Reader is usable, if a kludge: the WaveShare display and Raspberry Pi are in separate boxes, but it works
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That Math works by chance is unfathomable to me: reason is as embedded in our universe as any physical aspect
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Just discovered the -fplan9-extensions option to gcc - a very nice way to build structures
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I'm making a Raspberry Pi e-reader with a fantastic e-paper display from Waveshare!
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Slowly coming back up to speed after our trip to Cape Town - redirecting and refocusing a bit
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Back from Cape Town - my first trip in a long time... nieces and nephews I had never met are grownups!
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2024 is zipping by - deferring some things I hoped to start on this year...
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Been scripting in Python and Bash as well as customizing Emacs more (as a prototype for Royal)
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Side-journey into running pbrt on RPis
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Happy 2024!
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The Rubik's Cube style puzzles available today are amazing, from 12x12x12 cubes to complex organic shapes
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Regarding Raspberry Pi 5s: a large batch showed up at the Cambridge Microcenter and I grabbed an 8GB Pi!
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Raspberry Pi 5 supply deosn't quite meet demand at my local MicroCenter - thankfully, I'm patient these days.
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My brain often takes random walks; when it comes to coding, that means "Infrastructure"! More test frameworks!
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Working on a simple interactive puzzle based on propositional satisfiability. Totally experimental...
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A collaborative puzzle taking some time, Logic and Programming Languages the rest. Oh, and cardiac rehab....
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Lots of distractions while I eagerly await the Pi 5. Planning to wait a bit until my projects catch up!
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Raspberry Pi 5 is launching late October! It's a nice upgrade, with CPU and GPU twice as fast as the Pi 4
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Productivity has been low for a couple of months - health stuff - refocusing on puzzles for now.
