Google Gemini meltdowns. "I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe."

Most people know the what about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks – that they publish secret information – but they don’t know the why. And that’s a great loss, because the reason behind all the leaks is both brilliant and illuminating. It Usually Starts with…

Things have begun changing lately, but I’m leaving this up.  Christianity, as people in their 60s and 70s have observed, was pushed off the public stages of the West over the past two generations. At this point, whoever speaks well of it in such places must…

We can call this one an experiment.. The life that has been gifted to us is old… more than 6,000 years old. It began before recorded time, on the plains of Mesopotamia. There it was that the race of men was regimented; it was there that they learned to be…

There is a simple fact that people are unable to ingest. You can explain it with charts, graphs and documentation… and they may even like the sound of it… but it soon fades and is forgotten. This truth is simply too foreign to us; it doesn’t fit within our…

The German letter that looks kinda like a Greek beta is eszett. How its capitalization leads to software difficulties.

There are a large number of people have been waiting for a full-spectrum, apocalyptic crash of the Western system. I maintain that it won’t happen. And I hope to convince you that I’m right. Not that an apocalypse doesn’t have great dramatic appeal, of course……

There’s no virtue in suffering itself, but suffering is required if you want to be more than mundane. If you can’t accept suffering, anyone with a pin and a threat owns you. So, let’s be clear on this: Living in any way except the one prescribed by authority…

Have you ever noticed that pessimistic and depressed people avoid babies? I’m sure there are exceptions to this statement, but on the whole, I think it’s accurate. Dark, gloomy minds shy away from babies. I think there’s something to learn from this. Here’s…

Nearly every creature upon this planet has one or more natural predators: creatures that prey upon them. Humans are a striking exception; even though we’re bereft of natural weapons – claws, ripping teeth and so on – we easily protect ourselves from even…

The list of words used to backup Bitcoin wallets contains a lot of pairs that can easily be confused. Around 800 pairs of words differ by only one character.

(Originally posted August 17, 2023 and still important.) I make a practice of not posting any link tied to Google, but this time I’ll make an exception. This is the voice of the working class… the productive people who‘ve been treated like serfs by the “rich…