We Avoid Temptation But It Keeps Finding Us

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  • The poem written on Lady Liberty’s base bears repeating, I think.

    The New Colossus
    Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
    “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”


  • You end up saying something similar to yourself after you read and fail to understand a LKML archive because it’s the only available documentation on this specific flag that you may or may not need and if you don’t need it why not turn it off. Repeat this many times for much learning (eventually).

    It was a great experience but next time I’m building everything not strictly necessary as a module.




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    1 month ago

    I get your point and agree with it to an extent, but I’d argue that being a good neighbor is a good thing in a politician. Sure, you can be a total asshole and do an excellent job as governor or president or whatever, but being a nice person is kinda helpful.

    By all means, lead with the important bits (which for the record I have looked into and mostly like) and include this on page 12, but that doesn’t mean it’s worthless.

    EDIT: Apparently he was governor in 2019 so it is a little different than him just being a good neighbor, but I think my point still stands. It’s a hell of a lot better news than “Old orange fascist quotes Hitler again”











  • Skipping past the obvious of paying off debts and buying a decent house, I’d do this:

    Found a company to sell tech products (Pinephone, but cooler). Only the best benefits, work environment, basically everything I hate about any job I’ve worked, fixed. I’d hire good people, and make damn sure they’re treated well. After everything is going well and with some kind of charter so they can’t decide to be evil, I’d turn the company over to my employees. I’d step down and become a janitor or something and work ~20 hours a week until I retire.

    Whatever money’s left over, if there is any, is given away.

    I want to work. I like working. I just want to work somewhere good, ya know?

    I’d just buy my employer but they made ~450m Euro after taxes so they might want more than a billion. Also fuck audits.