because if you allow for mail-in ballots, you don’t have the opportunity for voter intimidation. obviously.

“nothing has hurt the history of architecture as much as the notion that it is a history of architectural _techniques_, instead of a history of architectural _ideas_ — which took their techniques when and where they found them.” — parapheased from ‘the decline of the west’ by oswald spengler

OH: “the people with the money don’t have the balls, the people with the balls don’t have the money.”

hearing that hurt me deeply in a necessary way.

the primary is March 3, early voting is open now. if you’re independent, you choose your ballot.

YEAH, i’m going with the actual leftist.

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NC people, it’s worth showing up for the primary. your choices on the non-fascist side are:

- center right big business (Roy Cooper)
- no meaningful positions (Colon)
- religion-first messaging (Quick)
- some old weathy folk

and the guy who wants to flip over a table: www.justicewithdues.org

i don’t know of any hard and fast rules about what constitutes an accent vs a dialect, but it’s linguistically interesting to me. i’ve never heard it in the wild (meatspace), afaik.

i can’t unhear the _influencer accent_. the strong upward lilt at the end of a phrase, like they’re asking a question instead of making a statement. it’s most prevalent in gen z influencers, but also can be heard in many millenial content creators.

If “AI” did the thing, organizations would be bragging about the outcomes instead of jawing endlessly about the tools.

if they’re serious, talk about conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism charges for ICE agents and collaborators.

every democrat fighting for a seat in next year’s election should include ‘publishing the names and photos of every ICE agent’ in their pitch

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This is legit why exec level in a lot of places are obsessed with copilot.

It takes their word salad and turns it into a word salad that sounds smarter (but isn't).

i hear you but you have to remember that you’re way smarter than me.

a stick of butter with the word ‘emails’ printed on the wax paper

yes. this is a correct and reasonable response. it should take years and penance to recover from being a class+race traitor.

can anyone point me toward a `core.async.flow` example that’s nontrivial? what lit the light bulb for you?

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don’t threaten me with a good time

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we’ve been through this, Ken.

hey folks: take care of your people. if you’re in a position of influence or leadership, take care of your people. if they look up to you, take care of your people. even if you think maybe they need to have some sense slapped into them from time to time, take care of your people.

can someone please tell me how i can both:
- make the world a better place
- continue be secure in my ability to eat and sleep under cover
given:
- not born/already rich

chatGPT has been no help

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so what are you building? what is your mgmt telling you to build? what are your guests (customers) going to see and use? how will that reflect on you as a host (company)?

plan accordingly. spend accordingly. allocate budget accordingly.

or your guests will be risk splinters fetching their plates.

shop shelves cost almost nothing to build. $200 goes a long way. the _lumber_ for my cabinets was $22k. plus hardware, plus weeks of work—the kitchen is the largest room in my house. i love to cook for other people. those cabinets definitely make a statement about the quality of my work.

cabinetry (customer products and services) needs to be planned, designed, and well-executed. it will be viewed used over and over by your household and your guests. cabinets have to last a long and be low maintenance.

shop shelves take an afternoon. cabinets take days, if not weeks.

shop shelves? 1/4” (6mm) isn’t a big deal. cabinetry? 1/8” (3mm) is a big deal. shop gear doesn’t need finishing. cabinetry does.

bottom line: your shop facilities (internal tools) need only enough care to make them functional and strong. you’re the only one who will see them. no need to fuss.

your kitchen cabinets should match. maybe they don’t need to be identical, but they should have a coherent theme. shop shelves are items of necessity, built over time as needed. they can be a little haphazard visually and functionally. (if it doesn’t bother you. it bothers me. i over-engineer.)

you will be judged on your cabinets. you’ll judge yourself, too since you have to use them every day. you’ll build in conveniences to the cabinets that your shop doesn’t need, or at least isn’t worth the fancy soft-close drawers and spaulted maple doors and drawer fronts and fancy fixtures.

both need to be strong enough to support some weight. neither should be offensive to look at.

shop shelves (internal tools) can be inexpensive. 2x4s and osb are probably fine for dry storage.

kitchen cabinets—the things people _see_—have a higher standard. there are more moving parts, for one.