His "Wisdom" page has many more paragraph breaks and only slightly less absurdity, for that that's worth.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2019 10:52:45 am PDT #12230 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Oct 11, 2019 10:58:52 am PDT #12231 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Title: "Not Even Close: The State of Computer Security"
Venue: NDC Oslo 2015
Abstract: In this bleak, relentlessly morbid talk, James Mickens will describe why making computers secure is an intrinsically impossible task. He will explain why no programming language makes it easy to write secure code. He will then discuss why cloud computing is a black hole for privacy, and only useful for people who want to fill your machine with ads, viruses, or viruses that masquerade as ads. At this point in the talk, an audience member may suggest that Bitcoins can make things better. Mickens will laugh at this audience member and then explain why trusting the Bitcoin infrastructure is like asking Dracula to become a vegan. Mickens will conclude by describing why true love is a joke and why we are all destined to die alone and tormented. The first ten attendees will get balloon animals, and/or an unconvincing explanation about why Mickens intended to (but did not) bring balloon animals. Mickens will then flee on horseback while shouting "The Prince of Lies escapes again!"
Toddson - Oct 11, 2019 11:02:33 am PDT #12232 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Reminds me a little of this.
msbelle - Oct 11, 2019 11:04:01 am PDT #12233 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Computer Scientist as absurdist artist, I did not expect that overlap.
Tom Scola - Oct 11, 2019 11:05:16 am PDT #12234 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Now that Stallman has been kicked out, I guess there was a shortage of crazy tenured CS profs in Cambridge.
Consuela - Oct 11, 2019 11:07:01 am PDT #12235 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My god, that's marvelous.
If anyone wants a pick-me-up in this trashfire that is America, this video clip may do you: [link]
Link courtesy of BH-P! Whom I miss seeing here.
I have great plans for this weekend but I wasted all morning and now it's 1pm. Gotta go get a flu shot and buy butter. I may make croissants or chocolate chip cookies...
msbelle - Oct 11, 2019 11:20:26 am PDT #12236 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Yes him working is good and he had therapy again today and he is being respectful and even nice to me, so good stuff all around.
Zenkitty - Oct 11, 2019 11:24:04 am PDT #12237 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
You guys. Read this. [link]
That was fantastic. I want tenure somewhere so I can do whatever the hell I want.
msbelle, glad mac's starting to get his ish together. Congrats to him on completing his first week of work!
ND and Pix, and everyone near this fire, may you all stay safe! I just turned on the news and saw it. Wildfires are the scariest thing, to me.
Y'all, I don't think I want to go back to work at a big soulless corporation. Of course that's where the money is, and I do like money, but I have been so much more relaxed this week than I normally am, despite my incipient poverty, I haven't even had a single hot flash or panic attack. Not one. Was I really that super-stressed out and didn't realize it?
-t - Oct 11, 2019 11:28:29 am PDT #12238 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
a boxing lesson taught to Parkinson's patients
Neat!
Woo to people finishing a period of time at a new job successfully!
Yikes to fire. Stay safe, Noise and Pix!
Read this.
That is amazing and hilarious! Excellent use of tenure.
Was I really that super-stressed out and didn't realize it?
Yes, you were. Sorry. I hope you can avoid going back to that!
I'm going to try dropping in to Kaiser after work for a flu shot. It's right by Trader Joe's and I need to get some groceries, if I can do al that in one trip I will be pleased.
Zenkitty - Oct 11, 2019 11:40:44 am PDT #12239 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yes, you were. Sorry. I hope you can avoid going back to that!
It was actually really kinda bad. I don't want to go back to that!
I've threatened to write my memoirs and go on Oprah. Who wants to buy my scandal-and-angst-filled autobiography, "Lost on the Road Less Traveled By"?