Nov 04

Cher

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“I love science” and “believe science” are clueless takes, just incoherent philosophies. I don’t love science or believe it or disbelieve it. I believe what the evidence says, recognizing that anything in that realm can be stamped by politics and bias, is often beset with poorly-gathered or misunderstood data, and is then further leveraged in inappropriate ways by the power- and money-motivated.

Nevertheless, science does advance and we achieve greater understanding of the universe. However, what we do with elections and polling has little to do with science or even statistics (which is more truly a philosophy with numbers). It’s more akin to astrology with semi-causal feedback loops.

Love science? Believe science? No. I believe in evidence and the weight of wisdom over time.

Nov 04

Mailing It In

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It’s not fairly fucking simple to set up your own email server, you fucking dipshit. That is outside of the skill set of 99.999% of people. As it should be!

I once was an expert on email servers (particularly Microsoft Exchange) and it’s not at all easy — and it’s only gotten more difficult as security is emphasized more now. I recently set up an email server for my own use and it took me two days and much googling. And I have 20 years of professional IT experience and 40 years of using computers.

Easy to set up an email server. Ha!

Nov 04

Kam

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Yes, she’s a horrible cop and a terrible person in general. Biden is no better, which is why he picked her. They think the same way. Both atrocious, she’s just younger and can do more damage in the future.

Nov 04

Fou Fou

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I’ve had the song “Complètement fou” stuck in my head for days now. Yelle, what you doing to me?

Nov 04

Left Front

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Don’t know who is going to win the election, but I do think Sanders would’ve won in a landslide, and I think Liz Warren would’ve won easily though not with as large a victory.

The Dems don’t really care about winning, though. Oh, they are fine if it happens. But what they truly care about is squelching the left.

Nov 03

Two Stroke

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Yes, it’s real. Very, very inefficient two-stroke engine with no catalytic converter means it spews just massive amounts of emissions.

Nov 03

Not an Ascet

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Why do liberals hate the idea of flying so much? Come on, the answer isn’t to make people’s lives and worlds worse, but to make flying and its environmental impact better.

Why have we lost the desire, the will, the impetus to improve, having determined (against any evidence) that we must diminish ourselves and the world? I can find no way to understand this except that asceticism, especially if it is enforced on others, just really appeals to people deeply.

I refuse to live in the conservative ideal serfdom nor in the liberal ideal serfdom.

Nov 03

Smock Up

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Maajid Nawaz corners epidemiologist over cost of second lockdown.

I don’t agree with most of this guy’s politics, but the second wave of lockdowns is a huge mistake that will devastate economically more than the virus will.

The first lockdowns were correct (for short duration); the second ones are huge unforced errors that will have absolutely devastating consequences. They are being done not for reasons of the virus, but for other reasons.

Won’t be good.