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timing is everything...

-Imp

I never wrote programs in direct assembly code... well I did create graphic shape tables in basic on an Apple II in the early 1980's but I never got past basic, pascal and cobol - had a look at fortran but never did anything with it... broader... the computer processes 1s and 0s... ascii codes can c...

Janoah wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2026 5:55 pm

Impenitent wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2026 1:27 am justifying theft is far from noble...

Do you mean "theft by capitalists" or theft by pogromists?

anyone taking that which is not ones to take

-Imp

another example of the egocentric predicament...

is love that is not reciprocated truly love?

for he so loved the world...

reminds me of a line from a song... "I don't love you; I love my car..."

-Imp

welcome, Hume is fun for inductive reasoning...

-Imp

(Operation) Chastise

-Imp

Knights of Addition aside, justifying theft is far from noble...

-Imp

"leave it to Beaver" references something else … Nobody knows what "leave it to Beaver" meant. I suspect it was supposed to be somewhat ironic. Do you think Walker’s sycophancy for the arch-oligarch is intended ironically? 🤔 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_It_to_Beaver sorry...

flying cars are nifty

as far as idioms go, no one ever says "leave it to Hoover" when referencing dams; yet, "leave it to Beaver" references something else...

-Imp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9PjOhz3FSM

Metal gods

-Imp

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/openai-released-722-math-papers-at-once-and-mathematicians-are-freaking-out/ AI has apparently solved several advanced math problems, but somehow explains the findings incoherently... I would expect no less from a glorified abacus... how long until the...

helicopter

-Imp

is absolute zero relative to heat? -Imp One could say that absolute zero is relative to motion. Motion generates heat. Molecules move and those little atoms never stop. Fast thoughts get hot as a Dostoevsky fever. The ceiling for motion is light speed. The ceiling for stillness is absolute zero. Ma...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9V2tv_o8d4

RIP

-Imp

OK. Then that means you are responsible as well. Do you feel any pangs of guilt, shame, anger, hopelessness or anything else that would coincide with what many would experience if they were responsible for a war? Or are you satisfied to not only be complicit in the war but also try to discourage ot...