Posts by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
(DIR) Post #B35RfHRoQKdK0KW8PI by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-07T18:39:44Z
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Thank goodness someone is finally standing up for us temporarily embarrassed billionaires https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/an-ai-startup-founder-says-hes-planning-a-march-for-billionaires-in-protest-of-californias-wealth-tax/
(DIR) Post #B3BIMPdxzempHatG6a by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10T01:51:56Z
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@caseynewton it's not the infinite scroll feed that's the problem, it's the "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality. Who would object to an infinite scroll feed of amazing cat and dog pictures? Why can't we treat the disease instead of the symptoms? Learninate me on this one, Casey Newton!
(DIR) Post #B3BIMV2xu8ko2ZcnGS by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10T02:00:57Z
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@caseynewton also of note: our 3 kids (16, 13, 13) have actively rejected most digital "social" stuff. They love YouTube (and I don't mean the weirdo parts) and vastly prefer in-person or really positive team multiplayer games (roblox, minecraft, etc). Maybe it's the not the children who are wrong, but us?
(DIR) Post #B3FmGmsaSsXuronoFU by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-12T04:43:55Z
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new phone case, who dis? 🤙
(DIR) Post #B3Q8dwYIoBf86EMPB2 by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-17T08:40:18Z
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Remember when people thought “trickle down” economics actually worked? Perhaps if we give a lot more money to the rich it will start working one day, somehow? That seems to be the current plan, but I have another idea: what if we reversed it and used “trickle up” to give money to those most in need? All the data I can find, including our rgmii.org data and studies in progress, all seem to show that this direction works. ⬆️
(DIR) Post #B3Q8e2RmtK14NlMHr6 by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-17T08:53:35Z
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Turns out people who know struggle are far, far more generous than the rich. Plus MacKenzie Scott out there showing everyone else how it should be done. If I had billions, believe me, our family would have deployed half of it already, as we already did: https://blog.codinghorror.com/launching-the-rural-guaranteed-minimum-income-initiative/
(DIR) Post #B3XFKPZ3IAG84a421Q by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-21T00:50:53Z
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@xgranade it depends so much, I mean I can oppose screwdrivers being used to drive nails into the wall
(DIR) Post #B3au7RnUMGbWpPdKTo by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-22T22:55:13Z
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@vampiress yeah. I just did some digital gardening on this one.. people ought to realize that minus Dave Cutler, the whole world would be one big UNIX monoculture. That's the one person I really really wanted to meet at MSFT but never could. https://blog.codinghorror.com/showstopper/
(DIR) Post #B3au7T3pezGukOHtaq by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-22T22:57:29Z
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@vampiress to be clear, I am not anti UNIX. How could I be? It's literally unavoidable. What I think we should avoid is monocultures, because they're not survivable long term.
(DIR) Post #B3gAXWWDzop83eoWYq by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-02-23T23:52:16Z
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@hpod16 people still use txwitter? News to me.
(DIR) Post #B3s5Ya4o5NqRVYC3Dk by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2025-01-22T16:46:16Z
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from my so-called friends still on the hellsite: "Why are you on Mastodon, it's just a bunch of furries and LBTQs" and I replied "and why, exactly, is that a 'problem'?" followed immediately by "And that's exactly why it works so well." (for, at least, a significantly higher value of "well". Distributed systems are difficult. Centralization is the easy but lazy route, and we can all see where that goes, far too often.)
(DIR) Post #B3veXk3rYaUG3Uy11U by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-04T19:45:26Z
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https://chqdaily.com/2017/07/paul-raushenbush-discusses-great-grandfathers-inner-vision-carried-work-forward/As for the nation’s literature, Brandeis may have been the first .. to refer to the Constitution as a “living organism, capable of growth and adaptation.”“This approach allows the fresh context of the present to perform alchemy with the wisdom of the past, to offer new ways to make the law and faith relevant and responsive to present conditions,” he said. “Prophetic witness cannot set its gaze backward on a frozen history with an unrecognizable context. Instead, it faces forward, informed by the past, yet determined to bring back vision into the world in the present age.”This no longer works, unfortunately.. how does the constitution change when it is effectively impossible to amend due to Constitutional Calcification .. only "interpret" through a ridiculously gerrymandered (thanks Mitch M) SCOTUS? https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/116115405545619662
(DIR) Post #B3veXlMgi58i6AmZ0K by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-04T19:45:46Z
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I don't really see a way out here, honestly. If you do, tell me what it is, step by step. Explain it to me like I'm five years old.
(DIR) Post #B3veXn2CVDwLHDDELg by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-04T22:19:16Z
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@isonno or we simply do it without them and proceed.
(DIR) Post #B3veXqkcgWFwnr1FVQ by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-04T19:47:01Z
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I mean, I do see a way out, but nobody wants to hear it. Because, again, remarkable lack of bravery here in the land of the free. Just MHO.
(DIR) Post #B4ImYrn5ZYU6aQFM6C by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-15T22:48:21Z
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I'm getting real tired of this "we must change the establishment by being the establishment" bullshit.
(DIR) Post #B4ImYx9bdGT1DhouOG by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-15T23:43:48Z
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"land of the free, home of the status quo"
(DIR) Post #B4OBhzoDgWjeQVAUuO by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-17T18:25:25Z
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@jwz well, it gave me critical information about my health and DNA that none of the dozens of "healthcare professionals" I was working with for 4+ years ever did. (as you can probably understand, I have an entire team working on my stupid ass)
(DIR) Post #B4Qf2RI8V8EmRNBK88 by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2025-08-28T21:27:01Z
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Batman loves normal distributions 🦇
(DIR) Post #B4cQtXyfCrfL6oSTsu by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2026-03-25T09:34:07Z
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Sometimes, yet again, there is cat