I’ve seen enough bad cop videos of situations escalating out of control for this not to be a surprise. Our military is trained better at de-escalation tactics than our domestic forces.

The engineering is incredible. Imagine if it had been applied to a better purpose.

Oddly, it was much like playing Dark Side of the Moon alongside The Wizard of Oz. Everything was in sync and made sense.

So you’re okay with anyone seeing anything you send over the internet, in the mail, or on the phone? Why would this not be a problem, even if you are totally innocent of any current crime? Would you be fine if someone were spying through the open windows of your home? You’ve got nothing to hide, and they aren’t hurting you, right?

If there is a reason for officials to come looking for information about a crime, they have other ways to do so. Why make it easier for them and violate the privacy of everyone else who is doing nothing wrong?

This borders on “well, they aren’t after the group I’m in, and probably won’t be, so whatever”. If you don’t think that’s a danger, you have not been paying attention.

Let’s turn the question around - why is securing any sort of communication between two parties such a bad thing? What happened to innocent until proven guilty of doing anything? Encryption isn’t a crime, at least until it becomes an inconvenience for those in power who want to mind other people’s business. It’s no different than pulling the window curtains closed.

One of my random Linux boot-up sounds is the WinXP boot theme.

When GIMP’s version 3 came out, it got a lot of great reviews. I can’t tell you what’s different or better, but in using it myself since then, it doesn’t “feel” as daunting. Very subjective, but definitely try it out again; it might work for you this time around.

Markdown in the old WordPerfect 5.1 (reveal codes) was a great thing.

The original hypertext proposal was even more complex than what we ended up getting, connecting ideas both ways.

And laid. 3 dice!

Some might say thumbs up works for that, but there’s also an up or down arrow, which suggests a vote either way.

The message was not to land there. Clipper is doing a bunch of flybys (to minimize the time in Jupiter’s radiation belt and extend the life of the probe). We’re good.

She went Teddy Roosevelt, and finished her speech.

That was a great scene in the first Bourne movie.

You know that scene in Iron Man where Tony leaves the one terrorist to the families? “He’s all yours.”

Just saying, that’s a great scene.

See, tariffs do help some people. Just not the ones that need help.

Learned this from a work injury. Even waiting a few hours before you get stitches to pull the gap closer together will leave a scar, albeit a small one. The body doesn’t have time to wait on your slow ass; it’s repairing right away (once the bleeding stops).

With a pilot, apparently.

It’s still a few years away, but so excited for the Europa Clipper to get to Jupiter.

Asking the real questions.

Projection. Republicans ought to run a movie theater.