About a quarter of the time I say I'm Scottish, someone mentions how beautiful the nature there is, and how much they'd like to visit. Putting aside that they might just be saying this as a conversation piece, and putting our 'autistic caps' on, the idea's baffling. I've travelled a reasonable chunk of the planet, and …

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The Fediverse has just suffered from an all-out spam attack from some script kiddies, and the moralizing tones I've heard from some people tell me that some people have the wrong attitude about cybersecurity, and the internet. The only right attitude is that of a chess player. Chess Strategies Every few decades, …

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Be Rich or be Poor, but Don't Work Working a side job during University lowers grades, a student should be rich in order to get the best grades, get a good time from clubs, and get the best results. If you can't be rich, best to be poor, and try to scrape by without work; minimize socializing, don't go to university …

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Reading Plato's various Dialogues, I've come across a few very strange choices from the translators. Firstly, a pig could be dedicated as a 'sacrifice' to a god. I've read that people would then eat the 'sacrifice', and initially thought this was a cop-out - if you eat the meal, then you're not really sacrificing …

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I really hate computers engaging in pretend conversations. Hey, you left this. Okay. Do you still want it? No. Are you sure? Yes, leave it. Okay, before you go...would you like to sign up for this newsletter? No. Can I go now? I don't want a conversation, I want actions. I don't want to ask to save, I just want to …

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My partner watches YT videos in the background while working, and the nonsense I hear is unreal. People stop to discuss the algorithm, and request audience intervention, persistently. People use code-words for drugs, death, suicide, and anything else they think the algorithm may dislike. Sponsorship ads last minutes, …

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Automation is more than time-saving, it lets you do and create what you otherwise never would. I publish these little articles with as much automation as you can imagine. If I did this manually, the steps would be: Add a publication date for the future to evenly space articles (I write loads, then stop for ages) …

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I don't know how long until people cannot use pens, but it seems their days are numbered. Whatever time it might take, certain stages seem inevitable. Those currently in the government seem unlikely to change the education system to remove pens. I find it more likely that a group who broadly haven't used a pen more …

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I'm fast learning not to listen to experts when learning. I say I'm starting my second Python project. I'm trying to work a nested dictionary. You should use classes No, I really shouldn't. I haven't even become comfortable with nested dictionaries. It reminds me of people asking which Linux distro to install, and …

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Tumblr will soon attempt to join the Fediverse, and I'm going to argue that this is - overall - a good thing. Methodology I'm going to assume a consequentialist outlook, because I'm a consequentialist, and because other schools of ethical thought have no ability to do anything but argue over methodology. I also want to …

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