bonfire of the vanities, redux

it’s cache-invalidation in different clothes, it will always be a pain in the tucus

the winners of the railroad boom were the buyers of distressed assets, not the dreamers that built them

email was dying, really dying, we were so close to liberating ourselves

and now we’re stuck because the clankers need someone to talk to

just wait — they are about to assign the clankers phone numbers, and give them the employee phone list…

i mean, i think they already did give the clankers phone numbers, check out the youtube vid by Steve Mould where he's called by an AI and he realises it and asks for a recipe of bolognese. it's hilarious

clinging to microsoft in 2026 is wild

new signature-forging tool just dropped, suite !

I hereby declare I''ll be unfit for school next Friday due to an illness.

Signed, Mom

I HEREBY DECLARE I' LL BE UNFIT FOR SCHOOL NE XT FRIDAY DUE TO AN ILLnESS .

S I G N E D , M O M

a voice of reason cries out in the howling maelstrom

my family came from Nova Scotia a century ago and I could go back now, it’s gorgeous up there

but running isn’t gonna fix the problem. for better or worse, I’m staying in hopes of helping the kids fix things, and share their hardships until we do. It’s the only way.

Canada is physically safer for certain classes of humans as of this comment. That may change depending on if Canada is faced with defending against a physical/military attack by the US, but as of today, the risk assessment and threat model is somewhat clear.

As an American, you can even vote from another country if necessary. No need to remain on US soil to live a good life or to contribute to change from a far. Staying isn't going to fix the problem either if the electorate continues to vote poorly, which you as an individual have no control over. Optimize for your quality of life for the subject time horizon.

> but running isn’t gonna fix the problem. for better or worse, I’m staying in hopes of helping the kids fix things, and share their hardships until we do. It’s the only way.

interesting point. would you say the same to people fleeing from other countries to the US ?

where are they running from? Canada is right above the US, and is heavily tied to the US in terms of language, culture, and economy. You can't ignore the US in Canada, you're just not directly fucked by the USG.

But if you're fleeing Armenia-Azeri conflicts... you can avoid most of that in Canada.

off grid desert rat

lol you worry about ‘cheating’ only because you play games with prospective workers.

your best local candidates are not applying because they won’t indulge it tbh

your error is not tactical, it’s strategic, you have lost the plot