Shouldn’t we have treated prisons like we did nursing homes and immediately vaccinate everyone (and with J&J, shouldn’t we vaccinate upon entrance to any kind of detention center)?
I realize the bad history of medical experimentation on prisoners, but they’re dying!
I’m coming to the end of The Legend of Korra and it feels clear to me there’s plenty of interesting stories to be told in the Avatar universe.
The expense and complexity of our nation’s social assistance programs for meager benefits is shameful. A system that cared about the conditions of the poor would be so much simpler and kinder.
Our lack of empathy is frightening.
Elsa made ramen.
Varrick and Zhu Li— very satisfying.
I’ve seen enough. End the filibuster so we can pass proper legislation and not this pained reconciliation crap that just makes our government far more complex and arbitrary.
Some people think that a heuristic must be a fallacy, as though statements that don’t offer direct, primary evidence have no value. These people rarely actually produce direct, primary evidence themselves.
I started to wake up earlier just this morning in an attempt to get back to pre-pandemic patterns, so naturally I can’t fall asleep tonight.
I’m amazed it took this long, but one of my dogs finally dragged my ass right down in this ice. Slammed my back. I’m sure it’ll feel great tomorrow.
I don’t understand anyone who doesn’t like SQL. I could write SQL all day, every day. Small, achievable data puzzles are the best.
If you want to get me on a rant, let’s talk about legislation that causes a need to change software that then fails and leads to people being in jail longer than they should be.
There’s a lot of power in realizing you can do the unexpected because the consequences are imagined.
I keep seeing Republicans say that they can move past Trump and that this is what the party wants. This is a pretty discouraging sign that the GOP remains the party of Trump.
Do not like how Mako treats Asami.
This article is 100% correct on the dust up about Slate Star Codex and is very well done.
I am disappointed, however, that it needs to exist, because frankly, it’s just a lucid description of exactly how everyone not stuck in the SSC orbit would understand the situation.
There’s a very good chance I hate your HR system and your accounting system. I wish this did not make me desperate to rebuild them, but it does.
Hi, my name is Jason. I played too much Mario Bros as a child and now I’m obsessed with your digital shit pipes.
This short piece on behavior in Numbers versus Excel is a brilliant UX case study.
Was Emacs actually the first container?
I have once again, eaten something that @jessgartner recommended many years ago and it is delicious.
Don’t sleep on Charles Restaurant Tikka Masala pizza.
So I know I’m years late to the party, but wow Atlanta is a good.
Friendly reminder that the only useful snow forecast is the Weather Prediction Center’s Probabilistic Winter Precipitation Guidance Map.
It’s unclear to me why “bipartisan compromise” in DC is “Let’s tie this thing that’s good to this other thing that is totally disconnected to that and you will certainly hate!”
Whelp there goes that theory.
I use case_when a fair amount, but I think I’ll be swapping most of that code to *_join in the future. I had no idea how different the performance characteristics are.