Monthly Archives: Dec 2025

On this day of gunpowder

Apart from the predictable calls for banning fireworks due to noise and pollution, but mostly because some people just like to ban things they don’t like themselves, I want to share a rather condescending description of why gun control isn’t … Continue reading

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Men hating women

Having spent probably too much time online and on social media I am glad that someone like Rob Henderson is able to describe a strange phenomenon I have seen way too much: A lot of men really hate seeing women … Continue reading

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Lessons

Any lesson you refuse to learn will repeat itself until you do. (related)                              

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For that year-end employment review

Craft software that makes people feel something. — I do. Anger is an emotion — Icamtuf                              

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Trump’s lawsuit against BBC

BBC brought it upon themselves but that’s not the same as Trump winning his 2 times 5 billion dollar lawsuit for defamation. In USA it is fortunately rather hard to win defamation lawsuits and especially for politicians. Unlike in Germany … Continue reading

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What ended child labor?

On this (final) day of celebrating Christmas and family in 2025 I’d like to also celebrate that we live in a country where child labor is practically non-existent. And what ended child labor? Wealth. Child labor has been the norm … Continue reading

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On names

Reading Fraser Anderson’s post about names and their meanings, communal and societal: One suspects it must have been an enormous relief to the Scots that neither Guillaume, John, nor poor Alice were Scottish – imagine the genealogical nightmare of tracking … Continue reading

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Tradition

Some call traditions peer pressure from the dead. Others say Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. Merry Christmas. Remember why we are here.                       … Continue reading

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I am not sure hallucinations is the biggest problem with AI today

I think it’s the sycophancy. I don’t need or want a machine to tell me that I am clever, smart, and insightful for asking a question. I want a reply. And I don’t think we as a society need machines … Continue reading

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Trump and Russia and Putin

Despite Russiagate being shown to be fake some people insist that Russia has some sort of control over Trump. And looking at how Trump acts around Russia, especially related to Ukraine, I have to wonder: How can they? Seriously, how … Continue reading

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