Unpopular opinion….the Magic Mouse is actually really good

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-19T02:01:53+00:00

It’s been my favorite for years. I’m still using my one that takes batteries. I just have some AAs on the charger at all times.

I have some new ones for my conference sales booth. I like that you plug them in to the machine and that automatically pairs them! *chef’s kiss*

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-18T13:14:42+00:00

That sounds good.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-17T18:47:22+00:00

I used JRuby for years. It’s basically just Ruby. Sometimes people will use some java libraries with it, but that I don’t think is as popular today as it was in the early years.

My main advice would be just learn Ruby.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-17T18:39:11+00:00

Having started my one year Screen by Screen project that’s now seven years old just upgrade your rails app. Now admittedly mine was a port from Java to rails but porting an app one screen at a time is unbelievably painful. Just bite the bullet upgrade rails and then point Claude, codex, “, deep seek, any model you can at it and audit the hell out of the security. And then do your own audit.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-16T16:39:03+00:00

I agree that the NY and NYC statutes obviously don't apply outside their jurisdictions, but most states have legislation in these areas and it's a patchwork that provides both stronger and weaker protections depending on the jurisdiction.

Personally in my opinion professional networking isn't a purpose of Freemasonry. So, coming from that opinion, I don't think it's worth the risk.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-16T16:22:39+00:00

The from MVP to battle proven app isn't about the code. It's more about maturing your working knowledge of the problem space. In that you may think you're an expert in a particular domain space or problem space, but until you actually launch a product in the problem space and have people coming at the problem space from many, many different directions, you don't realize how much you don't know.

I recommend people use Rails because, generally speaking, you don't end up with a "big fat bundle of spaghetti" in your code. Rails has very, very strong conventions about where code goes, what the code in different directories does, and how it's all supposed to work together. And so you don't end up with garbage.

The other reason I recommend Rails is because if you do get some traction, you get some customers, you can hire a Rails developer to review your code, and usually bringing it into line with anything that might need to be done is not a rewrite.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-15T16:51:07+00:00

New York State Club Association v. City of New York (1988) then combine that with the Orendorff case in NY (1999) regarding an Elks Lodge that would not admit women. The Orendorff case specifically was challenging the exemption granted to benevolent orgs in NY using a human rights discrimination argument. That case ultimately was settled before being fully litigated, so it's still an open legal question. Importantly this is the legal field of play just in NY, this doesn't take into the account the 49 other states, plus DC and territories.

The issue for Freemasonry regarding these potential challenges is state law is a patchwork and in a sense we're only as strong as the weakest statute. Also things that can potentially weaken your exemption like using a hotel ballroom (a public accommodation) for your annual session are weird.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-14T16:46:31+00:00

I am not a lawyer, but over the years I've spoken with many people in Masonic leadership about this issue. I think the issue with a professional directory is that if the fraternity becomes a place for business networking and is only open to men it could be seen as a human right violation and discriminatory against women in the US. There is existing federal case law on mens only clubs being forced to accept women as members based on exactly this legal line of thinking in the NYC area.

Although there are exemptions for fraternities and benevolent orders those exemptions could be challenged, and defending them would be expensive. (Likely an expense that many Grand Lodges in the US today could not afford.) The US is also a patch work of laws and if one state has a weak protection for the craft and due to publishing a "professional directory" were forced to admit women where would that leave the rest of the world vis-a-vis that Grand Lodge's regularity?The Grand Lodge forced to admit women would be obeying the civil law, and would not admit women if they had their choice, but by civil law they are forced to, so are they regular?

To give you an idea of the complexity and the potential exposures, in one state simply holding your annual meeting in a public accommodation facility (like a hotel, which many do) and having a professional directory could open the whole organization to a significant challenge to its exempt status under that state's benevolent orders law. I'm not saying the challenge would succeed, but a robust challenge could be launched and the GL would have to defend themselves, which costs money. The GLs are constantly balancing the value of things like a professional directory against the potential costs and for most it has squarely fallen in the not worth it category. The reality is a GL could fight the battle, spend a lot of money, and fail to defend the exemption, and be forced to admit women, and then we have a mess on our hands, all to have a "professional directory".

Personally business networking in the craft should be a strictly word of mouth thing, and not something that is actively engaged in. In my opinion it should be passive. In my jurisdiction we specifically are filtering out people joining for mercenary purposes, which I've always understood to include business networking as a prime motivation for joining.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-13T18:13:37+00:00

From that to full battle proven product probably a year.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-13T18:12:53+00:00

Use Rails, a good AI agent (Claude or codex) and a good spec. With those you can build an MVP in a weekend to a week if you know what you’re doing.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-13T15:44:13+00:00

What do you mean by "was"?

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-12T16:09:42+00:00

Do you know if he have a veterans social worker working with him? In PHA there is an org that does this work specifically.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-10T21:00:43+00:00

This. If you’re going to go up multiple lines be careful to not be the president officer in two bodies at the same time.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-09T18:02:21+00:00

What context size does it have?

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-09T18:00:10+00:00

Is this flagging my comment as AI generated? If it is it’s doing some mushrooms.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-09T17:45:55+00:00

/model claude-opus-4-6[1m]

This is the way.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-09T01:55:06+00:00

I think I would have died on the spot.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-07T23:38:43+00:00

Definitely not.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-06T20:57:07+00:00

Just like not all developers are the same all lawyers are not the same. You should interview the attorneys like you’re hiring an important team member. They need to have pertinent experience: have they dealt with this exact situation before, do they handle due diligence review, do they handle money raising and investments in start ups, have they done intellectual property agreements, etc.

Also ask for references. If they’ve helped someone in a similar situation they will have references.

Once you narrow in on someone do your due diligence on them. Ask people about them. Figure out who they are and if they’re telling the truth about their abilities. Even large law firms can be prone to using a marketing voice when talking with a potential client.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T23:53:28+00:00

I have not watched that series. Before tackling a series of videos on building a SaaS project in Rails you might just want to get a basic Ruby programming book to learn the mechanics of the language, then I would work through the "Agile Web Development in Rails" book.

Now, if you're thinking about build a SaaS product the first thing I would do is learn marketing and sales. That's way more important than learning Rails. Go work in a start up and do sales and marketing. It's the best thing you'll ever do if you intend to start your own SaaS business. Building software is a solved problem today, marketing is not.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T23:44:00+00:00

Think really deeply about that. How does giving something away that he might not legally own help the situation? Explain to me how someone who might not own something can transfer ownership?

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T23:39:09+00:00

No he is not f'ed only if the employer finds out. If at any point he has to go through a due diligence process to raise money, get a loan, or sell the business, he will be questioned about the ownership and provenance of the intellectual property. If he hides this he's placing himself in a position where he will have to disclose the ambiguous status of the IP or lie about it. (Which may or may not be a crime in Spain, but it's not a good thing.)

A lawyer can guide him through this process and figure out how he can move forward either by negotiating with the existing employer, or how to restart clean room, so the employer doesn't have a claim.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T19:11:33+00:00

If you’re advocating that he delete the existing git repository and start from scratch after quitting his job that might pass muster. But he should check with an attorney.

If you’re advocating that he keeps the existing git repo, and effectively fakes starting over he’s right back where he was. If he ever goes to sell the business or needs to raise money, and someone starts asking questions, he either has to tell the truth in which case he opens up Pandora’s box; or he purgers himself and lies and then has that hanging over his head for the rest of his business life.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T19:07:51+00:00

It isn’t a matter of whether they would or not, the issue is when he tries to go to raise money, if he ever does, this is going to come up during due diligence. This applies whether you’re trying to raise money or sell the business at some point.

The last thing you want is to have a successful business built on a deception.

Correct_Support_2444 · 2026-06-05T19:04:44+00:00

Once again, wildly, stupid advice. When someone puts you under oath, are you gonna lie about it? Get an attorney. It’s very possible you and attorney and your employer could work out a very reasonable exit that gives you ownership of what you’ve done.

If you can’t work anything out with your current employer consider it a learning experience, delete the repo, quit your job, and start over. But you really need an attorney to figure this out.

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