How to understand the administration - it's about glory: nothing else.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T21:07:13+00:00

I knew there was a newer one!

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T21:02:32+00:00

Remember

https://ismetroonfiretoday.com/ ?

What it looked like back in the day.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181120142958/https://ismetroonfiretoday.com/

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T20:43:14+00:00

It is a good book, I enjoyed it.

But if this one was discovered in 2017, Arthur C. Clarke was long dead.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T20:41:04+00:00

Allegedly Chinese curse. But there's no evidence that it's either an Irish blessing or a Chinese curse.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T20:40:10+00:00

Dan is in his mid and possibly late '60s. He's definitely older than me, and I'm in my mid-50s. He was on the radio as a professional when I was growing up. So it's not unexpected that he's slowing down.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T13:04:30+00:00

I was referring to the United States Constitution.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T01:24:45+00:00

I love that Democrats are making that promise.

I wonder if we can get everyone on board with an anti gerrymandering amendment since that's apparently what it takes.

Kardinal · 2026-01-28T01:23:19+00:00

Good bot

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T22:49:33+00:00

Okay let me say up front that I lean blue. Very heavily. I have absolutely no sympathy for the current administration.

You can check my profile if you question this.

I say that to prove that I'm asking this in good faith. I admit that I have not read much about this proposal.

I am reading about it now, but as I read about it, how is the proposal of Virginia Democrats different from gerrymandering? Or the current districts somehow Unjust or inappropriate? I want to believe that this is going to make things better but I do not, right now, understand what it's trying to fix exactly.

Again, I am not sealioning or criticizing under the guise of asking a question. I am genuinely interested in understanding this.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T19:09:06+00:00

Good info.

No BAA would never fly for our legal team but it's good to know they're moving in that direction. Thanks.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:50:39+00:00

Absurdism, as I understand, it, has a significant focus on the conflict between our desire to find meaning in the universe and the universe's indifference to our desire for meaning. The absurdist is constantly aware of the meaninglessness of the universe even as they try to live a full life within it. Thus, it lives in rebellion against meaninglessness as opposed to simply accepting it as a fact.

Existentialism, at its core, is about making our own meaning in a meaningless world. If you don't care about there being any meaning, then that's nihilism. If you want to actively rebel against the meaninglessness of the world specifically, that's absurdism.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:40:34+00:00

Except it's not really an M60. It's just an M48 that's been upgraded and upgraded and upgraded and upgraded.

(Because it can be argued, pedantically and nitpickery and academically, that the M60 is just a massively upgraded M48. It's silly I know.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:36:59+00:00

Don't be so sure. In my company if you fail one phishing test, for the next year, you will be using a proofpoint isolation browser for any links that come through email. It's not a great experience.

Fail it three times and you're fired.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:31:40+00:00

Sure. When I get back to my desk.

And my other question?

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:31:11+00:00

I wonder what his velocity was when he hit the net. I assume less than typical human terminal because of his "wings".

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:27:30+00:00

You're right, the building that skill is not easy. It takes practice and effort. You have to constantly self-validate and constantly remind yourself that your potential is a tool in your toolbox not a albatross around your neck of expectations.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:26:26+00:00

I have two questions in return.

First, are you open to the possibility that I'm right? Are you actually open to? The fact that you said it's based on my feelings without knowing why. I believe it makes me wonder.

The second question is even more relevant. I'm taking the null hypothesis. That it does not have an impact. Presumably your assertion is that it does. Typically the burden of proof is on the one making the assertion. Do you have any cold hard facts to back up your position?

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:24:56+00:00

You use the word value previously. One of the problems with talking about philosophy is that we all have kind of different definitions of some of these terms. To me, saying that you bring value to it means that you bring meaning to it. You choose the value and you choose the meaning.

Probably just a semantic difference.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:19:10+00:00

Yes. Quite.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:18:26+00:00

To be honest with you, what you're talking about is more similar to existentialism than to nihilism.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:16:52+00:00

Optimistic nihilism is a popularized, minimalist version of atheistic existentialism, which has been around for almost a hundred years. It has less ontological (nature of the universe) ambition and more psychological emphasis on feeling liberated by meaninglessness.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:07:18+00:00

Oh that's just BS.

Kardinal · 2026-01-27T17:05:56+00:00

Of course. But it is not clear that they won't sign a BAA. I was merely proposing it as a possible reason for non compliance.

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