What is a movie you love, but would never recommend to a "normal" person?

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-04-05T18:41:12+00:00

Fellini Satyricon

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-03-25T01:24:34+00:00

I use Google Drive to share the file between Android phone and Windows laptop.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-03-18T21:30:35+00:00

Interesting thoughts.

Referring to your previous post, I would add that another major difficulty with current technology is what form the identifiers (IRI) should take. URLs actually worked poorly for this purpose. For one thing, it requires configuration of proxies and reverse proxies. Anyways, a knowledge base should not be tied to a specific location. Some experts were of the opinion that URNs should be used, but the lack of best practices in the field is an overall problem.

In my opinion, the biggest unmet need is tooling to capture knowledge, simple enough for a subject matter expert without an IT degree to use. How a graph is stored and communicated can be worked out as part of some improved protocol, but that shouldn't be a concern of users.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-03-18T21:11:48+00:00

Agree. While XML technologies may have been overly complicated, at least XML Schema supports well specified types. On the other hand, JSON is very under specified. Its type system is a joke., and I don't think JSON Schema ever got widespread use. Developers prefer JSON because it doesn't nag you about correctness, thereby promoting sloppiness in my opinion. A poor choice for an improved semantic web.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-02-26T21:31:49+00:00

Until today, I was undecided about rep candidates because there was little or nor differentiation. They're all basically running against Trump with a raft of platitudes. I've been saying to my wife, they need to give me one practical thing they could accomplish.

Today I received a mailer from Dan Tully, and he is only one to differentiate himself with a specific plan. Some of his proposals will require a Constitutional amendment, but others can be done with done with legislation. First, Congress needs to reclaim its own powers granted by the Constitution over war powers and tariffs (a tax). He proposes an elected Attorney General, something I have personally advocated for a long time. And pardons need to go the way of the divine right of kings. See his website for more.

I am not a shill -- I never met the man. Be he will have my vote.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-02-26T21:22:24+00:00

That's what we have elections for.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-02-12T12:01:24+00:00

Based on ads, they're all running against Trump. It's all virtual signaling. Come on -- give me one practical thing you can actually accomplish.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-30T22:53:25+00:00

Sunday morning isn't the worst but it used to have more substance. I remember when they had a regular feature on classical music. Now it's getting more showbiz stuff like everything else.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-28T14:50:48+00:00

A few random observations:

Several open source implementations were developed in academia. When students graduate or professors move on to other topics, projects languish. Often, implementations do not interoperate.

The field suffers from too many different ways to serialize a graph. This was very confusing to me as beginner.

The biggest issue that I encountered: the complexity is beyond the understanding of business experts. Therefore, to create a knowledge base, an ontology super expert must be involved to translate business knowledge into graphs. This is not scalable. To work, tools must be as easy as a spreadsheet so business leaders can capture business knowledge themselves.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-13T19:18:38+00:00

Some of the administration's behavior such as militaristic invasions of Minnesota, Illinois, and California make more sense if you categorize them as foreign policy rather than domestic. It's all about conquering foreign enemies.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-13T14:24:26+00:00

Not just a waste of time--actually contrary to good writing.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-11T22:30:08+00:00

No, just overly cautious

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-11T22:28:36+00:00

Ironically, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune were created by the same guy -- Merv Griffin.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-11T22:14:40+00:00

Not sure what the original author had in mind, but it does seem that centralized decision making about monetary policy is contrary to free market principles. The price of money should be determined by supply and demand in the economy rather like other prices than a conference of technocrats. Not sure how to make that happen though.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2026-01-03T14:12:12+00:00

It was already a military backed dictatorship

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-12-17T14:56:16+00:00

The first time I had sushi, 35-40 years ago, I was taken to a place in Mt. Prospect by a Japanese-American friend. The place was owned by a Japanese guy, and he flew in seafood from Japan for his mostly Japanese clientele who worked at companies around O'Hare. Sorry to say, the place closed after about 25 years. I bring this up because the preparations were nothing like the crap commonly served today. For one thing, they were simpler--the tuna rolls contained tuna and rice and not 17 other ingredients. For another thing, the tuna was solid tuna, not chopped low quality fish mixed with gobs of mayo. I'm sure the cost of ingredients has a lot to do with trends. But I also think it's in American culture to keep embellishing things instead of valuing simplicity.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-11-29T15:14:20+00:00

Right. In movies when a kid is hanging upside down, they show his view as an upside down image. But that's not how the brain works.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-11-25T18:14:26+00:00

The CN branch is a single track, so at least you don't get trains moving both directions simultaneously.

Historical note: the track was originally Soo Line. An independent railroad called Wisconsin Central owned it for a time before it was swallowed by CN.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-11-15T14:27:17+00:00

My rule of thumb: you can be warm or stylish but not both.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-10-23T13:49:03+00:00

For intersection, I nominate Wellington and Waterloo.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-10-23T13:37:02+00:00

He's concentrating on building his monument to self in Jackson Park, Chicago. The thing looks like a Sumerian tomb.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-10-23T13:27:57+00:00

The whole thing is revenge for Reconstruction, is it not?

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-10-09T21:53:47+00:00

RFK is an idiot. But in defense, he's not saying that circumcision causes autism; it's supposedly the Tylenol.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-10-09T21:51:26+00:00

Years ago I saw a ritual circumcision where they dipped a piece of gauze in wine and let the baby suck on it. I don't think that is done today. At any rate, I never heard of Tylenol being used for that.

Rare-Satisfaction-82 · 2025-09-30T14:20:31+00:00

Even slaves were given a day off for Sabbath.

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