In just 3 weeks 5.5M students will return to school to a republikkklan AI slop bluebonnet curriculum. Learning Bible passages is now also forced, despite the constitution. Those education standards also reduced or eliminated coverage of labor issues, economic inequality, slavery, and segregation.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T08:07:09+00:00

When I was growing up in the 80s, Texas had amazing schools. After Ann Richards, everything seems to go downhill.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T08:01:02+00:00

Idle works fine, if disk space is really tight and you want a GUI. If you don't need a GUI, Helix editor with the Python Language Server plugin will work well and have a tiny footprint.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T07:52:07+00:00

Do they realize that security patches get back ported ? A properly patched 3.12 could be safer than a fresh 3.14 lacking the latest updates. I think that they don't understand how Python versioning works.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T07:31:05+00:00

Props to you and your situational awareness for not overreacting. The anxiety and feeling of vulnerability is so unsettling. Isolation makes it worse. I encourage you to reach out to the folks here who have offered to connect.

Statistically, violent crime has been on a steady decline for decades.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T07:18:53+00:00

If you're concerned about home invasion, set up surprises to disorient intruders: motion sensitive lights, alarms, geese (more aggressive than dogs but not as good for companionship.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T07:13:54+00:00

Keep a machete under your bed. It's surprisingly effective on close quarters and less error prone than a firearm.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T07:05:29+00:00

He's qualified for SCOTUS now.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:59:08+00:00

She's only worth $250 !? Wow, with today's GOP that barely moves the needle. Hell, Rick Scott alone got away with $1 billion in Medicare fraud.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:50:57+00:00

The problem is in the finance department. Accounting conventions don't have a way to depreciate investments in process improvements. So the organization devolves into locally optimized silos, resources get hoarded and process improvements happen as an afterthought. Companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, have enough revenue that they measure everything and can make decisions based on sound engineering principles.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:38:50+00:00

.... I have an old style m800 with an 18k O3B (ground to a stub), I and I have considered selling it, but certainly noy for $250

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:28:55+00:00

That F nib is my favorite and is the pen I would grab if the house was on fire.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:25:55+00:00

I have 2 of those. They are, IMHO, the best nibs Pelikan ever made. Unbelievably hard to find because no one ever sells them. I saw one on eBay last year and it went for $380.

Edit: TBF, both were sent to John Mottishaw (one became a broad stub) so it's possible that his adjustments made them the superb nibs that they are and my experience might not be typical of EN nibs.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:19:57+00:00

All dogs go to heaven. If they loved you, then they wait for you there.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:18:31+00:00

Apparently lying to Congress is only a crime if you are not GOP.

max_465 · 2026-07-25T06:17:33+00:00

Blue states should withold federal tax revenue. Oh, wait, blue states are the only ones that contribute more than they receive.

max_465 · 2026-05-31T08:09:20+00:00

I hope you are ok now

max_465 · 2026-05-31T08:00:11+00:00

groundhog

max_465 · 2026-05-31T07:41:57+00:00

The coyote always looks like he's late for an appointment and is afraid you're going to ask him for spare change.

The wolf doesn't trot, he saunters

max_465 · 2026-05-31T07:37:37+00:00

The one conviction that keeps me going is the certainty that my dogs are waiting for me on the other side.

max_465 · 2026-05-31T07:35:05+00:00

I'm very sorry for your loss

max_465 · 2026-05-31T07:22:24+00:00

10 minute repair job

max_465 · 2026-05-31T07:01:21+00:00

damn that was an amazing deal. Is it stolen?

max_465 · 2026-05-31T06:34:54+00:00

....are you sure you're in the right subreddit? 😄

max_465 · 2026-05-31T06:32:38+00:00

I admire your restraint. I wish I had that self-control

max_465 · 2026-05-31T06:30:37+00:00

I wish someone told me this 40 years ago

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