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The corollary of “with great power comes great responsibility” is “with no power comes no responsibility” and what we’re discovering is that most of our institutions and leaders fear responsibility more than they want power, and will happily cede the latter to avoid the former

submitted 59 days ago • 36 comments

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

submitted 59 days ago • 391 comments

okay so he genuinely thinks that fentanyl smugglers have to pay tariffs lmfao

submitted 66 days ago • 76 comments

The future is a web of branching paths, and each choice opens up new possibilities as it closes others. This is as true for a civilization as it is for an individual. The more our collective intelligence can inform each choice, the better our chances of finding paths through to a beautiful future.

submitted 68 days ago • 356 comments

No you can't "eyeball" the RCS of an aircraft. Not within an order of magnitude of correctness. I don't care how well you think you can visualize how EM waves interact with a surface.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

me_irl

submitted 79 days ago • 10 comments

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:

submitted 82 days ago • 218 comments

We're gonna talk about something fun, cool, not political tonight. The stuff I wanted to use this account for and have degrees and papers and a career in. We're gonna talk about why steel is a wonder material, probably the material of the future, not just the last century. Yes, there's a graph.

submitted 82 days ago • 17 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 86 days ago • 2304 comments

as far as i'm concerned the entire purpose of the american experiment is to provide chuck schumer with a job that's not too challenging, yet rewarding and fun. and i hate to put it to you like this, but every criticism you post, and every phone call you make to his office, gets in the way of that

submitted 85 days ago • 99 comments

Look I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this but if you’re a liberal and the president is like “We are going to detain and deport this guy for protesting” the correct response is not “Protesting what?”

submitted 88 days ago • 43 comments

OK, this is almost funny

submitted 87 days ago • 224 comments

Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.

submitted 87 days ago • 1085 comments

I voted NO on the Republican Majority's continuing resolution. My statement:

submitted 88 days ago • 16 comments