(silly) (personal)
I know that dryers eat socks. Everyone knows that problem.
But it seems to me that luggage has started eating my 7 Jeans.
Socks are a couple of bucks. But jeans are two hundred.
I’d blame it on the TSA just for fun.
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-26 05:03:00 UTC
OPEN LETTER TO PROGRESSIVES
(satire)
An open letter from Anarcho Capitalists to Progressives
Hi.
You know, we like people who disagree with us. It’s really fun to debate. We are nerds after all. We love this stuff.
But, you know how you feel when Orthodox conservatives tell you something unscientifically, absolutely ridiculous? With a straight face? I mean, you can’t really hold an debate when science, reason, logic and fact go out the window. Just isn’t possible.
Well, we feel the same way when you Orthodox Totalitarian Humanists say something economically ridiculous. And, if you’re talking, it’s pretty much economically ridiculous. Really. We love you and all. But. I mean. BOTH of you are ridiculous. You orthodox progressives, AND the orthodox conservatives.
Now, a lot of libertarians are just as idealistic as you are. We have libertarians that think the world will someday wake up and agree with them; just like you think the world will agree with you, if ‘they only understood’. If they only “could see the light”.
But, you know, most of us libertarians actually understand that none of us are going to change our moral preferences. I mean, that’s what science and evidence tell us.
And so, given that none of us will change, we have this crazy idea that you can have your totalitarian government, and we can have our libertarian government, and if we do that, then we can get along just fine.
We just wonder one thing: why won’t you let us live like we want to, if we are willing to let you live like you want to?
It’s an honest question. Although, we kinda’ suspect we won’t get an honest answer. (Sorry, but we’re honest about this stuff.)
And we also suspect that we’re the ones holding the moral high ground. ‘Cause we don’t want to conquer you. But unless you let us live our lives the way we want to, then you just want to conquer us.
And we don’t think that’s moral, right, good, or nice.
Cheers.
Nerdy Anarcho Capitalist Libertarians Everywhere.
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-25 15:31:00 UTC
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS I’VE HAD A THOUSAND TIMES
(funny) (software development)
Employee: Can we have coffee?
Curt: Sure. I love coffee. 🙂
… … …
Employee: So, how come you keep adding features? We’ll never get done!
Curt: You’re confused. It’s not that I add features. The feature list has been on the wall for a six months. It’s constant except for very minor changes.
Employee: (curious expression)
Curt: It’s just that I parcel them out one or two at a time. Lots of states of ‘done’ that way. And I can kill something early or try something else. It also stops ‘grand plans’ that take forever to implement.
Employee: (awareness)
Curt: The only feature I know that I added is the one you told me to. (teams) The only feature I postponed is the one you told me to (team estimating). In fact, I’m pretty sure you’ve added more features than I have. (various amazingly brilliant UI ideas.)
(discussion)
Curt: I have my own bias: Get to feature complete, then harden the app by refactoring it. But until you’re feature complete it’s all R&D, and the return isn’t there if you’re doing much more than getting to feature complete. Once you’re feature complete, it isn’t a matter of whether you’ll succeed or not. It’s just the cost of error reduction and user experience improvement until you decide to release.
COMMENT
Everyone has their own little bias. Mine is money. I want to know money is well spent at all times.
If I produced this software in the states it would probably take a little longer. But it would cost me something under ten times as much. And that’s money that I don’t have to borrow, get from investors. But it’s also my money. And I’m very careful with my money. 🙂
Get to feature complete. Prove the theory. If it works at feature complete, then the theory is pretty close. If it goes to market and sells, then the theory is confirmed. It can still be falsified. But at present, the theory tested true.
But there isn’t a lot of POINT in investing in a theory, and that’s what an application *IS*, until you’ve tested that theory.
Its just scientific after all..
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-25 10:11:00 UTC
THE CAPABILITY CURVE – HUMOROUS VERSION
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-22 06:54:00 UTC
Dear God.
Thank you for smart women.
Well. To be honest. Thank you for women – in general.
I mean. They are the most wonderful thing you ever made.
Better than beer. Better than chocolate. Better than puppies even.
But thanks for the smart ones in particular.
It’s like finding special surprise-colored m&m’s just for me.
🙂
(love you V) 🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-21 05:03:00 UTC
(silly)(sentimental)
I try not to get into the humor business. And I’m hoping to cut down to just more serious articles when I can. But this satirical criticism of ‘without government who will build the roads?!’ is too priceless to pass up. 🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-17 06:11:00 UTC
LIBERTARIAN HELP DESK.
“Random hours. No promises. Questionable results.”
Idea via Drew Keenan and Roman Skaskiw. I am not sure why I find that so funny. Perhaps I need a drink. (Or smoke.) There is a whole building full of crazy women next door in questionable clothing and proffering alcohol. Veronika has gone out with the girls to a Disco. And for some reason the idea of playing libertarian help desk at this particular moment, in this state of ‘punchy’ sounds very funny. Possibly because it is absurdly nerdy given the many options available on a saturday night in Kiev.
That said. I think I might, out of some code of man-honor, choose the alcohol and rock music over staffing the desk tonight. 🙂 Even if there was a desk. … 😉 And even if anyone cared. lol
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-12 17:58:00 UTC
MOTORCYCLE. BACKPACK. IPHONE. MAC. MONEY. FAIR WEATHER.
(fantasy humor)
That’s all it takes really. I mean, if exploration is your stimulation, possessions are an anchor, that means you need only more possessions. Not that I’m against consumption. Just the opposite.
A female friend mentioned that men are expensive. But we’re not. It’s mating signals that are expensive. If you don’t try to catch a mate with peacock feathers of assets, then life is actually amazingly inexpensive. Especially if you make over six figures. I mean. You pretty much can’t spend it on yourself. What does a man need besides a truck, sports car, or motorcycle, fully serviced (housekeeping and cooking) studio apartment, big tv, internet and cable, an amateur sports team, thirty friends and a fat bank account really? I mean does it get better than college, ever? 😉
Facetious really. Family rocks.
But it’s the family that’s expensive, not the man. 🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 08:34:00 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHgxCm_nWJYMUTLEY LAUGH
Yes. I do get it. Ok? It’s just asthma. OK? lol
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-08 18:11:00 UTC
(local saying)
“Man must be only little better looking than gorilla.”
Well, in this culture, it’s pretty hard to keep up with the women.
🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-10-08 03:38:00 UTC