Christopher Hardage
@cmhardage.bsky.social
Software engineer/architect running on the hamster wheel of work in healthcare IT. Avid reader of speculative fiction, some time computer gamer, and inveterate technology tinkerer. Former "conservative/libertarian" turned progressive by age and faith.
Thank you for choosing “author” instead of “chef” on career day…
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thank you for choosing “author” instead of “chef” on career day…
I’ve read Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune each several times. I always get stuck at God Emperor of Dune. Not sure why…
Choosing a single most thought provoking element is challenging. It changes with every book and every reading.
Choosing a single most thought provoking element is challenging. It changes with every book and every reading.
October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’ve read Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune each several times. I always get stuck at God Emperor of Dune. Not sure why…
Choosing a single most thought provoking element is challenging. It changes with every book and every reading.
Choosing a single most thought provoking element is challenging. It changes with every book and every reading.
I quite enjoyed the theological science fiction video. It was thought provoking and added a couple of books to my “to read” list. Thank you for doing it!
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I quite enjoyed the theological science fiction video. It was thought provoking and added a couple of books to my “to read” list. Thank you for doing it!
TLDR; Trump isn’t a real fascist because he is too incompetent and uncoordinated in his approach to be considered a real fascist when compared to Hitler and Mussolini.
Yay, pedantry.
Yay, pedantry.
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
TLDR; Trump isn’t a real fascist because he is too incompetent and uncoordinated in his approach to be considered a real fascist when compared to Hitler and Mussolini.
Yay, pedantry.
Yay, pedantry.
Thank you for stating it so succinctly.
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thank you for stating it so succinctly.
Gerardus Mercator was Flemish. The map he developed was extremely helpful for sailors of all European nations since it represents courses of constant bearing as straight lines.
I do agree that the fact that we still use it is ridiculous and plays to European and US biases.
I do agree that the fact that we still use it is ridiculous and plays to European and US biases.
September 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Gerardus Mercator was Flemish. The map he developed was extremely helpful for sailors of all European nations since it represents courses of constant bearing as straight lines.
I do agree that the fact that we still use it is ridiculous and plays to European and US biases.
I do agree that the fact that we still use it is ridiculous and plays to European and US biases.
Fair points. Thank you for elaborating.
August 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Fair points. Thank you for elaborating.
Interesting. Help me understand how you would characterize someone who believes that racism is abhorrent and acknowledges that the history of the United States is rife with examples of it? Do you place yourself in the same category? I ask because I’m curious and want to learn more.
August 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interesting. Help me understand how you would characterize someone who believes that racism is abhorrent and acknowledges that the history of the United States is rife with examples of it? Do you place yourself in the same category? I ask because I’m curious and want to learn more.
I suspect your liberal friends would acknowledge your point, as do I. I think it is more about the values they hold and believe the country should aspire to as well. The fact that there are those of us who do hold those values is a cause for some measure of hope.
August 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I suspect your liberal friends would acknowledge your point, as do I. I think it is more about the values they hold and believe the country should aspire to as well. The fact that there are those of us who do hold those values is a cause for some measure of hope.
Amen on the indifference to running…
August 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Amen on the indifference to running…
It is called a Large Language Model for a reason. The focus is the ingestion of and generation of language content. The fact that it doesn’t do math well is as surprising as the fact that hammers aren’t good at driving screws.
MS putting it into Excel is idiocy any way you slice it.
MS putting it into Excel is idiocy any way you slice it.
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is called a Large Language Model for a reason. The focus is the ingestion of and generation of language content. The fact that it doesn’t do math well is as surprising as the fact that hammers aren’t good at driving screws.
MS putting it into Excel is idiocy any way you slice it.
MS putting it into Excel is idiocy any way you slice it.
Are they banishing all politicians and lobbyists from the city?
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Are they banishing all politicians and lobbyists from the city?
I didn’t realize the government tracked the incomes of psychics…
August 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I didn’t realize the government tracked the incomes of psychics…
What could possibly go wrong? 🤦♂️
July 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What could possibly go wrong? 🤦♂️
Thank you to @bethmariem.bsky.social for your continued excellent coverage.
July 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Thank you to @bethmariem.bsky.social for your continued excellent coverage.
Apparently he’s had a visitation from beyond by the ghost of Joseph McCarthy.
June 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Apparently he’s had a visitation from beyond by the ghost of Joseph McCarthy.
I’m not saying it’s Silurians, but… It’s Silurians.
Sorry, just couldn’t resist. 😂
Sorry, just couldn’t resist. 😂
June 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’m not saying it’s Silurians, but… It’s Silurians.
Sorry, just couldn’t resist. 😂
Sorry, just couldn’t resist. 😂
He didn’t hire them to have and give opinions. Competence wasn’t high on the list of qualifications. Propensity to do what he tells them was the key qualification.
June 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
He didn’t hire them to have and give opinions. Competence wasn’t high on the list of qualifications. Propensity to do what he tells them was the key qualification.
Letting China eat our lunch seems to be a theme for this administration. Our foreign policy disengagement and trade policy leaves room for China, and others, to step in with aid and trade.
June 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Letting China eat our lunch seems to be a theme for this administration. Our foreign policy disengagement and trade policy leaves room for China, and others, to step in with aid and trade.