if you're wondering, the answer is "probably not on purpose"

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I love the post-apocalyptic elements

What is the actual history behind modern tripwires? Didn’t Reagan just ignore the attack on Marines in Beirut? That was a popular decision. Nobody seems too worried about the Marines killed in Kabul.

I’m glad to hear there’s a market for high quality work!

“Deus Vult” did not fall off the map, only to reappear in 2012 curtesy of Paradox Games. The wars of the 2000s renewed interest in the Crusades, which brought many things out of the archives. Including the phrase Deus Vult.

Have you read any of Orwell’s travel writings? He comes across as an English Jack Kerouac.

Just read Thucydides, and you see how hard that is.

I’m American and have received excellent healthcare. That’s true working at a high end tech firm, and it’s true when I’m broke and on public assistance.

Americans don’t want to rock the boat too much, because we have a lot to lose. We do get really good healthcare.

Trump himself may have been a migrant - have we cleared up whether he was granted UK citizenship?

There were two Chinese war novels published at the same time: Ghost Fleet and 2034. Both pretty good.

This is what the lru_cache decorator uses! Helpful!

“Occultation” and is a a more literal antonym for “revelation.”

Had to think about that timestamp.

And I suppose while we're at it, Latin makes the same warrior/soldier distinction as English does. Roman soldiers are milites ('soldiers,' etymologically 'men in units') but never bellatores ('warriors') except in poetry, a word otherwise restricted to mythical heroes, gods and barbarians.

I always think of the locksmith in Dracula. He’s like “Sorry, I can’t just open a house you don’t own”. And John Harker is standing there with stakes hoping to kill Dracula who is sleeping inside. Then Harker shows the locksmith his realtors license, and the locksmith is like , “OK.”