Tim Fairbank
@timfairbank.bsky.social
Are you familiar with the concept called "escalation dominance?" You might want to check into that before initiating violence.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.72...
www.jstor.org/stable/10.72...
www.jstor.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Are you familiar with the concept called "escalation dominance?" You might want to check into that before initiating violence.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.72...
www.jstor.org/stable/10.72...
>tell me a single fact about the in-every-way-superior Ganymede.
It was the setting for "Farmer in the Sky",
by Robert A. Heinlein.
I've been sold on it ever since ;)
It was the setting for "Farmer in the Sky",
by Robert A. Heinlein.
I've been sold on it ever since ;)
January 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
>tell me a single fact about the in-every-way-superior Ganymede.
It was the setting for "Farmer in the Sky",
by Robert A. Heinlein.
I've been sold on it ever since ;)
It was the setting for "Farmer in the Sky",
by Robert A. Heinlein.
I've been sold on it ever since ;)
Thank you for replying, rather than just blocking.
I am prepared to dispute each of your accusations,
and dispute them in granular detail.
I am prepared to dispute each of your accusations,
and dispute them in granular detail.
January 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Thank you for replying, rather than just blocking.
I am prepared to dispute each of your accusations,
and dispute them in granular detail.
I am prepared to dispute each of your accusations,
and dispute them in granular detail.
I'm on the other side in this fight.
But I respect your work as a SF author.
So, if I may, please allow me to point out something obvious:
If you all retreat into an angry blue bubble,
you will never win another election.
(Because the key to success in politics is addition, not division.)
But I respect your work as a SF author.
So, if I may, please allow me to point out something obvious:
If you all retreat into an angry blue bubble,
you will never win another election.
(Because the key to success in politics is addition, not division.)
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm on the other side in this fight.
But I respect your work as a SF author.
So, if I may, please allow me to point out something obvious:
If you all retreat into an angry blue bubble,
you will never win another election.
(Because the key to success in politics is addition, not division.)
But I respect your work as a SF author.
So, if I may, please allow me to point out something obvious:
If you all retreat into an angry blue bubble,
you will never win another election.
(Because the key to success in politics is addition, not division.)
Don't worry about it too much.
(We all love Denmark.)
Nice job with managing the immigration problem, BTW.
(We all love Denmark.)
Nice job with managing the immigration problem, BTW.
January 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Don't worry about it too much.
(We all love Denmark.)
Nice job with managing the immigration problem, BTW.
(We all love Denmark.)
Nice job with managing the immigration problem, BTW.
Anne Applebaum appears to have blocked me.
Yea!! I've garnered my first block!
(Now we're getting somewhere.)
Yea!! I've garnered my first block!
(Now we're getting somewhere.)
January 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Anne Applebaum appears to have blocked me.
Yea!! I've garnered my first block!
(Now we're getting somewhere.)
Yea!! I've garnered my first block!
(Now we're getting somewhere.)
Is this really a crisis?
Some government people held some meetings.
Anne got cold standing on a bridge, holding her cellphone.
And then she got an idea for another anti-Trump article.
Some government people held some meetings.
Anne got cold standing on a bridge, holding her cellphone.
And then she got an idea for another anti-Trump article.
January 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Is this really a crisis?
Some government people held some meetings.
Anne got cold standing on a bridge, holding her cellphone.
And then she got an idea for another anti-Trump article.
Some government people held some meetings.
Anne got cold standing on a bridge, holding her cellphone.
And then she got an idea for another anti-Trump article.
>I wouldn't hold my breath.
I take your point ;)
However...effective revolutions are always led by the professionals, and they're the people feeling the pain right now. And that pain will only get worse once they try to rebuild.
I take your point ;)
However...effective revolutions are always led by the professionals, and they're the people feeling the pain right now. And that pain will only get worse once they try to rebuild.
January 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
>I wouldn't hold my breath.
I take your point ;)
However...effective revolutions are always led by the professionals, and they're the people feeling the pain right now. And that pain will only get worse once they try to rebuild.
I take your point ;)
However...effective revolutions are always led by the professionals, and they're the people feeling the pain right now. And that pain will only get worse once they try to rebuild.
Well then, their pain must continue until the lesson is learned.
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Well then, their pain must continue until the lesson is learned.
Do you think it's possible we could flip California?
(I'm starting to wonder.)
(I'm starting to wonder.)
January 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Do you think it's possible we could flip California?
(I'm starting to wonder.)
(I'm starting to wonder.)
Switch to Linux, and retake control of your computer.
December 11, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Switch to Linux, and retake control of your computer.
You would certainly need to go back to Carter, or perhaps Hoover...to find a similar disaster.
December 7, 2024 at 8:34 PM
You would certainly need to go back to Carter, or perhaps Hoover...to find a similar disaster.
The argument for Cinnamon is that memory is no longer in short supply. Both of my main desktop machines have 16GB.
December 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
The argument for Cinnamon is that memory is no longer in short supply. Both of my main desktop machines have 16GB.
He was a test pilot, and he had the Right Stuff.
December 2, 2024 at 5:12 AM
He was a test pilot, and he had the Right Stuff.
Never forget the basic truth about HR:
They're not there to serve the employees,
their function is to protect the organization.
They're not there to serve the employees,
their function is to protect the organization.
November 29, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Never forget the basic truth about HR:
They're not there to serve the employees,
their function is to protect the organization.
They're not there to serve the employees,
their function is to protect the organization.
How long has it been since your last compilation?
November 25, 2024 at 3:33 AM
How long has it been since your last compilation?
So say we all.
(I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition, Version 6)
(I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition, Version 6)
November 20, 2024 at 6:09 AM
So say we all.
(I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition, Version 6)
(I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition, Version 6)
Thank you!
(Inquiring minds want to know.)
(Inquiring minds want to know.)
November 20, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Thank you!
(Inquiring minds want to know.)
(Inquiring minds want to know.)
One might also call it a factory reset ;)
November 18, 2024 at 12:22 AM
One might also call it a factory reset ;)
I take your point...but on the other hand, *somebody* has to test it in the real world.
November 17, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I take your point...but on the other hand, *somebody* has to test it in the real world.