“As of January 2026, the total U.S. national debt has exceeded $38.5 trillion. This figure represents the total money borrowed by the federal government to cover annual deficits, which is growing rapidly, with a rise of over $2 trillion in 2025 alone.”

I definitely want to tax the hell out of the rich, but we are in a deep hole. A long term systemic change will serve us better (or in addition to) talking all of their money now.

<3 Crow Bros.

I play most MMOs as Auction House PvP.

I wrote a bitmap rotating function in the early 90s and whenever pixels rotated off the top of the screen my BIOS would reset.

I was delighted when we could afford a decent 2d graphics library.

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Being a gang member is legal and freedom of association is, implicitly, part of our 1st Amendment rights.

Either they have an actual crime, evidence, and conviction or it’s all legally irrelevant. I understand that it’s politically relevant, I just want to underscore how little the law matters to these folks.

TRS-80 Model 1, Level 1. 4k RAM, 1.77mhz Z80 CPU Cassette tape for offline storage, but I mostly just typed the program back in.

I agree with him. That’s why I think we should ensure that everyone has some amount of medical coverage.

• MULE
• Might and Magic VI
• Master of Orion
• Civ 1 & 2

Empathy < 0

Firefly, Out of Gas

Not what I would do, but the safest way is to villify then execute small and unpopular minorities (in the minority/majority sense) and then cater to the monolithic block that emerges. Super evil but it works.

Well, bless their hearts!

Not much, what’s UP with you?

Local vcs let’s you decouple saving progress (commit) from publishing your change (push).

This is a huge improvement over exclusive locks (old visual source safe) and shared server (like perforce).

There are many other improvements, but that is the one that had the most impact on my daily workflow.

de nada

Spanish phrase

de na·​da dā-ˈnä-t͟hä

: of nothing : you’re welcome

I sound even more southern than I am because I say “y’all” frequently to avoid gendered pronouns. People, you, and we are often good. I think my favorite is “you folks”.

I’m having trouble figuring out the math for this. My assumptions lead me to divide $30b by 8b people, which is about $4/person. I’m not confident that people can eat on $4 for a year.

What am I getting wrong?

I agree, but this is the worst Haiku I’ve ever read.