My favorite viewing instrument is a colander
North Americans: check out the partial solar eclipse this Thursday.
Colors may, in time, fade
I agree with what Mr. Stross has learned, and the resulting rules. 1/ Don't die. 2/ Idiots are everywhere: fixing their idiocy is not your problem. 3/ Do not do unto others that which would be repugnant were it done unto you.
Also, I can personally corroborate his observation that pain correlates with age. Apparently irrational government seems slightly more explicable when you consider that most leaders and lawmakers are old, achy-cranky, and probably taking exogenous opioids at least some of the time (because most non-opioid analgesics, used constantly, eventually trash the kidneys and/or liver—violating rule no. 1).
This changes everything
vim: set foldmethod=indent
How did I not know about this wondrous functionality?
Catch a falling star
The problem of tiny (if any) pockets in women's clothes existed before the iPhone 6.
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Why is wireless everything cool except for a hands-free cell phone conversation in which a wire, preferably white, has to go to your ear? Wires are awkward. If only there were a short-range radio standard which could be used with a tiny, convenient earpiece.
To be without structure is not to be without meaning
Although I am only a casual fan, not a Fan—I can appreciate wisdom from the Great Maker. And this piece is an apt metaphor for all of society, whether or not it was intended (I assume it was, because... Great Maker).
