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I write short stories. On paper. With a pen.
One of the obvious questions one would have come to mind when seeing me work is “Why use pen and paper?” In an era of computers and sophisticated writing software, isn’t the pen obsolete? Not even close.
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This is yet another unfinished piece. I’ve been thinking of some of these ideas on and off for some years, and some of it may make it into the fiction I’m writing.
If I had not a regular time machine, but some magical one, would I do with it?
I say magical because I imagine completing fairly vague and complex goals not achievable as myself simply going back and performing whatever action.
What could I accomplish? What would I do?
I probably had more in mind for this article, but as it sat around for a very long time, I’m kicking it out the door.
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People have a habit of agreeing a point with “sounds right”.
That’s an extremely credulous attitude.
This is yet another article that sat around as a draft for far too long. I’m pushing it out, it seems alright to me.
The problem with big guys picking on little guys is that the little ones play by different rules.
When reacting, the little guy has no choice but to go straight to asymmetric warfare. In the case of anti-culture corporate actions, by far the most effective tool has been the Streisand effect.
So when an individual’s specific action is threatened, that action is given over to the swarm. The threat turns the snake into a hydra.
Chinese >
Written Chinese is ancient barbarism.
I’m going to rant on some of the problems it has, with occasional glib solutions.
I understand that using pinyin was considered and declined back in the 40s. I still think using roman characters is probably the best solution, but let’s play with the restriction of using most of the existing characters.
Just some randomness on informed consent.
I’d give some sort of summary here if that were reasonable to do.
YouTube >
Back in the day, I had been subscribed to so many YouTube channels that they didn’t have the functionality to show me all of the new videos.
I’m also seriously annoyed with having videos and channels “go missing” because of takedowns, bannings and closures. YouTube doesn’t even give you the author or name of a video when it’s removed.
The solution was to locally cache at least the basics of the information. If I had my way, all of the videos would be downloaded too, but that’s too extreme even for me. I also think my ISP would have a fit.
Getting this information can be done via RSS.. at least while YouTube still supports such a thing. My last experiences with RSS and YouTube are found in rss2email, and a rant on usability-apathy.
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Upholding laws must not be about attacking the tools and methods used to break laws, but instead used to punish actual criminal acts.
The entertainment industry has been flailing about, attacking a huge number of targets. It’s gotten to the point that law enforcement branches have been created and international treaties signed. People have been extradited .. to be charged for something that’s not illegal in their country.
There are some serious issues with crafting laws which go after methods, because those same laws can be abused in other circumstances, for other methods.
