On the easy levels, Civilization teaches you that it’s okay if you’re a pariah state if you’ve got the biggest military. This sort of tracks with realpolitik, but it’s only a partial match. See, this bugs me. Civilization hooks me with its complexity and infrastructure. I love building a complex system. But it fails meContinue reading “Why Zero-Sum?”
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I’m Still Doing It Wrong
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I Must Be Doing It Wrong
I’ve started this post several times, and still can’t figure out a clear path. I feel frustrated with the situation, and I don’t know enough to be able to make progress. Sometimes, writing a blog post helps me organize my thoughts so that I can see a way forward. So far, no luck. Once more,Continue reading “I Must Be Doing It Wrong”
It Writes Itself
Lotus is making an electric SUV. My mother will probably crack up when (if) she reads that. Ars Technica is kind of excited about it, but man. You know how the Ford Pinto was really well known for exploding when it got rear-ended? So, what if, on the heels of that, Ford was all, “Okay,Continue reading “It Writes Itself”
Mirror, mirror
Today I wrote a simple command line utility to mirror the dependencies for a swift project. And it works! That’s pretty neat, in and of itself. Then, because I could, I built a Docker image that has my utility installed, so I can use that image as the base for all my containerized application development.Continue reading “Mirror, mirror”
Offline Swift – A Hint
I asked about mirroring and caching dependencies, over on the Swift forums, and I got an answer that I think might be helpful. It turns out that not too long ago, swift package manager added support for mirroring dependencies. It does this on a per-project basis, rather than being a global setting, which I canContinue reading “Offline Swift – A Hint”
Maybe…Don’t?
Today’s newspapers offer a feast of anxiety. A quick overview: Russia/Ukraine war – many, many countries are proposing to stop purchasing petroleum exports from Russia. The US is proposing to start buying oil from Venezuela to replace the Russian oil they’d been buying, to try to avoid an energy price shock. The bits of tiresContinue reading “Maybe…Don’t?”
Characteristic: Overkill
So, we’re refugees. Also, I’ve been thinking about store-and-forward, intermittently-connected networks for a good long while. Looking at where life is going and how we plan to navigate it, I’m only going to be more intermittently-connected, with longer periods of isolation, not less/shorter. So, I want to start solving problems now, before I’m cut offContinue reading “Characteristic: Overkill”
So, It’s A List
Get a new storage unit Dispose of old CPAP backup batteries and cleaners Obtain filters for new CPAPs Schedule flooring replacement for new dwelling Put like 80% of what’s in the current rental into storage Continue living like a refugee Scream into the void
Really? You Have Opinions?
“I see that you are wearing a garment decorated with shapes that are obviously linked to a widely-appreciated cultural artifact. I assume, therefore, that you would like to have a conversation about that with me, a stranger on the street, rather than go about your business in the shops, one of which I just witnessedContinue reading “Really? You Have Opinions?”