So, the FBI wants ICE (and presumably other federal masked marauders as well) to identify themselves properly so we can tell them apart from the criminals. Yeah; that’s not gonna work. I mean, sure, part of the problem is that…
Archive: /dev/null/nethack Tournament 2001
These early tournaments had a simple structure; by the time I stopped hosting it, the scoreboard was absurdly complicated. An old post of mine from Kuro5hin.Org, dated “Wed Oct 31st, 2001 at 06:31:11 PM EST”. Tonight (Halloween) at midnight Pacific…
The Overton Window: It’s Not A “Both Sides” Problem
Yesterday, I proposed the concept of the “Asshole window” as a way of thinking about how society can collapse just from having too many assholes around. I was in a mood. But that idea is inspired by an actual concept…
The Asshole Window: A New Theory Of Societal Collapse
I tell my kids that the most amazing thing about the world we live in is that this ramshackle system works at all. Much less that it works well enough to support 8 billion people. It really shouldn’t. It probably…
Bad Dates: First-Draft Of A Timeline For The Coup
If you disagree with the conclusion that the United States government has already fallen to a coup, then you might want to skip today’s post. It probably wouldn’t be good for your blood pressure. Now that they’re gone let’s just…