I scratched and clawed my way through. It sure was interesting and varied.
I took heart from a book "Refuse to Choose" by Barbara Sher (2006). Not sure if it's dated by now, but it might encourage generalists who are "serial masters", that is, who master one thing after another; in my case to succeed in various different jobs with a common foundation of computer skills, scripting, *nix and electronics (all self-taught).
I played out that old maxim: A physics degree qualifies you well for every job but physics.
But look at what scripting did for me. I don't recall writing any low level code after learning assembler and C. That layer had sedimented for me while others were still hard at it writing large, complex programs. I just needed to solve a wide variety of problems very quickly,(laundry list withheld) My tools were perl (new at the time), tcl, even hypercard, which let me build interactive apps for non-computer-geek managers rapidly and with nice graphics (XCMDS to the rescue).
So, is this just moving solutions a layer above the previous? How often does this happen?
For my group, all I need is a file drop for the monthly calendar. PDF is fine, as is text.
I noticed that a Thunderbird pdf when read on a mac with preview, will find the dates and offer to add them to a calendar. It didn't have permissions to export other formats (?????) I gave it permissions, but the pdf worked. Text and pdf are good. People were struggling to populate Word calendar templates, a great waste of space and impossible to read on a small screen.
The catch is that the URL should be updateable with the latest pdf as events trickle in. Fixed, so people can bookmark it!
Can this be done?
Expiration of one month is fine, and while a fixed "forever" url is nice, one that's stable for a month is ok. It just needs to be reloadable with new pdf's for the month. I haven't seen this with free file sharing sites
It's just that users are not computer geeks, and the fewer changes they have to deal with, the better.
Author protection is good. Security by obscurity may be ok for users, although unwelcome guests might warrang a password.
> Apple removes apps at the request of repressive governments, busts unions, fights tooth and nail against consumer-protection laws, has to be strong-armed into allowing repairability, and so on.
The morally bankrupt seem to do very well financially.
People and society seem to put a heavy tax on integrity and quality.
Except for a few moments on Sunday morning.
Apple has sold its soul.
Think Different [0]1997
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
While some may see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Whoever is still benefitting (ahem) from the blackmail and money laundering stands to lose control over the blackmailed, including many of the wealthy, world leaders, business people and (ahem) legislators and judges (should they be so connected) as well as vast amounts of money/crypto from money laundering, presumably Putin's life support.
One cannot "move on" from a sex, blackmail and money-laundering enterprise, the largest in recorded history, of which parts may still be operating, and with countless uncompensated victims, both alive and allegedly rubbed out. The first domino to fall (gently) was a mere prince.
> A senior WH official tells me: A White House staffer erroneously made the post.
> Newsom’s office jumped on the admission, posting “WOW! WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP DOESN’T WRITE HIS OWN TWEETS??? AUTOPEN!” and included an A.I. image featuring an autopen writing a social media post in Trump’s name.
There is a bit of a difference between posting a tweet on Trump's account without his knowledge, and signing actual laws and executive orders without his knowledge.
Ron Filipowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social reports [0] that Trump admits he was the one who found the video and asked that it be posted from his Truth Social account. Refuses to apologize.
> Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
> Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn't see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
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