I like it but i noticed while reading it that Isaac Asimov has such an optimistic 1950s view, it can be challenging to keep reading with such limited conflict.

i recommend reading 1984 to get a more refined look at the author’s views. A lot of people read animal farm first and think the premise purely amounts to ‘communism bad’ and stop there. Whereas i suspect most people that started with 1984 eventually still read animal farm and come away with a more nuanced take for both.

the scarlet letter. I found it extremely unrelatable, and generally boring. I think The Crucible play by the same author arthur miller* conveys the same overarching principles about religious hypocrisy and herd mentality in a much more interesting way.

I see that you too have heard the prophecy.

I love it!

The schadenfreude, I mean.

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Do public schools not teach keyboarding anymore? I ask because I had a keyboarding classe two-hrs 1day per week in grade school plus a full class one year in 7th grade and then again for a full year in high school, and they were always taught by some of the oldest teachers in the school. -My high-school teacher started his career teaching typewriter typing something like three or four decades prior to teaching me in 2004. It seems strange that new young people aren’t getting that same basic education.

I personally like the idea that Copyright should be on par with design patent law. An initial filing 10-15yrs plus two additional opportunities to renew and extend it for 10 years if the creator can make supplementary creations that were dependent on and based off of the original works. -In the case of novels, that would equate to new sequels or prequels.

It’s certainly been a long drawn-out mess.

I just got insulted & falsely accused of downvoting someone yesterday. I had chose to give them a second downvote to prove that the first one didn’t come from my account. I admit, I have always been curious about the specific sources of votes but If I’m being completely honest, I don’t think actually knowing would leave me better off. I think people already read too much into these votes in the first place and it gives the ego-maniacs too much to obsess over.

I miss real neon. but I like that hydroponic grow-lights now only use as much power as a 60-120watt incandescent bulb. I remember when those big metal hallide & sodium lamp setups were a huge barrier-to-entry for indoor growing.

Yeah, I prefer guided meditations.

…The US with Winston Churchill.

—Actually I don’t know the history surrounding Churchill, I know someone once asked in a r/explainlikeimfive reddit post, but all that I really remember was that he was super-conservative.

Interesting, thanks for the recommendation.

I don’t think 2FA being effective needs to be mutually exclusive with being “fucking annoying” -It is a security measure after all, and the one thing security measures never are is convenient.

I imagine Spinelli joining the army before Gus.

I double checked and wrote up the explanation in a different post but at least according to Wikipedia, you are correct.

The simple explanation is that the classy drug known as “Cocaine” is technically Cocaine Hydrochloride. The previously mentioned reaction removes the Hydrogen and Chlorine ions leaving you with Cocaine without the “Hydrochloride” aka Freebase Cocaine aka Crack.

It’s chemically different

“Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3, common baking soda) is a base used in the preparation of crack, although other weak bases may substitute for it.[7][8] The net reaction when using sodium bicarbonate is Coc-H+Cl− + NaHCO3 → Coc + H2O + CO2 + NaCl With ammonium bicarbonate: Coc-H+Cl− + NH4HCO3 → Coc + NH4Cl + CO2 + H2O With ammonium carbonate: 2(Coc-H+Cl−) + (NH4)2CO3 → 2 Coc + 2 NH4Cl + CO2 + H2O”

You’re removing a Hydrogen and a Chlorine ion respectively. I’m not a chemist but I’d guess that makes the base cocaine molecule more bioavailable. I think the confusion stems from the fact that conventional cocaine is not true-cocaine (it’s Cocaine Hydrochloride) in the sense that crack is. An alternative commonly used name for crack is “freebase cocaine” which would suggests it’s more exact nature.

I approve. It think it should be legalized. I’m not sold on the libertarian view of complete decriminalization though. Capitalism is innately exploitative, and If it’s not regulated to maintain workers’ safety, and rights, then I’d expect working conditions to be just as bad if not worse for the laborers, which I think is a big reason why so many people want to keep it outlawed in the first place.