AOC vs. Secretary Ross

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Brian

If you haven’t seen AOC aggressively question Secretary Ross about the 2020 census question about being a citizen, check out one of the on-line videos. I’m trying to figure out if she’s sharp and quick, or just stupid and arrogant. So I looked up the actual law under debate… Continue reading →

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There Should Be No Billionaires – Money vs. Power

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Brian

I read Amanda Marcotte
Let’s look at a few points in that piece.  I’m imagining a conversation with AOC back when she was a learner instead of a prophet… Continue reading →

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Bash && (and ||)

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Brian

I was talking with someone about the && operator in bash. He said it was a way to append two statements onto one line. I tried to explain that it was much more than that and only exhibited that behavior ~sometimes~. Continue reading →

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A Network ID can’t be used as a Host IP

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Brian

Any IP address that identifies a subnetwork (such as 192.168.1.0) cannot be used as a host IP address. For years, I assumed it was some network convention that everybody agreed on. It’s more than that. It’s a physical impossibility. Continue reading →

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United States forces required over there ?

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Brian

So Trump is pulling out of Syria and Afghanistan. Most of the reporting says this is bad because US forces are necessary to stabilize the area. There’s a problem with this.

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