AOC, Croissants, and Minimum Wage

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Brian

A few days ago, AOC tweeted “Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE. Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??” Continue reading →

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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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