back
user profile
ripe
2,061karma·567submissions·January 18, 2021
about
www.robotsinplainenglish.com
recent activity (567 total)
comment
The equal characters are due to poor handling of quoted-printable in email. The author of gnus, Lars Ingebrigtsen, wrote a blog post explaining this. His post was on the HN front page today.
comment
Congress could end this lawlessness in one day, but the Republicans refuse to hold anyone in this administration accountable. I'm afraid we're stuck until we replace enough Congress members.
14 pts
comment
For people like me who might be unfamiliar with the craft of digital cutting of vinyl, felt, and similar materials, here's a good article from the New York Times from a decade ago [1]. It summari…
comment
Oh, I see, sorry!
comment
Sure, and no one was more surprised than Obama, but he was self-aware in his graceful acceptance. You should read his speech [1] In the context of Nobel's history of controversial awards, your co…
comment
> He got the prize before he did much mongering though. He and Nixon did plenty of mongering already in 1971, when they firmly backed and tried to cover up Pakistan's military atrocities in wh…
comment
No, Kissinger was far, far worse than any other recipient of the peace prize. Quote from Gary Bass, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University and author of "The Bloo…
comment
Thanks for the information about Tim Bryce and the relationship with Adams's obsessions. Regarding your assertion: > as AI becomes a critical component of software development, business thinki…
comment
Wonderful article and illustrations! I got sucked in by the successive disclosures of "but this is a problem, so we do that to solve it." Bravo!
comment
It was naked looting. Not just in India by individuals working for the company, but as official acts of the East India Company itself back home in England. A quote: "In 1767 the company bought of…
comment
What does "readability" mean? It's mentioned in several of these jokes: "binary readability", etc.