cwood

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[–] cwood@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So pretty much like playing Hexen 2 on a P100 in 1997 huh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II

[–] cwood@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I haven't read the book but the article is definitely in the list.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

Edit: Wait, turns out I had another article in the list. I will add this one above.

"If you've ever wondered about the Libertarian response to having one's neighbours killed by bears, it's about halfway down this article."

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

[–] cwood@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The sheer comedy of libertarians rules-lawyering international law for their intermittently flooded microstate though. As opposed to, say, using free contracts between individuals.

Now I have another example of libertarianism for my list if I actually need to talk about libertarianism instead of just point and laugh.

[–] cwood@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think you've nailed it.

Found a startup, get paid C-level salaries for a few years, exit or not, repeat.

[–] cwood@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"This brought back memories of the crush and electrical injuries I've heard of when there's insufficient datacentre safety."

Of course originally at: https://octodon.social/@cwood/111055481742842480

[–] cwood@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was a bit surprising to me too, apparently no floor scale in the airlock leading to the server floor, or not even an airlock just a door. Also no security supervision, or at least one which was letting things slide.

[–] cwood@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

More succinct: Nobody think of themselves as the zombie in the apocalypse.

[–] cwood@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(Assuming for the purposes of my post that this isn't just an updated instance of Poe's Law.)

Weird how these authors never think this through to the part where they're the scrawny whiners spending time posting annoying things on the internet, and the obvious targets of the people training for actual things (war, paramilitarism, martial arts, target shooting competitions, et cetera) to pick fights with so they have somebody to beat up.

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