One does not

Only if it’s 25 years ago. Today? Never.

Yes, now, anyway…

October surprise

In the politics of the United States, an October surprise is a news event that may influence the outcome of an upcoming November election (particularly one for the presidency), whether deliberately planned or spontaneously occurring. Because the date for national elections (as well as many state and local elections) is in early November, events that take place in October have greater potential to influence the decisions of prospective voters and allow less time to take remedial action; thus, relatively last-minute news stories could either change the course of an election or reinforce the inevitable.[1] The term “October surprise” was coined by William Casey when he served as campaign manager of Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign.[2] However, there were October election-upending events that predated the coining of the term.[1][2]

I agree.

I grew up in the age of c/c++ and then Java. I get it: people hate it and it’s time to move on, but jeez, folx, chill. It will happen in time, and there’s no reason to go all civil warsy about it.

Things like this should not be rushed.

“They” got over it, as most people do, and moved on. Remnants still remain, but they were unified due to a critical mass of dissent.

Don’t expect to see anything like it again until another critical inflection point. Just know that, if you do, shit’s prolly in a bad place…so…

KINEDA!

It did get annoying having to run back and forth through all of the worlds, but some were very cool, like the one with the fighting arenas. And the tomb with all the levels. And the story was awesome.

The sequel was pretty good too. They’re both on GOG, btw, And have aged pretty well. The graphics aren’t so good, but the story and gameplay are still pretty great. I still replay them (and the Myst games) from time to time.

• Star Trek
• Ultima Underworld
• Myst
• Fallout
• Jurassic Park (book)

I also had a good friend who was a paramedic until recently, and those are some gossipy bitches, lol. That guy would never shut up about work

My dad is a doctor. I grew up around him and his partners.

They don’t. Outside of work, they don’t talk shop and want to do anything else. Usually golf.

I won’t say never, but work is very stressful, so they do their best to leave it behind.

The Final Cut

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

aha, ok, thanks for the cliff’s notes version ;)

ok, umm… so, i’m a little confused. since none of the verboten themes are actually present in the game, why is the game launch being DDoSed? i’m guessing that online backlash to the restrictions has been… typical, but if the restrictions don’t really connect to any actual game content, what gives?

I assumed you meant Director/Lingo, but I noticed on the web version I could see ColdFusion….😬

My only exposure to this series was through the TV series, and while I was intrigued with the rich presentation of class struggle, I was ultimately quite disappointed by what was made of both it and everything else when it suddenly ended , i felt, prematurely and unsatisfactorily. I could see it going on and becoming an increasingly complex series for many more seasons and wished it would, but it already had problems finding funding, and the books ended the show, so…

And as a presentation of socialism, I don’t really see that. It was mostly a criticism of classism and of capitalism. Socialism appeared to exist to some degree on earth, but it didn’t work there as intended, but there wasn’t a lot of well recent criticism of it exactly. Self determinism seem to work well on Mars, but it was unclear whether socialism or capitalism was a system of economics there or not or what system of economics was dominant in the belt.

Ultimately, economic discourse and criticisms seem to take a backseat to critique on classism military complex power strugglesin the series.

I see, perhaps I’m just unfamiliar with the criminal justice system in France

In the United States, this would not be considered an arrest, but an investigative detention (a minor but important distinction)

i have a morning routine that mostly revolves around listening to a few regular news podcasts as i wake up, shower, and shave. listening to thee news distracts me from how tired i am.

then, obvs, coffee at work