Computer programmer, martial artist, chess player, Esperantist, robotics enthusiast, married father of 3. Not necessarily in that order.

Pittsburgh
Been looking for a good reason to leave Twitter anyway: not convinced it's a good use of my time. I may check in from time to time, but will probably go dark here. Look for me on randomsoftware.com if you need me--not that any of you likely will.
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Not looking at the stock market today. Not looking.
I rarely ask for help on this bird site, but my niece has been dealing with a severe mystery illness for 2.5 years. If you could, please consider supporting my amazing niece and her family. The financial burden is starting to take a toll. gofund.me/6af5a52b
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7h driving today, to and from soccer games. Hard part is done, just a 2h drive left tomorrow.
Thank God for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Because every time I think I'm a bad person and I've screwed up my life in some way, I can look at these two despicable reprobates and realize that, no, I've done pretty well overall.
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Absolutely heartbreaking
Classroom of those students(Girls and Boys)which they lost their lives yesterday in the brutal attacks and explosions. There is no peace and security in Afghanistan.
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Richard Jernigan retweeted
ICYMI - 3 more days on the sale price for A DEADLY EDUCATION
💥SALE ALERT! Starting today through April 17, the e-Book of A DEADLY EDUCATION is $2.99. Find your favorite retailer under the ebook tab here: lnk.bio/naominovik
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Richard Jernigan retweeted
💥SALE ALERT! Starting today through April 17, the e-Book of A DEADLY EDUCATION is $2.99. Find your favorite retailer under the ebook tab here: lnk.bio/naominovik
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Richard Jernigan retweeted
My little, weird book needs a little weird love and right now it’s on sale for a low-low price! RTs appreciated to help spread the word! Crimson King | J.B. Rockwell amazon.com/Crimson-King-J-B-…
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WATCH: The U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court trib.al/Q14ZiIJ
Bloomberg TV
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Fully admitting that I have a lot of my family's money tied up in it (because doing otherwise would be poor stewardship of our finances), I genuinely think the stock market is a horrible idea that should be entirely abolished.
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Putting money in the stock market is gambling. It's gambling that has a good track record, sure, and everyone likes to think they can do better than average--but if course we can't. Even experts will admit that the only safe way to use it is low-cost index funds.
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And yet, pragmatically, it's the only realistic way today to put away money for retirement. If you just save money in a mattress, its value depletes fast due to inflation: that $10k you put away ten years ago is nothing now. You *must* earn a high yield yearly, or it's *gone*.
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Look at the number of cops. In riot gear. For a small protest of climate scientists. The state really will police the collapse, not prevent it.
LAPD ESCALATING!!! THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO FOUR CLIMATE SCIENTISTS. LAPD ABOUT TO RIOT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
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New patent was split by the lawyers into two patents: too complex otherwise. Woot!
Water is NOT supposed to flood out of there into the whole basement. :(
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It looks like we'll be removing and replacing the flooring in this section of the basement. Fortunately that will likely be the extent of the damage, and insurance is covering it. (They won't cover the $1600 plumbing bill to fix the pipe itself, though for some reason.)
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Update: redid the flooring myself, and so came out ahead even after paying the plumber.
Tractor is now out of winter mode (plow, chains) and back in summer mode (mower deck). Whoever designed this tractor: please never design anything else. Please.