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Pantheism Definitely Fits My Worldview wrt "Religion"
Omniscience, Omnipresence, Omnipotence are attributes of a godly being. The problem with this is that I don't believe in "godly" beings.
There is no "God" that you can prove or see. That would put m...
A Screed: Someday I Feel I Must Be Dictator of America To Right This Ship
America is directionless. A government so weak as to allow corporate power to dominate its ranks. A government so weak that it's people believe in conspiracies and lies. A country so utterly direct...
I Can Report Travel Insurance is Worth, Amex Travel Insurance Anyway
They covered the entire medical bill in Japan. 100% worth it.
Though an International onsite doctor (he was a doctor in America at one point) didn't cost as much as an American doctor in an American...
Life Related Age Milestones Are Unnecessary
The idea of needing to be married, have a house, have kids by a certain age is unrealistic and idealistic right now. These kinds of expectations give people something to measure their life by, but ...
So I Went to Tokyo, Japan
Unexpectedly longer than I planned. It was different. I went to a super good hotel and super good area. Met random people from online. Visited a proper temple not the usual tourist area. Tried quit...
America is Dead 1776 - 2024
What just occurred in a nutshell:
the first convicted felon to become president, the first adjudicated rapist, the first insurrectionist, the first president in our country's history to refuse to...
Taiwan Will Be Part Of One China
I was reading about presidential elections around WW2 and of course that included past history of some of the issues that persist to today.
"All of Truman's advisers saw the events in Korea as a tes...
YouTube has Overzealous Comment Moderation
I made a comment "The sheep vote for their butcher" on a video recently that really resonated, enough that people used it outside of YouTube. The thing is, it took me several rephrases of trying to...
Narrated Short Stories are Interesting. Calming at times.
You could learn something from narrated short stories. Even if those stories come from Reddit. Obviously, not a book story, but someone's experience with a situation.
Like what? They left you at you...
99% of AI Driven Products and Features will be Unused and Fail
Artificial Intelligence or AI is quite the buzzword. It's slapped on to many products these days that at best are just cool. It's just a get rich quick scheme to draw in investor money.
Remember the...
Getting Better with Japanese Hiragana
I started learning to read Japanese with Hiragana first. MARU app has been very much the primary driver of helping me learn the symbols and sounds. Just constant practice and divorcing English, har...
Intel (INTC) is Still on Track to Getting Kicked Off The Dow 30
Latest Quarter Revenue results have resulted in a substantial layoff. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Intel is dead. The so called MBAs and what not killed the company. The brain drain t...
Wells Fargo is a Shit Shit Shit SHit SHIT SHITTTTTT Company
Why do people still fucking open accounts there? There are other banks, online banks well capitalized banks that aren't as fraud fucked as Wells Fargo. This is the bank that decided they didn't car...
The Problem With Multiplayer: Community
There aren't many multiplayer games doing this VERY important feature correctly. Community is how you increase engagement with games. I mean other than the fun factor. I haven't seen many games do ...
It's a Travesty The State of Health Care When There's Tons of Data Out There
The fact that little to no doctors look at smart watch data when these things are active sensors with people day in and day out. There's a treasure trove of data that would help diagnose and preven...
Wilderness Works Is an Organization To Turn Lives Around and Inspire
They focused more on African American boys than anyone else, which irks me, but I suppose you have to grab attention some way.
I wasn't even planning on watching it all that much as I started it and...
Problem With The Healthcare Industry Is Capitalist Profit Seeking
How do you seek profit in a non profit seeking sector. Saving Human Lives and decreasing suffering is not inherently profit generating. It is a sector that mitigates and decreases losses in other i...
They say "Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them."
Article: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-texas-tech-bust-oracle-tesla/
Yup, it pretty much sums up what happened. I'd disagree with when the boom peaked. It always takes a while be...
Does Pro-Palestinian Mean Anti-Israeli or Pro-Hamas?
Seems like you are branded an antisemitic if you are not Pro-Israel, which is an extremist emotional view.
When I read articles like: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/pro-israel-tech-groups-witc...
Companies Continually Going Back On WFH Policy
It's actually pretty funny to me to see WFH was a trend. Corporations saw massive money saving opportunities and jumped at it. Now that cities are suffering from the lack of workers therefore lack ...
Watch Your Sucralose Consumption
It's touted as sugar-free alternative to sugars and I've consumed quite a bit of it through Sparking Ice and a "Sugar free" BBQ sauce. I figured it wouldn't be a terrible choice to avoid sucrose in...
Bing's Image Creator is F***ing Great
It's given me some good inspiration and direction for some graphic assets. I don't know why artists or graphic designers feel threatened by it since their requesters can generate multiple examples ...
Republicans are Associated with a Criminal
Imagine being associated with an actual criminal and voting for a criminal while trying to paint yourself as the "Law and Order" and "Back the blue" party 🤣🤣🤣.
Republicans threw away those ideas q...
Banning TikTok or The RESTRICT Act is... Incompetence
Sigh. Like SOPA and all the other overbroad bills before it that caused internet companies to protest with blackouts. This entire bill to not just counter social communications software, but a whol...
Parents Should Have Little Recourse To Challenge Schoolwork
Without proper discussion and educator input.
The more I hear about one or two parents challenging coursework because it might hurt theirs or their child's feelings, against their religion and or se...
Payment Processors and Networks Increasing Charges on Merchants
They always said crypto was a lower friction way to move money. It's looking like that is increasingly true.
Look at Square for instance: https://squareup.com/us/en/press/policy-and-pricing-updates
W...
Is Using ChatGPT Cheating or a Productivity Boost?
Reading articles from professors who want to find who is using ChatGPT and education departments who ban ChatGPT from the environments they have authority would make one think using AI is a cheat a...
Only Naive People Believe a Meritocracy Exists
Oh Meritocracy! What cup are you under? Is it in "big tech" or "big pharma"? How about "big finance" and government?
It's funny when I see people talking about they only believe in Meritocracy in re...
Skip Articles That Use Words Like Performant
I have a strong opinion about stupid marketing words. If you use imaginary words, I skip your article, software or whatever. Definitely will make sure to replace your software for adding vague word...
Social Network/Media Services Can Not Substitute For News Services
Especially for Investigative journalism and war coverage.
Did Twitter break the story on George Santos? Fuck no.
Some might say "legacy news writes about posts with lag time". Isn't it a shock that w...
People Looking to Musk are Failures. Work for Someone Else
I read this article (https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hardcore-twitter-culture-inspires-fellow-tech-founders-2022-12) that talked about people who call themselves founders looking up to Mu...
Reshuffled Projects for 2023
With Elon Musk doing stupid shit with Twitter, I've decided to move up the timeline for Dayolog. The next generation social discussion software. The mission is to bring stability and control of for...
FTX Collapse Only Shows The Importance Of Not Trusting Randos
With your money or Crypto especially in an unregulated sector. It is your responsibility to take your cryptocurrency out and put it into a wallet where you own the keys. I was never affected becaus...
tRump Loving Judge Aileen Cannon Has Been Defeated
As I said in previous posts (https://www.normansoven.com/post/like-i-said-before-federal-judge-aileen-cannon-is-a-trumper), this Judge is a biased gRump loving q*nt who believes gRump's bullshit.
How To Do Better Presentations
Les is mor and tell a story. The core of a good presentation.
I get annoyed at too much information in presentations. Use links or keywords to direct people to more information.
I also get annoyed at...
Websites Removing their Comments Section Just Pushes Discussions to Twitter and Facebook.
Still seeing websites remove their comments section because the promises of increased engagement can no longer materialize with Twitter and FB. Hard to engage when your comments section is filled w...
NYC Ends Qualified Immunity for NYC Cops
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2021/03/25/2079/
Good step in the right direction in ending the fetish for treating police like they are a royal class. Now if this were to end for police nation wide, ...
Queen and Slim is a 6/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8722346/
The premise of the movie is captivating. A kind of black Bonnie and Clyde situation where they are on the run from cops who try to turn the story on them. A bla...
I Sympathize with Men Who Beat the Living Shit out of Disgusting Subhuman Women
Especially beating this one (Arna Kimiai) in particular: https://www.instagram.com/keepinupwforeign
"All he had to do was Talk" (moved)
Best HR Video I have ever seen on Sexual Harassment
Kelly Loeffler Lost Her WNBA Team because She's Racist
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kelly-loeffler-wnba-montgomery/
There's no way she wanted to stay owner long term running on a racist campaign. She's retarded like her mentally ill constit...
"Why would you run into a gunfight .... for Drugs?"
Watched John Oliver talk about Police Raids on Drugs. Remnant of the war on drugs.
Few quotes/things stuck out to me
John Oliver said it best: 'Why would you risk your life for drugs that can be flus...
Jason Ravnsborg is a Piece of Shit Murderer
https://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11
Crash investigators said in November that Ravnsborg was distracted when he veered onto the shoulder...
Judas and the Black Messiah
A movie from the point of view from an FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panther Party. It captivated me. Who knows, maybe I would have turned into a Black Panther going to their talks about ...
Is Texas still Attractive to go to after the Winter Storm?
Will property values keep increasing the way they did? I'm betting on stagnation now that it is different with social media.
Who remembers 2011's winter storm taking out Texas? I'm sure Facebook and...
46 year Old White Woman Can't Discern Bad Information Until...
She is being punished for it like a child.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55940542
and she's defended by none other than the QOP.
Took a punishment for this really really dumb bitch to start...
Exactly Why Texas Will Never Be A Forward Looking State
HERP DERP Lets protect oil and gas jobs while making no inroads into new ...
tRump Cartoons
Good cartons describing the cult and personallity of tRump.
https://www.usnews.com/cartoons/donald-trump
Fuck tRump and his shit supporters!
The invasion of the U.S. Capitol by tRump broke down the po...
tRump will be Charged under the Sedition Act
After what happened, I bet you he will be. Directed his angry supporters to the DC Capitol. This is textbook sedition. He is completely finished. Any future statements coming from him are from his ...
Cop thinks it is time to return to Old Times killing without Body Cam (moved)
Call Me Old, but... I like the HTML version of GMail
Quite simply... I type in gmail.com and BAM shows me my mail. It is straightforward, no bullshit. No fucking loading screen, nothing. Just shows me my email.
I would like to get back to those days ...
Looks like a Stock Market Bubble to me
Doordash and AirBnb valued at more than 2x their IPO price? Wtf?
These ones are going to come crashing down. Fucking UBER is does more than these companies and some how it is valued less than these ...
Tim Sweeney, Man..., is Full of Shit
"Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney likens fight against Apple to fight for civil rights"
I have no other words
"Shopping Around" is only bad when it happens to you.
Never will understand the case where someone doesn't take the chance at something that meets or beats. Why take the risk of shopping around for a marginally better offer?
Applies to shopping, dating...
Friends Breaking Up Over Social Distancing
Well, on the bright side people learn who their "friends" are and who their friends actually...
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Police
This is an interesting video and idea. Touched upon some interesting questions and put some answers out there. Can't say I am satisfied by it all but hey it is a good direction. It is not like I ...
STOP THE COUNT and LOCK HIM UP
I'm in full 100% support of stopping all counts, so we can nip this shit in the bud and make Biden president.
Trump is an idiot. He has lost this race. Good riddance piece of shit. LOCK HIM UP!
This ...
Why Should Cities pay for this Incompetence? (moved)
"The One"
Why does "The One" matter? Oh yeah, humans and animals have a duty to procreate. The spiel of the simple "meet someone, fall in love, get married, buy a house and have kids" creates that hole fro...
Wikipedia's Current Events
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/October_2020#2020_October_23
Hmmmm, I feel like this should be one of the most visible articles on Wikipedia. It is news, but very boring news tha...
Don't Go to Doctors who Measure your BMI
Anytime a doctor measures my BMI, I say this doctor is a hack and never go to the same doctor again.
Here's an NPR story on why BMI is literal bullshit: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php...
Joe Biden should stick to Town Halls
Much better experience than retard debates with the rTard 45th. Fucking a.
Much better to hear what he has to say about what he thinks and how he grapples with his past, present and how he hopes to ...
One Way How Javascript Bundling is Stupidly Complex
Anyone heard of any other language where there are "module" specs? You know specs for how your library will be bundled up in order to expose your library for consumption.
AMD, CJS, UMD, ESM, SystemJ...
Social Security Administration is Technically Incompetent
My god...
I sign up/in with ID.me to make it easy to sign in to a MySSA account and what do you know... It works. Great. End of story right?
Ha! I tried to request a replacement SS card and it can't...
Some People Connect Better Through Text
Lots of regurgitation I see online about how texting should only be used for this and that. I guess if you are a mindless robot sure. The realization is that people suck at writing, fail and then s...
Mitch McConnell is a Piece of Shit
for wanting to replace a Supreme Court Justice in an election year. Fucking turtle looking flip flop!!!!!!!!!!
RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You really did try your best.
Remember Zayd Atkinson? (moved)
Good Advice on How to Read a Textbook
Familiarize yourself with the landscape is the crux.
Stinging Insults that go over my Head
Jokes that I thought were funny, but actually sting. It's not until you see the reaction that you know well that did not go well. Maybe an apology was done off camera.
The most stinging joke was the...
USA Road to Depression
- A proposed definition: from Wikipedia
- a decline in real GDP exceeding 10%, or
- a recession lasting 2 or more years.
Seeing lots of closures and the US government prop up businesses that would otherwise...
I'll move away from Master / Slave terms wherever
Never really thought about master/slave terms until it was brought up during one of the Uberversity for nUbers. Course teacher talked about how some teams were trying to pick names for these two te...
The More I See How Information is Managed on Social Media
The more, I feel like bringing my own social media product to the world. It is insane how bad information is spread with no good avenue on policing this shit. I'm glad I waited since I've seen how ...
How to not Police an Anti-Police Brutality Protest (Moved)
If you have to ask "What do the protesters want?"
You are a bad leader and must never be a leader.
If you cannot dig deep into your knowledge about how protests start and you think there is only one single goal that unites them. You live in an Ivo...
Trump's EO on Preventing Online Censorship is un-American
"Our Founding Fathers protected this sacred right with the First Amendment to the Constitution."
Foreign Electronic Business In China is a Fool's Venture
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/24/work-collaboration-unicorn-notion-is-blocked-in-china/
Notion didn't contribute to social unrest in China, but hey let's arbitrarily block it. Is it arbitrary thoug...
Restaurants being "Killed" by Food Delivery "Apps". Long live Cloud Kitchens.
Sensational news galore.
I stopped ordering from restaurants in general because costs to...
I am bullish on Stablecoins and Blockchain
Blockchain
Always been bullish on blockchain for financial transactions.
Blockchain speeds up the settlement process in finance. That means bank transfers (ACH, Wire Transfer), stock transfers, escro...
"They don't give him (Trump) enough credit"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/they-dont-give-him-enough-credit-the-voters-who-back-trump-even-through-the-pandemic
I give him credit for the whole thing.
Turns out the credit runs i...
Credit Karma's Savings Account Doesn't Let You Change The One Linked External Account
Summary: Don't open a CK savings account.
Never seen any savings offering that let you link only one account and doesn't let you change it for that matter. Second, you never see the account number n...
Trump's a Trash President
“Unforeseen problem"
“Came out of nowhere.”
Statements of a trash President with a shitty cult circle. All who follow this cult bullshit blindly can die off with him.
He is telling me that I knew abou...
Goodbye Trello, I Deleted My Account
It is/was a great product. It is so simple to use. It is nothing like JIRA. It has so much potential to be a much better than JIRA product.
I just liked being able to create a card in Trello quickly...
Going Full Scale Recession 2020: Borders Closing and Business Actvity on the Decline.
CoronaWar and Oil Dumping
Layoffs are prominent in the Travel and Shipping industry. It'll soon spread to the Tech Industry, who thinks they are immune. If people conserve money they will cancel the...
SMH. Intolerable People.
Freedom of speech only applies to Government. It is posts like this: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8481 that try to apply the Free Speech principle everywhere they go and it attracts bottom feeders. Th...
You Need Health Insurance to test against highly infectious diseases like COVID
It does not make me wonder why highly infectious diseases will never be eradicated.
Not surprising that Republicans and Trump are spooked enough to request emergency funds around this ordeal after ...
Bad Expressions and Unlikely to Happen: "Person got hit by a bus"
You know what is more likely to happen? Quitting. Temporary leave.
Not sure why "got hit by a bus" as a expression for person is suddenly gone took off. If said person in the room then it is usually...
Bad Management: DoorDash Forced Arbitration Clause
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21135474/doordash-workers-forced-arbitration-william-alsup
"DoorDash contractors have turned a forced arbitration clause in their contract against their employer,...
Piece on the Archaic Misbelief around Giving Feedback to Interview Candidates
http://blog.interviewing.io/no-engineer-has-ever-sued-a-company-because-of-constructive-post-interview-feedback-so-why-dont-employers-do-it/
^ What he said
Maybe the best recruiters are the ones who ...
Want Cheap Eyeglasses? Try ZenniOptical
It's funny that the only reason I went with ZenniOptical not because it was cheap, but because Eyeconic had screwed up my order. When they screwed up my order I ranted about it and figured someone ...
Trust in Software Engineering Interviews tend to be misplaced.
https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/why-software-engineers-dont-get-jobs-three-horror-stories-77fd1ae3b875 - This post was written by a recruiter who knows his shit. This is the kind of recruiter to h...
Actix-Web is now Unmaintained?! Update: It is back.
Wtf? NoooooOOOoooOOOoo!
Reddit's toxic Rust community strikes down a popular Rust library.
Yes, the maintainer of Actix has quit the open source realm, well, because of the Rust communities' shitstor...
Told Ya Stack Exchange is going To the Gutter
I don't follow meta, but resignations like this and the responses are
indicative of where Stack Exchange is going because of bad management.
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/392889/i-am-res...
Good Management vs Bad Management Summarized
Good management is open minded and knows how to make sure to keep a situation defused. Adequate explanations do not require justification.
Bad management is closed minded and shows it by making assu...
Bad Management: US AIrstrike on an Iranian Government Official
Wow, just off the heels of bad management from Stack Overflow. Now we have the United States attacking a government official (General Soleimani) of a sovereign nation (Iran) in another sovereign na...
StackOverflow's handling of Monica Cellio Situation is Bad Management
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340906/update-an-agreement-with-monica-cellio?cb=1
Escalated to a lawsuit because they don't know how to use their site and resolve without lawyers. Hell the...
On Companies That Think Churn Calls are a Good Idea
Reference: https://twitter.com/suj1th/status/1070336643125690368
Looks like Stripe may do this practice. What makes anyone think that a candidate should waste their time giving feedback when compani...
Software Engineering Interviews are Arbitrary
You have likely have read about issues with software engineering interviews before and are reading yet another one! Well, I'm going to talk more about my experience in going through the motions.
Fo...