We need to talk about the 2024 presidential election. I’ve mostly tried to keep politics out of this blog. I understand I have friends and followers of many different political orientations, and I certainly don’t want to offend people. Donald Trump has always been a controversial political figure. He entered […]
We’ve all heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect. It can be seen every day. When Donald Trump claimed he knew more about ISIS than the military. When Joe Biden gave advice on how to properly use a shotgun. When Elon Musk spreads easily refuted conspiracy theories. When Congress holds literally any […]
The other day I was in an argument with someone (I know, shocking, right?) in which the cost to send a hypothetical package out of the solar system came up. The details aren’t particularly relevant (they involve a death snail and $10 million), but I was curious how much it […]
Recently there has been a lot of talk about “Section 230”. People either want it enforced, repealed, or reformed. Which is kind of ironic since most people talking about it have no clue what it is. So what is it? It’s actually a very short and easy to understand law […]
I had a different blog entry for this week, but recent events have, well, changed things. For those of you living under a rock (and is there room under there for one more) on Wednesday last week a mob stormed the Capitol Building where Congress was in the process of […]