Michael Vilain

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It’s satire, but we’re likely very nearly there. And Clown Prince Trump has a nice ring to it!

New Comic found: Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for Wed, 21 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2025/05/21

#comicstrip #wizardofid #fantasy

Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for May 21, 2025 | GoComics

Read Wizard of Id—a comic strip by creator Parker and Hart—for today, May 21, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!

Warning: Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media now wants every human programmer to be replaced by Gen AI. Tim O'Reilly/company policy on book editing and writing went from "avoid Gen AI" to "you must use Gen AI as much as possible, we will monitor you through KPIs to use it as much as possible. So avoid O'Reilly books. Support an indie author. Plenty of them out there who write and sell books. No need to support corporate overlords. Source https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1kimr4a/warning_tim_oreilly_of_oreilly_media_now_wants/ #ai

Been away for a few days. Good to see family and help out with some things around the house. Had a great audiobook for the road trip which made the drive I usually loath rather pleasant. (@pluralistic The Bezzle)

Got home mid evening and hadn't had dinner so stopped into my local for a funky beer and a nice chicken sandwich.

Nice combination of good to visit and great to be home.

Hope you folks are having a comfortable week. Stay strong. Don't forget to celebrate your wins.

New strip found: Garfield by Jim Davis for Wed, 21 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2025/05/21

#comicstrip #garfield #garfieldstrip

Garfield by Jim Davis for May 21, 2025 | GoComics

Read Garfield—a comic strip by creator Jim Davis—for today, May 21, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!

I have now completed my strenuous learning of what to do when the USA invades us with the "Allo Allo" course on how to run a resistance to occupying force. First, both the communist and normal resistance are made up of only young, nice looking women. And their plans rarely, if ever, work. Running a café ends up causing the owner more problems than it is worth.

UK sending 2 British airmen results in he resistance spending time trying to return them instead of fighting invading force.

Here’s an idea: Stop acting like the Gestapo.
Programmers are usually fed a steady diet of features and bug fixes. But occasionally they get to work on performance problems. This development methodology is known as intermittent fasting.