From Pine View Farm

American Stasi 0

Another person’s story.

Another reminder that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.

Share

Gilty! Gilty! Gilty! 0

The stupid. It burns.

Share

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.

Police say the man ended up getting shot in the hand and the bullet hit the 11-year-old boy’s leg. Both were hospitalized and are expected to be okay. The gun was a .380 semi-automatic handgun which police say was legally owned by the man’s sister, who was having him clean it.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.

Share

Tradition 0

Share

It’s All about the Algorithm 0

Gabby:  You're always online.  Michael:  Because I use artificial intelligence.  It frees up my time.  Gabby:  And how do you spend all this newfound time?  Michael:  Online.

Click for the original image.

Share

Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A competent financial advisor? Let’s ask the man (who’s now living) on the street.

Share

QOTD 0

Carroll Quigley:

The backwardness of our religious and social developments is undoubtedly holding back the development of the intellectual and political levels.

Share

A Tune for the Times 0

Share

Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Steve M. has a wonder.

Share

The Great Pretender 0

Donald Trump wears two gloves labeled

Image via Job’s Anger.

Aside:

Anyone who knows anything of Donald Trump’s record knows that he has never taken responsibility for anything he’s done.

Share

American Stasi, Reprise 0

Thom rails about “Kavanaugh stops.”

Share

American Stasi 0

Yet another legal law-abiding immigrant of South American heritage is snatched up by ICE and sent to a concentration camp detention center.

Share

“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from the Danube’s climes.

_______________

*Mark Twain.

Share

Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0

. . . and just maybe you’ll get to meet Florida man.

Share

QOTD 0

Susan Neiman:

Those who cannot find [moral clarity] are likely to settle for the far more dangerous simplicity, or purity, instead.

Share

Geeking Out 0

Mageia v. 10, successfully upgraded online from v. 9, with the Plasma desktop. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.

Screenshot

Share

A (Optimistic) Tune for the Times 0

Share

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, as we all know, politeness is a family value.

We are a broken society.

Share

This New Gilded Age 0

Methinks the allegations in this lawsuit may provide an insight into how pirate private equity works.

Share

Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

A competent 911 operator? Just hope it doesn’t take your emergency call.

Aside:

I had occasion to call customer service (I won’t mention the company) recently and got an AI bot. The only positive thing I can say about the AI experience was that, when I asked to talk to a real live human being, the AI bot actually listened and transferred me to a real live human being.

After a bit of a wait, during which I endured hold music which I am certain was composed by AI to make persons on hold hang up the phone, I found myself taking to a human being who was pleasant, competent, and efficient. We even had some chuckles during the conversation.

This was a couple of days ago and her name escapes me, but I wouldn’t mention it in any event, because she’d probably find herself terminated for actually providing customer service to a custome–oh, never mind.

Share
From Pine View Farm
Privacy Policy

This website does not track you.

It contains no private information. It does not drop persistent cookies, does not collect data other than incoming ip addresses and page views (the internet is a public place), and certainly does not collect and sell your information to others.

Some sites that I link to may try to track you, but that's between you and them, not you and me.

I do collect statistics, but I use a simple stand-alone Wordpress plugin, not third-party services such as Google Analitics over which I have no control.

Finally, this is website is a hobby. It's a hobby in which I am deeply invested, about which I care deeply, and which has enabled me to learn a lot about computers and computing, but it is still ultimately an avocation, not a vocation; it is certainly not a money-making enterprise (unless you click the "Donate" button--go ahead, you can be the first!).

I appreciate your visiting this site, and I desire not to violate your trust.