I’ve been around software a good long time now. Yesterday, I came across the following tirade about C that I want to address a few things about. “C Isn’t A Programming Language Any More” I’m not going to go through the details of the author’s complaints and attempt to
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Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Renee Graham writes that the elimination of masking protections as a matter of privileged people’s comfort in the midst of a pandemic that endangers everybody shows how painfully cruel and selfish much of the U.S. (like Canada) has become. – Phil Tank is
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Dash Berlin – Oceans
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Assorted content to end your week. – Nadine Yousif writes about the growing frustration people are experiencing as they’re told to manage their own risks in the midst of a pandemic with obvious social dimensions, and all while being denied the information needed to do so. Dylan Scott similarly laments
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Here’s an Idea Whose Time Has Come
A bill has been introduced in the California legislature to mandate a 32 hour or 4 day work week for larger companies. Fewer hours, same pay. The bill, AB 2932, would change the definition of a workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with more than 500
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Happy Earth Day?
Why does that sound like “happy colonoscopy”?
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: The Lost Age of Literacy
The following insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words: 1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”- Winston Churchill 3. “I have never killed a man,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: End of the Line?
The habitable Earth is becoming increasingly smaller. In some places it’s too dry. The phenomenon of decadal drought from mellennia past has returned. The pattern of reliably predictable and gentle rains that marked the Holocene and, along with technology and abundant, cheap fossil fuels spurred a growth in human
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Liz Szabo discusses how improved ventilation has plenty of additional benefits beyond limiting the spread of COVID – making it the COVID policy equivalent of the familiar image: – Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail’s editorial board writes that there’s no excuse for pretending
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There’s been plenty of attention – and indeed enthusiasm – in response to the Saskatchewan Liberals’ petition seeking a plebiscite on a COVID inquiry. So let’s take a look at what might be accomplished through that process – as well as where it’s likely to fall short of how it’s
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Abdullah Shihipar discusses why there’s every reason to resist the pressure from self-serving politicians and business groups to succumb to COVID-19. Hannah Flynn discusses the long-term brain injuries traceable to long COVID in primates. And Steve Schering examines the hospitalization rates for children
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Burning the Climate From Both Ends
From coal to oil to gas, our profligate use of cheap, abundant fossil energy has been instrumental in triggering the existential peril, climate breakdown, that now besets the world. It has backfired in many ways – malignant population growth, unsustainable increases in consumption and, of course, greenhouse gas emissions fouling
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Hogs At the Trough or, Canada, Say What Now?
The climate emergency invites no end of finger pointing and it mainly comes down to rich countries getting the blame because, well, climate change. Overall, rich countries have enjoyed a measure of prosperity that is tied to decades of heavy greenhouse gas emissions. We used abundant, cheap fossil fuel energy
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mustafa Hirji discusses how basic public health protections offer the best chance of controlling the spiraling harms from COVID-19 without resorting to lockdowns. Andrew Woo writes that the elimination of regular testing and reporting at the provincial level is making it impossible
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Delphine Strauss and Jamie Smyth highlight how long COVID is already preventing millions of people from working – with far more likely to face the same fate due to governments’ mass infection strategies. Emily Leedham points out how Saskatchewan’s combination of sops to
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sam Gindin discusses the need to push back against the narrative that inflation caused by supply chain disruptions and corporate greed will somehow be ameliorated by punishing the working class. And Adam King writes that the response to inflation represents just another
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: About That New Fighter Jet, the F-35
Canada is negotiating the purchase of 88 F-35 strike fighters. The F-35 comes in three flavours – A, B, and C. The B model is a vertical lift variant preferred by the US Marine Corps and Britain’s Royal Navy and RAF. The C model is supposed to meet the requirements
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saskatchewan NDP Leadership 2022 Reference Page
A one-stop source for general information about the 2022 Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign. General InformationSaskatchewan NDP Constitution Saskatchewan NDP Membership Candidate Information Candidate Website Twitter Facebook Profile Carla Beck CarlaForLeader.ca @CarlaBeckSK Carla Beck Kaitlyn Harvey ChangeStartsHere.ca @KaitlynHarveySK Kaitlyn Harvey Upcoming Dates May 6: Candidate Entry Deadline May 13: Membership Deadline
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – William Haseltine writes about the long-lasting and severe cognitive effects of long COVID, while Danny Altmann discusses the urgency of developing effective treatment given the reality that vaccines do little to prevent it. Katherine Wu warns that the U.S. is rapidly losing any
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