Cybernethics / Cybernéthique

PREP TIME ~30–45 min COOK TIME ~4¼–5½ h pressure cooker ~6–9 h stovetop TOTAL TIME ~4¾–6¼ h pressure cooker ~6½–9¾ h stovetop SERVES ~6–8 adults Use times and quantities as guidelines; taste and texture determine when each stage is done.

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Cette fois, ce ne fut pas La Fontaine, mais Ronsard que je mis en musique.

I fully agree with Bryan Caplan in favor of Open Borders as an economic, moral or legal issue.

Many present post-WWII Germany as a “model” for Palestine, explaining how the Allies rebuilt Germany and were otherwise so nice to Germans, after which Germans became “democratic”, and friends and faithful allies of their new victors.

Archeologists often explain the reason why (Proto) Indo Europeans and their descendants conquered most of Eurasia, and, eventually, the entire World, is that they mastered Iron, or Nomadic Animal Husbandry, or Chariot Warfare, or Horseback Archery, or some

Tonight, I watched “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” (1966) with the kids.

Some Libertarians scoff at NH libertarians getting elected as Republican, and showing no respect whatsoever for the Libertarian Party.

I found in a book sale and eventually read “Trapped on Zarkass”, a 2022 English adaptation of “Piège sur Zarkass”, a 2013 Science Fiction comic book based on an eponymous 1958 novel I read in my youth.

The myth of the day is that of Man and Machine being at odds: Machine will eventually be created by Man to be superior to Man in every respect that matters or suffices to establish Dominance—and yet, in many myths, Machine will still lack some mysterious…

Yesterday, I watched Siddhartha (1972), a beautifully made movie based on Hermann Hesse’s novel.

Tonight I somehow watched "Tokyo Chorus", a 1931 silent movie by Yasujirō Ozu.

I would like to express my outrage at realizing that my children have been propagandized by the despicable organization "DARE" regarding the use of drugs with the complicity of their school.

The foundation for the right of mothers to abort: MYOB.

You know boy, it's a bad strategy to pick fights with old men.

Leftists constantly harp about the evil of a supposed "American Empire" to denounce US foreign policy.

After some sad news, Jacques Brel has everyone in the assistance sit around, and invites whoever volunteers to say something to turn sadness into gaiety.

In my morning dream, I was inside a computer role-playing / adventure game, but following the instructions in the manual didn't have the expected effect.

In France, there are always enough polling stations.

Regarding Slave reparations: About everyone in Europe was a slave (in Latin, "servus" — serf) since Diocletian's socialist "reforms".

People who call for "unity" as the only imaginable solution to violence thereby admit that they are incapable of imagining non-violence towards members of an outgroup.

Mes amis étatistes sans cesse me demandent comment telle bonne chose pourrait possiblement exister sans les tas (de parasites légaux): l'informatique, les routes, les pompiers, l'école, les chemins de fers, la musique, la charité, etc.

Alors que Véra apprend à chanter ma version de la fable de la Fontaine, le corbeau et le renard, je m'aperçois que je n'avais toujours pas publié l'autre fable que j'avais mise en musique, il y a pourtant de nombreuses années, avant sa naissance.

This short essay describes some challenges I leave to the next maintainers of ASDF, the Common Lisp build system, related to the "magic" involved in bootstrapping ASDF.

"What is the Matrix?