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pmdulaney · 2026-01-13T18:57:02 1768330622

Pascal's Wager

pmdulaney · 2026-01-02T14:54:35 1767365675

"Always give your real reason for not doing something."

For example, a friend wants you to join a fiction book group, but you just don't like reading novels. Don't say, "I'm sorry, I don't have a car on Thursday nights" -- your friend may figure out how to get you a ride, or perhaps offer to switch the group meeting to a different night. In which case, you either end up doing something you don't want or coming off as a jerk for not giving your real reason in the first place.

pmdulaney · 2025-12-31T22:01:21 1767218481

I'm a retired engineer who does almost everything in vim, but this looks tempting even to me. Thank you!

fatso784 · 2025-12-31T22:10:07 1767219007

Thanks!

pmdulaney · 2025-12-30T00:20:10 1767054010

I always get those two mixed up too!

pmdulaney · 2025-12-30T00:05:57 1767053157

Would it be an unwarranted extrapolation to infer that women lie more than men then?

pmdulaney · 2025-12-25T22:57:43 1766703463

Zero screens needed? I don't follow.

pmdulaney · 2025-12-25T23:02:15 1766703735

Never mind -- I get it. (I was thinking maybe you were talking about mesh wire screens or something.)

pmdulaney · 2025-12-16T19:17:51 1765912671

Is there still an opportunity to put "enshittification" in an early grave?

pmdulaney · 2025-12-15T17:29:12 1765819752

But as Faraday said, "Nothing is too wonderful to be true."

pmdulaney · 2025-12-12T17:45:47 1765561547

1693 > 1636

pmdulaney · 2025-12-09T22:13:59 1765318439

It's sort of a big Prisoner's Dilemma situation: What's best for me is for everyone else to be a spendthrift (for the sake of the economy) while I myself behave frugally and prudently.