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Oh good. I'm sure they've learned their lesson.

Pidgeon shit seems to be fair game for the FDA. I always assume some pidgeon shit, when consuming something in the USA.

My shower thought: I either have several food allergies, or one pidgeon shit allergy.

Python versions can be installed and managed by a tool called "pyenv" if you want to go further down that road.

Calibre also often needs specific plugins for different kinds of DRM. May be worth a search based on the eBook origin, in case you're missing a simple extension that could solve it.

I also find that searching the web for "book title DRM free" usually results in a link to download a free DRM-free copy of the file.

It's almost as if the DRM was a complete waste of everyone's time and resources.

You are correct, but gave me a weird thought.

If you gave me a timeline, and a pin labeled "the end of the world seeing the United States of America as a credible national partner" - and offered me $1,000.00 to put the pin in the most defensible spot on the timeline....

Well, I'm confident I wouldn't leave with that $1,000.00.

Yes. And the awkward social situation is when they ask what I'm wearing, but I didn't pay any attention to the brand of the urinal mat.

I don't want that to happen again, so now I'm careful to take note of the urinal mat branding.

and even that is a bit generous.

True. AI is also laying the groundwork for data breaches, and unplanned downtime.

I always figured the ending was to get the episode to air at all during the era. Like it wasn't obviously pro-tranistion, because no official protagonist transitioned or loved someone who did. :(

I'm thankful that Trek has managed stronger message with actual protagonists, since.

Of course, it must have also been to ensure the sacred expectations of television networks that episodes can air in any order because nothing meaningful changes.

Oh fun. Oscar feels like someone anyone could just sit and chat forever with.

Except there's no non-wildcard Republican candidate.

They've cracked the formula for telling their voter base that this time will be different and anti-establishment.

While the Democrats have solved for how to exhaust their voter base patience. (Bombing innocent people in other countries.)

Approval based voting is the only way the Democratic party remains a player in American politics.

How does this compare to first past the post? Does it make any difference in outcomes?

Yes. It may be the only chance American Democrats have of winning any future elections.

The next wildcard candidate will attract a bunch of votes, while a Democrat who stands for shitty compeomises could still get a "better than the other asshole" approval vote.

Tagging is essentially the same as removing and not a compromise in my book.

Come check out Mastodon sometime, where we also tag movie spoilers, politics, mentions of any medical condition, and eye contact.

There's nothing wrong with eye contact. It makes some people really uncomfortable. So we tag it so that they can filter it.

I wish I could upvote this twice! I'm actually on my way around to my second re-read of "Small Gods" during another full Discworld read-through.