FreeBSD has decided it is time to regulate their community for the sake of inclusion. This is a purity spiral: the original codes, such as Debian's did not micro-regulate, but have still been weaponized against wrongthinkers while the connected get away with what they want. FreeBSD is small. It can be forked: it has been … Continue reading The Lethal Code of Conduct.
Day: February 18, 2018
Sunday Sonnet.
If Saturday is for the Elizabethans, Sunday is for the Reformers. Modern women, note that AL's gifts were noted and her ability to translate used: she appended this to Calvin's sermons, and in doing so predated Sydney. And yes, it replaces Belloc. I am reformed, and it is a religious text. The only challenge to … Continue reading Sunday Sonnet.
Seek not a god in you. Seek Christ.
What do you build you foundation on? The land beneath you? This is unwise: the land where I sit this morning is overdue for "the big one" -- the Alpine Fault going, which is usually about eight on the Richter scale. Samoa and Tonga are flooded: Fiji is next, then we will get the end … Continue reading Seek not a god in you. Seek Christ.