feliz nochebuena a mis nostreros

Does the new Zeus suck? I’m pretty annoyed I have to reconfigure things after the update

I just ordered some RAM from newegg. Paid with bitcoin, and the order confirms with 0 conf. Pretty cool

Happy Sunday nostrovians

Consider this: For most of human history we did not have chicken nuggets

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. Trees, by Joyce Kilmer

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiator

The abbot in Castlevania: Nocturne is a great character. At least so far, I have a few episodes left

The Roman legislation was in a twofold manner the child of philosophy. It was in the first place formed upon the philosophical model, for, instead of being a mere empirical system adjusted to the existing requirements of society, it laid down abstract principles of right to which it endeavored to conform; and, in the next place, these principles were borrowed directly from stoicism. Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World

Why do people seem to hate the book “Sapiens” so much?

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light? This sorcery is not a game we play for pleasure or praise. Think of this: that every word, every act of our Art is said and is done either for good, or for evil. Before you speak or do you must know the price that is to pay! Ogion, in A Wizard of Earthsea

Humanity has been given the priceless gift of creativity, but it’s vital you understand how it works. Creativity is the essence of the human spirit, and flowers best when it is unconstrained. If you try to control it for your own ends you must learn that you can get only what you ask for. The unexpected will not arise. Dan Braben, The Wizard’s Warning

Y’all have completely ruined the phrase “highly regarded”. I can’t read or hear that now without giggling

Diablo IV is good