“(S)cience tends to progress through younger people, and old ideas tend to die with the originators of those ideas. through this cynical view, science progresses one coffin at a time.”

the Sting of the wild p142, J.O. Schmidt

it’s great … but how do they get the ships in the bottles?

because those candidates also sell easy answers to their fears. they make it seem like they can fix things, definitely. the fears are specific, simple, and aimed at selling specific solutions. people don’t vote to be scared, they’re scared into voting for a perceived authoritative saviour.

I think this is an oversimplification, but still makes sense.

yeah, should’ve been PostBE if they were really serious about it anyway!

really? wow, that’s DHL/UPS for me - PostNL keeps my packages intact and delivers them just fine. DHL literally throws packages on the street here.

same - why try to decipher someone else’s often flawed attempts at translation, when the original text is available?

wife acceptance factor :)

IDSPISPOPD … and I even remember what it abbreviates… why?

I went for opnsense without even trying pfsense - purely because I don’t trust the company behind pfsense, and came across some mentions of their dubious behavior. No regrets, opnsense is pretty great.