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That’s actually a very interesting question. Caesar was known for his luck throughout his life, and it certainly led to him having a larger appetite for risk than his contemporaries. But a lot of that luck was also created by him being incredibly skilled at just about anything. Another commander known for his luck, and gambles, was Napoleon. This worked out incredibly well for him (well, for a time anyway). He equally was incredibly skilled at just about anything he set his mind to and both were tireless workers. Gambling like that is something you can do when you are confident that whatever situation you get yourself in, you’ll be able to work your way out of it. Both got into very dicey situations at times. They had the skillset and the highly disciplined troops to work themselves out of these situations (example: Napoleon losing the first battle of Marengo, realizing there was still time for a second battle and crushing the celebrating Austrians. Another example: Caesar at the battle of the Sabis managing to rally his troops after being ambushed and eventually being able to push back the Nervii. Both turned out to be crushing victories where they really should have lost.)

Windows 11 has given me so many headaches at work I have genuinely explored moving the entire corporate environment to Linux. Unfortunately it would be a massive multi-year operation that would not bring the amount of benefits required to get such a thing greenlighted. But simply the fact that I, and many peers, took a good hard look at it tells you just how incredibly shit Windows 11 is. It's a fucking nightmare on so many levels, it's ridiculous.

At which point Yoko Ono would reveal it as her greatest artwork, probably.

They build their homes in the pond out of reach of predators like wolves or bears. They also dig escape routes from their den under the water. They’re herbivores so it’s not for fish, btw.

The hole for the tool (I actually don’t know the proper name) is small enough for ants to get through.

I’ve got 3 of those at home (actually got one as a gift last week) but we don’t use it because the open honey jar attracts ants. So we use spoons. I do like it though.

I bought my wife noise cancelling ear plugs for sleeping because I (in her words) snore like a pig. She has several recordings to back that up. So I bought her these noise cancelling earplugs (Soundcore A20 in case anyone is interested) in the hopes it will allow her to sleep. I will eventually get surgery done for it, because I also have apnea. She hasn’t put them to the test yet because it’s not always that she can’t sleep, but I hope they will serve her well.

Just another AI agent bro, that will fix th Out of Memory or System Resources. Close some windows or programs and try again.

Not for himself, as he just joined the billionaire club. I would probably have ruined it for a billion as well, if I’m being completely honest.

My brother was studying to become a Jesuit and there was this running joke amongst the Jesuits about praying where they would go “Why? God doesn’t exist.” This may sound hypocritical and it kind of is, but they consider the religion more a moral framework rather than something to rigorously believe in. That’s also why Pope Francis resonated with many non-believers because, at least the modern Jesuits, apply the moral lessons of the New Testament with a healthy dose of rationality (they are considered the intellectual branch of the church for a reason). Very few, if any, Jesuit these days believe in the existence of a god, but they find value in the moral framework and how they can apply that to make this world a better place. It’s the only religious order I can stomach to have conversations with.

Yes, 23H2 at the moment.

We’re running the oldest supported Windows version in our enterprise just to make sure these non-stop stream of Microsoft fuck-ups doesn’t affect us too much.