There is a pernicious myth that is consistently spread by many people that the “average” Federal employee is bathing in the excesses of government largess and is overpaid. While this is likely to be true in some cases, the typical position is generally underpaid versus the area and responsibilities. To show how bad the situation really […]
Categories: social
Tagged: federal, government, gs, pay
The degree to which I hate Eclipse can not be understated. For me, it’s a truly loathsome piece of “software”. I tried out Netbeans but I found it amazingly unstable and slow. So, since I had been using PyCharm with some happiness, and admiring RubyMine, I decided to pop for the “full enchilada” and drop the $249 for IntelliJ IDEA. Fortunately, […]
Categories: programming
Umberto Eco has long been one of my most favored authors. I’ve even tried to delve into his more scholarly work, but it escapes me to a large extent. Now, he tackles the absurdity of the Wikileaks fiasco in an article in Presseurop: But let’s turn to the more profound significance of what has occurred. Formerly, […]
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Tagged: philosophy, umbertoeco, wikileaks
I’m sorry for backing Barack Obama. I’m sorry I voted for him in the primaries. I’m sorry I shoveled money into his campaign. It appears that I was swept up in a cult of personality, and while he is no-doubt one of the smartest Presidents in history, he’s also one of, if not the, most spineless. What a sad, sad […]
Categories: social