Many hat tips today. To S, C^2 and Matt, another.<\/p>\n
And two personal notes. <\/p>\n
Because Pat asked: Nope, you didn’t miss part V of “Responsibilities of a Resident of the Police State.” I haven’t written it yet. Was hoping to get to it last week, but my brain has been overloaded lately. Think pieces are hard, and that one just hasn’t gelled yet.<\/p>\n
I usually don’t mention such things until afterward<\/i>, since the only way I can get through them is to pretend nobody’s listening. But I’m scheduled to be on Brian Wilson’s radio show<\/a> tomorrow at 4:30 EDT. Brian is so cool I have no worries about the interview going well. We’re going to talk about Hardyville for 15 or 20 minutes (which also explains the book-selling post that’ll go up tomorrow morning).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many hat tips today. To S, C^2 and Matt, another. Have you noticed that companies you deal with online increasingly force you to place symbols, capitals, and numbers in your passwords — under the illusion that their nannying guarantees a password stronger than any you could possibly invent for yourself? In its own inimitable style XKCD notes the folly of that. Another bank closes. But not for the usual post-crash reason. Nope. Just the usual governmental reason. “A right to be forgotten”? There’s an interesting concept. Could it really interfere with the right to free speech? More village self-defense. But…<\/p>\n