In fairness to her, she swallowed a spider to catch the fly. That should solve it.

Thanks so much. That’s perfect.

New comment in case you’ve seen the previous one… Has reading that thread changed your enjoyment of the book?

I haven’t read the thread yet.

Thanks for the heads up. That’s disappointing. I was excited to start it but I’m still finishing up Revolutions.

I’ll have a read of the Reddit thread in advance though.

I made a 3D Rubik’s cube game in 1998 using openGL as part of college work. You could see all six sides simultaneously (two views of 3 sides each) and rotate any row or column. It was pretty usable given you had to use a mouse to rotate.

That is a great review. Thank you. Just got it with a spare credit I had and it’ll be next up after I finish Revolutions.

I really don’t mind the time commitment. If anything I prefer longer form, more in depth stuff. Both Revolutions and The History of Rome (same podcaster, Mike Duncan) were very long and I thoroughly enjoyed both.

I highly recommend them both if you’re looking for something in the future. The History of Rome is really excellent though he takes a few episodes to hit his stride as it was his first podcast. It’s 179 episodes long and I was bummed when it was over and have listened to it twice so far.

Edit: If you haven’t seen it, The World at War is absolutely incredible. It was made in the 70s so they got interviews with some of the surviving senior Nazis which is fascinating.

I couldn’t bring myself to watch the horrors of the holocaust episode though. Just couldn’t.

You enjoying it? I’m on the lookout for some more historical goodness. My current podcast (Revolutions, which is whopper) is nearing it’s end.

You didn’t? I inadvertently saw so many dicks in school. It was just normalised and nobody cared. The lads locker room was like a nudist beach after 15 or so. We just went about our business.

Then you read correctly!

Ah lads… You’ve gone too far now. C’mon. How in the name of sweet baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all his carpenter friends is this not an onion? C’mon now. Seriously.

Yeah the criminals will quickly find ways to avoid using services that scan client side is my main issue.

I’m technical enough that I can too if the time ever comes. I’m in the “nothing criminal to hide, but fuck you you’re not seeing my texts anyway” camp.

And who knows who will wield these tools at a later point

History is so, so full of examples of this being abused by what were originally well intentioned motives (Jews in The Netherlands rounded up because of census information etc.). I just do not trust any future government and neither should anyone else.

“We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone’s civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services.”

How in the name of fuck anyone thinks they can prevent encryption is beyond me. That ship sailed 30 years ago. People who want it will find a way.

Yeah it’s piss poor. They shot down 4 out of 19. There’s some speculation that they didn’t want to reveal the location of air defence batteries but honestly it smells like ass coverage.

Little nibble first though… Just to help you relax.

Lawnchair supports it.

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Trump called on Europe to do more

Arm Ukraine to the fucking teeth? Got it.

Forza Italia!

And a peace prize of course.

listening to folk songs and clips of speeches by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Lol. Gotta glaze the supreme leader while you drive recklessly.