Been a student. Been a clerk. Been a salesperson. Been a manager. Been a teacher. Been an expatriate. Am a husband, father, and chronicle.
IIRC, the food, therefore the word, was introduced to Korea. It is a transliteration. Like “tae-kwon-do” is a transliteration from the Korean 태권도 (taegwondo).
Note: Korean is not my first language. It is first non-English script I’ve managed to learn to read and write and makes me happy every time I interact with it.
My read/spoken Korean is atrocious and barely functions.
치즈 (chi-jeu)
So there’s this Rick and Morty episode (s05e04)
I’ve read Dante’s Inferno. Two things are true:
Though, the ninth circle — betrayal — is where many politicians, pundits, and the president of Israel belong. Frozen in the ice at the center of Hell.
If more people realized this, life would be a lot more simple. I never grew up. I just got older.
Climate connection was also in my feed this AM.
Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries
Exclusive: Climate cost of war is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds
Nina Lakhani
I agree with funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works. Running cover for despotic regimes seems to be a pattern that 20th and 21st century American history is shot full of.
Please keep in mind that America backed Pol Pot as the head of state through that 1975 to 1979 genocide and for over a decade after.
The password entry screen for Metal Gear.
Love that tune. So calming.
That Super Mario Bros 2 - Game End lullaby is perfect.
3D printed buildings and neighbourhoods.
The design implications are endless and including modular rough-ins for water, power, and HVAC, which would make design accessible to all. Get an AI engineer to test the design and a human engineer to double-check the results, and you can get printing.
Hopefully, the type of concrete is getting less specialized and more sustainable. If we can jazz up the exteriors, that would also help.
The voice I used for “piece by piece” was Denzel’s from Man on Fire (2004).
I’ve seen a bunch of those. Enough to know of his April 1st gags and to be able to shill for his website.
Which I won’t do here.
I’m more wondering about doing it as a career. What’s the annoyance/danger factor? How much work do you need to stay afloat? What do start-up costs look like? What would cause a locksmith to walk away and get into something else?
And so on.
Any insights about locksmithing? Aside, of course, from odd hours
I’d also like to hear about the journey toward being a master carpenter.
“Now is the time for maximum restraint and stepping back from the brink,” Guterres said. “The United Nations stands ready to support any initiative that promotes de-escalation, diplomacy, and a renewed commitment to peace.”
I feel like I’ve heard this before…
"It is time for restraint, reason and de-escalation.
"There is no place for actions and statements that would take this dangerous situation over the abyss.
“It is time to establish a ceasefire and return to the path of dialogue and negotiations to save the people in Ukraine and beyond from the scourge of war.”
~ Antonio Guterres, 23 February 2022.
UNSG must be one of the most frustrating jobs on Earth.
Wow. Hadn’t heard of this one. Power of Nightmares and the Century of Self are among my favourite docs.
Take a serious look at the collapse of the Soviet Union, the gutting of the Commonwealth, and the rise of Russia under Yeltsin, then Putin. I’m not sure of any fictionalized works that examine this in any detail, but the aftermath and the new reality is well-described in Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev. Link is a 10 year old review in the Guardian.
The falls of other empires would also be instructive. There is an excellent podcast/YouTube channel, the Fall of Civilizations(YouTube Link)(Spotify Link). In listening, I found several parallels to the first Trump presidency. I haven’t listened in years.
A paper-thin skinned hegemon leads a dying empire against his staunch allies. I fed this prompt to ChatGPT and it handed me back Dune by Frank Herbert and Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
There are 101 years in your question. So, no year zero then?
Still fighting for command of this very small hill.
Phrasing.
Nice to meet you, too. Thanks to 세종대왕 (Sejong Dae Wang, King Sejong) for creating a Hangeul, a stronger phonetic system. I look forward to its use for a long time to come.