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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's a simple logical extension of the principle.
In logical terms:


Do unto others → done unto you.


By modus ponens, harm unto others → harm unto you.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I believe in punishment for deterrence and prevention.




I believe in punishment for punishment's sake.  It is a necessary component of justice and a simple extension of the golden rule: as a person harms another, so too they also shall be harmed.  I find that a lot of people express a belief that punishment is a vicious necessity, to be minimized whenever and wherever possible and used only to the extent needed to serve other material ends (especially with respect to women).  I don't agree with this at all, and I think it undermines the goal of justice to eliminate righteous punishment for the guilty.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This could be a mostly unconscious rationalization. E.g., the id desperately wants to kill, the superego knows it is terrible, and the ego resolves the conflict by manufacturing a convenient rationalization, which becomes fact in the conscious mind.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Or, she was never actually going to do it and seized upon that as the best self-justification for inaction.  Just like all those people totally, seriously, for-real are joining the gym this week - until completely unexpectedly, something came up which made it too inconvenient.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This video explained to me in a concrete way why the intervals defined by the 12-note scale actually do sound more harmonious on common physical instruments, and why less common instruments don't work as well in that scale, which is something I always noticed about the tubular bells or carillon.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag&t=1236s


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hiking several miles through a blizzard to sit at the fireplace at a cozy pub with a pint or a highball.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think this is a common problem with first-person narratives, at least for myself.  I find a character with what I consider to be annoying quirks a lot more annoying when they are also the narrator.  I feel that the third person narration puts a little more distance between myself and even the protagonist, so I don't feel the same way I do when someone is saying cringeworthy stuff to me in a real life conversation.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It doesn't even have to be bland!  Spices are quite inexpensive per flavor unit.  You can easily put some white rice in a rice cooker, add a ton of seasoning and frozen vegetables, chicken boullion, even crack in an egg or two, and get a meal that smells amazing, has strong flavor, and costs about $2/person, tops.  I think people just generally don't know how to use seasoning and are afraid to experiment, so they just don't use it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think Taco Bell is actually one of the safer fast food restaurants because almost everything they serve other than lettuce is pre-cooked and shipped sterilized and sealed.  They should probably just start gamma-irradiating the lettuce.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What else can they really do? There's roughly zero surplus hydropower sitting around waiting for a customer, and everything else has a lead time of double digit years or is even worse in terms of nuisance (E.g., massive diesel gensets).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Typically the local tax revenue is via property tax, to which the end usage of the datacenter is irrelevant.  It's assessed based on the fair-market value of the land and improvements.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hmm.  A palatial botanical conservatory with orchids in the dead of northern winter at least sounds like a civic use of waste heat.  Maybe Milwaukee should relocate the Mitchell Park Domes to Mount Pleasant?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Weekly Finance Thread - 2026-08-01
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You could easily find a local church and donate to their benevolence fund, or similar targeted fund. These are often very efficient, usually run by volunteers who donate their time to allocate funds to where they will offer real help to those who need it. But it does violate the EA precept of non-locality: a benevolence fund is much more likely to help someone local with a utility bill than save a few children on the other side of the planet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
As a Wisconsin resident I'm obligated to tout the virtues of the brandy old-fashioned, but since it's already obvious I will raise awareness of the Brandy Alexander, a delicious brandy drink that also incorporates dairy, for a Midwestern twofer.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 31, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Played the pre-release game The Crust for several hours.  It's a more-or-less standard factory/exploration game, set on the Moon.  I'm a Moon exploitation enthusiast, so I enjoy the fantasy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
As RJ Fletcher wisely advised, never call chicks broads.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That's forbidden by copyright law.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's any time a Republican is President.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In the Usenet days so long as some users were willing to contribute positively, all you had to do was ignore the flames. Now with the mods as gatekeepers, those useful contributors are also chased away and the flamers are all that is left.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No I wouldn't, I was just saying they would be unlikely to survive as corporate R&D efforts.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Real value in this context means that it produces return on investment in a straightforward way. Legitimate research reveals new facts about material reality.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Doubtful - things that provide real value will be continued elsewhere, in corporate R&D labs if needed. The real losers would be expensive but legitimate research with no practical application, like particle physics or astronomy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, a knife with a blade for a handle. I severely chastise people I see using an open scissors as a knife.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I agree that Nolan is overrated, but I think it proves how desperate audiences are for solid filmmaking craft, which is something that Nolan does really well.  He builds big sets and shoots on location and performs real stunts, and at least makes an effort to utilize the power of visuals.  I don't plan to make a special effort to see this movie, as I'm just not a mythology enthusiast to begin with, but I'm willing to believe that it's much better than the usual theatrical dreck.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bottle opener.  I do live in Wisconsin though.