Notices by Stargeezer Smith (stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza)

@inthehands
My MBA goes back to 1985. Different world now I guess. I'll quiz my son, his MBA is of this era.

@inthehands
I guess a modern MBA must differ from the one I got years ago. I don't recall being taught that gutting a business for short term gain is a viable business model.

@PhilipPugh
That's great.

I've tried to catch the Helix with the publicly available #MicroObservatory but it doesn't allow long enough exposures. I worked out some software that lets me download a batch of target exposures that I can stack. This is the best #Helix image I've been able to get with that equipment. It's pretty faint, but visible.

@bicmay
I remember a co-worker once on a rant about allegedly seeing a person in a grocery line buying food with food stamps, yet had previously flashed a wad of cash from his pocket.

The co-worker's conclusion was that they should eliminate food stamps. I tried to explain that the goal of food stamps was to give needy aid. There was a budget for that. Would there be cheaters in the client mix?

Name any human endeavor that doesn't have cheaters. As the cheaters waste some of the budget meant to help, so does using some of the budget to police and catch cheaters. When the money spent on policing exceeds the cost of the cheating, it's gone too far.

The goal after all wasn't to build a cheat-free food supplement program, but one that helped the most people. When managing such programs, it's important not to lose sight of your initial objectives.

@heidilifeldman
If the GOP senators were on the Titanic, they'd be drilling holes in the bottom of the ship.

@georgetakei
LA is on the front lines today, and showing great determination.

@bmacDonald94
I'm dismayed now too. We'll have to do some rebuilding. Maybe with some hard learned lessons we can make an even better effort. I want to believe that anyway.

@bmacDonald94
I know that war cost too many lives, too many life altering injuries, and for me personally altered my career intentions in a way I couldn't correct.

But aspects of our society changed from that war, at least for a few decades. So still, the lives were lost in a misguided war, but society did what they could to make them count for something.

@bmacDonald94
I think not wasted, but their lives were lost in a battle that continues.

@inthehands
Alas, I can't attend, I'll be visiting my spouse in the hospital. But during traverses to and from the hospital, I can definitely do some drive bys and honk support.

Scientists warn of consequences as over 800 NOAA workers are fired: 'Censoring science does not change the facts' | Space

https://www.space.com/the-universe/climate-change/scientists-warn-of-consequences-as-over-800-noaa-workers-are-fired-censoring-science-does-not-change-the-facts

Our Moon Was Geologically Active Just a 'Hot Minute' Ago, Study Finds : ScienceAlert

https://www.sciencealert.com/our-moon-was-geologically-active-just-a-hot-minute-ago-study-finds

@lovelylovely
Author and orator Fran Lebowitz commented similarly on Trump.

Lebowitz thinks the biggest danger of Trump is that he is a moron. “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”

Whales Can Live Up to Twice as Long as We Thought, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert

https://www.sciencealert.com/whales-can-live-up-to-twice-as-long-as-we-thought-scientists-say

@GeePawHill
I've read that Mel Brooks had that insight too, laugh at them. It's why he often made fun of Nazis in his movies, like the Springtime for Hitler sequence in The Producers.

@jwildeboer
I'm a bit out of touch. What is signal suggested to replace? Email, or text messaging like Google voice, or what?

Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Found in an Ancient Treasure Stash

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-planet-found-in-an-ancient-treasure-stash

@br00t4c
I've been thinking about this. I call it the blue alliance. Domestic things like economic concerns, health policy, education policy, citizens rights, could be protected in blue (and like minded) states by some coordination.

The blue states, after, should have tremendous leverage over the next WH. They have most of the nation's money.

@deprogrammaticaipsum
I did occasionally lament that the creations I accomplished in computer science would be lost in just a few years. Sometimes it made me think I should have followed a math career instead.

But what the heck. I enjoyed what I did, and at least in my working years I was able to elevate the computer use of the organizations where I worked.

@bmacDonald94
Read and learn. I learn a lot here at Mastodon. I'm pretty much a nerd, only well read in my small corner. I'm not very literary, but always willing to be enlightened.