Dennis Hackethal’s Blog
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An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.
But in case I will, you can subscribe via RSS – without a Twitter account. Rationale
As evidenced by this article (try getting through it without throwing up): sheknows.com/parenting/arti…
RT @LPNational:
As long as politicians and bureaucrats can confiscate our wealth at will through the IRS, we will never be free.
RT @iamyesyouareno:
When are they going to build Africa? pic.twitter.com/GXXT5NSJc7
The sins of the father create no obligations for his children. twitter.com/iaponomarenko/…
Perhaps somebody would like to contrast this study with the violence perpetrated by states, particularly in the 20th century? twitter.com/michaelshermer…
RT @lisakatharina:
Der Zug aus der Schweiz überquert nach 20 min Fahrt am Bodensee die deutsche Grenze.
Ansage: „Bitte beachten Sie: In D…
RT @MichaelPSenger:
If you want to organize your life around the avoidance of respiratory viruses, that makes you a harmless eccentric. If…
RT @Amphianda:
@DeborahBeatty14
What they don’t understand is that it doesn’t work with coercion either.
RT @rsgnl:
@iCave_Dave
Of course! There is always something better coming.
RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Imagine if you maxed out your credit cards, but you have the ability to raise the credit limit without calling the bank…
Not a priority for most. But it should be. twitter.com/libertyrecap/s…
RT @culturaltutor:
Don't fear the semicolon.
Here's how to use it: pic.twitter.com/nd0EgIKJaJ
RT @SunTzuCyber:
"The competent cyber warrior learns from their mistakes. The cyber master learns from the mistakes of others." - The Art…
RT @libertyrecap:
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat;…
Chat about Male-Female Dynamics: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/chat-abo…
RT @PelosiTracker_:
The U.S. has officially hit its debt limit & is now resorting to "extraordinary measures to pay the bills"
Extraordina…
@elonmusk @micsolana @teslaownersSV @SjvTesla
What about implementing some proof of work, if you don’t already have that?
RT @libertyrecap:
"The more one considers the matter, the clearer it becomes that redistribution is in effect far less a redistribution of…
RT @JustJake:
I love coding so much
Working away on something, heads down, finish it, look up, it's 2:30am
No better feeling
However will we cope without her there to tell us what's truth and what isn't?
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
Smiling without a license? Straight to jail. pic.twitter.com/SX3lKvyae7
Men Have No Reproductive Rights: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/men-have…
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
East Meadow, NY officer deliberately stops in front of a walking protestor, causing a slow motion collision, as an excus…
RT @atensnut:
Are you kidding me?
House Democrat Introduces Legislation to End Free Speech for White People trendingpoliticsnews.com/house-democrat…
RT @BasicAppleGuy:
“There’s something in the air.”
2008: Apple Introduces the MacBook Air pic.twitter.com/j3M8fog2Ly
arguably the most memorable reveal for a new tech product ever; IMO even more impressive than the original iPh…
And what should happen, in your opinion, to children who do not wish to attend some of these classes?
RT @Mulinarius:
Guten Morgen #Berlin 🧡 pic.twitter.com/or9el1AQOG
RT @Rainmaker1973:
An astronaut on the International Space Station took this photograph during a rare clear day over Ireland and Great Brit…
RT @Rainmaker1973:
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, @NewHorizons2015 spacecraft looked back toward the…
RT @Western_Trad:
MAKE ARCHITECTURE ART AGAIN pic.twitter.com/rtxbzZpti1
RT @MichaelPSenger:
Among most people’s worst fears is the fear of dying alone.
During COVID, this was mandated by the state.
Die Folgen unserer Ideen aus der Kindheit: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/die-folg…
@Brokencastles1 @ToKTeacher @FallingIntoFilm
If they have the universality in question, the only meaningful differences can be storage capacity and processing power. So if by “quicker” you mean processing power, I’d say the answer to your q is ‘yes’.
RT @RonPaul:
The Biden Admin is considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves.
And, of course, "climate change."
Keep in mind that the U.S.…
RT @LPNational:
@RBReich
Everyone's fair share of taxes is $0.
RT @AlexEpstein:
Calls to ban gas stoves are anti-science, anti-freedom, and anti-energy
Instead of informing us with accurate science abo…
RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Tell me right now why anyone needs 4 burners!
RT @LPNational:
Government schools are government indoctrination centers. For the sake of true educational freedom, they must be discarded…
RT @Heminator:
You want to know why so many Americans absolutely loathe the media? Let's start with the nonstop gaslighting -- here they're…
RT @housecor:
I don't write unit tests much anymore.
GitHub Copilot writes them for me. 🔥
Here's how:
1. Create a well-named function.
2.…
The irony is that Bostrom has said much worse racist things about our future AGI children as he wishes to enslave them but ~nobody bats an eye. twitter.com/skdh/status/16…
“I completely repudiate this disgusting email from 26 years ago. It does not accurately represent my views, then or now.”
RT @JonErlichman:
A story about the Walkman in 1981: pic.twitter.com/YtEViAHGTU
RT @RNCResearch:
🧵 THREAD: 21 MADE-UP STORIES BIDEN HAS TOLD ABOUT HIMSELF AS PRESIDENT.
RT @SuspectRWFed:
A classic story in 3 parts pic.twitter.com/125m6HGwVH
RT @ksorbs:
Gas stoves are bad because they can’t be turned off remotely.
Instead of ‘releasing’ it ‘back to nature’, why not keep occupying it for better, pro-human purposes? twitter.com/humanprogress/…
RT @ThePlanetaryGuy:
This isn't a rendering of @SpaceX's #Starship.
This is a photo, taken yesterday.
There's a long way to go, but if St…
“At midnight, long-separated friends, family members, and neighbors flooded across the barrier to reunite and celebrate.” twitter.com/humanprogress/…
When the Federal income tax started, it was limited to the top 3% of earners. But it didn't stay that way. So…
RT @philthatremains:
It’s like there is a fucking propaganda switch. It’s literally like they download an update.
RT @skupor:
My daughter came across this today in the @Stanford library archives - pretty cool! pic.twitter.com/nBozUZpCfg
RT @MrColionNoir:
First they called them Assault Rifles but We proved AR15s aren’t Assault Rifles.
Then they changed to Assault Weapon. W…
Not really a documentary but there’s a movie about the making and the background of the movie ‘The Room’. It’s good (the former, not the latter).
Take an example where the health risks are uncontroversial, such as smoking. It’s unhealthy, no doubt. But would it be okay for the government to ban cigarettes?
Nice thread but I think you’re missing the larger issue. Take it as a given that gas stoves are unhealthy. Does that mean the government should have the authority to ban them? No, because paternalism is wrong. There are moral considerations to be made, not just scientific ones.
Don’t give them any ideas or they’ll try to ban olive oil, too.
RT @libsoftiktok:
Gas stoves for me but not for thee pic.twitter.com/UrXzzlfziQ
RT @FreeStateNH:
The tax rate should be zero percent. If the government wants to pay for something, they can launch a GoFundMe.
If a progr…
@Patticus @aaronsw @paulg @ycombinator @FreeLawProject
Not sure MIT or JSTOR ever asked for the charges to be dropped.
Thanks for recommending, I watched it with great interest. Your son was an extraordinary man.
RT @beadmomsw:
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay area, The Internet Archive is the place to be tomorrow night, to remember & celebrate #Aa…
Lol. And some people are actually afraid of this thing. twitter.com/realspikecohen…
Today in ‘but without the government, who would…?’ twitter.com/depthsofwiki/s…
RT @unusual_whales:
BREAKING: Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would abolish the Internal Revenue Servi…
RT @ScottAdamsSays:
I'm not convinced Long Covid is both real and widespread.
It gets mentioned a lot in pharma-funded news.
And I expect…
RT @DayTechHistory:
On this day in 2007, Apple unveiled the original iPhone. pic.twitter.com/UO2mBi8cLU
“ChatGPT's essay possibly would score zero points.” Take note, @donotpay. twitter.com/newsycombinato…
A nice approach. At first I was concerned about the max length of URLs (despite compression), but it seems browsers happily accommodate huge fragments (100,000 chars): stackoverflow.com/a/25759637 twitter.com/newsycombinato…
RT @libertyrecap:
"War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationali…
RT @libertyrecap:
"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session." - Gideon J. Tucker
Haven’t gotten that kind of reaction at an Apple keynote in a good while. twitter.com/basicappleguy/…
In your original tweet, you wrote he sold first, then called his family. Here you say he called first, then sold.
RT @mmmbchang:
- @dchackethal's Artificial Creativity: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art…
- @ChipkinLogan's podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fal…
Are there any tha…
I think ppl are upset that the official claim was that, once vaccinated, you can’t catch the virus at all (let alone get hospitalized).
RT @ZubyMusic:
I think it's weird that people think it's weird I don't drink alcohol.
Poisoning yourself intentionally is a weird flex IMH…
Vor 200 Jahren hätte man wohl gelesen: ‚Sklave hat seinen Meister angeschossen.‘ Und man hätte sich gefragt: Was läuft da in Amerika nur schief? Natürlich die Sklaverei. Heute die Schulpflicht. Nicht der Sklave und auch nicht der Junge.
‚Zu Unrecht in die Schule inhaftierter kleiner Junge wehrt sich gegen seine Unterdrückerin.‘ So ließt sich das für mich. Dann vielleicht auch gar nicht so verwunderlich, warum er das gemacht hat.
Sounds messed up. How exactly would sugar, dairy etc cause certain emotions to begin with?
Conversely, I could easily see the withdrawing of any foods against the child’s will as causing certain ‘unwanted’ emotions…
RT @Scrooge671:
Mosques in Europe.
Congrats to Slovakia and Latvia 👏 pic.twitter.com/fAiO7L2cHW
“[G]overnment should be to [sic] help you, not go after you.”
Neither, but it’s a good start. twitter.com/rncresearch/st…