The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
“…bread and circuses…. I mean, tax cuts and unlimited streaming video….”
OH at the Starbucks counter:
Are you named after the character from Harry Potter?
No, I’m named after the Roman goddess of wisdom.
Anecdotal evidence that Professor McGonagall is the most popular Minerva and except for the ones who have planets (or days of the week in places that speak or once spoke Romance languages) named after them, Roman deities are generally obscure. (Perhaps Athena and the rest of the Greek pantheon might fare better, though.)
For some reason, I don’t think this is what people who are pro-automation and pro-technology had in mind. #automationFTW
Crime-Fighting Robots Hitting The Streets In California • 2016 Jan 1 • Sarah Buhr • Technocracy • News and Trends
I actually missed this the first time around:
Crime-Fighting Robots Go On Patrol In Silicon Valley • 2014 Nov 18 • Joe Vazquez • CBS SF Bay Area • CBS 5 KPIX
Knightscope • Predict and prevent crime • Together… Today.
It’s probably a bit late to worry about this, but I am hoping that I sufficiently caulked the very large 50+ year old window frame in my living room.
I am also hoping that the previous leakage was only limited to the window frame, and that it’s not because the roof is leaking into the attic and and pooling in the ceiling. #ElNiño2016