When a high-level programmer tries to debug a low-level program

The struggle against loneliness, something many modern individuals experience but won't admit, is not just an emotional-relational one, but also an intellectual-relational one. When confronted with both, it is extremely demoralizing and isolating. (Pat answers be damned.)

"When the tide goes out [falling empires and their monetary systems] you discover who’s been swimming naked [state capitalists like Buffett and his ilk]"

Woman at the bar remarked on my wearing all black with a reserved demeanor and asked if I was a serial killer. My response? "No. Just a serial killer of ideologies."

People are panic buying bitcoin and I'm over here panic buying a 1/4 cow and bourbon

Bitcoin. Beef. Bulleits.