Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Tweet of the Day
I just published a journal post which looked at some of my work on Twitter. Sometimes these tweets come from real life experience--take the magic 8 ball hashtag game at the bottom of the list. The one about the little man trapped in an 8 ball actually was inspired by a prank I observed in my first IT gig, in San Antonio. I was an APL programmer/analyst; APL users work in structures called workspaces. It was possible to store a latent expression in a workspace which would execute when the user loaded a workspace. So my senior APL colleague pulled a prank on an area supervisor so when he loaded this particular workspace, it would launch this message (paraphrased from memory): "Help! I'm a little green man trapped in the system; please save me." There's something about computer-generated output that seems to be credible and authoritative; the supervisor actually thought someone was transmitting an SOS through the system, being displayed in his workspace. It was all my colleague could do to restrain his laughter over how the user was in a real state of panic over this prank. So this actually happened although I tweaked the context for the hashtag game. And as I write, it's already picked up nearly 60 impressions/views, which is not bad for a Saturday night. The first one also has gone over reasonably well.
I grew up with 4 little sisters, I'm self-sufficient, my expectations are limited, I have a good sense of humor. #WhyImAGreatCatch— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Add David Friedman to Scott Adams' view that Trump is crazy like a fox. Don't confuse tactics with strategy https://t.co/EOXHsVFa65— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
For example, when Trump talks about immigration, he's full of crap on a policy level, never mind he pinned Romney's loss on anti-immigration— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Immigration, except for 1-issue xenophobes, was never a serious issue in the campaign. Unauthorized immigrants have gone down for 10 years.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
But Trump was tapping into economic anxiety, and many bought into the "flat earth" notion of the economy as their losing in a zero-sum game— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Trump was making preposterous claims that trade deals were one-sided American blunders, and he would bring his negotiating skills to bear.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Trade deals are about guaranteeing consumer access to global markets. Trump wants to restrict that access, which he used to haggle Asian TVs— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Trump exploits the fact most people don't understand how the free market works. When domestic producers don't have to compete consumers lose— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
What Adams and Friedman are pointing out is that Trump is out to get publicity, that he defines his opponents and the rules of the game.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
That's why Trump absurdly took credit for raising the immigration issue. The anti-immigrant wing of the GOP has been around for decades.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
But it is true that Trump's extremist rhetoric bought him priceless publicity. "There's no such thing as bad publicity" for political whores— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
And Trump predictably earned his targeted type of politically correct foes, whose knee-jerk reaction is name-calling (racist, etc.)— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
I, as a NeverTrumper, distance myself from the rabid leftist opposition. Trump knows the economically literate opposition has a heavy lift.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
So Trump is basically dismissive of the pro-liberty crowd, calling us "globalists". We, of course, don't believe in one world government.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
We free traders believe in the primacy of the consumer & distrust any government interference in limiting our voluntary transaction options.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
But I would not feel so all alone— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Everybody must get stoned - B. Dylan
UC Berkeley had to withdraw free videos because not deaf-accessible.
The so-called Resistance to Trump is just the same obnoxious crowd that delighted in "Bush is a monkey" attacks. My Trump humor: more subtle— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Just an example of no such a thing as bad publicity. After Nordstrom dropped Ivanka Trump's brand, the brand pulled in its best sales month.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Do you think that Trump ever built a 15-story hotel in 6 days? You'll never guess who did: https://t.co/zOugwozezB— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
#DontMistakeMy opposition to Trump as being partisan. I'm philosophically opposed to Big Government from the Left or Right.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
"Without government, who would build the roads?" Without government, who would produce the food, treat the ill, make computer chips?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
Government basically does 2 things: it takes people's stuff, and it tells people what to do. If a friend did that, you would kick him out.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 11, 2017
A hot woman just sat next to me in class #WhyICantConcentrate— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
@gbmnyc @BetsyDeVos No. Educational competition better serves parents and their children, not a self-serving, dysfunctional public monopoly.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
@DHStokyo Hypocrite-in-chief Dishonest Abe, who killed more Americans than any foreign power.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
Democracy is the corrupt belief that you can take other people's stuff and liberty if you outnumber them. We need liberty. #ThisIsDemocracy— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
I'm Superman; how would you like to have dinner with me in Paris 5 minutes from now? #FictionalCharacterPickUpLines— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
What do I look like, Dear Abby? #UnlikelyMagic8BallAnswers— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
Stop it! You're making me dizzy with all that shaking. #UnlikelyMagic8BallAnswers— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
HELP! I'm a tiny man trapped in this ball, and I don't know the way out. #UnlikelyMagic8BallAnswers— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) March 12, 2017
Image of the Day
Bastiat, the Great French Classical Liberal
Sometimes Remakes Work
Cops Lying to Justify Unconstitutional Search
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