Wendell Berry speaking at a college commencement in 1989. Submitted without comment.
Beware the justice of Nature.
Understand that there can be no successful human economy apart from Nature or in defiance of Nature.
Understand that no amount of education can overcome the innate limits of human intelligence and responsibility. We are not smart enough or conscious enough [...]
What happens when you don’t start a software project looking at it from the user’s perspective?
This happens:
I tried once or twice to press this point when I was serving my brief stint in the security world. Unfortunately I didn’t have much clout with the big names of SELinux, because I’ve never been a “real” [...]
On November 1st, Bruce Schneier published his essay “The War on the Unexpected“. It made the rounds online, and it well deserved the attention. I won’t start copying in bits and pieces of that text, because you really owe it to yourself to read the whole thing.
I didn’t link to the essay at [...]
The following phone conversation just occurred:
Elizabeth: Hello?
Phone Scamming Scumbag: [Spoken smoothly and officially.] Hello, we are conducting market research today. Are you over the age of 18?
E: Yes.
PSS: What is your income level: over 15,000 a year, over—
E: —I’m sorry, I don’t feel comfortable telling you my income level. What is the [...]
Dear Guy That Signs All His Email With a PGP Key,
Before sending any more email, please consult the following brief checklist:
Do the recipients of your email have access to your public PGP key?
Do the recipients of your email give a damn about who wrote your email?
Hint: if you cannot answer yes to at least one [...]