calliope

I always try to build things that I might want!

I am fortunate to have a lot of other hobbies, so I build little things for myself for those hobbies.

One of my first scripts I ever wrote around 2004 was a Perl script to get what song was playing and automatically update my IM “status”.

I also made databases of comics and CDs for myself too.

The easiest way to get better is by doing, and doing is way easier when it’s something I care about.

This is not a valuable conversation, because I’ve already told you where I draw the line: somewhere BEFORE “I want to climb Everest.”

The fact that you can’t tell the difference between people traveling all the way to Everest and “everyone” makes me think you’re a bot or a troll.

Again, being judgmental is valuable, this conversation is not.

Billionaires shouldn’t exist, people shouldn’t go to Everest because they are insecure.

Not hard to understand. “But—” nothing.

Ok, you’re not even reading. Pathetic. I’ll block you now, bye!

It’s actually ok to not like harmful things! It’s called having integrity.

Your arrogance is astounding.

Oh, that includes all of the equipment, flights, and transportation?

For one person, right? Comparing it to a family vacation proves my point. A douchebag insisting on going to a big mountain seems a little different than a family vacation…

I will never mind speaking in absolutes about this. If you care about going to Everest, you are a selfish asshole. Full stop. I don’t care that it’s affordable for you, that’s part of the problem.

I don’t care if the locals rely on the abuse, it’s still abuse.

It’s really crazy now to think I was spending $129 on OS upgrades. No wonder I waited!

The two states in the north that are the same size… happen to be the size of Croatia! 🫨

It is 100% overly wealthy, selfish people and the service workers they’ve trapped with them.

Spending thousands on gear, then going all the way to Nepal (a less developed country) to climb a mountain is the very definition of “overly wealthy.”

Nothing says “I don’t care about anyone else” like insisting on being the millionth tough guy to climb a mountain, just to say they did.

I think this should be part of the risk. Leave them up there and clean the bodies up when it thaws.

They were more expensive in the early 2000s.

See, for example, this MacRumors thread from 2003 entitled “Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Why Is it still $129?”

Jaguar (10.2) was also $129 in 2002.

10.1 was free.

Going up from 2003,

• 10.4 Tiger was $129 in 2005
• 10.5 Leopard was $129 in 2007
• 10.6 Snow Leopard was $29 in 2009
• 10.7 Lion was $29 in 2011
• 10.8 Mountain Lion was $29 in 2012
• 10.9 Mavericks was a free update in 2013

Slopes*

“They didn’t do their diligence on that one”

“The gig is up”

Both from a podcast I listened to. I’m still not sure if they ever learned.

I love a good crime documentary for chores!

Right, private equity bought it because it’s a distressed asset. Claire’s filed for bankruptcy in 2018 already. They’ve been struggling for years.

Making it into a “conservative” culture issue seems like something a vulture capitalist would do.