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A 12-based number system is vastly superior to the crappy 10-based one that is in current use. Humanity really needs to switch. The 12-based number system is sometimes called duodecimal but that’s a bad name. Because it’s basically still referring to the 10-based number system in its name. Instead the proper name for it is…

Please support Richie. Richie is really amazing. What a major turnaround for San Francisco it would be if he becomes mayor! Richie Greenberg! Richie Greenberg! Richie Greenberg!

All people should have tracking chips implanted into their bodies. Everything in society should be monitored and controlled by artificial intelligence systems. For example today I found two more electric rental scooters that appeared to have been deliberately damaged. This makes the count of damaged and stolen electric scooters unbelievably high. All I see across…

Knowing how to swim is not just about knowing how to float, wade, and use different strokes; it’s also about knowing how to handle oneself in water. If you get pulled into a current don’t fight it and don’t panic. First instinct (wrong) is to panic and over exert. Instead relax, flow with the current,…

As an active person who bicycles and is into fitness, I know what it’s like to go out and come home with sweaty clothes. One wants to be active, fit, and healthy but having to launder garments all the time is a drag. I also wash almost all of my clothes by hand so this…

Start watching at the 1’10” mark in this video. These are elected officials openly supporting violent felons. A woman lost her life in their city from a violent felon and one mayoral candidate is proposing to amend (actually to restore) the law to exclude violent felons.

Recycling, Once Embraced by Businesses and Environmentalists, Now Under Siege I once took a job at a company in downtown San Francisco. One factor that swayed me in favor of taking the job – when I went to interview at the company – were the recycling bins in their kitchen area. I felt glad to…

Affordable Housing: Fighting Inequality Through PowerBall It should be called “DisempowermentBall” Every election cycle now one sees initiatives, bonds, etc. for “affordable housing”. The government is in the business of providing affordable housing. They can’t promise enough of it. And we see how well the previous affordable housing initiatives have worked out for society. We…

“It was never about free speech. When they were not in power… it was simply just about their gaining power, so that they could do the same thing to their ideological and political enemies that they claim was done to them.” — Henrik Palmgren

If you are a beginning Java programmer one thing that seems daunting is the class header for the main class: public static void main(String[] args) Having to memorize this nasty-looking line of code from the beginning, without understanding what it means, is not fun. So here is a recommendation based on a shortcut from the…