Maybe we've become too enamored of the notion of value and worth as applied to people, and it's time to give it a break. Here's my hot take: people don't have value (or worth), they have rights and responsibilities. People's skills, abilities and assets have value (or worth).

Caught a stomach bug and now I have a craving for toast with Nutella.

What the hell happened to the iOS control panel? Looks like someone shotgunned icons across a bunch of screens at random.

As I've been diving into compilers, I (re-)discovered C--. But it looks like it died out in the mid-2000s (except maybe for GHC). Can anyone provide a reason or context around this?

@AustinZHenley What book is this?

@AustinZHenley This is pretty cool! All the CEGIS guys must be going crazy right about now.

@natefoster we may not have a right to bear arms, but you can use the constitution itself as a blunt weapon in a pinch

This is the first time in my life that I'm making a big change, but no direction so far has felt 100% right. Not sure if that's just a side effect of getting older, or something more fundamental.

@jeffbigham that just sounds like something Gordon Ramsey would say

@vbhvsgr Yeah, that sounds about right

@moradipegah I can only cook breakfast 😢

So is anyone not back-tracking on remote work? Asking for a friend. (It's me, the friend is me)

Born to be a hobbit, need to be a Ranger.

Ok, funemployment was fun, but now I’m bored, so I’d like a job and to come back to Boston ASAP please.

@steffensmallcar @Google @dilorenzo_j @Ali_Kherad I'll send email

@george_berry Nah, need new blood. Shapiro maybe?

@lexi_lambda @samth I came across some of your answers there, I think on denotational semantics, and really enjoyed reading them!

Womp womp passed final round interviews for a research position at a certain big tech company, but doesn't look like they can find me a matching team, so guess I'm still looking for gainful employment.