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the Translatinator for helping with translations of GpsPrune & Murmeli; a new birthday reminder called Oops, Forgot; two new Firefox addons called TheCoordinator and MmaBlindfold; Via Ferrata in Flims; possibly on their way: GpsQuests; version 24.5 of the GpsPrune application and its user guide, with 25 coming soon; ways to support the site; a new hiking route crossing the Southeast of Switzerland; the 2024 Advent of Code; the number 2025; |
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Advent of Code: what an adventure! We collected the stars, found the missing historian, and somehow saved Christmas for everyone? I think? Quite a blast, lots of nerve-wracking fun as always. This year I got an even worse final result of 2700+, but I did get 3 top-1000 finishes along the way. And I was within the first 600 people worldwide to collect all 500 stars! ☆.
United States: well... that's going to take some processing... clearly there are some issues which appear to be stark contradictions but for the voters don't seem to be. People who say that a good economy is the #1 priority, yet are unhappy when the stock markets, inflation, unemployment and just about every other measure indicate that things are going extremely well. People who say that healthcare and welfare payments are the #1 priority, yet vote for those who plan on destroying those very systems. Immigrants and relatives of immigrants voting for those who promise to implement the biggest deportation scheme ever seen. People who say they can't vote Democrat because of their policy on Palestine, yet vote for others whose polices are starkly, starkly worse for Palestine. People who say that "law & order" and "respect for the Constitution" is the #1 priority and yet vote for a convicted felon who appears to have NO respect for the current Constitution or the protections offered by the separation of powers. People who insist that Chinese companies will pay a 200% tariff on their products to be able to export to the US — just think for a second how selling a product and then paying double that price as a tariff makes any sense at all.
That guy who used to be so cool: so Elon Musk is now an expert on government efficiency? Well I guess a man who pays $44bn for a company which he shortly later values at $19bn knows a thing or two about wasting money... Rather unfortunately, it appears that he knows nothing about the bills he's raging about, very little about US Politics in general, very very little about UK politics and now very very little about German politics either. Shouldn't he be spending time with his many families this Christmas instead of exposing his ignorance and trying to get regulation breaks for his business interests?
(contd): here's an idea — the US politicians supported (through social media lies as well as with substantial amounts of money) by Musk should do their "deport foreigners because they're poisoning the blood of our country" starting with immigrants like Elon Musk. The UK politicians supported (by words and/or hypothetical money) by Musk should promote "Britain sovereignty first" and violently rail against self-obsessed foreign influence starting with that of Elon Musk. And the German politicians supported (through social media nonsense and newspaper articles) by Musk should similarly and very publicly explain how ignorant foreign billionaires should keep out of things they know nothing about, for the good of Germany. And Musk should spend two minutes learning what "Vox populi" actually means (hint: it doesn't mean "voice of the unelected billionaire").
Ha: turns out that Elon and his brother have actually admitted that they were guilty of working illegally in the US, entering with a student visa but then working instead of enrolling for classes. For Elon this is "kind of a gray area" (smirk), but I wonder how what is clearly illegal immigration can be brought in line with his EXTREMELY vocal stances on illegal immigration?