High demand groups must always have an enemy. This enemy must constitute an existential threat to the group (real or imagined). It's what enables the group to make the demands it does of its members. The ends need to seem to justify the means, though actually achieving those ends are unnecessary. In fact it's not even desirable, because once they do, they need to manufacture a new enemy.

This understanding gives interesting context to the Mormon obsession with the quote "there needs be opposition in all things." There literally does.

Whoops!

Accidentally left my #sourdough starter unattended for just shy of 48 hours. I had intended to refrigerate it.

It got a bit runny and had a bit of a vinegar-ey smell to it but no mould, so I think it's salvagable. Just fed it and we'll see how it fares.

Pi is an irrational number. This means that its digits continue indefinitely without ever repeating. Every possible finite combination of digits is therefore contained therein. This would technically include a digital representation of every possible copyrighted work.

Does this constitute prior art?

So, I've learned that the couple who own the building I live in are moving in to the unit directly beneath us.

While I definitely have mixed feelings about this, at least I guess they're less likely to sell to a REIT.

data Foo = Bar { val :: Int } | Baz { val :: Int }