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Thu Dec 7 10:14:28 EST 2017 Slept from ten-thirty to six-thirty without waking. High of thirty-two today. It snowed a little this morning. Even a dusting of snow accumulated. Work: - Review Asterisk mailbox script Done. - Birthday lunch for Heather and Kristen Done. - Order printers for WN and VS and FL Done. - Review invoices Done. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15865557 https://lemire.me/blog/2017/12/06/simplistic-programming-is-underrated/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus I hate that Microsoft doesn't allow a sane update policy. I want workstations to automatically update, but DO NOT AUTO REBOOT MY SERVERS! Let me schedule, orchestrate, and monitor my server reboots. The only reasonable work-around appears to be setting auto updates through GPO, then disabling Windows Update service on the servers. Home: - Golang study A bit. Twenty-minute walk after work. Dark. Slight snow flurries. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/truth-coming-out-of-her-well-to-shame-mankind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Coming_Out_of_Her_Well http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=48974 http://wtfarthistory.com/post/25851106717/truth-coming-out-of-her-well > Monday morning usually greets the world like the woman in this painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The figure of truth emerges from a well holding a scourge with which to shame and punish humankind. The image makes literal reference to a saying by the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC): “Truth lies at the bottom of a well." Some have interpreted the painting as a reference to the Dreyfus affair, while others discuss the it in the context of a quote by Gérôme that "thanks to photography, Truth has finally left her well.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath > A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Some examples include "gosh" (for God), "heck" (for hell), and "fudge" (for fuck). Wrote a blog post about xenia in the Odyssey: https://paulgorman.org/reading/blog/20171207182117.html Breakfast: cafe latte, ham and egg sandwick Lunch: Caesar side salad, Cuban wrap, coffee Dinner: chips

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