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Tue Oct 10 06:00:01 EDT 2023 ======================================== Slept from eleven to seven-thirty. Woke around five and took a while to fall back to sleep. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds around 10 mph. # Work * 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM IIPA standup * 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM Oil and gas bonds PII (DMND0001552) * 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM ForMAP discussion Went into the office. # Home * [ ] AWS cert * [x] AWS study * [ ] schedule AWS cert exam * [ ] schedule dentist appointment * [ ] schedule optometrist appointment * [ ] Exercise, even a little. * [ ] Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables. * [ ] Create something, even something tiny or a bit something bigger. * [ ] Go to bed at least eight hours before I needed to wake up. Started reading Paul Holes' Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases. Took out trash. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37822774 > This argument directly contradicts the instructions of Vegetius, whose De Re Militari was *the* definitive military manual of the Middle Ages. Specifically, in book 4, he writes, > > > Innumerable instances are to be met with where the enemy were entirely cut in pieces, even after they had penetrated the body of the place: this certainly will happen, if the besieged continue in possession of the ramparts, towers, and highest parts of the city... The sole resource after a place is forced, either by day or night, is however to secure the ramparts, towers, and all the highest places, and to dispute every inch of ground with the enemy as they advance through the streets. > > It's hard to overstate how important Vegetius was to Medieval strategists, who treated his work practically as gospel and would generally try to follow its recommendations to the letter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_re_militari > De re militari became a military guide in the Middle Ages. Even after the introduction of gunpowder to Europe, the work was carried by general officers and their staffs as a field guide to methods. Friends and subordinates customarily presented embellished copies as gifts to leaders. It went on into the 18th and 19th centuries as a source of policy and strategy to the major states of Europe. In that sense, De re militari is a projection of Roman civilization into modern times and a continuation of its influence on its cultural descendants. Servings: grains 2/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 1/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5 Breakfast: egg and tomato sandwich, banana, coffee Lunch: egg and tomato sandwich Afternoon snack: corn chips Dinner:

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