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Thu Feb 1 06:00:01 EST 2024
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Slept from midnight to eight.
Woke briefly around five.
Cloudy.
A slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 40s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest early in the evening.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
# Work
* 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM CTO demand and project standup
* 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM IIPA project sync
* 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Solution architecture review
* 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM Cynerge security chat
* 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM ForMAP discussion
# Home
* [ ] AWS cert
* [x] AWS study
* [ ] take exam Friday, Feb 2 at 6:45 PM (7:15 PM testing after check-in)
* [ ] schedule dentist appointment
* [ ] schedule optometrist appointment
Read more of The Book of Mayhem.
I was trying to think about a cute take-off on "The Stainless Steel Rat" for my notional paper/zine about federated/small internet/anti-consumerism application architectures, and I think I got it:
The Elastic Rat.
https://sarkos.tumblr.com/post/741078025815441409/i-charge-into-the-box-canyon-on-horseback-while
> balaclava-trismegistus
> Sun Tzu is so fucking funny to me because for his time he was legitimately a brilliant tactician but a bunch of his insight is shit like "if you think you might lose, avoid doing that", "being outnumbered is bad generally", and "consider lying."
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> elidyce
> My personal favourite is his lengthy lecture on the subject of Supplies Being Very Important I Cannot Stress Enough The Importance Of Protecting Your Supply Lines But Also Supply Lines Are Expensive As Shit So Steal The Enemy’s Supplies At Every Opportunity.
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> biohammer
> #DO NOT FORGET TO FEED YOUR TROOPS
> #this was a genuinely important tip but also the way he explained it was hilarious
> #you could HEAR this poor general trying desperately to dumb the idea down far enough
> #for some reich idiot who has never fed a horse in his life and oesn't know how much they eat
> #to understand that there is a Fundamental Limit To How Far You Can Transport A Horse Before It Needs More Food Than It Can Transport
> #Yes Even In a Wagon # And soldiers are the same only more so
> #because they also have to carry weapons and so on
> #and aren't very good at pulling wagons
> #please for the love of Gods and Physics try to grasp this concept I am begging you
> #FORAGING DOES NOT WORK ON THIS KIND OF SCALE
> #NO IT DOESN'T I PROMISE
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> crazy-pages
> One of the more important things to consider about any historical work is the audience it was published for. The Art Of War was aimed at fancy nobles high on philosophy with little practical military experience who were nonetheless leading armies.
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> limpurtikles
> Sun Tzu, after desperatly trying to explain extremely basic logic to a bunch of upper-class twits, basically sat down and wrote the most elaborate "As per my last email" ever
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> roach-works
> the art of war is tedious and irritating when you read it as like, immortal prose by the most brilliant man ever to kick ass. but it’s incredibly fucking funny when you realize that sun tzu had to write every single one of those entries because someone somewhere did not know this ahead of time and made a really, really expensive oopsie doodles.
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> littlegreyduck
> ... okay there's an entire prestige television series idea in this. Sun Tzu and The Series Of Infuriating Inciting Incidents Which Led To The Art of War. (Yes I know the title needs workshopping.) Hell, be anachronistic about it and have the great general stare right down the barrel of the camera in whatever mix of fury, disgust, and lost-the-will-to-go-on is most appropriate for the situation, then he reaches for some ink and gets to work.
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> sarkos
> I charge into the box canyon on horseback while the enemy occupies the high ground
> Sun Tzu looking into the camera like on the Office
Servings: grains 0/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 1/2, meat 1/3, nuts 0/0.5
Breakfast: mandarins, carrots, coffee
Lunch: cheese, salami, tomato
Afternoon snack:
Dinner:
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