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World trending toward totalitarian. A lot of people actively want that, and a lot more are prepared to tolerate it if the *right* people are in charge.

The rain it raineth

Air temperature 48 F, wind north about 14 mph gusting to 24, raining. Snow up in the mountains and along the Quebec marches. Supposed to die out this evening around sunset.

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I am not a person of importance on the vast majority of the things that are important to you. That's the way the human race works.

Show the instruments

There was this thing in the Inquisition, where they showed a suspect the instruments of torture and again asked him/her to repent. Well, I hooked up an old low-power amateur rig* to do some code practice, turned it on, and nothing happened. Not even smoke. After several days futzing around, checking that the power supply was putting out its 12VDC etc, I took the top cover off the rig so I could check this and that and flipped the power supply on again. Now the receiver is making noise . . .

They are afraid of screwdrivers, folks. Terrified.

*Heathkit HW-8, which tells you aficionados just how old.

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Excellent crescent.