Author: DJ Billings
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That Time We Bought a Tesla
We didn’t mean to buy a Tesla. Which sounds weird, I know. Was it an accident? No. We didn’t fall into a Tesla and accidentally sign for a loan. What I mean is that when we were shopping for a new car, we weren’t even considering one.
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When you see a chance…
Sitting at the controls of the C-141 Starlifter, I peeked out the windows at the mountains below. I was flying a satellite to a California air base where it would be launched in a couple of weeks. There was only one teensy, totally minor, peculiarly odd thing about what I was doing. I wasn’t a…
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Getting along with everyone
The easiest way to get along with everyone all the time is…
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Hello, 2024
I’m one of those New Year’s resolution people. Yup. They’re not resolutions so much as merely things I want to work on, try, and think about for the next 12 months.
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Only Two Options
There’s freedom and power in realizing we have only two options.
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Is AI Killing Art?
The problem for artists isn’t DALL-E3 itself, but the people who choose to wield it.
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Why fedora is My Favorite Distro
I’ve been running on Fedora for about a month now and so far it’s my favorite distro. I don’t know why I hadn’t seriously tried it before. But now it’s going to be my go-to for any new system I use.
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The Case Against Student Debt
The solution to student debt is not to cancel it every few years, but to find a way to avoid falling into that trap in the first place.
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The Time to Ban Assault Weapons is Overdue
There’s a tired argument that if we ban assault weapons, only bad people will have them. I don’t buy it.
