Republicans invent a new word during their ongoing contest for worst person — Representative Kevin McCarthy of California is redefining political humiliation during a bitter contest between Republicans over who can be America’s worst person. We now have a new word. Humiliationathon. I know. It’s a long word, but it reflects McCarthy’s continuing dance with utter humiliation. As I write this, Republicans are…

A plugin developer claims to have found a backdoor to God in his code — In September, a plugin developer named Aleksey Vaneev claimed that he found theoretical proof of the existence of God while building an algorithm for a white noise generator (!). Then, he posted his results on GitHub: GitHub - avaneev/prvhash: PRVHASH - Pseudo-Random-Value Hash. Hash functions, PRNG with unlimited… PRVHASH is a hash function that generates a uniform pseudo-random number sequence derived from the message. PRVHASH is…github.com

What is that awful stench coming from the son of apartheid? — Can you imagine being so rich that you can buy Twitter and ban anyone who rubs you the wrong way? Elon Musk can. …

Run, Charlie, run! — If you’re a centrist or a normal Republican (are there any of you left?) looking to repair the damage, you’d do well to yell into Charlie Baker’s ear and tell him to run for president. Who is Charlie Baker, you ask? As governor of Massachusetts, he is what the Republican…

A story about oppression that speaks to our modern world — Caution: Minor spoilers ahead… I’ve been a science-fiction fan since I was a young lad listening to singles on my 45 RPM record player. Guess what, kids? That’s a long time. Unlike many sci-fi fans, I’m not big on fandom. I can’t tell you much about Star Wars canon even…

I’m done with Trump and you should be too — Worldwide, people are asking why I’m done writing about the Orange Puffaloe of Mar-a-Lago. Okay, I exaggerate — one grossly underpaid writer named Charles is asking. See, I woke up the morning after the puffy king of rage announced his candidacy with another easy Medium rant. Adding “Trump” to a…

Lesson Number One: Threaten your employees — If you’re a recruiter, take note of the dates Twitter software engineers mark as their employment dates. If it includes any period after Elon Musk purchased the company, skip the whiteboard test. Nobody worth a dime can possibly still be working for this guy. Since taking over Twitter, Musk has…

The Georgia runoff is still critical to your future — You may have heard the good news that the Democrats have retained control of the Senate. This is good news even if you’re a hardcore Republican — you just don’t know it yet because of your institutionalized habit of voting against your self-interests. There has been a fair amount of…

A review of comments by New York Times readers — As U.S. president, Ron DeSantis would probably destroy the democratic process faster than Elon Musk can wreck Twitter. But worry not, because it isn’t going to happen. If you don’t believe me, I’ll just remind you that I was right about the midterm polls: Why You Shouldn’t Pay Any Attention to the Polls Remember Kansas?www.baixiangren.com Okay, I’ll admit it. I may…