I do mostly trail biking. I just started carrying a mini battery operated chainsaw in my bag a month ago and it’s already come in handy twice. I also carry the usual tools, a spare tube, a GMRS HT, solar powered GPS, first aid kit, and snacks. If I’m biking on the river trail, I throw a collapsible fishing pole in there, as well.
“The personal, as every one’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here—it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it PERSONAL. Do as much damage as you can. GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS. That way you stand a far better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference, the ONLY difference in their eyes, between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL. Well, fuck them. Make it personal.”
-Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Alright, look… I still write all of my own code… originally…
What I will 100% offload on some two-bit clanker slop agent is a last minute change request that fundamentally alters the structure and scope of the project.
Hey, if you’re not going to put in your best effort to plan, then why should I put in my best effort to develop? 🤷♂️
Primal is a banger, if you haven’t watched it yet. Tartakovsky’s ability to convey emotion, tension, and action in a series with virtually no dialogue is savant-like.
A digital panopticon.
The trails around here are very prone to fallen trees and branches and sometimes there’s no easy way around when they come down. With that chainsaw, I can get myself and everyone else on the trail moving again before trail maintenance even gets the call.