Somebody has seconded with all of my seconds! Oh, hang on, no worries, here come a bunch more seconds.

Well I'm going to sleep now, and if I hear raindeer hooves on the roof I'll just smile and roll over knowing that Santa's milk and cookies are all in place. Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to those who aren't Christian.

Brief summary of the recent news about Slovakia (as far as I can gather). The news doesn't always tell it straight, so here is the simple story: 1. Ukraine (Zelenskyy) asked Slovakia (Fico) to back their entry into NATO. Slovakia said they won't do it, it's not a good idea. 2. (rumor, not reported) Ukraine offered Slovakia $500 million to back their entry into NATO. Slovakia still declined, said it would be WW3. 3. (because the carrot didn't work, they try the stick) Ukraine told Slovakia they will no longer allow gas to transit from Russia to Slovakia through Ukraine starting in 2025. 4. Fico travels to Moscow to ask Putin how they can continue to purchase and receive the cheap energy they need given the new constraint. Zelenskyy makes it a moral issue: Ukraine is fighting for their lives, Slovakia is fighting over money (being unwilling to buy expensive gas from other suppliers). Slovakia makes it a rational decision, both preventing WW3, and providing for their people. (for some reason, Ukraine still allows Russian gas to transit Ukraine to Hungary, probably for the leverage over some future thing).

Trump says that China and the United States together can solve all of the problems of the world. I hope they arrange that. I expect that China will solve all the problems, the US will create a few more, and China will solve those too.

I like narr. It is a good fork. Now I just need a list of interesting RSS feeds to follow. Any suggestions? View quoted note →

I found a problem with the Monty Hall problem. It starts out with 3 doors on 3 stages. Behind 1 door I am told there is a brand new car. And behind the other two doors is a goat. But they won't tell me which door is which. They tell me that I can choose any door and I will win whatever is behind that door. I choose door number one. Then Monty Hall says "Show him what was behind door number 2!" and door number 2 opens and there is a goat! Then Monty Hall says "Now... do you want to stick with your choice, or switch doors?" And I say "Yes, I want to switch. I want to switch to the goat that you have shown me behind door number 2."

When the govt shuts down, please just leave it off. Anyone who turns it back on is a rotten egg.

It is 23.1 C right now where I am at. But it feels like 23 C. According to the met service, who tells you how to feel.