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  • This was going to be my answer. Except we didn’t even read it as a class. We were doing some other boring stuff and I was flipping randomly through our textbook, where I found it and read it. I still think about it, and sometimes use it in RPGs.

    It would’ve also been super appropriate if I could never find it again in the textbook, but I can’t remember if that’s true.









  • You’re going to get in trouble and it’s not worth it.

    Don’t do personal stuff on their network. What are you even trying to look at via the school network?

    If you’re concerned about privacy while doing school stuff, use another device, or maybe a VM. Do they provide computers for students?

    You might get off with a warning because you’re young (I assume you’re like 16), but bypassing network security stuff as an adult at work will often get you fired.


  • I’ve never had a complaint about logging stuff in python. It generally does what I expect.

    “Create a copy of your object and print that” is what I ended up doing, but I don’t think most people would say that’s intuitive. I expect if i print something at a particular time, I get what it is at that point in time.




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    3 months ago

    I hope you’re ready for a deluge of ignorant comments. And some malicious ones.

    I’m going quickly enumerate some of the more common responses.

    “I knew a poly couple and they broke up!” -> we’ve all known many monogamous relationships that ended, too. Though it is true that going from a conventional, deeply entangled, monogamous relationship to something else is challenging. Read about the missing step if you’re interested. Monogamous people would also benefit.

    “It’s bad for the kids!” -> the poly people I know who have kids, the kids are doing great. They have more adults in their lives that are invested in them.

    “It’s just cheating!” -> cheating is when you break agreed upon rules. If the rules don’t include “only have sex with one person”, then it’s not cheating to do otherwise.

    “It’s just about sex!” -> sometimes! Sometimes monogamous relationships are just about sex. Sometimes they’re not.

    “I’m too jealous for that!” -> most people experience jealousy. What’s important is how you deal with it. If you’re the kind of person who has a freak out and breaks into your partner’s phone because he smiled at the waitress, that’s not ok and not something to be proud of. You can and should work on emotional regulation.

    “You poly people think you’re better than everyone!” -> some people might. But that’s true for any subcategory of people. Vegans. Linux users. City dwellers. Country dwellers. I will say that living unexamined choices I think is the worse choice. If monogamy is something you really thought about and chose, fine, good for you. But if you’re just doing it because that’s expected and never gave it a thought? Less impressed. The same for eating meat or using windows.

    Ok, I think that’s all the highlights.


  • An outside observer may not be able to distinguish an illicit affair from ethical non monogamy.

    You work with Alex and know he’s married to Bob. Got a wedding ring and everything. One day you see Alex kiss Chris on the sidewalk outside the office. One might conclude that Alex is having an affair with Chris, and poor Bob is going to be devastated. But that makes some big assumptions about their relationships. They could be poly and Alex and Chris are also partners.

    That said, I feel like basic people cheating is more common than people doing ethical non monogamy, but I don’t have stats for that on hand. Ethical non monogamy isn’t super rare, but many people aren’t super open about it. Random folks can be unkind about it, and also wildly misinformed.


  • Tinfoil hat time! Also written thinking more about the US, where this sort of thing is also a growing topic.

    Perhaps this government anti-porn law stuff is backed by people who actually want to dismantle government altogether. And not in a fun Communist way but in a privatize everything, corporate serfdom way.

    By pushing for the government to do stupid and unpopular things, they can get people mad at the very concept of government. They can then use that to dismantle things like nationalized health care, fire departments, whatever.