I've tackled this issue from a bunch of different angles, and have never come to any comfortable conclusion. But one can assume that, there is a semi-random distribution of these traits based on genes and inheritance. So these people are going to keep cropping up, and maybe even more of them. Given that there's no way to stop people with certain personality traits from being born, what to do with them? Unless we're making exceptions, these people also have human rights as well.

Once you know someone will hurt you to get ahead - avoid them and avoid being the throat they need to step on. Sometimes you can’t help it. The best you can do then is not leave openings and have some solid backup plans.

Thank you for this! I'm trying to get deeper into open source audio software and programming, looking forward to spending some time with this on the weekend.

Here's a tutorial and template project for creating your own plugins. https://github.com/VCVRack/Tutorial The other resource is the collection of header files in Rack/include/.

> you can't fake empathy

I disagree partly, faking empathy and goodwill is a cornerstone of manipulation in politics. However, I agree it's not a long-term strategy and over the medium-term (months not years) people will learn to see through it. Some people are more transparent than others in this regard.

"Tully said it’s mostly because of the heavy rain, which carries sewage into Lake Ontario and into creeks and rivers."

Yes, this is the problem. Anyone in the GTA can tell you about the wonders of our Combined Sewer systems:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_sewer

This is like seeing some potentially horrific error handling logic in critical infrastructure. Wait, it is actually that.

The storm drain should have the overflow-to-river mechanism before it's combined with sewage?

This is very cool and something I have been curious about for a long time. How is the performance?

Surprisingly pretty good. Simple API load tests show response time < 80ms. The C programs themselves are very fast (because there is not a lot of computation involved).

The more common term is "entities" or "elves"-and I can't really say I've ever seen them.

I read that "The Machine Elves" are more associated with LSD than DMT. Perhaps they activate different parts of the brain associated with object recognition - LSD for humans and faces, and DMT for insects/reptiles as other comments have speculated - it makes me wonder what myriad other substances out there that we haven't discovered yet and what otherworldly effects they could have.

"Machine Elves" was coined by Terence McKenna to describe the beings in the DMT world. He didn't do much LSD and wasn't a big fan of it.

Maybe others have had different experiences but at the very least the origins of the term are tied to DMT.

^_^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9z4uYEKvJw

Too much probably, doesn't help that I am dissatisfied with my job. I'm going to have to go back to pomodoros for time management.

I'll always love stuff like this, such a fun way to practice without the pressure of finding something to report on.

Problem is the FBI will see people doing this, and most likely profile/track these individuals... Wait, you're one of them aren't you!

An I Ching throwing program was the first program I wrote on my own, and is still an exercise I like to go through when teaching myself a new programming language.