Author: Chris Johnson
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Bondi v. Vanderstock 604 U.S. ___ (2025)
This is an outcome that I disagree with. This was a 7-2 option in favor of the state (the bad guys). Thomas wrote a great dissent, I agree with him about the correct outcome. Alito did a better job of explaining why the court got it wrong. On the record here, I would not hold…
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How Many Languages Do You Speak?
In computer languages, there are very few that are structurally different. FORTRAN is like COBOL, which is like Pascal, which is like BASIC, which is like ADA, which is like … Forth is not like those above. Nor is APL or Lisp. Assembly languages can be used in structured ways, just like FORTRAN, COBOL, Pascal,…
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Sham Marriage
Immigration law in the United States is garbage. For many years, we did accept immigrants. Americans to be. We were the melting pot. You came to the United States, proud of your original country, or hating it, then you work to become an American. The stories of parents demanding that their children only speak English,…
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Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, (U.S.)
Back in the depths of time, a foreign national wanted to become a U.S. Citizen. He married a young woman who was a U.S. Citizen, living in the U.S. He received his visa to come to America. When enough time had passed, he asked his wife to sponsor him to become a U.S. citizen. She…
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It’s Complicated
Networking should be simple. Even when it was big, it was simple. Plug the wires in correctly, assign the IP address your system administrator gave you, and you are up and running on the internet. We built each node on the net to be able to withstand attacks. Each node was a fortress. But when…
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Khalil v. Joyce, 3:25-cv-01963, (D.N.J.)
What is the judicial branch of the U.S. Government? The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,…
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Due Process
When my guy does something I like, I do cheer. When their guy does something I dislike, I’ll boo. But what happens when my guy does something I like, but which I would boo if their guy did? I worry about this. In addition, I look at how I would react if something my guy…
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Tuesday Tunes
Frank Sinatra was upset in Guys and Dolls because Marlon Brando, as Guy Masterson, was the one to sing “Luck, Be a Lady”. Marlon was not a singer. He likely sang as badly as I, or worse. The claim was that his version of “Luck, Be a Lady” was made by cutting multiple takes together.…
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Remote Repositories for GIT
Definitions When working with git, there are several areas we might be discussing. The most important areas are “working directory”, “staging”, “local repository”, and “remote repository”. A repository without a working directory is called a “bare repository”. The working directory is a location where your files live, with a reference back to the repository. It…