Author: Chris Johnson
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Antonyuk v. James 24-795 U.S.
This case has had a long and torturous journey. We are not at the end of its travels. Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied cert in this case. There was no statement issued in relation to this case. Just “cert is denied” That might sound like a horrible loss, it is not. This case has not…
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Document Object Model
A modern website is a complex system of inter related pieces. Each of which must work correctly and communicate correctly with the other parts of the system. As website creators, we break the design into the Frontend and the Backend. The front end is anything the end user sees, while the back end is responsible…
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Unit testing
This is boring geek babble. Quality Assurance is not something computer nerds are good at. It is boring, repetitive, and difficult. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done. Instead, it means that you need somebody to do QA for you. You cannot do QA on your own. You won’t see your own errors. Consider a…
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Department of Education v. California
The games people play… Consider the following, a plaintiff comes to the district court with a challenge and a request for a summary judgment. The court looks at the filings by the plaintiff, agrees the plaintiff is in the right. The court grants the summary judgment. At that instant, the defendants will appeal to the…
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SCOTUS Watch
Watching The Supreme Court is always frustrating. There is a tendency for things to take a long time. David Snope filed a petition for writ of certiorari on September 23, 2024. This will be the third or fourth time he has requested a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court. It has been granted once,…
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Project Management
Love it or hate it, project management is a thing. It has to be there. If you don’t think it is there, you are just doing it badly. Project Managers are a different kettle of fish. Some need to be boiled alive. Others can just dance on hot rocks. And a very few can sit…
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I can do that
Good points on flintlocks. Then again, making your own primers is definitely possible, including the charge inside. I ran into a reference (online) about making primer charges. You do need some chemical skills, though not a whole lot more than what it takes to make powder for some of the options. I once made mercury…
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Preppers and The Zombie Apocalypse
I grew up a prepper. Most of the people I knew were preppers. The difference was that it was normal. My parents were born at the tail of the great depression. They lived through WWII as children and suffered the rationing that took place in the US. My grandparents planted and tended a garden every…
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On the wall…
There are five rifles on the wall. Four lever action and “Mrs. Pink”, an AR-15 platform with pink furniture. Don’t ask. They are known as “Bear”, “Deer”, “Raccoon”, “Squirrel”, and “Mrs. Pink.” Bear is a Henry Big Boy in 45-70. Deer is a Winchester model 94 in 30-30. Squirrel is a Henry Golden Boy in…
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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…