this is surprising (in a bad way): marking an object as read-only DOES NOT MEAN its lazily loaded relations are also marked as read-only
- Chris Winters
"Do you feel a prickly sensation in your skull when you look at that panel? Don't worry, that's just a stupidity-induced brain embolism. Look again. That's FOX News pundit Sean-fucking-Hannity with a robotic arm. In the comic, he is a patriotic freedom fighter in a nation of Pinko fascists. Also, he has a robotic arm. "
- Chris Winters
'Politicians may say it’s because the VA is a “single payer” system. Another way to look at that is to say that the VA has control over its supply chain and its retail channel, plus incentives to be as efficient as possible. (Patriotism, for one.)'
- Chris Winters
"Possibly, there is a lesson there, which is that the sciences of human nature tend to validate the practices and preferences of whatever regime happens to be sponsoring them. In totalitarian regimes, dissidence is treated as a mental illness. In apartheid regimes, interracial contact is treated as unnatural. In free-market regimes, self-interest is treated as hardwired."
- Chris Winters