A Shemale's Diary

5 Things It’s Easy to Forget About WoW

Having found myself with a lot of free time to kill lately, and since I’m now reviewing games again and needing one to review, I returned a few days ago to Azeroth, because it’s been about 4 years since my Blood Elf Affliction Warlock and Tauren Restoration Druid wrought havoc in 2v2 and 3v3 arenas, and that seemed as good a way as any to kill large blocks of time in a non-productive and…

Why #Bitcoin Block Size Definitions Must Be Removed entirely; Bitcoin exists for miners, not you and me.

When I saw the news that Valve had dropped support for Bitcoin, my first thought was, “Wait a minute, Valve accepts Bitcoin? How did I not know that? It’s at the intersection between the two of the three biggest areas of my life (the other being music–so yes, writing about gaming and cryptocurrency while listening to music puts me as close to Nirvana as I can get).”

Then it occurred to me that I…

The #Morality of Penises: a millennal's guide to shutting the fuck up about reality.

I’m not even trying to be funny with the title for this article–more is the pity, really, because it means this has to be discussed en sincera, which is a black stain on the intellectual rigor of our entire species. However, in the last week or so–since the Navy pilot drew a penis in the sky with the conntrails of his jet–the word “immoral” has been thrown around a lot. To be clear, the word…

#Cryptocurrency Check & the #BitcoinSilver Scam: why @CryptoCheck exists.

After bitching repeatedly about how other people need to do something to help protect consumers from shitcoins and scamcoins before too many ICOs run off with people’s money (and seeing Bitcoin Silver do exactly that), I laid out a plan and got to work on Cryptocurrency Check / Crypto Check. I prefer CryptoCheck, which is the name I went with on Facebook (although the page URL is https://facebook…

How @Coinbase is Saving the #Crypto Market by keeping the masses from all the #shitcoins.

People like to talk shit about Coinbase. And, in a lot of ways, I get it. They certainly didn’t make it easy for people to retrieve their Bitcoin Cash (much less Bitcoin Gold–which may not be retrievable at all), but at least they’ve done better on that front than Jaxx. But there’s more to it than that. There’s also some elitism, which I also get. I have the same elitism, as a tech person, toward…

Shut Up, FFS--Arvin Vohra is NOT Why the #LP Loses. Want to know why? I'll tell you.

First of all, before I get into this, it’s worth pointing out that the LP isn’t reallylosing. In fact, we just won a number of local and state elections. The LP has no national Congressional officials and has never won the White House, but Libertarians of all people should understand the power of local governments. Yet we seem to have the same fascination with the Federal Government that the Big…

A Literal Lesson on #Literally: the difference between a figurative statement and a literal one.

If there is any single word that is horrifically over-used and incorrectly used, especially among millennials, that word would be “literally.” In perhaps the best piece of evidence that the ironic hipster culture has gone way too far, it is probably literally the word most often used figuratively rather than literally.

And it makes me figuratively sick.

It makes me metaphorically disgusted.

It…

Did @CharlieShrem et al. just screw over #Bitcoin? And a serious @Coinomi complaint.

I think they did, and I think that it’s entirely possible–even probable–that Shrem and other Segwit2x supporters did it knowingly and intentionally as a way of driving up the value of Bitcoin, selling off, making their announcement, and shifting into Bitcoin Cash, which has already solved the problems that Segwit2x was supposed to partially address. So let me give you the rundown of what I’m…

A Comedy of Censorship: #Isolationism is the end result of the #Russian #hysteria.

The irony of opening my daily subscription email from Rational Review, a libertarian news digest, and seeing an item from Newsweek about how Russia is planning to ban Facebookfrom its country unless Facebook stores the data for Russian users inside Russia, which critics are deriding as an attempt to censor and control the Internet, was almost too much hilarity for my brain to take before I’d…

Your Chance to Win 10 #Blackcoin

Win 10 Blackcoin!

I’m currently running a challenge where the winner will receive 10 Blackcoin (BLK). Granted, that’s just over $2 right now, but Bitcoin also used to be 20 cents each, and I’ll point out that, being the first 100% Proof of Stake coin, Blackcoin stands excellent chances of climbing very high. Hold onto them for five years and that may be a $500 reward. Or it may still be $2, no…

Obfuscating #Stupidity & the IP/MA Game: how do metaphors work, and why do people pretend to be stupid?

In his seemingly unlimited capacity to #trigger people, Arvin Vohra, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party, recently posted this on Facebook:

“Guys, we shouldn’t speak badly of rapists. Many people rape, and they vote. If we attack them, they might not vote libertarian!”

That’s how some of you sound when you suggest we pander to public school “teachers” and members of the military welfare complex…

Libertarians and America-centrism: one day soon, the #US will be punishable for its crimes.

If there is one thing that nearly everyone who has studied the matter agrees on, it’s that United States global dominance is on the executioner’s block and cannot last forever. This has been said by Ron Paul, who repeatedly pointed out that the militaristic propping up of the USD is unsustainable, but libertarians are not the only people saying such things. It’s well-known that, around 2030,…

The Fall of #Democracy: #Catalonia, #Trump, #DemRussians! and #Brexit.

While I’m not particularly a fan of any state, as Winston Churchill rightly observed, “Democracy is the worst form of government–except for all the others.” While I’d nitpick a bit and point out that we don’t (and have never had) a democracy–we have a republic with universal suffrage–I’m going to use the terms interchangeably, incorrect though it is. This is because most people think we have a…

"Protesting a Vote" is not "A Protest Vote." If your side refuses to vote, you ensure the other side wins.

Of all the stupid things to come from the modern left (as opposed to libertarians, the true left), this recent trend of opposing a vote by protesting it and not voting at all may be the most stupid. Congratulations to Catalonia for its declaration of independence (given the foundation of the United States, if you request international assistance, the U.S. should have your backs). We won’t,…

Can Government Create #Rights?

No.

https://www.qallout.com/debate/3430-rights-pre-exist-and-are-not-created-or-bestowed-by-government-dollar1000-october-qualifier-round-1-live-on-wed-oct-18-at-9-pm-eastern#comment-23896

There’s a debate between me and another guy. I would appreciate very much if you would watch the video and give me your support (I’m Pro, meaning Pro for the argument that rights pre-exist).

Now, I don’t…

Corporate Don't Ask, Don't Tell: being #trans and seeking employment, fun stuff.

As part of the “moving to Keene, New Hampshire” process, which you can speed up by buying my ebook for $2.99 or the paperback for $7.49, I’ve also been seeking a job there, since that will speed up the process far more than anything else. After receiving a series of promising emails, I found myself conducting a phone interview, at the end of which the person said, “Thank you, sir.”

Now, this is a…

I.T. Vendors, Do Your Jobs--it's your job not to let clients be hit with #ransomware and not have backups

I woke this morning to a series of panicked emails and text messages. A client has been hit with Crysis Ransomware. After orienting myself to the day, I got a handle on the situation and began restoring the client’s files, swept the infected server with malwarebytes, and am well on the way to having everything back up and running. Some people may remember that I was on Fox News a few years ago…