I posted a google query, "what percentage of ICE detainees have a criminal warrant or removal order". Answer: 70.6% of people held in ICE detention have no criminal convictions, according to data from TRAC Reports current as of July 11, 2026. 29.4% of current ICE detainees have a criminal conviction record, while others may have pending criminal charges, immigration law violations (such as visa overstays), or final removal orders. Many individuals with convictions have been found to have only minor offenses, such as traffic violations, with only a small fraction (around 5% to 8%) involving violent or serious property convictions. Does Holman have it wrong?

As a man "of a certain age" I have been diagnosed with Age Related Macular Degeneration (vision is gradually diminishing). There is a new FDA approved therapy using red light pulsing. It claims to regenerate retinal cells, stabilizing and restoring some vision. I just started a 9 week therapy, so the results are not in yet. I am hopeful.

The tax deduction was changed as part of Section 174 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017. This was a bill passed by the then Republican congress (both houses) and signed by Trump.

Reminds me of this old Asimov story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

Yours probably gets "first program" awards. My first was 1967 on an IBM 1401. Submit your FORTRAN card deck and come back in a few hours to see if it actually compiled. The good part is a life time habit of "desk checking" -- not for compile errors any more, but for logic errors. After all these years the code I check in tends to work right.

Nice. You learned the fundamentals of being a good manager, which are sadly lost on many who are given the position.

Hope they don't learn to fly.

The first rule of FLAC is, don't explain FLAC.

Not so dead an end. I have 35 years as a "coder" and am still loving it. I make good money by anyone's standards, and look forward to each new challenge. The field is always evolving. I'll be speaking at my daughter's school next week to share my perspective with middle school kids. Bottom line? Figure out what you love and do it. It just might be programming.

Talent is what you are born with. Skill is what you work to develop. It seems obvious that a talented person can reach higher skill levels than a lesser talented person .... If they work at it. Ah! There's the rub.

If you argue with idiots they will bring you down to their own level and beat you with experience.

Barak's not here, man.

Someone had in their sig, "The English language was invented by Norman soldiers to seduce Saxon barmaids".

Exactly! Like questioning evolution or the value of PI.

i guess e. e. cummings just won't survive the 21 st century.