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This comment reminds me of the central thesis of Red Plenty [0] - that all the mathematical or algorithmic sorcery in the world frequently fails on contact with actual human beliefs and desires. We seldom have simple enough utility functions to meaningfully optimize in real life - all of our philosophies, theologies, and other cultural debris have evolved to manage those complexities (often imperfectly).
My Left Kidney | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
By default, your user login and login keychain passwords are identical, enabling macOS to automatically unlock your login keychain whenever you log in as that user. When you change your user password, that should automatically change the password for the login keychain as well, ensuring that unlocking still works automatically. However, sometimes the two passwords become different, usually because you changed the password on the login keychain separately.
This results in login requiring you to enter two passwords instead of one. It can normally be rectified by changing the password for the login keychain to the same as the user login password.
Troubleshooting Keychains
eclecticlight.co
In lieu of ideology, the new authoritarian offers the paradox of state-sanctioned dissent.
The New Dictators Speak for the Complainer, Not the Idealist – Holly Case | Aeon Essays
aeon.co
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