What I Did What I Learned #1 If we parse out existence, we can group the flow of ideas into reality as follows: Technology work, compared to just about everything else, has a massive rearrangement of constraints: What I Learned #2 While productivity is a good thing in its place, it needs self-awareness to prevent […]
2021-02-24 New Format
After much pondering, stress, thinking, and deliberation, I’ve now created a new format. Enjoy! What I Did I made a guide for how to effectively sort through information. If you know my methods, this is certainly one of the few things I don’t have to consult a few hundred articles to learn about! I’ve made […]
2021-02-19 Philosodatabase
I’m proud to say that I’ve been building hardcore these past few weeks. […]
2021-02-09 Update, I Guess?
I hate the concept of “updates”. I mean, it’s obvious that you, the not-around-me reader, need to know what’s going on, but I make so many trend-resistant things that I don’t feel like it’s fair to share an update about the fact that I’ve added a few lines to my GainedInSite culture and power pages, […]
2021-01-26 Distrusting FAANGMT
I’m happy to say that my predictions about what will happen with Big Tech’s censorship has been largely overstated. The evidence of this, to me, is what newly-minted President Biden has done lately. My attitude is a defiance of what I already knew to be true, but I had lost my nerve for a few […]
2021-01-02 Satisfied New Year!
I once heard an anecdote from a Jewish man, then promptly forgot it. What I memetically remembered, in effect, was “if you attack the Jews, they’ll make a new holiday”. What happens to us isn’t as important as what we do with it. For Christmas, my family makes a tradition of ramen noodles to remind […]
2020-11-18 Mandatory Update
As much as I’m a fan of the /now movement, adding updates always feels a bit strange because I’m rewriting. As a principle, I feel like restating things is a waste of time, but having children almost guarantees the need for repetition, so I guess I’m fighting a losing battle. I’m not going to lie, […]
2020-10-29 Transitions
One month ago, I was working at Scientific Games servicing lottery machines. It involved traveling to the 2500-odd locations in Iowa where you could get a Powerball. Daytime hours, revolving workweek, Steady Eddie. Today, I’m waiting for marching orders at my new job as a data center technician for a company that services Microsoft. It’s […]
2020-09-02 TechSplained
Spinning up a new website is relatively easy, especially with copy-paste. I made one. It’s called TechSplained. It doesn’t have anything cool on it yet, but it will. My goal is to simplify computers to make the average 12-year-old understand it. First, though, I have to sort out my pile of “to CS read someday” […]
2020-09-01 The Adequacy Bible
If you’re like me, you don’t always remember that much of the world doesn’t have easy access to the internet. Since I made a large pile of distilled guides to help the most downtrodden, it’s way more likely that they don’t have the means to visit my website. Thus, I’ve created The Adequacy Bible. It’s […]