The Snail Shell

Monday, December 31, 2018

Uncatalogability

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At one point, I could make a list of everything I owned. I could even carry it all! That was neat. However, that doesn't work too well ...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Feelin' pessimistic about our ability to live together in the world

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Let's say on some metric Fox is 50 points to the right of NBC. How can we tell, then, if NBC is 0 and Fox is +50 (where more positive ...

Man I got a whole other blog post to write but here's a couple quick links

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Occasionally I'll save an article and then feel like "I gotta blog about this or otherwise post it or something, otherwise it'...
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Monday, November 26, 2018

Depression as mental/emotional overwhelm

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Here's a hypothesis about a way my brain works sometimes. Epistemic status: talking out of my ass. You know that feeling where you...
Friday, November 23, 2018

on "best"

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" I found the best burger place in America. Then I killed it. " Small Brain Ok. Let's imagine burger places could be reduc...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

What makes the Spelunkyverse possible?

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Spelunky is a video game. It's pretty fun, and pretty difficult. I played through Spelunky classic and it took hours upon hours to ev...
Monday, November 12, 2018

"I'll have to eat my way out!"

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I can't believe I've never posted this Simpsons clip . (0:00-0:55, minus the Lisa bit.) Bart pumps Groundskeeper Willie's shed ...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Thinking and feeling

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A friend recently suggested that maybe a useful guide to think about phases of your life could be "what is the big challenge you'r...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

my current hindrance is righteous fury at cars parking in the bike lanes

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A little context: the route I usually use to get to work, Valencia St, has bike lanes. It's also full  of cars parking in the bike lane...
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

"To Mothman"

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David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth , not quite Mothmanning but it's the best visual I can come up with The new Adventure Zon...
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Monday, October 08, 2018

oh my god vote

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ok yes please do it ok thanks California! San Francisco! What have we got here! Here's how I'm planning to vote so far, but open ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

I am frustrated by old businesses, part N

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So, a fun thing to do is to try to figure out how old the "Young X" is in whatever hobby/interest you're looking into. I join...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

We now own a house in Pittsburgh

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... but are not moving there for about 5 years. it us Why buy a house? 1. Why should we buy a house? We want space for two kids...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Three cool links and (edit: two) gripe(s)

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Andreas Wannerstedt is the instagram 3d Bees and bombs . I love this diagram of land use in the US. This, pretty much . Quit doin...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Cooking is kind of a low-ceiling art.

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How is cooking like other arts? - people have taste, which differs - people can enjoy making it - you can pay someone to do it, or get ...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

Something like this model of value differences

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three posts about how we can deal with being different levels of rational at different times, or how we can (and should!) be ok with having...
Monday, July 02, 2018

Algorithmic fairness is "philosophy: hard mode"

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Got thinking about "fairness" today. Most of the conversation I've heard has been pointing out things that are obviously an...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Kids???

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I joke that I spend half my time worrying about where to live, and half my time worrying about having kids. Hah! It's really more like ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018

I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was

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Magic cards! (background: I loved Magic cards ( wiki ) when I was a kid. In college, I stopped because I didn't want people to think ...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

politics sucks

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Whenever I try to debate most anything, if I'm being honest, I haven't a dang clue. It requires learning details of how a law works...
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