For this month's Bearblog Carnival topic by Moose, I'll talk about how I assess my infection risk! A little while ago, I wrote "yes, i still wear a mask". In it, I laid out what thought goes into wearing it, why I do it, and when I don't. No one can completely isolate themselves forever and live in a virus-free...

Just wanted to give my 2 cents to a post by Yunzi. For posterity and because it's short, here is the post content: Did a search on Bear for 5 of my interests. One of which is my other blog. 4 returned nothing. 1 returned a single other blog - which in fairness is pretty good (no not mine). So is the search working,...

You have to learn when a hobby or interest is truly detrimental or if it has just been demonized by the productivity cult. Sometimes people lament that all day they spend time on things they enjoy, but somehow it’s… bad? I understand that you have to rip yourself away from some enjoyable things for other...

Currently thinking about how using AI will just increasingly become even more of a class/privilege thing than it already is.  We've already established that different groups and areas around the world get access to models differently, but one puzzle piece in the AI discourse is obviously money. If I have the money...

Last year, I tried out turning my private knowledge base public. I wanted parts of my Obsidian vault on a website to show my growth and knowledge in a space. It was intended less for evolving opinions over the years like a casual digital garden blog, and more like study notes that will forever get edited and...

Some time during my on-going law degree, we had an assignment on a slightly altered case based on a real one, had to develop an opinion, and defend it convincingly. After the main part of the assignment was done, we we were divided into break-out sessions to discuss that process and how we came to our conclusions -...

Sometimes, I think about the fact that society at large could just stop caring about data protection and privacy, and there goes everything that I worked towards and am passionate about. Humbling. These laws are young. Not that people didn’t want privacy before, it’s just that as more data was collected, recorded...

Last year, I made a post called "My theme for 2025". Inchwyrm's post about the year of the wizard reminded me I should do another one for this year. My 2025 theme was 'learning'. I think I have managed that pretty well, even if it wasn't exactly the things I mentioned in the post. I just cannot make time for The...

A few days ago, my wife told me about something happening in the art community, specifically the webcomic community. The full allegations can be read here, but in short: Hiveworks used to provide web hosting, site design, advertising support, and crowdfunding services for indie webcomic creators. It soon failed to...

In ‘small thoughts’ posts, I’m posting a collection of short thoughts and opinions that don’t warrant their own post. :) It's been a while! ☁️☁️☁️ Sometimes, people say they felt uncomfortable, like something in their life isn't right, and how a change they made relieved this feeling. This new version is their true...

Haven't posted pictures in a while! Here's fencing with friends in November. Watch my wife slip and fall (she was alright): My friend holding his plushie eel. Sweet tea set! Some of the nails I had in that time, but currently on a longer phase of natural nails: There was also my 30th birthday. I got a Cinnamoroll...