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Our world is beautifully complex, but it doesn't necessarily have to be as complicated as it is today. Complex vs. Complicated Being complex and complicated are fundamentally different. The former is always unpredictable, dynamic,...
If you're a player in my Fortunes of Ewistar game, please don't read this post. This month, Vulcan Stev at Vulcan Stev's Database hosts the RPG Blog Carnival with the post, "Inspiration! Where ...
I haven’t used rubber cement in a few days but the scent is stuck on me. In the car. On my run. At my kid’s dance recital.
I recently read a rather unusual article, discussing the possibility that certain humans may be able to conceive and bear children completely on their own.
📚 Some 18th century childhood doodles in a 17th century William Shakespeare first folio, as seen in the Folger collection. Kids will be kids!
An ongoing series Several of my interests in one: Steven Spielberg on The Rewatchables talking 2001: A Space Odyssey. Wikipedia as a Windows XP desktop. Shoutout to the Night Witches, (unfortunately) not an awesome band but an all-female...
Altered States: the documentary. Lilly invented the isolation tank, did psychedelic drugs, got naked, and “regressed through generational time.” He survives experiments with dolphins, the US government, hollywood, LSD, and the isolation...
I recently tested several different LLMs by tasking them with implementing a simple authentication feature for a web app. It is clear that almost all modern LLMs are now excellent at following a structured blueprint. However, the real...
“You wouldn’t download a laptop, would you?” “I’m saddened that you so completely misunderstand me.” I have, in fact, downloaded a laptop, printed it, and installed a Free operating system.
I’m in a bit of a shock discovering that @bengolliver.bsky.social has left the Greatest of All Talk. I haven’t listened to the final episode where Ben discusses things; don’t think I’m ready yet.
Thoughts about Disney's stab at patriotism for the USA's 250th, and whether it makes any sense to be celebrating the current version of America
And one more: Nehemiah is now complete in my Chapter By Chapter series. It continues to weird me out that Ezra just pops in to Nehemiah’s book, just as Haggai and Zechariah to do Ezra. Esther is next. I’ve written a lot about Esther...