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BEING CRAZY IS NOISY | More Intelligent Life
I do not yet understand how to be both crazy and compassionate.
BEING CRAZY IS NOISY | More Intelligent Life
Interesting article in some ways. -
Philosophy
Wittgenstein is popularly credited with the idea that most philosophical controversies are due to confusions over language. I'm not sure how much credit to give him. I suspect a lot of people realized this, but reacted simply by not studying philosophy, rather than becoming philosophy professors.
From Paul Graham's essay How to Do Philosophy -
C++
Almost everyone likely to be reading this is going to be totally uninterested. However due to some rash statements I made in my youth that can be found on Usenet if you are sufficiently determined, and the impending threat of the C++0x standard, I thought I might reaffirm my position on the language.
Briefly, it is the most terrible programming ( Read more... ) -
Jesusita fire
The world is on fire. Again. Something like the 4th time in 2 years. Local news reporting and a map showing evac zones.
Truthfully I have trouble getting concerned about the homes there, but the idea of the Mission or the Post Office or the Courthouse going away makes me sad.
I am also experiencing a sudden, intense and difficult to fully ( Read more... ) -
Hide glue
I need to stop fretting about the possibility of hide glue joints coming undone if they get wet. I soaked a botched edge joint, exposed it to steam, and it still required a tremendous amount of force to undo. I suppose this qualifies as "reversible" in a strict technical sense, but if I hadn't botched it it would have been even worse. -
Freeway hijinx
To whomever decided that not only does exit 1 of the 134 not need an onramp westbound, but that exit 2 doesn't merit any kind of onramp at all and all onramps for exit 3 should involve some kind of massive construction job of the type to be finished in a decade if they're feeling plucky: I hope badgers invade your home and feast upon your ( Read more... ) -
Freeway hijinx
To whomever decided that not only does exit 1 of the 134 not need an onramp westbound, but that exit 2 doesn't merit any kind of onramp at all and all onramps for exit 3 should involve some kind of massive construction job of the type to be finished in a decade if they're feeling plucky: I hope badgers invade your home and feast upon your ( Read more... ) -
Today's terrible logic puzzle
A hundred prisoners are each locked in a room with three pirates, one of whom will walk the plank in the morning. Each prisoner has 10 bottles of wine, one of which has been poisoned; and each pirate has 12 coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs either more or less than a genuine coin. In the room is a single switch, which the prisoner may ( Read more... )
