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I'm interviewed in the Washington Post!
A while back, I noticed a self-driving car turn right from a left turn lane, so I sent my observation to the Mr. Roadshow column in the local paper. He forwarded my letter to a woman writing an article for the San Jose Mercury News on testing autonomous cars in Sunnyvale. Apparently, a local reporter for the Washington Post saw that, and asked to ( Read more... ) -
I'm interviewed in the Washington Post!
A while back, I noticed a self-driving car turn right from a left turn lane, so I sent my observation to the Mr. Roadshow column in the local paper. He forwarded my letter to a woman writing an article for the San Jose Mercury News on testing autonomous cars in Sunnyvale. Apparently, a local reporter for the Washington Post saw that, and asked to ( Read more... ) -
I've defined a new poetry form: the Pi Poem
I've invented a new poetry form, the Pi Poem, based on the digits of pi. The basic rules are: each line should contain the number of words/syllables corresponding to the digit of pi so far, while the second line of the poem should always be the word "point". You may go as far along pi as you'd like. You can rhyme or not. The idea is to use the ( Read more... ) -
FOGcon schedule
I'll be at FOGcon this weekend. This is a small, regional convention, with interesting panels and interesting people. It's one of my favorite cons, and takes place in March in a very barcon-friendly hotel.
My panels are:
Saturday, 4:30 - 5:45 pm
Pitches, Presentations and Proposals: making your point without resorting to kidnapping your bossI'm ( Read more... ) -
No mass sexual assaults in Germany by Islamic men
As it turns out, those mass sexual assaults in Germany didn't happen. Trust snopes to ferret out the truth: http://www.snopes.com/2017/02/15/german-mass-assault-without-foundation/Read more... ) -
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I've finally figured out that Dymphna is an Eastern box turtle. Yes, I'm slow. -
A different point of view
So I've been trying to understand why the Trump supporters are, well, Trump supporters. My uncle Joe lives in Louisiana. He's a Vietnam vet who believes firmly in the ideals of the '40s and '50s. What I gather from that is that he believes in serving his country and protecting women and children, among other things. He's basically a nice guy, ( Read more... ) -
Flu bugs rampant
I've been amazed at this year's flu season. I, who hardly ever get sick, and very very rarely sick for more than a day, had the sinus/cough flu for over two weeks in October. Many friends have had it at various strengths, and this month my jurors are getting hit pretty hard. Everyone get your flu shots, get lots of sleep, and so on. You all know ( Read more... ) -
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I downloaded this journal, which gives cvs files will all the journal entries for a single month. Downloaded them by hand is really fast, but then I started peaking at the largest file per year. Which led me to the month maestrateresa died, which lead me into three years where my life changed dramatically, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Interesting reading, for ( Read more... ) -
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I wandered over to dreamwidth, where I have an account, and started adding in people that have said they are leaving. I looked at my list of accounts I follow here, and so many of them haven't had new postings in years.
I noticed something else. Some of them, like maestrateresa and jaylake and likesargent and kathlaw, will never have new postings. I don't want to leave LJ, because it ( Read more... )