December 2009
26 posts
Regular Sleep Schedule
It helps to have a normal sleep schedule.
-Written @ 4:47 AM
A bone to pick with This American Life
Rape is one of the bad things that can happen, but is “unwanted sex” not a thing either? Can’t two people get drunk, have consensual sex, and then regret the decision after the fact?
ericapolis:
In their recent piece on the #1 party school in America (Penn State), This American Life listed the bad things that too much alcohol consumption can lead to, among which was “unwanted...
Things I Notice on the Web
1. Stupid people are always self-confident.
Corollary 1: Stupid people think they are smarter than actual specialists in their fields.
Corollary 2: In an hour of researching a topic on Wikipedia you are as qualified as a PhD. In two hours, you are now the definitive expert on the matter.
Corollary 3: Always doubt the conclusions of others. Instead come up with your own based on nothing.
2....
Problems and solutions
It comes down whether you believe the human brain is something more than a deterministic machine with certain probabilities, or if it’s not. If it is deterministic, then these “fuzzy problems” with no real solutions do not exist, and instead we just lack the knowledge and computer power currently to solve them.
I like to think that we are deterministic and no more...
Space Battles
We all know that in the future that there will be no such things as space battles. Assuming we have meaningful spaceflight, being able to move faster than the speed of light, it’s exceedingly unlikely two armadas will ever meet in space. There will only be battles at space stations or planets, where it will be exceedingly impossible for a ship to land without being blown up. And why would...
Day in Review
Thing I did most today: eat.
Thing I did least today: work.
Worst thing I did today: not buy presents.
Best thing I did today: unfollow illuminablesoda.
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who...”
– Gene Rodenberry creator of Star Trek
DAS STROOPWAFELZ!
You know what’s tasty? I do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel
Arguments on the Internet...
I am also so glad we worked this out. But what on earth does:
=o <me
MEAN?
So confused…
illuminablesoda:
very well, i concede the point: watching sporting events is not irrational, but it is extremely selfish
and i must further concede: i am a hypocrite in many ways - but this does not invalidate the force of my opinions! but only shows the weakness of my own character
=o...
Arguments on the Internet...
1. i never said i didn’t enjoy watching the basketball game
Okay, so I’m confused why it’s irrational…
2. i never have said all people should lead the rational life; that was Socrates
I like how you don’t actually take a stance on this, so let’s assume by the way you said it you meant that we have no obligation to lead the rational life, in which case this argument...
Jersey Shore
When did you get DVR? And why was someone recording that show…
illuminablesoda:
no, i saw a dvr’d episode
paulnatural:
yea, that show is definitely the worst thing to have ever graced the airways.
illuminablesoda:
I saw an episode of the Jersey Shore last night and I can definitively say it is the absolute worst show ever created in the history of television; it made me alternate...
Arguments on the Internet...
Here’s why what you are saying is most likely hypocritical.
You said “it is more intended to brainwash the spectators so they don’t reflect on what they’re doing and why they like something so irrational.” I can only conclude that “what they’re doing” means watching a sporting event live, and that what “they like” is sports in general, or perhaps...
I think you’re just mad I pointed out your hypocrisy.
illuminablesoda:
one again you mis-characterize me, to my dismay
paulnatural:
illuminablesoda:
Jersey Shore
You actually went to MTV’s website to watch an episode…why? Dave, are you a masochist?
But yea, that show is definitely the worst thing to have ever graced the airways.
illuminablesoda:
I saw an episode of the Jersey Shore last night and I can definitively say it is the absolute worst show ever created in the history of television; it made me alternate between wanting to throw up...
Oh snap peas
Let me describe this post really quickly:
A man, who watches 70-minute speed runs of Paper Mario, finds no joy in watching professional athletes play a game he has never been good at.
But clearly he has a point: if it’s something he enjoys doing, like playing an old NES game, then watching people be good at it is fun, but if it’s something he’s never enjoyed, like sports, then...
Pandora advice
Does the ability to buy anything online impact you more? Then you should be more uncomfortable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA
RSA WHAT WHAT? Yeah, I went there.
maviswillsaveus:
For over a month, Dirty Projectors Radio has been my default background music for working on the computer. During that time, it pretty much played the same fifteen pretty songs over and over, which was good,...
Star Trek's Patrick Stewart to be knighted -... →
About time!
ericapolis:
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Breaking eggs
1) Good writing again, keep it up.
2) I think a lot of physical activities become easier if you’ve played a sport a lot, and devoted enough hours to it. It generally helps all your motor skills, not just the ones you honed for your given sport. You start to think of your body as more of a tool, and begin to understand the subtleties in your motions, which you can change at a subconscious,...
Chomp Chomp Chompsky
You guys should read this: http://bostonreview.net/BR34.5/chomsky.php?chom
It’s long but a good read.
Postal
Good writing, you’re getting better!
pornsoda:
In my college’s boxy reddish township, which was on the whole lovely and lush and without blemish, there was one place I’d without fail dread to go, and that place was the post office. The structure itself caused me no unease. But a visit to the post office was freighted with difficulty for other reasons. Lines, fees, recondite rules. ...
New release
Thumbs up, would read again!
pornsoda:
I wrote about Up in the Air here. I did not like this movie!