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Vacation, Kafka, and Simulation philosophy | Published 2026-08 I don’t want to do it.

Obsession’s villain is… philosophy | Published 2026-06 I hate horror movies.

To The Man In The Dublin Pub life | Published 2026-06 I regret walking away from you.

My Personal Post-Modern Epistemological Collapse Imagine you believe something — let’s say a religion or worldview.

More Ghosts ghosts | Published 2026-06 I found out today that a former boss that I despised (he probably felt the same towards me) died earlier this year — shot trying to stop a burglary.

Collecting Ghosts ghosts | Published 2026-06 The part of getting older that has surprised me most is collecting ghosts.

Strip Away the Cruft delivering | Published 2026-01-27 In an ideal world, one could work a task by focusing solely on the material relevant to the task, and ignoring everything else.

The Cathedral philosophy | Published 2025-10 A modest village was building a cathedral.

Published 2025-09-11 Charlie Kirk I used this blog for many things — philosophy, software, personal introspection.

Social Libertarianism philosophy | Published 2024-12-06 I am listening to the audiobook of Degenerations of Democracy[^1].

Published 2024-10-22 Trump worked fryer I hope you had a good experience Hot, smelling like oil Getting hands singed by splatters of hot oil Glares and reprimands of coworkers because you forgot to drop a basket of fries when the last one came up and now…

Rewriting “Fast Conditional Independence Testing” in Clojure causality | Published 2024-10-10 My code on Github fcit on Github fcit on arXiv: Fast Conditional Independence Test for Vector Variables with Large Sample Sizes Motivation: Easy-to-Reason-About…

“Phoenix Storm” art | Published 2024-10-07 We have a choice on how we show up when faced with life’s storms.

Published 2024-10-06 I use “logical fundamentalism” to mean the idea that if I agree with someone on X, then I must agree with them on Y or I am [ad hominem attack] Close cousin of “you’re either with us or against us!”

Useful Beliefs philosophy | Published 2024-08-11 Why do you believe what you believe?

Religion in Zorba the Greek philosophy | Published 2024-05-23 Zorba the Greek is set after World War I, in Crete, Greece.

Death in Zorba the Greek philosophy | Published 2024-05-23 I just finished reading Zorba the Greek.

More Fun With Exponentiated Natural Numbers group-theory number-theory | Published 2024-05-16 I am going to continue exploring the properties of: f[n] = kp = 3^{3n} - 2^n Questions: Can k ever equal 1?

Exponentiated Natural Numbers mod \space 5 group-theory number-theory | Published 2024-05-14 Yesterday, I wrote some observations about exponentiated natural numbers and modular arithmetic.

Number Theory Meets Group Theory group-theory number-theory | Published 2024-05-13 I am learning group theory at a math club at work.

Creating A Computer Algebra System (CAS) For Group Theory group-theory | Published 2024-02-22 I am learning group theory right now.

Katniss Is Not A Revolutionary; She Is Revolutionary philosophy | Published 2024-02-09 I first read the Hunger Games books about ten years ago.

Published 2024-02-08 Celebrities and Politics I heard someone recently say they don’t like Taylor Swift’s song “Calm Down;” she feels it is too preachy.

Life Advice philosophy life-advice | Published 2024-02-07 If I had to give a piece of advice to my kids right now, and suggest tools to help them, it would be this: Life is confusing.

Contradiction and Related Words philosophy | Published 2024-02-07 When I talk about contradictions, I frequently use other related words as synonyms.

Contradictions Are Subjective philosophy | Published 2024-01-28 I previously said that Jayne Cobb from Firefly was a contradiction.

Contradictions Are Fascinating philosophy | Published 2024-01-15 Contradictions are fascinating They can be funny.

Interesting Questions: Can A Black Star Exist?

Negative Counterfactuals In Other Areas philosophy | Published 2023-12-16 I previously talked about using negative counterfactual to recognize the role one plays in others’ lives.

Esoteric Ideation and Mass Engagement philosophy delivering | Published 2023-12-15 I enjoy working at Adobe.

Three Months Of “Building A Second Brain” delivering | Published 2023-12-13 Roughly three months ago, I finished reading Building a Second Brain, by Tiago Forte.

Defining The Value Of Life Through Absence philosophy | Published 2023-12-10 I have long struggled to understand why people would want to visit with me, to be friends with me, to choose to spend time with me.

“Next Goal Wins” and Internal Family Systems ifs | Published 2023-12-10 IFS I’ve been listening to the audiobook of No Bad Parts, by Richard Schwartz.

Published 2023-11-29 Contradiction or Juxtaposition In Life Listening to “Fade to Bluegrass” My favorite part of it is the juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory elements The plucky, perky twang of bluegrass The edge and heaviness of Metallica lyrics It…

Developing Software in Thin, Valuable Increments delivering | Published 2017-07-06 Developing anything larger than a moderate-sized tool can be tricky business.