1. Corona Virus Diary, Part 7

    Institutionally, we're starting to see lots of "opening up" around the world. In the United States, businesses are sending out their new plans in e-mails/newsletters. YouTube is recommending "online therapy" and stuff to try to keep the population okay enough until locked-down times end 1. We are seeing some …

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  2. Don't let tech get in the way of fun

    A prerequisite for fun is that whatever tooling/technology you are using doesn't get in the way of what you want to be doing. Fun must flow—un-fun blockers are a no go.

    For instance, I enjoy riding bicycles. But when I get flat tires, this is annoying. I often …

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  3. QWERTY Theory

    In various places on the Internet, I have shared the story of how I switched from typing using the standard QWERTY layout to using the alternative, more efficient Dvorak layout. However, after using Dvorak for some time, working my typing speed to over 100 WPM, I ultimately chose to switch …

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  4. Corona Virus Diary, Part 6

    Prediction time! In this post I will analyze the current Old World Bat Pestilence (COVID-19) situation (mainly California, where I live). The idea here is that I make some falsifiable claims that I can either,

    1. smirk to myself about predicting correctly (and maybe make some bucks of stock trades and …
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  5. Smartphones suck.

    Now in the second deade of the twentieth century, rather than getting flying cars, the elimination of poverty, and anonymous global crypto-currencies, we got smartphones 1.

    Smartphones suck. They suck your time and attention. They suck your bank account(s) dry, especially if you have set up "convenient" payment systems …

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  6. Corona Virus Diary, Part 5

    In this post, I will describe how the delivery of information and communication have changed during my life thus far, highlighting ways in which current "high tech" ways of doing things have empowered small groups of (technocratic) elites and the parties that pressure them to push their (socio-political) agendas while …

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  7. Channeling *Chuunibyou*

    With great immaturity comes great power. This is the way (道) of the Chuu-ni-byou 中二病 warrior.

    Chuu-ni-byou

    Let us engage in some self-deprecation. Surely, most of us have at least felt this way before?

    Chuunibyou (中二病; Chūnibyō) is a derogative colloquial term in the Japanese language used to describe a …

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  8. Corona Virus Diary, Part 4

    What do I do under quarantine lock-down?

    Oscillating between different activities

    I try something for a while, for instance solving some problem or reading a chapter of a book. Sooner or later, it will become too boring/difficult to continue. So, I'll switch to another activity that I think I …

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  9. Corona Virus Diary, Part 3

    Lunch for today was "survival stew". Similar to Korean 부대 찌개 "Army Stew", it consisted of whatever ingredients were available, served with some rice. Ah! The taste of austerity.

    This time, it didn't taste excellent, but that's how stuff goes. Every meal every time doesn't need to be excellent; sometimes …

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  10. The Third-Person Self Improvement Program

    Cautionary note, 11/12/2020—stay away any imagination/visualization technique that separates you from reality. Occult/esoteric practices should be avoided. There is a "slippery slope" leading there when you do practices that involve imagining what is not real, doing stuff with dreams, chanting and/or any form of …

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