In California, I hear we have some additional guidelines about wearing masks and social distancing and all that.
A bunch of stuff broke earlier, so I had to go out on some errands. It seems that stores (which I imagine are under close(er) scrutiny) are by-in-large making visible efforts …
read moreWe are now midway through June.
With regards to Coronavirus stuff, I think that the numbers that really matter most are: are there shortages of hospital facilities?
This is an important, practical way to look at things because it is saying are we seeing worse …
read moreToday I will extol the virtues of paper books (aka "dead tree" book) in one particular domain: language learning. Specifically, I'll be looking at language learning materials for the purposes of reading.
Briefly I was wanting an e-ink display; it seems that some cool new things are …
read moreToday I continue off yesterday's notes on In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, which I take to be representative of Theravada Buddhism. 1
It seems in Buddhism, suffering in the world is not totally chaotic or random. This can be interpreted …
read moreThe day felt rather slow today, though not in a bad way. It felt like a deliberate, rather than reactive day. I've (literally) slowed down my metabolism (not eating so much right now) so this may be affecting my perception of stuff as more even paced and calm.
Reflexively, I've …
read moreToday I didn't get around to doing more reading into different branches of Christianity, but I did finish reading Harry Potter. (I've been writing reviews on goodreads.)
I can't experience these books with a completely "open mind" because I've been trained to think about different genres and other meta literature …
read moreToday I spent some time watching Roosh V (Roosh Hour #48 on current events—but more importantly on Christianity. Roosh V is (in)famous for previously teaching techniques as a "Pick Up Artist" but has henceforth continued his authoring and podcasting journey as a Christian. For his ability to do …
read moreThis morning I got the pleasant surprise of a new video in Luke Smith's Not Related podcast series—"Against Method and For 'Pseudoscience'". Once again, Luke Senpai was a year or so ahead of my investigations into various issues related to linguistics, history of science, and the like etc. It …
read moreLast post I discussed some ways to do "digital prepping"—basically getting your computers/devices to be useful to you even when you are offline. 1 Being prepared to move and work in different environments is a way to transcend being locked into any one particular arrangement that can compromise …
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