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An Anecdote: What It Feels Like When A Depressive Episode Rolls In

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Ian

Foreword: I wrote this for myself, a bit, but in the writing of it decided it may be useful to others, whether they’re seeking to understand or just want to know someone has felt similar. If you’re part of the latter, please seek professional help: things can get better, and while everything won’t be magically…

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The Danger of Artificial Intelligence is Still Us

Posted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 by Ian

Earlier this year I had the privilege of being included on a discussion panel about the dangers of artificial intelligence. This is an area I’ve long watched and the panel went off well; I’ve been meaning, since then, to piece together my notes into a coherent blogpost. Nearly six months after the fact oughta be…

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Quick Hit: Voice Assistant Moral Panic

Posted on July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 by Ian

It’s an incredibly weird day when I find myself defending Google, or voice assistants, but here we are. I’ve seen it mentioned in several places that a Google Voice Assistant contractor is “blowing the whistle” on inadvertent recordings made by google devices. I want to note first that I have a very good friend, whom…

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Quick Hit: Flight Hour Cost

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Ian

A reminder: Trump misappropriated military funds meant to more safely house our troops to spend on his border wall instead. Meanwhile Trump’s July 4 parade for himself featured 2 Abrams battle tanks, a B-2 stealth bomber, 2 F-35Cs, 2 Super Hornet F-18s, 4 Apache helicopters, 2 F-22 Raptors, H-60 and H-65 helos, the BlueAngels &…

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Items of Note: Senate doxxer sentenced, information & dopamine, missile site oops, and more

Posted on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 by Ian

It’s a weird world where we market kevlar shoelaces for their ability to cut through flexcuffs/zipties, pay people pennies to game search engines to promote your business AND de-prioritize your domestic violence and malpractice history, and tech CEOs blame software problems on alternate universes. I should be back to regular blogging shortly. For the moment,…

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Visualization: Viking Burial of the Past

Posted on January 1, 2019August 8, 2019 by Ian

Came up with this visualization earlier this year and it’s been quite helpful, especially when used at the end or beginning of each day. It’s relatively simple and once you’ve got the basics down you can walk through it as slowly or as quickly as you’d like. Relax however you like. Sit in a chair,…

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Items of Note: Browser and cryptocurrency research, books and study materials, future leaking through tumblr, more

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Ian

Quotes in quotation marks, comments from me in italics. Some items not brand new, but worth a smirk as I start out blogging again. Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork – “EcoLogic told the Super Express newspaper that somebody found the tracker in Sudan, removed the sim card and put it in…

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A Revenge Fantasy

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Ian

I have a very specific revenge fantasy in mind for the person that stole my Amazon package with a spool of solder in it. I hope you open that package, pal, and I hope it confuses you. I hope you don’t know what the hell it is. I hope, in your darkened den, in your…

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The Wellsian Mirror

Posted on July 4, 2017January 1, 2019 by Ian

I’ve struggled recently with the individual and collective response to the Trump administration. The level of inaction and unconcern feels nothing short of pathological given the material harm that’s being caused. And I’ve been unable to construct the right internal model in order to understand it until the past few days. On the whole, people…

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Where did I leave that bottle? On 2017 and Trump.

Posted on May 17, 2017January 1, 2019 by Ian

The number of mixed messages is maddening. Whether we’re in a bona fide emergency or not. A constitutional crisis or governmental concerns in the context of a frantic news cycle. Steps toward a new type of government or a mechanism that largely preserves the status quo. After all, not a hell of a lot seems…

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