In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Bill Murray was asked what he wants to do and he said, “I’d just like to really see how long I can last as being really here, really in it, really alive, in the moment.” On last night’s run I was impressed with how many houses were decorated […]
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Before sharing what I’ve learned about not getting informationally swindled, infected or based, I want to share a perspective from an AI researcher named Joscha Bach. If you’re not familiar with his work, Bach is someone who seems to be on another level in how he models the world, how our minds work, and his […]
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Siri, smart speakers, and voice-based personal assistants are approaching ubiquity and yet, I’m unimpressed. I’d rather tap for weather than ask out loud and I like to keep megacorporations at arms-length but a couple weeks ago, I imagined what my ideal AI assistant would look like and how it could help. Focused on the beginning […]
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Since May, I’ve lost ~30 lbs and some have asked how, so I’d like to share what I’ve learned about weight loss. First, the issue is simpler than many peddlers of diets and programs would have you believe. Fundamentally controlling weight is about caloric intake and caloric expenditure, calories in calories out (CICO) some call […]
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This year, dissatisfied with social media, I became more serious about reading books, and have worked to make a daily habit of it. Practical books have always seemed like direct upgrades to the process that is my life, so I’ve always started there. As one book leads to another, however, my path has included several […]
The Embassy is a personal node built with a cypherpunk philosophy. It makes heavy use of Tor and free software to give your important digital stuff a home you can physically control. Within a week and a half I had a new Bitcoin node with totally functional Lightning wallet, BitWarden password manager, and globally-tor-accessible private […]
Last night at 7:27PM EST, SpaceX launched a crew to the International Space Station, a first for a spaceship designed and operated by a commercial enterprise. While I had seen a blip about the upcoming launch days ago, last night’s launch still came a surprise. Just hadn’t heard that much about it. What is wrong […]
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Today, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen passed away at the age of 65. I look now at his guitar, a Music Man he designed, and I can feel the energy rising. I imagine these guitars all around the world aglow. Will it burn if I touch it? Will it ever sound the same? This is […]
This was posted as a comment on It’s not free software if you can’t easily fork it (and how to fix it). Saving it here for posterity and in case the comment isn’t approved for some reason. You make some excellent points. Yes, the problem is real and important. I’m replying here because as one comment […]
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As I’ve been reading more, I recognized the good feeling that comes from learning. For a time, a new tool in the toolbox has the potential to solve everything. Of course, that can’t really be true as there is so much to learn, and so many “silver bullets” in the past that didn’t hit the […]
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