memories for Jun 7

2016

2016 Jun 7
One Space or Two

The anti-prescriptivist part of me thinks you should be able to choose between one or two spaces. It's the prescription of either as the only correct way that's totally and utterly wrong. The Romans didn't even use spacing or punctuation for that matter or even the letters G, J, U, or W, and those guys conquered all of Europe and signficant chunks of N Africa and the Middle East, so clearly typography is a very infinitesimal concern for a burgeoning civilization ;)

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2016 Jun 7
Occam's Razor and Hickam's Dictum

Always remember that Occam's razor is primarily about the aesthetics of scientific theories and only secondarily about actually describing the complexities of reality.

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2016 Jun 7
Abandon Ship

Looks like Donald Trump is too disgusting for even some Republicans.

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2008

2008 Jun 7
time

The problem is that if you think too far ahead, everything always ends in disaster. This is the ugly reality.

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2004

2004 Jun 7
momentary lapse

It doesn't ever end, does it?

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2004 Jun 7
rootless

Strange this. I came back to Southern California this past December utterly sick of the Midwest, exhausted and hurting with loneliness, feeling defeated by the darkness and the bitter cold.

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2003

2003 Jun 7
Always Have a Plan (Simple Pleasures)

I need to reverse this paralysis, need to shake off this fear of the future.

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