memories for Jul 18

2016

2016 Jul 18
Justice vs. Antistatism

If you've decided to totally conflate people killing cops with people standing up for their right of due process and right to equal protection, that's really on you. You're the one committing a grave category error that will only ensure things will get far worse.

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2016 Jul 18
Non-Complementary Behavior

On the way to Santa Barbara, ミA彡 and I listened to an episode of Invisibilia about non-complementary behavior.

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2016 Jul 18
Limitations of Thermodynamics and Weight Loss

Yes, weight loss is dependent on thermodynamic factors (energy expended must be greater than energy consumed) but any approach that ignores psychological factors and the neurohormonal profiles that impact these psychological factors is doomed to failure.

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2016 Jul 18
Fix the Distribution System Instead of Just Increasing Yields

Standard disclaimer: I am not anti-science by any means and I do not believe that GMOs are intrinsically toxic but I am wary of those who push GMOs without question and who are quick to label those who are wary of GMOs and Big Ag in general as anti-science, especially if they are (1) worried about a Malthusian catastrophe, (2) think that increasing yields is the only way to prevent starvation, and (3) think that laissez-faire capitalism is the only way to efficiently distribute food.

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2016 Jul 18
Cold Weather and Cold Viruses

So maybe mom was right and going out in the cold is exactly how you catch colds.

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2016 Jul 18
Post-Antibiotic Era

It's a slow rolling back of the tide, but at some point it will become difficult if not impossible to perform certain surgical procedures and to keep people with certain disease and conditions alive.

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2016 Jul 18
All Dogs Go to Heaven

I'd been contemplating death lately. Between the great tragedies of the world and the smaller tragedies of my friends and family, it's the only thing we know for sure.

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2008

2008 Jul 18
15 years of eternal september

Today is September 5435, 1993, according to the Eternal September Date Converter. In honor of 15 years of being September 1993, I think we ought to create a few more cryptically insulting acronyms/initialisms to keep up with the times.

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2000

2000 Jul 18
Self-Deception

…I know this deception well, writing (scratching, really) onto decaying matter, dead sinews of a tree, thinking I am capturing some pure essence of life, not just me, but all around me. I do nothing but observe, I, the weaver of these many threads of lives, otherwise unsung. I am breath of Life, immortality. I give voice. I represent.

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