There's a drug I need.
Without this drug, I essentially cannot live. My allergies (and asthma) overwhelm me. I suffer sneezing fits, nosebleeds, depression, and, of course, find breathing difficult. There is nothing I can do about this other than take medicine, and claritin has minimal effect. I keep sudafed for urgent use, and it doesn't help with asthma anyway.
I switched pharmacies due to moving. The new one is across the street. Which is great.
I just got my new three month supply. Being a nice place for me, they first quoted me the non-insurance price. I was getting the generic.
The non-prescription price is 360 for a quarter. That's $4/day.
This is close to what I paid before it had a generic, when we had shitty health insurance. This is really expensive for us!
The price with insurance is under $12. For me, a trivial expense.
That is, without insurance I'd either have constant nosebleeds or have no entertainment budget. And it's a lot worse for other people.
Just a reminder that for profit healthcare is a piece of shit.
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Be it resolved: I should play more Fiasco.
Be it resolved: I should play more Fiasco.
The common gaming slot I need to fill is ~3 hours, with both veterans and randoes, with no prep.
That sounds perfect for Fiasco. I remembered at Nerdly why I adore it so much. With reasonable players, the stories get truly ridiculous and the laughter is never ending. I am pretty sure I almost died.
There's about a million playsets. Tell me some you love!
edit: Changing from a dumb prompt.
The common gaming slot I need to fill is ~3 hours, with both veterans and randoes, with no prep.
That sounds perfect for Fiasco. I remembered at Nerdly why I adore it so much. With reasonable players, the stories get truly ridiculous and the laughter is never ending. I am pretty sure I almost died.
There's about a million playsets. Tell me some you love!
edit: Changing from a dumb prompt.
Happy Birthday, Terry.
Happy Birthday, Terry.
A man is never truly dead while his name is spoken.
Originally shared by Discworld Monthly
#speakhisname #ripples #lilac
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
I saw the Carcassone ap was on sale for like a dollar instead of twelve.
I saw the Carcassone ap was on sale for like a dollar instead of twelve.
And then, somehow, my phone was out of power and I was staring at it in the hallway.
Not sure how the two are related.
And then, somehow, my phone was out of power and I was staring at it in the hallway.
Not sure how the two are related.
The Calendar: A radical solution.
The Calendar: A radical solution.
As of now, a month is not a standardized unit. The variation is hard.
For Time up to a day:
Let us define 1 second as per the SI unit of time. Let us define 1 minute as 60 seconds. Let us define 1 hour as 60 minutes. Let us define 1 day as 24 hours.
For Time up to a year:
Let us define 1 week as 7 days.
Let us define 1 month as 4 weeks. As is defined in the human calendar, and kodak, and a bunch of other places.
Let us define 1 quarter as 3 months and 1 week. Which is equivalent to 13 weeks.
Let us define 1 year as 13 months, plus 1 day. Which is equivalent to 52 weeks plus one day. Or, 365 days.
We can make the day outside of a week into a mega holiday.
Every four years or so, we'll need to add another day. We can do so at the end of the 2nd quarter, and make it a holiday.
Lots of places there are banking holidays. We can make these the first of every month.
This gives 14 built in holiday days per year. We always know that the first is a Monday. There are exactly 4 weeks per month.
As of now, a month is not a standardized unit. The variation is hard.
For Time up to a day:
Let us define 1 second as per the SI unit of time. Let us define 1 minute as 60 seconds. Let us define 1 hour as 60 minutes. Let us define 1 day as 24 hours.
For Time up to a year:
Let us define 1 week as 7 days.
Let us define 1 month as 4 weeks. As is defined in the human calendar, and kodak, and a bunch of other places.
Let us define 1 quarter as 3 months and 1 week. Which is equivalent to 13 weeks.
Let us define 1 year as 13 months, plus 1 day. Which is equivalent to 52 weeks plus one day. Or, 365 days.
We can make the day outside of a week into a mega holiday.
Every four years or so, we'll need to add another day. We can do so at the end of the 2nd quarter, and make it a holiday.
Lots of places there are banking holidays. We can make these the first of every month.
This gives 14 built in holiday days per year. We always know that the first is a Monday. There are exactly 4 weeks per month.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Richard Spencer got kicked out of a gym for being Richard Spencer.
Richard Spencer got kicked out of a gym for being Richard Spencer.
From the article:
Remember, anyone has the right to refuse service to Richard Spencer—gyms, gas stations, grocery stores, fast food chains, dollar stores, farmers markets, ice cream stands...really, anywhere that sells food, clothes, camping equipment, survival gear etc. Something to keep in mind.
http://theslot.jezebel.com/virginia-gym-cancels-richard-spencers-membership-after-1795412541
http://theslot.jezebel.com/virginia-gym-cancels-richard-spencers-membership-after-1795412541
From the article:
Remember, anyone has the right to refuse service to Richard Spencer—gyms, gas stations, grocery stores, fast food chains, dollar stores, farmers markets, ice cream stands...really, anywhere that sells food, clothes, camping equipment, survival gear etc. Something to keep in mind.
http://theslot.jezebel.com/virginia-gym-cancels-richard-spencers-membership-after-1795412541
http://theslot.jezebel.com/virginia-gym-cancels-richard-spencers-membership-after-1795412541
Friday, May 19, 2017
Starting in about half an hour, I'm going to spend 48+ hours out of reach of cell phones, news, and other such...
Starting in about half an hour, I'm going to spend 48+ hours out of reach of cell phones, news, and other such things.
This'll be the longest disconnect since Jan 20.
I'd love to come back and have Trump in chains, and America without a president. It wouldn't be nearly as much chaos as I expect, which is Ryan subserviently bending the metaphorical knee to Trump while the AG further restricts voting rights.
But, I can hope.
Have a good weekend. I sure will.
This'll be the longest disconnect since Jan 20.
I'd love to come back and have Trump in chains, and America without a president. It wouldn't be nearly as much chaos as I expect, which is Ryan subserviently bending the metaphorical knee to Trump while the AG further restricts voting rights.
But, I can hope.
Have a good weekend. I sure will.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
It continues to be the case than the comment section of any article/blogpost/thought on feminism will prove the need...
It continues to be the case than the comment section of any article/blogpost/thought on feminism will prove the need for feminism.
... He said.
... in public.
... knowing that, if trolls show up, he can delete and remove them without fear.
... and knowing that other people do not have this privilege.
... because the world is shitty
... he said.
I'm going for self-awareness here. The failure mode of that is similar to the failure mode for clever, namely being an asshole.
So, hopefully I've not missed the mark. If I have, hopefully some ego striker will tell me.
... He said.
... in public.
... knowing that, if trolls show up, he can delete and remove them without fear.
... and knowing that other people do not have this privilege.
... because the world is shitty
... he said.
I'm going for self-awareness here. The failure mode of that is similar to the failure mode for clever, namely being an asshole.
So, hopefully I've not missed the mark. If I have, hopefully some ego striker will tell me.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
How I see deep space nine.
How I see deep space nine.
Season 1: Episode 3. Garrack is asked by Klingons to buy some intelligence in gold pressed latinum.
He fiddles with his pad for a moment, shows them the value and they shout of how this is terrible. An offense. They start to walk out.
He pulls them back, saying we can negotiate.
And as I'm watching it, I'm like: Yeah, they choose a currency which you have a shitty conversion rate to. Of course negotiation is possible, and if they want Cardassian currency it'll work better.
Alas, the show didn't quite do that.
Season 1: Episode 3. Garrack is asked by Klingons to buy some intelligence in gold pressed latinum.
He fiddles with his pad for a moment, shows them the value and they shout of how this is terrible. An offense. They start to walk out.
He pulls them back, saying we can negotiate.
And as I'm watching it, I'm like: Yeah, they choose a currency which you have a shitty conversion rate to. Of course negotiation is possible, and if they want Cardassian currency it'll work better.
Alas, the show didn't quite do that.
I should really read some of The Culture series.
I should really read some of The Culture series.
About it:
The attraction of Orbitals is their matter efficiency. For one planet the size of Earth (population 6 billion at the moment; mass 6x1024 kg), it would be possible, using the same amount of matter, to build 1,500 full orbitals, each one boasting a surface area twenty times that of Earth and eventually holding a maximum population of perhaps 50 billion people (the Culture would regard Earth at present as over-crowded by a factor of about two, though it would consider the land-to-water ratio about right). Not, of course, that the Culture would do anything as delinquent as actually deconstructing a planet to make Orbitals; simply removing the sort of wandering debris (for example comets and asteroids) which the average solar system comes equipped with and which would threaten such an artificial world's integrity through collision almost always in itself provides sufficient material for the construction of at least one full Orbital (a trade-off whose conservatory elegance is almost blissfully appealing to the average Mind), while interstellar matter in the form of dust clouds, brown dwarfs and the like provides more distant mining sites from which the amount of mass required for several complete Orbitals may be removed with negligible effect.
Source: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
This is so much more elegant than a ringworld.
http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
About it:
The attraction of Orbitals is their matter efficiency. For one planet the size of Earth (population 6 billion at the moment; mass 6x1024 kg), it would be possible, using the same amount of matter, to build 1,500 full orbitals, each one boasting a surface area twenty times that of Earth and eventually holding a maximum population of perhaps 50 billion people (the Culture would regard Earth at present as over-crowded by a factor of about two, though it would consider the land-to-water ratio about right). Not, of course, that the Culture would do anything as delinquent as actually deconstructing a planet to make Orbitals; simply removing the sort of wandering debris (for example comets and asteroids) which the average solar system comes equipped with and which would threaten such an artificial world's integrity through collision almost always in itself provides sufficient material for the construction of at least one full Orbital (a trade-off whose conservatory elegance is almost blissfully appealing to the average Mind), while interstellar matter in the form of dust clouds, brown dwarfs and the like provides more distant mining sites from which the amount of mass required for several complete Orbitals may be removed with negligible effect.
Source: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
This is so much more elegant than a ringworld.
http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
Feel free to critique the following:
Feel free to critique the following:
What I think of as vanilla MBI + Health Care is something like this:
1. Sufficient wealth for each adult to be above the poverty line in that country. In the US, this is ~$1,000 per month. In various parts of Africa, this may be $30 a month. The idea is not to meet all wants, but to meet all needs. Ideally, I'd like to do this universally for all humanity, but I'll start with US Citizens.
2. Free health Care, like every other developed country. Imagine if there was some machine I could toss money into and then people wouldn't die. Pretty much is, so let's do it.
This'd be expensive, for sure, but let's do it.
While we're at it, some other things I'd like us to do:
A. Let's make it easier to vote. Let's have voting day be a holiday, on a weekend. Let's have universal voter reg. Let's let convicts vote, children, too. Get rid of all voter ID laws, unless and until we have a universal ID card.
B. Dismantle this largest of all military apparatus. We don't need ten super aircraft carriers. We don't need to spend more on military spending than the next 7 countries combined.
C. While we're at it, let's simplify taxes. Tax breaks (yes, like the Mortgage interest deduction) exist to benefit the wealthy, and the middle-class enjoys the crumbs left over. Let's get rid of those. The only exception I want to carve out is retirement expenses.
D. Oh hey, let's treat churches like any other non-profit. No more special treatment!
E. Oh, and those symbols of the South's traitorous past? Let's remove all federal funding for them, and stop Virginia (and other states) from having roads and schools named after those assholes.
F. Hyperloop! Maybe, but really let's do some infrastructure rebuilding. Water, electricity, high speed internet, bike lanes, etc etc.
That's about it for now. Want to add anything to the list? And are the things you want to add revenue positive or negative? What would they accomplish?
What I think of as vanilla MBI + Health Care is something like this:
1. Sufficient wealth for each adult to be above the poverty line in that country. In the US, this is ~$1,000 per month. In various parts of Africa, this may be $30 a month. The idea is not to meet all wants, but to meet all needs. Ideally, I'd like to do this universally for all humanity, but I'll start with US Citizens.
2. Free health Care, like every other developed country. Imagine if there was some machine I could toss money into and then people wouldn't die. Pretty much is, so let's do it.
This'd be expensive, for sure, but let's do it.
While we're at it, some other things I'd like us to do:
A. Let's make it easier to vote. Let's have voting day be a holiday, on a weekend. Let's have universal voter reg. Let's let convicts vote, children, too. Get rid of all voter ID laws, unless and until we have a universal ID card.
B. Dismantle this largest of all military apparatus. We don't need ten super aircraft carriers. We don't need to spend more on military spending than the next 7 countries combined.
C. While we're at it, let's simplify taxes. Tax breaks (yes, like the Mortgage interest deduction) exist to benefit the wealthy, and the middle-class enjoys the crumbs left over. Let's get rid of those. The only exception I want to carve out is retirement expenses.
D. Oh hey, let's treat churches like any other non-profit. No more special treatment!
E. Oh, and those symbols of the South's traitorous past? Let's remove all federal funding for them, and stop Virginia (and other states) from having roads and schools named after those assholes.
F. Hyperloop! Maybe, but really let's do some infrastructure rebuilding. Water, electricity, high speed internet, bike lanes, etc etc.
That's about it for now. Want to add anything to the list? And are the things you want to add revenue positive or negative? What would they accomplish?
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
In relation to a thread of Aaron Griffin's earlier today:
In relation to a thread of Aaron Griffin's earlier today:
What would a pbta game where PCs are tasked with running a settlement at the edge of civilization look like?
Needed components: "adventuring", upgrading, the process from settlement to real town.
what moves do they need? What playbooks do you envision? Is there any resource management and, if so, what is it?
What stats, if any, do you use?
What would a pbta game where PCs are tasked with running a settlement at the edge of civilization look like?
Needed components: "adventuring", upgrading, the process from settlement to real town.
what moves do they need? What playbooks do you envision? Is there any resource management and, if so, what is it?
What stats, if any, do you use?
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Some things I would like, after we get rid of the traitorous rapist in the Oval:
Some things I would like, after we get rid of the traitorous rapist in the Oval:
0. Put some standards around being president, like passing a citizenship test.
1. The Republican party, RICO'd into oblivion.
2. Health care for all.
3. Minimum basic income for all.
4. Removal of all tax loopholes used by king don, almost assuredly including the home interest mortgage deduction
Any concerns on these?
0. Put some standards around being president, like passing a citizenship test.
1. The Republican party, RICO'd into oblivion.
2. Health care for all.
3. Minimum basic income for all.
4. Removal of all tax loopholes used by king don, almost assuredly including the home interest mortgage deduction
Any concerns on these?
Two very related issues buzzing around my brain.
Two very related issues buzzing around my brain.
First, what if I have dunning-kruger with regards to gaming? That is, what if I believe both "I have developed some useful skills for RPGs", and believe "I have written some games that hit issues I want explored at the table", but in actually I am unaware of what skills are needing at an RPG table, and my game is more ham handed than I want?
Which leads to the second thought: What should I bring to Nerdly?
First, what if I have dunning-kruger with regards to gaming? That is, what if I believe both "I have developed some useful skills for RPGs", and believe "I have written some games that hit issues I want explored at the table", but in actually I am unaware of what skills are needing at an RPG table, and my game is more ham handed than I want?
Which leads to the second thought: What should I bring to Nerdly?
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Trump as president is like a dog driving a car.
Originally shared by Teo Morgan
Trump as president is like a dog driving a car. Simple people are excited, sensible people are terrified & the dog's just licking his balls.
Trump as president is like a dog driving a car. Simple people are excited, sensible people are terrified & the dog's just licking his balls.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Nutty idea.
Nutty idea.
Apocalypse world set RIGHT NOW.
The PCs and most everyone they interact with have fallen out of society. Maybe that's illness, maybe it is homelessness.
I'm not sure this would take any having at all. You maybe need a front of society intact, but I think everything else works.
Thoughts?
Apocalypse world set RIGHT NOW.
The PCs and most everyone they interact with have fallen out of society. Maybe that's illness, maybe it is homelessness.
I'm not sure this would take any having at all. You maybe need a front of society intact, but I think everything else works.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
I'm about a quarter Bayesian.
I'm about a quarter Bayesian.
I'm fairly certain at least one professor would say suggest, slyly, that I don't know enough to have a degree of certainty about how much I ascribe or do not ascribe to any particular epistemology. And that what I've just said is entirely irrational.
And that's probably true: I'm probably a quarter Bayesian, half Skeptic, a third Kantian, and maybe forty percent Aristotelian. And 90% chemicals, hormones, and biases masquerading as thought.
Or maybe I'm a bunch of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, and pride pretending to prudence, temperance, courage, and justice.
Knowing what I do about the lack of ethical prudence by ethicists, I wonder if my time researching epistemology made me any better at practicing epistemology.
I'm fairly certain at least one professor would say suggest, slyly, that I don't know enough to have a degree of certainty about how much I ascribe or do not ascribe to any particular epistemology. And that what I've just said is entirely irrational.
And that's probably true: I'm probably a quarter Bayesian, half Skeptic, a third Kantian, and maybe forty percent Aristotelian. And 90% chemicals, hormones, and biases masquerading as thought.
Or maybe I'm a bunch of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, and pride pretending to prudence, temperance, courage, and justice.
Knowing what I do about the lack of ethical prudence by ethicists, I wonder if my time researching epistemology made me any better at practicing epistemology.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Tell me both public and suspected reasons Comey was fired. Please mark them as such.
Tell me both public and suspected reasons Comey was fired. Please mark them as such.
Not the place to disagree with theories, but you can ask for clarification.
Not the place to disagree with theories, but you can ask for clarification.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Pretty sure I bruised my heel last time I went on a run.
Pretty sure I bruised my heel last time I went on a run. Because, and let's be clear here, my running form is for shit. And it was a course harder than others I'd done.
Either that, or I spontaneously developed diabetes and the pain my my heel is a symptom. The timing of that seems unlikely, so I'm assuming it is an injury.
What's the proper treatment? Wait a week, then run again?
Either that, or I spontaneously developed diabetes and the pain my my heel is a symptom. The timing of that seems unlikely, so I'm assuming it is an injury.
What's the proper treatment? Wait a week, then run again?
Friday, May 5, 2017
Tell me how insurance that isn't health insurance works.
Tell me how insurance that isn't health insurance works.
I think it is almost entirely different from what we call "health insurance" in the US, which is almost entirely dissimilar from what I think "insurance" means.
I think it is almost entirely different from what we call "health insurance" in the US, which is almost entirely dissimilar from what I think "insurance" means.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Crazy, nutty, no good, probably terrible idea for AW.
Crazy, nutty, no good, probably terrible idea for AW.
Prelude: There's no XP system I've ever liked fully.
I had this crazy idea on Jason D'Angelo's deep read of AW collection, and want to explore it more fully.
My claim: Highlighting stats leads to players seeking XP rather than pursuing objectives, and this is bad. Or at least, suboptimal.
Instead, could each playbook have five XP triggers, two (or three) highlighted per session such that when you do those triggers, you gain XP?
Why five? Link one to each stat. Maybe a sixth for Hx.
What sort of triggers? Things very much related to the archetype of the experience of play.
Why highlighting? Because that gets the whole table involved.
An examples: The Battlebabe
Maybe normally the battlebabe is lucky enough to get cool highlighted and maybe also Sharp. OK; when they roll those, they mark XP. Not bad. The player may seek out opportunities to act under fire, and read people and situations.
Instead, maybe:
Cool: Mark XP when you make someone back down
Hard: Mark XP when you teach someone a lesson they won't forget
Hot: Mark XP when you make a situation charged.
Sharp: Mark XP when someone who you said was going to die, does.
Weird: Mark XP when you drink the blood of a defeated enemy
Hx (maybe): Mark XP when you refuse to help someone that needs it. Asshole.
These aren't precise; they are probably terrible. Let's see where it leads.
Maybe the battlebabe still gets cool and sharp highlighted. Cool, then they'll mark XP when they make someone back down, and when someone dies who they said were going to die.
Now we've got this threatening prophesying battlebabe, maybe telling people they are going to die before ripping their heads off. Or setting things up so an opponent either backs down or dies, so she can mark XP either way. Or using that threat of death to make people back down, and then also killing them.
The incentive here is a serious asshole, and I don't know if that's worse or better than the original.
I don't know if this is making sense, and reserve the right to delete this post in the morning. Until then, have fun explaining why I'm super wrong.
Prelude: There's no XP system I've ever liked fully.
I had this crazy idea on Jason D'Angelo's deep read of AW collection, and want to explore it more fully.
My claim: Highlighting stats leads to players seeking XP rather than pursuing objectives, and this is bad. Or at least, suboptimal.
Instead, could each playbook have five XP triggers, two (or three) highlighted per session such that when you do those triggers, you gain XP?
Why five? Link one to each stat. Maybe a sixth for Hx.
What sort of triggers? Things very much related to the archetype of the experience of play.
Why highlighting? Because that gets the whole table involved.
An examples: The Battlebabe
Maybe normally the battlebabe is lucky enough to get cool highlighted and maybe also Sharp. OK; when they roll those, they mark XP. Not bad. The player may seek out opportunities to act under fire, and read people and situations.
Instead, maybe:
Cool: Mark XP when you make someone back down
Hard: Mark XP when you teach someone a lesson they won't forget
Hot: Mark XP when you make a situation charged.
Sharp: Mark XP when someone who you said was going to die, does.
Weird: Mark XP when you drink the blood of a defeated enemy
Hx (maybe): Mark XP when you refuse to help someone that needs it. Asshole.
These aren't precise; they are probably terrible. Let's see where it leads.
Maybe the battlebabe still gets cool and sharp highlighted. Cool, then they'll mark XP when they make someone back down, and when someone dies who they said were going to die.
Now we've got this threatening prophesying battlebabe, maybe telling people they are going to die before ripping their heads off. Or setting things up so an opponent either backs down or dies, so she can mark XP either way. Or using that threat of death to make people back down, and then also killing them.
The incentive here is a serious asshole, and I don't know if that's worse or better than the original.
I don't know if this is making sense, and reserve the right to delete this post in the morning. Until then, have fun explaining why I'm super wrong.
Give me pitches for a pbta one shot star wars game.
Give me pitches for a pbta one shot star wars game.
I am likely to run one in about 2 hours, so gimme some cool ideas.
I am likely to run one in about 2 hours, so gimme some cool ideas.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
A reminder, as Nerdly is upcoming.
A reminder, as Nerdly is upcoming.
When I meet someone in person after a long absence or for the first time, I try to remind them how we know each other.
I do this as I've got camouflage on camouflage: I'm a white guy with a beer gut, often wearing jeans and a casual button shirt. I've got dark hair and glasses, no tattoos, no piercings, and short hair. I don't stick out in any particular way, except maybe how much I don't stick out; there are a half dozen dudes you could reasonable confuse me with.
And I'm relatively picky about folk getting my name right.
So, maybe I'll say, "Hi, Brian! We talk on G+ a bunch, about necromancers. I'm William."
Or maybe, "Hi, Sarah! We played a pbta hack of mine about fantasy adventurers at Dreamation 17, with Sean. I'm William."
When I first started going to cons, I didn't have this strategy, and the following happened:
Me: Are you Jason?
Jason: Yes?
Me: ... ::leaves::
So: Do the former, not the latter.
When I meet someone in person after a long absence or for the first time, I try to remind them how we know each other.
I do this as I've got camouflage on camouflage: I'm a white guy with a beer gut, often wearing jeans and a casual button shirt. I've got dark hair and glasses, no tattoos, no piercings, and short hair. I don't stick out in any particular way, except maybe how much I don't stick out; there are a half dozen dudes you could reasonable confuse me with.
And I'm relatively picky about folk getting my name right.
So, maybe I'll say, "Hi, Brian! We talk on G+ a bunch, about necromancers. I'm William."
Or maybe, "Hi, Sarah! We played a pbta hack of mine about fantasy adventurers at Dreamation 17, with Sean. I'm William."
When I first started going to cons, I didn't have this strategy, and the following happened:
Me: Are you Jason?
Jason: Yes?
Me: ... ::leaves::
So: Do the former, not the latter.
Ask, and I shall justify any particular position.
Ask, and I shall justify any particular position.
Good investment: Appropriate target year fund with vanguard
Bad Investment: Anything with "active" in the fund title
Good idea: running.
Bad idea: Looking at a map of how far you ran as compared to daily metro.
Good idea: Chromebooks
Bad idea: using ancient software
Good idea: net neutrality
Bad idea: verizon selling your data
Good idea: minimum basic income
Bad idea: means or work or drug or whatever tests for government funding
Good idea: democracy
Bad Idea: the electoral college
Good idea: automation
bad idea: refusing automation because it may destroy your job
Good idea: Work payments based on output
Bad Idea: Work payments based on raw time
I'm sure I have more. I'm also happy to see other pairs.
Good investment: Appropriate target year fund with vanguard
Bad Investment: Anything with "active" in the fund title
Good idea: running.
Bad idea: Looking at a map of how far you ran as compared to daily metro.
Good idea: Chromebooks
Bad idea: using ancient software
Good idea: net neutrality
Bad idea: verizon selling your data
Good idea: minimum basic income
Bad idea: means or work or drug or whatever tests for government funding
Good idea: democracy
Bad Idea: the electoral college
Good idea: automation
bad idea: refusing automation because it may destroy your job
Good idea: Work payments based on output
Bad Idea: Work payments based on raw time
I'm sure I have more. I'm also happy to see other pairs.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
First outside 5k of the season.
First outside 5k of the season. First time running from the new apartment. Ran on the trail in the direction of uphill, then in the direction of downhill after my halfway point.
So. Many. Hills. At one point, there's a switchback where folks have to walk their bikes it is so steep. This is to climb up and over a highway.
40 minutes.
Not my best time, but also not my worst.
I am much more tired than I am after an hour on the stationary bike in the gym, and I don't really know why.
Does anyone?
So. Many. Hills. At one point, there's a switchback where folks have to walk their bikes it is so steep. This is to climb up and over a highway.
40 minutes.
Not my best time, but also not my worst.
I am much more tired than I am after an hour on the stationary bike in the gym, and I don't really know why.
Does anyone?
Monday, May 1, 2017
On the necessity of the civil war. The words are not mine, and now belong to all of us:
On the necessity of the civil war. The words are not mine, and now belong to all of us:
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
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