Category: Random
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2010
Apologies for the long gap between postings. It’s been a busy month. Like everybody else, a look back at some things worth noting in 2010. The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway. A surrealistic quasi-comedy masquerading as an SF novel. The writing style often reminded me of Neal Stephenson. Taking apocalyptic SF one step further, most…
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Complexity
I’ve noticed that I have a bias toward complexity. I tend to try to look at problems from all the angles I can think of. Most problems are complex from at least some points of view; otherwise, they would not be problems at all. Looking at problems from all angles encourages a focus on their…
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Halloween decline
Every year we have fewer trick or treaters come by on Halloween. This year we only had nine people, three of whom were teenagers who knocked on every door on the street at 9:30. This year I think I finally figured out what is happening. There are some streets in the city which put on…
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Water
Today is Blog Action Day and the topic for the year is water. Access to fresh water is an increasing problem around the world as the combination of increasing population and climate change leave more people without it. Many people get their fresh water from glacial runoff or from aquifers, and the one is melting…
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The Facebook Movie
I really enjoyed The Social Network, although I doubt it had much connection to the real people involved. I don’t doubt the events as such, but I doubt the interpretation. I noticed one thing in particular. One of the motivations of the Mark Zuckerberg character was that he really wanted to get into a Finals…