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Writing is More Valuable in the Age of LLMs
The Straussian Reading of 'If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you'
Recently Sam Kriss wrote If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you and, despite its very clear title, I left puzzled about what Kriss is really saying.
Free Will not a Problem for Atheists
Cumulative Income Tax
RC Portland Tournament Report (29th)
The World is More Important if it's a Simulation
Duskmourn: House of Horrors: Limited first impressions
Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs
Turning my Workflow Inside Out
Downregulating tmux
Thoughts on Google's Monopoly
Reflections on 2023
Magic Fest Vegas (15th)
I came in 15th at Magic Fest Vegas 2023.
Write on your Phone
I recently got a foldable bluetooth keyboard to work while I traveled and it was more delightful than I could have imagined.
Wilds of Eldraine: First Impressions
Miscellaneous thoughts on Wilds of Eldraine.
String Poaster
I made a tool to cross post my tweets to X, bluesky, threads, mastodon and farcaster.
You Should Talk to GPT in Vim
I wrote a short plugin to enable you to talk to GPT in vim.
Tales of Middle Earth: Assorted Thoughts
Miscellaneous thoughts on Tales of Middle Earth.
How Blog Breed
Two Mealy-Mouthed Corrections
I am no longer confident small amounts of drinking are healthy. Maybe we actually can compute the freezing point of water from first principles?
March of the Machines: Assorted Thoughts
Miscellaneous thoughts on March of the Machines.
Slowly and Badly Copying Substack
The Water can only get so Cold
I Have Not Found Chat GPT Very Useful
Chat GPT is sort of cool but I'm having trouble understanding why people fine it so useful.
Low Amounts of Drinking are Healthy
There is strong evidence drinking a unit of alcohol a day reduces all cause mortality primarily by being good for cardiovascular health and not particularly bad for anything.
Android is just better than iOS
Despite popular opinion Android is just better than iOS. I go through a variety of os components and describe how in almost all cases Android has superior design
Solving my Problems at the Wrong Level of Abstraction
Zero Utils
Von Neumann-Morgenstern's Utility Theorem and Harsanyi's Aggregation Theorem are often given as good justifications for additive utility and utilitarianism in general but does it make sense?
Reflections on 2022
My Favorite vim/tmux/zsh Configurations
A collection of my favorite vim, tmux, and zsh configurations.
Brother's War: what I got wrong in the first look
A short retrospective where I list some of my errors and misses.
Book announcement: Exponential Growth for Babies
I wrote a children's book about exponential growth.
Brother's War: My Limited First Look
A strategic discussion of Brother's War. Featuring my commons ranking, an organized list of instants and miscellanous thoughts.
Dominaria United: Limited First Look
A strategic discussion of Dominaria United. Featuring my commons ranking, an organized list of instants and miscellanous thoughts.
Shutting Down Prediction Alerts
I made a simple SAAS service and now I'm shutting it down.
Cause Area Proposal: Paperwork Reduction
I love a good essay contest. This is a submission to Open Philanthropy's Cause Exploration Prize which I'm crossposing to my site from the EA forum. I've always hated paperwork and think people tend to underestimate both it's direct costs and how much human activity is prevented by people avoiding paperwork.
Vim Outline Release
I made a Workflowy inspired Vim extension
Cows are Bigger than Chickens
A cow is bigger than a chicken. Yes this means they contain more meals but surely it also means they contain more of that ineffable joy and zest which make life worth living.
TwitterRCs and Vim SSO
What if your twitter had an rc file? What if you needed to SSO onto vim?
Online Identity
Thoughts on Internet Identity.
Some Favorite Tournament Magic Memories
Various Anecdotes from Magic Tournaments.
Streets of New Capenna: Limited First Look
A strategic discussion of New Capenna. Featuring my commons ranking, an organized list of instants and miscellanous thoughts.
Com(ent)ing to My Senses
You can now comment on my blog posts without making a github pull request.
Playing Chess with Peter Thiel
I had the opportunity to play two games of chess with Peter Thiel when I interned at Palantir.
Wine and (my) Sleep
I've been drinking a glass of wine a day and I take a brief look at the data of it's effect on my sleep.
Why I'm not Boosted
I don't think it is good value to get a booster for me. I explain why.
Fitbit Versa 3 Review
I've been wearing a fitbit since August. Here are some of my thoughts.
Comment via Github Pull Request
Comments are back in a way that may surprise you.
Learning to Volleyball Serve
I learn how to overhand serve a volleyball and a few things about learning.
A Taxonomy of Memes
Some properties a meme can have and the names for the resulting categories.
Privilege of Ignoring
In which I do battle with the amorphous unfeeling other. I should listen to Nietzsche and look away from what I don't like.
Assorted Android Tips
Assorted Pro Tips for your Android phoning.
Strixhaven Limited Review
A strategic discussion of Strixhaven. Featuring my commons ranking, an organized list of instants and miscellanous thoughts.
Site Update 4
Another update on what I've made and learned producing this personal site.
How Well Calibrated is Predictit?
A simple analysis of how well calibrated Predictit is.
Tmux Pom v0.1
I wrote a simple pomodoro timer tmux extension.
Some Things Which Surprised Me
I'm constantly surprised by what's happening in the world but I so rarely make a note of it. Here are some things which I would not have predicted.
Things that Make me Angry
A short list of things that make me angry.
Kaldheim Limited Review
A review of Kaldheim for limited. The various themes are analyzed.
New Years Resolutions
Just some changes I'm going to try out for the new year and a few big goals.
What the Heck Happened on Predictit?
Some bewildering market opportunities were available on Predictit in November to December
An Rsync Command and Cron Job
I recreated all of dropbox with just two lines of code! Not really. Come read about my hacky backup setup.
I've Been Watching You
I've been logging access to my website and I thought I'd go over some data.
Site Update Three
It sure is difficult to do anything. Here I was wanting to write an interesting blog and now I'm blogging about blogging.
We're Engaged
I'm excited to announce that Rhiannon and I are engaged! Come read a little bit about our relationship over the past 3 years.
I'm Selling Out
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Screaming Shield: A Love Story
I didn't expect to be nostalgic for 2019 in 2020 but here I am. Enjoy a retelling of a great weekend full of interesting games, good food and fun times with friends.
Zendikar Rising Limited Review
A review of the new Zendikar Rising set for limited. The various themes are analyzed.
Counting Things
An introduction to the bijective method of counting with lots of examples and theorems. It's really beautiful stuff. I think there'll be something for people who know next to nothing about math and for people who know a great deal.
Double Masters Limited Review
Here's my review of double masters for limited. Going over the key archetypes and the important cards for each of them. Dare I say at the time of publishing it was the most comprehensive and useful resource for Double Masters Limited?
Odlyzko's Lemma
Come learn about my favorite lemma.
Reviews of Upload and Midnight Gospel
Reviews of two TV shows I enjoyed recently.
Road Trip Round Two
We had to come home eventually. Here I detail our exciting trip back. I guess this is a travel blog now.
Psycho-spiritual Musings
A special guest blog post from a friend of mine. He muses on philosophical questions about the bifurcation of soul and body and being true to yourself.
Some Leaves: a Review
I've been having a really good time hiking in Washington. Here are some of the things I've noticed.
Finding Mice and Teaching Rhiannon to Code
In the quest for enrichment during the pandemic and in anticipation of the dystopian future where we're all remote software engineers (I really liked Montana as I roadtripped through it) I've begun to teach Rhiannon how to program.
Var(MTG)≤ 1/4
I find people using sophisticated sounding words for simple concepts PROBLEMATIC.
Escape to Washington
With the pandemic stretching on, Rhiannon and I thought it wise to retreat to the isolated hinterland in the north of Washington State. We'll shelter here until Ohio's liberation. Which looks to be in just a few days. Ah well.
Tutorial: Make your own Light Alarm Clock
I highly recommend light alarm clocks for the ideal waking experience. In this blog I give a recommendation for one you can buy and directions on how to make your own.
Limited Analysis of Ikoria
Getting ready for a new limited format by crunching some numbers.
Review of Patchwork
Rhiannon and I got a new game Patchwork which I highly recommend. I rate it 5/5.
Rethinking my Webpage Generation
A tail of meandering yak shaving and the acquisition of esoteric but trivial information.
A Podcast Review of Midsommar
Another short conversation with friend of the site Rhiannon. Plop down all alone onto your couch and feel less alone for 36 minutes.
Something Strange is Happening in Columbus
Some investigative journalism into jellyfish graffiti.
Ja3k Podcast World Premier
A short interview with friend of the site Rhiannon. Pop in your earbuds and enjoy your commute.
AAV Targeting Adipose Tissue Summary
Another special guest post from Rhiannon talking about her research into viruses.
Anthony's Reading Corner
A special guest post from my good friend Anthony Pan. Anthony reviews three books he's really enjoyed this year.
I Lost my Foreskin
Musings on themes of dismemberment, coping with loss and suicide in three different pieces of media I consumed in January.
Preparing For GP New Jersey 2020
I put some work in the past week to understand the Theros Beyond Death Limited format. Here I detail my specific approach. The most valuable and interesting thing to a reader will likely be the scripts and spreadsheet which you are free to borrow for your own analysis of this and future limited sets.
Some Good Eating
Reflections on the eating I did with Rhiannon during the first two weeks of the semester. Enjoy some quality food pics.
I Hate Star Wars
Some Updates on my Blog and Process
In this post I talk about some changes I've made to my website. For instance I've implemented a small summary feature so I can give my readers a blurb about what they're going to get into before they click on my blog and get sucked into some writing they have no investment in. Which is of course a greater and greater risk as I expand my audience to millions.
Some Generative Art
A collection of a few simple procedural artworks I've made. My favorite are the random walks at the end.
Jitter
Social Media Platforms
A Brief Interlude from some Quality Writing
Some Statistical Thoughts on the End of the World
Adipsin Summary
Itertools, a Love Story
Limes are Green, Birds are Black
Speculation on Why Social Media is Associated with Depression
The Anthropocene Reviewed Reviewed
Blogging in Earnest
Sometimes the Trees are Beautiful
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