here, have a delusion
Brief updates:
Derping on the computer.
* Reading a lot more about mind-blowing stuff, links below
* Obsessed with progressive metal & jazz/rock fusion ("ADD rock"), links below
* Playing a silly Flash game and trying to make fractals with Python...
* Reflecting on the philosophy of science, especially on Imre Lakatos (would love any feedback!)
Focusing physically.
* Stretching more thoughtfully (but it's easy to forget)
* Getting high more often (1-3x weekly), and enjoying it (goes with the mind-blowing links)
* Much more hiking, biking, frisbee, and sneezing (everything is in bloom!)
* Trying to sing more often. (I want to sound better and sing confidently around others)
Strengthening friendships & commitments.
* Still loving my flip phone :-)
* Found a new place to live with two people close to me.
* Worked through some rough patches with my significant other <3
* Organized a short project at work that excited me. (I'm focused on content attribution -- who performed on which songs across Pandora's music library?)
Worrying more often.
* Not always eating well (I often forget to meal prep)
* Unable to let go of anger, but physical activity is helping.
* Having trouble staying focused, but I guess this is a perennial challenge.
As from Wait But Why's blog:
The older I get, the clearer it becomes that our internal battle as the kindergarten teachers of our mind is like 97% of life’s struggle. The world is easy—you’re difficult.
Send me a note on how you keep focused, and what you've been up to lately!
Things I've liked or thought about recently:
astronomy, fluids, math
friendly intro to black holes - https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/black-holes
nerd out about accelerators - https://news.fnal.gov/2019/03/firing-on-all-cylinders/
nerd out about neutrinos - https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/
self-similarity in bubble popping - https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/news.2010.289.html
fluid mechanics in plasmas ("MHD") - https://techtv.mit.edu/collections/ifluids/videos/32606-magnetohydrodynamics
the $ in $pace is satellite - http://berkeleysciencereview.com/space-industry/
fractional/fractal dimensions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4
futurism, philosophy, internet
the future of the internet - https://future.internetsociety.org/2019/introduction/executive-summary/
life is a simulation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESXOAJRdcwQ
criteria for reason - https://meaningness.com/eggplant/pebbles?utm_source=Meaningness
friendly intro to modern JS - https://www.modernjsbyexample.net/book/003-complex-data-types
discuss a webpage, on a webpage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCkm0lL-6lc
comics, games
cute intro to "what happens when you go on a webpage" - https://howdns.works/
donut runs - https://www.instagram.com/p/BuohpyOlDEt/
affluenza - http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-village-and-the-tower
that guy at the restaurant - http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1111
don't face your fears - http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1027
pleasant robots (challenging game) - http://pleasingfungus.com/Manufactoria/
think vs overthink - https://xkcd.com/1592/
dark - http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/a-monster
music (so good this time!)
latest favorite band from San Diego (Peace, Fluffy, Story)
going to their show this week! (So Strange, Goose, OD)
tosin abasi, the legend (The Brain Dance, On Impulse, Ka$cade)
from my friend Lee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVX0b3NkyOc
made by my friend Max - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1xK0PC4zs
Switched-on Eugene, my new favorite collaboration album - https://www.pandora.com/artist/various-artists/switched-on-eugene/ALd6hhkmx3hhVVV
Life keeps whirling by, so please say hi!