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“We have failed to provide additional context” is among the lamest of all lame apologies for a media outlet. Additional context means propping up the conventional narrative. Apologizing for that means saying sorry for upsetting people’s desire for a hegemonic discourse.
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As far as I know, there isn’t a “true” modern day version of Agatha Christie novels–at least one that doesn’t also have the “I was a tramatized child” backstory or “smash down the doors, it’s the bleeping police” type action. Need the mystery without the profane thriller or soppy emotions.
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Dreaming of a personal podcast app that uses my podcast listening history, downloads the ones I listened to, converts audio to text, and allows for search on this text. That way, I could return to the random facts I heard on a podcast.
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Weird how the weather brings back memories. The summer often makes me think of programming, because that was my college summer job. Now that it is a cold November day it reminds me of my grad school research.
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Digital File Management
Been thinking about digital file management and came up with this model. It explains why a messy home folder is uncomfortable: it mixes up tier 1 and tier 2 curation.
Every digital file comes from a source. The source can be your web browser, your email client, your current terminal session, or your photoshop session. I am using file in the loosest possible sense. It is anything that has the potential to become a file, such as an html webpage.
Either it is immediately consumed or ignored or it is cached somewhere. For pdfs from a google search or an email attachment, the place it is cached is usually the downloads folder. In my experience, the downloads folder gets messy real fast because a lot of the cached files are rejected. You look at them once and then never again. It is an implicit rejection.
To move from tier 1 to tier 2, you need to save your file in some sort of basic structure. At the very least, you need to move it out of your cache into something that is not your cache. This is the problem with a cluttered home folder. If you add bajillions of temporary or test files or have many folders you did not create, then you are treating your home folder more like a cache than a place to save something.
The last category is what you treasure. These are the digital files that immediately come to mind when a certain topic comes up. It is anything in your working memory that has value to you. Not everything you save you’ll come back to. You may save it purely for the peace of mind of having a copy. In that case, you are pushing your cache more into your saved files. And eventually, you’ll do a spring cleaning. But given finite human resources, only a select few files, perhaps only the ones you are immediately working on, will be worth something.
I’ll admit there is some slight overlap between these tiers, but I think the continuum is well ordered.
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Local supermarket chicken broccoli alfredo pizza slice to go is chef’s kiss.
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Causation = Correlation + Story. The story may be a prediction from first principles, or it may be a story of experiments being falsified. But there is still a story.
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“This is a judgement free zone, come as you are.” But what if I am a judgmental jerk?
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Trying to master file mangement. Wrote a script to generate a static html gallery of images to make browsing more comfortable. Working on cronjobs to organize my downloads folder.
Current model of data organization is: data stream -> machine organization -> curation level 1 -> curation level 2.
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Okay, I admit to trying to enter in those 6 digit two factor text message codes in one go because I read somewhere that being able to remember 7 or more digits quickly is a sign of being mentally sharp.
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Home directories annoyingly get cluttered because every piece of software wants to put something there. This makes it harder to keep track of your self-generated, curated and precious files. My plan is to create a folder named /tidy in both my ubuntu home and google drive home.
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In the research world, pdfs are like pastries: they come in a bunch of varieties with good or bad baking technique. Given this, you’d think they’d train more people to be pdf critics. Planning to write a pdf manipulation suite in Python to get info like Kincaid reading level.
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Played through Portal for the first time. The cake is a lie! Looking forward to Portal 2.
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Never underestimate the power of a reboot.
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Upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and am having driver issues where I get to choose between Chrome running or Steam running. Reconfiguring is a headache. Maybe it is time to switch to Firefox…
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What is this evil thing called Matlab?
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Whew. Work was exhausting today. Out of my depth in a field of PhDs.
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Trying to decide if I should make a psuedo-anonymous github account instead of using my full name. Maybe I should have two accounts, one for personal and the other as public facing.
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If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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New local chain grocery store opened super close to our house today and I got to visit. It is awesome! You are truly an adult when a grocery store gets you excited.
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WaaS. Writing as a Service. In other words, know your audience and fulfill their needs. All concerns of substance and style reduce to this.If you are writing for yourself, then no need for gud gammar and speeling.
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Anybody else play digital board games like a slot machine? After the hundreth hour it stops becoming a strategic task and turns into hoping the next click of the deck will reveal that awesome combo.
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Was quite productive this evening. Maybe chowing down on chinese food and ice cream is what I should do every night.
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This is a test. This is strictly a test. If you think this is anything other than a test you are sadly mistaken.
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