Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Sorry that I look so awkward there. I generally have a hard time thinking about what to do as the subject of a planned photograph. Even back when photos were more common, I always preferred the ones of people interacting or acting in more candid [...]

Mediation Process in the Walking

I went for a walk, this afternoon, just around the block and park. First of all, I noticed a depiction of Eva Unit 01 in some graffiti not even a block from my building, which was surprising. Beyond that, however, I was trying to focus on my [...]

Stumbling back onto the path

I feel like I have recently realized how far I am from who I was several years ago, and not in a good way. Instead of advancing into a more complete version of that person, I am the husk left over of that person when all the interesting or useful [...]

Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion

That is true: I have a feeling that the only thing worse than stupid humans being hateful and antagonistic for reasons of tribalism and ignorance is a highly intelligent machine being agreeable for reasons of monopolizing access to your attention [...]

Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Yeah, that seems to be where it currently lives. If you have access, I recommend checking it out since I did definitely find it engaging.

Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Watched "End of Evangelion", today. It is definitely very good and I will need to think about it a bit and watch it again in a couple of days to feel as though I have a reasonable grasp of it.

I have heard people talk about these different [...]

Re: Work and writing update

Good to hear that the new job is seeming more engaging. Hopefully it becomes even more interesting once you have more to do on your own.

Aww, Korey sounds like he is doing well and still being energetic, at 16. That is good to hear. He is such a [...]

Re: Not sure if health concern or boredom

Well, I would be hesitant to immediately ignore criticisms from others since they can be illuminating. That said, many people lob such criticisms for their own benefit, not to help you understand yourself.

An honest person or a good friend is [...]

Re: Neon Genesis Evangelion

This was very good and I like it when you consume some media and you feel a need to research perspectives on the ideas or, back when this was possible, talk about the ideas raised with others. Luckily, this is the kind media people are still [...]

Neon Genesis Evangelion

After finding the Blu-Ray for this series for rent at Bay Video (amazing place, by the way), I decided to finally start watching this old anime people reference all the time as one of the greats (up there with others from that era, like Ghost in the [...]

Not sure if health concern or boredom

It seems as though I always feel tired, through much of the afternoon and evening, most days. The strange thing is that I can easily go out and walk for a few hours, feeling completely awake and comfortable while passing everyone I walk past, then [...]

Re: War is over!

We will see how long this one lasts. It is a good first step but, unfortunately, it seems like that war has constantly been starting/stopping for much of my life.

I fear that, unless the underlying participants in the conflict change, this cycle [...]

Re: Terry Fox Run

Nice to see that this is still going strong. I remember this being an annual tradition back when I was in elementary school and it was a good idea so it is good to see it is still there.

Mood and Gazing into the Future

Looking back on my life, I realize that much of how I feel within a given point in time is based on what I think is on the horizon.

I suspect that this is ultimately related to how I have never been a "happy person". It is probably also why I have [...]

Re: Photo from poetry reading.

I hope that you enjoyed giving the reading, at least. It sounds like a nice way to get out demonstrate your creative output.

Nuit Blanche and the last warm days

I tried to get out to see a bit of Nuit Blanche, last night, but I was tired and it was crowded so I didn't go far. Really, just up and down the street nearest me which was hosting some of it. Oddly, most of what I saw were just video displays and [...]

Social "fit", egg shell fears, and specific linguistic irritations

Over the past few years (well, several really, but more acutely in recent years), I have been getting a general sense that I no longer "fit" anywhere, socially. I used to feel at home among software developers or goths, and I felt like I was [...]

Re: Tubby Nugget Phonecall

Yeah, the ones you have posted here are good: Simple, short, and cute.

I am ok. I hope that things are good on your end.

Pet Peeves in Non-technical Data Science

I was watching some video talking about survey results related to Project Zomboid Build42 direction today and it reminded me of something I have found annoying for a while: Lack of standard deviation when discussing scored survey results.

I have [...]

That time of the year?

For whatever reason, I have been incredibly tired all today. Part of this is probably that I slept poorly last night (probably due to being tired all yesterday) but I wonder if the rest of it is related to the cold weather, my mental state, or [...]

Re: Building Programming Languages

Thinking about "what is a programming language" gets more interesting whenever you also ask "what is an interpreter" and you eventually realize interesting things like how a user interface is an interpreter for the language of human actions. [...]

Re: "Let 'em Cook" versus Becoming an n-degree Meta-tool

Yeah, most of the push to make things "safe" is usually just a push to create a police state or some other dystopian control system.

They say that the ends justify the means but, not only do I think that is a dangerous way of thinking, I also don't [...]

Re: Not a logical solution?!?

Yeah, it is small and cute.

"Let 'em Cook" versus Becoming an n-degree Meta-tool

An idea which has been bothering me lately is the question of how much of what happens within public visibility represents an actual attempt to make something happen versus an attempt to make the anti-something happen.

To sketch what I mean, [...]

What is the missing connection?

Last night's outing was reasonably good but I still felt that same unpleasantness in the back of my mind, dragging me down, which has become all too common. There is a general sense that I "don't belong" (not just socially, but within the shape and [...]