Oldcomb’s Paradox
This post made me think a bit about the Newcomb paradox. Newcomb’s paradox is basically a prisoner’s dilemma with a sci fi twist. The neat version: You’re in a room with two boxes. Box A contains $1,000, box B could…
Pixel
Pixel Q. refuses to talk about himself. If thou wishest, thou may infer from his blog what thou wishest.
One•a•day
While you’re waiting for me to figure out how MySQL databases work, I’ve decided to devote a half-hour daily to blog posting. The reason I’d refrained from doing as such is that 1. you’re the only person reading this (this…
1oi!0
In switching webhosts, I accidentally deleted my entire Web site. Frustration and anger ensues. I don’t know whether I will be able to get everything back. *sigh* Happy Birthday to me.
Headlines that, if true, would rock the world
Hillary Clinton confirms she is pregnant with Dick Cheney‘s baby New document suggest Hitler may have been former C.I.A. operative (I know, I know, the C.I.A. didn’t exist until 1947, but that’s exactly why it would rock the world) Richard…
Autosave is prejudiced against hard workers
Imagine two people, Carlos and Pixel. Carlos writes 1,000,000 words a minute, Pixel can write 10, but, if he has access to Carlos’ computer, he can add spelling errors to 999,999 words per minute. Carlos writes 5 novels, 3 novellas,…
I’m such a jerk to myself (Part II)
Even when I expect nobody to read what I write (as in a diary or in general), I still write silly non-sequiturs or pathetically lonely attacks on my prior positions that I may or may not have actually ever held.…
I’m such a jerk to myself
Futureme.org is a Web site that lets people send letters to themselves in the future. About a year ago, I found that Web site and sent myself a few letters. I just received them all. I’d forgotten that I’d written…
Why would anyone make a private blog post? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose?
This blog post is set to private. Only the blog owner can see it.
Nice Guys Screw Themselves III (addendum)
My thanks to Randy Milholland for making my point in NGST3 for me. For some reason, NGST2 has garnered some new interest. Much of this would not exist if not for NGST3 and this comic. Enjoy.
The recipe for byte-sized acquaintances
I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about a previous post of mine that got me into all sorts of trouble with my [label missing]s at the time. If you’ve not read that post, just…