Biannual blog update
Every couple of years I seem to update my blog. So, here goes.
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FreeBSD on a Lenovo H430 desktop
I used to use FreeBSD a lot. (FreeBSD is an alternative operating system, kind of like Linux. It is the basis for OS X and many other things.) However, ev...
Two selves: experiencing and remembering
Please watch this TED talk by Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Laureate. In economics and other fields, people have been trying to measure happiness–h...
“Video Games” by Lana Del Rey
Our local public radio station, WFDD, has several HD radio stations, including one that plays a lot of “xPonential Radio.” When we lived in Raleigh I got sp...
What is your time horizon?
I have a hypothesis: different people think in different “time horizons.” By that I mean, some people think way into the future and past when they make deci...