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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • I just ignored all the ads and any news, so you are likely correct. I did think that most of the games were mobile, but I must have been mistaken in thinking it was playable on Netflix clients on your TV or something.

    I used to play Pac-Man on my old FireTV with the controller while I was killing time in the mornings before work, so I thought it was similar in that regard.


  • Over the last few years, I have been thinking a ton about this style of article. They are riddled with phrases like “this shouldn’t be possible”, “breaks the laws of physics”, “it’s an impossible structure”, or something along those lines.

    While these phrases are partially click-bait and partially awe inspiring, I am starting to think that the approach we are taking for estimating the massive scale of things in the universe may be extremely flawed.

    I don’t claim to be a physicist or anything like that and am just your average internet idiot. However, it seems to me that working these problems in reverse might help. Our existing observations of the universe just seem to always put artificial caps on some problems, s’all.

    So, let’s take the most massive black hole we know of and then multiply it’s mass by say, a few million times. Immediately, there will be a barrage of people who would post a million (probably legitimate) counter points as to why that wouldn’t even be possible to begin with.

    It seems that given enough time, we eventually find some “impossible” things.

    While it’s easy so get lost in constraints like the possible age of the universe, likely theories of early black hole formation, etc… It seems that Occam’s Razor might be getting lost somewhere. I mean, even with all of our existing data that says otherwise, there is that thing that was impossible. It’s right there! What would it take to form that thing even if the conditions seem absurd?






  • Any in many ways, that is the way engineers should speak to other engineers when analyzing a problem.

    If two or more people can actually share a common goal of finding the best solution, everyone involved should be making sure that no time is wasted chasing poor solutions. This not only takes the ability to be direct to someone else, but it also requires that you can parse what others are telling you.

    If someone makes something personal or takes something personal, they need a break. Go take a short walk or something. (Linus is a different sort of creature though. I get it.)

    TBH, this is part of the reason I chose my doctor (GP). She is extremely direct when problem solving and has no problems theory-crafting out loud. Sure, we are social to a degree, but we share many of the same professional mannerisms. (We had a short discussion on that topic the other day, actually. I just made her job easier because I give zero fucks about being judged for any of my personal health issues.)