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One of my biggest pet peeves is when I'm walking in a crowded area, and as I follow someone through a doorway or other transition space, they stop and look around. The doorway or (…

The Klutz Book of Knots was one of my favorites as a kid, and cited Ashley throughout. Here's what it had to say about the square knot: "But Which Knot Is Really The Best Knot? A t…

I think this might be my favorite kind of nonfiction book. Truly the Bible of knots. For years I have looked for a list of "Bibles" of their respective subjects, but have never fou…

I submitted Initech over a week ago and still don't see it.

Reminds me of a study from several years ago which found that we tend to regret virtuous decisions more than indulgent ones over time: https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/faculty/r…

Susan Fowler Rigetti posted a self-study curriculum last March: https://www.susanrigetti.com/math I don't know how good it is, but her earlier entries on Physics and Philosophy wer…

I can't tell if this is sincere or a send-up, because it's literally Apple's apologetic for everything. Always blame the customer. "If your phone has bad reception, it's because yo…

I read a hard copy that was passed around my high school in the early 90s. The only chapter I remember was the one about tamping explosives in order to concentrate the force of the…

First exposure: Commodore PET at school, 1982. First computer at home: my dad brought home an IBM clone circa 1986. He had a buddy at work (he was an insurance agent) that was real…

Utopia on the Intellivision was a good one.

I'm using CALDav for syncing. DAVx⁵ is on f-droid, I think.

What are you using in place of Google Maps? I migrated from Gmail to mailbox.org about a year ago, but Google Maps is the one Google app I can't seem to replace.

I was just telling my wife the other day about a book I read a couple of years ago that I've completely forgotten. Most of the time I can remember at least the broad strokes. I can…

I have the college dreams fairly regularly. Usually they are about forgetting to attend class for a whole semester. But my other recurring dream is about being an LDS missionary ag…

Thirty-five digits or so get us to the Planck length.

That's what annuities are designed to do. In life insurance, you pay the company a small periodic payment in exchange for a large lump sum payment if you die while the coverage is …

Because the King James Version (KJV) was so dominant for so long among English speakers that archaic language came to be associated with Holy Writ. Generations have been conditione…

Also, it seems like just knowing some of the dead ends would be a huge step up. Like maybe we don't waste a ton of time and resources trying to turn lead into gold, or teaching lef…

That's like saying typing a book on a keyboard or dictating a book is not writing a book.

I recently attended a sales meeting for group health insurance reps at Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX. They are going all-in on HMO plans. Of course everyone remembers how unpopular …

I have several friends and family members, all active LDS, who have done BYU Pathway, and they all say the same thing: "Wow, is it churchy!" That first semester especially. These p…

That's funny, STORY is much less esoteric, isn't it?

ADIEU STROY All the vowels and the three most common consonants in two words.