I gotta say... I'm really struggling to get through The Left Hand of Darkness. It's got a lot of politics and political maneuvering in it, and that tends to be really hard for me to read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C09nZ82vqMU This video is slightly chilling. Two reasons why. One is that I know some folks that know the folks that died there. The other is that I have a photo posing at that exact location that looks almost identical to their photo... Right before I did the […]
My partner makes such cool music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw9h5QMT82Y
I'm really glad to be getting back into aviation related media and games now that I've got some distance from it leaving my life. I still adore having those skills and having the experiences I've had. Being able to do a really tight landing at Oshkosh with a left quartering tailwind with 3 […]
You know... I'm really sad about giving up aviation. I really really enjoyed doing it. Honestly, it's kinda upsetting to think about. I've avoided anything aviation related for about 1.5 years as a result of having given it up. It's kinda painful to think about. All that said... I'm *still* […]
Early video games felt so alien and strange. They gave off a sense of strangeness that I only really see in the indie scene these days, if anywhere.
Dear god. STOP FUNDING AI. https://press.coop/@engadget/113244456292156929 This just seems horrible. Why are we putting so much time, money, and energy usage into a god damned chat bot? That's a rhetorical question. Obviously, the answer is: "They think it'll do a big capitalism."
Interestingly, he remembers how to do a lot of things, but he doesn't remember that he *can* do those things. Like play music or make coffee. He's fully capable of those things, but he can't remember THAT he knows those things. It's an interesting demonstration of the different kinds of memory […]
So basically, this guy caught herpes in his brain. It attacked a part of his brain dedicated to managing memories, and as a result, he lost access to a lot of memory-related brain systems. He can't move short-term memories to long term memory, and he can't recall many/most events from his past […]