Hello, reader. How’re you? This is service tops redux. I wrote a post last summer called “the difference between a service top and a service sub.” That post has received more comments than most of my posts. So the ideas might be important or provocative to their intended audience. Recently a helpful commenter suggested I… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’ve you been? I think about AI in communication and modern war. I thought modern war would devolve to “our robots fight their robots.” Looks like I was incorrect– war is still killing living, breathing, bleeding people. Yikes. the 1990s AI has interested me since I was a teenager in the 1990s, studying… Read More »
“What’s the difference between support and enabling?” Ming asked me. “It’s support when your therapist likes it, and it’s enabling when your therapist doesn’t like it,” I said. Ming laughed–he liked that distinction. “It’s support when you’re helping people do ‘good’ things, like exercise and go to the doctor and talk about their feelings. It’s… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I’m on a trip, not blogging much because my computer is half-broken. Soon new tech will arrive. Ming and I were talking about virtue signaling. Are you familiar with the concept? Virtue signalling is when you do or say things to make sure everyone knows you’re good. It can be… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I’m thinking of retiring from daily blogging. It’s been a good run. About 17 years blogging almost every day? That’s pretty wild. Way not to moderate, Laura-Marie. Yes, I often do something daily or not at all. I’m grateful for what I’ve done–I don’t regret it. But maybe my energy… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? My housemate friend asked what’s bringing me the most joy these days. This housemate asks great questions and is the best listener in the world. Yeah, I’m going out on a limb to say that. I thought Ming was, or maybe my best friend. But this person has such a… Read More »
“What are you looking for? Everything you need is in this bed! Unless Bunny fell out,” I said. “Cherche” means search in French. I think of that word often–not sure why. It’s like buscar in Spanish. Those words mean a lot to me. I can get super-affectionate about words. Do you have words like cherche… Read More »
Hey, how are you doing? I was working on a post about mystical experiences here on Listening to the Noise Until It Makes Sense. Then I decided to shunt it over to my autism blog because it turned out very pertinent to autism. So it’s being read over there. It’s confusing to me, how to… Read More »
Hello, I wrote something about mercy that felt important to me. It’s some truth I sent as a post-argument email. The ideas matter to me, and maybe it could enjoy a larger audience. Mercy = I don’t deserve your consideration. Please give it to me anyway. I’m a creature who makes mistakes. Please see my… Read More »
“Hey, dear. My asshole feels burning, sort of like I ate a hot chile. Is that ok?” I asked Ming. “Yeah,” he said. “Only I didn’t eat a hot chile. Maybe it’s from when I had diarrhea, previous night. Did that ever happen to you?” I asked “Yeah,” he said. “Oh, but you always eat… Read More »