Developer, game designer, and bartender with an interest in urban planning, Home Assistant, and ratfics. Trying out the blogging thing now that I'm old....
When we look back to now from a hundred years in the future, what art period are we in? My third grade US education thought it was really important that we all learn about the Western art movements like Impressionism and the famous artists that now represent them, such as Claude Monet or Vincent van Gogh. There are a lot of art periods since the Renaissance, many spanning decades , and every…
The older I get the more I notice how much human logic runs on vibes rather than actual logic. I mean this with both positive and negative connotations. I've grown to appreciate how my thoughts work, how I make decisions, and how different it is from a computer's logic gates. Obviously I'd rather have Remem™ and be able to ask an AI search algorithm to find that memory I have from six years ago…
Our enjoyment of media is subjective and it can be difficult to discuss why something is disliked, whether on an individual level or a popular opinion shared by many. Thus, I am creating a phrase that can be used as a shortcut to express one's distaste. My hope is this will create a better understanding between people with differing opinions on works of fiction. Cilantro is a particularly divisive…