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It's weird to find myself saying this, but I came across Wharflurch a couple of days ago and was taken with their dichotomous caveman/space-rock sound. They had two tapes left in stock. I was tempted to just get one, but I decided to make they were still good after repeat listens.Comments
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Daily checkins are a hassle, but they did give me a sense of where my work was going when I did them at the Recurse Center, so I'm going to try doing them here for a bit.Comments
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- Worked on Departing. Tried shortening the guitar part. Changed the cello to a French horn, which sounds warmer.
- Wrote some of the D&D recap.
- Had a conference call with the school speech therapist. Got some handy tips; found out the guy has done really well with the social speech practice.
- Chatted with a young person from the Recurse Center about contracting and what computer science was like in the '90s.
- Reread Chapter 2 of the Puckette book and did 75% of the exercises.
- Went to the study group for said book. Could not get the Pure Data sound to go through Zoom. We did have fun figuring out a couple of the exercises together, but we're starting to have doubts about this being the best book to work off of. A new person suggested we actually talk about our understanding of the concepts from the chapter, which we'll do next time. I tried it in the previous meeting, but I got crickets, so I backed off. (I don't really know how to run these things.) The meeting over by 20 minutes, so I guess it's at least engrossing, but I'll set a timer next time. -
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I still refer to the computer device type as "desktop," even though I haven't used a desktop in twelve years.Comments
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This feels really suburban dad, but it feels good to eat a large breakfast on Saturday morning while listening to Mass in B Minor.Comments
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I did 13 pull-ups today. In addition to not getting much done in the workout department, I didn't get that much done in general.Comments
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Hey, you can now watch my cognitive decline as it happens!Comments
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The name of the famous Dutch painting of the blue boy.Comments
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As Sojourner Gibbs pulled out of her parking space at a Sam’s Club in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, one afternoon last summer, she felt the familiar, sickening symptoms of diabetic shock. Weakness, confusion. She began to sweat and shake uncontrollably. And then, Gibbs said, panic set in.
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Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived before the paramedics. First just one, then three more. Gibbs, a doctoral candidate in public policy, thrashed in the front seat, her body stiffening. She recalls telling deputies she was diabetic. The sheriff’s department report says she told deputies to “go away.”
She insists she heard one say, “This bitch is lying. She’s high on something.”
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The late Sheriff Harry Lee, who served for 28 years until his death in 2007, called his job “the closest thing there is to being a king in the U.S.” Lee openly espoused racist views in public statements, once declaring: “If there are some young Blacks driving a car late at night in a predominantly white area, they will be stopped.” He eventually backed off the order, but he announced 20 years later that his solution to violent crime was “only stopping Black people.” -
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12 pull-ups. But I also walked about five miles and rode a bike for a while.Comments
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Despite six tasks I was hoping to get done this week not being done, I feel really relaxed? Is this my brain's way of giving up?Comments
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Well, I spent 40 minutes trying to get some form of intellisense working in a JUCE project. Time not well-spent! Any ideas?Comments
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Taschen books are coffee table bullshit, and yet I must have this book about underground architecture.Comments
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I'm making wings for lunch, but I completely forgot that they have to sit for an hour after the initial fry. So, my actual lunch is a banana.Comments
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9-minute run, 12 pull-ups. The top of my foot still has some problem, but it didn’t seem to get worse at least.Comments