M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Mar 2021 06:35:27 +0000 (22:35 -0800)]
tie off "Point Man"
A friend of the blog points out that "gender" is a recent (and
dubious) innovation, so the Genesis riff gets cut.
I probably don't need to explain the pronouns discussion; it's not
central.
I'd schedule it to auto-publish on a future morning now, but I
actually want to use this to test the Pelican pingback plugin, and I
want to do that manually so I can attend if the plugin doesn't work as
expected. (Don't want to publish now because I just pushed the
Decision Child linkpost.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Mar 2021 06:07:24 +0000 (22:07 -0800)]
publish "See Color" linkpost
(This isn't important, but while I'm struggling with "Sexual
Dimorphism", it's better to stay active by pushing content out the
door; publishing stray thoughts is free (it's what my secret blog is
for) and I have no obligation to reply to comments.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Mar 2021 04:14:25 +0000 (20:14 -0800)]
keep nibbling at it
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Mar 2021 01:49:00 +0000 (17:49 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": tail fill
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 23:17:53 +0000 (15:17 -0800)]
floundering with "Sexual Dimorphism" ...
Why am I having so much trouble today?—running out of steam? I don't
feel motivated to carefully summarize the Will Powers affair?—maybe
that section is long enough. (I need to say more than I have
previously about why I think everyone is lying about AGP, but maybe
this post doesn't have to be super-exhaustive?) The function of a blog
is to be able to split writing into smaller chunks that can be
published in smaller units, rather than having to get a whole book
right on the first try; a mini-book-like megapost might be making a
bad trade-off.
Pull it together.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 17:22:10 +0000 (09:22 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" Sunday opening drafting session with Dr. Will Powers
I want to go buy coffee, but I had to tap out these hundred words
first (which will need some editing—that "(who wanted [...] whom he
denied" passage is a trainwreck of clauses) to prove that I'm
psychologically fit to write today! Not to waste the day on Twitter,
but to write! I deserve this.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:08:37 +0000 (22:08 -0800)]
"Point Man": title drop!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:03:25 +0000 (22:03 -0800)]
check in: "See Color"/"Point Man" tweaks, Powers
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 05:03:42 +0000 (21:03 -0800)]
"Point Man": important to flash my creds
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 04:46:28 +0000 (20:46 -0800)]
contiguous draft of "See Color" Decision Child PSA linkpost
(I should be ashamed of how proud I am of the dissonance between the
text and target of the "totally biologically the same" link.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 01:16:19 +0000 (17:16 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:42:08 +0000 (16:42 -0800)]
"Point Man": ax 600-word nuanced pronoun discussion
Cutting words always hurts. But you have to do it.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Mar 2021 00:31:52 +0000 (16:31 -0800)]
contiguous draft of "Point Man"
This one is kind of all over the place—I built up an involved thread
of language nerdery that I just drop on the floor after using it to
introduce my interlocutor's comment. I'm tempted to keep it like this,
but—I should probably cut the detailed pronoun discussion, huh? (It
could be deposited into a different post.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 6 Mar 2021 22:07:56 +0000 (14:07 -0800)]
drafting "Point Man"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 6 Mar 2021 15:24:31 +0000 (07:24 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:41:24 +0000 (23:41 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:43:58 +0000 (10:43 -0800)]
drafting "Sexual Dimorphism": it was a compliment
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 2 Mar 2021 05:25:48 +0000 (21:25 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 1 Mar 2021 04:22:22 +0000 (20:22 -0800)]
drafting "Sexual Dimorphism": Leeroy Jenkins
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 1 Mar 2021 01:03:46 +0000 (17:03 -0800)]
drafting "Point Man"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 1 Mar 2021 00:43:53 +0000 (16:43 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:41:41 +0000 (21:41 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:40:22 +0000 (21:40 -0800)]
drafting "Point Man"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:42:11 +0000 (16:42 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:39:10 +0000 (16:39 -0800)]
drafting "See Color" Decision Child PSA linkpost
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:14:30 +0000 (23:14 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": Kolmogorov cont'd, cluster plea
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:01:26 +0000 (21:01 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": the Blue and the Gray
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:56:59 +0000 (20:56 -0800)]
note shuffling
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:56:59 +0000 (16:56 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": "Tails"?—never heard of her
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 21 Feb 2021 23:14:42 +0000 (15:14 -0800)]
add alt attributes to ancillary captions
Pelican has been warning about these, but instead of paying the
warning no mind, maybe I should fix it.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:13:59 +0000 (14:13 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:13:38 +0000 (14:13 -0800)]
correct typos in "Human Diversity" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:24:37 +0000 (14:24 -0800)]
tap draft
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:24:33 +0000 (23:24 -0800)]
Presidential doldrums, cont'd
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:49:37 +0000 (20:49 -0800)]
Presidential doldrums
It's so hard to not get distracted!! But I have to prove—that it's
possible to try.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 16 Feb 2021 01:34:59 +0000 (17:34 -0800)]
ready ... (Presidential anxiety edition)
How do I get so lost in a Twitter gutter? I really want to finish
this! And I was supposed to do some dayjob work even though it's
President's Day. Well ... 1730 to 2130 is four hours. You can do a lot
in four hours, if you actually try. Let's try! Let's prove it's
possible to try!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:10:43 +0000 (01:10 -0800)]
caliph
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:51:36 +0000 (18:51 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": not the movement
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:43:37 +0000 (15:43 -0800)]
Sunday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism": lit review ...
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:32:51 +0000 (12:32 -0800)]
ready, and ...
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:10:20 +0000 (23:10 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (session 6)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 05:31:28 +0000 (21:31 -0800)]
ready ...
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 05:00:21 +0000 (21:00 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (session 5)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:30:57 +0000 (19:30 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (call this session 4)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:53:19 +0000 (16:53 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (call this session 3)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:39:15 +0000 (15:39 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (call this session 2)
I got coffee but I've also been a bit distracted by the Slate Star/New
York Times drama! A little bit is okay, but now it's time to work!!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:45:29 +0000 (08:45 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (session 1)
I might get coffee?! I will have retrospectively deserved coffee if I
can finish this post this weekend!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 13 Feb 2021 07:30:20 +0000 (23:30 -0800)]
check in, but tomorrow is going to be a big day
I just need to push through and finish this—with the end in sight, I
should be able to kick it instead of being afraid.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:16:59 +0000 (23:16 -0800)]
Thursday evening drafting "Sexual Dimorphism"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:51:40 +0000 (22:51 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:50:06 +0000 (22:50 -0800)]
nibble at "Sexual Dimorphism" (Wed. eve)
(changed my mind again about including the "define a word any way I
want" anthology—goal is to focus on the abstract dynamics and not
E.Y.'s hypocrisy)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:51:13 +0000 (13:51 -0800)]
nibble at "Sexual Dimorphism" (still Wed.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:13:05 +0000 (10:13 -0800)]
drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (Wednesday morning)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:49:56 +0000 (23:49 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" Tuesday nibble
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 9 Feb 2021 20:19:16 +0000 (12:19 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism" TODO "inline outline" structuring
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 9 Feb 2021 05:05:50 +0000 (21:05 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Feb 2021 07:07:16 +0000 (23:07 -0800)]
Sunday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (evening)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Feb 2021 00:35:55 +0000 (16:35 -0800)]
Sunday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (session 2)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Feb 2021 22:47:04 +0000 (14:47 -0800)]
Sunday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (session 1)
Need to step it up!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Feb 2021 07:03:12 +0000 (23:03 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (evening nibble)
Need more discipline tomorrow if I'm to get this ready to ship on
Valentine's Day!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Feb 2021 01:00:59 +0000 (17:00 -0800)]
Saturday drafting "Sexual Dimorphism" (day session)
I've been pretty distracted by social media, but I at least got some
writing done! Maybe I'll do more in the evening!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 6 Feb 2021 15:44:17 +0000 (07:44 -0800)]
check in notes
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 1 Feb 2021 04:40:23 +0000 (20:40 -0800)]
schedule "You Are Right and I Was Wrong"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:13:38 +0000 (14:13 -0800)]
check in rough linkpost megathread reactions
Some quick reactions to be processed into a post later. (And note a
swipe at S.A.'s powerlessness in the general notesfile.)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 31 Jan 2021 06:15:36 +0000 (22:15 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:43:05 +0000 (18:43 -0800)]
complete draft "You Are Right and I Was Wrong"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:40:05 +0000 (15:40 -0800)]
drafting "You Are Right and I Was Wrong"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:41:31 +0000 (07:41 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:02:02 +0000 (11:02 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:05:38 +0000 (17:05 -0800)]
tell Isso not to hide comments just because there are many
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 24 Jan 2021 05:48:34 +0000 (21:48 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:25:56 +0000 (08:25 -0800)]
swipe at wellness notes?
I don't think I actually feel like making a public blog post about my
current problems.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:56:17 +0000 (21:56 -0800)]
check in note links
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 8 Jan 2021 22:30:21 +0000 (14:30 -0800)]
"Optimized for Deception" linkpost inaugurates a new year
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 7 Jan 2021 23:10:23 +0000 (15:10 -0800)]
containment/check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 5 Jan 2021 21:14:17 +0000 (13:14 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 2 Jan 2021 01:19:31 +0000 (17:19 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 2 Jan 2021 01:17:18 +0000 (17:17 -0800)]
tinker with Pygments colors
The default Pygments theme was greenish overall, which is off-theme;
this makes it more pink-and-purplish (surely not an optimal palette,
but a low-hanging improvement during fifteen minutes of not being
brave enough to actually write).
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:12:41 +0000 (18:12 -0800)]
epigraph on the impression that I get
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:13:16 +0000 (09:13 -0800)]
critical adjective: shared account
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:21:44 +0000 (18:21 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:21:28 +0000 (18:21 -0800)]
"Liability"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:57:49 +0000 (17:57 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:02:58 +0000 (14:02 -0800)]
tie off and publish "Crossing the Line"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:23:07 +0000 (13:23 -0800)]
consolidate vacation agenda?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:59:38 +0000 (11:59 -0800)]
Haskell survey data post: don't count non-responses
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:45:00 +0000 (15:45 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:33:52 +0000 (15:33 -0800)]
fix busted "Terrorist Memeplexes" link (7 → 8) in "Categories"
Was that there the whole time?? Thanks to a reader for pointing this
out.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:56:51 +0000 (12:56 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 9 Dec 2020 22:17:39 +0000 (14:17 -0800)]
poke at "Sexual Dimorphism"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 9 Dec 2020 08:20:09 +0000 (00:20 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 9 Dec 2020 04:11:23 +0000 (20:11 -0800)]
okay, I think I do want to include extra rant in the coda
I was leaning towards keeping the scope limited, but now I'm leaning
back? As well for a sheep as a lamb?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 8 Dec 2020 21:34:04 +0000 (13:34 -0800)]
poke at "Sexual Dimorphism"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 8 Dec 2020 04:54:59 +0000 (20:54 -0800)]
poke at "Sexual Dimorphism" and import Tail's criticism
Happy to be working in the main idea of the "Faster Than Science" post
that never got written.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Dec 2020 19:42:13 +0000 (11:42 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Dec 2020 04:57:16 +0000 (20:57 -0800)]
Sunday "Sexual Dimorphism" drafting 2: "Failed Utopia #4-2" & coda story
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 7 Dec 2020 01:09:39 +0000 (17:09 -0800)]
Sunday "Sexual Dimorphism" drafting 1: entanglement, transition doubts
It's only early evening; let's do another solid session of drafting
before tonight's Advent of Code puzzle release!! I really want to just
be finished with this!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 6 Dec 2020 20:19:29 +0000 (12:19 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 6 Dec 2020 01:57:34 +0000 (17:57 -0800)]
"Sexual Dimorphism": ELTE and the limits of medicine, lean low scope
As you can see from the shoveling, I'm not sure how long I want to
make the coda—this is already a long post, so maybe it shouldn't be
exhaustive on threats to the great common task, but just focus on the
case that I'm not alone, and I shouldn't be alone.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 5 Dec 2020 17:59:19 +0000 (09:59 -0800)]
check in