M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:15:23 +0000 (12:15 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:10:14 +0000 (08:10 -0800)]
check in notes
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 14 Jan 2022 04:10:46 +0000 (20:10 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 13 Jan 2022 03:24:40 +0000 (19:24 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:09:32 +0000 (08:09 -0800)]
"Challenges": narrow the scope like a coward? Or ...
Once again, I'm in the same state that I was while finishing up
"Sexual Dimorphism": I impatiently feel like I want to dump the Whole
Dumb Story (of my gender and language war against the so-called
"rationalists" over the last five years) in the final section of the
post so I can get it out of my system and move on with my life, but
ultimately, that feels reckless.
In order to actually get it out of system, I need to do the Whole Dumb
Story right, rather than tacked on to an object-level post criticism
...
Or maybe my real problem is that I'm being pretty seriously hampered
by my cult hero-worship psychology. There might be a way of dealing
with that?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:04:31 +0000 (00:04 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
I just want to be finished; I've been stuck in this pit for years; I
could write endlessly—do I timebox it? Anything I don't manage to
write by the end of January or February can't have mattered much?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:42:22 +0000 (11:42 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
I'm proud of the "billionaire" example, but I also really want to get
this finished!!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:35:18 +0000 (11:35 -0800)]
outlining "Challenges" coda
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:33:16 +0000 (23:33 -0800)]
a bad day
I wanted to work on the post today, but I wasn't brave enough.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 9 Jan 2022 05:24:04 +0000 (21:24 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
It was tough to get started, but eventually I got moving. I want to
hit a note that's forceful but not bitter. I'm not trying to hurt Big
Yud; I'm just trying to explain what I think is actually going on.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 8 Jan 2022 03:32:56 +0000 (19:32 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 6 Jan 2022 18:39:58 +0000 (10:39 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
I feel unblocked now, but what would feel even better would be to be
done
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 6 Jan 2022 05:50:34 +0000 (21:50 -0800)]
pull out the flower-break class again
I don't want to put my courtroom story in a blockquote because it's
not a quote.
(And, while copying the tag, correcting some unnecessarily smart
apostrophes)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:43:29 +0000 (10:43 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
Okay, this is coming together—the specific non-exaggerated personal
examples (HRT experiment was good, pronoun experiment would not be
good) are much more compelling than "cutting dick off" flamebait.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:11:24 +0000 (09:11 -0800)]
skeleton for remainder of "Challenges"
I was pretty lazy for the second half of 2021, but let's turn it
around; I can do this; I can finish the piece and work towards moving
on with my life even though the rationalists are Dead To Me and it
still stings
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 4 Jan 2022 04:03:46 +0000 (20:03 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 2 Jan 2022 04:38:09 +0000 (20:38 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges"
A lot of trouble getting started today, but I did do something—the new
year isn't totally shot
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 1 Jan 2022 23:17:00 +0000 (15:17 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:21:36 +0000 (22:21 -0800)]
Tuesday evening
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:03:55 +0000 (11:03 -0800)]
Tuesday morning
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:18:52 +0000 (10:18 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
Net 520 words in the hour before dayjob—I had been dead and
despairing, but then I remembered my righteous fury and leaned into
it, and honestly it's better this way
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 28 Dec 2021 04:13:52 +0000 (20:13 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:43:24 +0000 (10:43 -0800)]
drafting AGenP reply
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 27 Dec 2021 05:52:01 +0000 (21:52 -0800)]
drafting reply to S.A. on AGenP, cont'd
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:35:08 +0000 (13:35 -0800)]
drafting reply to Scott on AGenP
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 26 Dec 2021 06:22:23 +0000 (22:22 -0800)]
xmas check in ...
2021 is basically over—I've been pretty useless for basically the
second half of this year. Does that change?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:30:19 +0000 (19:30 -0800)]
tap ...
Still in a psychological slump today
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:45:43 +0000 (09:45 -0800)]
Thursday's tap at "Challenges"
spent a lot of yesterday playing Slay the Spire :/
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:17:39 +0000 (11:17 -0800)]
Monday morning tap at "Challenges"
We can do this
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:06:30 +0000 (23:06 -0800)]
Sunday tap at "Challenges"
Why is this dumb exhaustive post taking forever? I'm such a bad writer
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:43:22 +0000 (10:43 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 19 Dec 2021 03:40:12 +0000 (19:40 -0800)]
drafting reply to Scott on AGenP
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:04:17 +0000 (16:04 -0800)]
check in, incl. new attempt at explaining to Scott
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 12 Dec 2021 05:00:54 +0000 (21:00 -0800)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 12 Dec 2021 05:00:22 +0000 (21:00 -0800)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:28:30 +0000 (11:28 -0800)]
Wednesday morning tap at "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 7 Dec 2021 19:08:19 +0000 (11:08 -0800)]
Tuesday morning tap at "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 6 Dec 2021 19:01:01 +0000 (11:01 -0800)]
Monday morning tap at "Challenges"
Last week's "write every morning" campaign didn't end up sticking past
Tuesday, but maybe it'll stick this week?!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 5 Dec 2021 23:00:57 +0000 (15:00 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:03:53 +0000 (10:03 -0800)]
Tuesday morning tap at "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:40:19 +0000 (10:40 -0800)]
Monday morning tap at "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:33:26 +0000 (10:33 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:28:57 +0000 (22:28 -0800)]
ineffective Sunday tap at "Challenges"
I just was not effective today!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Nov 2021 17:15:07 +0000 (09:15 -0800)]
tap at "Challenges"
Managed to "get started" with this yesterday and a minute ago, but
let's clear off the staging area and actually have a solid writing day
today! No time to waste.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 28 Nov 2021 02:16:17 +0000 (18:16 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 18 Nov 2021 05:17:04 +0000 (21:17 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:40:11 +0000 (07:40 -0800)]
Monday morning tap at "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 8 Nov 2021 03:00:06 +0000 (19:00 -0800)]
tap at "Challenges"
I've been having trouble Doing Things lately. This is a pretty poor
output for having an entire Sunday to myself. Maybe I can ramp
up—write a little bit every day, until I finally finish this and "A
Hill of Validity", and then I can move on with my life and not carry
this psychic scars around all the time.
Maybe I'll get in another small commit later tonight?!—even if my
dream of a big Writing Day was a lie.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 7 Nov 2021 16:02:19 +0000 (08:02 -0800)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:23:11 +0000 (12:23 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:38:29 +0000 (16:38 -0700)]
check in (incl. rename finale notes file)
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:59:05 +0000 (14:59 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:31:44 +0000 (21:31 -0700)]
poke at "Challenges", "Never Smile" linkpost
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:48:25 +0000 (16:48 -0700)]
poke at "A Previous Life's War"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:33:41 +0000 (16:33 -0700)]
still reading the Gender Development text; and, some old evidence
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:30:03 +0000 (11:30 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 3 Oct 2021 02:01:24 +0000 (19:01 -0700)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 2 Oct 2021 22:09:03 +0000 (15:09 -0700)]
Gender Development textbook notetaking
This is still a good textbook! Marginal notetaking progress is better
than slacking off entirely, but it's not what I'm supposed to be doing
with prime Saturday writing hours.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 2 Oct 2021 21:43:40 +0000 (14:43 -0700)]
Closetspace—and how did I miss this one about Allison?
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 2 Oct 2021 15:16:48 +0000 (08:16 -0700)]
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Saturday! Need to get in a big writing day today!!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:36:39 +0000 (09:36 -0700)]
"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" linkpost
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:06:05 +0000 (22:06 -0700)]
schedule "I Don't Do Policy"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:50:45 +0000 (11:50 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:02:18 +0000 (22:02 -0700)]
publish "There Should Be a Closetspace/Lease Bound Crossover Fic"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:03:47 +0000 (20:03 -0700)]
xrossover fic tail speculation
I haven't been motivated to do anything today. Tomorrow needs to be a
big writing day—the last day of my vacation. If I want to make it
count, I should finish this up, get a lot of hacking into "Challenges"
and possibly the Facing Reality review, and schedule this and "I Don't
Do Policy."
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:21:52 +0000 (17:21 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:38:50 +0000 (15:38 -0700)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:29:53 +0000 (13:29 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review coda
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:09:26 +0000 (13:09 -0700)]
pronoun reform check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:00:01 +0000 (15:00 -0700)]
"Facing Reality" review coda: intelligence as natural phenomenon
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:42:35 +0000 (05:42 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:22:38 +0000 (15:22 -0700)]
"Facing Reality": first-order effects summary, and review-proper stinger
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:24:47 +0000 (08:24 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review and "Challenges"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:03:00 +0000 (14:03 -0700)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
+1000 words—OK!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:00:58 +0000 (14:00 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" book review
Net 470 words—OK! And that's a minority of what was done today.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:15:06 +0000 (07:15 -0700)]
check in for clean staging area before writing day
My last full day in Cambridge—if I wasn't lying about this being a
writing vacation, I need to make a lot of progress today! No
distractions or excuses!
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:02:43 +0000 (14:02 -0700)]
drafting "Challenges to Yudkowsky's Pronoun Reform Proposal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:50:57 +0000 (11:50 -0700)]
poke at Closetspace/Lease Bound joint review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:49:47 +0000 (11:49 -0700)]
fill gap in "I Don't Do Policy" draft
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:41:40 +0000 (06:41 -0700)]
check in
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:05:58 +0000 (13:05 -0700)]
drafting "Facing Reality" review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 11 Sep 2021 22:29:30 +0000 (15:29 -0700)]
poke at stuff
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 9 Sep 2021 15:34:22 +0000 (08:34 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Wed, 8 Sep 2021 02:37:35 +0000 (19:37 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 6 Sep 2021 17:26:52 +0000 (10:26 -0700)]
drafting Lease Bound plot summary
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 6 Sep 2021 05:10:23 +0000 (22:10 -0700)]
drafting joint Closetspace/Lease Bound review
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 4 Sep 2021 19:47:09 +0000 (12:47 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:36:15 +0000 (11:36 -0700)]
tap closet
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 29 Aug 2021 00:59:13 +0000 (17:59 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:30:43 +0000 (17:30 -0700)]
Closetspace summary/commentary
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:17:40 +0000 (14:17 -0700)]
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I've been sad and lazy for a few months, but life goes on; I can't
pause time by being sad and lazy. Maybe today will be the start of
getting back into the practice of writing.
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:29:01 +0000 (10:29 -0700)]
finish Closetspace readthrough
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 19 Aug 2021 03:07:29 +0000 (20:07 -0700)]
check out
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:11:17 +0000 (23:11 -0700)]
"Happy Meal"
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:49:39 +0000 (12:49 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:13:48 +0000 (13:13 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:23:37 +0000 (12:23 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Sat, 3 Jul 2021 16:19:19 +0000 (09:19 -0700)]
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M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:08:55 +0000 (21:08 -0700)]
two typos in the recent megapost
M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake [Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:59:57 +0000 (08:59 -0700)]
Monday morning drafting "Facing Reality" review
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