I assert that God is omnipotent, omniscient, but also all-Evil. How would you disprove this contention? : DebateAChristian Someone takes Law’s Evil God Challenge over to /r/DebateAChristian, and makes a pretty good showing of it. Amusing for all the Thomists complaining that the poster doesn’t get it, without quite being able to say what it is OP ( Read more... )

What is this thing, called swing? | The Home of Happy Feet Daniel Newsome geeks out about music.
(tags: lindyhop swing music jazz beats dance) 19 Tips For Everyday Git Use Top tips for git
(tags: git software software-engineering tips) Scott Aaronson Answers Every Ridiculously Big Question I Throw at Him - Scientific American Blog Network A ( Read more... )

A friend commented the other day that I don’t post much on here any more. I do occasionally write interesting stuff over on Reddit, so I thought I’d make some blog posts based on some of those comments. Here’s a little realisation I had about how we talk about the physics of lindy:

A follower was telling me how she always needs to create her own ( Read more... )

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A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong Yvain/Scott Alexander on why it might be a bad idea to continue to espouse a belief in God, the Devil and whatnot while having a sort of private understanding of what that means, even if that understanding is more palatable than the original theology.
(tags: psychology religion rationality hitler) The ( Read more... )

Swing Dance Frame as Non-Newtonian Fluid | Jason Sager Neat analogy for the way some moves work by resisting impulses (so that they are transferred and provide a net impetus to the follower) but not resisting smooth movement.
(tags: lindy frame fluid lindyhop dance) https://github.com/mame/quine-relay A quine (program that produces its own source ( Read more... )

Ambidancetrous: The Blog - “We don’t want to make people uncomfortable.” (aka, “What about teh menz?!”) "Ultimately, some of the worry that some straight guys will be uncomfortable dancing with other men (or being led by a woman) may be justified." Het guys: you lost the oppression Olympics, so your comfort and consent about who touches you is ( Read more... )