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Coinheist 2013: Mystery Hunt Writeup
There has been much whinging across the internet regarding the most recent hunt and its late finish. To me, most of it sounds like, "but Hunt is supposed to be hard and frustrating for OTHER PEOPLE, not amazing solvers like me!" and the unnice part of me can only think, "welcome to my world." I am sorry some people didn't have fun, but much of ( Read more... ) -
Libriomancer
Since he was kind enough to send me an ARC the least I can do is review it (in exchange, I promised that if we are ever shipwrecked or in an improbable apocalypse scenario and there was a choice between eating him or a cute puppy, I would chow down on the adorable canine.)
Jim Hines’ Libriomancer is like a mash-up of Dresden and Inkheart. It ( Read more... ) -
Insight-Oriented Therapy: how it works
So I realized that, after about 9 years of paying therapists, I have learned some skills I can successfully apply to myself, but also that I didn't know exactly what those skills were. I do things and stuff happens, which is summarily unsatisfying as an explanation and doesn't allow for the possibility of communicating any insights I've had to ( Read more... ) -
Mmm, data
So I went looking for estimates of actual austerity measures taken (rather than proposed or claimed to have happened), ending up using the EU as a focal point. I found a depressing lack of such statistics, and then spent four hours trying to backsolve bank liquidity support out of government spending figures, eventually coming up with comparable ( Read more... ) -
Beth's recent rambly musings
First, I adore this Jay Smooth video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdxeFcQtaU
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Why capitalism is failing, according to me
1. The medium of exchange has declining marginal value, just like everything else ( Read more... ) -
Back from hunt
A longer post will follow with more of my hunt experiences, but first, before I forget it all, I want to share a minor *cough* frustration I encountered.
( cut for explaining a puzzle, and the answer I got, and why I think my answer is better than theirs (besides just that I'm just that egotistical). )