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There’s nothing inherently wrong with the popularization of useful techniques in any field, but the process by which this takes place has profound implications for the overall comprehension of knowledge and the quality of the products produced in that field. The explosion of attention toward the web applications arena was inevitable and has produced numerous [...]

Wikipedia notes a definition of qualia: …qualia are properties of sensory experiences by virtue of which there is something it is like to have them.
Much of the debate over the existence of qualia lies in the definition of the term, so I’ll give my conception and subsequently refute it. Qualia are the things like “seeing [...]

People assured me that it was only “the MySpace crowd” or the teenage girls spouting off nonsense like “omg ur teh bst frd in wrdl!!11″. I believed them, telling myself that it’s just a phase that people will go through and grow out of. It’s just a series of shortcuts, right? They still know how [...]

Why?
The most relevant standards body for the internet, the W3C, has stated the purpose of the World Wide Web as, “a network of information resources. The Web relies on mechanisms to make these resources readily available to the widest possible audience.” Most important in that statement are the phrases “information resources”, “readily available”, and “widest [...]

There are two factors concerned with the morality of sex and sexual behavior: consent and maturity. Archaic definitions of sexual morality are unnecessarily restrictive, following the “fear the unknown” mantra, and fail to logically address the issue with anything more than circular arguments.
There have been several court cases in the recent past involving two sexual [...]

“Well, it works.”
The pathetic proverb of contemporary capitalist dogma. Getting something done with minimal cost and maximal return is what it’s about. Cut corners. Get away with everything you can. Lie. Cheat. Deceive. Embezzle. So long as you’re making money doing it, you’re doing it the right way.
American capitalism, like all other relatively new instantiations [...]

I’ve favored the term “geek” to describe myself moreso than “nerd” or any of the other similar words because I take them to have specific definitions, only one of which applies to me. Essentially, a geek is someone who is passionate about and deeply involved with a subject. There are computer geeks, car geeks, art [...]

I am a fanatic about not getting sick. In the rare case that I do come down with a little of something, I do whatever it takes to get better as fast as humanly possible. Many people don’t take this approach and it bothers me when they complain.
My aggressive routine is as follows: At the [...]

Some books that I’ve read recently and recommend:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
Why I am Not a Christian
Hackers and Painters
Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by [...]

It seems that most of the people who “go insane” while thinking too much and who become too absorbed by questions, or those who get engulfed in MMORPGs just fail to establish and adhere to a set of basic ground rules.
If you want to think abstractly about the meaning of the word “is” or what [...]