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commit 2cd47ae260a02265fff0ad7fa656f01d9d1ad83f Author: Breck Yunits <breck7@gmail.com> Date: 2025-01-05 19:21:31 -0800 Subject: diff --git a/about.scroll b/about.scroll index 64c96800d..66efcc8e5 100644 --- a/about.scroll +++ b/about.scroll @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ title About Me -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll This is my personal Scroll. I am a software engineer, data science and probability enthusiast, programming language tinkerer, data curator, angel investor and father. https://github.com/publicdomaincompany/scroll Scroll diff --git a/austen.scroll b/austen.scroll index c9ff2339f..1b691fb03 100644 --- a/austen.scroll +++ b/austen.scroll @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ date 10/18/2022 title Austen Heinz -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Austen James Heinz was probably the most brilliant, fearless, kind person I ever met. I met him twenty years ago, when I was 18, but it took me a long time to learn who he really was. dateline diff --git a/backpack-the-world-with-zero-planning.scroll b/backpack-the-world-with-zero-planning.scroll index 09cb8d4ed..faf3697d1 100644 --- a/backpack-the-world-with-zero-planning.scroll +++ b/backpack-the-world-with-zero-planning.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2011-03-04 tags All Life title Backpack the World with Zero Planning -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll _I haven't written in a long while because i'm currently on a long trip around the world. at the moment, we're in indonesia. one thing that really surprised me was that despite our best efforts to do as little planning as possible, we were in fact almost overprepared. i've realized you can do an around the world trip with literally zero planning and be perfectly fine. you can literally hop on a plane with nothing more than a passport, license, credit card, and the clothes on your back and worry about the rest later. i think a lot of people don't make a journey like this because they're intimidated not by the trip itself, but by the planning for the trip. i'm here to say you don't need to plan at all to travel the world (alas, would be a lot harder if you were not born in a first world country, unfortunately). here's my guide for anyone that might want to attempt to do so. every step is highlighted in bold. adjust accordingly for your specific needs and desires._ dateline diff --git a/black-swans-and-technology.scroll b/black-swans-and-technology.scroll index 0a566b303..acb8d0710 100644 --- a/black-swans-and-technology.scroll +++ b/black-swans-and-technology.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-19 tags All Thinking Startups title Black Swans and Technology -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll For the past year I've been raving about Node.js, so I cracked a huge smile when I saw this question on Quora: dateline diff --git a/competition-and-specialization.scroll b/competition-and-specialization.scroll index 01a7434f7..0968a0aa9 100644 --- a/competition-and-specialization.scroll +++ b/competition-and-specialization.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-06-28 tags All Startups Society title Competition and Specialization -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Competition and specialization are generally positive economics forces. What's interesting is that they are contradictory. dateline diff --git a/culture-and-complexity.scroll b/culture-and-complexity.scroll index fec381478..d81ec7847 100644 --- a/culture-and-complexity.scroll +++ b/culture-and-complexity.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-06-14 tags All Society Life title Culture and Complexity -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Have you heard of the Emperor Penguins? It's a species of penguins that journeys 30-75 miles across the frigid Antarctic to breed. Each year these penguins endure 8 months of brutally cold winters far from food. If you aren't familiar with them, check out either of the documentaries March of the Penguins or Planet Earth. dateline diff --git a/design-matters-a-lot.scroll b/design-matters-a-lot.scroll index 20dd973b0..6447f7f3d 100644 --- a/design-matters-a-lot.scroll +++ b/design-matters-a-lot.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ permalink design-matters-a-lot.html tags All Programming Startups Design title Design Matters. A lot. -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll A year ago I wrote a post titled The Truth about Web Design where I briefly argued that "design doesn't matter a whole lot." dateline diff --git a/fidelityAndFbi.scroll b/fidelityAndFbi.scroll index 0b702748b..6f363ed3b 100644 --- a/fidelityAndFbi.scroll +++ b/fidelityAndFbi.scroll @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ date 10/06/2022 title Fidelity won't answer customer emails but will work with agents to try to entrap you -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll printAuthors Fidelity (and whoever the fuck its allies our) thought they had me in check lol. Checkmate bitches! diff --git a/flip-flopping.scroll b/flip-flopping.scroll index d6d99478f..9dd105723 100644 --- a/flip-flopping.scroll +++ b/flip-flopping.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-06-16 tags All Life title Flip Flopping -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Every Sunday night in college my fraternity would gather in the commons room for a "brother meeting". (Yes, I was in a fraternity, and yes I do regret that icing hadn't been invented yet). These meetings weren't really "productive", but we at least made a few decisions each week. The debates leading up to these decisions were quite fascinating. The questions would be retarded, like whether or not our next party should be "Pirate" themed or "Prisoner" themed(our fraternity was called Pike, so naturally(?) we were limited to themes that started with the letter P so we could call the party "Pike's of the Caribbean" or something). No matter what the issue, we would always have members make really passionate arguments for both sides. dateline diff --git a/goingPublic.scroll b/goingPublic.scroll index f9d325860..34c8061cc 100644 --- a/goingPublic.scroll +++ b/goingPublic.scroll @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ date 11/05/2022 title Well YCombinator, we're going public anyway. -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll secCodes.png openGraph diff --git a/happiness-is-in-mediocristan.scroll b/happiness-is-in-mediocristan.scroll index b78e13b05..791c47719 100644 --- a/happiness-is-in-mediocristan.scroll +++ b/happiness-is-in-mediocristan.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-06 tags All Thinking Life title Happiness is in Mediocristan -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Three unexpected things have happened to me during my two years of entrepreneurial pursuits in California. dateline diff --git a/introducing-note.scroll b/introducing-note.scroll index 5b039a79a..3492d1632 100644 --- a/introducing-note.scroll +++ b/introducing-note.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-14 tags All Scroll Programming title Introducing Note -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll // Just want to note that it took nearly a decade but this article is now written in a derivative of Note! 😀 5/11/2021 diff --git a/irrational-numbers.scroll b/irrational-numbers.scroll index 1913bff5b..a5d85f821 100644 --- a/irrational-numbers.scroll +++ b/irrational-numbers.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-03-31 tags All Thinking title Irrational Numbers -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll There’s a post currently on Hacker News that discusses irrational numbers. A long time ago irrational numbers really bothered me. I remember I had a teacher in high school who gave us extra credit for reading books about math that dealt with specific topics like pi or irrational numbers. These books gave me nightmares :). I still don’t really understand irrational numbers but haven’t thought about them in a long time. According to Wikipedia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=540005 Hacker News diff --git a/longnow-censorship.scroll b/longnow-censorship.scroll index ea8cf0391..20b10fc1e 100644 --- a/longnow-censorship.scroll +++ b/longnow-censorship.scroll @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ date 10/20/2022 title My LongBets.org prediction on cancer -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll For over 30 days I've waited patiently for LongNow Foundation, operator of LongBets.org, to publish my prediction on cancer. For some reason they have not done so. So I am publishing it publicly to my git backed blog so we have it confirmed on the blockchain. dateline diff --git a/look-for-a-line.scroll b/look-for-a-line.scroll index c654e8975..fcbd082ee 100644 --- a/look-for-a-line.scroll +++ b/look-for-a-line.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2011-03-05 tags All Startups Thinking title Look for a Line -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll A good friend passed along some business advice to me a few months ago. "Look for a line," he said. Basically, if you see a line out the door at McDonald's, start Burger King. Lines are everywhere and are dead giveaways for good business ideas and good businesses. dateline diff --git a/naming-things.scroll b/naming-things.scroll index a2df646ad..4d9e9568b 100644 --- a/naming-things.scroll +++ b/naming-things.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-10-20 tags All Programming Writing title Naming Things -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll I love to name things. dateline diff --git a/probability-makes-planes-fly.scroll b/probability-makes-planes-fly.scroll index 8af6f8854..7432d6701 100644 --- a/probability-makes-planes-fly.scroll +++ b/probability-makes-planes-fly.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-18 tags All Thinking Life title Probability Makes Planes Fly -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll My whole life I've been trying to understand how the world works. How do planes fly? How do computers compute? How does the economy coordinate? dateline diff --git a/responsibility.scroll b/responsibility.scroll index 01c748539..8af4073a2 100644 --- a/responsibility.scroll +++ b/responsibility.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-22 tags All Life title Responsibility -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Entrepreneurship is taking responsibility for a problem you did not create. dateline diff --git a/scrollnet.scroll b/scrollnet.scroll index 17c4aaaa2..d5391610a 100644 --- a/scrollnet.scroll +++ b/scrollnet.scroll @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The complexity of current Internet protocols could be holding us back from an ev **** # Related Posts -printRelated WWS +printRelated Scroll *** diff --git a/setplicity.scroll b/setplicity.scroll index b55ed716d..c939fedb7 100644 --- a/setplicity.scroll +++ b/setplicity.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-11-20 tags All Programming Thinking title Setplicity -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll "Is simplicity ever bad?" If you had asked me this a year ago, I probably would have called you a fucking moron for asking such a dumb question. "Never!", I would have shouted. Now, I think it's a fair question. Simplicity has it's limits. Simplicity is not enough, and if you pursue simplicity at all costs, that can be a bad thing. There's something more than simplicity that you need to be aware of. I'll get to that in a second, but first, I want to backtrack a bit and state clearly that I do strongly, strongly believe and strive for simplicity. Let me talk about why for a second. dateline diff --git a/simple-but-not-easy.scroll b/simple-but-not-easy.scroll index 7da438859..be2661721 100644 --- a/simple-but-not-easy.scroll +++ b/simple-but-not-easy.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-06-17 tags All Startups Life title Simple, but not easy -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Doing a startup is surprisingly simple. You have to start by creating a product that people must have, then you scale it from there. dateline diff --git a/the-do-you-know-game-and-why-we-need-celebrities.scroll b/the-do-you-know-game-and-why-we-need-celebrities.scroll index ae4084b67..0ecffb762 100644 --- a/the-do-you-know-game-and-why-we-need-celebrities.scroll +++ b/the-do-you-know-game-and-why-we-need-celebrities.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-03 tags All Society title The Do You Know Game and Why We Need Celebrities -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Last night over dinner we had an interesting conversation about why we care about celebrities. Here's my thinking on the matter. dateline diff --git a/the-economy-explained.scroll b/the-economy-explained.scroll index 60d1b18ed..94b92b340 100644 --- a/the-economy-explained.scroll +++ b/the-economy-explained.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-09-18 tags All Society title The Economy Explained -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll I was an Economics major in college but in hindsight I don't like the way it was taught. I came away with an academic, unrealistic view of the economy. If I had to teach economics I would try to explain it in a more realistic, practical manner. dateline diff --git a/the-hidden-benefits-of-automation.scroll b/the-hidden-benefits-of-automation.scroll index 5dd39dca8..a3c031c8e 100644 --- a/the-hidden-benefits-of-automation.scroll +++ b/the-hidden-benefits-of-automation.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-03-17 tags All Programming title The Hidden Benefits of Automation -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll If you automate a process which you repeat _Y_ times, that takes _X_ minutes, what would your payoff be? dateline diff --git a/the-invention-of-free-will.scroll b/the-invention-of-free-will.scroll index 4b5858f11..693b113fc 100644 --- a/the-invention-of-free-will.scroll +++ b/the-invention-of-free-will.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-03-24 tags All Life title The Invention of Free Will -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll # Or..We Think we have Free Will because we only Observe One Path. diff --git a/tree-notation-annual-report-2019.scroll b/tree-notation-annual-report-2019.scroll index f0a1ad8d6..c705cd0ee 100644 --- a/tree-notation-annual-report-2019.scroll +++ b/tree-notation-annual-report-2019.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2020-12-09 tags All Scroll Programming title 2019 Tree Notation Annual Report -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll * _Note: I wrote this early draft in February 2020, but COVID-19 happened and somehow 11 months went by before I found this draft again. I am publishing it now as it was then, without adding the visuals I had planned but never got to, or making any major edits. This way it will be very easy to have next year's report be the best one yet, which will also include exciting developments in things like non-linear parsing and "forests"._ dateline diff --git a/turning-down-nobel-prize.scroll b/turning-down-nobel-prize.scroll index 25b093a06..8b8a3e22d 100644 --- a/turning-down-nobel-prize.scroll +++ b/turning-down-nobel-prize.scroll @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ date 10/24/2022 title Turning down the Nobel Prize -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll On November 1st CancerDB.com will launch and immediately start saving lives. The Nobel Foundation will probably be in a rush to award a Nobel Prize to the CancerDB team. That would be the sensible thing to do—a team with name brands like Duke University, Microsoft, YCombinator, St. Jude, MD Anderson, UH Cancer Center, led by a white male. I would like to preemptively declare that we will refuse such an award until after a Nobel Prize has been given to the woman who made it all possible, a 33 year old in Russia named Alexandra Elbakyan. This is for you, our Pirate Queen. dateline diff --git a/type-the-world.scroll b/type-the-world.scroll index 1c44a6382..f945b9317 100644 --- a/type-the-world.scroll +++ b/type-the-world.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2020-01-20 tags All Programming Thinking Scroll title Type the World -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll In this post I briefly describe eleven threads in languages and programming. Then I try to connect them together to make some predictions about the future of knowledge encoding. dateline diff --git a/what-i-want.scroll b/what-i-want.scroll index 0ab42370d..b4e3e2f93 100644 --- a/what-i-want.scroll +++ b/what-i-want.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-06 tags All Life title What I Want -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Figuring out what you want in life is very hard. No one tells you exactly what you want. You have to figure it out on your own. dateline diff --git a/why-is-it-best-to-do-one-thing-really-really-well.scroll b/why-is-it-best-to-do-one-thing-really-really-well.scroll index ef9ef3599..68c7fccdc 100644 --- a/why-is-it-best-to-do-one-thing-really-really-well.scroll +++ b/why-is-it-best-to-do-one-thing-really-really-well.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-03-22 tags All Startups title Why is it best to do one thing really, really well? -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll Google has a list of 10 principles that guide its actions. Number 2 on this list is: dateline diff --git a/you-cant-predict-the-future.scroll b/you-cant-predict-the-future.scroll index b8f1a7d3a..df4c82ba5 100644 --- a/you-cant-predict-the-future.scroll +++ b/you-cant-predict-the-future.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Thinking Life title You Can't Predict the Future -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 2 +singleHeader.scroll I've been very surprised to discover how unpredictable the future is. As you try to predict farther out, your error margins grow exponentially bigger until you're "predicting" nothing specific at all. dateline

commit d70c95ecc573051e8f645b804753039fd9d6363a Author: Breck Yunits <breck7@gmail.com> Date: 2025-01-05 19:13:15 -0800 Subject: diff --git a/30000hours.scroll b/30000hours.scroll index 46f5e4a80..c438177ac 100644 --- a/30000hours.scroll +++ b/30000hours.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 7/18/2019 tags All Programming Life HasDataset MasterProgramming title 30,000 Hours -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll In 2013 I sent a brief email to 25 programmers whose programs I admired. dateline diff --git a/a-manic-startup.scroll b/a-manic-startup.scroll index a5acd7bac..73dc06353 100644 --- a/a-manic-startup.scroll +++ b/a-manic-startup.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 6/27/2023 tags BipolarEnergy title A Manic Startup -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I am so disappointed in myself for having yet another manic cycle and hurting the people I love. I'm sharing this to come out publicly as having bipolar disorder, take 80% blame for my actions and words, and maybe help someone avoid my mistakes. dateline diff --git a/a-public-domain-human.scroll b/a-public-domain-human.scroll index 3001c1714..9e8259357 100644 --- a/a-public-domain-human.scroll +++ b/a-public-domain-human.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 3/6/2023 tags All IntellectualFreedom title A Public Domain Human -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # Open sourcing more of my life for honesty diff --git a/aHigherLanguage.scroll b/aHigherLanguage.scroll index ea6a3e1f0..ca30a7035 100644 --- a/aHigherLanguage.scroll +++ b/aHigherLanguage.scroll @@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ openGraphImage tunnelByDallE.png tags All Life Thinking Writing Fiction title A Higher Language -header.scroll -printTitle - -printAuthors - -thinColumns 1 +singleAuthor.scroll I was walking in the woods and saw a path on my right. I had never seen this path before. endSnippet diff --git a/abortBar.scroll b/abortBar.scroll index a8a831931..da9b7909c 100644 --- a/abortBar.scroll +++ b/abortBar.scroll @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ openGraphImage abortBars.gif tags All Programming Life title Abort Bars -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # A Suggested Improvement to Progress Bars When I was a programmer at Microsoft I participated in a lot of internal betas. diff --git a/advice.scroll b/advice.scroll index 2a42d64da..2cfe70706 100644 --- a/advice.scroll +++ b/advice.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ tags All Data Writing Life title Strong Advice openGraphImage advice.png -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I split advice into two categories: dateline diff --git a/an-angel-investors-data.scroll b/an-angel-investors-data.scroll index f64aa0694..973de0227 100644 --- a/an-angel-investors-data.scroll +++ b/an-angel-investors-data.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 9/1/2022 tags All Startups HasDataset AngelInvesting title An Angel Investor's Data -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll There's a trend where people are publishing _real data first_, and then insights. Here is my data from angel investing: dateline diff --git a/an-unpopular-phrase.scroll b/an-unpopular-phrase.scroll index 7888d6932..7bed06ea9 100644 --- a/an-unpopular-phrase.scroll +++ b/an-unpopular-phrase.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2020-02-21 tags All IntellectualFreedom title An Unpopular Phrase -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll One of the most _un_popular phrases I use is the phrase "Intellectual Slavery Laws". dateline diff --git a/are-you-making-something-that-will-become-absolutely-irrelevant.scroll b/are-you-making-something-that-will-become-absolutely-irrelevant.scroll index a40f352e2..417dc8eb1 100644 --- a/are-you-making-something-that-will-become-absolutely-irrelevant.scroll +++ b/are-you-making-something-that-will-become-absolutely-irrelevant.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-01-05 tags All Startups title Are you Making Something that will become ‘Absolutely Irrelevant’? -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I’m reading a fascinating biography of Warren Buffett right now(Snowball). dateline diff --git a/badModels.scroll b/badModels.scroll index 290778bdd..b65706dba 100644 --- a/badModels.scroll +++ b/badModels.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-05-04 tags All Life Society Data title Hypothermia -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # Bad models of the world can be dangerous. diff --git a/beliefs.scroll b/beliefs.scroll index 9bcc8e7ea..9246121be 100644 --- a/beliefs.scroll +++ b/beliefs.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/11/2024 tags All Life title Beliefs -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll What does it mean to say a person believes _X_, where _X_ is a series of words? dateline diff --git a/big-data-notation.scroll b/big-data-notation.scroll index 289f96468..3b38dd2de 100644 --- a/big-data-notation.scroll +++ b/big-data-notation.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2013-09-24 tags All Data Programming Thinking title Big Data Notation -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # A Suggestion for a Simple Notation diff --git a/bigger-telescopes-are-needed-to-solve-global-warming.scroll b/bigger-telescopes-are-needed-to-solve-global-warming.scroll index af0aa9d7f..136365445 100644 --- a/bigger-telescopes-are-needed-to-solve-global-warming.scroll +++ b/bigger-telescopes-are-needed-to-solve-global-warming.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-07-28 tags All Society title Bigger Telescopes are needed to Solve Global Warming -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll On August 31, 1854, a Londoner living on Broad Street fell ill with cholera and died. In three days, 127 other Londoners would also contract and die of cholera. By September 10th, over 500 people had died and panic was setting in on the London streets. Doctors studied the dead but could not solve the epidemic. dateline diff --git a/bipolarDisorder.scroll b/bipolarDisorder.scroll index b37e5fe5f..2068768ad 100644 --- a/bipolarDisorder.scroll +++ b/bipolarDisorder.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/24/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title Focusing on Bipolar Disorder -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Assuming I keep blogging, which I hope I manage to do, I expect my posts will largely be about bipolar disorder. I've been blogging for fifteen years but never wrote publicly about bipolar disorder, even though I was diagnosed twenty years ago. I kept my diagnosis a secret. dateline diff --git a/bipolarsInSociety.scroll b/bipolarsInSociety.scroll index 8027e11e4..80c24ec56 100644 --- a/bipolarsInSociety.scroll +++ b/bipolarsInSociety.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/9/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title What is the role of the bipolar in society? -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll It is estimated 2% of the population is bipolar. Sunday I explored: what if that was 98%? And today I explore, why isn't it 0%? stableMoodDisorder.html what if that was 98% diff --git a/bloggers-who-turned-pro-and-their-famous-last-words.scroll b/bloggers-who-turned-pro-and-their-famous-last-words.scroll index 2a956ea1e..9f0240cf3 100644 --- a/bloggers-who-turned-pro-and-their-famous-last-words.scroll +++ b/bloggers-who-turned-pro-and-their-famous-last-words.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-07-07 tags All Writing HasDataset title Bloggers Turning Pro -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll After months of deliberation, I’ve decided to quit my day job and work on my blog full time. dateline diff --git a/bloggingAsTherapy.scroll b/bloggingAsTherapy.scroll index 919697f58..a12ecce7f 100644 --- a/bloggingAsTherapy.scroll +++ b/bloggingAsTherapy.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/30/2024 tags Writing title Blogging as Therapy -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I have kept this blog going for 14 years, through good times and bad. One thing I've noticed, particularly recently, is that, after getting a post out, my mind feels calmer the rest of the day. I also feel like each post helps me develop some actionable insight, however small, that I can use going forward in the future. dateline diff --git a/boxMethod.scroll b/boxMethod.scroll index 33152a0fb..e6699704e 100644 --- a/boxMethod.scroll +++ b/boxMethod.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-3-30 tags All Data Thinking title The Box Method of Science -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll boxMethod.jpeg openGraph diff --git a/brainPilotModelOfBipolarDisorder.scroll b/brainPilotModelOfBipolarDisorder.scroll index 1a1b63720..0597e738b 100644 --- a/brainPilotModelOfBipolarDisorder.scroll +++ b/brainPilotModelOfBipolarDisorder.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2/20/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title The Brain Pilot Model of Bipolar Disorder -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll A lot of people, including me, are excited about an ambitious new research effort to see if bipolar disorder is best modeled as a mitochondrial disorder. I've started writing about it, and expect to write more about it in the future. But that's not what I'm writing about today. https://www.metabolicmind.org research effort diff --git a/building-a-treebase-with-6-point-5-million-files.scroll b/building-a-treebase-with-6-point-5-million-files.scroll index c85e4d3a2..3c86563e7 100644 --- a/building-a-treebase-with-6-point-5-million-files.scroll +++ b/building-a-treebase-with-6-point-5-million-files.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ permalink building-a-treebase-with-6.5-million-files.html tags All Scroll Programming HasDataset title Building a TreeBase with 6.5 million files -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll In this long post I'm going to do a stupid thing and see what happens. Specifically I'm going to create 6.5 million files in a single folder and try to use Git and Sublime and other tools with that folder. All to explore this new thing I'm working on. dateline diff --git a/cancer-and-copyright.scroll b/cancer-and-copyright.scroll index 401b9a696..73b42f0d9 100644 --- a/cancer-and-copyright.scroll +++ b/cancer-and-copyright.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 10/04/2022 tags All Society IntellectualFreedom title Cancer and Copyright -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll endCancerMiracle1.png openGraph diff --git a/checkbox.scroll b/checkbox.scroll index 2cfa38afd..4fe067e4e 100644 --- a/checkbox.scroll +++ b/checkbox.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-06-25 tags All Startups Society Scroll title CheckBox: An Online + Offline Voting System -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll checkbox.gif caption Our beta from 2013. diff --git a/checklist-for-new-products.scroll b/checklist-for-new-products.scroll index f8e3702ff..36cee8405 100644 --- a/checklist-for-new-products.scroll +++ b/checklist-for-new-products.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-28 tags All Startups title Checklist for New Products -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll At our startup, we've practiced a diversification strategy. dateline diff --git a/circle-of-competence.scroll b/circle-of-competence.scroll index 5a286a703..32a95b5e3 100644 --- a/circle-of-competence.scroll +++ b/circle-of-competence.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Life title Circle of Competence -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Warren Buffet claims to follow an investment strategy of staying within his "circle of competence". That's why he doesn't invest in high tech--it's outside his circle. dateline diff --git a/ckmeans.scroll b/ckmeans.scroll index 955e5bdfe..b353b6f57 100644 --- a/ckmeans.scroll +++ b/ckmeans.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 6/09/2022 tags All Programming Data HasDataset Logeracy title The Three Byte Fix -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # A Small Open Source Success Story diff --git a/corporateEmail.scroll b/corporateEmail.scroll index d3fb52793..3032e00e2 100644 --- a/corporateEmail.scroll +++ b/corporateEmail.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 5/12/2024 tags All Startups Society Programming NoNoReply title Corporate Email -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll The Four Seasons website says dateline diff --git a/critical-thinking.scroll b/critical-thinking.scroll index fa2c8dde8..0374baaa1 100644 --- a/critical-thinking.scroll +++ b/critical-thinking.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Life title Critical Thinking -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I have a feeling critical thinking gets the least amount of brain's resources. The trick is to critically think about things, come to conclusions, and turn those conclusions into habits. The subconcious, habitual mind is much more powerful than the tiny little conscious, critically thinking mind. dateline diff --git a/daily-gas-use-for-the-united-states-and-the-world.scroll b/daily-gas-use-for-the-united-states-and-the-world.scroll index 4d83febd6..2a1ef73d5 100644 --- a/daily-gas-use-for-the-united-states-and-the-world.scroll +++ b/daily-gas-use-for-the-united-states-and-the-world.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-05-14 tags All Society Data title Daily Gas Use for the United States and the World -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll The other day I wrote a post on How much Gas Americans use per day. The answer is 400 Million Gallons. A reader wanted to know how much gas the whole world consumes in a day. The answer is about 83 millon bbl’s. One bbl = 42 gallons, so the world consumes about 3.5 billion gallons of gas per day. That means the United States consumes 11% of the total gas consumed per day. dateline diff --git a/dataset-needed.scroll b/dataset-needed.scroll index ac391ce48..b26e7c2df 100644 --- a/dataset-needed.scroll +++ b/dataset-needed.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2020-01-23 tags All Data Thinking Society Writing IntellectualFreedom ScrollSets title Dataset Needed -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll People make biased claims all the time. A decent response used to be "citation needed". But we should demand more. Anytime someone makes a claim that seems biased, call them out with: *_Dataset needed_*. dateline diff --git a/datasets.scroll b/datasets.scroll index 96e41fe41..e055ced53 100644 --- a/datasets.scroll +++ b/datasets.scroll @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ date 4/23/2024 5:00 tags All Data Thinking Programming HasDataset ScrollSets title Hot Coffee - -header.scroll -printTitle // aka Dataset Thinking -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # Datasets are automated tests for world models printAuthors diff --git a/deliver.scroll b/deliver.scroll index 1da8a3601..e5cfaa670 100644 --- a/deliver.scroll +++ b/deliver.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-19 tags All Life title Deliver -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll // "roods" is NOT a typo. Or if it is a typo, it was a typo present in the original book as well. It probably should have been "roads". diff --git a/delusions.scroll b/delusions.scroll index fc3040dd3..192e4af67 100644 --- a/delusions.scroll +++ b/delusions.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/29/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title Delusions -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll This is a post about delusions. In society and in myself. dateline diff --git a/digitalCopyright.scroll b/digitalCopyright.scroll index 7304e5435..a806f1b52 100644 --- a/digitalCopyright.scroll +++ b/digitalCopyright.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 5/14/2024 tags All IntellectualFreedom Society title The law favors ChatGPT over humans -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll aiUni.jpeg openGraph diff --git a/diversification-in-startups.scroll b/diversification-in-startups.scroll index 4d0ebeabc..0ab5a2b29 100644 --- a/diversification-in-startups.scroll +++ b/diversification-in-startups.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-24 tags All Startups title Diversification in Startups -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll _2021 Update: I think the model and advice presented here is weak and that this post is not worth reading. I keep it up for the log, and not for the advice and analysis provided._ // 2024 Update Update. I wish I explained why I thought it was weak in the above 2021 update. I agree it could have been better written, but I think a lot of this is directionally correct. diff --git a/doHumanBrainsMolt.scroll b/doHumanBrainsMolt.scroll index 2ea259a25..5b2f3271c 100644 --- a/doHumanBrainsMolt.scroll +++ b/doHumanBrainsMolt.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 4/3/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title Do Human Brains Molt? -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll // note: i dont think this chart is about lobsters. find a more relevant datasets. lobsterMoltingChart.png diff --git a/dont-flip-the-bozo-bit.scroll b/dont-flip-the-bozo-bit.scroll index 2e3de1003..413b8f94e 100644 --- a/dont-flip-the-bozo-bit.scroll +++ b/dont-flip-the-bozo-bit.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-13 tags All Programming Life title Don't Flip the Bit -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Do you "flip the bit" on people? dateline diff --git a/eatingAnimals.scroll b/eatingAnimals.scroll index ca66387a4..d9052d6b0 100644 --- a/eatingAnimals.scroll +++ b/eatingAnimals.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/26/2024 tags All Society title On Eating Animals -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I went to a plastination exhibit for the first time last week. I got so much out of the visit and highly recommend checking one out if you haven't. I salute Gunther von Hagens, who pioneered the technique. You probably learn more anatomy walking around a plastination exhibit for 2 hours then you would learn in 200 hours reading anatomy books. There are a number of new insights I got from my visit, that I will probably write about in future posts, but one insight I hadn't thought about in years is how much humans and animals look alike once you open us up! And then of course I was confronted again with that lifelong and uncomfortable question that I usually like to avoid: humans and animals are awfully similar, is it morally wrong to eat animals? I thought now was as good a time as any to blog about it, thus forcing myself to think about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastination plastination diff --git a/enchained-symbols.scroll b/enchained-symbols.scroll index be81d12f4..ecd066972 100644 --- a/enchained-symbols.scroll +++ b/enchained-symbols.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 4/28/2023 tags All IntellectualFreedom title Enchained Symbols -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Enchained symbols are strictly worse than free symbols. Enchained symbols serve their owner first, not the reader. dateline diff --git a/experience-is-what-you-get.scroll b/experience-is-what-you-get.scroll index 1a4f859aa..57833c934 100644 --- a/experience-is-what-you-get.scroll +++ b/experience-is-what-you-get.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-02 2 tags All Life title Experience is What You Get -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll quote Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. diff --git a/fastest.scroll b/fastest.scroll index c3540206d..9d632f370 100644 --- a/fastest.scroll +++ b/fastest.scroll @@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ tags All Life Thinking Data Fiction title The Fastest in the World header.scroll -printTitle +container 400px +printTitle printAuthors -thinColumns 1 - The girl lost the race. "I want to be fast", she said. diff --git a/fiction-or-nonfiction.scroll b/fiction-or-nonfiction.scroll index 356cb8a01..8e05e3062 100644 --- a/fiction-or-nonfiction.scroll +++ b/fiction-or-nonfiction.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-02 3 tags All Writing title Fiction or Nonfiction? -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll What books have changed your life? Seriously, pause for a few minutes and think about the question. I'll share my list in a moment, but first come up with yours. dateline diff --git a/flee-the-bubble.scroll b/flee-the-bubble.scroll index 6c63275e7..07581e1fb 100644 --- a/flee-the-bubble.scroll +++ b/flee-the-bubble.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-05 tags All Startups title Flee the Bubble -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Possibly the biggest mistake a web startup can make is to develop in a bubble. This is based on my own experience launching 13 different websites over the past 4 years. The raw numbers: dateline diff --git a/four-tips-to-improve-communication.scroll b/four-tips-to-improve-communication.scroll index 92c31c34a..047977f95 100644 --- a/four-tips-to-improve-communication.scroll +++ b/four-tips-to-improve-communication.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-29 tags All Life title Four Tips to Improve Communication -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Good communication is overcommunication. Very few people overcommmunicate. Undercommunication is much more common. Undercommunication is also the cause of countless problems in business. dateline diff --git a/get-stuff-done-by-setting-arbitrary-constraints.scroll b/get-stuff-done-by-setting-arbitrary-constraints.scroll index 7ce31fbc1..61e61a45d 100644 --- a/get-stuff-done-by-setting-arbitrary-constraints.scroll +++ b/get-stuff-done-by-setting-arbitrary-constraints.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-10 tags All Life title Get Stuff Done By Setting Arbitrary Constraints -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Employees and students receive deadlines, due dates, goals, guidelines, instructions and milestones from their bosses and teachers. I call these "arbitrary constraints". dateline diff --git a/going-manic-with-a-fitbit.scroll b/going-manic-with-a-fitbit.scroll index 56b211539..95a25b0ea 100644 --- a/going-manic-with-a-fitbit.scroll +++ b/going-manic-with-a-fitbit.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/13/2018 tags BipolarEnergy title Going Manic with a FitBit -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll mania/3yrsSleepData.webp diff --git a/hackernews-data-visits-as-a-function-of-karma.scroll b/hackernews-data-visits-as-a-function-of-karma.scroll index c8adbb41a..d58cdc4db 100644 --- a/hackernews-data-visits-as-a-function-of-karma.scroll +++ b/hackernews-data-visits-as-a-function-of-karma.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-03-08 tags All Programming Startups HasDataset title HackerNews Data: Visits as a Function of Karma -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll If a post on HackerNews gets more points, it gets more visits. dateline diff --git a/how-is-intelligence-distributed.scroll b/how-is-intelligence-distributed.scroll index 8e7effdf9..b45f0aa8b 100644 --- a/how-is-intelligence-distributed.scroll +++ b/how-is-intelligence-distributed.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Thinking Society title How is Intelligence Distributed? -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I've been working on a fun side project of categorizing things into Mediocristan or Extremistan(inspired by NNT's book The Black Swan). dateline diff --git a/how-old-are-these-keys.scroll b/how-old-are-these-keys.scroll index 60f1ef4a8..c882acb38 100644 --- a/how-old-are-these-keys.scroll +++ b/how-old-are-these-keys.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2020-02-25 tags All Thinking Society HasDataset title How Old Are These Keys? Five Eras of Human Progress -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll keyboard/screenshot.png keyboard/index.html caption My keyboard, if you removed the symbols from the typewriter and computer eras. Try it yourself. diff --git a/how-the-public-domain-can-win.scroll b/how-the-public-domain-can-win.scroll index 2961a73f1..d8f6d1adc 100644 --- a/how-the-public-domain-can-win.scroll +++ b/how-the-public-domain-can-win.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ replace KEYMESSAGE Public domain products are strictly superior to equivalent no tags All IntellectualFreedom title How the public domain can win -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll KEYMESSAGE If enough capable people start building public domain products we can change the world. dateline diff --git a/how-to-buy-low-sell-high.scroll b/how-to-buy-low-sell-high.scroll index c050c8024..972222b8d 100644 --- a/how-to-buy-low-sell-high.scroll +++ b/how-to-buy-low-sell-high.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-12 tags All Life title How to Buy Low, Sell High -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Whether you're an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, a casual investor or just a shopper looking for a deal, you should know how to buy low and sell high. dateline diff --git a/how-to-cure-the-hiccups.scroll b/how-to-cure-the-hiccups.scroll index 6fbeb5bd7..f99626755 100644 --- a/how-to-cure-the-hiccups.scroll +++ b/how-to-cure-the-hiccups.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-07-28 tags All Life title How to Cure the Hiccups -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll The hiccups have been cured. Want to know what the secret is? dateline diff --git a/how-to-fix-the-cdc.scroll b/how-to-fix-the-cdc.scroll index 39b4b5fe3..4b0c3dc20 100644 --- a/how-to-fix-the-cdc.scroll +++ b/how-to-fix-the-cdc.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2021-03-30 tags All Society title How to fix the CDC, NIH, etc -header.scroll -printTitle - -container 50ch +singleHeader.scroll *The CDC, NIH, etc, need to move to Git*. (For the rest of this post, I'll just say CDC, but this applies to all public health research agencies). The CDC needs to move pretty much _everything to Git_. And they should do it *with urgency*. They should make it a priority to never again publish anything without a link to a Git repo. Not just papers, but also datasets and press releases. It doesn't matter under what account or on what service the repos are republished to; what matters is that _every CDC publication needs a link to a backing Git repo_. https://www.cdc.gov/ CDC diff --git a/i-guess-the-time-had-come.scroll b/i-guess-the-time-had-come.scroll index e1689e5d0..8bebb3fdb 100644 --- a/i-guess-the-time-had-come.scroll +++ b/i-guess-the-time-had-come.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2007-08-24 tags All Writing Life Blogging title I guess the time has come -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll For a few years, GoDaddy kept alerting me that BreckYunits.com was available and I should buy fast before someone else does! Lucky for me, all the other Breck Yunits’ out there weren’t getting the same alerts. Enjoy BreckYunits.info, suckers!!! dateline diff --git a/iThoughtWeCouldBuildAIExpertsByHand.scroll b/iThoughtWeCouldBuildAIExpertsByHand.scroll index 973bee778..b856060da 100644 --- a/iThoughtWeCouldBuildAIExpertsByHand.scroll +++ b/iThoughtWeCouldBuildAIExpertsByHand.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 12/28/2023 tags All Scroll Programming Startups title I thought we could build AI experts by hand -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I thought we could build AI experts by hand. I bet everything I had to make that happen. I placed my bet in the summer of 2022. Right before the launch of the Transformer AIs that changed everything. Was I wrong? Almost certainly. Did I lose everything? Yes. Did I do the right thing? I'm not sure. I'm writing this to try and figure that out. dateline diff --git a/if-you-can-explain-something-logically-you-can-explain-it-simply.scroll b/if-you-can-explain-something-logically-you-can-explain-it-simply.scroll index 9bd38d589..ba24739a3 100644 --- a/if-you-can-explain-something-logically-you-can-explain-it-simply.scroll +++ b/if-you-can-explain-something-logically-you-can-explain-it-simply.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-18 tags All Writing title If you can explain something logically, you can explain it simply -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll chat Is there any subject which cannot be explained simply? diff --git a/ifNatureIsDoingIt.scroll b/ifNatureIsDoingIt.scroll index 693111399..ffe4ea3eb 100644 --- a/ifNatureIsDoingIt.scroll +++ b/ifNatureIsDoingIt.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/4/2024 tags All Thinking Life Startups Data title If nature is doing it... -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll You can easily imagine inventions that humans have never built before. How does one filter which of these inventions are practical? dateline diff --git a/ifa.scroll b/ifa.scroll index 1b78badff..38ff0b4ac 100644 --- a/ifa.scroll +++ b/ifa.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2021-05-12 tags All IntellectualFreedom title The Intellectual Freedom Amendment -header.scroll -printTitle - -container 50ch +singleHeader.scroll Are you anti-copyright and anti-patent? Then this post is for you. dateline diff --git a/im-back.scroll b/im-back.scroll index 32143d76f..4091565d9 100644 --- a/im-back.scroll +++ b/im-back.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-02 1 tags All Writing Blogging title I'm Back -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Decided to blog again. I missed it. Writing publicly, even when you only get 3 readers, two of which are bots and the other is your relative, is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It's fun and feels good; especially when you haven't done it in a while. dateline diff --git a/infinite-futures.scroll b/infinite-futures.scroll index 78943b9af..0c9516d5d 100644 --- a/infinite-futures.scroll +++ b/infinite-futures.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-02-12 tags All Life Thinking title Infinite Futures -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll You shouldn't plan for _the_ future. You should plan for *one of many* futures. dateline diff --git a/integrity-and-perseverance-in-business-ensure-success.scroll b/integrity-and-perseverance-in-business-ensure-success.scroll index 1e3edaa7f..1dce4dc80 100644 --- a/integrity-and-perseverance-in-business-ensure-success.scroll +++ b/integrity-and-perseverance-in-business-ensure-success.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ permalink integrity-and-perseverance-in-business-ensure-success.html tags All Startups title Integrity and Perseverance in Business ensure success (1853) -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll integrity.jpg caption A poster from the 1850's promoting Folsom's Mercantile College in Ohio. The poster includes a motto (which I boxed in green) that I think is great guidance: _Integrity and Perseverance in Business ensure success_. Image Source. diff --git a/investments.scroll b/investments.scroll index 034cfd053..4339b8c05 100644 --- a/investments.scroll +++ b/investments.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-06-18 tags Startups AngelInvesting title My Angel Investments -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll > I am now investing via Flash Angel Investments https://flash.breckyunits.com/ Flash Angel Investments diff --git a/ipdd.scroll b/ipdd.scroll index fbe261057..4a7338649 100644 --- a/ipdd.scroll +++ b/ipdd.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-06-29 tags All IntellectualFreedom Society title IPDD -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll A child draws. dateline diff --git a/justhackit.scroll b/justhackit.scroll index 9a7d32dcc..54b2f562d 100644 --- a/justhackit.scroll +++ b/justhackit.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-08-20 tags All Startups title JustHackIt -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll This evening JustHackIt.com launched. Before you co-found a company, you need to find good co-founders. The best way to do that is to just work on projects with people. The idea for JustHackIt is to connect hackers in one place and encourage them to just start projects together, without even knowing the person. Hopefully you’ll find some people who are smart, talented, and will make a great co-founder in the future. dateline diff --git a/kids-are-neat.scroll b/kids-are-neat.scroll index c32b6476c..a768c5852 100644 --- a/kids-are-neat.scroll +++ b/kids-are-neat.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Life Society title Kids are Neat -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Maybe I'm getting old, but I'm starting to think the best way to "change the world" isn't to bust your ass building companies, inventing new machines, running for office, promoting ideas, etc., but to simply raise good kids. Even if you are a genius and can invent amazing things, by raising a few good kids their output combined can easily top yours. Nerdy version: you are a single core cpu and can't match the output of a multicore machine. dateline diff --git a/learning-how-to-program-part-i.scroll b/learning-how-to-program-part-i.scroll index 40b3fc66d..6e2e8efd9 100644 --- a/learning-how-to-program-part-i.scroll +++ b/learning-how-to-program-part-i.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2007-08-28 tags All Programming title Learning How to Program Part I -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll code while ($brecks_programming_skills < ‘great’) { write_learning_how_to_program_series(); } diff --git a/live-free-or-agi.scroll b/live-free-or-agi.scroll index 7b9de0b6c..853171036 100644 --- a/live-free-or-agi.scroll +++ b/live-free-or-agi.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 6/9/2023 tags All Society title Live Free or AGI -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll // chatGptSummary The author reflects on their childhood fear of the "Live Free or Die" license plates in New Hampshire, highlighting how the motto now represents a beautiful vision for humanity, while discussing the current focus of the tech industry on AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and the potential conflicts between prioritizing AGI development and individual freedom, ultimately expressing a preference for prioritizing freedom over AGI. diff --git a/liver.scroll b/liver.scroll index 3fb75b037..94433643d 100644 --- a/liver.scroll +++ b/liver.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 9/19/2024 tags All Life Ketones BipolarEnergy Mitochondria title The Liver Turns On and Off -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll printDate diff --git a/logeracy.scroll b/logeracy.scroll index f72f26d06..223a84365 100644 --- a/logeracy.scroll +++ b/logeracy.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2021-04-26 tags All Data Thinking Society Hits Logeracy title Logeracy -header.scroll -printTitle - -container 50ch +singleHeader.scroll I invented a new word: *_Logeracy_*^coinage. I define it as the ability to think in logarithms. It mirrors the word literacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm logarithms diff --git a/make-something-40-of-your-customers-must-have.scroll b/make-something-40-of-your-customers-must-have.scroll index c1b6b8d79..8f391c46a 100644 --- a/make-something-40-of-your-customers-must-have.scroll +++ b/make-something-40-of-your-customers-must-have.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-16 tags All Startups title Make Something 40% of Your Customers Must Have -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll If you combine Paul Graham's "make something people want" advice with Sean Ellis' product-market fit advice (you have product-market fit when you survey your users and at least 40% of them would be disappointed if your product disappeared tomorrow), you end up with a possibly even simpler, more specific piece of advice: dateline diff --git a/many-narratives-all-true.scroll b/many-narratives-all-true.scroll index 2a06bdbf1..76f40bf4a 100644 --- a/many-narratives-all-true.scroll +++ b/many-narratives-all-true.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 6/13/2023 tags All Writing Life Narratives title Many Narratives. All true. -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll // chatGptSummary Writing a traditional narrative of one's own life is impossible because there are multiple independent threads explaining the why behind actions, as described by Marvin Minsky's Society of Mind model, where various neural agents with different activation energies drive the body, making it difficult to determine a single reason, suggesting that a true autobiography would require a multiple character story approach. diff --git a/medical-records-to-the-moon.scroll b/medical-records-to-the-moon.scroll index 2b5f057ec..95953986c 100644 --- a/medical-records-to-the-moon.scroll +++ b/medical-records-to-the-moon.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2020-03-02 tags All Thinking Society HasDataset Data MedicalRecords title Medical Records to the Moon -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll A paradigm change is coming to medical records. In this post I do some back-of-the-envelope math to explore the changes ahead, both qualitative and quantitative. I also attempt to answer the question no one is asking: *in the future will someone's medical record stretch to the moon?* dateline diff --git a/meteorite-caught-on-film.scroll b/meteorite-caught-on-film.scroll index 4acf3e0d2..f0535b1b9 100644 --- a/meteorite-caught-on-film.scroll +++ b/meteorite-caught-on-film.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-11-23 tags All Society title Meteorite Caught on Film -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll A bright meteorite was caught on film in Canada this week. dateline diff --git a/metrics-for-programmers.scroll b/metrics-for-programmers.scroll index 696b59bc4..8958a7f4a 100644 --- a/metrics-for-programmers.scroll +++ b/metrics-for-programmers.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-03-16 tags All Programming HasDataset title Metrics for Programmers -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I wrote a simple php program called phpcodestat that computes some simple statistics for any given directory. dateline diff --git a/microprograms.scroll b/microprograms.scroll index 066b49425..da4780422 100644 --- a/microprograms.scroll +++ b/microprograms.scroll @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ tags All Programming Scroll title Microprogramming: A New Way to Program openGraphImage microprogramming.png -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll printAuthors printDate diff --git a/money-is-meant-to-circulate.scroll b/money-is-meant-to-circulate.scroll index 313beae02..9cacbc791 100644 --- a/money-is-meant-to-circulate.scroll +++ b/money-is-meant-to-circulate.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-03-30 tags All Life Society title Money is Meant to Circulate -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll quote The crux of the matter, is that people don't understand the true nature of money. It is meant to circulate, not be wrapped up in a stocking diff --git a/musing-on-the-future-of-healthcare.scroll b/musing-on-the-future-of-healthcare.scroll index c0690cf54..b05fa9487 100644 --- a/musing-on-the-future-of-healthcare.scroll +++ b/musing-on-the-future-of-healthcare.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2020-03-02 tags All Thinking Society MedicalRecords title Musing on the Future of Healthcare -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I expect the future of healthcare will be powered by consumer devices. Devices you wear. Devices you keep in your home. In the kitchen. In the bathroom. In the medicine cabinet. dateline diff --git a/my-best-startup-advice-numbers-numbers-numbers.scroll b/my-best-startup-advice-numbers-numbers-numbers.scroll index bbcb79c28..d6042060b 100644 --- a/my-best-startup-advice-numbers-numbers-numbers.scroll +++ b/my-best-startup-advice-numbers-numbers-numbers.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-10-12 tags All Startups title When the Market Says No, Listen -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I just want to share the most valuable piece of Internet startup advice I possess. dateline diff --git a/nature-verse-nurture.scroll b/nature-verse-nurture.scroll index a5b0d0f87..e3a4736d9 100644 --- a/nature-verse-nurture.scroll +++ b/nature-verse-nurture.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Life Society title Nature Verse Nurture -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Genetics, aka nature, plays the dominant role in predicting most aspects of your life, in my estimation. dateline diff --git a/network-effects.scroll b/network-effects.scroll index 97cb2cfd8..75adaa72b 100644 --- a/network-effects.scroll +++ b/network-effects.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-22 tags All Startups Society title Network Effects -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Network effects are to entrepreneurs what compounding effects are to investors: a key to getting rich. dateline diff --git a/nudgepad-an-ide-in-your-browser.scroll b/nudgepad-an-ide-in-your-browser.scroll index d461408af..b938c2d00 100644 --- a/nudgepad-an-ide-in-your-browser.scroll +++ b/nudgepad-an-ide-in-your-browser.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-09-23 tags All Programming Startups Scroll title NudgePad: An IDE in Your Browser -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Making websites is slow and frustrating. dateline diff --git a/nyd2024.scroll b/nyd2024.scroll index c677af8f0..c50fa4c02 100644 --- a/nyd2024.scroll +++ b/nyd2024.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/1/2024 tags All Writing Blogging title Writing in 2024 -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Happy New Year! dateline diff --git a/ohayo.scroll b/ohayo.scroll index 9817d9dbc..db869df23 100644 --- a/ohayo.scroll +++ b/ohayo.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2017-06-23 tags All Data Programming Startups Scroll title Ohayo -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I just pushed a project I've been working on called Ohayo. https://ohayo.breckyunits.com Ohayo diff --git a/oneTextarea.scroll b/oneTextarea.scroll index 434c6486b..dd6ba108b 100644 --- a/oneTextarea.scroll +++ b/oneTextarea.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 12/30/2022 tags All Scroll Programming title One Textarea -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll oneTextarea.gif openGraph diff --git a/openMindedness.scroll b/openMindedness.scroll index 6069819bc..ba236840e 100644 --- a/openMindedness.scroll +++ b/openMindedness.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 3/08/2024 tags BipolarEnergy Life title Open-Mindedness -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll What is open-mindedness, from first principles? Here are some musings. dateline diff --git a/orbits.scroll b/orbits.scroll index 75e262e73..42c362940 100644 --- a/orbits.scroll +++ b/orbits.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-06 tags All Thinking Life title Orbits -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll In February I celebrated my 26th Orbit. I am 26 orbits old. How many orbits are you? dateline diff --git a/orders-of-magnitude.scroll b/orders-of-magnitude.scroll index f0909aea5..a54ac56b3 100644 --- a/orders-of-magnitude.scroll +++ b/orders-of-magnitude.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-07 tags All Thinking Logeracy Hits title Orders of Magnitude -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Do you think in Orders of Magnitude? You should. dateline diff --git a/over-half-of-the-world-is-older-than-me.scroll b/over-half-of-the-world-is-older-than-me.scroll index 3cf40b7f6..9edc9a220 100644 --- a/over-half-of-the-world-is-older-than-me.scroll +++ b/over-half-of-the-world-is-older-than-me.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-07-09 tags All Life title Over Half of the World is Older Than Me -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll It’s nice to know that more than 50% of the people alive today have been around for longer than I have(at least for a few more years). dateline diff --git a/planets-and-pebbles.scroll b/planets-and-pebbles.scroll index b5072f5ff..c673ad10f 100644 --- a/planets-and-pebbles.scroll +++ b/planets-and-pebbles.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2012-11-26 tags All Thinking Logeracy Hits title Planets and Pebbles -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll For todo lists, I created a system I call planets and pebbles. dateline diff --git a/pmfMirage.scroll b/pmfMirage.scroll index 4a4710a46..85bba82d0 100644 --- a/pmfMirage.scroll +++ b/pmfMirage.scroll @@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ openGraphImage pmfMirage.jpg tags All Startups title PMF Mirages -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I typed `tail -f pageViews.log` into my console. dateline diff --git a/powerSurges.scroll b/powerSurges.scroll index c0a249689..79347a7ae 100644 --- a/powerSurges.scroll +++ b/powerSurges.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/3/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title Becoming a High Energy Person -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Approximately every eighteen months, I start transitioning from a low energy person to a high energy person. No substances or triggering events are at fault. It is a natural cycle, as inevitable as the tides. dateline diff --git a/problems-worth-solving.scroll b/problems-worth-solving.scroll index 766afc1d1..eca245c2f 100644 --- a/problems-worth-solving.scroll +++ b/problems-worth-solving.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-20 tags All Programming Startups title Problems Worth Solving -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Programming, ultimately, is about solving problems. Often I make the mistake of judging a programmer's work by the elegance of the code. Although the solution is important, what's even more important is the problem being solved. dateline diff --git a/publishing-more.scroll b/publishing-more.scroll index 14fa03fdb..947e67501 100644 --- a/publishing-more.scroll +++ b/publishing-more.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-11-25 tags All Writing Blogging title Publishing More -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I published 55 essays here the first year. The second and third years combined, that number nosedived to 5. dateline diff --git a/radioShack.scroll b/radioShack.scroll index 384e91a05..7cfe4cd58 100644 --- a/radioShack.scroll +++ b/radioShack.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-05-26 tags All Society HasDataset Data Programming title Bring back RadioShack? -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll You once could buy transistors, capacitors, and other components at your local neighborhood store. The decline in US computer and electronics manufacturing correlates with the decline in RadioShacks. To catch up to other nations, maybe it is time for a next-gen RadioShack. dateline diff --git a/root-thinking.scroll b/root-thinking.scroll index 087a0b97c..d068e7677 100644 --- a/root-thinking.scroll +++ b/root-thinking.scroll @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ openGraphImage rootThinking.png tags All Programming Thinking Scroll title Root Thinking -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I dislike the term _first principles thinking_. It's vaguer than it needs to be. I present an alternate term: *root thinking*. It is shorter, more accurate, and contains a visual: dateline diff --git a/ruby.scroll b/ruby.scroll index 9cfaf85cf..6454988fd 100644 --- a/ruby.scroll +++ b/ruby.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-25 tags All Programming title Ruby -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Ruby is an awesome language. I've come to the conclusion that I enjoy it more than Python for the simple reason that whitespace doesn't matter. dateline diff --git a/safeFs.scroll b/safeFs.scroll index 47ff3dca5..de42560d8 100644 --- a/safeFs.scroll +++ b/safeFs.scroll @@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ openGraphImage safeFS.png tags All IntellectualFreedom title SafeFS -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll ## _Or: If lawyers invented a filesystem_ diff --git a/san-francisco.scroll b/san-francisco.scroll index 656111952..93230c3eb 100644 --- a/san-francisco.scroll +++ b/san-francisco.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-09-19 tags All Startups title San Francisco -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Got in to San Fran last night. Moved in to the Mission District with college buddies. I expect to be a multibillionaire in a month, tops. dateline diff --git a/save-your-money-for-great-values.scroll b/save-your-money-for-great-values.scroll index 129f12480..d2bff8c65 100644 --- a/save-your-money-for-great-values.scroll +++ b/save-your-money-for-great-values.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-02-16 tags All Life Thinking Hits title Save Your Money for Great Values -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Some purchasing decisions are drastically better than others. You might spend $20 on a ticket to a conference where you meet your next employer and earn 1,000x "return" on your purchase. Or you might spend $20 on a fancy meal and have a nice night out. dateline diff --git a/scratch-ticket.scroll b/scratch-ticket.scroll index fc7681d83..b16b7c4e5 100644 --- a/scratch-ticket.scroll +++ b/scratch-ticket.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 10/07/2022 tags All Startups title A scratch ticket with a positive expected value -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll In 2007 we came up with an idea for a scratch ticket that would give everyday Americans a positive expected value. dateline diff --git a/scroll-beta.scroll b/scroll-beta.scroll index 702093819..c8301ffaa 100644 --- a/scroll-beta.scroll +++ b/scroll-beta.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2021-02-22 tags All Scroll Programming Writing title Scroll Beta -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Today I'm launching the beta of something new called Scroll. https://github.com/publicdomaincompany/scroll Scroll diff --git a/scrollnet.scroll b/scrollnet.scroll index 4c8bd1288..17c4aaaa2 100644 --- a/scrollnet.scroll +++ b/scrollnet.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 6/2/2013 tags All Programming Scroll WWS title ScrollNet: A successor to the Internet -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I have an idea for a simpler Internet, where a human could hold in their head, how it all works, all at once. dateline diff --git a/seo-made-easy-lumps.scroll b/seo-made-easy-lumps.scroll index d1c115d9b..d2fa44397 100644 --- a/seo-made-easy-lumps.scroll +++ b/seo-made-easy-lumps.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-15 tags All Programming Startups title SEO Made Easy: LUMPS -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll The best Search Engine Optimization(SEO) system I've come across comes from Dennis Goedegebuure, SEO manager at eBay. Dennis' system is called LUMPS. It makes SEO dead simple. dateline diff --git a/singleAuthor.scroll b/singleAuthor.scroll new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bbf98ed45 --- /dev/null +++ b/singleAuthor.scroll @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +importOnly +header.scroll + +container 500px +printTitle +printAuthors diff --git a/singleHeader.scroll b/singleHeader.scroll new file mode 100644 index 000000000..54c7e7087 --- /dev/null +++ b/singleHeader.scroll @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +importOnly +header.scroll + +container 500px +printTitle \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/software-should-save-people-time.scroll b/software-should-save-people-time.scroll index 01e4a3279..787f8545e 100644 --- a/software-should-save-people-time.scroll +++ b/software-should-save-people-time.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-04-02 tags All Programming title Software Should Save People Time -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll For me, the primary motivation for creating software is to save myself and other people time. dateline diff --git a/stableMoodDisorder.scroll b/stableMoodDisorder.scroll index 3067dfcb6..743aa337f 100644 --- a/stableMoodDisorder.scroll +++ b/stableMoodDisorder.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/4/2024 tags BipolarEnergy title Stable Mood Disorder -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll In our universe, an estimated 2% of humans have bipolar disorder. Imagine a universe where that ratio is flipped. dateline diff --git a/startups-and-planes.scroll b/startups-and-planes.scroll index 85ef97fba..b518b1e10 100644 --- a/startups-and-planes.scroll +++ b/startups-and-planes.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-02-24 tags All Startups title Startups and Planes -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll It is a popular misconception that most startups need to fail. We expect 0% of planes to crash. Yet we switch subjects from planes to startups and then suddenly a 100% success rate is out of the question. dateline diff --git a/synthesizingKnowledge.scroll b/synthesizingKnowledge.scroll index 73e74e4aa..3f7a22cc9 100644 --- a/synthesizingKnowledge.scroll +++ b/synthesizingKnowledge.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/21/2024 tags All Data Thinking Programming title Synthesizing Knowledge -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Everyone wants Optimal Answers to their Questions. What is an _Optimal_ Answer? An Optimal Answer is an Answer that uses all relevant Cells in a Knowledge Base. Once you have the relevant Cells there are reductions, transformations, and visualizations to do, but the difficulty in generating Optimal Answers is dominated by the challenge of assembling data into a Knowledge Base and making relevant Cells easily findable. dateline diff --git a/the-booster-design-pattern.scroll b/the-booster-design-pattern.scroll index 508df46db..b57426830 100644 --- a/the-booster-design-pattern.scroll +++ b/the-booster-design-pattern.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-03-08 tags All Startups title The Booster Design Pattern -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll If your software project is going to have a long life, it may benefit from Boosters. A Booster is something you design with two constraints: 1) it must help in the current environment 2) it must be easy to jettison in the next environment. dateline diff --git a/the-churn-rate-of-data.scroll b/the-churn-rate-of-data.scroll index 4a5cdece9..06009d99b 100644 --- a/the-churn-rate-of-data.scroll +++ b/the-churn-rate-of-data.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-06-15 tags All Data Thinking Programming title The Churn Rate of Data -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I think it's interesting to ponder the value of information over it's lifetime. dateline diff --git a/the-great-bank-robbery.scroll b/the-great-bank-robbery.scroll index 6a28953a9..469fa1dbb 100644 --- a/the-great-bank-robbery.scroll +++ b/the-great-bank-robbery.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2012-12-23 tags All Society HasDataset title The Great Bank Robbery -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll If you are poor, your money could be safer under the mattress than in the bank: dateline diff --git a/the-least-you-can-do.scroll b/the-least-you-can-do.scroll index e092fa797..5223d19f6 100644 --- a/the-least-you-can-do.scroll +++ b/the-least-you-can-do.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-02-02 tags All Life title The Least You Can Do -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll My room was always messy. Usually because clothes were strewn everywhere On the floor, on the couch, anywhere there was a surface there was a pile of clothes. Dirty, clean, or mostly-clean scattered about. dateline diff --git a/the-many-worlds-law.scroll b/the-many-worlds-law.scroll index 3887306f6..6c2ee0a82 100644 --- a/the-many-worlds-law.scroll +++ b/the-many-worlds-law.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-06 tags All Life Thinking title The Many Worlds Law -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Imagine you are eating dinner with 9 friends and you all agree to play Credit Card Roulette. Credit Card Roulette is a game where everyone puts their credit card in a pile and the server randomly chooses one and charges the whole meal to it. dateline diff --git a/the-ovarian-lottery-and-other-side-projects.scroll b/the-ovarian-lottery-and-other-side-projects.scroll index 8271c0b22..230114456 100644 --- a/the-ovarian-lottery-and-other-side-projects.scroll +++ b/the-ovarian-lottery-and-other-side-projects.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-11 tags All Thinking Data Society title The Ovarian Lottery and Other Side Projects -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll I've had some free time the past two weeks to work on a few random ideas I've had. dateline diff --git a/the-recency-effect.scroll b/the-recency-effect.scroll index 1ebca21ac..043466df3 100644 --- a/the-recency-effect.scroll +++ b/the-recency-effect.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-23 tags All Thinking Society title The Recency Effect -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Your most recent experiences effect you the most. Reading this essay will effect you the most today but a week from now the effect will have largely worn off. dateline diff --git a/the-truth-about-web-design.scroll b/the-truth-about-web-design.scroll index 5b29ca257..576143e7c 100644 --- a/the-truth-about-web-design.scroll +++ b/the-truth-about-web-design.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-04-14 tags All Startups Programming Design title The Truth about Web Design -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Here’s what I’m going to assume: craigslist, Google, and eBay do not have very pretty designs. How can a website be so successful if the design isn’t pretty? My position is that because design doesn’t matter a whole lot. dateline diff --git a/thoughts-on-setting-goals.scroll b/thoughts-on-setting-goals.scroll index 792d81130..d70796043 100644 --- a/thoughts-on-setting-goals.scroll +++ b/thoughts-on-setting-goals.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-23 tags All Life title Thoughts on Setting Goals -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll It is better to set small, meaningful goals than to set wild, audacious goals. dateline diff --git a/time.scroll b/time.scroll index 421e4a219..1aea3e72d 100644 --- a/time.scroll +++ b/time.scroll @@ -2,12 +2,7 @@ date 2013-04-01 tags All Life title Time -header.scroll -printTitle - -printAuthors - -thinColumns 1 +singleAuthor.scroll Two people in the same forest, have the same amount of water and food, diff --git a/tooFast.scroll b/tooFast.scroll index f624dc331..273ba119d 100644 --- a/tooFast.scroll +++ b/tooFast.scroll @@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ date 2024-06-05 title "You're posting too fast." -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll # The Conflicting Advice of YCombinator diff --git a/treeNotationFinalReport.scroll b/treeNotationFinalReport.scroll index 429be8af6..15e14a20b 100644 --- a/treeNotationFinalReport.scroll +++ b/treeNotationFinalReport.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2024-4-2 tags All Scroll Programming title Final Tree Notation Report -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll treeNotationTimeline.png diff --git a/trinary.scroll b/trinary.scroll index e47e75fb1..bdabe241c 100644 --- a/trinary.scroll +++ b/trinary.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 7/14/2019 tags All Scroll Programming title Removing the 2’s from Trinary Notation is a Terrible Idea. -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll binary.webp width 300 diff --git a/trying-shelfari-goodreads-and-librarything.scroll b/trying-shelfari-goodreads-and-librarything.scroll index 1d9f6c90f..8fb8b1f79 100644 --- a/trying-shelfari-goodreads-and-librarything.scroll +++ b/trying-shelfari-goodreads-and-librarything.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2008-07-27 tags All Thinking Life title Trying Shelfari, GoodReads, and LibraryThing -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Decided to try out one of these book social networks to see if I can find some important books I should be reading. The idea is you enter the books you’ve read and rate them, as well as the books you want to read. Then the site will show you people who like similar books and you can hopefully stumble upon some books that they’ve read that you will like. dateline diff --git a/twelve-tips-to-master-programming-faster.scroll b/twelve-tips-to-master-programming-faster.scroll index f60f97e77..92088a551 100644 --- a/twelve-tips-to-master-programming-faster.scroll +++ b/twelve-tips-to-master-programming-faster.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-04 tags All Programming MasterProgramming title Twelve Tips to Master Programming Faster -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Do you want to become a great coder? Do you have a *passion* for computers but not a thorough understanding of them? If so, this post is for you. dateline diff --git a/twitter-search-wins-again.scroll b/twitter-search-wins-again.scroll index ae50c5735..6ba5b9f90 100644 --- a/twitter-search-wins-again.scroll +++ b/twitter-search-wins-again.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-04-06 tags All Startups title Twitter Search Wins Again -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Twitter Search is starting to replace a ton of websites that I used to visit. dateline diff --git a/unfeatures.scroll b/unfeatures.scroll index 3437060c1..ceee724cc 100644 --- a/unfeatures.scroll +++ b/unfeatures.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-11 tags All Programming Startups title (un)features -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Jason Fried from 37signals gave a great talk at startup school last month. At one point he said "software has no edges." He took a normal, everyday bottle of water and pointed out 3 features: dateline diff --git a/upstream-of-everything.scroll b/upstream-of-everything.scroll index 8b458126e..1ded9925b 100644 --- a/upstream-of-everything.scroll +++ b/upstream-of-everything.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2/28/2022 tags All Life Thinking title Upstream of Everything -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll sortingIdeas.svg caption A rough sketch of a semi-random selection of ideas stacked in order of importance. The biggest ideas, "upstream of everything", are at the bottom. The furthest upstream ideas we can never see. A better artist would have drawn this as an actual stream. diff --git a/useTheSpine.scroll b/useTheSpine.scroll index 3cea1bc05..269907f5b 100644 --- a/useTheSpine.scroll +++ b/useTheSpine.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/3/2023 tags All Scroll Programming title Use the Spine -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll spines.jpg openGraph diff --git a/user-methods.scroll b/user-methods.scroll index fc2bfcebe..c53532efd 100644 --- a/user-methods.scroll +++ b/user-methods.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 8/11/2021 tags All Programming title User Methods -header.scroll -printTitle - -container 50ch +singleHeader.scroll In this essay I'm going to talk about a design pattern in writing applications that requires effectively no extra work and more than triples the power of your code. It's one of the biggest wins I've found in programming and I don't think this pattern is emphasized enough. The tldr; is this: dateline diff --git a/walking-as-a-tool-of-thought.scroll b/walking-as-a-tool-of-thought.scroll index 336d1a15e..d3a780fbd 100644 --- a/walking-as-a-tool-of-thought.scroll +++ b/walking-as-a-tool-of-thought.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 5/19/2023 tags All Writing Hits title Walking and other invisible tools of thought -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll // chatGptSummary Walking and mentors inside your head are two invisible tools of thought that can help with problem-solving, gaining new perspectives, and generating creative ideas. diff --git a/what-percentage-of-the-brain-does-what.scroll b/what-percentage-of-the-brain-does-what.scroll index 1f0b5d07d..2a5886df3 100644 --- a/what-percentage-of-the-brain-does-what.scroll +++ b/what-percentage-of-the-brain-does-what.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2010-08-23 tags All Thinking title What Percentage of the Brain Does What? -header.scroll -printTitle -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll * _Note: Sometimes I'll write a post about something I don't understand at all. I am not a neuroscientist and have only the faintest understanding of the brain so this is one of those times. Reading this post could make you dumber. But occasionally writing from ignorance leads to good things--like the time I wrote about Linear Algebra and got a number of helpful emails better explaining the subject to me._ whats-linear-algebra.html Linear Algebra diff --git a/what-you-focus-on-increases.scroll b/what-you-focus-on-increases.scroll index 7b01a228a..5b41d957b 100644 --- a/what-you-focus-on-increases.scroll +++ b/what-you-focus-on-increases.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2009-05-06 tags All Startups Thinking Life title What you focus on, increases -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll There’s a discussion on a mailing list I belong to about piracy and the iPhone. One of the responders I thought was really insightful. The basic premise is “what you focus on, increases”–at least in your mind–so it’s better not to focus on negative things. In this example, by focusing on the small problem of pirated iPhone apps, bigger opportunities are missed. I’ve reprinted the part below: https://web.archive.org/web/20090713043922/http://www.nuthole.com/ responders diff --git a/whats-linear-algebra.scroll b/whats-linear-algebra.scroll index 826098654..16e16bb71 100644 --- a/whats-linear-algebra.scroll +++ b/whats-linear-algebra.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-03 tags All Thinking title What's Linear Algebra? -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll What would happen if instead of writing about subjects you understood, you wrote about subjects you didn't understand? Let's find out! dateline diff --git a/when-forced-to-wait-wait.scroll b/when-forced-to-wait-wait.scroll index 8a302078e..9408cf837 100644 --- a/when-forced-to-wait-wait.scroll +++ b/when-forced-to-wait-wait.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-01-14 tags All Life title When forced to wait, wait! -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll When a problem you are working on forces you to wait, do you wait or switch tasks? dateline diff --git a/why-10000-hours.scroll b/why-10000-hours.scroll index 9d96f434b..77316284f 100644 --- a/why-10000-hours.scroll +++ b/why-10000-hours.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2013-03-30 tags All Life Thinking Data MasterProgramming title Why 10,000 hours? -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll Why does it take 10,000 hours to become a master of something, and not 1,000 hours or 100,000 hours? dateline diff --git a/why-its-worth-it-to-buy-the-book.scroll b/why-its-worth-it-to-buy-the-book.scroll index af9b4997f..d95a6bac2 100644 --- a/why-its-worth-it-to-buy-the-book.scroll +++ b/why-its-worth-it-to-buy-the-book.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2010-02-17 tags All Life Thinking Hits title Why it's worth it to buy the book -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll If a book is worth reading, it's worth buying too. dateline diff --git a/why-you-shouldnt-save-blogging-for-old-age.scroll b/why-you-shouldnt-save-blogging-for-old-age.scroll index 21c3b8c0d..e4aac502f 100644 --- a/why-you-shouldnt-save-blogging-for-old-age.scroll +++ b/why-you-shouldnt-save-blogging-for-old-age.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 2009-12-09 tags All Writing title Why You Shouldn't Save Blogging for Old Age -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll A lot of people have the idea that maybe one day they'll become rich and famous and then write a book about it. That's probably because it seems like the first thing people do after becoming rich and famous is write a book about it. dateline diff --git a/whyDoWeSubsidizeLies.scroll b/whyDoWeSubsidizeLies.scroll index 9c2742e5e..733591863 100644 --- a/whyDoWeSubsidizeLies.scroll +++ b/whyDoWeSubsidizeLies.scroll @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ date 2/14/2024 tags All IntellectualFreedom Society title Why do we subsidize lies? -header.scroll -printTitle -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll blackCup.jpg diff --git a/wordsAreWorseThanWeights.scroll b/wordsAreWorseThanWeights.scroll index aecfb64d9..58abe8ce4 100644 --- a/wordsAreWorseThanWeights.scroll +++ b/wordsAreWorseThanWeights.scroll @@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ date 1/12/2024 tags All Programming Writing Scroll Life title Words are Worse than Weights -header.scroll -printTitle - -mediumColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll For decades I had a bet that worked in good times and bad: time you invest in word skills easily pays for itself via increased value you can provide to society. If the tide went out for me I'd pick up a book on a new programming language so that when the tide came back in I'd be better equipped to contribute more. I also thought that the more society invested in words, the better off society would be. New words and word techniques from scientific research helped us invent new technology and cure disease. Improvements in words led to better legal and commerce and diplomatic systems that led to more justice and prosperity for more people. My read on history is that it was words that led to the start of civilization, words were our present, and words were our future. *Words were the safe bet*. dateline diff --git a/wwsPost.scroll b/wwsPost.scroll index 871e6f83f..77230d8fe 100644 --- a/wwsPost.scroll +++ b/wwsPost.scroll @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ permalink wws.html tags All Scroll Programming Society title The World Wide Scroll -header.scroll -printTitle - -thinColumns 1 +singleHeader.scroll wws.jpg