I started What These 4 Trends in Painting Reveal About Our Image-Saturated Age with a sense of hope. As is usual with things related to art, I was disappointed. When your gallery display looks like Costco’s discount rug aisle, you’re doing something wrong. I will admit it does have a certain “capturing the Zeitgeist” vibe,Continue reading “Why I don’t like Art”
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Do Game Developers Get Royalties?
There was some concern for the developers of Concord, a game I’d never heard of, when it crashed and burned in two weeks. Kotaku, another thing I’d never heard of, published some of it. I don’t get it. While it is nice to work on successful projects, developers get paid as-they-go (i.e. they’re employees). WhyContinue reading “Do Game Developers Get Royalties?”
Predictions are Hard
But I just made one, anyway. Since it’s buried in the comment section at Behind the Black, I’m repeating it here. We’ll get to see how well it ages. I’m fairly optimistic about my neck of the woods. I’m not optimistic about the country. When all it takes is a few corrupt cities to changeContinue reading “Predictions are Hard”
Causality is Overrated
A while back, I was watching a neat YouTube video about how Faster Than Light travel can break causality. Here it is: My reaction: So what? Causality breaks. Say you are the dude (or dudette) on the space ship that receives a reply to a message you have not yet sent. Presumably, this would beContinue reading “Causality is Overrated”
Booster Lifetime
The SLS is at risk of another delay. Apparently, once stacked, solid rocket boosters have a limited lifetime and NASA will soon be running up against it. I have no idea why, so I asked. Just a comment tracking post so I don’t forget to go back and see if anyone answered.
Insanity – In Space
Space (dot.com!) published an article about NASA’s DART mission by Meghan Bartels. It starts off fine, with a description of the mission and its historic first-ness. The factual section ends with: It’s just one rock, just a small change. Just to reduce the odds that we humans go the way of the dinosaurs. But DART’sContinue reading “Insanity – In Space”
Kantai Kessen
A brilliant (if one believes it) analysis of the 2020 election and aftermath: The Left attempted decisive victory (“Kantai Kessen” is approximately “Decisive Victory Doctrine”) and instead got a Pyrrhic victory (if you don’t know the origin of that phrase, follow the link; it’s interesting). It’s one of those articles that seems so reasonable thatContinue reading “Kantai Kessen”
On Killing a Main Character
This is a “I don’t want to lose track of my comment” (lunchtime) post. There was an open thread over at Mad Genius Club, so I asked about killing main characters, having recently read a one-star review from a reader furious that it had been done.
Strategic Thinking
I stumbled across a great article on strategic thinking: Reflection on Failure, by Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC. So far, I’ve only made as far as him showing himself to not be a strategic thinker with this antique thought: “The goal of education is the right ordering of human life.” While wonderfully 19th century and EnlightenedContinue reading “Strategic Thinking”
Righteousness
A great post from ammo.com about Righteousness and Force in America. Read the whole thing, as they say.
Marked Up 