Monthly Archives: December 2016
I Want an Auroch for (Next) Christmas!
Finally, science is doing something useful! My favorite exhibit in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen was a reconstructed bull auroch skeleton. In real life this thing is yuuuge! Make livestock great again! Even since I’ve thought that it’s … Continue reading
Low Threshold for Success?
I just had a horrible, horrible thought. Last year’s New Year’s Eve in Germany thousands of (mostly German) women were sexually assaulted by the Merkeljugend (unvetted pseudo-refugees who flooded into the country upon Angela’s invitation). This year they have beefed-up … Continue reading
Changing War Scenarios
Recently I was reading something about WWI and I sort of had the thought that it represented the peak of soldier-on-soldier warfare. Maybe for that reason beginning soon after (as early as the Spanish Civil War?) warfare seems to have … Continue reading
Real Life Westworld Question
The original Westworld movie had Medieval and Ancient Roman worlds (only shown very briefly but present). The current series seems only to have a Wild West section. This is wildly unrealistic. Let’s be honest if there were a real Westworld … Continue reading
Translational Discombobulations
Doing a really tough translation now. The language is very weird and confusing and fights me every inch of the way. It’s not so much that the language is difficult – I’m used to academic style in Polish. It’s just…. … Continue reading
The Little Empiricist
I stopped believing in Santa fairly young and the reason was that I worked it out for myself. I had heard the rumors and wasn’t sure… so I conducted an experiment. I was… I don’t remember, let’s say between 4 … Continue reading
More Westworld
Halfway through Westworld now. It’s becoming more obvious that the main theme is the emergence of artificial consciousness (what people mean when they say artificial intelligence). Ex Machina took the emergence of consciousness for granted (since it was more about … Continue reading
Borderline, Feels Like I’m Gonna Lose My Mind
I strongly disagree with this. Especially the idea that: “There is no fundamental principle of the universe that compels us to erect man-made divisions of geography” It may not be a principle of the universe, but it is a principle … Continue reading
A Carol for the End of the Century
The last contemporary Polish Christmas carol is again from the Preisner collection. It’s also probably the weirdest and probably my favorite. It has a kind of… scope and sweep that I find very moving. That said, I’m not sure what … Continue reading
A Carol for the Absent
Today’s modern Christmas Carol is also from the Preisner collection. It is probably the best known song on the collection and is on the way toward becoming a new standard. There has even been a translation into English recorded by … Continue reading
The Worked Shoot 