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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I used my philosophy of science classwork all the time in my engineering career.

    What constitutes proof? What kinds of questions can you answer with data? When do we consider a pattern of behavior to represent the existence of some entity?

    Being able to think about these kinds of questions with clarity is really helpful in diagnosing problems in large systems.














  • He might have thought you were romantically interested in him, wasn’t interested, and didn’t know how to communicate that without being worried he might offend you.

    There’s this concept of a relationship escalator and everybody rightly shits on how much it fucks things up on the back end of erotic relationships.

    But in pretty much every kind of new relationship, whether it’s business, friendship, family, or romance, people expect to increase their commitments gradually, in coordination with the other person.

    Yes, this means that most people looking to make new friends and lovers expect you to act a little less excited about getting to know them than you actually are. 🤷🏻‍♀️