#ossasepia Logs for 30 Nov 2019

April 21st, 2020
whaack: diana_coman: EOD report: Today was a regression in terms of discipline. I did chores slowly and was overall distracted throughout the day. I also sinned and played guitar for 45 mins without having deserved it. What I got done was an article on the ordered computer parts + following up with cococo to make sure they were delivering my items. (The UPS and monitor should be here by Monday.) I also read the two trilema articles on [htt [00:26]
whaack: p://trilema.com/2017/re-reading-is-the-most-powerful-tool/][rereading] and the bicameral world at least twice each. Unsurprisingly I still need to spend more time to digest them. The main task that I flopped on was completing a rough draft of An Outpost of Progress. I sta [00:26]
whaack: rted editing something that I had already written, but it was clear looking at my output that my writing was school-like in that it didn't add a unique insight/perspective. The article in its current state is not too much more than me paraphrasing/plot summarizing Conrad. The other incomplete assignment I was supposed to do today was to read 30 pages of The Odyssey, I will make a small dent into that now before I go to bed. [00:26]
diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011661 - if you mean the blog's own list in there, not really; onth I personally prefer that feedbot tells me about pingbacks too so I'd filter them for blog-publishing but not entirely out of the feed as such. [04:36]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-29 20:49:54 jfw: diana_coman: the widget filtering part of http://ossasepia.com/2019/11/29/comments-filtering-for-mp-wp/ works for me, ty. Do you know if pingbacks are still supposed to be in the comments RSS? I recall some mention of this but can't seem to find it. [04:36]
ossabot: (trilema) 2019-11-01 mircea_popescu: anyways -- i dun think a blog should list pingbacks either in the comment rss or in the "new comments" navbar. [04:36]
diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011662 - I like it better too! [04:37]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-29 21:16:32 jfw: ahh my blog looks so much nicer now. Main thing still missing afaik is titles-only archive. [04:37]
diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011671 - this. [04:37]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-29 21:42:16 BingoBoingo: jfw: I read that is he sees a lot of open questions that can prevent an OS from fitting in just one meg [04:37]
diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-30-Nov-2019#1011679 - why? [04:38]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-30 00:26:55 whaack: diana_coman: EOD report: Today was a regression in terms of discipline. I did chores slowly and was overall distracted throughout the day. I also sinned and played guitar for 45 mins without having deserved it. What I got done was an article on the ordered computer parts + following up with cococo to make sure they were delivering my items. (The UPS and monitor should be here by Monday.) I also read the two trilema articles on [htt [04:38]
diana_coman: whaack: admitting is fine but not enough; why did you let it happen and what are you going to do so it doesn't continue? [04:39]
diana_coman: dorion_road: enjoy the festivities, it's weekend anyway. [04:40]
whaack: diana_coman: I am not quite sure why I let myself lose focus. It's not as clear cut as the problem ~2 weeks ago where I had avoidance activities that were massive time sinks. That said, there is a bad habit I have ongoing that I nipped. The bad habit is listening to music with headphones while I do chores such as cooking. It's a bad habit because it prevents thinking during valuable free minutes. Another problem was that I started [09:50]
whaack: the day late. If you index my awake hours from hour 0 to hour 15 then my peak brain activity is during hour 1 to hour 7. Yesterday I didn't take full advantage of those morning hours and did most of my work in the evening. [09:50]
diana_coman: whaack: there's music and music really - some more helpful for thinking and some less so really but at any rate... even cooking requires thinking, lolz. [10:05]
diana_coman: whaack: note also that if you give in to old patterns, you'll just get back to them, it's how it works. [10:09]
whaack: diana_coman: yes the music was of the less thinking variety, also listening to music via headphones rather than speakers is much more mind-numbing. [10:13]
whaack: diana_coman: I know that giving in to old patterns means I'll get back to them. But I don't know of a concrete 'old pattern' I am getting back into in this case other than a very general 'not-focused' pattern. [10:17]
diana_coman: whaack: well, for starters the "work in the evening"; for the other, the mind-numbing really. [10:17]
diana_coman: what does it tell you so terrible that you'd rather shut it down, anyway? [10:18]
diana_coman: whaack: maybe meditate on that some more and filter out the answer in essay/article form at some point; meanwhile it's the question to ask whenever drawn towards "shut down, mind". [10:27]
whaack: diana_coman: I haven't though about participating in my mind-numbing activities from the perspective of that question. But the question made me think of something I will pgp you. [10:27]
diana_coman: whaack: all right. [10:27]
whaack: diana_coman: http://paste.deedbot.org/?id=diZ8 [10:46]
diana_coman: whaack: got that & I'll look at it later today. [10:51]
whaack: diana_coman: ok ty. [11:03]
diana_coman: whaack: there is very little one can be totally sure to rely on; but the contrast does raise some questions. [12:27]
jfw: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-30-Nov-2019#1011685 - good to hear. [16:21]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-30 04:37:16 diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011662 - I like it better too! [16:21]
jfw: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-30-Nov-2019#1011687 - then thanks both for clearing that up. So he was quite serious but I misinterpreted. /me adds to his MP reading luby codex [16:22]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-30 04:37:58 diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011671 - this. [16:22]
diana_coman: jfw: heh, it takes some time to adjust, yes. [16:22]
diana_coman: possibly raleigh might help :P [16:23]
jfw: if only he were on irc! [16:24]
diana_coman: jfw: ahaha; you know, his deeds record doesn't sound all that helpful but feel free to... invite? lolz [16:26]
jfw: oh, http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-30-Nov-2019#1011682 - I meant the comments rss feed as opposed to the sidebar, and that was the ref I was remembering, yes. It does look to me like MP was talking about both though. [16:43]
ossabot: Logged on 2019-11-30 04:36:50 diana_coman: http://ossasepia.com/2020/04/21/ossasepia-logs-for-29-Nov-2019#1011661 - if you mean the blog's own list in there, not really; onth I personally prefer that feedbot tells me about pingbacks too so I'd filter them for blog-publishing but not entirely out of the feed as such. [16:43]
diana_coman: yes, I think he means both (ie he thinks trackbacks should not be in the comments rss feed either). [16:46]
diana_coman: hm, might as well clarify this, why not; let's see. [16:48]
jfw: no disagreement with your points there, ftr. It does make for a bit of pressure when referencing - "I might be broadcasting to everyone who follows this blog" - but I suppose that's proper [16:54]
diana_coman: jfw: why pressure though? [16:55]
diana_coman: ie yes, it might get broadcasted to all those that follow the blog you reference but...why is that adding pressure? [16:56]
jfw: hm, not sure 'why' really [16:58]
diana_coman: :) [16:58]
jfw: worst that happens is you find out you were being dumb, and what's so bad about that, right? [17:00]
diana_coman: jfw: well, even before that really; once you publish it, it's public; what difference does it make how many you specifically broadcast to? [17:02]
diana_coman: ie you seem to latch there on to a false shade of sorts or dunno [17:02]
diana_coman: other than that sure, the *best* that can happen is you find out *how* and *where* you were being dumb. [17:03]
jfw: right. [17:04]
diana_coman: jfw: you know, the first time I ever wrote an academic article to actually publish, I did as best I knew how and then sent it - as one is supposed to - to my supervisor for a revision; he came back with "it's very good"; I was too stunned to swear on the spot (hence, I still got to finish my PhD degree in the end I suppose but still). [17:05]
jfw: you were expecting more criticism? [17:06]
diana_coman: jfw: I was expecting some help which yes, had to be criticism; and no, it was simply not possible that it was "good" like that, there is no such thing in the given circumstances. [17:07]
diana_coman: sure, it could have sucked even more, absolutely. [17:08]
jfw: ahh I see, an empty thumbsup treatment. [17:09]
diana_coman: yes; the easiest and least helpful thing ever; see also the mandatory reading re feedback in general because it's the same thing really. [17:10]
jfw: as was just in the other log too, heh [17:11]
ossabot: (trilema) 2019-11-30 mircea_popescu: dunning kruger, rite. [17:11]
jfw: Gotta run shortly but will add recursing to d-k recursion to re-reading queue. [17:12]
diana_coman: as it happens, yes. [17:12]