Author Archives: The Fatalist Marksman

I’ve been putting off writing a post on my third month at Hacker School for some time, because I really wanted to write about how I achieved my goal of working as a professional programmer as a result of my … Continue reading →

My one criticism, if you would call it that, of Hacker School is that there are no good measuring sticks around here.  This seems intentional, and there’s wisdom in nurturing the idea that programmers are not across-the-board “better” than other … Continue reading →

Note: This essay was written for an application to NYC’s Hacker School.  They don’t require an essay, but I write essays. When I was in middle-school, we were made to buy TI-82 calculators for Algebra.  Our Math teacher quickly taught … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since my last post, but I have been busy. Mostly it’s because of this. What is this?  Well, it’s an audio recording of my Bar Mitzvah speech, complete with the TFM-style images I used as projections … Continue reading →

The first thing one should understand about Binaryism is just how prevalent binary concepts are in the universe.  Most of the things we think of as having “opposites” have binary counterparts, and the “opposite” is often not an opposite at all, but … Continue reading →

The time has come to start talking about something I developed years ago, with the original aim of weaving it into a sci-fi/fantasy series of novels.  I’m talking about a branded philosophy, and whether or not I ever finish those … Continue reading →

People trust what they know.  We get used to something, and we trust it to continue being and behaving the same as it has been.  We tend not to think about the fact that nothing on this Earth will be … Continue reading →

This post is merely to state that I have several real posts in the works, which should be ready soon.  With pictures. Now that I am unemployed, and should theoretically have all the time I could ever want to write … Continue reading →

I read a recent article in Time Business which summarizes several experiments on cheating and stealing, giving clues regarding the psychological distance between “no, I won’t” and “ahh, why not?”  It’s a short article, and pretty interesting, but one thing in particular … Continue reading →