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Ludwig von Mises in Human Action wrote, 'Acting man is eager to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory.' He then clarifies that action is not the same as expressed intent. Far too often people express a less satisfactory state of affairs and an intent to move towards a more satisfactory state of affairs but don't actually take action.
Temperature controlled by presence detection. Lighting with color and brightness automatically adjusted based on the time of day. Electrical plugs that automatically turn on or off depending on programmed criteria. The smart home promises much, but I keep my home dumb. I explain why in this post.
This year I discovered my love of long cycle training. In this post I will describe why I enjoy it and my recent training methodology.
When it comes to physical fitness, discipline is usually discussed in the context of doing the work. There is another side to discipline though. The discipline to do less.
My old ISP didn't support IPv6 in any capacity. My new ISP does so I can now make my self-hosted services, including this blog, available via IPv6. I'm going to use this occasion to rant about lazy network administrators who don't utilize IPv6 even when they have the opportunity to do so.
When I look at the food pyramid published by the USDA, I can't help but think that the US government wants its people to be obese. The foundation of the pyramid is carbohydrates. It should be protein.
Since buying my house, my Internet has evolved from terrible to decent to now great.
Stoicism has received a bad reputation as of late. I suspect that's in part because it is a good guard against propaganda.
I made my own Linux image. It's nothing special. It's just a Bluefin modification. But it gives me an opportunity to discuss modifying container based images like Bluefin.
If you're reading this, my network infrastructure upgrade was a success.