Peter Hunt Welch's Blog, page 6

Things I Send to Recruiters

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That Fucking Empty Brain Article

I had a conversation with an Aeon article a few weeks ago. It didn't go well. I will relate as best I can:


[The brain] does not contain most of the things people think it does—not even simple things such as memories.


Well that's a bold statement and I will continue reading.


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Trigger Space

Boilerplate

I've been lumped in the Social Justice Warrior category a few times, and I don't mind it because the lumping lumps are usually Men's Rights Activists, and they are terrible nonsense people, so I can assume I won't mind being anything they accuse me of being. But all such general-purpose ...

Not a Real Post

I'm not the most consistent writer when it comes to frequency, style, topic, quality, voice, complexity, structure, genre... I guess that's kind of everything. I'm inconsistent is the overarching theme here.
One thing I am mostly consistent about is not trying to ruin your day. (Unless one of my friends ...

The Search for The Hitchhiker's Guide, as read by Stephen Moore

"Garble yabble blarb bleg rrrrgurgle uurrgh yarlble gaaaarbl should have a good time" is one of my earliest memories. I was between three and seven: my brother may have existed at the time, but he didn't figure yet. The Vogon announcement was coming out of the speakers of a grey Volvo on its way ...

The Gauntlet

The snow's been falling hard for twelve hours, and I haven't taken off my pajamas for any of them. For the six of them that I've been conscious, I've watched three episodes of X-Files, two of Archer, and three of Rick and Morty. I have not played a game. I'm saving myself.
Alex's text comes at 5:12pm: ...

Seriously, Make a Better eCigarette

This isn't rocket science. You're close, but you can't get it quite right. You, Juul: I heard you're doing something to fix the nicotine delivery. That's good, but your device looks like crap. It's not a cigarette.
I'm not here to talk about the assholes who picked up vaping as a hobby and carry around ...

How to Worry Less About Being a Bad Programmer

I just came across another manifestation of imposter syndrome, in the form of "Am I really a developer or just a good googler?"
The answer I read missed the point, so I'm going to break this mess down, because too many people are afraid for no good reason.

The fact that information is easy to ...

Mister Munjoy and the Year of Moral Ambiguity

"Nothin' to see here."
These were the first words spoken to me by my new neighbor's son. He was sifting through a small wad of cash, next to another teenager with his baseball cap pulled over his eyes and his hands stuffed in his pockets. I, meanwhile, was carrying an armful of books and a conspicuously ...

The Wintry Mix

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