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I've talked about wanting to write more in previous posts. As it sits, I've basically just done nothing. I've got a single chapter of a story and it's not good. One of the issues is that I'm really not good at writing dialogue or what people are doing. I'm more of a technical writer. I got inspired a little back by the first Rama book cause it's mostly just a description of a world and very little dialogue or character development. But I already posted about that. The other day it hit me though. I have an idea for a large world. I enjoy building a world more than I do telling stories that happen in it. I also would like to get into technical writing more, but I have no experience at the moment. So, why not write scientific papers on the creatures and places of that world? It would be good experience and then I'd have some sort of portfolio. Of course, there are issues with this. Namely, I've never fully read a scientific paper, just snippets. So, whe...

The Kardashev scale is a method of classifying civilizational technology level. It is entirely based on the amount of energy consumed from different sources. If a species can use 100% of their planetary energy, then they are a level 1 civilization. Once they can use 100% of a star, they are level 2. Level three is reached by using 100% of a galaxy. Mankind currently sits around a 0.7 on the scale, which means we can harness and use 70% of the earths energy. I feel that's a little high since we are so geothermally untapped, but much smarter people than me came to that number. I do wonder if we will ever hit level one or if we could just skip to level two. The depths of the oceans and the interior of the planet are so difficult to get to that space travel becomes easier. We technically have all the technology we need to be able to create robots that min mercury and create solar panels and other robots. It would be a lot of money, but the tech is there. Mining to through the Earth...

I was watching a Hank Green video a few weeks ago and he made a comment that has stuck with me. I don't remember exactly what the entire video was about, but he basically started out saying that educating people about many issues doesn't work and we know it doesn't. I know that sounds bad but I'm also paraphrasing. We've taught people about climate change, trans rights, etc. and it doesn't matter for most people. If they have a thought in their mind, no amount of education will change that unless they want it to. That's not to say that you can't teach an individual something, but it's hard to do it for a lot of people and yeah, we know that. I think that has a lot to do with curiosity. I've been bugged before about not travelling the world by people who spend their average day just doing their job, watching TV and learning nothing new. I am constantly ingesting new facts and knowledge though. Do I remember all of them? Hell no, but I am always cu...

Beyond the realm of man, Past our longest memory, Before the reign of mammals, And the even before that. A beard in red, Toys in a sack. Behold the terror, Of gifts in the night. Every home in one day? To hell with your physics! Past lightspeed he goes, Devastation he spreads. He starts at a spot. We know as Chicxulub. Red. Red! RED! All is fire. The shockwave flies, Extinction arrives. The ash settles down. Quiet engulfs the land. A lesson he's learned, About his powerful reach. "Ho, Ho, Ho." he exclaims! "I've killed the dinosaurs! Next time I'll be more careful, and make my home in the North." "For I am Santa Claus, A being of great might, But I guess I fucked up, Whoopsie Daisy."

...Really wasn't that bad up here in Saskatoon. I decided to stay home Wednesday and Thursday rather than risking driving. belle had to drive, she couldn't work from home, and had a rough time driving home. But in the end it really wasn't bad up here in Saskatoon. We got less than half of the foot of snow predicted and I easily could have good to work on Thursday, I just wanted to hang with Capone and Sadie. Many places south of us got it. We basically just caught the north edge of it so it just was making sure we have a white Christmas. Christmas. Yup. It's coming. Less than one week and I haven't done any shopping at all. Cool. Money is a bit tight this year so Daniella and I have limited how much we are spending and focusing on making things for each other. She knows what she is getting as she specifically asked (demanded) for it. I, on the other hand, have no idea what I am getting. Probably some sort of fusion reactor. This is actually a weird situation because...

 Recently Spotify began running ads for ICE and the women in my life decided they’d finally had enough of Spotify and its shitbag CEO. We decided to switch. I did the main research and it was between YouTube music and Apple Music. YouTube music would have been nice cause I could have gotten premium with it and not had commercials when I watch videos, but in the end we decided on Apple Music since it just seemed a little better from reviews.  Transferring playlists was fairly painless. They have an option for it but you have to copy your whole liked songs playlist to another in order to get that one. Other than that all my music is there. In fact, there are a lot of bands I hand started following while doing the Cockpit but when I switched to Spotify, liking their bands just never got done. Those bands are in my list still. The UI isn’t as good as Spotify on the whole. Of I scroll down to a band I like, it’s doing it in my library. If I then open an album that has a song I favo...

Leadership is a tough nut. There are countless educational opportunities to help with it, but at the end of the day, a person has to be a good leader before that stuff in order to be a good leader with it. Whether it's politics, business, or other, it all ends up the same. No procedure, government type or oversight can stop a bad leader. A dictatorship can work if you have an actual good dictator. Not sure if that has ever happened though. I often wonder if Korea as a whole would have been better off if South Korea had lost. Maybe South Koreans would be worse off a little, but maybe the "Communist" dictatorship that's there now wouldn't have gotten so bad. One of the things that's always got me is that in order to lead, you generally need to be an extroverted person who is comfortable with others and have the right education to get in. Sure, your bachelor in business management and ability to talk on panels is great, but someone who has the education of the wo...