Archive - Phoropter

Notes from a walk of whimsy

Some days, like yesterday, must be enjoyed

Apr 20 •

March 2025

The chessboard world

Finding agency in an augmented world

Mar 10 •

October 2024

Spooky Recommendation System Scaling

Last month I published an initial (very rough) draft of an idea I had for giving users control over what data they produce is utilized by recommendation…

Oct 31, 2024 •

September 2024

A Policy Proposal

TL;DR: I think that the features used by recommendation systems should be configurable by end users receiving recommendations, and that this ability…

Sep 29, 2024

August 2024

Aug 23, 2024 •

Its time to build... Theories!

Theorizing for fun and profit, part 1/3+

Aug 20, 2024 •

July 2024

A week ago, I was asked what my favorite nut was, and responded that it was peanuts.

Jul 23, 2024 •

June 2024

There are five wolves inside of you

“There's a point, around age twenty,” Bedap said, “when you have to choose whether to live like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make virtue…

Jun 3, 2024 •

May 2024

Happiness and Ambition

May 7, 2024 •

April 2024

Transcendent joy, incandescent bliss

Reader, I hope you, at some point in your life, find yourself in the center of a dance circle dancing for a crowd.

Apr 21, 2024 •

In order to succeed in life, you don't have to be any good, you just have to be the best.

Apr 12, 2024 •

February 2024

Pride, Present, Past, and Future

Greatest of sins and essential skill

Feb 6, 2024 •

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