Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Let’s say I’m a website editor that has been given access to a template. Surely I can’t cause too much trouble with using that, right? I’m using a WordPress theme and WYSIWYG editor to somewhat demonstrate how even a low-code environment can cause some horrendous issues on a page. I’m not to say that anyone…

I have a pet peeve, and I wanted to discuss it. Every now and then, a “math puzzle” floats around Facebook and it always frustrates me. To be clear, what follows is in no way an indictment of those that share or comment on these puzzles, more about the nature of the puzzles themselves. There…

I swear, this feels like a bad disaster movie. A new disease spreads across the world. Little is known about its short- or long-term effects. Medical treatments do not exist, it is unknown when a vaccine will be ready for use. Politicians downplay its impact, citizens don’t believe the disease is real, businesses care only…

Possibly obligatory disclaimer: I am not an epidemiologist, nor do I have experience in studying diseases. I am, however a data scientist (in training and in some degrees by profession). Also, the views expressed here are not to cast blame towards any specific organization. Coronavirus cases have grown substantially in Lubbock over the last few…

I’ve been playing a ton of Gears Tactics through Game Pass recently and I have to say up front: it’s a super great game. It’s a tactical game similar to the recent entries of the XCOM series, where you have some number of soldiers on a battlefield that you move around and perform various actions.…

It all kind of hit me last night. We ordered carryout from a restaurant – Lauryn got a salad while I ordered a burger with onion rings. Put the order in, went up to get it, came back, opened it up and……no onion rings with my sandwich. And yeah that’s a super small thing, but…

As a participant in this program, I certainly have strong feelings about it. I will try not to discuss in detail the politics around this program other than its creation, possible reasoning for its existence, and the threats it currently faces. While I will explain my philosophy with navigating this program, I certainly shouldn’t be…