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Weblog entries

2020-08-07: The C Zoo, part 1: reading integers of a given endianness https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/reading_endian.txt

2020-08-08: A Note On Endianness: in which I take a position on the greatest issue of our time https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/endianness.txt

2020-08-09: A Note On 0-Indexing: in which I take a position on the 1st greatest issue of our time https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/0-indexing.txt

2020-08-10: The C Zoo, part 2: some quines https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/some_quines.txt

2020-08-11: The C Zoo, part 3: foreach https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/foreach.txt

2020-08-12: The C Zoo, part 4: print https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/print.txt

2020-08-13: On the seventh day, I rested.

2020-11-12: Wyatt’s Or https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/wyatts_or.txt

2020-11-17: Some Good Esoteric Programming Languages https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/goodlangs.txt

2020-11-18: Some Bad Esoteric Programming Languages https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/badlangs.txt

2020-12-21: 𝝋 A Monad Is Just A Struct With Opinions: An Explanation of the So-Called “Monad” of Computer Science, With Connexions to Leibniz’s Monadology https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/a_monad_is_just_a_struct_with_opinions.txt

2020-12-25: Print, part 2: the C array folly https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/print_2_c_array_folly.txt

2021-02-10: Print, part 3: structs https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/print_3_structs.txt

2021-04-06: Essays On Extremely Specific Questions, part 1: What unix time is it in milliseconds during a leap second, in javascript? https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/unix_milliseconds_leap_javascript.txt

2021-06-07: Essays On Extremely Specific Questions, part 2: Why does the word “penguinos” have no diaresis in the novel Penguin Island, and is it spanish? https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/penguinos.txt

2021-06-13: The C Zoo, part 5: two bookend macros https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/2_bookend_macros.txt

2021-10-27: The C Zoo, part 6: the strcat folly https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/strcat_folly.txt

2021-11-23: Escaping Mathese https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/escaping_mathese.txt

2022-01-09: A Note On The GNU/Linux Naming Controversy: in which I take a position on the greatest issue of the late 1990s - early 2000s https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/gnu_linux_naming_controversy.txt

2023-07-08: 𝝋 Chemical Atoms Are Not Philosophical Atoms https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/chemical_atoms_are_not_philosophical_atoms.txt

2023-10-22: 𝝋 Is It Irrational To Believe In God? Well, I Think So https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/is_it_irrational_to_believe_in_god.txt

2023-11-13: On The “Great Vowel Shortage” In Computer Programming https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_great_vowel_shortage.txt

2023-12-07: Some notes on Hoon and Urbit from 2023 https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/urbit_2023.txt

2024-01-01: How To Have Hair https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/how_to_have_hair.txt

2024-01-07: 0-Indexing 1: a digression on buildings and storeys https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/indexing_storeys.txt

2024-01-08: 𝝅𝝋 It Literally Can’t Happen Here: in which I review a review of a review of the Third Reich https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/it_literally_cant_happen_here.txt

2024-01-16: Am I The First Guy To Use Computers? Signs Point To Yes https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/am_i_the_first_guy_to_use_computers.txt

2024-01-19: The Most Interesting Thing In The Waffle House Effect https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_most_interesting_thing_in_the_waffle_house_effect.txt

2024-02-12: Moby-Quick https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/moby-quick.txt

2024-02-13: 𝝋 My Most Controversial Philosophical View https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/my_most_controversial_philosophical_view.txt

2024-02-14: 𝝋 A Brief Review Of Martin Heidegger’s Being And Time https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/a_brief_review_of_being_and_time.txt

2024-03-08: 𝝋 They Say The Simplest Theory Is Always The Best, But How Would You Know? https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/they_say_the_simplest_theory_is_always_the_best_but_how_would_you_know.txt

2024-03-09: 𝝋 Scientific Induction And Sample Size https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/scientific_induction_and_sample_size.txt

2024-03-10: 𝝋 On The Twofold Rout Of The Principle Of Sufficient Reason https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/on_the_twofold_rout_of_the_principle_of_sufficient_reason.txt

2024-03-13: 𝝋 Musing About The Beginning Of The World https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/musing_about_the_beginning_of_the_world.txt

2024-04-08: 𝝋 Addendum To The Fine-Tuning Argument: Observing Totality https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/observing_totality

2024-04-14: The Dumbo Principle (in economics) (everything stays price-inelastic for dumb reasons) https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_dumbo_principle.txt

2024-04-27: The People Are Afraid Of Listening To Music https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_people_are_afraid_of_listening_to_music.txt

2024-05-10: Git Commit Messages Are In The Bare Infinitive https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/git_commit_messages_are_in_the_bare_infinitive.txt

2024-05-11: 𝝋 A Brief Review Of Martin Heidegger’s Being And Time (Joke Version) https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/a_brief_review_of_being_and_time_joke_version.txt

2024-05-12: 𝝋 Addendum To The Fine-Tuning Argument 2: Unobserving Aurora Borealis https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/unobserving_aurora_borealis.txt

2024-05-17: 𝝋 Demons Are Not Abstract Objects; They Are Angry Guys Who Don’t Have Bodies (Sometimes) https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/demons_are_not_abstract_objects_they_are_angry_guys_who_don_t_have_bodies_sometimes.txt

2024-05-18: 𝝅𝝋 Deaths Vs Taxes https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/deaths_vs_taxes.txt

2024-05-19: Plastic Earth https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/plastic_earth.txt

2024-06-10: Github Inactions https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/github_inactions.txt

2024-06-11: 𝝋 Final Disproof Of All Religions (Real) https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/final_disproof_of_all_religions.txt

2024-06-17: Unlocking First Jhana Through A Modern Koan https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/1jhana.txt

2024-08-13: 𝝋 The Pirahã And Hume’s Argument Against Miracles https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_piraha_and_hume_s_argument_against_miracles.txt

2024-08-14: Machines Vs Words https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/machines_vs_words.txt

2024-08-15: 𝝋 Effect Size Vs Causality https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/effect_size_vs_causality.txt

2024-08-26: My Proclamation Of 2023 https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/my_proclamation_of_2023.txt

2024-09-02: My Proclamation Of 2024 https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/my_proclamation_of_2024.txt

2024-09-07: I Can Feel My Blood https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/i_can_feel_my_blood.txt

2024-09-10: Quitin’: Or, How I Learned To Stop https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/quitin.txt

2024-09-11: Writing My Gay Little Programs https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/writing_my_gay_little_programs.txt

2024-09-17: 𝝋 Aliefs, Beliefs, Cliefs https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/aliefs_beliefs_cliefs.txt

2024-09-29: Perfectionist PRs As A Dicey Prospect https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/perfectionist_prs_as_a_dicey_prospect.txt

2024-10-02: Thinking About The Trump Tariffs https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/thinking_about_the_trump_tariffs.txt

2024-10-03: Constant Incredible Improvement https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/constant_incredible_improvement.txt

2024-10-04: On The Threefold Encoding Of Unicode Flags https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/unicode_flags.txt

2024-10-05: 𝝅𝝋 Double Standards Of Speech https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/double_standards_of_speech.txt

2024-10-09: 𝝋 Aurora Borealis 2 https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/aurora_borealis_2.txt

2024-11-02: The Dark Side Of Comparative Advantage https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_dark_side_of_comparative_advantage.txt

2024-11-03: The Optimal Level Of Evil Is In Fact Zero https://wyattscarpenter.github.io/blog/the_optimal_level_of_evil_is_in_fact_zero.txt