Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread glen∈ℂ
On 4/14/19 7:06 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: 11. God; Goodnesss, Love energy, the Divine, a loving animating intelligence, the Cosmic Muffin. You will worship and serve something, so like St. Bob said, you gotta choose. You can play on our side, or Bill Maher's and Franklin Graham's. Would

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
The cosmic muffin people seem to think that it Is important to think nice things (of course defined by them) and that nice things will happen as a result.They fail to see how they are a source of negative entropy and thus in fact an energy barrier for the larger population, and more often th

[FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread Gary Schiltz
Looking for advice on escaping the gravitational well that is the Apple iOS ecosystem before I reach the event horizon. Hope it isn't too late already. The hard part seems to be choosing a device. With so many years of having barely any choice (other than how much money to shovel into the furnace),

Re: [FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
I've been pretty happy with my Google Pixel 2, though Renee' still has her 1. Mine is unlocked and I explored different OSes when I first got my Pixel 1. But I think I've satisfied my tinkering on my service phone for awhile. I was tinkering on my ZTE Open. But now I'm thinking of getting a Fa

Re: [FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread Carl Tollander
Still happy with my Pixel 1 and Google Fi . C On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 09:53 Gary Schiltz wrote: > Looking for advice on escaping the gravitational well that is the Apple > iOS ecosystem before I reach the event horizon. Hope it isn't too late > already. The hard part seems to be choosing a devic

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
I've never heard of the Cosmic Muffin. But your description sounds like something a friend was into: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%28book%29 He and his SO at the time suggested I watch the movie with an open mind. So, I did, and subsequently wrote these two log entries: https://ge

Re: [FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread Gillian Densmore
My experience is mixed: Nexus 4 Google being them dropped it with a buggy OS 7.x that to this day is known to sometimes work and sometimes not install right LineageOS 15 has a huge bug On the other hand it does have a bunch of ROMs to pick from some neet apps etc. On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:18

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
I can't get into the details, but I was recently in a situation where I was very confident of a risk to some people I know. It turns out this risk became a reality and it played out almost exactly as I expected. I even warned in an edgy way to the point of hurting their feelings. It was po

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
No error is worse than conflating the map with the territory. On 4/15/19 9:47 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > I can't get into the details, but I was recently in a situation where I was > very confident of a risk to some people I know. It turns out this risk > became a reality and it played out al

Re: [FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread Mark Suazo
A Google Pixel (I have the 3 XL) will give you the most "untainted by bloatware" version of Android - plus regular updates. Can't speak to rooting it. I continue to be impressed by the camera - it's flat out amazing. But no removable memory (automagically uploads to your google account online) and

Re: [FRIAM] Android phones

2019-04-15 Thread Tom Johnson
I'm pretty satisfied with my OnePlus T3, unlocked and with dual SIMs. Camera isn't so hot in this model, but T-mobile is now selling the OnePlus 6, which has a much better camera, for $550. T Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com Institute for Analytic Journ

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Carl Tollander
I first encountered "Cosmic Muffin" in the song "Deteriorata" from the National Lampoon Radio Dinner Album in 1972. Actually heard it on the Dr Demento show. Carl On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:27 AM uǝlƃ ☣ wrote: > I've never heard of the Cosmic Muffin. But your description sounds like > somethi

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
And anyway he’s dead. From: Friam on behalf of Carl Tollander Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 4:28 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows... I first encountered "Cosmic M

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
Who? The cosmic muffin? Has gender? --- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 4:38 PM Marcus Daniels wr

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
I had the impression La Mott was just using Cosmic Muffin as a turn of phrase in her objectionable assertion that we all worship something. But it was also a person, http://obituaries.salemnews.com/obituary/cosmic-muffin-772046361 From: Friam on behalf of Frank Wimberly Reply-To: The Frida

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
I don't know you en vivo, Marcus, but do you deny that there exists something that you worship or are you saying that there are no people who worship nothing? I am tempted to write that in predicate calculus. In my experience some people worship science as the royal road to the truth. Nick's atta

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
People are prone to rationalizing their investments as their preferences. For example, some might claim they bought a house because they want a home. Another valid reason is to have equity, recognizing the practical need for shelter.Whatever the claimed motive, it is expected people will

Re: [FRIAM] da foist pictures of a black hole

2019-04-15 Thread Eric Smith
Nick, hi again and thanks for kind words, I agree that, were there world enough and time, I would like to join in as a traveling companion of Pierce. The bits you have circulated, and that I have had time to read, have that highest of virtues: reasonableness. In the past week it happens that,

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Eric Smith
> On Apr 16, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > do you deny that there exists something that you worship or are you saying > that there are no people who worship nothing? I am tempted to write that in > predicate calculus. and this is why I have stayed on FRIAM over all these yea

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Nick Thompson
Dear Frank, We octogenarian former academics have to do what we can. Lacking laboratories, libraries, secretaries graduate students, seminars, colloquia and all the other joys of academic life, the one thing we CAN do is buy a few books and study them carefully. So that’s what I do. FRIA

Re: [FRIAM] Everything she knows...

2019-04-15 Thread Frank Wimberly
Nick, No criticism intended. We're all the same in so many ways. Frank --- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Mon, Apr