While slumming on the Internet I came across a woman complaining. Imagine my astonishment! The lady1, let’s call her Karen, had an esoteric complaint, it was: The Pythagorean Theorem was known long before his birth. Calling the theorem “Pythagorean” is a form of erasure. Oh my! Apparently, attributing a well-known mathematical result to a person … Continue reading On Eponymous Erasure
Category: Posts
Post categories
Helen Burdick’s Diary
My grandmother Helen kept a handwritten diary for the last few decades of her life. When she died in the 1980s Evelyn (Evey), my mother, collected Helen’s small notebooks and stashed them in her Bozeman house where they remained until I came across them after her death in 2013. When I found Helen’s notebooks, I … Continue reading Helen Burdick’s Diary
“Managing” a SQLite Database with J (Part 2)
When faced with unfamiliar program code Roger Hui, the co-creator of the J Programming Language would sometimes wipe out all the code comments. He told me this forced him to concentrate on the actual code and not the opinions of previous developers. Roger was an exceptional programmer; he knew that program comments are often dated, … Continue reading “Managing” a SQLite Database with J (Part 2)
The Hate U Give: Review
I picked up The Hate U Give, (THUG) because it was mentioned in a TopTenz banned books YouTube video. If you watch the video, you'll see that many great books and authors have been recently banned. George Orwell, Joseph Heller, Ray Bradbury, J. D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, and James Joyce, for Christ sake, were all … Continue reading The Hate U Give: Review
“Managing” a SQLite Database with J (Part 1)
Previously, I promised to write three posts about dispatching irritants with J. This, my third post, is proving more irritating than the others, so I will split it over two posts. SQLite, by many estimates, is the most widely deployed SQL database system on Earth. It's everywhere. It's in your phone, your laptop, your cameras, … Continue reading “Managing” a SQLite Database with J (Part 1)
Stupid J Jupyter Tricks
Continuing with my software irritant dispatching theme: today’s irritant - including syntax colored code in blogs, LaTeX, Word, and other documents. This one is a persistent pain in the ass; especially for users of idiosyncratic programming languages. We all have our favorite hacks and workarounds; today I am sharing one of mine: using jupyter to … Continue reading Stupid J Jupyter Tricks
Branding XMP Sidecar Files with J
During my long and not-so-storied IT career I covertly dispatched “irritants” with the J programming language. An irritant is an annoying software problem that does not merit a full-blown project-style approach. The last thing you want when dealing with irritants is to drag in IT bureaucrats. You know of whom I speak: the niggling little … Continue reading Branding XMP Sidecar Files with J
The Techadent Internet Light Bulb Age
Writing a blog that only spambots peruse affords unlimited editorial freedom. Without readers to offend I am at liberty to blither on about whatever holds my attention. And today, while sitting with pen in hand and listening to soft rain fall, my attention is held, not by the war in Ukraine, or the January 6th … Continue reading The Techadent Internet Light Bulb Age
The Great White North: Now with Shiny Pony Capital Controls
I take pride in ignoring what some perceptive individuals have labeled the “misleadia.” Our garbage press spends more time pushing their contradictory agendas than providing useful information. I monitor their tone but immediately consign the majority of their claims to the almost certainly crap unless overwhelming and independently verified bin. But, occasionally, events force the … Continue reading The Great White North: Now with Shiny Pony Capital Controls
To-do Twenty Twenty-Two
I'm so bad at making and keeping New Years Resolutions that I typically put them off until February. I've always been a procrastinator and I've always told myself that I'm going to change, but not today. Tossing Calvinistic guilt aside procrastination isn't all bad, it gives you time to mull over your plans before making … Continue reading To-do Twenty Twenty-Two
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 