Monthly Archives: June 2012

We Interupt Our Regularly-Scheduled Programming: An Inauspicious 200th Post

Posted on June 29, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

So the month is coming to a close, which means that rent on my new place is soon to be due. While I am absolutely delighted to be in this place rather than living in the old one, I’m afraid … Continue reading →

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Looks Like There’s Going To Be A Fight

Posted on June 28, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

This morning, we did the final inspection of the unit with the Landlady; she vowed to dispute our refusal to pay for her oven. The nice folks in the government have repeatedly informed me that, given the circumstances, we have … Continue reading →

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Concerning Bullies

Posted on June 28, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

When you are in school, there’s a persistent myth that is spread about, particularly by teachers, parents and others in positions of authority, that you need only suffer bullies until you graduate; at this point they will all magically disappear, … Continue reading →

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How I Would Fix Canada’s Democracy

Posted on June 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

So after I wrote that post yesterday, I got to thinking about what sorts of specific democratic reforms I would actually like to see implemented. I surprised myself with just how non-radical most of them actually are, for things which haven’t … Continue reading →

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My Life Outside of Programming

Posted on June 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

As of this week, I have started studying the Python computer language. I am doing so for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that I feel that my relative lack of knowledge of computer … Continue reading →

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A Canadian Revolution?

Posted on June 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Believe it or not, this post is not actually going to be about my hatred of Stephen Harper. Not that I don’t hate him, mind you, but there have been alot of bad Prime Ministers in the past, and Canadian … Continue reading →

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A Curious Effect

Posted on June 14, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

After having taken estrogen, progesterone and androgen blockers every day for two weeks now, I can’t help but notice an unexpected side-effect. That is to say, I think I may have achieved a state that can only be described as … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Textbooks

Posted on June 12, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

The problem with textbooks is that they leave the student with an unreasonable degree of faith in the infallibility of textual resources. When you’re in an undergraduate physics course, for example, practically every detail of anything that you learn has … Continue reading →

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A Fourth Stream?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Adding to my point about the three broad streams of science fiction, I would like to suggest that there is arguably a fourth, although I would tend to think of it as a substream of the second. Namely, scientific discovery … Continue reading →

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Blow It Out Your Ass, Jacques Villeneuve

Posted on June 8, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Attention Quebec Students: The son of a wealthy celebrity racecar driver who himself grew up (through sheer and utter coincidence, no doubt) to also become a wealthy celebrity racecar driver would like to lecture you on the subject of hard … Continue reading →

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