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Cake day: July 26th, 2023

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  • I had similar frustrations with contemporary science in other fields too recently, for slightly different reasons.

    In my case, I was frustrated with all of the studies related to life on Mars where no matter what data scientists crunch, rocks they look at, and gases they sample, the only indisputably meaningful study with a conclusive outcome about whether Mars contains life will be one looking at microbes with a microscope on a rover. Any other study will only amount to weasel words that decisively conclude nothing other than that they collected data points, and the data points look like “this” that “maybe mean something, but more studies are required”.

    I could interview college students about their favorite ice cream flavor, come up with fun statistics, and conjecture about why the data looks the way it does. And at the end of the day, I would have no conclusion beyond exactly what my study’s data is. But the point of science is to advance useful knowledge. Knowledge is what allows us to predict the future, to make informed choices, to avoid guesswork. Raw data is not knowledge.

    Let me repeat this again: DATA IS NOT KNOWLEDGE.








  • The stinkyness is because of poor planning hundreds of years ago that generally didn’t include alleyways because the planners wanted to maximize real estate value instead of practical livability. So the bins go on the street, not tucked away. Also forces garbage trucks to sit in streets making traffic worse.








  • The stud finder sucks, those give false positives for electrical all the time. You’re probably fine if the wall isn’t riddled with outlets, switches, or has a breaker panel.

    If you’re really concerned, drill through only until you’re past the drywall. It’s only about a half to five eighths of an inch thick. Wrap a little piece of tape around your drill bit as a depth gauge. Alternatively, there are drywall anchors that look like fat plastic white screws that don’t require a pilot hole. You can get those and avoid drilling entirely.