commit f677a09cd726c93b156651ad33a40424e30d2568
parent 67552e1035c3b41eed87b902c2a545835abb78da
Author: corndog <cauchyn@firemail.cc>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:03:08 -0800
More editing
* Change ellipsis to underscore characters for
more clarity. Fill in the blank.
* I think I wanted to point out more how studious
magicians are and how respectful they are of their
craft and this wording does a better job at that.
* Make the Hyouka sentence clearer. They really
are trying to complete a film.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/in/me/index.md b/in/me/index.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ description: Some things I like.
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Around 2010 I read a view on identity claiming people are the collection of their answers
-to *I love...*[^where]. For a while I kept a short list of links to refer to when prompted
+to *I love _______*[^where]. I would keep a short list of links to refer to when prompted
about my interests and I thought it easier to keep them on one page I can access on the
www.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Tired of losing to my cousin, I learned to play fighting games properly[^proper]
I stumbled upon Moment #37 and I was hooked. A recurring motto at the time was "stay
hungry", meant figuratively and [sometimes
literally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response). Cheap and stupid were
-compliments --- what's stopping you from doing what the other player is? When you run
+compliments --- what's stopping you from doing what the other player is? When you run
into a problem, it is up to you to *break it down and figure it out*.
[To this day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1T1Y1ZAdDI) personal development remains
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ people](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjURsDCIJws).
Something that surprised me about the magic community is how conscientious its members are
at proper attribution. I noticed this watching recorded lectures, but even laypeople can
see this occur in Fool Us when Penn rattles off the prior art. It really speaks to how
-intimately magicians know their art.
+scholarly the field is.
## Starcraft
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ Hyouka](https://superfanicombsx.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/a-hastily-erected-shrin
The screenplay I wish I wrote. Encompasses my favorite qualities in a body of work: not
cloying, but grounded and introspective. A story of youth disguised as detective fiction,
-at one point the cast, members of the classical literature club, attempt to complete the
-script of a mystery film. The series generated great content and discussion on not *just*
-interpreting narrative, but also how to watch animation[^hyouka] and how to read
-(esp. mystery).
+at one point the cast, members of the classical literature club, attempt to complete an
+unfinished mystery film. The series generated great content and discussion on not *just*
+interpreting narrative, but also how to watch animation[^hyouka] and how to read (esp. mystery).
I collected some examples of the discourse above. As the years went by, others have added
on and I hope to eventually gather them on a separate page with my own contributions.
@@ -141,9 +140,9 @@ discipline).
there mathematics and, eventually, CS. I suppose it can be said my interests in math are
less for physical reasons and more for *arbitrary* ones.
-[^where]: I have not been successful searching for this piece, perhaps a blog post or
-a (possibly translated) interview, that I undoubtedly read online. One day I may dig into
-old drives and see if I saved it locally in Evernote. Things get lost in the digital world
+[^where]: It was perhaps a blog post or a (possibly translated) interview, that
+I undoubtedly read online, but I ultimately could not find it. One day I may dig into old
+drives and see if I saved it locally in Evernote. Things get lost in the digital world
too.
[taocp]: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
