dscotese (28)in #education • 6 years agoCreating a free society: An IndexKeith Knight (@knightrider) created a video with tons of goodies in it . The following is an index of it: 0:0:00 David Friedman on government incompetence 0:0:00 Owen…dscotese (28)in #language • 6 years agoOnomatopoeia and onopatomoeiaWe all recognize onomatopoeia even if we don't know the term. Whoosh, bang, ding, whisper, crack, and other words sound like what they mean. I've been looking for words…dscotese (28)in #humor • 6 years agoLet Me be Perfectly Honest: I'm Going to LieTrust me, you can't trust what other people tell you if you want to succeed. Authorities release information every day about the worst kinds of deception. You can rely on them…dscotese (28)in #cryptocurrency • 6 years agoThe Crypto-Driven Sorting of HumansHuman evolution proceeds by copying DNA with errors. Some of the errors have the effect of significantly increasing or decreasing the progeny of the resulting individual. This…dscotese (28)in #lawyer • 7 years agoMy Personal StatementMany graduate programs require applicants to write a personal statement. I'm planning to go to law school, so I've written the following as part of my application. A few people…dscotese (28)in #education • 7 years agoNotes on Speed ReadingA friend of mine recently responded very favorably to my concern that I read pretty slow for someone who wants to do well on the LSAT. He researched some speed reading apps and…dscotese (28)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years agoHow Can I Make a Unit of Currency?This is a replica of the post I just created on my blog. It seems artificial to me to post it here first, but if that is what is required to prevent some sort of negative…dscotese (28)in #taxes • 7 years agoCracking the Code by Peter HendricksonFollowing is an hour long video uncovering an excellent way to starve the parasitic federal government of the United States. [ If you don't have time to learn how we are being…dscotese (28)in #hardfork • 7 years agoNervous about BItcoin's Hard Fork?I'm not. Maybe I should be, but I don't think so. A hard fork means there are two sets of people who have different rules for what makes a block acceptable. Each set will view…dscotese (28)in #bitcoin • 7 years agoGeometric Price Drivers in BitcoinI made the lines on this Chart (from crytowatch ) to help me think about this first experience that humanity has with a world well-enough connected to experience math…dscotese (28)in #spanking • 7 years agoSpanking on GoogleIt's all over the Internet. The fact is, sometimes it's faster to get what you want by using violence than by using peaceful means. Faster, I can agree, but the long term…dscotese (28)in #health • 7 years agoStrawberries: Organic vs. conventionalI started looking for the reasons that Kevin Geary has STRAWBERRIES on his "Real Food Guide" list of fruits that ought to be organic. I found this article by Maria B and…dscotese (28)in #health • 8 years agoMy Ten-Day Water FastYes, I fasted for 10 days. "What will-power!" someone said. Thanks! There is a thing called "orthorexia" about which Timberline Knolls says: An orthorexic may avoid…dscotese (28)in #chose • 8 years agoThis is Really the Point of My LifeI'm in a leadership program which requires that I create a project. My project is a documentary showing that the IRS perverts human cooperation by misapplying the tax law. I…dscotese (28)in #heists • 8 years agoThe Bitfinex Hack: Bitcoin versus HubrisBitcoin is threatening those who have lived parasitically off the rest of us through clever use of the financial system. The best way I can think of to postpone the demise of…