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Math Academy, update 2: I completed Mathematics for Machine Learning

Learning how to teleport quantum states with PhysicsGraph

Math Academy, update 1: I completed Mathematical Foundations III

Math Academy, part 11: Final thoughts

Math Academy, part 10: Customer feedback (pedagogical)

Math Academy, part 9: Customer feedback (non-pedagogic)

Math Academy, part 8: Follow-up questions

Math Academy, part 7: Technology brief

Math Academy, part 6: Customer responsibilities

Math Academy, part 5: Product features

Math Academy, part 4: Addressing objections

Math Academy, part 3: The sales pitch

Math Academy, part 2: A skeptical prospect

Math Academy, part 1: My eigenvector embarassment

Reflections on a new year

The survival of art and artists

Subvert, the would-be “Mondragon of Music”

Until we meet again

What makes an American an American?

Toward a consistent rating system

New year, new blog

“10 aspirational rules for the moral operation of a music service”

Music, Marxism, and Mekons

Goodbye, My Rose Garden

My final thoughts on Cohost (well, for now at least)

Demonic controversies and other considerations

Even Though We’re Adults

Kase-san and Morning Glories

How Do We Relationship?

Last and First Men

About this site

Microculture vs. macroculture

Childhood, cartoons, and capitalism

Noblesse oblige and the future of Cohost

Your destiny awaits

The Apothecary Diaries: manga or LN?

Remembrance of computers past

Music of low Kolmogorov complexity

Our band could be your life: some thoughts on BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!

The Library-of-America-ification of science fiction

Notes toward a evolutionary theory of yuri

Bandcamp bop: our dear friend, the medic (and more)

If you’d like to read about a pair of clueless crossdressers . . .

The epic anachronisms of Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright

Et in suburbia ego

Cohost and the value of adding by subtracting

LLMs should recommend poetry, not write it

Life imitates art in Taiwan

That’s some pretty expensive market research

How to write a book if you’re easily distracted

Screen reading for everyone

The end of it

Charmed life, charming video

Democracy with Taiwanese characteristics

Great songs by the Smiths

American stories

Art is a community not a commodity

The algorithms behind the recommendations

Initial thoughts on GPT-4

That Typo of Girl

(Almost) all politics is local

I fought the power law and the power law won

The end of GAP

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 2

Logarithms are just orders of magnitude with a glow up, part 1

Patreon earnings per patron and “1,000 true fans”

A better way to elect the Howard County Board of Education

A few more yuri manga recommendations

The number of patrons per Patreon project is log-normally distributed

Life in Patreonia: Inequality in the “creator economy”

Thugs at the Ren Faire

My dear boy, why don’t you just try writing?

Three Iliads

Ozu’s “Early Summer” seems pretty darn queer to me

Why I like Cohost

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the future of Europe

Year-end recommendations (yuri or otherwise)

The liberation of the Minecraft End Poem

AI is to the world of ideas as index funds were to investing

Our lives are built upon the bones of millions

The Framework laptop and the world machine

Thailand closes the Yuri GAP

Thank you for the Wild Pink rec, whoever you are

Harvard considered as a long-lived biological organism

Jorie Graham is on Twitter

Taiwan and the geopolitical uses of lesbian romcoms

Real magic is hard and also unsatisfying

That Type of Girl: Notes on Takako Shimura’s Sweet Blue Flowers

そっち系のひと：志村貴子「青い花」に関する考察

Expanding the five-district Howard County Council to three members per district

Final thoughts on my Howard County Council redistricting proposal

Questions about my proposal for Howard County Council redistricting deserve answers

What might a more diverse and inclusive Howard County Council look like?

A more inclusive Howard County needs a more inclusive approach to redistricting

A Howard County concerned about equity needs a more equitable way to elect its county council

A more diverse Howard County needs a more diverse county council

A bigger Howard County needs a bigger county council

Remembering Michael McCall, developer of the Chrysalis

I wished that an AI could help me write about Madoka Magica

About me

Creating the Chrysalis

Frank Hecker - Professional biography

No more “Civility and Truth”

The Civility and Truth newsletter (obsolete)

Boy’s Own Brexit, Part 2

A new plan for Symphony Woods

Final thoughts on Mozilla (for now)

How Mozilla makes money and spends it

Mozilla’s uncertain future

Electing the Howard County Board of Education by districts makes no sense

Ranked choice voting questions and answers

A better way to elect the Howard County Council

Fast, cheap, or good elections, pick any two

More on the 5,000 "missing" affordable housing units

Housing, schools, and public transportation

The case of the missing affordable housing

How to elevate Maryland

Population density in Ellicott City, Maryland

Population density in Columbia, Maryland

Moving to opportunity in Howard County

More on Howard County population density

Howard County: divided by density?

How burdened are Howard County renters and homeowners?

The war between city and country

No Civility and Truth this week

Cold takes on hot topics

Home value differences within Howard County

Which areas of Howard County are most and least affluent?

Maryland home values haven't rebounded

What’s a grown man doing watching anime?

Howard County home values have not recovered

What's going on with Baltimore city household income?

Does urban=rich, rural=poor in Virginia?

How affluent is Howard County, really?

How affluent is Maryland, really?

Getting down with data

No post this week

Soulful Symphony elevates Howard County

Want a hole? Rent a drill! Really?

Subscribe to Civility and Truth

Boy’s Own Brexit

Welcome to the Civility and Truth newsletter

How do schools and parents matter?

The Niskanen Center’s incomplete vision

Seven answers

Seven answers: Final thoughts

Seven answers: LGBTQIA equality

No sophomore slump for OPUS Merriweather

Seven answers: Gender equality

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 8: And the winner is . . .

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 7: Election day special

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 6

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 5

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 4

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 3

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 2

Howard County 2018 campaign signs, part 1

Seven answers: Class warfare

Seven answers: Liberty, equality, and baseball

Seven answers: Racial equality

If-by-socialism

Seven answers: Social democracy

Seven answers: Wealth inequality

Seven answers: Introduction

The politics of the future

Now that the Chrysalis has been created

Creating the Chrysalis: Timeline

Creating the Chrysalis: Details, details

Creating the Chrysalis: What comes next

Creating the Chrysalis: Attracting the public

Creating the Chrysalis: Subfloor and related construction

Creating the Chrysalis: Shell skin

Creating the Chrysalis: Shell structure

Creating the Chrysalis: Theater

Creating the Chrysalis: Design

Creating the Chrysalis: Politics and process

Creating the Chrysalis: Vision and strategy

Creating the Chrysalis: Symphony Woods

Creating the Chrysalis: Introduction

Raising the roof at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Music worth a listen: Fromm

The Chrysalis and Its Cousins

This blog is moving to civilityandtruth.com

Welcome to Civility and Truth

Get your county government data at the OpenHoward portal

The Crescent development by the numbers

How politicians see Howard County

Useful datasets for Howard County election analysis

Fun with Howard County building permit data

Howard County government by the numbers

The year of blogging sporadically

TV worth watching: Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia’s Case Files

Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods plans approved

I support the plan for Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

Thank you Tom Coale

Making Howard County government data of value to us all

A public service announcement

TV worth watching: Manhattan

Online competency-based education

Adventures in online education

The end of eMusic and me

Dividing Howard

The CA board and the Inner Arbor Trust

Chrysalis designer wins World Architecture News 21 for 21 award

Campaign signs 2014: Final results

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Executive

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Council District 1

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Board of Education

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland State Senate Districts 12 and 13

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland State Senate District 9

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 13

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 12

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 9B

Campaign signs 2014: Maryland House of Delegates District 9A

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Judge of the Orphans' Court

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County State’s Attorney

Campaign signs 2014: Howard County Sheriff

Campaign signs 2014: Judging criteria

Campaign signs 2014: A call for submissions

Promoting the Inner Arbor plan

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: The schedule

On the Inner Arbor plan, listen to the people, not the protestors

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: Projects and costs, part 2

Renovating Merriweather Post Pavilion: Projects and costs, part 1

Talking about the Inner Arbor plan at Wine in the Woods

A better plan for Symphony Woods

How not to save Symphony Woods

Looking back at the Paumier plan for Symphony Woods

GGP, CA, Cy Paumier, and the battle over Symphony Woods

A walk in Symphony Woods

Five thoughts on Symphony Woods

Symphony Woods and sacred lands

The Crescent development in downtown Columbia: Areas and phases

No fooling, Columbia’s becoming a city

Parking at venues comparable to Merriweather Post Pavilion

Parking and the future of Merriweather Post Pavilion

Two visions for Symphony Woods

The Howard County Design Advisory Panel approves the Inner Arbor plan

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 9: Piecing together the Chrysalis

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 8: Revising the plan

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 7: The Butterfly

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 6: The Chrysalis

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 5

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 4

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 3

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 2

The Inner Arbor plan takes shape, part 1

Thoughts on market democracy, part 2a: Society as a spontaneous order

Howard County 2012 income and inequality, part 2

Howard County 2012 income and inequality, part 1

Anime worth watching: Silver Spoon and school on the farm

People worth reading: Peter Turchin and modeling the cycles of history

People worth reading: Arnold Kling and the three languages of politics

Cafes and bakeries in Ellicott City, going and coming

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 3

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 2

Looking back at 2010 Howard County campaign signs, part 1

Tom Coale for Delegate in District 9B

Should the nation’s best library go to the mall?

A new way to blog

Repairing my personal infrastructure

RIP Dennis Lane

The long game in Columbia

What good is economic freedom (as measured by the Mercatus Center)?

Weekend reading: Wealth and politics

Thoughts on market democracy, part 1: Capitalistic economic freedoms as vital aspects of liberty

Should Amazon control the .book domain, or Google .blog?

Martin O’Malley has his eyes on the prize and off the ball

The library as spiritual experience

Turbocharging downtown Columbia with a new Central Branch library

Could Howard County libraries help grow Howard County’s economy?

Columbia is not a gated community

From Symphony Woods to the Commonwealth of Belle Isle

Weekend listening: Space and the seasons

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 5

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 4

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 3

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 2

Calculating growth rates (for Howard County or otherwise), part 1

Weekend reading: Family ties from the Shipleys to Sasquatch

Weekend reading: Dense Democrats, supercharged cities, and rural reaction then and now

Weekend reading: Whither the GOP, after the world gets eaten, and science reading and writing

Why Maryland Democrats should vote NO on Question 5

Michael Chabon on Columbia and Obama

Inheriting our politics, part 3

Inheriting our politics, part 2

Inheriting our politics, part 1

Participatory budgeting in Howard County?

Ensuring the integrity of Maryland elections

Korean fried chicken at BonChon in Ellicott City

Free market fairness and the challenges of the 21st century

How to win an STV election for Howard County Council, part 2

How to win an STV election for Howard County Council, part 1

Electing a council that reflects Howard County, part 2

Electing a council that reflects Howard County, part 1

Beyond term limits for the Howard County Council

Is there something you’d like to learn (that I can teach)?

Are you a “statist”?

Should Howard County Board of Education candidates take the “Audrey Test”?

Howard County executives and council redistricting

Online education in Howard County

Creating hyper-local Howard County ebooks

Previewing my Howard County blogging in 2012

Closing the book on 2011

Should Howard County elect council members at large?

Can we take the politics out of Howard County Council redistricting?

Council gerrymandering and the Howard County selectorate

Did the Howard County GOP help dig its own grave?

No Columbia, no Howard County Council?

My new book on Howard County Council redistricting

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 23

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 22

Weekly reading

A letter to Ken Ulman

Revisiting Howard County 2010 general election predictions

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 21

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 20

Changing my (blog) name, plus Plus

Weekly reading

Creating a blueprint for growing Maryland jobs

Does America need a good dose of instability?

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 19

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 18

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 17

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 16

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 15

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 14

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 13

Weight loss update, month 5

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 12

A personal milestone in math blogging

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 11

Columbia Borders to close in next two months?

Grover Norquist and Daniel Webster

Weight loss update, month 3

Columbia and the structural shift to walkable urbanism

A symbol of Columbia

In Howard County, should charity really begin at home?

Weight loss update, month 2

My tumblr

Post-modern politics and the Pew typology

Last chance to give the FDA your views on consumer genetic testing services

Weight loss update, month 1

Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land

Reimagining Columbia’s village centers for the 21st century

If taxation is theft, are we recipients of stolen goods?

Bleeding heart libertarians

HoCo Rising takes on HoCo homelessness

The Newt Gingrich weight-loss program

Maryland says, no DTC genetic testing for you

Blog on ice

Where should I bank in Ellicott City?

OpenGovernment.org comes to Maryland

Back to the future in Howard County politics, part 1

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 10

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 9

Happy New Year to Howard County bloggers

Looking forward to Howard County blogging in 2011

My Howard County blogging in 2010

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 8

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 7

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 6

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 5

Preserving Howard County’s history, digitally

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 4

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 3

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 2

Howard County population growth, 1950-2009

A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 1

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 4

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 3

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 2

Relative performance of candidates in District 9A and Council District 1

How many people in Howard County work for the government?

Exploring Howard County election data with R, part 1

A Howard County Democrat looks at Ed Priola

Unaffiliated or independent?

Maryland likely voters in the 2010 general election

Howard County bloggers have fun times at Kloby’s Smokehouse

Howard County likely voters in the 2010 general election, contd.

Howard County likely voters in the 2010 general election

Margins of error in Howard County polling, part 2

Margins of error in Howard County polling, part 1

How independent are Howard County independents?

Public, private, and club goods in downtown Ellicott City

Why government? Public goods

The real story on Howard County’s broadband grant

Howard County Democratic Central Committee 2010 Election Results

Howard County primary miscellany

Voting for the Howard County Democratic Central Committee

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 3

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 2

Could Howard County be the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity? Part 1

More on same-sex marriage and civic equality

Requiem for the Taxpayer Protection Initiative

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 3

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 2

Howard County and civic equality in the 21st century, part 1

Howard County and ethnic diversity in the 21st century, part 2

Howard County and ethnic diversity in the 21st century, part 1

Why does Howard County have an elected school board?

Howard County and economic inclusivity in the 21st century

A visit to Kentlands

More on the Taxpayer Protection Initiative

Howard County and the 21st century suburb

What is a sense of place?

To the pseudonymous commenters of Howard County

Fun times at Pure Wine Cafe

A sense of place in Howard County? ctd.

June 2 meetup at Pure Wine Cafe

Doesn’t Wilde Lake have a grocery store?

A sense of place in Howard County?

GGP and zoning referendums

What would the Founders think about the Taxpayer Protection Initiative?

To the anonymous commenters of Howard County

Why the Taxpayer Protection Initiative is a bad idea

Thomas P. M. Barnett and the case for globalization

Greg Sandow on the future of classical music

eMusic to offer streaming?

Leaving Mozilla

Mozilla Education: Looking back and ahead

One final day for Jetpack for Learning submissions

Jetpack for Learning deadline extended

Explore the skies in the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge

Announcing the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge

Some kind of a party

The story of “swindleeeee!!!”

Pakman speaks

Should eMusic add streaming?

Now with Swindleeeee!!!!!

Disruptive innovation in music

Is eMusic moving away from the health club model?

Music and the theory of disruptive innovation

Growing open web hackers from childhood

Jack Strange and the spinning beach ball of death