What imperative do I follow when emotions have fled my body? What inner voice do I seek when the mind has fallen silent? What truth do I hold to tightly, when reality has fallen in the face of terrifying waking… Read more…
Archive for Abdullah Hamad
Burn, Baby, Burn
In ancient Rome, crews of pyromaniacial firemen were enlisted by The Republic to burn down buildings to make room for new projects, instead of putting them out, like in modern times. It takes a pyromaniac to know you should stay… Read more…
Shopping With Discretion
Some people price things highly as an indicator you shouldn’t buy them. Some people price things highly as an indicator that they are very rare and very high quality. Determining which is which can, at times, be a death sentence.
The Incontinent Squid
Once upon a time, there was a land of squid. The squid were incontinent. Every time they got scared, they let off ink! One day, all the squid got scared, and the ocean was filled with dark, goopy filth. Everything… Read more…
Now Don’t Start That Again
When counting pennies, it is fastest to put the uncounted pennies in a pile, and use your index and middle finger to pull two pennies aside at a time into a new pile, while reciting the two’s table. Ambidextrous people… Read more…
The Million Side Throwdown – Calculating Margins
New game: There is a set of dice hidden in a container and a group of people playing who are half or a third as numerous as the number of dice. Each die has an arbitrary positive number of sides… Read more…
“Never Apologize to Anyone for Who You Are” -Riad E. Hamad
Some acts are unforgivable, and the act of forgiveness denies a force of balancing power in nature to punish or abolish the perpetrator or source of the unforgivable acts. Forgiveness is intimately tied to honor and respect in the psyche,… Read more…
When Laws Prevent Progress
The public movement to digitize and share old media has been lost. All technologies are now incompatible with old forms of media, all software copying programs are non-functional, and all codecs for recording and playback are low quality or broken…. Read more…
I Believe You Can Get Me Through The Night
I don’t want to be a character in someone else’s dream. I don’t wonder what it feels like to be a character in someone else’s dream. The loss of metaphysical significance is soul shattering. To be a figment, and not a… Read more…
Fresh Meat
Now doing decent damage in Torment II difficulty. After I found that KKK-looking helm, called Crown of the Primus, with all runes unlocked for the wizard’s slow time ability, and transmuted it to look more acceptable (Immortal King helm rules),… Read more…
Relationship Primitives
When an object of your affection hooks up with someone other than you, do you immediately think, “I’m not good enough,” or do you decide, “I guess I’m too good for them.” It can be both sometimes, which usually equates… Read more…
Updates to Site
I’m currently working on adding forums to the site to improve communication. It is not easy finding a third party plugin, because I don’t want users to hand over passwords or password algorithms to a third party and risk security… Read more…
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Major Lazer
Remember before there were 5.5 MegaPixel cameras, when digital photographs looked GRAINY? 5-6 MegaPixels for a photo is about the extreme low end for perfect visual clarity. What’s to be said of all these 13-14 MegaPixel cameras that are available… Read more…
Your Daily Dose of Heresy
I believe in a Creator, I just haven’t read The Bible. I’ve kind of cheated on my atheistic vows though, because I know so many people who HAVE read The Bible, along with all of its spinoffs and fanfics. That… Read more…
So Tired of Sex
What’s the latest fad in the “counter sexual” subculture? Something that looks good, but clearly states, “I do not want to fuck”?
Tried and True, or Smart and New?
I typically like media that has an “Original Story”. That means it can’t be done again, if it’s already been done before. There is too much copycatting, remaking, sequelizing, and rehashing in the media industry to be BELIEVED. Maybe it’s… Read more…
Furreals
I love computer games that use pictures of living people for animations. They are almost always absurd, vivid, and tongue in cheek. Cho Aniki (inspired by Yatta! and R-Type) and Kanye Quest 3030 (Inspired by NWA and Phantasy Star) come… Read more…
A Word From Your Robot Overlords
A lot of grammar mistakes on Renaissance Musings were fixed this morning and some content was added. If you can tell me exactly what was changed, you’re probably looking too hard (with monitoring devices), but I’m happy you’re still reading and… Read more…
It Was Nothing
What if power derived from electrical energy and other physical sources is the absence of life and existence? We all know life is constantly using energy to sustain itself – So maybe those little molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles we… Read more…
Playing to the Choir
“This disc is spying, as I write this for you,at which point the watching will increase to two,wronged and left to find what’s right,to fill our schedule with labors, night and day,making that which wrongs in self-sure fright,finally gone till… Read more…
Site Updated with Readback
Feel free to highlight a block of text and click the popup to have it read to you. Feel free to read your comments back to yourself before you post them. 😉 Update, 07-05-2015: After review, featured plugin was removed… Read more…
Dialogue With A Lunatic
“So, why aren’t you helping these people all around you?” “Oh, I’m just recording all of this crazy stuff for later.” “So, you would be better off if you were recording yourself helping.” “Oh.”
The Young Turks’ Advancing Knowledge of Futility
Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”, the one he hypothesized as being a subtle influencer of the economic and banking sectors, is more akin to an invisible army of motivated actors, these days. The invisible hand, previously believed to be responsible for… Read more…
It’s the End of the World and We Know It
All these places we hear about in the media that are ostensibly so great, and wonderful to live in, and full of personal freedoms and wonder are probably hellscapes. The German autobahn? Wartorn racehole. The Swedish socialist experiment? 6 feet… Read more…
You Say “Tomato”, I Say “Destructive And Constructive Interference Of A Sound Wave Through A Known Medium”
Evidence for why I believe television is user-specific and context-sensetive to environment of the viewer: Imagine, for a moment, that the man speaking is a newscaster, comedian, or other form of “talking head” on the TV or Internet. You could… Read more…
Fake Video is Fake
Cats are terrible at piano. Half steps, you see…
Reality Quandry
The subject of molecular reconstruction is a hot topic these days! If you just did a double take, try reading this previous Renaissance Musings article for a little background: Absolute Value What bearing does this have on what can be called… Read more…
Sexual Hypocrisy
Some people are so concerned for the environment and climate change, they are willing to abort the romantic encounters and children of others to give themselves more room to live. Promoting condom use is not quite the same thing as… Read more…
Dead to Rights
As an American with compromised identity and an insurance policy held by someone else, I want fewer “accidents” to happen to me, and fewer “third-party” lawsuits. Less Credit Card and Social Security Number theft, too! I would be a millionaire… Read more…
Is Natasha Busy Tonight?
I’m not sure why the moose is not a more popular hunting animal than the deer. They are gargantua. I’ve never seen a moose, firsthand. They’re about as real in potential for existence as a jackelope, to me.
AHHHHHHH, MOTHERLAND!
If I could ask a loaded gunsman anything, I would ask them, “Why are you so formal? Why are you always dressed in your honor guard’s regalia? Why can’t you just wear normal clothes like everyone else? Is concealed carry… Read more…
Funny Thing About the Usefulness of Metal and Paper
Abe Lincoln on the penny is way more important than Abe Lincoln on the five dollar bill… Protip: Drink out of metal cups, not paper ones.
Terminator Zer0?
Two Hipster-Popular subjects that need to be mashed up: Taxidermy and Drones
At a Loss for Words
Suggested listening: Weezer – Everything Will Be Alright In the End – Da Vinci Lyrics: I tried taking a picture of you When I look at it nothing comes through Sometimes I wonder if you’re just a ghost And… Read more…
Fine Whine
Can we do a “governmental regulation map” using a top down view of all the businesses in a city, and see which governmental agency is in control of their practices by in a pop up list next to the building?… Read more…
Combat Degaydeflation!
Always read 3 semant units from right to left, at least in Greek/German/English. Four or more? You figure it out. Binarily and Logically: (De(Gay(De(Flation))) or (De(Gay(DeFlation))) or (DeGay(De(Flation))) or (DeGay(DeFlation)))
In Need of New Hobby
Microsoft claims to have lost their way in the PC software and gaming realm, which is their inception and their strong suit. I posit: They haven’t lost their way. Stifling PC development and subverting everything to DLC (monetized downloadable content),… Read more…
Isn’t Ogling for Boobs?
Does Google get its name from the number Googol (a one with 100 zeroes after it)? Does Google get its name from the Russian author Nikolai Gogol? No. In fact the word Google is made of two parts, and can… Read more…
“Boo,” I Say! “Boo!”
I like horror stories. Let me rephrase that: I LOVE horror stories. However, I hate how the horror genre has creeped into other genres, making it impossible to find high-production media that doesn’t have nightmares creeping in every corner. Totalitarian… Read more…
Asymmetric Cooperation
Working together to form a cohesive strategy, successful dialogue, and effective activity. Proteam action is where it’s at.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Forward slashes in URLs should be used so as to mean transmission of info from server to user. Backslashes in URLs should be used so as to mean blockage of info from server to user. Everyone should know when they are… Read more…
+ATOMOS+
Strangely, I think environmental subservience would cure me of lack of foresight and make me feel more at home in my own skin. Subservience to things that are smaller than can be seen with the naked eye individually, things that… Read more…
I Thank the Muses
It is an auspicious day. The RetroFates are in full swing. Id est, a lot of strange events from the past originated from moments during this day. (In which case my futile life is destined to regress into anarchy due… Read more…
The Dreamer is Awake
I regained consciousness briefly in bed today. A voice in my head told me to approach the animal. I approached blackness until I saw feline white fur. Then the voice asked me what animal I saw. I told the voice… Read more…
An Insult to Goats Everywhere
So many businesses just put names and pie-in-the-sky wishes on a piece of paper with mission statements, essentially advertising services without anything to back their promises, waiting for some schmuck to fund them. Upstart-start-ups, with rose-tinted glasses… So many others just… Read more…
I Do Declare! Constantly…
Has anyone else ever read The Declaration of Independence? It’s mostly just a screed against King George, like the revolutionaries were going to take this list of transgressions to their daddies and have them do something about it. I think… Read more…
Keep it in Your LANs
While Wide Area Networks are convenient for research in statistics, most businesses shouldn’t store or transfer user data online. Local Area Networks make more sense for the vast majority, as it helps groups with need for privacy avoid security holes…. Read more…
Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Updated Prescriptive Definition: Arrest: (vb.) To put another at ease. To stop another’s laborious behavior. To let another rest. Updated Descriptive Definition: Arrest: (vb.) To torture, countermand, and kill posthaste, unjustly.
The Nuclear Option
Thinking about getting rid of the blatant spam comments in my post comments. This would require a plugin that maps possible regular expression synonmys of the comments that have already been posted, and test them against a database of creatively… Read more…