Author Archives: Raelifin

Nyx

By Raelifin | Published: March 30, 2011

I don’t usually post projects that are only mostly done, but I wanted to get this off my plate. It’s a simple cardgame built entirely in javascript called Nyx (after the Greek goddess). Each turn consists of both players secretly choosing an action. Actions consist of either drawing two cards, or playing a card. There [...]

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The Ideal Choice

By Raelifin | Published: March 27, 2011

In Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman there’s a part where Feynman is getting reimbursement for having flown to San Fransisco to be on a state board to decide the books they’d use in schools…

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Song

By Raelifin | Published: March 18, 2011

In the old days, before the mother was found When the cold earth waited patiently for spring Delicate creatures did scuttle across the ground And fly on fragile, feathered wing Ever vigilant of a suden, cruel end. In the old days, before the harmony came When the world drifted slowly through the sky The birds [...]

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Welcome to the Prisidium

By Raelifin | Published: March 14, 2011

Looks like you can’t see the iframe content. Perhaps you’re not on the blog? P.S. This post is so tall because the code is in an iframe. The code could easily integrate as a library, and I could then make this a normal post, but I want it to be encapsulated for now.

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Re: Mind Organization Insight

By Raelifin | Published: March 10, 2011

This is a response-post to Mind Organization Insight on Iteration. David writes about the mental mechanism commonly called “attention” or ” focus” or “thinking about”. This is a subject I care a lot about, as it seems to be the keystone of human intelligence. This post is very much a direct response to the other, [...]

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