shadgregory

I wish this "chess makes you crazy" line would just die. If anything, chess kept Fischer sane. Chess gave Fischer focus and forced him to interact with people. He only truly went off the deep end after he stopped playing.

I had no idea that Beethoven used equal temperament. Do you have a source for that?

And after that, you can get a little bit funky with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM5WPCsWA3M

I'm sure that if Congress really wanted to directly regulate the sell of automobiles, they can find a way to appeal to the constitution's commerce clause. I know the courts have tended leaned more towards the 10th amendment in recent decades, but they still tend to give the commerce clause a very broad interpretation.

So which is it? Is Douglas Crockford a god or a superhero?

Use it all the time. Love it.

Why didn't you tell me you hated my Lisp tips! :(

By voting for Scheme, I really mean Racket.

Been using Linode for years now. Cheap enough, and you can install just about anything you want.

Turn each state into a multi-member district. Small states with only one rep can be combined with other states to form three-rep blocks, i.e., North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana can be combined into one election. Elections can be party-list elections. For example, Utah has 3 seats; each party puts forward a list of 3 candidates, and the voters vote for the party of their choice. There's no longer a need to redraw lines because there are no more lines.