jonbrant

I've lost 3 runs tonight to waterfall giant simply because I never drew a block. This is pure grief, and yet I've submitted feedback about it

I've had rats for years. I love my good boys very much, and lost many of them due to their short lifespans. Normally I pick up the pieces of my heart, wait a bit and then get another good boy.

Recently, I lost my best boy. A patchwork with (from what I was told) a life expectancy of 1-1.5 years. He lasted ~3 to 3.5. Could barely walk, but any time I came near his cage he dragged himself to the entrance to greet me. I had to put him down, and I haven't recovered.

I can't replace him, and looking at my other boys just makes me sad instead of happy. I've simply lost too many.

I'm also having health issues in addition to work, so I haven't been able to give them the attention they

I was playing around with the idea of a distance or metric between strings that have been Godel encoded, and chose the number 37 and an arbitrary "distance", 11 and noticed a pattern. I don't figure I'm the first to notice this, so I'm looking for a name and further reading. Google is confusing me as I'm currently just calling this the "Godel Distance" in "Godel Space"

Anyway, let 37+11 = 48 = 24x2 = 2^4 x 3 which corresponds to the Godel string "AAAAB" using the alphabet to encode.

37 - 9 = 28... = 2^2 x7 = "AAF"
37 + 7 = 44... = 2^2 x 11 = "AAJ"
37-5 = 32... = 2^5 = "AAAAA" // What is this called?
37+3 = 40... = 2^2 x 5 = "AAD"

37-1 = 36... = 2^2 x 3^3 = "AACC"

My

I was trying to sleep and had this thought. Felt worth asking about. I'm just looking for a name of an idea I'm trying to describe, or maybe further reading. I think this is reasonably specific, and answerable. Sorry if it's breaking a rule I've missed

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So I was thinking about the concept of Free Will vs concepts such as destiny and predeterminism, etc. in the context of Descartes. People always seem to think they're mutually exclusive.

I was thinking if you look at it in a Descartes-like point of view, you realize that your thought process can be influenced by Gods while maintaining free will due to the fact that thoughts are usually formed, then evaluated, then remembered.

I get to walk past my Rat cage every time. Sometimes they'll be sitting there looking at me for attention and the serotonin boost is worth it every time.

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Sorry, nothing to actually contribute. I just thought I'd share my happy thought about drinking water.

I realized my old boy has never been outside, almost 2 years old, so I took him out. I figure he has a right to see the outside at least once, right?

He has a really bad lean, having a hard time keeping his balance (first time rat owner, found out it was an ear infection way too late. It's permanent now I think). He was walking through the grass, shoving his face in it. I couldn't tell if he was trying to hide in it, or just smelling it or what. After a few minutes, he stopped walking around and I started giving him scritches. He started bruxing/boggling very hard. I've never seen him boggle before.

Most sources I find online anecdotally say that boggling is a sign of happiness, b