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Cobb
LOS ANGELES, CA
Combat Epistemologist
Interests: literature, bourbon, vintage electronics, big data, hapkido, game theory, theology, political & analytic philosophy, computer augmented decision support, spycraft, creole cuisine, asian jazz fusion, bbq, electronica, historical fiction, beef cattle, fast cars, and anything that fits into a 19 inch rack.
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Ah. So many changes, so little time. I think that when I look at all of the things I've learned about myself and technology over my career it is that there are two things I love the most. The first... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2023 at Cubegeek
I'm swinging this back to the future with some new stuff I've been writing. https://mdcbowen.substack.com/p/all-us-so-called-blacks-part-two Here's some other stuff I recall. That round restaurant over behind Hamburger City on Hillcrest. The Schwinn store. I got all my skateboard parts over there. Founders Savings. Maranatha. Conroy's Flowers over on Crenshaw & Rodeo, now called Obama, right? They tore down Pioneer Chicken over there. If I find some more pictures around that place I'll post links here.
Toggle Commented Jul 9, 2022 on Holiday Bowl at Cobb
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There are three edge cases to end of life exits of a named member on Boxtag. The first is lurking. A member may choose to go dark or participate at a low level with a limited number of weigh-ins on... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2021 at Cubegeek
Hat tip to Alok on this piece. This feature is all about parsing through the text of a comment or an OP that allows a critic / commenter to be more specific about his votes in the Boxtag. It should... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2021 at Cubegeek
I just attended the Bellingcat / Persuasion / RDI webcast and a perfect extension to Boxtag occurred to me. Right now I'll call it the greylist. There's a battle against ad spam and spam in general. But right now the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2021 at Cubegeek
These days I am doing double duty, reaching out to individuals through Clubhouse and Lunchclub to extend my reach surrounding the subjects of the Logos Project as well as my daily duties for Full 360. I have been pleased with... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2021 at Cubegeek
It has been a while. I will update Cubegeek as I continue doing mealy-mouthed development and discoveries like those reaction videos. Ooh look what's so cool about the Rust compiler. So anyway. This is newly dedicated to the people I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2021 at Cubegeek
I'm not closing myself, I'm simply moving to a location where I can eventually charge admission. Pretty sure that's going to be mdcbowen.substack.com.
Toggle Commented Jul 7, 2020 on Cobb Is Closed at Cobb
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Find me archived here (of course) but with new stuff at Substack. Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2020 at Cobb
Seventeen years of freedom. That's what I've put in here. I love you all, but I've got to go. Not going far though. Just to a platform that is going to get me some scratch. I calculate that I've put... Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2020 at Cobb
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Some time ago I wrote My Black Life Doesn't Matter. As the machinations and shenanigans associated with BLM continue to disturb my peace, I think I have come to an appropriate way to describe it. Having come to this realization,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2020 at Cobb
I forgot to mention David Roediger.
Toggle Commented Jun 28, 2020 on Obligatory Seriousness on Whiteness at Cobb
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So a week ago, Amazon Prime started their "Black Lives Matter" advertising and put up a couple dozen black oriented films, offering a title called "Just Mercy" for free. (Discounted from 2.99). I cast it as a simple-minded commercial ploy... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2020 at Cobb
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My father's superpower is his ability to illuminate the inner path. Illumination of the inner path means the ability to recognize that you have a mind, a mind that is something of a garden which needs tending. You could not... Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2020 at Cobb
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The other day I heard that Trump was planning to make a speech and rally in Tulsa OK, aimed at black Americans. People were aghast, as they tend to be whenever Trump does anything. His awfulness never gets dull. My... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2020 at Cobb
I'm going to include some links here to Roland Freyer's research. First here is Heather Mac Donald, who generally speaks for me. https://www.evernote.com/l/AAbXLTDfyANGk7-ZekjtGfKo8wHAwsq6N-o Here is Fryers' paper: https://www.evernote.com/l/AAZcEgkdeTRA44KHPTXR_WuaZsFps9NkElA An Empirical Analysis of Racial Di↵erences in Police Use of Force⇤ Roland G. Fryer, Jr.† July 2017 Abstract This paper explores racial di↵erences in police use of force. On non-lethal uses of force, blacks and Hispanics are more than fifty percent more likely to experience some form of force in interactions with police. Adding controls that account for important context and civilian behavior reduces, but cannot fully explain, these disparities. On the most extreme use of force – ocer-involved shootings – we find no racial di↵erences in either the raw data or when contextual factors are taken into account. We argue that the patterns in the data are consistent with a model in which police ocers are utility maximizers, a fraction of which have a preference for discrimination, who incur relatively high expected costs of ocer-involved shootings.
Toggle Commented Jun 10, 2020 on You People Don't Count at Cobb
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Thanks for dropping by. I appreciate it. I think I remember that song by Jiminy Cricket. I'm no fool, nosiree, I'm gonna live to 103. I hope you do.
Toggle Commented Jun 5, 2020 on On The Edge of the 60s at Cobb
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A while back, after some controversy involving the rap artist 50Cent, ideas of accountability shot through my head. His album was 'Get Rich or Die Trying' and somehow, despite his huge success with that album, he had somehow disappointed millions... Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2020 at Cobb
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Today is my birthday. I was born in 1961, on the edge of the 60s that dramatic moment in American history. They say that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Can you hear it? When I remember being a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2020 at Cobb
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What I discovered as soon as I thought about this subject was that these are not the best books I've ever read. They are also not the most enjoyable books. They are simply the books that changed the way I... Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2020 at Cobb
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"The problem is the racism of your people" "Yes, the problem is the racism of my people" The above statements, largely accepted without question in America today, are racial accusations requiring a racial solution. That solution will never come. The... Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2020 at Cobb
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There is a certain mentality that is as old as history but often forgotten in modern times. It the mindset of the farmer, of the hunter, of the warrior. It has an appreciation and respect for nature and the purposes... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2020 at Cobb
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When I was a skinny kid, I learned one day at Susan Miller Dorsey Pool, how to do a 1 and a half. As soon as I write this, I am brought to mind of a girl who came there... Continue reading
Posted May 26, 2020 at Cobb
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So let’s start with giving an evaluation. A parcel of stones at VVG1 to VVG2 at an average size of .35 carats with F-G color will net out to about $3250 per carat. 1kg of such stones will be about... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2020 at Cobb
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Q. Do you honestly feel that you have a genuine mission to help make the planet a better place to live, or one to just be a passive observer on it? A. There is something called Gall’s Law which I... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2020 at Cobb