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  • Banal Magic: Why Now? (Part II of III)

    Banal Magic: Why Now? (Part II of III)

    The True Security of Transferable Skills In Part I (about snake oil), I argue that the conventional idea of (stereotypical) 9-5 jobs as “secure” is, in my humble…

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    金妮

    20 May 2025
    banal magic
    job security
  • Found a Feathered Friend

    Found a Feathered Friend

    I have tried multiple times to come up with a thoughtful, chewy topic for today’s post, and I have had to scrap every attempt because nothing was coming…

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    金妮

    15 May 2025
    uncategorized
    bird, photo
  • Banal Magic: Why Now? (Part I of III)

    Banal Magic: Why Now? (Part I of III)

    The Snake Oil of “Secure” Jobs There’s been a lot going on in the sociopolitical realm lately — at least in the United States of America (which happens…

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    金妮

    13 May 2025
    banal magic
    job security, myth
  • Undefined: A Definitive Definition

    Undefined: A Definitive Definition

    If you know anything about math, you’ll almost certainly have heard that division by zero is undefined. Now, to the math savant, this probably makes perfect sense. To…

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    金妮

    8 May 2025
    uncategorized
    language, math, zero
  • Banal Magic: Engineering Engines

    Banal Magic: Engineering Engines

    I have mentioned that I was turning my creativity car into a creativity train, thereby giving myself way too much leeway to mix metaphors. XD So, of course,…

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    金妮

    6 May 2025
    banal magic
    creativity, meta-learning, metaphor
  • DNFs

    DNFs

    If you’re unfamiliar with modern bookish lingo, DNF is short for “Did Not Finish”. This is reader-speak for, well, exactly what it sounds like: a book one did…

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    金妮

    1 May 2025
    uncategorized
    books, dnf, reading life
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