Jamais Jochim
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I'm the guy who knows every last fact about Spider-man and if I don't I'll track it down. I love bad movies, enjoy table-top gaming, and probably would drive you crazy if you weren't ready for it.
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Smartphones, Self-Defense, and You
Smartphones are one of the most ubiquitous pieces of technology we own. Most people have one and use it relatively commonly for more than phone calls, such as tracking others on social media and playing games. However, the smartphone has numerous utility apps that can be used for more practical purposes, and it's not that hard to set your phone up to take advantage of those apps for your personal self-defense.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Lifehack
Dealing With An Office Tyrant
We've been dealing with office tyrants since we've been organized into small groups. However, the office tyrant didn't fully come into their own until we developed some sort of office: The person who attempts to rule the office by keeping everyone divided, is more worried about their own agenda than that of the business, and who is more worried about enforcing rules rather than allowing any work to get done.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Education
A Little Paranoia Is A Good Thing
The best defense skill is one that allows you to evade being captured and attacked without you being aware of it. Situational awareness is a weird skill as it works best when it is allowed to work in the subconscious, below your conscious mind. Your mind is always evaluating the situation but it's either ignored in favor of an emotional response or because there are political considerations; that is, it's over-ridden due to other priorities. However, if it's allowed to do its job, it helps keep the situation simple.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Lifehack
Four Sources of Food to Take You Off The Grid
A lot of people are worried about surviving the end of the world. This has become an interest even among those who aren't looking for ways to survive the apocalypse; a lot of people are looking for ways to take more control over their own food sources. There are numerous sources for those looking to grow their own food, especially those with access to a lot of space. Even for those with limited space, there are some decent options.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Earth
Important Tradables In the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
In the case of an apocalypse, it will be useful to have access to items for barter. Money is unlikely to have any real power, at least for a few years, thus making trade items a necessity (eventually, some group is going to start up coins and then bills, but that's unlikely to happen for at least a few years after the apocalypse); after all, everyone is likely to need various items but have a surplus of other items. This means that we will be back to dealing with a barter economy, where goods and services are traded for other goods and services. Fortunately, it's possible to stock up on some items ahead of time.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Futurism
Worth More Than A Halfpence
Hajime perched on the castle parapet. Above him were two hawks; as soon as he took flight they would be upon him, and he would be a small lunch for one of them. He had to move, and quickly: He could hear guards coming up the stairs and they had been ordered to kill anything they found, especially sparrows. He chuckled to himself: I sort of asked for that one. Someone had seen him enter the treasure vault as a teenage boy and exit as a sparrow. Bloody Shapers Guild should have remained secret; now they were looking for us shifters everywhere. He had snatched the ruby; now he just had to escape.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Fiction
The Men of Our Tomorrows
The human soul is a difficult thing to understand. To better be able to understand it, we frequently split it into the dark side and the light side, splitting our various attributes between them. While simplistic, it's interesting to see when the conflict between the two sides of the human soul is expressed in comic books as this allows us to see the stark contrast between the two sides. What's truly interesting is to see when those symbolizing the different sides come together to save humanity or jt to see what they can do together.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Critique
Man vs. Bear: Why It Failed to Accomplish as Much as It Could
The Man vs. Bear Debate had recently taken social media by storm, but quickly died down. In a TikTok video, eight women were asked who they would prefer to encounter in the woods: a bear or a man. Seven of the eight women chose the bear, and the video went viral, with memes based on it making the round on social media, sometimes with information on sexual assaults attached.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Critique
Four Little Problems with "The Power"
Prime's "The Power" is a great series that attempts to show what would happen to Society if women and girls were to gain the ability to project and control electricity. While it is definitely one of the more provocative shows being streamed today, there are some interesting uestions that need to be answered.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Critique
Diversity and the Critic
One of the weirder problems with being a critic is the wokeness problem. The essential problem is that encouraging diversity is good, but there are times when diversity gets pushed to the point where it actually becomes a parody of itself, and there are even times when it distracts from the film itself. Worse are those times when the need to diversify character types creates some weird situations due to the change in race or sex of the characters. This makes life interesting for the critic because calling it out can call down a lot of fire on the critic, creating its own issues. There needs to be some way to navigate the problem.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Critique
Kids With Phones Should Worry You
It's funny how often the newest generation is called lazy, naive, and unable to survive on their own. This has probably been the case since there has been a "newest generation" and the power to complain; there's little doubt that one of the first things one older caveman said to another was that the newest generation. With the advent of the smartphone, this has only gotten worse, as the newest generation now doesn't need to worry about getting bored and since there isn't any boredom there is no reason to try anything new.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Futurism
The History of Photography and Its Problems
It's being predicted by many that generative artificial intelligence is the death knell of art. Given the number of so-called "apocalypses" that the art world has had to deal with in the last century alone, it may be worth looking at one particular art to get a good feel for how likely it is that this technology is likely to cause the death of art. Yes, we're looking at photography.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Art
