Man builds his dream 1990s IBM clone PC as authentically as he can in 2025
This is a series of posts that provide a stunning level of detail and attention to a man's dream PC from his childhood. A major bit of nostalgia for me having grown up around the same sort of machines and worked on computers in that era with my father.
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"Benign Violation Theory"
Discovered courtesy of my friend Lucas, here's the quote from the website about what this is:
In collaboration with Caleb Warren, McGraw has been developing and testing a general theory of humor called the benign violation theory. The theory builds on work by a linguist, Tom Veatch, and integrates existing humor theories to propose that humor occurs when and only when three conditions are satisfied: (1) a situation is a violation, (2) the situation is benign, and (3) both perceptions occur simultaneously. For example, play fighting and tickling, which produce laughter in humans (and other primates), are benign violations because they are physically threatening but harmless attacks.
A strength of the theory is that it also explains when things are not funny: a situation can fail to be funny because it depicts a violation that does not simultaneously seem benign, or because it depicts a benign situation that has no violation. For example, play fighting and tickling cease to elicit laughter either when the attack stops (strictly benign) or becomes too aggressive (malign violation). Jokes similarly fail to be funny when either they are too tame or too risqué.
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Chef (2014)
Still a fantastic movie. Makes me realize I really need to get a panini press.
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Automated Archives for May, 18th 2025
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Chess For the Day
Record: 5-0-1
Net Elo Change: +26
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
- May 18, 2024 (2 posts)
- May 18, 2023 (6 posts)
- May 18, 2022 (7 posts)
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