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The Unthinking Depths

Into, Through, and Out

Created on 2003-03-27 21:52:28 (#972098), last updated 2009-07-04

751 comments received, 745 comments posted

Basic Info
Name:ProgrammerAtArms
Birthdate:1983-12-04
Location:College Park, Maryland, United States
Website:Loper OS - Because Computing Doesn't Have to Suck.

Contact:

lj@asciilifeform.com
Bio
Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence. And though admittedly such a thing never happened, it is still conceivable that someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence certainly never.
Franz Kafka, The Silence of the Sirens





I'm... simply me.

(Autobiography is not my strong point.)

My Reddit comments are probably the best guide to my way of thinking.


If I could tell the world one thing, it would currently be...
Your computer can make you smarter.





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Interests (150):

ai, algorithms, anonymous communication, artificial intelligence, artificial life, atheism, befunge, bioinformatics, biology, bofh, brainfuck, chemistry, classical music, cold war, commodore, commodore 64, computer music, computer programming, computer science, computers, copyleft, crackpots, cybernetics, cypherpunk, debunking, distributed hash tables, douglas adams, douglas hofstadter, dwim, education, eff, electronics, emacs, emp, encryption, erlang, esoteric programming, everything2, extropian, extropianism, filk, firefly, fonts, forth, fpga, free software, freebsd, freedom, freedom of speech, functional programming, geek girls, genera, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, gnu, go, godel escher bach, godel's theorem, godless morality, google, grand unified victory, greg egan, hacktivism, hard ai, hard takeoff, haskell, information theory, intelligent discussion, intercal, introversion, invention, laptops, linux, lisp, lisp machine, lispos, logic, lord of the rings, malebolge, math, mathematics, microcontrollers, molecular modeling, motivation, music, mythology, nethack, neural networks, neurohacking, neuroscience, np-complete, nuclear warfare, number theory, odessa, open source, open source software, opengenera, operating systems, optical computing, p2p, paradise engineering, paul erdos, philip k. dick, philosophy, photography, physics, programming, prolog, quantum computing, reading, recursion, reddit, research, retrocomputing, richard dawkins, robert sheckley, rpgs, scheme, science fiction, scifi, self-reference, sid6581, simak, singularity, skepticism, sleep, smalltalk, software archaeology, steampunk, system architecture, tea, technological singularity, tempest, tesla, the brain, tolkien, transhumanism, true ai, tunes-os, ultra portable computing, university of maryland, unix, usenet, ussr, vernor vinge, washington dc, wearable computing, world war 2, zelazny, советские мультики

External Services:

LJ Talkasciilifeform@livejournal.com
AIMprogrammeratarmsAIM status

Schools:

Richard Montgomery High School - Rockville, MD (1998 - 2002)
University of Maryland - College Park - College Park, MD (2002 - present)
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