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About ErnieM

Live near Seattle, USA. neoideograms.wordpress.com

abstractions?

Scan0156 A side-thought:  I just chanced to need to recall the id for “quasi”– simply “as if” in Latin. Part of the joy of id use is the joy of remembering (another big one being creating).  I don’t think I’d … Continue reading

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dunklen Drange

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1/5/18 transcription

The part underlined in red says, “I should thank J. for giving me the book.  But probably will not.  It would be too uncomfortable to talk to him again.  We have too big differences. He is way too conventional for … Continue reading

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1-4 transcription.

Some transcription from the book Concentration by Mouni Sadhu. The sentence underlined in pink says “It is essential that you curb the excessive curiosity of your mind for at least the short periods when you are working for perennial instead … Continue reading

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1/1/18

Happy New Year.  Above is some of this morning’s transcription–from the book Waking, Dreaming, Being by Evan Thompson.  As I do and look over my work I experience it as . . . fantastic. Perhaps the new year will bring … Continue reading

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12/27 Still at it

As a matter of fact, I enjoy and think so highly of what I am doing that I’m intensifying my work with it.  I recently deleted about 100 posts from this site. Out with the old, in with the new.

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New edition of Neoideogram Resource Book

  About 110 pages.  Seeing the title with new ids for “neo” and “resource” make me realize how much progress I’ve made.  “Neo/new” shows the contrastive sense of the word well.  “Resource” shows what a resource really is–a container, category, … Continue reading

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Comparing some Japanese kanji to ids

I no longer have as favorable a view of  Chinese characters/Japanese kanji as I used to.  I now think they have their strong and bright points, but are generally shot.  They are way, way too complex and just chock full … Continue reading

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some things that came up in interview

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Leibniz Had the Idea

I was thrilled the other day to see in this blog post http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/05/dropping-in-on-gottfried-leibniz/ Leibniz’s symbol for “=”:  Π From the post: “There’s Π as an equals sign instead of =, with the slightly hacky idea of having it be like … Continue reading

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