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-<h1>hello, world!</h1>
-<p>hello, world!</p>
-<p>this is my first blog post here, and really ever. going to be
-interesting to see if i upkeep this as frequently as i would like. this
-post is just to get some basic information out of the way, so i can
-write freely and answer any questions which might be had.</p>
-<h3 id="about-me">about me:</h3>
-<p>my name is thomas bruce. i am a computer science (software
-engineering) student and mathematics student in the hudson valley, new
-york. i’ve independently been studying computing and maths for some
-years prior, however. other academic interests of mine include botany,
-climatology, and political theory.</p>
-<p>hobbies of mine include: long-distance running, reading (mostly
-philosophy or other nonfiction areas), cooking, torturing myself
-(writing software), and having fun (writing software)</p>
-<p>obviously this not an all-encompassing biography.</p>
-<h3 id="some-random-pointsdisclaimers">some random
-points/disclaimers</h3>
-<p>there are some important things to get out of the way:</p>
-<h4 id="whats-with-the-lack-of-capitalization">what’s with the lack of
-capitalization?</h4>
-<p>i prefer to keep my writing (outside of academic writing) in all
-lowercase for a few reasons:</p>
-<pre><code>- it looks better to me
-- it works well with my font
-- my wpm increases slightly</code></pre>
-<p>if you don’t like it, write a tampermonkey script to capitalize my
-site, and share it for free on a non-restrictive platform.</p>
-<h4 id="my-politics">my politics</h4>
-<p>while i will continue to maintain that politics aren’t the sole
-defining feature of an individual, it is nothing but fair to give a bit
-of a bias disclaimer about my poltical leanings. my political writings
-will (unless my mind is changed) be coming from a more lib-left slant
-than anything else. i will be wrong about things, or disagree with you
-on things, and that is ok! friction in the physical world releases
-energy, which has an effect on its surroundings. it is the same with
-disagreement among individuals; disagreement is nothing but the
-potential for further learning and understanding.</p>
-<p>i do hold that there is a fundamental difference between politics and
-politicking about social issues. i will differentiate between the two in
-my writings.</p>
-<h4 id="thoughts-on-identity">thoughts on identity</h4>
-<p>i take a sligtly more “free” approach to identity than some of my
-peers, based on a loose interpretation of karl popper’s philosophies:
-identity is not based in the determinism of historical materialism,
-i.e. it is not merely a result of conditions and intrinsic stati, but
-more due to individual’s ability to reason critically and their choices
-thereof. it is my opinion that when the self is boiled down to a set of
-terms (labels) or (heaven forbid) diagnoses, it becomes an
-externally-mediated concept rather than an actual personal identity. it
-becomes a surface-level conceptualization of what it means to be “me”,
-rather than a deep knowledge of one’s self. it becomes a way to explain
-away the behaviours, quirks, idiosyncrasies, and more as due to a
-diagnosis or label or distinction of some other kind rather than the
-mild differences which we all hold from each other.</p>
-<p>i don’t want it to be thought that i reject the comfort aspect of
-labels, however. i just think that there is so much more to identity
-than words and phrases. but i do think that this trend, ironically,
-serves to perpetuate what was antithetical to both marx’ and popper’s
-ideologies: it continues to create hierarchies and social distinctions
-which do nothing but hinder individuality at its purist form.</p>
-<h3 id="outro">outro</h3>
-<p>that about sums it up for this post. looking forward to writing my
-next one.</p>
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