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Justice IV: Decrees
An account of why positive law and institutional decrees are necessary to carry out the duty of justice.
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A Collection
of Musings.
Notes from the workbench: things I have built, things that broke, and things that struck my fancy on the way. No schedule, no content calendar.
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The Collapse of Protestantism
From sola scriptura comes post modernism. Necessarily
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Justice III: Victimless Crimes
An examination of victimless crimes, the limits of state authority, and their place within a theory of justice.
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The Truth about Jewish Law: How Halachah is not the exploitation of loopholes and exercises in absurdity
In this article we examine the accusation against Halachah brought up by Mr. Drifting and explain the actual truth of the cases that he discussed
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An Infinite Creator and the Ant Farm
Here we address Michael Huemer's reasons why he is not a theist.
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Some Contemplations on meaning
A few contemplations upon meaning illustrating the difference between semantic and conceptual meaning
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Justice II: Murder and Rebellion
A further examination of Justice as a duty of the state focused upon murder and the like.
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Duty of Justice I: Torts and Theft
The first essay in a series on justice, explaining torts, theft, restitution, and the state's duty to restore wholeness.
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Seven Duties of A State
A philosophical case for seven fundamental duties of the state, grounded in reason and moral intuition.
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Use of Graph-Based SSNs in Linear and Non-Linear Boolean Function Solving
Transformer-based models are stateless systems that cannot maintain persistent memory or experience time between interactions. In this work, I introduce the Continuous Neural Graph (CNG), a stateful spiking neuron architecture that uses Hebbian Learning and Lamarckian Evolution to learn continuously without interruption. Evaluated on five Boolean operations — including the non-linear XOR and functionally complete NAND — the system achieves perfect accuracy while maintaining continuous internal state, suggesting a viable path toward genuinely persistent machine learning systems.
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The Monomyth Through Jewish Holidays
Mapping Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey monomyth onto the cycle of Jewish holidays.
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Is Bitcoin insulated from the Market? A quick analysis
A quick statistical analysis testing whether Bitcoin is truly insulated from broader market fluctuations.
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Roguecell: making a roguelike within Excel
How I made a roguelike game in Excel using Visual Basic to teach myself the language.
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Using reinforcement learning to play 2048
My journey creating a reinforcement learning AI to play 2048, including multiple model iterations.
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A brief gloss on set theory in Talmudic reasoning
An application of mathematical set theory as a framework for analyzing halachah and Talmudic logic.
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The identity of the fifth grain
A refutation of the identification of oats as one of the five grains, arguing from set theory, chemistry, and halachic sources.
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The contribution of women in higher education to the fertility rate
A statistical analysis examining the correlation between the ratio of women in higher education and declining fertility rates.
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The making of Lemonade
The design and development of a board game for teaching money math to students.
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A brief exposition on contradictions within characters
An exploration of using contradiction as a tool for creating interesting and engaging characters in fiction.
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A write up on the various opinions of transferring the duty to redeem.
An analysis of the machlokes rishonim on whether the duty of redemption transfers through sale, gift, or inheritance.
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