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Robert Elessar @RobElessar

Author of Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Adventure/Horror, science geek, book lover, physician, musician, illustrator, father

Joined November 2011
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The Hidden Cost Revealed of Autistic Masking youtube.com/shorts/aCSGkCnmp… via @YouTube

The Hidden Cost Revealed of Autistic Masking

🙏 Thanks so much for watching, rating, commenting, sharing and subs...

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How Many Cast Iron Pans Does it Take to Stop a Bullet? youtu.be/PEdR6qLmwi8?si=RwhP… via @YouTube

How Many Cast Iron Pans Does it Take to Stop a Bullet?

Giving away mini die-cast 50 cows to 25 random people who grab some...

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I almost forgot to put a title here again robertelessar.com/2026/06/12…

I almost forgot to put a title here again

I’m writing this blog post on my smartphone, as I did yesterday’s post, and in contrast to the posts from Monday through Wednesday.  I haven’t yet received any direct feedback on whether there’s a …

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The worst thing streaming services did was convince people that 8 episodes is a full season.
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However, but a folly blogged with wit, or else a wit by folly vanquished robertelessar.com/2026/06/11…

However, but a folly blogged with wit, or else a wit by folly vanquished

Hello and good morning.  It’s Thursday again, and today I am writing this post on my smartphone.  That’s partly due to the fact that I was feeling very enervated by the end of the day yesterd…

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Space Data Centers Are Dumb. youtu.be/-w6G7VEwNq0?si=6b6b… via @YouTube

Space Data Centers Are Dumb.

AI data centers are consuming enormous amounts of power and cooling...

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I really want to go hang out with my parents.
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I forgot to give this a title at first robertelessar.com/2026/06/10…

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This is another lapcom post.  That’s three in a row! It’s Wednesday now, though why today is named after the “Allfather” is far from clear to me.  Maybe because it’s the “middle” of the week,…

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This is another lapcom post.  That’s three in a row! It’s Wednesday now, though why today is named after the “Allfather” is far from clear to me.  Maybe because it’s the “middle” of the week,…

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I'll second "Rationality: From AI to Zombies". If you want to jump right into the book, you can at: lesswrong.com/posts/ptxnyfLW…

Biases: An Introduction — LessWrong

Imagine reaching into an urn that contains seventy white balls and thirty red ones, and plucking out ten mystery balls. …

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Drop and give me twenty! (The prime factors of twenty, I mean) robertelessar.com/2026/06/09…

Drop and give me twenty! (The prime factors of twenty, I mean)

It’s another lapcom blog post today, for the second day in a row.  Huzzah! That doesn’t really count as any kind of streak—though no doubt WordPress will send me an automatically-generated “You’re …

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"Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest..." robertelessar.com/2026/06/08…

“Please could you stop the noise, I’m trying to get some rest…”

I’m writing this blog post on my mini lapcom today.  It’s the first time I’ve written one on the lapcom in over a month—since May 1st, in fact.  I’m not entirely sure why I decided to bring the lap…

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The Free Will Illusion youtu.be/w2GCVsYc6hc?si=6p07… via @YouTube

The Free Will Illusion

Take the trainwell Quiz to find your perfect trainer and get 14 day...

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Artificial Superintelligence Must Be Illegal. youtu.be/8EvoUAxOlAQ?si=MGXL… via @YouTube

Artificial Superintelligence Must Be Illegal.

A new book by long-time AI researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate S...

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That blog is our last hope! robertelessar.com/2026/06/06…

That blog is our last hope!

Told you, I did.  Reckless am I.  Now, matters are worse:  I’m writing a blog post on a Saturday, because I am going to the office to work today.  I didn’t truly promise, but I did say it was likel…

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"And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in a word..." robertelessar.com/2026/06/05…

“And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in a word…”

Hello again.  It’s Friday now, as usually happens immediately after Thursday (but also six days before Thursday, though not the same Thursday it follows).  It’s all very reassuring, this regular, c…

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Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry, as, to behold desert a blogger born robertelessar.com/2026/06/04…

Tir’d with all these, for restful death I cry, as, to behold desert a blogger born

Hello and good morning.  It’s Thursday.  Further bulletins as events warrant. I don’t know what to write today.  I’m really, really mentally fatigued.  I feel as if I’ve been working for forty days…

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