Deleting Horizontal Lines From Word

If you’ve ever had a problem deleting a horizontal line in Microsoft Word,
this post is for you. The answer is something of a trick, as the horizontal
line is not a line (or a graphic), it’s a bottom border.

Removal

May 26, 2023
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Life, Friendship, and Ambition

They say you are a composite of your closest friends, and given my ambition
I often grapple with a balance between seeking to surround myself with those
with similar goals and those who I’ve been close with for many decades.

May 26, 2023
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Impostor Syndrome

The impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or fraud
syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to
internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their
competence, those wi…

May 26, 2023
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A Reminder About Jobs and Profit

It’s important to remember something about jobs: every industry is trying as
hard as it can to automate human workers out of existence in order to
maximize profit. And they’re finding some success. We should only expect
that succ…

May 26, 2023
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Email: Top vs. Bottom Posting

I’ve always been taught it’s polite to trim emails and type the reply below
the text I’m responding to:

Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> Top-po…

May 26, 2023
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Embracing the Illusion of Free Will

Image from maniacsworld

I am often asked how I square the circle of recognizing that free will
doesn’t exist but still embracing the joys of life, celebrating
achievements, etc.

My usual response is to ask the person to r…

May 26, 2023
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Free Will Revisited

At a recent team meetup in Atlanta I had the chance to talk to someone who
actually enjoyed hearing about my perspective on free will, a moral
framework, and a quasi-universal method of evaluating political
propositions.

May 26, 2023
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Information Security Resilience

Imagine what would have happened if, on September 13th, 2001, the President
of the United States had said the following:

Congratulations on killing 3,000 defenseless civilians. We will cry today
for the fallen, but we will …

May 26, 2023
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