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D. Roland Hess

D. Roland Hess

When you ascribe anthropomorphic qualities to things like "the future" and COVID-19, it leads you…

One could say that certain societies that tend toward collectivism are more resilient to some kinds of threats. Of course. The ways and…

Oct 6, 2020

Oct 6, 2020

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Towards Data Science

Let the dead speak — a more reliable way to look at COVID-19 infection rates

Most of the reporting and government statements I see in the U.S. about COVID-19 focus on two things: the number of new infections per day…

May 12, 2020

Let the dead speak — a more reliable way to look at COVID-19 infection rates

May 12, 2020

D. Roland Hess

Steps, Yoga, Meditation and Media Discipline, All In One

I noticed something a couple weeks ago. A significant proportion of my co-workers were walking the halls of the office with their heads…

Jul 13, 2019

Steps, Yoga, Meditation and Media Discipline, All In One

Jul 13, 2019

D. Roland Hess

Review: Far and Away — Spiderman’s Second Time

So after watching the momentous events in Avengers: Checkmate, I was really ready for the next chapter in Marvel’s Movie Universe. This…

Jul 8, 2019

Review: Far and Away — Spiderman’s Second Time

Jul 8, 2019

D. Roland Hess

Thanos and the Hero’s Journey

“Avengers: Infinity War” used the classic Hero’s Journey story structure for Thanos. Let’s break it down point by point…

Apr 18, 2019

Thanos and the Hero’s Journey

Apr 18, 2019

D. Roland Hess

I’ll stand here for you

Confession: I’m afraid of both the ocean and the woods at night. I can’t help it. Nothing horrible has ever happened to me in either place…

Jan 16, 2019

I’ll stand here for you

Jan 16, 2019

D. Roland Hess

Coco and the Hero’s Journey

I just saw Pixar’s Coco and thought it was full of great storytelling. I wanted to apply Dan Harmon’s analysis of the Hero’s Journey to it…

Jan 2, 2018

Coco and the Hero’s Journey

Jan 2, 2018

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Chatbot News Daily

Computers already think

Do computers think? Yes. No. I suppose it depends on what you mean by “think.” That’s the crux of it, really.

Aug 28, 2017

Computers already think

Aug 28, 2017

D. Roland Hess

Side Project: IQ and the Human Population

Jul 18, 2017

Jul 18, 2017

D. Roland Hess

Follow up link for “Now Go Away”

May 6, 2017

May 6, 2017

D. Roland Hess

D. Roland Hess

Roland Hess is a TPM who leads business operations for a large portion Google’s SREs. He writes techno/urban/dark fantasy novels, draws, and makes music.

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