{"id":7089,"date":"2022-12-23T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2022-12-23T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T02:00:33","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 382"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>     On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">382 is the small\u00adest num\u00adber such that   \u00cf\u0192(n) =\u00cf\u0192(n+3). \u00cf\u0192(n) is the divi\u00adsor func\u00adtion, found by adding up n\u2019s pos\u00adi\u00adtive divi\u00adsors. In oth\u00ader words, \u00cf\u0192(382) equals 576 because it is the sum  of its four divi\u00adsors 1 + 2 + 191 + 382 which also equals 1 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 35 + 55 + 77 + 385 which are the eight divi\u00adsors of 385, hence \u00cf\u0192(385)=\u00cf\u0192(382).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/18\/us\/christmas-church-service-protestants.html\" target=\"_blank\">O Come All Ye Faith\u00adful, Except When Christ\u00admas Falls on a Sun\u00adday<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cChrist\u00admas is con\u00adsid\u00adered by most Chris\u00adtians to be the sec\u00adond-most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant reli\u00adgious hol\u00adi\u00adday of the year, behind East\u00ader. But most Protes\u00adtants do not attend church ser\u00advices on Christ\u00admas Day when it falls on a week\u00adday. If every\u00adone from the pews to the pul\u00adpit would rather stay home, what is a prac\u00adti\u00adcal house of wor\u00adship to do? This year, some Protes\u00adtant church\u00ades are decid\u00ading to skip Sun\u00adday ser\u00advices com\u00adplete\u00adly.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent a while ago.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My take? Skip\u00adping church because it\u2019s Christ\u00admas makes as much sense as skip\u00adping cake because it\u2019s your birth\u00adday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/humantransit.org\/2017\/07\/the-dangers-of-elite-projection.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Dan\u00adgers of Elite Pro\u00adjec\u00adtion<\/a> (Jar\u00adrett Walk\u00ader, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201c<em>Elite pro\u00adjec\u00adtion<\/em> is the belief, among rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly for\u00adtu\u00adnate and influ\u00aden\u00adtial peo\u00adple, that what those peo\u00adple find con\u00adve\u00adnient or attrac\u00adtive is good for the soci\u00adety as a whole. Once you learn to rec\u00adog\u00adnize this sim\u00adple mis\u00adtake, you see it every\u00adwhere.\u2026 [The prob\u00adlem is] <em>elites are always a minor\u00adi\u00adty<\/em>, and that plan\u00adning a city or trans\u00adport net\u00adwork around the pref\u00ader\u00adences of a minor\u00adi\u00adty rou\u00adtine\u00adly yields an out\u00adcome that doesn\u2019t work for the major\u00adi\u00adty. Even the elite minor\u00adi\u00adty won\u2019t like the result in the end.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rel\u00ade\u00advant to many cul\u00adtur\u00adal con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies about mar\u00adriage and gen\u00adder, btw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/14\/us\/college-universities-college-tuition-reset.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">A Sign That Tuition Is Too High: Some Col\u00adleges Are Slash\u00ading It in Half<\/a> (Anemona Har\u00adto\u00adcol\u00adlis, New York Times): \u201cCol\u00adby-Sawyer has joined a grow\u00ading num\u00adber of small, pri\u00advate col\u00adleges in what\u2019s called the tuition reset, which over\u00adhauls prices to reflect what most stu\u00addents actu\u00adal\u00adly pay after dis\u00adcount\u00ading through need-based and mer\u00adit finan\u00adcial aid. The reset is part mar\u00adket\u00ading move and part real\u00adi\u00adty check. It is frank recog\u00adni\u00adtion among some less\u00ader-known col\u00adleges that their prices are some\u00adthing of a feint.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/madisonsnotes.podbean.com\/e\/martyrs-in-mosul-a-conversation-on-christian-persecution-with-father-benedic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mar\u00adtyrs in Mosul: A Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion on Chris\u00adt\u00adian Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion with Father Bene\u00addict Kiely<\/a> (Anni\u00adka Nordquist, Madis\u00adon\u2019s Notes Pod\u00adcast): a pod\u00adcast by one of our alum\u00adni. I haven\u2019t had a chance to lis\u00adten to this episode yet (and may not for a while because of being around fam\u00adi\u00adly 24\/7 dur\u00ading the hol\u00adi\u00addays), but she asked me post it and I trust her judge\u00adment that it is of gen\u00ader\u00adal inter\u00adest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/girl-scout-mom-kicked-radio-city-barred-seeing-rockettes-facial-recogn-rcna62606\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Scout mom kicked out of Radio City and barred from see\u00ading Rock\u00adettes after facial recog\u00adni\u00adtion tech iden\u00adti\u00adfied her<\/a> (Julianne McShane, NBC News): \u201cKel\u00adly Con\u00adlon, a senior asso\u00adciate with the New Jer\u00adsey per\u00adson\u00adal injury firm Davis, Saper\u00adstein and Salomon \u2014 which is rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading a client suing a restau\u00adrant owned by the par\u00adent com\u00adpa\u00adny, MSG Enter\u00adtain\u00adment \u2014 told NBC New York that secu\u00adri\u00adty guards approached her and asked for iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion as soon as she arrived on the week\u00adend after Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading. The guards ulti\u00admate\u00adly turned her away from the show even though she is not involved in her fir\u00adm\u2019s lit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion against the com\u00adpa\u00adny. Conlon\u2019s daugh\u00adter and the rest of the Girl Scouts were able to attend the per\u00adfor\u00admance, she told the sta\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When\u00adev\u00ader we say we\u2019re afraid of tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy we\u2019re usu\u00adal\u00adly say\u00ading we\u2019re afraid of how peo\u00adple will use tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. And our fears are often well-found\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/uscis-has-added-500-pages-its-immigration-forms-2003\" target=\"_blank\">USCIS Has Added 500 Pages to Its Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion Forms Since 2003<\/a> (David J. Bier, Cato Insti\u00adtute): \u201cIt is worth empha\u00adsiz\u00ading that no sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant immi\u00adgra\u00adtion reform has become law dur\u00ading the last two decades. The agency is uni\u00adlat\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly impos\u00ading dra\u00admat\u00adic increas\u00ades in the bureau\u00adcrat\u00adic obsta\u00adcles to immi\u00adgra\u00adtion ben\u00ade\u00adfits with\u00adout input from Con\u00adgress. But the hun\u00addreds of new pages of infor\u00adma\u00adtion is also mak\u00ading the agency less effi\u00adcient at its job, delay\u00ading appli\u00adca\u00adtions and caus\u00ading back\u00adlogs to grow to unimag\u00adin\u00adable lengths.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This tweet by the author makes the point more suc\u00adcinct\u00adly: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_J_Bier\/status\/1604924286342496268\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_J_Bier\/status\/1604924286342496268<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arnoldkling.substack.com\/p\/the-fbi-and-twitter?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=338673&amp;post_id=91247940&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">The FBI and Twit\u00adter<\/a> (Arnold Kling, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cToday, the main\u00adstream reac\u00adtion to the Twit\u00adter Files sto\u00adry is to chant \u2018noth\u00ading\u00adburg\u00ader.\u2019 These peo\u00adple cat\u00ader\u00adwaul about the threats to \u2018our democ\u00adra\u00adcy,\u2019 and here is a threat to democ\u00adra\u00adcy in plain sight, and now it\u2019s \u2018noth\u00ading to see here, move along.\u2019 For me, the big con\u00adcern is lack of account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty with\u00adin the gov\u00adern\u00adment intel\u00adli\u00adgence agen\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-12-18\" target=\"_blank\">Trim\u00adming The Bud\u00adget<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-bible-translation-adds-if-you-know-what-i-mean-to-every-verse-in-song-of-solomon\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Bible Trans\u00adla\u00adtion Adds \u2018If You Know What I Mean\u2019 To Every Verse In Song Of Solomon<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/harmful-phrases-you-should-stop-using---and-what-to-replace-them-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harm\u00adful Lan\u00adguage You Should Stop Using \u2014 And What To Replace It With<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): the Bee takes aim at Stan\u00adford IT\u2019s Elim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of Harm\u00adful Lan\u00adguage Ini\u00adtia\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/what-the-tentmaking-business-was-really-like-for-the-apostle-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\">What the Tent\u00admak\u00ading Busi\u00adness Was Real\u00adly Like for the Apos\u00adtle Paul<\/a> (Justin Tay\u00adlor, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201c[It] cost the Apos\u00adtle Paul to write his let\u00adters, includ\u00ading the secur\u00ading of mate\u00adri\u00adals and the hir\u00ading of a sec\u00adre\u00adtary to make a copy for him\u00adself. After exten\u00adsive research and cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion, he deter\u00admined that on the low side it would have cost him at least $2,000 in today\u2019s cur\u00adren\u00adcy to write 1 Corinthi\u00adans. (And that doesn\u2019t include the cost of send\u00ading some\u00adone like Titus on a long jour\u00adney to deliv\u00ader it.)\u201d Short and fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-256\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 256<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way. 382 is the small\u00adest num\u00adber such that \u00cf\u0192(n) =\u00cf\u0192(n+3). \u00cf\u0192(n) is the divi\u00adsor func\u00adtion, found by adding up \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-382\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 382\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Merry Christmas! 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