Includes stuff about anything where feedback causes the system to adapt, including the systems of nature, those that are man-made or cultural, and those of the human mind.
This week, after more than six years of effort, I finally solved what seems to be the last theoretical problem to Project X. I have the entire high-level design now. Parts of it may still need some tweaks, but the whole thing hangs together remarkably well. It’s both a lot simpler overall, and a lot …
Ploni Almoni sent me this link recently. I read it, amused and agreeing with almost everything — until I got to the end: In short, I hate software — most of all and especially my own — because I know how hard it is to get it right. It may sound strange, but it’s a …
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I’ve been working on my chess game lately, in an attempt to improve my logic skills. It has apparently worked… previously, any computer chess game would mop the floor with me on any but the absolute lowest skill setting (and sometimes even then). Now I can beat the Caissa Chess program on my iPod Touch …
Interesting psychological information, but an even more interesting practical application: put some baby pictures in your wallet, even if you don’t have any children. 🙂
Hm. I guess it’s a good thing we didn’t immediately attack North Korea as some people were suggesting.
As a member of this “little-understood group,” I have to recommend this article.
It’s definitely something to consider. I have a lot of digital information that GoddessJ will need access to if I get run over by a beer truck, if only to let my friends and associates know about my demise, but I don’t want to put her in an uncomfortable potential legal position by giving my …
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If, in the early nineties, the governments of the world had realized just how much power the Internet would offer their citizens, I have little doubt that it would have been quietly strangled in its cradle. Since they missed that opportunity, they’re trying to censor it instead — even in democratic countries that should know …
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There are so many nuggets of gold in this article that I don’t know where to start. For example: What allows people to work, and love, as they grow old? By the time the Grant Study men had entered retirement, Vaillant, who had then been following them for a quarter century, had identified seven major …
Sadly, I’ve known a few people like this. I even had a few of these traits myself at times, though thankfully I’ve grown out of most of them. (Via CreditBloggers)