Today Takes Everything
Every day asks every thing of you. If you don't give it, you won't get it.
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New short fiction up at substack
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There is a space between. A trip to another place, where the membrane-matrix wrinkles of realities coincide with the wrinkles in the antenna we call brains. We are a single point traveling in a single direction (as far as this reality is concerned) (which isn’t much), and by serendipity, divine ordainment, or blind dumb luck, […]
Gentle Rain
Reluctant morning;Gentle rain suspends twilight,Slowly floating down.
The Inverse Incentive in Capitalism
Incentives drive actions. Generally, we consider an incentive to be a positive thing offered as a reward for engaging in an activity or process. But, there are incentives that are not offered by any party. They are natural consequences. This means incentives can exist in arbitrary fields, and drive matters in arbitrary directions. The concept […]
The Inhumanity of The Machine
The fear of machines, and their much tinier cousins, computers is uncomfortably justified. But not for a good reason. The ideal of mechanization is simple; to replace human manual labor and cognition. This is a good thing for everyone, but our current context makes it an impossible thing. Preview of what’s below the fold: Quick […]
The Raspberry Pi and the Failure of American Capitalism
I was talking to a customer about some of the Raspberry Pi competitors, most of which were better in different ways, and all of which have faded away in one way or another. Meanwhile the Raspberry Pi foundation offers the stability that few other companies can. Considering the future I had to admit that if […]
The Nautics Department
The secretary’s face pinched as soon as he walked in. Usually secretaries are what a Senior Senator might call “easy on the eyes”, but she seemed to grow more repulsive each time he saw her. “I’m here to see Director County.” “Senator…” she began with her usual coddling, mocking tone, “Is the Director expecting you?” […]
Don’t automate yourself out of a job; augment yourself to peak performance!
To automate a task is the ultimate condemnation. Admitting the task is so simple that it can be completed by a single flow-chart of decisions. That is computer work, not human work. Computer work is a waste of humanity’s most valuable and irreplaceable resource; Time. Fortunately, there are degrees from the perfectly automatable which increase […]
31.4159% of body heat is lost through your trust in consensus
It’s that time of year again! The weather gets cold and the weather prognosticators get swelled heads. You may have heard that you lose most of your heat through your head. Probably from your mom trying desperately to convince you to wear your hat, like a good little boy. This low-hanging fruit of an old-wive’s […]