Stories around the possibility of change — temporary and permanent. Listen in the player below or see the website above.
Category: Links
Friday 2023-01-06
Operant Conditioning Chamber aka Skinner Box (Wikipedia)
Slot machines and online games are sometimes cited as examples of human devices that use sophisticated operant schedules of reinforcement to reward repetitive actions.
Wikipedia
Roblox sounds awful for young kids (twitter thread by @Arumi_kai)
It appears that many all-ages games have dodgy content and programming. Not really surprising, but it is easy for parents to just assume that somebody is actually trying to moderate content. Doesn’t look like moderation is fit for purpose.
Thursday 2022-12-15
Wikipedia: Incompatible_Timesharing_System
Computer operating system built by MIT AI Lab – notable for interesting principles of openness, collaborative approach, development of hacker culture. For example; adding a available-to-anybody system command to crash the computer to help take away the temptation of hackers trying to find a way to crash the system. Led to emerging early programming hacker culture and principles, and ideas around free and open source software.
Zen and the art of Radiotelegraphy
Ebook by ham operator Carlo Consoli, IK0YGJ. I think this is the best description of why and how to learn to use Morse Code for telegraph and radio communications. Suggests meditation before periods of practice.
PiDP-8/I – Hardware emulation of digital PDP-8 including front panel
Includes a front panel with proper switches and blinking lights.
Monday 2022-12-05: Regenerative Business
On recommendation of a dear friend; I’ve started reading this. This is a 1970s perspective on why capitalism doesn’t respect natural capital, seeing it as income to be spent.
https://ethique.co.uk/blogs/regeneration/what-is-regenerative-business
Friday 2022-12-02
Washington Post opinion: Americans are choosing to be alone. Here’s why we should reverse that.
Seems that people are spending more time along since the pandemic — but there was already a trend in that direction
A way to describe how to budget personal energy — used in the context of managing chronic fatigue or long COVID.