Major overhaul Removed lots of things from this list and from my life. Divided everything on here into three block-level sections: Current Goals Long-Term Goals Potential Goals I have made tremendous progress since my last update. I am no longer working at Tech 2U I have a strong safety net in place I am well… Continue reading Goals Update: 2017-09-07
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[Working Draft] Smarter Sockets
This is something I looked long and hard for, before deciding to build it myself. Also, a school project pulled this off the shelf and added some urgency. Last year I completed a similar but very early proof-of-concept prototype just for the web-controlled relay board. It didn’t have the parallel shift registers, the relay board, or… Continue reading [Working Draft] Smarter Sockets
Rebutting the Fallacious “Paradox of Tolerance”
So first, let’s define the Paradox itself. I will defer to this excerpt from Wikipedia; Philosopher Karl Popper defined the paradox in 1945 in The Open Society and Its EnemiesVol. 1. …Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend… Continue reading Rebutting the Fallacious “Paradox of Tolerance”
On “Othering”
Recently, I listened to an interview of Dr Zimbardo of the Stanford Prison Experiment, who has lately been studying what makes people and especially groups of people either evil or heroic under pressure. The number one thing that makes a person or group evil is what he calls “othering.” If instead of disagreeing with… Continue reading On “Othering”
Startup 7: Top Story Review
This is part of a series on Building 12 Startups in 12 Months. This is number seven: TopStoryReview.com! Black-Box News is Bad If you look at the news on Google or Facebook , you will see a few stories which some mysterious algorithm has selected for you. Are these an accurate reflection of current events?… Continue reading Startup 7: Top Story Review
Dream: The Participating Observer
Note: This is a very graphic dream I had shortly after leaving a terrible job at a company with a culture that condoned many terrible behaviors in a small group of its people. I awoke in the night and knew I needed to get this down before it faded away. The sun has not yet… Continue reading Dream: The Participating Observer
Perfect Server, Version 18
This is the latest iteration of my perfect server. I am building this in order to consolidate and deprecate previous server inventory. Also, it includes many new best-practices which should further secure this new server. The first step is to provision a new server. I use digital ocean. I will be logged in as… Continue reading Perfect Server, Version 18
Startup 6: Exotic Weapons
Today, there are many fascinating examples of people using successful techniques to create passive income online. Those of us who grew up coding and then took that perspective to business have a unique advantage. You might call it a super power. We, the digital priesthood conjure passive income from the ether with the aid of… Continue reading Startup 6: Exotic Weapons
Startup 5: Condensr
This is a free tool based on several other tools I have seen online. It accepts long-form text and condenses it to the length you specify. The code is very simple, and very powerful. I was shocked at how easy this was to build. Check it out on Github, or head over to the site… Continue reading Startup 5: Condensr
Did China really teleport an object to space?
You may have seen recent stories claiming that China has teleported an object to space. I would like to take a moment to explain what actually happened. Here is an example that may help explain what they did… Imagine I put a cat in a box with a radioactive isotope that has a 50%… Continue reading Did China really teleport an object to space?