Ratio analysis Liquidity ratios Current Ratio: the primary liquidity ratio. Measures a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations with its short-term assets Current Ratio = Current assets / current liabilities Quick or Acid test ratio More stringent liquidity ratio that excludes inventories from current assets to assess a company’s ability to cover short-term liabilities without… Continue reading 4: Analysis of Financial Statements
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“Crime wave” and Policing
What is the social contract when it comes to police brutality OR when it comes to police not intervening in times of crime surges? What is the decent thing to do in these situations? (Connect to crime waves driving businesses out of cities in the bay area as well as last week’s topic of systemic… Continue reading “Crime wave” and Policing
Example: Ethics at Work
Note: In the previous assignment, I explain why I reject Kantian ethics in favor of Sartre’s critique of Kant. Prompt: “Write a story about something that you saw in business that you thought was ethical. Make the story about someone you personally know (a friend, relative, or yourself). Why was it ethical? Part 1: What… Continue reading Example: Ethics at Work
Categorical vs Hypothetical Imperatives
Prompt: What is a hypothetical imperative that is currently gripping you? No matter how trivial or weighty. What would have to change for the imperative to vanish? My Answer: Is it ok to vote for Biden — even though the international court of justice just found him guilty as an accessory to genocide — because… Continue reading Categorical vs Hypothetical Imperatives
Open Source Arcade Machine
An open source full-size arcade cabinet which allows users to play a range of open source games. Obviously users could also add their own ROMs. Example list of open source games; https://osgameclones.com/
Term Paper: Philosophical Issues in Artificial Intelligence
PHIL 828 Philosophical Issues in Artificial Intelligence Term Paper Any attempt to regulate artificial intelligence is fundamentally a futile exercise. If we are doing it to make ourselves feel like we did something, then fine; regulating AI would be an effective coping mechanism. It wouldn’t be an effective way of preventing any of the things… Continue reading Term Paper: Philosophical Issues in Artificial Intelligence
Text-To-Speech Max Headroom and Majel Roddenberry
The fact that we don’t already have widely available open source tts executables for Max Headroom and Majel Roddenberry is perhaps the greatest failure of the artificial intelligence movement to date. Frankly I think it’s insane that this isn’t already a thing. Enter Vall-E which can create TTS models of someone based on just a… Continue reading Text-To-Speech Max Headroom and Majel Roddenberry
Phenomenal Consciousness: Between the Lines of Experience and Representation
Here is an essay I wrote for the following prompt in a class on the philosophical issues of artificial intelligence… Please write a 500 words comment explaining your views about the relation between experiencing and representing a content. To keep things manageable, please focus on color or pain. The relevant examples from the book are… Continue reading Phenomenal Consciousness: Between the Lines of Experience and Representation
The Cuisinart Gluten Free Bread Maker Is Great
Cuisinart has a new gluten free break maker which is great. Gluten free baking is different from glutenful baking so this machine has a special baking mode that works well for gluten free bread. My Favorite Bread Recipe So Far: Melt 4tbsp of butter in one cup of soy milk. Add to bread maker. Add… Continue reading The Cuisinart Gluten Free Bread Maker Is Great
My New NAS Architecture: DIY Synology Running RAID 51
I have outgrown my two DS218+ Synology NAS boxes. These have served me well for longer than I can remember. I use these to store backups from all my servers and devices, as well as my media library and all my documents and projects. I have had these Synology boxes set up as a main… Continue reading My New NAS Architecture: DIY Synology Running RAID 51