So I’m listening to this one: The 13 Truths – Jordan Peterson. So far, so good. You can read about Jordan Peterson on Wikipedia, natch.
Category Archives: Philosophy
Resilience Engineering: Part I
Found this one today: Resilience Engineering: Part I via www.whoownsmyavailability.com. The resilience engineering article is about… resilience engineering.
Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You
An article about the practical limits of SemVer: Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You. It references Hyrum’s Law:
With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.
Four Ways of Writing Thoughtful Code to Think Less
This was good: Four Ways of Writing Thoughtful Code to Think Less.
I particularly like the “Colocate or Barrel things” section with the advice to barrel your app’s features together.
IQ2 Debate: Don’t Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence
This was great: IQ2 Debate: Don’t Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence.
Who is Civilization for?
10 Years of Open-Source Visualization
Some notes from Mike Bostock about what he’s learned from the D3.js project over the years: 10 Years of Open-Source Visualization.
Object Versus Process
It’s a fine line between quackery and genius: Object Versus Process. I’m not sure if I agree with the author’s conclusions, but I did enjoy reading his paper.
The psychology of digital marketing
I stumbled upon this great video today: The psychology of digital marketing. Rory Sutherland, Ogilvy.
“The thing you’ve got to remember about research is, if people are annoyed about something or upset about something, they’re sincere about being upset, but their reasons for being upset are bullshit. Okay? They just reach off the shelf and go and find a plausible post-rationalisation for their emotional state.”
Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo Move 37 reactions and analysis
Today I came across Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo Move 37 reactions and analysis, wherein AI made a weird move in Go. I ran across the link in The Why of technology which was interesting. It also referenced The Concept of Language (Noam Chomsky) and “Humanity 2.0” by Matt Taylor.