I have no patience for “This is crap! We must rewrite it.” These are individuals with write-only minds.
> On Mar 8, 2023, at 7:56 AM, glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Lab Demos ‘Living’ PC Powered by Mushrooms > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lab-demos-living-pc-powered-by-mushrooms > > I tried to find a clever subject line to hearken back to computation as > mental stuff generalized across many architectures ... but I failed. But > maybe including this article for Women's day will make up for my lack of > creativity? > > Who wrote the first modern computer program? > https://ananyo.substack.com/p/who-wrote-the-first-modern-computer > > It also doubles as an homage to practitioners. We regale the abstract > thinkers whose work product lives outside the domain of real things (like > infinitely extensible tapes). But the Morlocks who work *with* the actual, > dirty, nitty gritty real stuff are ignored or forgotten, probably because > they value operation over credit. Along those same lines, this very old essay > is relevant: > > https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ > > For emphasis: "It’s harder to read code than to write it." Every interview > I've been on that involves coding, they want you to code something. Pffft. > Every interview I've ever conducted that involved coding, I asked the > interviewee to read some code and tell me what they thought it did. Why is > this related to Klára Dán? Because collaboration is more difficult than > working in isolation. And body stuff is collaboration (with yourself, others, > the environment, the machine/compiler/interpreter/prover), whereas mind stuff > is isolation. > > And while I'm on this URL-laced rant, how about this gem: > > ‘Coming Out’ as Working Class in Academia > https://www.lexacademic.com/blog/coming-out-as-working-class-in-academia-lex-academic-blog/ > > -- > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
