philosophy
29 stories and discussions about philosophy, aggregated from every source we track.
or: a reminder that we don’t actually understand how the brain works
<p>Original post is on gopher at gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/rusty/Post06-against-complexity</p>
Musings on navigating the tech bubble with philosophy and self-improvement.
<p>What is the metaphor for the computer of the future? The intelligent agent? The television (multimedia)? The 3-D graphics world (virtual reality)? The Star Trek ubiquitous voice computer? The GUI desktop, honed and refined? The machine that magically grants our wishes? The right answer is "none of the above," because all of these concepts share a basic flaw—they make the computer visible.</p>
My Philosophy on Alerting based my observations while I was a Site Reliability Engineer at Google Author: Rob Ewaschuk <[email protected]> Introduction Vernacular Monitor for your users Cause-based alerts are bad…
<p>I see there is already a "philosophy" tag. How would the community feel about the addition of a "libre" tag, or similar, for links and discussion around open source and free software issues?</p>
I like to think I write good code, or that I write more good code than bad code. My favourite property of good code is boredom. Dull statements one after another, no surprises, no tricks, no special...
<p>I found this to be a very interesting article on the gentrification of hacking, and how startupistan is assimilating it.</p> <p>A sample:</p> <blockquote> <p>This process of gentrification becomes a war over language. If enough newcomers with media clout use the hollowed-out version of the term, its edge grows dull. You end up with a mere affectation, failing to challenge otherwise conventional aspirations. And before you know it, an earnest Stanford grad is handing me a business card that says, without irony: ‘Founder. Investor. Hacker.’</p> </blockquote>
A newly revived philosophy for publishing personal knowledge on the web
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Across the globe, algorithms are quietly but increasingly being relied upon to make important decisions that impact our lives. This includes determining the number of hours of in-home medical care patients will…
Philosophy - Sciences - Geekery - Art - Life - Coaching - Fun < Simplify Everything